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"School supplies are no longer restricted to pens, folders and anything else you can find in a stationary store. In fact, many of the best learning tools around can comfortably fit into your pocket There are mobile applications for smartphones and tablets that can do everything from teaching your young child how to hold a pencil to keeping your older kids on top of deadlines and extracurricular activities."
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How to Spot the Future| The Committed Sardine
It's an interesting question posed by this Wired Business article by Thomas Goetz. How does one spot the future? "
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The e-book lending wars: When authors attack — Tech News and Analysis
"An incident in which an e-book lending site was shut down by a horde of angry authors with takedown notices — most of whom misunderstood the site’s purpose — is another example of how the publishing industry is fighting the same battles as the music industry."
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3 Things Parents Should Want in a Back to School Letter - Reflections of a Techie
"At the end of the first day of middle school, many students will carry home at least 5 or 6 Welcome Back to School letters to their parents. Mulitiply this for every child in the family....and a parent might be faced with reading 15 or 20 letters. Yikes that is a lot of reading. Nevermind all the forms that will be sent home to be signed."
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18+ Videos Suggested for Back to School Faculty Meetings and other educational audiences « 21k12
"This post could be almost infinite: there is most certainly an extraordinary array of options for videos which expand educators’ understandings and inspire advances in 21st century learning. But curation is about choice and selection, and while I know I will leave out many, I thought I’d offer up a set of 15 of my favorites for your consideration for video screening at at back-to-school or beginning-of-the-year faculty meetings (and/or parent and board meetings)."
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Writing for (y)EU | Visualization #1 – Laura Cattaneo’s “HOW TO create an infographic”
"Visualization #1 – Laura Cattaneo’s “HOW TO create an infographic”"
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" When it comes to using web resources with our students, time plays a decisive role.It is next to impossible for a busy teacher restricted by curriculum constraints, day to day lesson preparations, assignment corrections, to mention but a few of his chores, to effectively search the web and find the adequate resources to share with his/ her students. Most people just do not have the time to learn all these technologies and some educators pick just one or two websites of interest and start exploring them."
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Around the Corner-MGuhlin.org: 7 Ways to Collect Student Work in an #iPad Classroom #staar
"Next week, I'll be facilitating a short one-hour workshop on a topic that is deceptively simple on a computer, but can be complex on an iPad--how to get student work off an iPad in a place where the teacher can get to it in ONE place."
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Free Learning and Teaching Resources about Mars
"NASA's Curiosity Rover has finally landed on Mars four days ago. It was a historic event by all means, for the frst time in mankind 's history, we could get coloured pictures of the Red Planet and even live video footage right from its surface. Scientists now are investigating the possibilities of a human life there and the next few coming years will certainly reveal more secrets about this planet."
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INFOGRAPHIC: Going BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)
"Our infographic today is on the subject of BYOD. Do you bring your own device to school or work? If so, what are the pros and cons for you?"
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"This blog aims to share with you my experiences from an ICT-practitioner's perspective. I hope to convince you that by making the switch to ICT-ELT you will see how it can rejuvenate, inspire and motivate you to make a difference."
OTR Links 01/23/2018 – doug — off the record OTR Links 01/23/2018 https://t.co/nJKZXGIJCa tags: via:packrati.us Sergei Eisenstein - Google Search Sergei Eisenstein https://t.co/AO6acACKzD — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) January 23, 2018 tags: IFTTT Twitter via:packrati.us Ontario minimum wage hike having ‘trickle up’ effect on paycheques of higher earners | Financial Post Ontario minimum wage hike having 'trickle up' effect on paycheques of higher earnershttps://t.co/x28xegyu9UShared from my Google feed Ontario minimum wage hike having 'trickle up' effect on paycheques of higher earnershttps://t.co/x28xegyu9U Shared from my Google feed — Doug Peterson (@dougpet
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