Free Tools & Resources

The Updated Classroom – Developing Student Writing Skills with Tablet and Smartphone Apps

March 3, 2013

This collaboratively written article provides some great ideas for leveraging today’s mobile technologies to help students enhance those vital writing skills. The use of smartphones in the classroom is no longer clearly something to be frowned upon. In fact, some teachers are now looking to use them as tools to get the best out of [...]

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Announcing the New and Improved 2013 Edition of the Free Education Technology Resources eBook

February 24, 2013

This popular resource provides 115 pages of free applications and resources and insights into how educators are using them in today’s classrooms! This digital booklet provides an introduction and easy access to many of the wonderful free applications and resources available on the Internet for teachers to use in and out of the classroom as [...]

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10 Ways Students Can Use Twitter for Paper Writing

February 20, 2013

It been a while since we’ve posted any content on using Twitter in the academic context, so this submission from Leslie Anglesey is welcomed. These suggestions are directed towards students but teachers may also glean some ideas from them. Please be sure to comment and share your own favorite ways to use Twitter in the [...]

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Simplify Project Based Learning With Biteslide

February 17, 2013

This digital slide book application can be a powerful companion to Project Based Learning efforts. Introduction In this article I shall give you a brief introduction to Project Based Learning (PBL) and show you how Biteslide can be used as an end-to-end technology solution for PBL projects. There are a dizzying number of EdTech tools [...]

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Using Instagram in an Educational Context

February 13, 2013

The highly popular photo sharing app can deliver a variety of educational benefits. If you are active on social websites, or have young tech users in your life, then you’ve probably come across Instagram. This application works in hand-in-hand with Facebook and has grown to be one of the most apps on the Internet. What [...]

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Google Provides a Wealth of Search Education Resources Including Lesson Plans and More

February 10, 2013

The search engine giant offers a variety of resources that can help teachers guide students in how to use search tools effectively. teacher who has been working for more than a few years has witnessed the tidal shift in how research is conducted. In the not-so-old days, students headed to the library for access to [...]

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Free eBook: 154 Brilliant iPhone (and iPad) Tips. Too Cool Not to Share.

February 6, 2013

This free eBook is full of tips and tricks you’ll benefit from for years to come! Did you know you can add your own keyboard shortcuts on the iPad or iPhone? How about some faster ways to reject suggested auto-corrections as you type, or write contractions, or a single-tap method to magnify and select text? [...]

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MOOC2Degree Initiative Raises the For-Credit Profile of MOOCs

January 30, 2013

New Program Brings an Innovative Twist to the World of MOOCs. Last week, Academic Partnerships introduced the MOOC2Degree program. Through this innovative effort, some of the public universities that Academic Partnerships works with are going to offer an initial course in a degree program as a free MOOC. Students who complete the course successfully will [...]

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How Teachers are Using Tumblr in the Classroom

January 23, 2013

The increasingly popular free digital media sharing app offers plenty of possibilities for  educators. Tumblr is a web based social media platform that was designed to make it easier for people to share digital media with each other. Unlike Facebook and Twitter, where conversation is a common mode of communication, Tumblr is more about sharing [...]

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Three Ways Pinterest is Getting Used by Teachers

January 16, 2013

The popular content sharing site is getting attention in the classroom. Guest post by Jason Kane. When most of us think of Pinterest, we probably think of young people sharing links to web pages, photos and videos with their friends – just another social network for people to show off things they like, what’s going [...]

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