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New technologies and 21st century students will change tomorrow’s classrooms but quality instruction will remain the most important indicator of student achievement, which is why we must invest in professional development for teachers today.

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MATT GROENING’S APPLE ‘STUDENT’S GUIDE’, 1989

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With that in mind, I’ve been thinking that really, there are two main tiers of creation based apps for the iPad. There are those that are compilers and those that are the creation tools, i.e. those tools that take all of the various elements that you have created (creation tools) and those that put all of those things in to a combined format (compilation tools).

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In the blended learning approach, a student’s day typically includes a combination of online learning and small group instruction time with teachers. 

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Google has officially opened registration for this year’s Summer of Code. Started in 2005, the program offers paid internships for students who want to code open-source projects.

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Three Ring is a new free service offering free Android and iPhone apps for digitizing and organizing student work. Using the app teachers can take a picture of a student’s work and upload it to a free Three Ring account. Three Ring offers teachers a lot of organizational flexibility. You could organize artifacts by student name, class, date, or just about any other tagging system that works for you.

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Every once and a while something comes along that causes me to wonder: Why isn't everyone using this (or something like it)?

I look around college classrooms and libraries I find people using the usual suspects of programs:  MS Word and Pages.  I use Pages too, but it's only really good for the final composition of a paper, and it's a terrible research and note taking tool (it's a word processor, not a note taking tool).

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"If one life is saved, then it's worth it."
That is the clichéd argument frequently used to justify banning electronic communications, websites, and other forms of technology in schools. The common belief is that these prohibitions will prevent, among other things, the sexual assault of minors or suicides related to cyberbullying.

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As a teacher, my goal was to go home at the end of each day with more energy than I had at the beginning of the day. Seriously.

Now, as I travel the country coaching teachers on how to successfully use project learning, my goal remains the same. And I try to teach educators the strategies they need to achieve this goal in their own classrooms.

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There has never been a better time to be a student: there is a vast range of devices and programs to help you take the slog out of studying, leaving you to concentrate on the information that really matters. So take a plunge into the world of educational apps and you might be tempted to put them to use.

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The FBI is investigating an incident where pictures of teen girls were taken from Facebook and placed on a pornographic website. The victim’s ages range from 14-17 years old.

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Easily manage your academic tasks & assignments and sync them into Evernote.
Everstudent lets you keep track of your daily academic tasks with a simple yet elegant planner interface, while synchronizing with the greatest note-taking software, Evernote®.

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Everstudent is a student planner that integrates with Evernote. Using Everstudent, students can keep track of assignments and due dates for all of their courses.

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A common misconception from people in my generation or older is that BYOD is a threat to student learning; that student access to a digital device in the classroom somehow undermines the learning process. What a load of codswallop!!

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A collection of webtools for students to use to explore, create, and publish

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With these homework management tools, there is no way you will fall through the cracks or miss an assignment this semester. With built-in voice recorders and interactive textbooks, these free tools will help you save both time and money.

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The WiFli Student Response System is a way for a classroom teacher to use Google Forms to collect instant student data and have it displayed automatically to assist in data-driven decision making.

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It’s about giving students Microsoft professional tools at no charge.

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Student Response Network (SRN) is a powerful “virtual Clicker” student response system designed for use in school computer labs or with wireless laptop groups. It does away with the need for personal handheld “clicker” devices by providing a software-only solution for use with networked Windows desktops or laptops.

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EslTool.com is a site designed for ESL (English as a Second Language) or EFL (English as a foreign language) teachers who want to write evaluations / student assessments / report cards more easily.

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