Aurasma is one of those special tools that just blows students away, allowing you to link video, audio and 3D imagery to objects in your classroom.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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7 Simple Ways You Can Help Students Pay Attention by TeachThought Staff For many teachers, helping students “pay attention” is probably the wrong way to help improve what you’re probably trying to improve. Listless students….See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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Many teachers are making the foray into using social media with their students. I am at the point of ‘dipping’ my toe in. There’s a number of things I’ve learned, and found out, as I have started tweeting to students and wanted to collect my thoughts on keys in beginning this path.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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There are different reasons why you want to share your computer screen with others. For instance you want to walk students through the process of using a certain web tool or installing an app, sharing your computer screen with them will allow them to see what you are doing right in your computer. This is also a good way to either give tech help or receive it from others.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC &amp

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I recently received a question from a reader who was asking how her students can insert special characters into their Google Documents. My suggestion is to use the “special characters” menu in Google Documents. Using that menu eliminates the need for remembering quirky keyboard combinations. I demonstrate the process in the video below.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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Creative Commons is a type of copyright license that allows others to utilize the work, with credit! I am a big advocate of teaching our students about copyright and to ensure that we use images and works with a Creative Commons license to set a good example. Click Here for more information on Creative CommoSee it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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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 …

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Blended and Flipped Classrooms can give students more control over their learning path. Added to that, the teachers get more insight into the learning of the class and can intervene as required. Technology plays an important role in blending the classrooms. User-friendly technology ensures that the student has more control over the time, place and pace of the curriculum. It also ensures that the teacher has the necessary visibility and tools to intervene effectively.See …

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Teaching to early learners means teaching fundamentals in a supportive and engaging way. It is no surprise that many learning tools for young students include some element of gamification. Here are a few that teachers recommend.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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The benefits of teaching online? Simple: Flexible hours; work from almost anywhere; greater student diversity; growth industry; more control over what you teach; global network of colleagues; personalized instruction; larger pool of students; easier and cheaper to share content; small investment to get started.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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Education is a pretty hot-button issue for so many people out there. The issues in education are numerous and varied, and interestingly, many people find themselves feeling pretty strongly about one or two issues, and could take or leave many of the others. So whether special needs students, public funding, gender equality in education, or something else is ‘your’ issue, you can at least understand that many facets of education get people fired up.See …

Continuar leyendo: 6 TED Talks Educators And Students Should Watch Together

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Google Forms is one of the powerful tools you want to make sure you have in your teaching toolkit.There are different ways you can use it with your students in class. You can, for instance, use it to create quizzes, polls, questionnaires, and surveys. You can also use it to design permission forms, absence slips, classroom events forms…you name it. The great thing about Google Forms, besides being free and easy to use, is the fact …

Continuar leyendo: A Wonderful Google Form Guide for Teachers

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With this app, students can learn about and write haiku, a popular Japanese poem that traditionally has three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. Students begin by brainstorming words for their poem, and then they compose their poem with attention to how many syllables they’ve written for each line. The final step allows students to customize the design of their poem with one of the provided artistic backgrounds or by uploading their own image.See it on Scoop.it, via…

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Google Classroom (http://classroom.google.com) is available to schools with a Google Apps for Education (GAfE)domain. Classroom is a way to get all of your students in one place and allows you to easily assign work and for students to turn it in.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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Looking for some inspiration for this new school year? Here are 8 TED talks from inspiring teachers. The first one is by Rita Pierson on the importance of believing in students and making a strong rapport with them. The next one is by Christopher Emdin in which he offers a vision to make the classroom come alive. In Hey Science Teachers.. Make It Fun, high school teacher Tyler DeWitt makes a strong case for teaching science through stories and …

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Chatrooms and polling services provide good ways to hear from all of the students in a classroom. These kind of tools allow shy students to ask questions and share comments. For your more outspoken students who want to comment on everything, a feedback mechanism provides a good outlet for them too. This summer I tried out a few new tools for gathering real-time feedback from students. Those new tools are featured at the top of my updated list…

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Google Classroom’s design is absolutely stunning. Following the latest design trends, the interface is simple, elegant, and free of unnecessary distractions, created to help the user focus on productivity. Google Classroom features some of the best tools teachers can use to manage and distribute assignments and class announcements. Also, it provides teachers and students with a safe environment to communicate with each other and exchange ideas and comments on educational content. Of course, all these perks come …

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Share on FacebookTweet ThisGoogle+Pin ItLinkedIn Teachers, have you ever found yourself in a situation where not all of your students were motivated? If so, raise your hands. If you didn’t raise your hand, then get out of here, because you’re a total liar. Students lacking in motivation find their way into every teacher’s classroom. It …See it on Scoop.it, via Aprender y educar

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When sharing Google Docs with students one trick is to have the students make a copy. Sharing Settings In the upper right hand corner of a Google Doc is the blue share button. Click on this to chan…See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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In general, “competency-based education” refers to a curriculum designed with a focus on the specific outcomes students should attain by the end of their studies. In this sense, higher education has been competency-based ever since syllabi and course catalogs began including learning objectives. But there’s a more specific sense in which the phrase can be used, and that’s the sense you are likely to encounter in your research into degree programs….

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