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"The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students."

A rubric assessing how technology supports learning goals in courses. Designed for K-12, is it applicable to higher ed?

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ISTE's list of Ed Tech Twitter users

Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D.

Great TEDEd video lesson that teaches about visual media and the codes that are hidden in what we see.

Teacher-librarian and technology educator practitioners will share their ideas relating to effective practice in use of 2.0 tools to deliver the mission that resonates well with ISTE's NETS*S for ALL Teacher-Librarians, Ed Tech Educators, Sympathetic Admins, and Change Agents from around the world!

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Great academic uses for Twitter!

Great Ideas for using Twitter to encourage and extend learning beyond the classroom. Written for university but easily extends to high school or adult ed. Great idea to increase connection for distance students.

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"Q: What are Diigo Educator Accounts? These are special premium accounts provided specifically to K-12 & higher-ed educators. Once your Diigo Educator application is approved, your account will be upgraded to have these additional features: * You can create student accounts for an entire class with just a few clicks (and student email addresses are optional for account creation) * Students of the same class are automatically set up as a Diigo group so they can start using all the benefits that a Diigo group provides, such as group bookmarks and annotations, and group forums * Privacy settings of student accounts are pre-set so that only teachers and classmates can communicate with them. * Ads presented to student account users are limited to education-related sponsors "

TED talks into animated lessons with materials and options to use as a flipped classroom.

he new program provides for the cancellation of the remaining balance due on eligible federal student loans after the borrower has made 120 monthly payments on those loans under certain repayment plans while employed in certain public service fields.

It looks like students can be open-minded after all: When provided with the option to view lectures online, rather than just in person, a full 82 percent of undergraduates kindly offered that they'd be willing to entertain an alternative to showing up to class and paying attention in real time. A new study released today suggests not only a willingness but a "clear preference" among undergraduates for "lecture capture," the technology that records, streams and stores what happens in the classroom for concurrent or later viewing.

Home of the LoTTIE (Low Tech Tools for Inclusive Education) Kit, a collection of low and mid tech tools designed for teachers, classroom aides, and support professionals to use with students (grades K-12) who have special needs. The LoTTIE Kit fills an important gap in the field of assistive technology evaluation and use.

FREE Search connect with certain group of kids that are studing the same things your class is, it has skype feature, Email can be monitored, the writing skills go up because the students email is seen by all,