Making the case for Education Technologies

What technologies do YOU think can make the biggest difference in student learning?

September 21, 2011

Please tell us about the types of instructional and education technologies that you think can make the biggest impact on education. There is a good deal of controversy and debate still surrounding the question of whether or not technology can make a difference in the educational process. Here at EmergingEdTech, we’d like to approach this from a slightly [...]

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Educators Use Cloud-Based Solutions to Take Learning to the Next Level

September 14, 2011

Guest Post by Chuck Dietrich, CEO, SlideRocket The iconic symbols of education – hard cover textbooks, chalkboards and wooden desks – may soon become mere historical representations of the way we once taught our children. Technology is now an essential part of our daily world and educators are creatively using it in the classroom and beyond. The [...]

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7 Stories From Educators About Teaching In The Flipped Classroom

September 11, 2011

Informed articles and commentary on this powerful and often misunderstood concept. The University of Wisconsin’s Stout School of Education publishes a great Tech Tips newsletter. The last few issues of this newsletter have been packed with resources focused on topics near and dear to us here at EmergingEdTech, and we strongly recommend signing up for this free publication. [...]

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Education Technology Is An Enabler, Not A Magic Wand

September 7, 2011

NY Times Article Calls Attention To The Need To Do A Much Better Job Of Understanding Technology’s Role And Potential In Education. This NY Times Internet article, “In Classroom of Future, Stagnant Scores” has been getting a lot of attention this week. The article discusses a U.S. school district that invested roughly $33 million in education technologies as a [...]

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10 Internet Technologies Educators Should Be Informed About – 2011 Update

September 4, 2011

These Technologies Are Changing Education. Are You Familiar With Them? It’s been nearly two and half years since the publication of the first “10 internet technologies that educators should be informed about” article on this site and given the fast paced evolution of technology it’s time for an update. The start of new school year [...]

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The Safe Webspaces Project Helps Introduce Kids to the Internet

August 14, 2011

KiwiCommons provides a space for young students to ease into web browsing with ‘Internet Immunity’. Guest Post by Tim Szeto The emergence of the digital generation means educators have had to change their teaching methods to include technology in the classroom to keep students engaged. With this emerging technology, however, we are also opening the [...]

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The Definitive Source for Information About IT Issues Effecting Higher Education

August 10, 2011

The Campus Computing Project. Several weeks ago, it was my sincere pleasure to attend a dinner hosted Casey Green, the man behind the Campus Computing Project. For those who may not be familiar with this 20+ year old effort, it is an exemplary data collection, analysis, and reporting project focused on the use of IT in Higher Ed. [...]

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Netsupport School provides teachers with easy centralized control of classroom computers

July 3, 2011

This “Classroom Management” app provides teachers the ability to instruct, monitor, and interact with students on classroom computers individually, in groups, or as an entire class. Instructors at my school have often asked if there was an easy way they could turn off Internet access on the computers in our computer lab classrooms. Last year we learned about Netsupport School, [...]

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Education Technology – Weighing The Pros And Cons

June 22, 2011

Consider the potential rewards and the risks of education technologies before moving forward with implementations. Thanks to writer Justin Birch for his collaborative effort on this guest post. Justin “wanted to be a high school teacher, and then a college professor, before encountering the difficulties of graduate school and professional academia”. Now, as a writer and editor, he works [...]

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8 Great TED Talks About The Future Of Education And Teaching

June 12, 2011

These talks offer insights, concerns, and inspiration while discussing today’s educational practices and shortcomings, from a variety of perspectives. TED is a nonprofit devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading”, bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. If you’re not already a fan of TED, maybe these will open your eyes to this wonderful resource. Education is only one of the [...]

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