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Create Video Lessons in Minutes by Annotating Screen Snips with this Free Windows App Microsoft appears to have taken a page from Google’s playbook, encouraging employees to "turn their... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

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Josh Herring will be presenting the session "The iPad in the Humanities Classroom: One Teacher’s Journey from Skepticism to Appreciation" at the 2015 Teaching and Learning with the iPad... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

Source: Butler University Library, adapted from Meriam Library at CSU, Chico What are Your Favorite Tools and Techniques for Helping Students Learn how to Assess Web Content? One of my favorite... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

Image source These Tech Tools can Help Fill the Void in Foreign Language Learning - Practicing Speaking the Language! Are you a student who is struggling to learn a foreign language? Or maybe... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

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Successful Children’s Author Kate Messner to do Google Hangout for Grades 3 - 5 on Oct 20th. Did you know that published authors go through the same process as student writers when they... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

Tech Always has its Pros and Cons. Teachers Should be Aware of Both. I have to admit, I felt pretty unaware and uninformed when I stumbled across this. Like, "Where have I been?" How did... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

Create Quick, Easy Avatar-Animated Videos With This Free SmartPhone App Nick Combs will be presenting pre-conference workshop, "Teaching with the iPad Grades K-6" and the breakout session "Creation... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

These Quality Rubric-Reviewed Apps are Great for Helping Young Students Develop Their Literacy Skills The impact technology is having on the printed word is huge. As we continue shifting to digital... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

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Full Day and Half Day Workshops include iPad Management, Creating iPad Ready Learning Materials, Google Apps for Education (with an iPad focus) and More! On Thursday, November 12th, the Franklin... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

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The Newest Entry in Popular Video Tutorial Series Focuses on Getting to Know OER I love the idea of Open Educational Resources. Free. Editable. Shareable. What could be better? Well … it would... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

Come Explore 10 Different Fun & Powerful Free Tools With our ‘3 Minute Teaching With Tech’ Tutorials! Have you ever peeked in on another teacher and saw them using a tech tool that... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

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Have some fun! Get your ‘Meme’ on. It’s Probably Easier Than you Think. Well, to be clear, Wikipedia defines a Meme as "an activity, concept, catchphrase or piece of media... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

- Steve Balmer, Microsoft CEO, April, 2007 We Consistently Over-Estimate the Impact of Technology in the Short run, and Under-Estimate its Long Term Impact As I prepare for a plenary speech at... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

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Fun Math Apps and Unique Dictionary Tools Bring a Spark to Vital Academic Subjects As school has been in session for a few months, students get settled into their classroom routines, and their... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]