With more than ten million student and faculty users of Google apps, Google is making clear its desire to be a key player in the education market. In recent weeks Google has announced significant additions to its education services. Last week it added additional security features for school administrators. These were aimed at making Google’s cloud-based services more user friendly for schools and addressed several control issues that are unique to the school setting. Today, Google announced a new Education category for its Apps Marketplace. Continue reading
Google Adds New Education Category to App Marketplace
The Weekly Update: January 10 – 16
Innovating Without Permission, Daniel Lemire
Napa New Tech: School of the Future is Here, Tina Barseghian
Pay Attention, T4 – Jordan School District Continue reading
The Weekly Update: January 3 -9
Why Teachers Should Blog, Shelly Blake-Plock
How to Save Money by Migrating to Cloud Computing, Klint Finley
When Passion Drives Instruction No Child Is Left Behind, The Innovative Educator
Inverting Learning
I came across an interesting article recently on a unique approach to teaching called “inverted learning.” According to the author, Meris Stansbury, this instructional model involves “mak[ing] the students the focus of the class, not the teacher, by having students watch a lecture at home and then apply the lesson with the teacher in the classroom.” Continue reading
The Weekly Update: December 27- January 1
Teachers: What Are Your Intentions for the New Year, Elena Aguilar
21 Things That Will Become Obsolete in Education by 2020, Shelley Blake-Plock
Glogster Video Tutorial, Miguel Guhlin
2010 Retrospective (Part 2): And This Year’s Top 10 Posts, Moodle News
What Mobile Content is Worth Paying For?, Sarah Perez
A Practical Action Plan for Transforming Education, Walter McKenzie
How We Shared Content in 2010, Marshall Kirkpatrick