MS Office 365 is one of the major part of Microsoft software and business strategy, joining the benefits of options distant computer software established on the cloud with the regular base of the company in the field of the software providing. Benefits of office 365 that continuously updated almost in every 90 days and users no need to pay updated charges. Still you can purchase Microsoft standalone versions of MS office with the way everybody use to buy Standalone form of major application.
I use them everyday because they help me to avoid wasting paper, keeping all of my work organized and make my teaching easily accessible from anywhere I am, at any time. And the best part about it is that all of these services are free!
This school year, I made a conscious decision to go paperless. Last year I carried around my computer to every class, a planner and a pen. I constantly lost the pen or the planner. I used a LOT of paper. On top of that, if I wanted to check when I completed a lesson, I'd have to flick through my planner, find the task then find when I started and fished.
This site is a cross of a virtual desktop and an online storage site. Store up to 100MB of files for free and access them across many different types of devices.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+&+Web+Tools
"Learn how to stay ahead of malware, viruses and emerging threats while battling reduced budgets and resources. Attend this session to hear experts discuss the trends that will impact network security and child safety-Web 3.0, cloud computing and outsourcing-and how you can prepare for the future. Plus, technologists from top school districts including Duval County Schools and Denver Public Schools reveal how they successfully guard their students and networks from Internet-based threats. "
A good, easy to use site which syncs and stores files from your computer or mobile devices to access anywhere and act as backup. Just setup it up and forget about it until you need it. Stores 5GB for free.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+&+Web+Tools
Decentralized systems have proven to be more productive and agile than rigid, top-down ones
And yet the dominant model of public education is still fundamentally rooted in the industrial revolution that spawned it, when workplaces valued punctuality, regularity, attention, and silence above all else.
We don’t openly profess those values nowadays, but our educational system—which routinely tests kids on their ability to recall information and demonstrate mastery of a narrow set of skills—doubles down on the view that students are material to be processed, programmed, and quality-tested. School administrators prepare curriculum standards and “pacing guides” that tell teachers what to teach each day. Legions of managers supervise everything that happens in the classroom; in 2010 only 50 percent of public school staff members in the US were teachers.
In 1970 the top three skills required by the Fortune 500 were the three Rs: reading, writing, and arithmetic. In 1999 the top three skills in demand were teamwork, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills
Teachers provide prompts, not answers, and then they step aside
“schools in the cloud,”
There will be no teachers, curriculum, or separation into age groups—just six or so computers and a woman to look after the kids’ safety. His defining principle: “The children are completely in charge.”
as the kids blasted through the questions, they couldn’t help noticing that it felt easy, as if they were being asked to do something very basic.
The simple and intuitive ccToDo app provides to do list, task management and cloud synchronization to help you stay ahead of your schedule – without that nagging feeling of having forgotten something.