Free Tools & Resources

4 Sets of Introductory Computer and Internet Technology Interactives

February 22, 2012

A collection of web based interactive activities to introduce students to computers and the Internet. It was my pleasure to deliver presentations on “Using Popular Social Networks Tools in Course Work” and “Flipping The Classroom: Succeeding with Reverse Instruction” for our faculty here at The College of Westchester on Monday. While discussing the use of [...]

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Reverse Instruction Tools And Techniques (Part 3) – Using Existing Web Based Educational Content

February 19, 2012

In the last two weeks, we’ve checked out ways to put content that you’ve already created online, and expanding on that content with screencasting tools, so you can give the ‘flipped classroom’ a try. This week we consider the vast array of engaging educational media available on the Internet, which can provide an easy way [...]

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7 Online Resources For Finding Grants For Educators

February 15, 2012

A selection of excellent sites to check out if you’re looking for education grants. Searching for grants can sometimes feel like a wild goose chase. Grants are a great way to fund education projects and classroom needs, and reward teachers and institutions that are pushing the education process forward, but they can be hard to [...]

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Reverse Instruction Tools And Techniques (Part 2) – Screencasting

February 12, 2012

Adding voice-over and other enhancements to lecture materials and putting them online to give the ‘flipped classroom’ a try. This is the second in a series of articles examining software tools and methods for placing and using learning materials online, or distributing them via other digital methods, so that instructors who wish to can have [...]

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Reverse Instruction Tools And Techniques (Part 1)

February 5, 2012

Applications and methods for creating and delivering digital course materials, so you can experiment with flipping the classroom. Over the last 6 months, I’ve researched and written a number of articles about Reverse Instruction. I’ve also lectured on the subject and am looking forward to presenting at The College of Westchester later this month, and [...]

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8 Great LinkedIn Groups for Educators

February 1, 2012

In the last few months, we’ve posted articles sharing 10 Beneficial Facebook Pages For Educators To Check Out and 7 Twitter Users to Follow If You Are Interested in Education Technology, both of which were received enthusiastically. Today we bring follow this with another set of social networking resources focused on education – Linkedin Groups [...]

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Announcing the 2012 Free Education Technology Resources eBook from EmergingEdTech

January 29, 2012

This year’s updated digital booklet contains 65 pages of articles and insights into dozens and dozens of the Internet’s best free Ed Tech resources. Last year we published the first edition of this compilation of free web based apps and other resources for teachers, and this year we’re excited to offer an updated version. We’ve [...]

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Seven Online Classrooms Teachers Can Use to Augment Their Own

January 18, 2012

Guest writer Samantha Peters brings us an excellent selection of educational video resources. Information is abundant online. The problem is sorting out the useful stuff from the overwhelming amount of junk that exists on the World Wide Web. Educators are all too familiar with the unreliable nature of information found on the web, and most [...]

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Teacher’s recommendations for academic uses of 5 fun free presentation tools

January 11, 2012

Course participants offer their ideas about ways to use these fun free tools in instructional situations and other academic applications. One of the most meaningful and informative types of communication that happens through education technology blogs like this one is when teachers share their experiences and ideas about how to use technology in the educational setting. Last summer, EmergingEdTech ran an online [...]

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7 Twitter Users to Follow If You Are Interested in Education Technology

January 8, 2012

A great mix of individual experts and enthusiasts and education technology professionals to follow and stay informed with. Guest post by Maria Rainier. Though Twitter’s contribution to the world of social media and progressive society was at one time a strongly argued point, there is no doubt today that the popular social media platform has [...]

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