I teach pre-service teachers at California State University Fresno. I require them to use Twitter as part of our activities throughout the semester. I hope to help them to build a sufficient PLN over the course of the semester that they will not feel alone when they are put into a classroom by themselves. To help them get started I created this document. Due to requests for the document from people outside of my …

Continuar leyendo: Twitter for Educators – A Document

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I know many if not all of you use this web tool, I know this from your interaction with Evernote for Teachers section. Today, I brought you some very good video tutorials from Scott YouTube channel. I picked only three videos but you can go back to his channel and browse through the entire list of tutorials he has there.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: Learn More about Evernote with These Excellent Video Tutorials

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I just learned through a tweet by Noami Harm about this Google Drive document featuring a wide variety of Chrome extensions and apps. Some of the extensions you will find in her document have already been featured here inEducational Technology and Mobile Learning in the section entitled ” Chrome Extensions for Teachers”, however, having all this aggregation of awesome educational extensions and apps amassed in one single page is a great thing.See it on Scoop.it, via…

Continuar leyendo: Handy Chrome Extensions and Apps for Teachers

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In an increasingly connected world, it’s imperative for individuals to be able to work together on projects. Collaboration is essential for you as an educator and for your students as they journey through the world of academia.Gumersindo Fernández’s insight:Google DrivePodio TitanPad Show Document thinkbinderSee it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: The 5 Best Free Collaboration Tools for Teachers

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Google search engine is definitely one of the most popular search engines out there and most of our students use it as their first choice. However, there are also some other alternatives worth trying out as well. Some of these search engines are even more specific and can render better search resultsSee it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: 10 Good Search Engines for Teachers and Students

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La mayoría de centros educativos que trabajan con iPads en clase han estado utilizando hasta la fecha DropBox o Google Drive para compartir archivos entre dispositivos. Ahora, gracias a iOS 7 es posible compartir archivos vía AirDrop entre iPads, de una manera más ágil y rápida, incluso sin wi-fi. ; ; Si nuestro dispositivo es […]

Continuar leyendo: AirDrop en clase con iPads

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YouTube is definitely one of the video repositories we teachers and educators use to look for educational video resources to share with our students. But what if the video you find is 30 minutes long and the segment that you want to share from this video is only two minutes long.Would you share the whole video then forward play it to the part you want or is there another simpler way to do it?See …

Continuar leyendo: Two Important YouTube Tips for Teachers

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Here is another graphic visual on Twitter for teachers and students. As you can see the graphic is pretty basic and features the core elements of Twitter practices teachers and students should keep in mind in order to better tap into the educational potential of this microblogging platform.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: Excellent Visual Outlining Twitter Basics for Teachers

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Why use Google Draw rather than other mind mapping tools? Google Draw is collaborative and is in my Google Drive with the rest of my files, thus easy to find. Teachers can also insert comments on a Google Draw as you can in other Google Docs, so it makes for a nice tool for being able to give feedback.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: Creating Mind Maps in Google Draw

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Organizing thoughts is a difficult task, for both teachers and students. Lack of a medium to organize all these thoughts can lead to stress, confusion, and lack of success in regards to yourself, or your students.Gumersindo Fernández’s insight:Coggle MindMup Bubbl.us Mindomo Wise MappingSee it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: The 5 Best Free Mind-Mapping Tools for Teachers

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As a connected educator, you need to come up with a set of guidelines, classroom iPad rules, as well as a way to manage all your new devices.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: A Powerful Set Of Classroom iPad Rules For Teachers

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Un punto a favor de las nuevas tecnologías en educación es que ayudan a reforzar contenido que a menudo es más difícil de entender con simple teoría. A continuación os presentamos cinco apps, enfocadas a diferentes niveles educativos,  que nos muestran la anatomía humana. Todas las aplicaciones tienen en común que, gracias a sus imágenes […]

Continuar leyendo: 5 apps para aprender anatomía humana

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As you know, there is myriad of different educational Twitter chats and discussions that take place between teachers and educators from all around the world. Most of these chats are weekly and are open to everybody to join. The chat I like the most is the one instigated by Tom Whitby and Terrel called #edchat. However, and as is explained in today’s guide, for you to effectively participate and follow the stream of tweets in a…

Continuar leyendo: Teachers’ Visual Guide to Educational Twitter Chats

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