Don’t let @justinbieber ruin it for you. With 59.8 million Twitter followers as of this writing, the hype around J-Biebs is exactly what drives thoughtful people to run in the opposite direction of a powerful tool for learning and connecting. While some teachers have told me, “I’d never waste my time on Twitter” others I’ve worked with have declared “Twitter is the most powerful professional development tool I’ve ever used!”See it on Scoop.it, via TIC

Continuar leyendo: Use Twitter to Create a Global Classroom

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For the second year running, a 3rd Grade teacher at the Patricia A. DiChiaro School in Westchester, NY, used Shake-a-Phrase for a Halloween creative writing exercise in her classroom. Mrs. Colacicco, shook up a bunch of Monster-themed Story Starters, printed the individual Starter screens, and engaged her class in a collaborative writer’s workshop. Using the story prompts, the students worked together in groups of 2-3, to imagine and write their own creepy and silly…

Continuar leyendo: Shaking Up The Classroom

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La idea de que el modelo de clase invertida es un modelo acabado en el sentido de que está casi todo marcado y previsto, es decir, el alumnado ve un vídeo, asimila su contenido y se trabajan las dificultades planteadas en clase, es totalmente falso. Sí es cierto que esa imagen, utilizando la metáfora de un automóvil, es la del modelo inicial, básico, de serie. Pero, sobre ese modelo pueden hacerse innumerables variantes que …

Continuar leyendo: Tuneando el Modelo Flipped

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Good educational games are always a popular topic amongst teachers and parents. And students too, I’m sure. Here are some interesting learning games spanning topics like rocket science, computer programming, city building, and math.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: Excellent Educational Games for Students

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Are you still wondering what Google Classroom is all about and whether you should start using it or not? This video explanation created by Amy Mayer is a definitely a must watch. Amy provides a concise overview of the current features of Google Classroom. She started with the things you can do with Google Classroom and used some examples of how teachers are implementing it in their classrooms; how it is used for assignments, how it…

Continuar leyendo: What teachers can and can’t do on Google Classroom

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This is not a post about the SAMR model (a way of thinking about how to teach with technology that uses an acronym as a mnemonic device)–well, not in any way that’s going to further the conversation around it, or push your thinking about the ins and outs of using it.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: The SAMR Model In 120 Seconds

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After the post I shared here on how to create flipped videos via the use of annotations and other interactivity features on YouTube, I received a couple of emails from fellow teachers asking about certain functionalities on YouTube. Instead of answering each one individually, I decided to create this post and include in it the major important things a teacher should be able to do on YouTube.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: 5 Things Every Teacher Should Be Able to Do On YouTube

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There are several third party tools out there that would enable you to enhance your tweeting experience, below is the editor’s choice of two of the best web tools to use with your Twitter. As a teacher, using these tools will help you expand and enrich your professional learning experience by enabling you to follow like minded people, create lists to crowdsource information around a particular topic, read your Twitter stream in a magazine-like format, and make the …

Continuar leyendo: Two of The Best Twitter Tools for Teachers

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On Monday I wrote a short post about using Skitch to protect students’ privacy when sharing pictures of school events. A few people contacted me through the FreeTech4Teachers Facebook page for more information about how Skitch works. To answer those questions I created the video that you see embedded below.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: How to Use Skitch to Blur Faces and More

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One of the best things about Twitter is the wealth of links that teachers share with each other. It can be hard to keep track of all of the links that you might find while watching a hashtag like #edchat or #edtechchat. I tend to open a link then bookmark it with Evernote’s web clipper. My process involves opening a link in a new window then bookmarking it. It’s not the most efficient process, but it works for…

Continuar leyendo: Two Ways to Bookmark Favorite Links from Twitter

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According to Webster’s Dictionary, augmented reality is “an enhanced version of reality created by the use of technology to overlay digital information on an image of something being viewed through a device (as a smartphone camera); also : the technology used to create augmented reality.” Think of it as a type of virtual reality, using the computer to copy your world. You are probably familiar with a tool created by Google which falls into this category: Google …

Continuar leyendo: Augmented Reality: 32 Resources About Using it Education

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In an earlier post covering the best YouTube resources for teachers I argued that the educational potential of YouTube resides in it being both a free platform that provides a wide variety of educational videos to use in class and also in the powerful editing features it offers to video creators. In today’s post, I am sharing with you one of YuTube’s useful editing feature that allows you to add interactivity to your videos.See it on …

Continuar leyendo: This Is How to Create Flipped Videos by Adding Interactive Elements and Annotations to YouTube Clips

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Hi ha tantes bones eines gratuïtes per a la creació de còmics i dibuixos animats a la web, així com aplicacions per a tauletes i telèfons intel·ligents. He construït una llista d’eines divertides que estic amb ganes de provar al llarg de la propera vacances. No puc esperar per pensar sobre les maneres creatives d’aprofitar aquests en lliçons!Teresa Torné’s insight:Afegeix el teu visió …See it on Scoop.it, via Recull

Continuar leyendo: 20 Free Tools for Making Comics and Cartoons for Teaching and Learning – Emerging EdTech

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In yesterday’s post about creating digital records of physical items I mentioned using Skitch to take pictures and annotate them. One of the things about Skitch that I failed to mention in that post is that along with drawing and typing on a picture you can crop and blur items in a picture.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: Protect Student Privacy by Using Skitch

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La crítica del principiante Clash of Clans es un título de estrategia en estado puro. Quienes jugaran hace años a Age of Empires o Empire Earth, reconocerán perfectamente el estilo de juego. Eso sí, todo está mucho más simplificado. Objetivo El planteamiento consiste en desarrollar nuestra aldea mediante la extracción y el uso de cuatro elementos básicos: el elixir, el oro, las gemas y el elixir oscuro. El segundo gran objetivo es el de atacar a…

Continuar leyendo: La estrategia está de moda

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This Updated eBook is a Structured Like a Mini Flipped Class Workshop, With Dozens of Excellent Free Resources! As I write this, the Flipped Classroom hasSee it on Scoop.it, via Recull diari

Continuar leyendo: The All New Free Flipped Teaching and Learning Resources eBook (Available on FlippedClassroomWorkshop.com)

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El cine ha llevado a la gran pantalla muchas películas en las que se tratan temas relacionados con el mundo de la educación. Continuamos ampliado esta entrada con vuestras propuestas hasta alcanzar los 30 cortometrajes para educar en valores. Con ellos, el alumnado reflexionará sobre la amistad, la solidaridad, el trabajo en equipo, el respeto a las personas… 1. Cuerdas: El guionista y director Pedro Solís García dirige esta pequeña obra de arte que ha sido reconocida recientemente con el …

Continuar leyendo: 30 cortometrajes para educar en valores

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Are our schools doing a good job of preparing students for a world where questioning is a survival skill?Maite SF’s insight:Enseñar a preguntar, una habilidad imprescindibleSee it on Scoop.it, via Aprender y educar

Continuar leyendo: Why It’s Imperative to Teach Students How to Question as the Ultimate Survival Skill

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Today, we are introducing you to what we consider to be the best 4 web tools for creating screenshots. Besides being free, these tools are very simple to use and are also student friendly. They will allow you to capture your screen, crop and annotate your pictures using arrows, colours, shapes, text and many more.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: The Best Teacher Tools for Taking Screenshots and Annotating Pictures

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Es característico de los perfiles falsos en Twitter, por ejemplo, los que generan algunos servicios que ofrecen millares de seguidores por apenas unos dólares, el no contar con una descripción/Bio creíble, tuitear poco, tener pocos followers y como imagen de perfil la que Twitter activa a todos de forma predeterminada: Un huevo blanco con un fondo de un color aleatorio.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: Cómo calcular cuántos seguidores falsos te siguen en Twitter, y conocerlos

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