Daily Archives: July 29, 2010

Why Teachers Must Know Their Students [VIDEO]

If you teach a class of just a handful of students (where the heck do you work!?) then you might not be able to relate to this video. However, if you are like the vast majority of teachers and are in charge of a large …

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How To Use Facebook Questions In The Classroom

The gloves are off. Facebook is taking aim at Yahoo! Answers, Quora and Mahalo with its latest feature. Facebook Questions will allow users to get crowdsourced answers to almost any question from the 500 million-strong Facebook community. Facebook Questions gives users the opportunity to ask …

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Google Makes Premium Apps Free For Teachers

What do Alex Trebek, teachers and Googlers have in common? Last week, these individuals and groups all came together at the Googleplex in Mountain View, CA to celebrate exploration and learning. Google hosted its first Geo Teachers Institute, an intensive two-day workshop in which 150 …

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