Category Archives: EdTech
Make a "Hard to Guess but Easy to Remember" Password for Greater Cloud Security
In my last post, I recommended using a password manager like LastPass to help you create strong, unique passwords for all of the different sites you use. If you don’t like the idea of storing passwords in the cloud, the next … Continue reading
Good Security Practices Keep You Safe(r) from Hackers when Using Cloud Tools
Friends and colleagues have been expressing doubt about entrusting their data to “The Cloud”, especially in light of the recent high profile attacks on the CIA, the Senate, and Sony (among many others). As educators are increasingly adopting cloud-based tool … Continue reading
Posted in EdTech, Featured, TeacherHax
Tagged anonymous, blackboard, cloud, Denial-of-service attack, edtech, google apps, Hacker, LastPass, lulzsec, Security, Sony
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Free Tools, the Distorted Web, Privacy, and Your Students' Critical Thinking Skills
Until I saw this TED talk, I didn’t care much that free Web 2.0 tools like Google and Facebook were collecting massive dossiers of information about my online habits. I thought they were just using it to serve me more … Continue reading
Posted in EdTech, Featured, TeacherHax, Web 2.0
Tagged Android, big brother, Bing, Critical thinking, Duck Duck Go, edtech, education, facebook, george orwell, google, Google Search, NPR, privacy, search, Student, teacher, TeacherHax, teaching, web 2.0, Web search engine, webapps
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Doit.im > Project-Based ToDo List App for Project-Based Learning #PBL
One of the great strengths of Project-Based Learning (PBL) is that students learn the skills they need to successfully see a job through all the way to completion. They learn to break large tasks into smaller ones, prioritize and sequence … Continue reading
Posted in EdTech, Free Apps
Tagged Adobe Air, Android, David Allen, edtech, education, Getting Things Done, GTD, IOS (Apple), PBL, Project-based learning, Remember the Milk, technology, Time management, Web application
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The Blackboard Buyout and the Wisdom of Open Web Standards
As part of our LMS Evaluation, we’ve investigated concerns around Instructure’s viability and longevity as a business. Recent events surrounding Blackboard should lead us to question its viability with equal diligence. First there was last week’s report that Blackboard had … Continue reading
Posted in EdTech, Featured
Tagged blackboard, Business, google, Higher education, instructure, lms, moodle, Private equity, WebCT
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LMS Evaluation: Which Tools do Faculty Really Use? (Updated)
During the process of evaluating Blackboard as our Learning Management System (LMS), we came to a basic and fundamental question: “Which tools are faculty really using?” Although most of the core functions of an online course can be managed with … Continue reading
Did you know? Your Smartphone is a Powerful Medical Reference Tool!
The adoption of Android and iOS smartphones “skyrocketed” in 2010, which means ever more health sciences students, faculty, and staff have access to powerful mini-computers in their pockets. With this rise came a new crop of excellent free medical apps that … Continue reading
Posted in EdTech, TeacherHax
Tagged Android, Android Market, app, Apple, Apps, Handhelds, iOS, iPad, iphone, IPod Touch, Medicine, Nursing, Smartphone
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Take and Annotate Screenshots with Open Source Tools: ZScreen and Paint.net
Online teachers and instructional designers need access to good tools for capturing screenshots and annotating them. These tools are invaluable for giving step-by-step computer instructions to students and faculty, and can really help you communicate information visually. If you’re new … Continue reading
Posted in EdTech, Free Apps, TeacherHax, Web 2.0
Tagged CamStudio, edtech, File format, image editor, image manipulation, instruction, instructional design, Jing, Microsoft Windows, online, open source, Screen Capture, Screenshot, Skitch, Snagit, teacher, teaching, ZScreen
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"The Golden Apple": Showing Students that Their Learning Matters
(This post is part of a series called “The Connected Class Community”). The Golden Apple is the most cryptic and strange of all of these ingredients. Not surprisingly, it’s also difficult to explain. I think the idea will make sense … Continue reading
Posted in EdTech, Learning Communities, TeacherHax
Tagged Apple, blackboard, canvas, edtech, education, Educators, Golden apple, high school, instructional design, instructure, iPad, lms, Middle school, moodle, online, online learning, Student
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"The Commons": The Importance of Talking Out of Turn
(This post is part of a series called “The Connected Class Community”). One essential part of human communities has always been a central meeting place– a location where the community comes to engage in conversations that are bigger than one-on-one … Continue reading
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Tagged Edmodo, facebook, Facebook features, Salesforce Chatter, Social network, Social network service, teacher, twitter
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