If you’re a special education teacher or are simply looking for an innovative way to reach a student… this is for you. Many apps out there are useful in the classroom but they’re not always easy to find in the clogged-up app store. Until now.
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Academia.edu is a platform for academics to share research papers. The company’s mission is to accelerate the world’s research. Academics use Academia.edu to share their research, monitor deep analytics around the impact of their research, and track the research of academics they follow.
If you’re a special education teacher or are simply looking for an innovative way to reach a student… this is for you. Many apps out there are useful in the classroom but they’re not always easy to find in the clogged-up app store. Until now.
Morning routines are incredibly personal–and affect your creativity too.
For students with disabilities, some colleges and universities offer a note-taking service that includes collecting notes from the professor, a teaching assistant, or a fellow student. There are other students that might need to review classmates’ notes, however.
If you’re an education blogger using WordPress, Dell has a pretty sweet new tool for you. It’s a widget that displays a curated list of your favorite education blogs and websites. <shameless plug> We at Edudemic are honored to be featured in the widget. </shameless …
Do you like commas, quotes, and parentheses? Did you notice a little extra grammar in that question? That’s because it features the Oxford Comma.
If you’ve thought that the iPad experience is good enough, you haven’t seen this new take on touch screen navigation.
Advances in technology have always transformed the way people are educated. From the abacus that made teaching math easier millennia ago, to the word processor that changed the way research papers are written and presented, humanity’s technological progress has impacted education.
If you’ve ever had trouble organizing your notes, lectures, resources, and other teaching tools… get ready for some help. Gooru is a free platform for both students and teachers that offers access to standards-based online resources in organized playlists.
The online melting pot of learning brings with it many unique advantages and disadvantages, but a crucial takeaway should be that the overall experience often hinges on the individual student.
Did you forget to buy your teacher something for the holidays? Is there someone who loves to read on your gift list? Do you love helping other people? Then it’s time to check out a great non-profit called Worldreader.
Over 3 billion videos are viewed on YouTube each day. In a year? How about approaching a trillion? In lieu of its sometimes seedy reputation, there have to be lessons here for educators.
If you’re just starting to get accustomed to the new Twitter design, hold onto your hats. There are now 21 different keyboard shortcuts that you should start using to save you time and make you the world’s most efficient tweeter.
Looking for some lesson plans and got a little spare change? Got some lesson plans and want to make a few bucks? OK enough of that. I feel like a ticket scalper.
Technology evolves at an alarming rate. Education is finally starting to follow suit. So how does the banking revolution relate to online schools? Tanya Gupta, our newest guest author weighs in.
When students are asked to research something…where do they turn? They go straight to Google of course. So how can students most efficiently use Google? There’s so much more hidden in the search engine than just top results.
So you just downloaded a few educational apps that you think might be useful in your classroom. How do you accurately compare and contrast them? Thanks to a new app review rubric from by eMobilize, it’s easier than ever to understand just how useful an …
Personal branding is a concept that most of us have heard of, but not too many have truly considered. This issue seems to be coming up more an more lately, and it is worth some additional attention.
Have you thought about studying for the GRE? The GRE is the graduate records examination. It is the first step that you need to take when you are looking into going to grad school. More than ever, grad school is important to your career. It …
I was at Macy’s yesterday and they’ve already set up Christmas decorations. I mean, c’mon. It’s not even Halloween.
Everyone’s ideas seem obvious to them. So much so that you may not think your idea or thought is not worthy of sharing. In fact, this may happen to you every day: you come up with an idea but then think ‘well I’m sure everyone else already know this” so you don’t mention your creative idea to anyone. That’s a problem.
So there’s a new design to the Facebook News Feed. There are new features and an omnipresent blue bar on the top now. Cue the outrage. Most people, ironically, take to Facebook to voice their frustration. I don’t know about you, but I find that particularly hilarious.
Grammar sure are fun. I love a good grammar joke as much as the next guy but this t-shirt takes the proverbial cake. In fact, I’m going to order one for myself.
How did you get your information about heading back to school? Where did you turn to for buying school supplies? If you’re like most, at some point you used Google searches. The search giant has released ‘back to school’ search statistics.
One of the most fascinating aspects of learning a new language is how it lets you see how people live in other countries and other cultures. When you speak just the one language and spend almost all of your life in one single country it …
If you’re at all like me, you’re a visual learner. I get easily hooked by websites that make use of images to help tell a story. In a world where everyone follows dozens of blogs on a daily basis, it can save some time to …
Rather than just stick to loaning out the standard books and research materials, the Yale Law Library is taking a proactive approach to helping students. The library at the famed school is now letting students take out the library terrier Monty by checking him out …
Ever wanted to know who is stalking you on Facebook? What about a tool that would let you automagically hide baby pictures but still ‘like’ them so you can still be friends with the parents? Along with a potential app that basically tells you which …
Does it actually work to write ‘Please Retweet!’ at the end of some of your tweets? It turns out that many Twitter users are more than happy to retweet your tweet if it’s something worthwhile.
If you use Gmail or Google Docs, this is pretty wonderful (and surprising) news. As the title of this post suggests, there are 10 new file formats that are going to help you share and view just about anything from AutoCad to XML. For example, …
