Articles tagged with: Technology

Educational Technology Minute

Written by Victor Castro on Tuesday, 01 February 2011. Posted in Tips

Qwiki, Google Apps Marketplace

tips, news, reviews on educational technology

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Using A Search Engine to Answer Usage Questions

Written by Victor Castro on Wednesday, 08 September 2010. Posted in Technology, Tips

Answering Students Questions.

Video tutorial.

What's better to say? "For example" or "for instance"? "You should" or "You ought to"? Have you ever gotten this kinds of questions from your students? if you have then you know that the answer is somethimes difficult to give. It all depends on what is more commonly used. Here's a quick tip to check what is more commonly used in these cases. You can use a search engine to check the occurence of phases. The higher the number of occurrences, the more commonly used a phase is.

Let Your Pictures Do The Talking.

Written by Manuel Perez on Wednesday, 25 August 2010. Posted in Technology

Speech Bubbles...

Sometimes it's really hard to find something that matches your class or even the topic you're teaching, but I found some sites to add speech bubbles to pictures either from the internet or your own.

Using a Social Network for Learning Management

Written by Victor Castro on Tuesday, 24 August 2010. Posted in Technology

Go where your students are.

Social Networks have great potential for education. they allow us to communicate with friends and share ideas and content. Why not with students.

Chances are your students are already a part of a social network site and probably check it daily. The video shows you how to use Facebook or Friendfeed to manage a class, give out assignments, make anouncements, collect homework, and much more.

The video is in spanish.