Twitter is a social network of huge importance for us in education. We have posted several articles about it here inEducational Technology and Mobile Learning and here is a resourceful section where you can access all the educational tools, tips, and ideas to help you to effectively leverage Twitter in your teaching and learning.There are several ways we can use Twitter in education and here is a brief overview of some of them.See it on Scoop….

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Here is a beautiful visual I came across today on my Pinterest feeds which illustrates the difference between Blooms’ taxonomy and Depth of Knowledge. I am not really sure who has created this awesome work but it is available through this Pinterest board.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: A Good Visual On Bloom’s Taxonomy Vs Depth of Knowledge

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Los problemas en clase y la lateralidad cruzada son problemas más comunes de lo que usted piensa, en los siguientes párrafos profundizaremos acerca de ello y le daremos algunos tips y pautas para t…See it on Scoop.it, via Recull diari

Continuar leyendo: ¿ Qué es la lateralidad cruzada? Problemas que puede presentar en clase

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The advantage of these search engines for free images is that they (in theory) search multiple sites with free images at once. However, in practice some search just a handful of sites, rather than dozens. Anyway, it’s more than nothing but if you hope these image search engines are a blessing, you’d better get realistic.It’s hard to compare the quality of the 7 search engines included in the article. At first I wanted …

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¿Nunca os da rabia cuando veis que alguien, en vez de retuitear algun mensaje de Twitter, lo copya y pega para que parezca que lo ha escrito originalmente él? Es una práctica lamentablemente muy extendida por las redes sociales, sobretodo para atraer tráfico en los medios que dependen de chistes o mensajes virales. Afortunadamente, una web llamada Who Tweeted It First nos revela quién ha sido el primer usuario que ha tuiteado …

Continuar leyendo: Se acabaron las peleas sobre la fuente: Who Tweeted It First te revela el primer autor de un tuit

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ost of us know better than to use technology for technology’s sake. The Shiny New Tech Syndrome is taking the world by storm, and with the added pressure of finding new ways to improve educational outcomes, we try our best not to be tempted. But there are some things–certain methods, activities, and tools–we still assume can be enhanced with a little computational flair, when really, if we stopped to question ourselves, we’…

Continuar leyendo: When Not to Use Technology: 15 Things That Should Stay Simple In Education

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Motivate your students and transform your classroom through the gamification of education. Here are 4 examples to get you started!See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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Last night I posted a copy of my iPad Summit presentation. The presentation was created in Google Slides. I forgot to share it as view only and instead only selected publish to the web in my settings. I have changed that setting so that now anyone who has a Google Account will be able to make a copy of the slides for themselves.To make a copy of a Google Slides presentation that you find on the web, …

Continuar leyendo: How to Make a Copy of a Google Slides Presentation Marked as View Only

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One of the main ways to to leverage content curation for business is to add curated content to your website or blog. Here’s how to do it right on WordPress.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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Yesterday I posted a video demonstration of how to create a Feedly account, find blogs, and organize them into categories. In the video embedded below I demonstrate how I use Feedly to read my favorite blogs, share my favorite posts, and bookmark my favorite posts. There are other ways to read and bookmark posts, but this is the method that works for me. Give it a try and you just might find that it will help you keep…

Continuar leyendo: Organize Your Favorite Finds With Feedly and Evernote

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I subscribe to roughly 300 blogs and websites. For years I used Google Reader to keep up with them. When Google shuttered Reader, I switched to Feedly and have now used it for the last two years. Feedly’s interface is simple. Simple interfaces appeal to me. The service works in essentially the same way in my browser as it does on my phone. In the video embedded below I demonstrate the basics of getting started with Feedly.See it on…

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As you might have noticed, Google has recently released some powerful updates to its Google Drive rendering it more user-friendly. I have already reviewed each of these new updates in separate posts in the past. However, today I aggregated all of these new updates in this page to make it easy for you to access and browse through them from one single place.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: The 5 Recent Google Drive Updates Teachers Should Know About

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The majority of the time, your audience won’t be Internet savvy. Converting your presentation to a movie format is an effective and easy way to ensure that your presentation remains intact and your audience sees exactly what you want them to see. This type of file is accepted by most computers and can be saved to multiple devices such as a CD or DVD, USB flashdrive, or you can even upload it to a website like…

Continuar leyendo: Tutorial: Convert your PowerPoint to a movie

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5 Best Prezi alternatives list from PowToon – the free animated presentation software for business. The best alternative to Powerpoint and Prezi alternative.Gumersindo Fernández’s insight:1. PowToon2. Haiku Deck3) RawShorts4. Sparkol VideoScribe5. Slid.esSee it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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12 Helpful Tools for Research and Citations” is an excellent list created by Kira DeVaul and shared on Graphite. This list comprises a number of useful web tools that can help students during their research. As a process, research is made up of different interconnected stages: The first phase is the search for information, reading sources and taking notes, doing the write up and creating a bibliography for references. Kira’s list provides web tools that students can draw on when working…

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Sin duda una de las características más singulares de nuestro tiempo es el cambio, un cambio constante y acelerado por las tecnologías en el que junto a todo lo oscuro e inhumano que la humanidad lleva dentro convive con historias de esperanza. Es el caso de la plataforma Ushahidi, desarrollada de forma desinteresada por un grupo de ingenieros y blogueros para canalizar denuncias de violencia durante la crisis electoral de 2008 en Kenia y que hoy es una plataforma que…

Continuar leyendo: Cómo articular un programa desde la Biblioteca para incentivar y configurar PLEs

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From school classrooms to Apple product launches, slideshow presentations have quickly become the standard accompaniment to lectures. You can’t give a speech without a slideshow, it seems. And they all feel same. Presentations are dominated by Microsoft PowerPoint and Apple Keynote, apps that are all but omnipresent.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: Beyond PowerPoint & Keynote: The 20 Best Apps to Create and Share Presentations

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Bloom’s Taxonomy Tools is a Google document created by NJ superintendent Scott Rocco and it features a list of 89 web tools and mobile apps that correspond with every thinking level of Bloom’s taxonomy. This work is a collective effort from different teachers and educators who have come together and crowdsourced ideas and tools to help teachers make the best of Bloom’s digital taxonomy in their instruction.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

Continuar leyendo: New Bloom’s Taxonomy Sheet with Over 80 Web Tools to Try Out

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Top Augmented Reality Apps for your SmartphoneA Video featuring five really cool Augmented Reality Apps for your Smartphone.Featuring everything from language translation Tools to furniture organSee it on Scoop.it, via Recull diari

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