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Simulation of a wet chemistry lab. The Virtual Lab is an online simulation of a chemistry lab. It is designed to help students link chemical computations with authentic laboratory chemistry. The lab allows students to select from hundreds of standard reagents (aqueous) and manipulate them in a manner resembling a real lab.

Google announced new hardware, Android software compatibility, and other improvements meant to make Chromebooks even more welcome in the classroom. The changes--plus updates to the company's suite of education products--could extend Google's influence over the American school system. Chromebooks are popular with schools because they're much cheaper than PCs or tablets.

Without a doubt, teachers are pretty important to the society. Teachers hold the key to the future since they help to mould future leaders. They don't just teach, they are critical personalities who nurture the young folks to understand the world and to understand themselves.

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Members of the Education World Tech Team list 22 different software programs that are essential in all classrooms.

This is the newest Horizon Report. This report identifies the key trends in educational technology, challenges, and important developments.

Thanks to the implementation of the Common Core, technology has a guaranteed space in the classroom. Because of the abundant use of technology in the world technology is an essential tool for educators if they want to make a lasting impact on their students.

Superintendents are starting to realize the power of technology and how it can change things like using Voxer instead of walkie-talkies to connect to the network of his colleagues. This article talks about the use of technology and how a school district started to see the benefits after integrating one-to-one devices in their school. This specific school began making a more conscious effort to strategically integrate technology throughout the schools to prepare students for the future.

Educate, Communicate & Connect With Technology Bluebee Pals are a Bluetooth-enabled interactive and lovable plush companion that sings, reads and answer phone calls. Our innovative lip synchronization technology allows Bluebee's "mouth" to move while you're reading storybooks, engaging in learning apps, singing songs & much more!

Gives students a piece of virtual graph paper. When student clicks on a cell, they can type in numbers, math operations and equations. Everything is automatically aligned to be clear and legible.

Provides four ways in which technology can meet the needs of gifted students as well as their classmates.

This website is full of resources on accessibility in higher education. There is information on legal cases, conferences, documentation, and guides that deal with making curriculum accessible to people with disabilities.

This is a good resource for teachers that are interested in making their online courses more accessible. One of the resources is Quality Matters, an online certification process for online classes that sets standards and provides feedback on courses. At my school, we're currently in the process of making sure all of our online courses pass Quality Matter's standards and it's really improving the course curriculum.

Gaming | August 2013 Digital Edition Today's sophisticated digital games are engaging students and conveying hard-to-teach concepts like failure and perspective. So why aren't more classrooms playing along? If the use of technology in education is about meeting students where they are, it seems like gaming would be a good place to start.