20 Education Technology Tools Everybody Should Know AboutBy SandraMiller on November 17, 2013inShare83Although educators tend to feel like they are left all on their own to deal with students that are getting crazier by the day,…See More

A Visual Guide To Teaching Students Digital Citizenship SkillsBy Katie Lepi on November 23, 2013Though we’ve talked about digital citizenship in the past, since we’re constantly using technology and interacting in digital communities, an ongoing…See More

How Sleep Helps Visual Learning In The BrainPosted: 11/12/2013 8:16 am ESTSleep amps up brainwaves that play a role in visual learning, a new study suggests.Brown University researchers asked study participants to complete a visual task where they had to identify diagonal…See More

John Schaefer, Director, Children’s Media WorkshopThe formula is quite simple:Media is the language of our culture.+ The educational system uses virtually no 21st Century media.= DisconnectThe solution is also quite straightforward:Media + Critical Thinking  The average US 8 to 18 year old participates in 10 hours and 45 minutes of media daily. Some of this is multitasking, but it is clear that their lives are dominated by media. By the way, these figures come from the Kaiser Family Foundation,…See More

BRAIN-BASED LEARNING SUBSCRIBE TO RSSYoung Kids and Technology at HomeJANUARY 4, 2013Photo credit: paulm via flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)When I was a kid, the main reason my mom limited our television time was x-rays.…See More

CLASSIC WORKS OF ARTThe School of Athens by RaphaelExposing students to great pieces of art is an easy way to enhance a lesson, provide a visual way to practice a skill, and educate our students beyond the prescribed curriculum.For example, if you’re teaching students to “compare and contrast,” open with a couple interesting works of art then move to the text.Here are…See More

Of rainbows & butterfliesUsmeet Kaur, Hindustan Times   August 29, 2013While our own country is going gaga over technology and toddlers are catching up with …See More

Seeing is thinking, feeling, understanding – let’s not neglect visual literaciesPablo PicassoThe SLAV conference, ‘Transliteracy, multiliteracy, makerspaces: how can you participate?’ I attended recently (16 August) gave me much to think about, as they always do.  The featured address, ‘Ways of seeing’: The visual in Australian curriculum by Helen Kent and Catherine Reid from Melbourne Graduate…See More

In recent years, Games have long been an effective way to engage kids.Game-based learning has received increased attention as a way to motivate students and engage them with the material. Every student love to play games and it’s a best way for teachers to include educational games in class. It will give a real life learning experience to students. It you teach with words, they will listen…See More

by Kristen Purcell, Alan Heaps, Judy Buchanan, Linda FriedrichFeb 28, 2013OVERVIEWA survey of teachers who instruct American middle and secondary school students finds that digital technologies have become central to their teaching and professionalization. At the same time, the internet, mobile phones, and social media have brought new challenges to teachers, and they report striking differences in access to the latest digital…See More

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13 Free Web Tools Students and Teachers Should Know AboutKatrina Schwartz | July 8, 2013 | http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/?p=29762">20…See More

100+ Google Tricks for TeachersBy: Amber JohnsonIt's Google's world, we're just teaching in it.Now, we can use it a little more easily. With classes, homework, and projects–not to mention your social life–time is truly at a premium for all teachers, so why not take advantage of the wide world that Google has to offer?From super-effective search tricks to Google tools specifically for education to tricks and tips for using Gmail,…See More

Teaching in the 21st century is definitely not an easy task. Students are digitally focused and have more free access to information challenging thus the traditional prototypic picture  of the teacher as the knowledge instigator. Engagement is also another serious issue that makes educating such kind of students a real nightmare. It takes so much creativity, originality, and novelty from the part of teachers to get students motivated and engaged.Technology has the cure but  this  cure can not…See More

TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION SUBSCRIBE TO RSSWhat Do Parents Think About Mobile Learning?MAY 29, 2013Photo credit: iStockPhotoMobile devices are coming to school.The Learning First Alliance (where I am deputy director) and Grunwald Associates, with support from AT&T, recently released …See More