Below is a list of some popular Google Docs add-ons for teachers and educators. These extensions are geared towards enhancing your Google Docs productivity by enabling you to perform a wide range of functionalities that Docs alone would not be able to afford. Some of the things you can do with these add-ons include: create bibliographies and automatically format citations in different citation styles, integrate various accents into your docs, create and insert mind…

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Different people learn differently. That’s always been true, but only in recent years have teachers had access the tools that allow them to really accommodate the many different learning styles present in any given classroom. PowerPoint presentations provide the opportunity to combine many of those tools into one place. In one lesson, you can easily incorporate speech, text, images, videos, and audio.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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After yesterday’s post we received a couple of requests from our followers on social media suggesting the inclusion of Hstry and MyHistro to the list. These are two timeline creation tools we have already covered in separate posts in the past. As teachers, you can use these web applications with students to create educational timelines showcasing the development of a given phenomenon or to chronicle the major historical events over a stretch of time or provide a…

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Today we are updating the popular ‘iPad digital portfolio apps’ post we published last year by adding the Android version of some of the apps we featured there. Using these apps students ad teachers will be able to easily create and access their digital portfolios online. They can also use them to document their learning and to showcase their progress via compiling and storing different learning artifacts and creating independent learning journals. Some of these tools allow…

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Intellectual property is the topic of the latest Common Craft video. The video provides an overview of what intellectual property is and how it is protected by patents and copyright laws. You can see the video here or as embedded below.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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Acabo de llegar de una sesión de evaluación, así que disculpad el tono pesimista. Tenemos un serio problema de fracaso escolar y abandono temprano, como demuestra esa pirámide de grupos de mi centro que encabeza esta nota. A lo largo de los años hemos intentado hacer (casi) todo lo posible por salir del horror de unas estadísticas que ofrecen grupos con más del 80% de alumnos en situación …

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Algunas personas acusan dolor de estómago, cansancio, dolor de cabeza o incluso náuseas en época de exámenes. Los responsables de estos síntomas no son otros que los exámenes al manifestarse fisiológicamente debido a la ansiedad que nos producen. Para sobrellevarlo, expertos de la Universidad de Salamanca (España) plantean una serie de consejos para evitar que perdamos atención y concentración en esta época.See it on…

Continuar leyendo: ¿Ansiedad por los exámenes? 5 trucos para vencerla

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You may have seen other teachers produce printed portfolios or books documenting their students’ work, and you may have wondered if you could create one as well. The answer is yes you can!Whether you want to create a simple PDF version of your blog, or you want to turn it into a glossy, breathtaking, piece of art there are tools out there that you can use.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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Últimamente estoy leyendo a usuarios de la red que soundcloud ha dejado de dar la opción de grabar. Después de trastear un rato, he podido comprobar que no es así, tanto en la versión web como en android pero sí en todos los dispositivos IOS. Eso sí, ahora está un poco más escondido, el único límite que he encontrado en la versión gratuita es que que sólo disponemos de 3 horas …

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Today’s collection features a list of some useful new educational web tools we have curated from the piles of emails we have received over the last couple of weeks. The purpose is to provide busy teachers and educators with a handy resource where they can access and keep updated of the latest releases in the world of educational technology.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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Formación del profesorado en Tecnología Educativa: de cómo las realidades generan los mitos / The formation of teachers in Educational Technology: how realities generate mythsSee it on Scoop.it, via Recull diari

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Autismo Diario. Autismo, TGD, TEA, Asperger, TDAHSee it on Scoop.it, via Recull diari

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Blogs are surprisingly easy to use. They require minimum technical knowledge and are quickly and easily created and maintained.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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Diversos recursos web para adoptar el teatro no solo cono asignatura transversal sino también como técnica de enseñanzaSee it on Scoop.it, via Recull diari

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Here are some helpful tips we pulled out from our Gmail Tips archive to share with you today. These tips are meant to help you enhance your productivity and make the best of your gmail experiences. Let us know what you think of them.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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Google Voice is a great communicational utility with huge educational potential. As a teacher, you can use Google Voice to obtain a phone number to use when communicating with students and parents without you revealing your personal phone number. You can connect your Google Voice number with multiple phone numbers (e.g landline number, mobile number, work number) and have incoming calls routed to all of these numbers simultaneously. You can also select a single number to…

Continuar leyendo: Teachers’ Guide to The Use of Google Voice in Education

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Problem-based learning (PBL) was first introduced to the field of education in the 1960s by medical education specialist Howard Barrows, who argued that the teaching of medicine at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada should be organized in a way that emulated the reasoning of a skilled practitioner.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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Evidentemente para triunfar en Twitter se necesita cumplir con una serie de cualidades, mis consejos son tuitear con regularidad, publicar contenidos de calidad orientados a vuestra audiencia y no olvidar que los tweets con imágenes tienen más posibilidades de lograr una mayor difusión.Para saber más sobre este tema podemos consultar los consejos que nos ofrece la infografía “26 consejos para triunfar en Twitter“, un trabajo del sitio TreceBits.See it…

Continuar leyendo: 26 consejos que debes conocer para triunfar en Twitter (infografía)

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HTML5 in eLearning is being touted as the wave of the future in the world of eLearning, but is it really able to stand up to the ever-popular Flash? Because it is the new standard, it’s essential for eLearning professionals to get on board and start using HTML5, in order to be able to collaborate with other pros and eLearning content developers. Businesses looking for online training deliverables will also be opting for HTML5 courses, instead of…

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