Riddle has recently rolled out some new features that should be especially useful for the upcoming school year. For those of you not yet familiar with Riddle this is a great web platform that allows teachers to create their own PlayBuzz and Buzzfeed-style quizzes, lists, polls, and more. ‘Riddle’s goal is to provide best-in-class tools that making creating interactive content simple, so you can concentrate on the content instead of worrying about the tool.’See it …

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In the course of the last three to four months ago, Google has been releasing new updates to Google Drive almost on a weekly basis. So far we have covered all the ones directly related to us in education. See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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A screencast, also known as video screen capture, is a great way for teachers to create and share instructional videos and explanatory step by step tutorials with students. regardless of the purposes for which you are creating a screencast, the quality of your video screen captures can sometimes impede the communicative intent of your message. See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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I visit a lot of classrooms. And I’m always fascinated by the variety of ways teachers launch the new school year and also with how they “run their rooms” on a daily basis. From these visits and my own experiences as an instructor, I’d like to offer my top 20 suggestions for keeping your classroom a safe, open, and inviting place to learn.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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A couple of weeks ago Diigo introduced the option to play videos within Diigo groups. Since then I have had a couple of folks ask about creating groups within Diigo. The video embedded below provides an overview of how to create a Diigo group.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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YouTube is one of the best platforms for accessing free educational content. There are now a multitude of channels created by teachers for teachers. Our section ‘YouTube Channels for Teachers’ features some of the best collection in this regard. In today’s post we are sharing with you some great YouTube channels that provide documentary films. You can probably use some of these documentaries to enhance your students learning. Browse through the collection and see…

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Thinking about integrating the microblogging platform Twitter in your instructional methodology? These handy short guides are a great place to start with. They feature a plethora of ideas, tips and examples on how to effectively use Twitter in your teaching. Also in this series of instructional guides for teachers are :Free Guides on how to Effectively Use iPads in Your Teaching and 3 Interactive Guides to Help you Integrate Technology in Your Class.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC …

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Google for Education has some excellent resources curated specifically to help teachers make the best of their technology integration in their instruction. We have been sifting through the different materials featured in the Training Centre for Google for Education and came across these handy guides. These are resources featuring some interesting ideas and innovative ways educators are using Google products in their classrooms and curriculum. Here are the two resources that stood out to us the most:See it on …

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We spent sometime during the last weekend sifting through our archive of educational tools we covered in the past and decided to bring to the forefront the titles below.The aim of this multi-purpose collection is to provide teachers with a handy resource where they can access some of the best educational tools to leverage in their instruction. This list is a work-in progress and we will be adding more to it in …

Continuar leyendo: A Collection of Some of The Essential Educational Web Tools for Teachers

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Wikipedia is often vilified in educational circles. The site’s loudest critics think that it offers biased, non-credible information. Many teachers specifically ban students from using the site from as a reference in research papers. However, though they may not cite it in their final papers, many students start their research process on Wikipedia. Not because they’re being defiant, but because the site comes up first in many online searches.See it on Scoop.it, via …

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In today’s post we are sharing with you a set of handy document templates created and provided for free download by the folks in Google Docs. These are the six most popular and most downloaded templates in Google Docs Template Gallery (in Students & Teachers category). As a teacher, you can re-appropriate the content of the docs to suit your teaching purposes.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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Splashtop Classroom is a great tool that allows teachers control and share lessons and presentations on their desktop with all students in class. Students will be able to see and follow everything you do on your desktop. With the recent updates, both teachers and students now can use whiteboard tools to add annotations and drawings to lesson content right from their own devices.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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How do you help students understand, and avoid, plagiarism? Teachers have reams of tutorials and steps to take to avoid the trap of plagiarism, but many students tune out the advice. I’ve had some success getting students to understand plagiarism in the online classroom by using a short video that illustrates do’s and don’ts by example.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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Facebook is one of the most popular social networking platform among teens and students. From socializing to organizing study groups, Facebook has been of tremendous help to many learners out there. However, Facebook is often mediatized as a notorious platform which engenders a sort of ‘moral panic’ among some parents and teachers.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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Periscope, Twitter’s live video streaming app, is taking the education world by storm1. Since its debut in early 2015, teachers and administrators are trying to figure out how to use Periscope for education and not just as a way for students to stream silly human tricks on live video to their friends.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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Yesterday, at that the third annual Practical Ed Tech Summer Camp Jim Wells spent about an hour sharing ideas for using Google Maps and Google Earth in variety of classroom settings. Google Earth offers a vastly more robust set of features than Google Maps offers. However, Google Maps is easier to access and is initially easier to understand. I have a set of Google Maps tutorial videos that I’ve created over the last year. Those videos are included …

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ForAllRubrics is another cool web tool for easily creating rubrics, checklists, and badges. The site provides a wide variety of interesting features for teachers including: the ability to score across different mobile devices, issue digital badges with evidence, view the status of your whole class at a glance, access assessment results on ForAllRubrics website, one click sharing of assessment results by email with students and parents and many more.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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Con el final del curso académico, son muchos los docentes que aprovechan el verano para hacer algun curso tanto para propósitos personales como profesionales. Hoy queremos compartir un artículo muy interesante en relación a la formación en verano. La revista The Muse ha publicado recientemente un artículo con 43 propuestas de cursos gratuitos online para…

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If you happen to teach in a 1:1 classroom then you will definitely be concerned about the educational apps to use with your students. There are tons out there for sure, but many of them are not worthwhile. To this end we curated this selection of some of the most popular apps and tools among 1:1 classroom teachers. Browse through the suggested titles and see what you want to adapt in your class. EnjoySee it on Scoop.

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