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Global Digital Statistics 2014- The Numbers Are Up
The report was necessarily not published through the lens of how it will end up affecting today's students, but we would love to hear your thoughts on these findings and what they mean for the future of education.
13 Startups Share Dreams at ImagineK12 Demo Day
There was a full house at a Palo Alto hotel ballroom for the fifth Imagine12 Demo Day--the debut of 13 eager edtech startups. Check out our summary of the teacher tools.
The Future of Learning—Digital, Mobile, Real-Time
The latest results from Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow and an advisor to DreamBox, and her Speak Up 2012 National Research Project and Project Tomorrow survey of 364,233 participants, shows the upward spiral of tech use, even by the very young.
The Benefits of Blogging as a Learning Tool, Part 1
Helping students with their future professional prospects should be a pretty strong argument in favor of bringing blogging into the classroom, but blogging offers a number of added benefits to the learning process.
3 Reasons Why Tech Must Be a Part Of a Personal Finance Class
There are numerous resources dedicated to teaching students how to be safe and responsible online. My favorite resource is OnGuardOnline.
Infographic: The Use of Social Media in School
eLearning Infographics shared this helpful visual along with the 11 facts copied below. The site also provides a full list of helpful teacher guides for all the different social media outlets, outlining best practices for using them with students.
10 Tips for Starting Your Blog
Here’s 10 tips from your blog experts at Getting Smart to help you get started.
Online Learning Boasts Bright Future Thanks to Virtual Reality Platforms
A high-end virtual world presents new great aspects of an educational experience, and combines this achievement with the greatest aspects of the real world classroom. Before getting deeper into the fantastical possibilities of world exploration, it's important to realize that the “home room” of these virtual worlds can very well be a virtual classroom.
20+ Apps We’re Thankful For This Year
As we sit down with family and friends to celebrate all the blessings and gifts we are so fortunate to have in our lives, we just can't forget the apps! No Thanksgiving dinner in the EdTech world would be complete without at least once around the table, sharing a favorite app or tech tool tool that has brought us joy throughout the year.
It’s Our Bookmark We Can Share What We Want To….
One of my other favorite uses of Symbaloo is to curate class projects in the same place for viewing by students and parents. I like for students to have a forum to share and present projects. A quick Symbaloo webmix can get all your projects together in one nice board.