The generally accepted definition is that “Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that are freely available online for everyone to use, whether you are an instructor, student or self-learner. Examples of OER include: full courses, course modules, syllabi, lectures, homework assignments, quizzes, lab and classroom activities, pedagogical materials, games, simulations, and many more resources contained in digital media collections from around the world.”See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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Last week I had the privilege to work with Tony Vincent to lead a workshop about project based learning. Two of the resources that we shared during the workshop were a video explanation of PBL and set of rubrics from the Buck Institute for Education.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: An Explanation and Model Rubrics

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Google Drawings is a tool that is often overlooked by teachers. Being part of Google Drive, Drawings has some powerful features hat make it an ideal platform for creating educational posters, visuals, mind maps an many more. I have been using it to create several of the posters I shared here in the past and I find it really handy. Here is a step by step visual guide to help you learn how to use Drawings to …

Continuar leyendo: 10 Ways to Integrate Google Drawings in Your Teaching

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No es fácil encontrar imágenes gratuitas para poder usar en proyectos personales o comerciales. No me refiero a fotografías con licencia Creative Commons, me refiero a fotos de dominio público, de las que pueden encontrarse usando algunos de estos recursos que indicamos en 2013, lista que hoy ampliamos con resplashed.com.Se trata de una colección de fantásticas fotografías en alta resolución con la licencia adecuada para que podamos usarlas en cualquier…

Continuar leyendo: New Chart Comparing The Best Tools for Creating Educational Posters and Inforgaphics

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TED talks are invaluable resources for teachers professional development. They cover a wide variety of education related topics and provide a very good source of inspiration for teachers and students. Throughout the year we have been sharing with you some interesting talks from renowned speakers and educators and today we have had a look back at those talks and picked out 5 of the most popular talks within the education community.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC &

Continuar leyendo: The 5 Best TED Talks for Teachers

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A few days ago we shared with you a set of useful tips to help you integrate Twitter in your instruction. Today, we have come across this wonderful rubric created by University of Wisconsin that can be a very good addition to the resources we have been featuring here on the educational use of Twitter.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: A Very Helpful Rubric to Help You Integrate Twitter in Your Teaching

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From the computer to the iPad, technology is revolutionizing how we work, play, socialize, and learn (sometimes all at once). In celebration of Computer Science Education Week, we’re running the excellent infographic below, which explores 6 landmark technologies, includingEye Tracking TechnologyVirtual Reality TechnologyImmersive TechnologyWireless TechnologyWearable Computing TechnologyVideo Chat TechnologySee it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: 6 Technologies That Will Revolutionize the Classroom

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Twitter is a social network of huge importance for us in education. We have posted several articles about it here inEducational Technology and Mobile Learning and here is a resourceful section where you can access all the educational tools, tips, and ideas to help you to effectively leverage Twitter in your teaching and learning.There are several ways we can use Twitter in education and here is a brief overview of some of them.See it on Scoop….

Continuar leyendo: 11 Effective Ways to Use Twitter in Education

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ost of us know better than to use technology for technology’s sake. The Shiny New Tech Syndrome is taking the world by storm, and with the added pressure of finding new ways to improve educational outcomes, we try our best not to be tempted. But there are some things–certain methods, activities, and tools–we still assume can be enhanced with a little computational flair, when really, if we stopped to question ourselves, we’…

Continuar leyendo: When Not to Use Technology: 15 Things That Should Stay Simple In Education

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Motivate your students and transform your classroom through the gamification of education. Here are 4 examples to get you started!See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: 4 Ways To Bring Gamification of Education To Your Classroom

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GoAnimate for Schools is a safe environment for students to fully express their creativity through video and a great place for educators to share educational videos with other educators worldwide.See it on Scoop.it, via Recull diari

Continuar leyendo: GoAnimate – Herramienta para hacer animaciones

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Twitter is a fascinating adventure of relationships, entertainment, education, and fun. Now imagine layering on a few dozen powerups.That’s how it feels sometimes when you find just the right Twitter tool. And there’s a tool for practically every desire or whim.Tools for productivity, for efficiency, for research, and so much more. With such a generous API, Twitter tools have become legion—and we social sharers are better off for it.See it …

Continuar leyendo: 59 Free Twitter Tools and Apps That Do Pretty Much Everything

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Durante SIMO Educación 2014, Salón de la Tecnología para la Enseñanza,  125 empresas y entidades del sector mostraron su oferta educativa a los 7.526 profesionales que se dieron cita en la feria, organizada por IFEMA; una cifra tres veces superior a la de la edición de 2013 (cuando se presentó como sector invitado), y que ha venido a subrayar el creciente interés que despiertan las nuevas herramientas y recursos tecnológicos para enseñar en la era digital. Prueba de ello es, también,  la presencia…

Continuar leyendo: Más de 7.500 profesionales visitaron SIMO Educación 2014

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Continuar leyendo: Apps for Your Class. Google Play for Education (PUBLIC ON WEB) – Google Slides

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We’re continuing to build the list of integration resources that we provide for Moodle, so that schools, TAFEs and universities can integrate their Moodle platforms more securely with the rest of their existing infrastructure. This is a common goal for central IT teams, where they want to ensure their users (both staff and students) are able to move seamlessly between their different systems, and their data isn’t locked into a single platform.See …

Continuar leyendo: Integrating Moodle and Office 365 for Education

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I teach general education online biology courses to adult learners. To enhance student understanding of science and to appeal to students with different learning styles, I incorporate as much educational technology as possible in my classes.Gumersindo Fernández’s insight:1. Prezi2. Thinglink3. BundlrSee it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: 3 Must Use EdTech Tools

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Today I am sharing with you one of my favourite YouTube channels that covers topics pertaining to various disciplines and subject matters with a focus on world history. And though I am not a history teacher, I really find these videos interestingly insightful and intellectually stimulating. Today while I was watching the Origin of Life it dawned on me to write a quick post and share this video resource with you. History teachers ( and other …

Continuar leyendo: A Wonderful YouTube Channel for Teachers and Students

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One of my favourite free web tools I always recommend for creating classroom websites ( besides Google sites) is Weebly for Education. Technically speaking, Weebly is very easy to set up. Also, its drag and drop editor is pretty simple to use. You can add videos, pictures, maps and text by simply dragging them to your website. Another key feature provided by Weebly is about students and teachers privacy. Teachers can password protect all their students website with one …

Continuar leyendo: Video Tutorials to Help You Create A Classroom Website Using Weebly

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It’s been awhile since I last updated you on the new educational web tools that have been recently launched. Things have been pretty hectic here particularly that I am a full time PhD student now and it gets increasingly hard for me to find a balance between blogging here and my studies but I am doing my best to keep up with everything.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: 9 Excellent New Educational Web Tools for Teachers

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La videoconferencia es una solución tecnológica de hardware y software que permite la conexión simultánea de dos o más sitios situados geográficamente distantes para la comunicación bidireccional en tiempo real. Cada usuario emite su propia señal de vídeo y audio a los demás y recibe éstas de ellos. También se contempla compartir documentos, recursos y aplicaciones, etc con el resto de usuarios durante el transcurso de la sesión. https://flic.kr/p/4za79o //  CC BY-NC Ventajas …

Continuar leyendo: La videoconferencia educativa

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