From humor blogs on college life to one stop shops for school athletics to blogs all about education policy and new technologies, if there’s a good education blog out there, you can bet it made our list. We’ve also mixed in a handful of exceptional web tools and sites that we thought deserved a spot [...]
Someone has created a very good mind-map on Mindomo of eLearning and Web 2.0 tools. It is exceedingly comprehensive and covers absolutley everything you could think of from blogging to live broadcasting and language learning to note taking. It is really worth a look!!
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This list is pretty obvious but still very interesting! I bet you stumble across something you’ve never heard of or used yet.
Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009
For example, I’d heard of EverNote but never got round to using it. This morning I’ve totally tidied up my life and post-it notes!
It’s a great service. I’d definitely [...]
Many articales have started appear about the potential uses Google Wave could have in education.
The following all provide good examples of how Google Wave could be used:
from MyCollegesAndCareers.com
from EdTechatouille’s Blog
from SoYouWantToTeach.com
from ReadWriteWeb.com
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Enabling collaborative micro-discussion in and out of the classroom
This is an amazing new way to discuss and learn during class and after class using Social Media! I really can imagine this taking off across the globe.
The only problem I can see arrising is the ability of the Teaching Staff’s IT skills. I have experienced too [...]
This digital-savvy generation of freshers is more likely to need a laptop at their lectures than a notepad, and they expect the tools they use in their personal life – such as blogs, social-networking sites and instant-messaging services – to be applied to the educational environment [...]
A fantastic Powerpoint on how to use Twitter in the Classroom. Very comprehensive with great examples.
Twenty-Five Interesting Ways to use Twitter in the Classroom
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Cole W. Camplese, director of education-technology services at Pennsylvania State University at University Park, prefers to teach in classrooms with two screens — one to project his slides, and another to project a Twitter stream of notes from students. More…
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Very good list of resources for Teachers who are wanting to start using Twitter in their classrooms.
Twitter is about to enter the “Trough of Disillusionment”, many educators are still trying to come to grips with it, and in particular its use in the classroom. More…
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