July 10, 2015 Minecraft is an immersive learning environment that has started as a game about creating, exploring and managing resources before it becomes one of the leading educational learning... ....read more

July 9, 2015 Mac OS X comes in with a great functionality for screen sharing which many teachers overlook. You can use this feature to connect to another Mac in the same network and display its... ....read more

July 10, 2015 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... ....read more

July 11, 2015 Smart PDF Scanner is an excellent app that allows you to scan documents and send them as PDFs or images. The app is free today and only for a limited period of time. Its regular price... ....read more

July 11, 2015 Google Drive has proved itself to be an educational tool of high potential for us in education. From storing files and docs in the cloud to providing easy yet powerful tools to create... ....read more

July 11, 2015 Science in general is all about understanding how the world around us functions. It investigates the laws governing the internal workings of the universe and attempts to prove or... ....read more

July 12, 2015 This week’s Ted Ed list of talks we curated for you revolves around the theme: writer’s workshop. This is basically a playlist prepared by Ted Ed Channel on YouTube featuring 16 Ted Ed... ....read more

July 12, 2015 Writing is inherently asocial act. To produce a meaningful and decent amount of wordage, one should take to themselves and get immersed in a meditative state of mind that requires the... ....read more

July 12, 2015 Problem based learning ( PBL) is a teaching strategy that involves the minimum amount of direct and formal instruction characteristic of lecture based teaching.  In a PBL model,... ....read more

July, 2015 Cite fast is an easy to use web tool for creating citations. Students can utilize it to generate citations in different formats: APA (6th edition), MAL (7th edition), or Chicago (16th... ....read more

July 13, 2015 Below is a selection of some of the best iPad apps we have reviewed in the last couple of years. These apps are particularly curated for student researchers and academics. They provide... ....read more

July 13, 2015 Here are some valuable resources for Math teachers and students. These resources are provided by CK-12 and are arranged into 10 main categories. Click on each category below to access... ....read more

July 14, 2015 QuickTime Player is a wonderful Mac app with a huge educational potential for teachers and educators. While this app comes in pre-installed on Mac, several teachers still overlook the... ....read more

July 14, 2015 LibriVox offers tons of free audiobooks that you can integrate in your curriculum or use with students in class. Audiobooks range from fiction/non-fiction books to stories and poems all... ....read more

July 16, 2015 Over the last weekend, we spent sometime sifting through our Chrome extensions archive and curated for you the list below. We singled out the the apps that have been most popular among... ....read more

July 15, 2015 Lego Friends Story Maker is a good app that kids (ages 6+) can use to unleash their creativity through digital storytelling activities that involve the creation, writing, and publishing... ....read more

July 15, 2015 An interesting way to use iPad with students in class is through turning it into a document camera. The concept is very simple, you use your iPad as a mirroring device to project... ....read more

July 15, 2015 Due to the multiple requests for featuring Mac apps, we deemed it important that we create a separate section devoted entirely to educational Mac apps that teachers can utilize with... ....read more

July 16 , 2015 Tynker is an excellent website for teaching students coding. Students will get to learn the fundamentals of coding and programming through game-like puzzles, tutorials, stories and... ....read more

July 16, 2015 Here is an interesting short video from Microsoft in Education showing you how to use PowerPoint 2013 to create educational infographics and design communicative visuals. The tutorial... ....read more

July 17, 2015 The Graphic Map is a great tool from ReadWriteThink to help students with their writing and reading activities. Using this graphic organizer, students will be able to represent high and... ....read more

July 19, 2015 In a brief post published a couple of days ago, Google announced the release of a very important feature to Google Classroom app for both Android and iOS. Students now will start... ....read more

July 17, 2015 Over the last 10 days, Google released some important updates to Google Drive which we are re-sharing with you below in case you missed them. The most important of these updates is the... ....read more

July 17, 2015 After posting about Google Drive shortcut cheat sheet, we got an email from one of our readers asking about Mac shortcuts. There is actually an official shortcut sheet provided by Apple... ....read more