In a recent post I shared here a few days ago, I featured a list of three good text to speech tools for teachers. Today, I am sharing with you another list of handy tools but this time it is the other way around: speech to text. These tools will enable you to transcribe oral speech into text which you can then copy and use anywhere you want.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: Excellent Speech to Text Tools for Teachers

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This morning I virtually dropped into my friend Eric Cole’s workshop on Google+. Eric was demonstrating Google+ Hangouts to teachers in his school and I was happy to say hello and share some ideas for using Google+ Hangouts in education.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: Some Ideas and Examples for Using Google+ Hangouts in School

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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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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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Teachers have been busy creating interactive images for Week 1 of the ThingLink Teacher Challenge. The first challenge was designed for teachers to create an image about something within their realm of expertise to explore the tool without trying to create a complex lesson. The task was to create a “How To” image.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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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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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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Lego es un referente en lo que refiere a la robótica educativa. Son ampliamente conocidos proyectos educativos como Lego We-Do o Lego Mindstrom. Una combinación muy equilibrada de piezas de Lego, robots y software diseñada para que los niños y niñas, desde edades muy tempranas hasta la universidad, puedan desarrollar un proyecto de robótica acorde con […]

Continuar leyendo: Fix the factory app: iniciación a la robótica

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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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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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Here is another great resource of free high resolution images that students and teachers can use in their class. TheMuseum of New Zealand has recently made over 30,000 images available for download and re-use .This huge collection comprises images that are either under public domain or licensed under Creative Commons (which entails you to add an attribution to them when you use them).See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: Over 30,000 Free Downloadable Images to Use in Class

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Quizzes can take different format and while the traditional way of delivering quizzes was textually based, now web 2.0 technologies allow us to create quizzes that embed multimedia elements such as images and videos and not only text. In a previous post I shared here in EdTech and Mlearning, I featured a slew of useful web applications that teachers can use to create video based quizzes. Today, I am sharing with you two important tools to …

Continuar leyendo: Two Great Tools to Create Image Based Quizzes

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A continuación podéis visualizar un vídeo muy divertido que recoge las reacciones de niños y niñas delante del modelo más antiguo de Apple, el Apple II. Las niñas y los niños deben encender el ordenador y hacerlo funcionar, más adelante se les ofrece la posibilidad de poder jugar. El vídeo no tiene desperdicio tanto por […]

Continuar leyendo: Niñ@s usando el mac más antiguo (humor)

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For those of you using or planning to integrating blogging as an instructional activity in class, the rubric below from the University of Wisconsin Stout is definitely a must have. This rubric is available for free and can be downloaded in PDF format.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: A Wonderful Blogging Rubric for Teachers and Students

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Edmodo is a great online platform with huge educational potential for teachers. Since its launch a few years ago,Edmodo is being used now by huge number of teachers and schools from all around the globe. Given this mounting importance of Edmodo in teaching, I created a section where you can find a plethora of resources, guides, and materials on how to leverage the power of this web tool in your classroom, check out here.See it on…

Continuar leyendo: Two Things Every Teacher Should Be Able to Do on Edmodo

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Continuar leyendo: Free Technology for Teachers: Good Web Resources That Teachers May Not Be Using

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Rubrics are an extremely useful classroom evaluation tool, though many teachers these days aren’t using them anymore, and don’t think they are necessary. The lovely graphic below from Mia MacMeekin takes a look at rubrics and why they should be used and what they can improve, along with a little guide for teachers on rubrics.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: 18 Ways To Use Rubrics In Education

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Rubrics are an extremely useful classroom evaluation tool, though many teachers these days aren’t using them anymore, and don’t think they are necessary. The lovely graphic below from Mia MacMeekin takes a look at rubrics and why they should be used and what they can improve, along with a little guide for teachers on rubrics. …See it on Scoop.it, via Educacion, ecologia y TIC

Continuar leyendo: 18 Ways To Use Rubrics In Education – Edudemic

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Today I am sharing with you a list of handy Chrome extensions that you can use to improve your browsing experience. Using these add-ons, you will be able to do a wide variety of tasks : from archiving web pages for offline reading to printing web content in clean formats. For more Chrome extensions that are specifically curated for teachers and students, visit the Educational Chrome Extensions section here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning.See it on…

Continuar leyendo: 11 Good Chrome Extensions for Teachers and Students

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Providing timely and effective feedback on student work is a critical component to any classroom. As students increasingly operate and create in a digital environment, emerging tools provide unique new opportunities for teachers to provide feedback on both written work and video projects. Feedback on Written Work With the increased adoption of Google Apps …See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: Providing Feedback on Student Writing and Video

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