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Technology has made it possible to take learning process a somewhat greater leap where students and working professionals equally explore the finer possibilities of learning experience.

EdTech: Focus on Higher Education has surveyed the web and found what we believe are the 50 best IT blogs in higher education. These blogs - including well-known names and some who are less familiar - cover every aspect of technology, both in the classroom and behind the scenes. Learn from tech experts and IT peers at colleges who are in the trenches. Dig into the very best the web has to offer.

Higher Education Blogs is the source to see what's on the Dean's List for classroom integration. Educators reap rewards.

From the makers of Gronckit the collaborative, social, online learning and test preparation company comes their latest venture Learnist. Learnist is a continual learning and professional development platform kind of like Pinterest, but with more features. Learnist is a community geared for creating, sharing, communicating and improving collective resources.  I signed up for an account and started to follow @LearnistTweets on Twitter.

A 'challenge' for every teacher to step up and finally embrace the tools that enhance learning.

digital natives- can we keep up?

A comprehensive adaptive online curriculum resources that individualize each student's learning experience, It is a new social learning tool. The tool promote increased online collaboration among students and with instructors. The goal is an approach to community-based learning is to deliver a more engaging educational experience where each student can benefit from a high level of support and interaction.

Textbooks, encyclopedias and newspapers are educational resources of the past. Today, students seek answers from the sky -- specifically, the clouds. A new way of using the Internet is making data limitless. It's called "cloud computing," and it's allowing educational institutions, businesses and individuals to keep more information at their fingertips than is possible with even a room full of computers.

Over the past two years, Forsyth County Schools in Cumming, Ga., has slowly allowed some of its 34,000 students to bring their own notebooks, iPhones or other computing tools to school and connect them to the district network. By allowing students to bring these devices into school they are allowing students to be creative in the classroom by giving the opportunity. So many districts have students "shut down" when they come into the building, and using mobile devices is what students know best, we need to embrace their knowledge, creativity and abilities in the classroom.

Easyclass.com is one of the recent examples of next-gen LMS solutions by providing a collaborative learning platform that allows schools to integrate online education, classroom management, and social networking through a user-friendly interface.

Call-Em-All is a communication platform that offers automated messaging service for voice broadcasting and text messages which allows you to send important alerts, notifications or reminders to groups of people instantly.

Stoodle , an online white board service partly supported by CK12 Foundation, enables students and educators to quickly create and work on a collaborative whiteboard space.

Here's how various technological tools help enhance student creativity.

List of 12 amazing online tools for students.

13 great products, apps and tools for preparing students for tests.

Here's a list of some Math apps aligned to Common Core Standards that according to me are among the best available out there.