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Why Should we use Technology in the Classroom?
With technology now totally embedded in our student’s lives, we are faced with a quandary; if you can’t beat them, join them. …and join them we should. It is our job to prepare them for their world, not to make them bend to fit a non-digital, obsolete world. But, what are the benefits of using…
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35 Brilliant Classroom Apps
With the huge amount of classroom apps available, it’s hard to know which ones to use with your students. You don’t want to invest a large amount of your precious time setting one up only to find it’s not what you thought it was. Fear not. Check out these reviews of 35 of the best…
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Miro – Collaboration without Constraints
Miro (formerly RealtimeBoard) is a visual collaboration platform allowing product managers, designers, developers, and marketers to create, collaborate, and centralize communication across the company on a single online whiteboard. Miro’s marketplace has integrations with over 50 apps allowing users to connect their favorite software. Popular integrations include Microsoft, Atlassian, and Slack. Miro claims to be…
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Ultimate Guide to Easily Make Instructional Videos
A wonderful outline on how to create educational videos, including how-to videos, tutorial, and instructional videos. Ultimate Guide to Easily Make Instructional Videos
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Seesaw
It is an app and website that offers instructors different assessment methods of students and ways to create interactive lessons for students. Like other websites that allow for portfolios, students can create their own portfolios while allowing for communication between students, parents, and teachers. Students can use online tools to demonstrate their creativity and learning.…
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Creative Book Builder
Creative Book Builder allows you to create books in epub format, which can then be exported to iBooks and shared with others. Embed images, audio files, video files, and write text. The advantage of an epub document over a PDF document is that all of the media will be preserved and available for readers to…
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Trello
Trello is an online tool for managing professional projects and personal tasks. Use Trello boards, lists, and cards to organize and prioritize projects and to-do lists. This task management app gives you a visual overview of what is being worked on and who is working on it. Trello is a web-based Kanban-style list-making application, useful in…
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Shotcut
Use this free software to edit videos and add effects. Shotcut is a free and open-source video editing software available for Windows, Mac, and Linux devices. The platform works with resolutions as high as 4K and has broad format support. It is an ideal solution for creating video thanks to its array of editing features and…
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Remix Project – improving media literacy across the curriculum
The goal of the Remix Project is to improve media literacy across the curriculum so that all students are better prepared for the media-rich world of the twenty-first century. The Remix Project is a collaborative effort of the Hesburgh Libraries and the Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning from the University at Notre Dame. The…
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Visual Learning Center by Visme
The resource to help you become a better visual communicator. The site contains a wide array of resources visual learners and presenters. These resources will help you become a better presenter, communicator, and storyteller by creating better presentations and infographics. Visual Learning Center by Visme Keywords: visual learning, digital literacy, blogs and wikis, visualize information, presentation
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Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR)
With academic researchers as the target audience in mind, Directory of Open Access (DOAR) is a platform that conveys the true meaning of open access for full-text resources. It strives to enhance the access of resources so much to not include any site with limited access or sites that contain only metadata records. OpenDOAR is…
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Project Noah | Networked Organisms And Habitats
Project Noah is “a global citizen science platform to discover, share, and identify wildlife. It is a software tool that that nature lovers can use to explore and document local wildlife and share with others. It also provides a common technology platform for research groups, teachers and students interested in wildlife. Project Noah | Networked…
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Screenshot Tools, Tips, and Shortcuts: How to Capture Anything on Your Screen
Screenshots are a simple way to show what displays on your screen. Screengrabs can help you point out a bug, save a picture on Facebook to your camera roll, or demonstrate anything you see on your screen. All operating systems comes equipped with a screenshot tool. Use this guide to help you take screenshots. …
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Versal
Versal is a ‘daily learning platform’ with a holistic approach with educators as the target audience, Versal provides an online space for easy presentation of lecture materials with integrated interactive assignments. Versal makes online learning simple enough for anyone to deploy. Blend classroom lectures with interactive assignments, make distance learning more effective, Versal
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SOL*R Repository
SOL*R is a repository service provided by BCcampus that allows educators to access free online learning resources. SOL*R includes learning resources from a wide variety of disciplines and subject areas. Resources range from open textbooks, individual learning activities, and tools, all the way to full programs. SOL*R Repository
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Open Culture
Open Culture brings together high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community. Web 2.0 has given us great amounts of intelligent audio and video. It’s all free. It’s all enriching. But it’s also scattered across the web, and not easy to find. Our whole mission is to centralize this content, curate it,…
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Mason OER Metafinder
The Mason OER Metafinder searches seventeen targets in real-time, instantly returning the top several hundred or so relevant hits from each site. Searches include open textbooks, libraries, museums and organizations from around the world. Mason OER Metafinder
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Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS)
Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS) is a search tool for open educational resources (OER). OASIS currently searches open content from 52 different sources and contains 155,375 records. Use OASIS to discover quality, free open textbooks, courseware and more. OASIS was developed by the SUNY Geneseo Milne Library, in consultation with SUNY OER Services. Openly…
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Creative Commons
CreativeCommons.org is the official site for Creative Commons, which is an American non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses, known as Creative Commons licenses, free of charge to the public. Use the tools found on Creative…
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Sejda Web – Online PDF editor
Sejda Web is a quick and simple online service with no installation required to create, edit, and manipulate PDF files. Functions available include editing, merging, converting to other formats, OCR, splitting PDF files, and more. Sejda Web – Online PDF editor Keywords: PDF document editing