Free Ed Tech Resources (100+ Pages!) eBook

Our 2013 Free Instructional Technology Resources eBook is Yours
FREE as a 'Thank You' for subscribing to our Blog Posts. Enjoy!

October 2013

How to Create Your own Online Lessons and Courses With Versal.com

October 31, 2013

Create Rich Web-based Courses with Ease, for Free, Using Versal! I frequently get questions about how to create online courses. While we all wish we had access to our own LMS/CMS, many educators don’t (especially in K-12), so free options like this are great to know about! - KW Have you ever needed or wanted […]

Read the full article →

Smarthistory and Khan Academy Bring Art History to Life

October 29, 2013

This leading open educational resource for art history makes high-quality introductory art history content freely available to anyone, anywhere. Art history is a difficult subject to teach and to learn. While the purpose of art is to appreciate the piece in the context of its creation and in its role today, museum goers often diligently […]

Read the full article →

Create Digital Learning Content By Easily Combining Parts of One or More Videos with Images, Text, and Audio Using Metta

October 27, 2013

Create Sophisticated Unique Digital Learning Content With Ease Using This Powerful Free Multimedia Tool What Is Metta? Metta (www.metta.io) is a digital storytelling tool that allows you to create lessons using audio, videos, and images from your computer or from the web. It is a great online app for creating short flipped or blended lessons […]

Read the full article →

Education and Instructional Technology Tweet Wrap for the Week of 10-21-13

October 26, 2013

This week’s collection of Education and Instructional Technology articles and resource Tweets. (Originally posted on Twitter by @EmergingEdTech over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers). Get the Technology Outlook for STEM+ Education 2013-2018: http://campustechnology.com/articles/2013/10/21/12-technologies-to-dominate-stem-education.aspx In ‘Flipped’ Classrooms, a Method for Mastery: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/23/in-flipped-classrooms-a-method-for-mastery/?_r=0 Higher Ed CIO Advice: Social Media Improves […]

Read the full article →

A Further Look at the Emergence of Virtual High Schools

October 24, 2013

I’ve been wanting to learn a little more about the proliferation of virtual high schools, and even complete virtual K-12 programs. To this end, I’ve been including this as one of the topics I suggest to guest writers. Earlier this month Pamela Rossow gave us the article, “The Emergence of Virtual High Schools – What […]

Read the full article →

Industry Players Collaborate to Take Teaching and Learning About Programming to the Next Level

October 22, 2013

Vendors and Non-Profit Organizations Team to Provide Powerful Tools and Incentives to Facilitate the Learning of Programming Skills Not surprisingly, the information technology sector is doing some cool things with leveraging technologies to teach. In this post we’ll look at the “Hour of Code” program, in which several players in the tech industry work together […]

Read the full article →

Carnegie Mellon University Reinvents Instructional Technology

October 20, 2013

New Ed Tech Masters Program Leverages Extensive Research into Learning Science My thanks to Carnegie Mellon’s Michael Bett for putting together this thorough overview of their thoughtfully designed program. Forward thinking graduate programs like these can play a key role in developing the leadership necessary to more effectively leverage technology in teaching and learning on […]

Read the full article →

Education and Instructional Tech Tweet Wrap for the Week of 10-14-13

October 19, 2013

This week’s collection of Education and Instructional Technology articles and resource Tweets. (Originally posted on Twitter by @EmergingEdTech over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers). Case study: South Staffordshire College leads technology revolution in education http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240207137/Case-study-South-Staffordshire-College-leads-technology-revolution-in-education Medical schools’ hi-tech future: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/opinion/medical-schools-hi-tech-future/story-e6frgcko-1226740473380 Instructure to Award $100,000 to Technology Innovators in […]

Read the full article →

Tackk - An Easy Free Tool for Creating Digital Assignments, Blended or Flipped Content

October 17, 2013

The variety of free applications for creating tweaked digital content that can be great for lessons keeps proliferating - here’s yet another cool free tool! I just learned about this free app, another easy tool for creating digital assignments … homework, flipped class content, blended learning lesson material, etc. (of course, the flip is really […]

Read the full article →

Interactive Textbooks Revolutionizing the Classroom Text

October 15, 2013

The Interactive Capabilities in iBooks are Taking Digital Text Books to the Next Level Tablet technology has permanently changed the way people consume and create content. As a result, a number of notable schools are integrating iPads into their curricula. For example, University of Massachusetts Boston implemented an “iPads in the Classroom” program last year, […]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries