As 2013 draws to a close, here are some of the most popular web-based educational tools that have risen quickly in popularity this past year. You may have heard of some of these. If not, take a look and see if they are relevant to you and your students.Gumersindo Fernández’s insight:Quizlet ClassDojoinstaGrokPadletBlendspaceSee it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: Are You using These 5 Popular Educational Web Tools ?

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Our lives have been drastically changed by the Digital Revolution. Everything we do is different – the way we communicate with each other, the way we learn new things, the way we work, and the way we live.See it on Scoop.it, via Educacion, ecologia y TIC

Continuar leyendo: Top 5 Education Startups That Have Blown Up This Year

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Rubrics are important elements in your teaching toolkit. They not only scaffold students learning and consolidate their insights but they also help in guiding the teaching and learning taking place in class. We all have recourse to rubrics once in awhile and this is why Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has recently created a section devoted expressly to rubric resources.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: A Great Resource of Rubrics to Help You Teach with Technology

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e-educations, recursos y aplicaciones para educaciónSee it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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elow are 5 good Chrome extensions that I want to bring to your attention . These are particularly useful in boosting students productivity. I have included only the 5 extensions which have not been featured in my past posts here inEducational Technology and Mobile Learning. Check out this section to explore more educational Chrome extensions.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: 5 Good Chrome Extensions for Students and Teachers

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We can’t talk about Project Base Learning (PBL) without referring to the resources and materials provided by the popular platform Buck Institute for Education. BIE conducts professional development workshops to help teachers use PBL effectively. Demand for these workshops has grown over the years, especially since 2009, and now BIE National Faculty members conduct over 100 PBL workshops a year across the United States to K-14 educators. In 2009 BIE published the first volume in its PBL Toolkit series, …

Continuar leyendo: A great Project Based Learning rubric every teacher should have

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“ The Resource for Education Technology Leaders focusing on K-12 educators.”See it on Scoop.it, via Recull diari

Continuar leyendo: 100 Educational iOS Apps

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Online education might be better in theory than in practice.See it on Scoop.it, via Educacion, ecologia y TIC

Continuar leyendo: Online education was supposed to be a revolution, but no one showed up

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Google has recently released a brand new tool of their spreadsheet tool Google Sheet. I have posted about this new update in a recent article here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning. This new version brings about a lot of improvement and new features to the spreadsheet tool. Note that the updates only affect the new sheets you create and not the ones you have already created.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: Teacher’s Guide to The New Google Sheets

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via www.topmastersineducation.com Source: TopMastersinEducation.com See it on Scoop.it, via Educación a Distancia (EaD)See it on Scoop.it, via Educacion, ecologia y TIC

Continuar leyendo: How Google is Changing Education

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Below is a wonderful slideshow on augmented reality I have discovered through Dawsonite. This presentation created by professor Raul Reinoso contains over 200 slides but are definitely worth viewing and I must say that this is one of the best presentations I have seen in 2013.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: Augmented Reality Transforming Education

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A toolbox for modern educators. Create Learning Maps, Micro lectures, Quizzes or train with Online Courses, all that with Edynco educational software.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: Edynco – create interactive content

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Education has been around for a long time. Many things have changed, and others have stayed remarkably similar over a number of years.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: A Visual Guide To The Past, Present, And Future Of Education

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Hace unos días leía una noticia en el portal Open Education Europa sobre las “8 cosas que los educadores necesitan conocer acerca de los derechos de autor y los recursos abiertos” y me venía a la mente la entrada de hace unos meses del blog: “Reutilizando contenidos de Internet. Licencias y derechos de autor” que ocasionó consultas privadas, dudas y comentarios públicos.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: Recursos educativos abiertos, licencias y derechos de autor en Internet

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A collection of education technology by Jake DuncanSee it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: The Tools to Flip Your Classroom Collection by Jake Duncan

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El ‘Microsoft in Education Global Forum 2014’, organizado por Microsoft, se celebrará en Barcelona del 11 al 14 de marzo y reunirá a los profesores y personalidades del ámbito educativo más innovadores del mundo.

Continuar leyendo: Barcelona acogerá en marzo el ‘Microsoft in Education Global Forum 2014’

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EF Education First, institución líder en la enseñanza de idiomas en el extranjero, ofrece una herramienta gratuita que permite evaluar rápidamente el nivel de inglés, francés, alemán, italiano y español de estudiantes y profesionales.

Continuar leyendo: Un test gratuito permite a jóvenes, instituciones y empresas a evaluar rápidamente el nivel de idiomas

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Finland was not at the top of the PISA league tables in the latest assessment. So what does this mean for the future? Here, Pasi Sahlberg explains that Finland never cared about being first. What i…See it on Scoop.it, via Aprender y educar

Continuar leyendo: Pasi Sahlberg: How Should PISA Scores Affect Finnish Education?

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Below is a wonderful rubric to help you select mobile apps to use with your students. I am adding this resource to the section I have created here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning under the label ” Teacher App Rubrics “. I come across this rubric from Cybraryman app page but the rubric was created by elearning skills.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: Teachers Rubric for Selecting Mobile Apps

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A couple of weeks ago I posted here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning two posts on self-directed learning : The Basics of Self-directed Learning, and 14 Technology-related Concepts every Teacher should Know about. Today I am adding another new resource on self directed learning I just came across in teachthought blog. This is basically a work realized by Barbara under the title Staged Self Directed Learning Model.See it on Scoop.it, via Educacion, ecologia y TIC

Continuar leyendo: Four stages of Self Directed Learning

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