Daily Archives: June 15, 2010

The 7 Reasons Technology Isn't In Your School [COMIC]

Technology can revolutionize the classroom. It can also ruin it. After today’s fantastic #edchat discussion on “How should critical thinking be integrated w/ technology?” it seems appropriate to share the following cartoon from bitstrips.com. It details just a few of the many reasons technology is …

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Google Unveils Dozens Of Great Education Apps

Just like EduDemic, Google loves helping teachers. They’ve devoted a big chunk of their new Google Apps Marketplace (everyone’s getting on the app bandwagon it seems) to education-related services. If you haven’t already, check out the Marketplace here. So what’s new in the Marketplace that …

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New iPad App Brings Thousands Of Free Books To Schools, Reads To You

iPads are taking over many classrooms around the world. There is an obvious educational benefit to utilizing the new “magical” device. But what about cash-strapped schools? There is good news for schools with barely enough money to get by. Provided a school can come up …

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How The New Mac Mini Can Revolutionize Your School

It’s pre-order day for the iPhone 4 today but that’s not as exciting as the refresh to the Mac Mini line that was just announced. You may have heard of the Mini or even own one but there’s a big reason to take note of …

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How To Use The New ‘Twitter Places’ In Education

Twitter is checking in on on the geolocation bandwagon. They’ve just announced that they’ll be rolling out Twitter Places, a way for tweets to be set as being in a particular location. Twitter has joined Yelp and Google (and many others) as they try to …

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Caught On Tape: Student Attacked By…A Congressman?!

Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-N.C.) has apologized for his combative behavior over the weekend in a statement released by his office: “I deeply and profoundly regret my reaction and I apologize to all involved,” Etheridge said. “Throughout my many years of service to the people of …

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