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Inquire — An Intelligent Textbook "A prototype of an intelligent textbook that answers students’ questions, engages their interest, and improves their understanding. " tags: textbook ebook iPad inquire ebooks textbooks education Maps for Kids - LiveBinder Collections of maps for the classroom tags: maps geography livebinder resources social_studies Livebinders Teens Get Math Help at Alleyoop "Learn math and science, get college ready, take control of your future" tags: math science ...

Defining the Role of Teacher Leadership | Concordia Masters of Education "Prospective teachers often gulp when told that teacher leadership is one of the roles they’ll be expected to fill as soon as they begin their teaching careers. They wonder why it won’t be enough to learn how to teach effectively during their first years on the job." tags: role teacher leadership masters education OER Types, Topics, and Licensing - By the Numbers "The data below is drawn from OER Commons, a site that provides one of the best directories for finding open educational resources. OER Commons makes it easy to search by resource provider, topic, grade level, media format and license type – all important for teachers and learners looking for free and openly licensed educational m...

badg.us "This is an experimental service for badges, powered by Open Source. Check the FAQ! Submit suggestions!" tags: badges openbadges badg.us Open Badges "Learning today happens everywhere. But it's often difficult to get recognition for skills and achievements that happen online or out of school. Mozilla Open Badges helps solve that problem, making it easy for any organization to issue, manage and display digital badges across the web." tags: badges mozilla The Amazing Facts Educators should Know about Facebook "Facebook is said to be the biggest nation in the world. It has almost a huge database of users that amounts to a billion....

iLearn: iPad Roll Out "This year, our school's main focus is digital learning. " tags: ipad roll Introverted Students in the Classroom: Nurturing Their Hidden Strengths "When it comes to dynamic, busy environments, today’s school classroom is one of the busiest. Most teachers must manage upwards of 25 learners, sometimes 30 or more, and help them all move together towards specific learning goals." tags: students classroom New Directory Helps You Quickly Find The Perfect Online Course | Edudemic "The new online courses directory SkilledUp wants to change that. It’s like Google but for online courses. It quickly hunts through more than 40,000 online...

U. Michigan Launches World’s Biggest Sandbox for Wi-Fi Connected Cars "A not-so-futuristic world in which drivers, cars and roads operate in a highly connected network of instantaneous data got one step closer to reality today." tags: wifi cars traffic Evernote: A 0-to-60 MPH Guide "Evernote is many things to many people because it’s so powerful. But for the same reason, Evernote’s purpose is vague enough that it can be hard to get started with it. First, you have to figure out what it can do for you. Here’s a guide to how to think about Evernote, so you can get better at using it." tags: Evernote ifttt Science Worksheets "A complete list ...

10 Collaboration Tools Every Teacher Needs for Back to School | AvatarGeneration "Whether it is students collaborating on a project or teachers collaborating with one another, collaboration is an important part of education. Finding ways to collaborate that do not take up a lot of time and are still effective, however, can be difficult. These 10 collaboration tools solve that problem by making collaboration you can do all the time." tags: collaboration tools 5 Reasons Why Your Students Should Write Every Day "Are your students writing as much as they should be? Classroom writing, done with willful focus and daily diligence, remains an essential part of educating students of all ages, including adults. Here are five reasons why classroom writing is still a must:" tags:...

My Brain on Apps | OT's with Apps "This infographic reaffirms how difficult it can be to “sift and winnow” apps when there are more than 67,000 educational iPad apps. Finding the right one to support individuals with special needs can be a challenge and take time!" tags: apps ipad Interesting Facts and Fun Facts - OMG Facts I didn't know that! tags: facts blog fun funny reference knowledge trivia omg EasyGui "EasyGUI is a module for very simple, very easy GUI programming in the Python programming language. Experienced Pythonistas need to be able to make simple GUI interfaces quickl...