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Horizon report 2012 on technology trends

Template for sharing Google app with others for workshop

Tomorrow at the NCTIES 2014 conference I am facilitating a workshop on creating videos with mobile apps. I designed the workshop to accommodate users of iOS and Android devices. In preparation for the workshop I created this chart that compares the features and costs of eleven mobile video creation apps.

"'Genius hour': What kids can learn from failure"'Genius hour': What kids can learn from failure is a neat look at schools using GH from CNN

Students are applying for more jobs at an earlier stage in an attempt to secure work in what they see as a tough employment market, research suggests.

Google+ for Schools is a short guide created by Eric Curts, a Google certified teacher. The Google Doc document walks you through a step by step process to learn everything you need in order to start leveraging the power of this social networking platform in schools.

"If you have been using the sharing feature of Google Docs (now Google Drive) for some time, you may have quite a few files in the Drive that are accessible to other users. Would you like to review this list? Here's a simple Google script that will scan your Google Drive and prepare a list all files that have been shared from your Google Drive."

Paste images directly from your clipboard into snaggy, then use the simple editor to crop and annotate.

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A fantastic Google Presentation by John Pearce looking at Web 2.0 tools and other cloud based apps to support thinking

A fantastic Google Presentation by John Pearce looking at Web 2.0 tools and other cloud based apps to support thinking

If you have concerns someone is using your password to get into your Gmail or realized you left yourself logged in on a public computer/device, this tip will help you see where your gmail is being logged in from, and allow you to remotely log off any open sessions.

Mutt Susan from Digital Divide and Conquer has created a great rubric to assist students in understanding and analyzing the apps they find. The Student App Review Rubric has five criteria that students can use when assessing an app. Each of the criteria can be given a numerical number from 0 to 4 with 4 as the top grade. The 5 criteria are: 1. Looks and sound, 2. Engagement and motivation. 3. User friendly directions and instructions. 4. Performance and ease of use. 5. Differentiation in learning.

"In just a few taps, create a stunning personalized movie using your own video, photo and music clips. Take advantage of professional quality themes and transitions. Share the resulting movie with friends and family." Pity you need Windows 8 or RT