iPad Apps 4 Schools - great site with info and resources for iPads in Education

iPad Apps for School is another site from Richard Byrne, author of Free Technology for Teachers and Android 4 Schools. In this site, Richard and his guest authors will be sharing resources and reviews of apps (mostly free) that can be used in K-12 schools, along with ways that those apps can be used in the educational setting by teachers, students, and administrators.If you use iPads as an educator, administrator, or student, or your school...

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Adobe Education Exchange educator community announces new features

Adobe Education Exchange is an online community of educators who share resources, ideas, tips, and more. It launched at ISTE 2010 and now has over 75,000 educators sharing over 4,000 resources. They just re-launched it with some new features which you can read about here: http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2013/02/announcing-the-all-new-adobe-education-exchange-education.html.The new version includes simplified navigation, a new design, easier...

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TotSplash - organize and present ideas

TotSplash is a new site that combines online mind mapping and "Prezi-like" presentations.Users can focus on organizing their thoughts and ideas and then the app transforms them into a "Prezi-like" presentation. You can share and embed your TotSplashes also.There is a free version with no login required.It's easy to use and could be a great alternative for students and teache...

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Simplify Project Based Learning With Biteslide - guest post

Simplify Project Based Learning With BiteslideIntroductionWhat is Project Based Learning?What is Biteslide?Planning the projectThe Entry Event Researching the projectCreating the projectPresenting the projectConclusionIntroductionIn this article I shall give you a brief introduction to Project Based Learning (PBL) and show you how Biteslide can be used as an end-to-end technology solution for PBL projects.  There is a dizzying number of EdTech tools on the market today. Some are good and will give you a significant return on your time investment,...

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Dropbox adds new features - document preview and photo sharing

Dropbox, the very popular cloud file/sync/backup/sharing service, has announced some new features, including document preview and photo sharing and sorting.You can preview PDF, DOC, DOCX, and PPT files by double-clicking on them. This way, you can see if that is the file you want, or even view what you need, without downloading it.Dropbox has also added some features for photos. When you click on "Camera" you will see all of the photos you have...

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LibreOffice 4.0 released - better performance and greater interoperability

LibreOffice is a free, open-source, powerful office suite software that is a great alternative to Microsoft Office. I use it on my home computers. It is available for Windows, Mac and Linux and has six applications: Write (word processor), Calc (spreadsheet), Impress (presentation), Draw, Math and Base (database). It works great and the menu functions are similar to Office 97, so the learning curve is easy. It is built off of the same code base as...

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Livescribe announces Discounted Education Pricing on SmartPens.

I'm a huge fan of the Livescribe SmartPens and use them daily in my role as CIO. I had also used it as a teacher. May administrators I know are looking at them for teacher evaluations and notes and students love them.These pens let you take handwritten notes, as well as record audio, and then sync these notes to Evernote, Google Drive and more. It's a great way to take notes and then have them available anywhere. In addition, struggling students...

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