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A great collection of resources and reflections from EduTECH Conference 2014. Includes blogposts, interviews, storifies and articles.

"Google openly collects user data from its online services but not via apps for education, but there is concern that the online activity of teenagers is being analysed for targeted advertising."

"Classroom helps teachers create and collect assignments paperlessly. When teachers create assignments, they can choose to share a single document, or automatically make a copy for each student. They can quickly see who has or hasn't completed the work, and provide direct, real-time feedback."

"Geography Soup is a bespoke collection of short films curated for Geography teachers to use in the classroom. Every one is chosen for it's ability to take us slightly off the beaten track & to inspire us to learn & understand a little bit more about our planet & how we interact with it. Each film is a starting point to a lesson, a topic, a line of enquiry & a learning journey."

A great collection of 'not quite flipped' videos. Particularly pertinent from the discussion with Ian Guest about video teachers practise. Eddie Woo has started recording his instruction and posting them on Youtube.

"Over 30 Tips to help navigate Google+  Here are an excellent collection of tips in .gif format to make it easy for you to quickly see what you need to do from Martin Shervington." Nov 2013

"Bulb is a simple tool that allows you to share your knowledge using video, images and text, published on pages and organized into collections. It's a place where anyone can teach, everyone learns, and knowledge changes lives."

via @rmbyrne

"Learner Express is a gallery of short video modules distilled from over 350 hours in the Annenberg Learner Collection. The science topics are useful in a STEM-based curriculum, while the math topics align with the Common Core Standards. You can quickly locate 1-5 minute videos to enhance classroom or professional learning. Indexed, annotated, and linked to related resources, Learner Express embodies the best of just-in-time learning. Look for additional video modules in the future."

"The map uses freely available data retrieved Alexa on August 12th, 2013. The company has provided website analytics since 1996. Alexa collects data from millions of Internet users using one of over 25,000 different browser extensions, and the data used for this visualization were calculated "using a combination of the estimated average daily unique visitors to a site and the estimated number of pageviews on that site from users in that country over the past month"."

"Educating our students is a collective responsibility. As educators and leaders in schools we often wonder if we are providing the best possible education for our students. This series of Professional Learning sessions will explore the complexities that we are faced with when working through these three main areas - * Learning Culture * Learning Paradigms * Learning Spaces"

Helen has organised an interesting series of online workshops this year.

The graphic below pits our social network usage against the huge adoption of mobile phones - currently at 4.6 billion worldwide. Facebook, with over 500 million users, is still around 10 times smaller than the worldwide mobile market. Even web-based e-mail, which accounts for over 800 million users collectively, barely holds a candle to the mobile juggernaut. The key here is convergence. Where do all these social platforms intersect with mobile, thus becoming "GeoSocial?"

"The days of shackling your business to a brick and mortar office are over .. We asked people who work from home, from coworking spaces, in coffee shops, on the road and in offices to share their secrets for a productive day no matter where they're working. The following are the highlights of their collective advice."

Some interesting strategies and net management ideas that even educators can benefit from when working at school or from home.

EduApps is an initiative developed by the JISC Regional Support Centre Scotland North & East and consists of seven useful software collections that are free for you to download and use.

This site is mainly designed to help you find similar, related, or alternative websites. We collect and combine information about websites from many sources. The search engine generates a list of websites based on the similarity of tags and categories. We are constantly crawling the Web to find new popular sites to provide users with fresh results.

New survey tool that looks quite impressive. "Create a survey, collect responses, analyze results no ads, no cost, no limitations."

It's quite user-friendly

An online social network targeted to students who want to collect all their ebook and study content together. Sort of a Facebook for learners. Sponsored by textbook publishers who sell and market online to users. Built in search tools.

Ookaboo is a collection of free pictures, indexed by precise terms from the semantic web. All pictures on Ookaboo are in the public domain or are under Creative Commons -- that means that you can use our pictures for your web site, classwork, or other creative projects! All data

Site that collects and encourages colleges to adopt guidelines based on pedagogy best practices for online and classroom teaching.

Social network resource collection and bloggin. Follow experts and answers and eportfolio rolled together. Could also function as a team hub, but it doesn't have live conferencing. Tools to create posts, webcam, and screencasts. No assessment or course sequence. Freemium model with generous caps on storage and bandwidth.

"The first official NASA App invites you to discover a wealth of NASA information right on your iPhone or iPod Touch. The NASA App collects, customizes and delivers an extensive selection of dynamically updated information, images and videos from various online NASA sources in a convenient mobile package. Come explore with us."

A nice NASA app that you can even use for tracking sightings of the international space station from your current location.