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This infographic presents 5 benefits of using technology in teacher education. One of the benefits that I found interesting was "technology reduces weight". I agree with this benefit a lot. Since I am a commuter as a doctoral student, I feel this benefit deeply. I used to carry huge handbooks and articles for a single presentation or a class reading. I now carry my iPad and use my cloud account on my tech tools, and read everywhere. I feel more comfortable and mobile now with the reduced weight and the less paper.

I like your choice which is simple but clearly describes what the benefits of using technology in the classroom :)

Benefits and dangers of social media in education

Mine, thank you very much for sharing this link. In my classrooms, the most frequent problems I come across are unoriginal thinking, plagiarism, and cheating. Although social media tools are amazing in that they are up to date, I have doubts on their effects on critical thinking skills of the students. Another case is informality, of course. The tools do limit the vocabulary the students use. I guess the problems that I listed are interconnected in some way. In short, we can conclude that the speed to reach, and the brevity of information the Internet and social media provide push students to be shallow in many respects. It's up to us as teachers to utilize the tools in the best way possible.

Here you can find really good advices to stay safe in your social networking connections. The advice for being prepared to answer questions about your social networking page or other social account in job interviews is a good one that I didn't realize before.

This article empahizes benefits of TPACK in integrating technology into special education and also suggests implications for preservice teacher education.

TPACK video case studies.

Dear friends you can find TPACK case studies in your own disciplines in this website. Both secondary and elementary school cases are available.

Dear Mine hocam, I really like the cases here and also I found my field. In the following days, we may benefit from those cases. Thank you so much for sharing :)

Here are some benefits of using mobile tools to learning.

This is a good infrographic about the use of SM in schools. It gives some benefits of SM and also there are some teaching ideas with SM.

This infographic is to show some dynamics that make a shift to technology in education necessary. Examples given in it present the alterative power the internet has. And, the personalized learning is one of the most important advantages of technology use as an alternative to "one-size-fits-all" models as discussed in readings, which is emphasized in this infographic too.

I guess, depending on the case, the answer is both. As presented in the infographic, there are situations -for example where people can not reach schools as a result of various reasons- that make online tools a good alternative for the schools. I believe that "alternative" is a keyword for this discussion and presenting people different choices is a good approach for me. There are ideas emphasizing that "technology will not replace teachers but teachers who do not use technology will be replaced" which can be agreed upon; yet, there are others too. For example, can we ignore the ideas of progressivists if they aim to use technology to create the ideal conditions that can not be realized in institutionalized schools for the education they think the most proper?

Of course, we cannot ignore "use of technology" to create ideal conditions for today's education settings. Then, it can be said use effectively and benefited from it or them.

The How YouTube Increases Classroom Pass Rates Infographic presents the benefits of Youtube in classrooms as well as ways for teachers to incorporate Youtube in their lessons and keep their students engaged. More engagement from students.

Some benefits of flipped classroom

This video shows the differences between a flipped and a traditional classroom in a funny way. It emphasizes benefits of flipped classroom and presents reactions of different type of students to the flipped classroom features. It is a video not only funny but also instructive.

In its Policy Priorities report, Can Social Media and School Policies be "Friends," ASCD provides a state-of-the union on social media use in schools. How administrators and educators deal with federal regulations, defining what's legal, parsing out school responsibilities and weighing them against the benefits of using social media to engage and communicate with students are all addressed in this useful guide.

Bunch of inspiring ideas to use Twitter for educational contexts. I've been benefiting from a couple of them in my classes, and I safely assert that Twitter increases interaction of the students, if properly used.

Teacher Guide for iPad is used by thousands of teachers worldwide as an important resource to help integrate iPads into lessons. It includes over 600 lesson activity ideas and video tutorials that enhance learning outcomes rather than using technology for the sake of it. Created by Adam Foster, an experienced teacher who has used iPads in his lessons for over 5 years, the app also benefits from contributions from teachers worldwide.

Those who are planning to flip their classrooms may benefit from the tools that could be found through this link.