There are thousands of technological tools out there to help you make your college classroom more dynamic for your students and processes more streamlined for yourself. There are so many, in fact, that the prospect of identifying which tools will help you and be worth your time can be daunting. You're already busy. You have a million things to do to prepare for and execute your college courses, and dedicating time to the things you love is increasingly difficult. With your busy life as a college professor in mind, we at Top Hat have put together a list of 10 tools to help you set your class up for success in 2015. When considering which new tools to adapt in your class, you'll want to consider which aspect of your class could benefit from technology and what outcome you hope..
This week, we're reviewing some of the most-read posts of the year at the Engaging Minds blog. You'll find a number of tips that focus on engaging and motivating your students, as well as suggestions for helping them think more critically. Engage with us on the Blog.
Edutopia blogger Vicki Davis, in the first half of a pro-and-con discussion about social media in the classroom, positions it as a vital life skill and provides 12 positive examples of classroom use.
Read the comments at the bottom!
Edutopia blogger Vicki Davis, in the first half of a pro-and-con discussion about social media in the classroom, positions it as a vital life skill and provides 12 positive examples of classroom use.
Read the comments at the bottom!
E-Learning Heroes: Step-by-step tutorials for building better courses, fast answers to your e-learning questions, free downloads for your e-learning projects.
E-Learning Heroes: Step-by-step tutorials for building better courses, fast answers to your e-learning questions, free downloads for your e-learning projects.
25 years ago today, on 12 March 1989, the British scientist Tim Berners-Lee wrote a proposal to develop a distributed information system for CERN, and in doing so lay down the foundation for what w...
25 years ago today, on 12 March 1989, the British scientist Tim Berners-Lee wrote a proposal to develop a distributed information system for CERN, and in doing so lay down the foundation for what w...
Classroom teachers spend most of the day chasing after students and the rest of their afternoons and evenings chasing after paper. Time and again educators lament not having personal assistants like many of their similarly-educated colleagues. Wouldn't it be nice to have someone who could make your copies, distribute papers and help you with grading? Well, it turns out that there is, in the form of a Google Add-on called Doctopus.
Classroom teachers spend most of the day chasing after students and the rest of their afternoons and evenings chasing after paper. Time and again educators lament not having personal assistants like many of their similarly-educated colleagues. Wouldn't it be nice to have someone who could make your copies, distribute papers and help you with grading? Well, it turns out that there is, in the form of a Google Add-on called Doctopus.