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Technology and teaching - two words that seem to fit together perfectly today for most teachers and learners. So much so that a slew of new blogs have come on board to talk about education technology - or, edTech. This list of the 50 best education technology blogs are not inclusive, as there are so many new blogs available; however, if you look at links provided by many of these blogs to other edTech blogs, you may learn about even more blog that you aren't reading yet.

The Times asked teachers to submit videos on how the use of technology has changed the way they teach.

Mobile technology has shown tremendous growth in recent years and now rivals other outlets as one of the most powerful forms of mass media. While mobile phones will not be the death of print, television or the Internet, it has proven to be a huge and unique new platform for delivering content. ====== Fantastic resource about mobile phones and telephone technology.

This article discusses how internet played main role in the January revolution of Egyptian, and how RAND foundation report expected what happened, this report was published in 2003 and discussed the relation between technology and non-democratic regimes in Middle East and North Africa.

A list of different ways to integrate Web 2.0 technologies into the classroom or learning space. Simple, quick. easy to look at ideas.

Most of the research on the implementation of electronic portfolios has been in higher eduction. Most of the customized e-portfolio tools, both commercial and open source, have been created in and for higher education, whereas the paper-based portfolio process itself began in K-12 schools. Over the last eight years, there has been a decline in the use of paper portfolios in schools, perhaps due to the dominance of high stakes standardized testing, even though the integration of technology has boomed. Perhaps more K-12 schools will again consider the use of ePortfolios, but adapted for the different culture of elementary and secondary schooling, and focusing on formative, classroom-based assessment for learning, which prior research has shown to be the best way to improve student achievement (Black & Wiliam, 1998).

Free Technology for Teachers: (Richard Byrne)

Support network for school library media specialists and others in leadership positions who are working to promote the use of instructional technologies to enhance student learning.

Telstra's policy on social media engagement is a good example of how organisations can approach the use of social media within the workforce. While Telstra's main focus is on technology this doesn't mean that other organisation whose main area of business is not technology should be complacent about addressing social media use. The three Rs is a good guideline for employees to remember when using social media: Representing, Responsibility and Respect are key components to using common sense and judgement when using social media within an organisation.

RT @timito4: Erik Palmer believes some educators resist technology bc they don't trust it. #ascd #21stcenturyskills http://bit.ly/hNFZKS

Social media is an important technological trend that has big implications for how researchers (and people in general) communicate and collaborate. Researchers have a huge amount to gain from engaging with social media in various aspects of their work.

Here, in a visual nutshell, are some highlights about Facebook usage, 2010 trends, adoption numbers and a great deal more

This is a new page  of the Directory showing SOCIAL tools particularly targeted at (or very useful) for the primary, junior, middle and secondary school classrooms. (The rest of the Directory also provides useful tools)

Personal commentary on one experience of the Queensland floods and social media. People in the states/overseas were recommending others to follow Joy on Twitter as she had the most current updates. "Love how twitter, facebook and youtube actually connected me to stranger who are now 'real people' who are becoming friends!"

How to set up a mock Facebook page about a character (eg. famous person in history)

pyramid of bloom's taxonomy expressed in digital applications web 2.0

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