Thinglink was a big hit in the workshop that I facilitated yesterday in Bettendorf, Iowa. Thinglink can be used to turn any static image into an interactive, multimedia image. Yesterday, we used PicMonkey and PicCollage to create collages about what a good learning environment looks like to us. After creating those collages we saved them as PNG files and uploaded them to Thinglink where we added videos, audio files, and links to articles to enhance our collages and make…

Continuar leyendo: Thinglink Edu – Your Students Can Use Thinglink Without Email Addresses, Here’s How

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Here is an awesome infographic that chronicles the major technologies that have been used in schools along more than a century ago. It is just amazing to see all the developments schools went through thanks to the progress of technology. From the incorporation of radios in 1923 to the massive access to mobile technology in class, technology has always been an important element in the teaching/learning equation, though not as important as it is right now. I…

Continuar leyendo: Awesome timeline chronicling the use of educational technology in schools

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Using polling tools in the classroom is probably old hat by now. There are a ton of different tools available to teachers – many of them free- and they’re being put to use in a variety of different ways. From simply polling your class to get information and opinions to taking quizzes and having your …See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: 45 Powerful Tools To Create Polls And Quizzes In The Classroom

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Su objetivo es poner al alcance de los docentes actividades formativas relacionadas con la integración de las tecnologías en la educación. Es la Escuela virtual de verano de la Asociación Espiral, Educación y Tecnología, y sus cursos se dirigen a profesores de todos los niveles educativos y que posean distintos grados de competencia digital. De hecho, algunos se destinan a los que se inician en el mundo 2.0, mientras que otros son para quienes ya tienen competencias avanzadas y quieren estar…

Continuar leyendo: La Escuela virtual de verano Espiral abre sus ‘puertas’

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TAC y la Fundación Aprender a Mirar organizarán el 9 y 10 de octubre unas jornadas internacionales, en Barcelona, para analizar la protección del menor en la convergencia de pantallas. Las nuevas formas de consumo audiovisual comportan un mayor riesgo para los menores, quedando diluidas las líneas que diferencian los diversos tipos de contenido (televisivos, cinematográficos, videojuegos, apps, webs…) y la forma en que éstos son o no regulados. Las jornadas pretenden ofrecer un marco para analizar la situación actual …

Continuar leyendo: TAC organiza unas jornadas internacionales para analizar la protección del menor

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Pixorial is an online video creation tool that I raved about when it launched a couple of years ago. Unfortunately, the Pixorial team hasannounced that they are shutting down on July 18, 2014. If you have projects stored in Pixorial, you have until July 18th to download your media.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: Pixorial Announces Closure – Try These Other Online Video Creation Tools

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Good teaching is reflective teaching. Here are 10 ways to be a more reflective teacher.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: 10 Ways To Be A More Reflective Teacher

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As I have repeatedly stated in several instances here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning, online social networking remains one of the powerful routes to any effective and sustained teacher professional development plans. Social networks open up a whole new horizon of promising opportunities for on-the-go and at-any-time learning. One of the preeminent social networking site in this regard is the microblogging platform Twitter.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: New Wonderful Twitter Guide for Teachers and Educators

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En este post se repasan todas las formas de retwittear que existen, incluida la nueva función para incrustar tweets.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: Incrustar tweets y otras formas de retwittear

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I have always been inspired by the great work of Andrew Church. This guy has been one of my authority sources for everything related to Bloom’s digital taxonomy. Andrew provided a detailed account of how teachers can align the thinking levels of Bloom’s original taxonomy with the different digital tools. I have already shared here several examples of web tools and mobile apps that can be used to promote Bloom’s digital thinking skills; but today I am sharing…

Continuar leyendo: 20 Great Rubrics for Integrating Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy in Your Teaching

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Preparing slides that are both meaningful and visually appealing has gotten a lot easier thanks to technology. Whether it is for your classroom, a departmental talk, or a conference presentation, here are resources to help craft beautiful slides.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: Great Resources to Help Teachers Craft Beautiful Slide Presentations

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¿Cuántos mensajes de Email escribes al día? Y de media, ¿cuánto tiempo te lleva cada uno? Multiplica ahora las dos cifras y observa el número resultante (!). Al cabo del año nos pasamos decenas o cientos de miles de minutos escribiendo emails, pero casi nunca nos planteamos esto: «¿qué puedo hacer para que me lleve menos?» No es una cuestión que planteamos los raritos …

Continuar leyendo: 7 ideas para pasar menos tiempo escribiendo emails

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¿Estaría usted interesado en la lista definitiva de herramientas gratuitas para profesores? En el siguiente post van encontrado 321 Herramientas gratuitas para profesores separados en 18 categorías de tecnología educativa. Disfrute!See it on Scoop.it, via Recull diari

Continuar leyendo: 321 Free Tools for Teachers – Free Educational Technology

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Cada día de esta semana he compartido series de 21 aplicaciones para el iPad para varios niveles de grado. Para envolver en marcha la semana que he puesto los cuatro de esos juegos en este post. Por favor, siéntase libre de hacer copias de estos slidedecks un …See it on Scoop.it, via Recull diari

Continuar leyendo: 84 iPad Apps to Share With K-12 Teachers and Students

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In my previous post I shared the copyright flowchart created by Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano and Meryl Zeidenberg. I am planning to share that chart along with the following videos and guides in a video creation workshop that I am facilitating on Wednesday morning. Copyright and Creative Commons Explained by Common Craft tells the story of a photographer who uses Creative Commons licensing on her images. (Note, Common Craft does require a license to download and embed videos as I …

Continuar leyendo: Videos and Guides to Copyright & Creative Commons

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El próximo 21 de junio es el Día de la Música, por lo que os proponemos diferentes tipos de actividades, talleres, informaciones, materiales y recursos para celebrar ese día ¡bailando y cantando! En el aula o en casa. Artifante: combinan sesiones de refuerzo escolar en las diferentes áreas curriculares con talleres de radio, grabación de temas musicales, de creación de canciones, de doblaje de dibujos animados… Éstas son sólo algunas de las propuestas que se dirigen al alumnado de Primaria y la …

Continuar leyendo: Propuestas para celebrar el Día de la Música

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Continuar leyendo: 5 Effective Ways Teachers Can Use Twitter for Professional Development

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Here is another wonderful rubric from University of Wisconsin on the different criteria to use to evaluate websites . Students and parents can use it to assess web content in terms of its relevance to what is being taught in class. It can also be used as a tool for self-asessment and peer feedback.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: A Powerful Rubric for Evaluating Web Content for Teachers, Parents, and Students

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Below is a list of some of the best new educational web tools I have bookmarked during the last couple of weeks. These tools have already been reviewed by different edubloggers. If you haven’t got a chance to keep up with the latest releases in the world of educational technology, the curated selection below will help you catch up.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: 8 New Educational Web Tools for Teachers

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From elementary school to college, students of all ages have a growing pool of educational tools available to them. Here are a set of tools you might not be aware of, and have been recommended by students to their teachers.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: A Set of Educational Web Tools You Might Not Be Aware of

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