Educational Technology

November 24, 2013

The 8 Best Free Word Cloud Creation Tools For Teachers

Word clouds are fun ways to get students thinking creatively about any topic. The problem is that it’s sometimes difficult to find the one that best meets your needs. Lucky for you, we’ve taken the dirty work out of it and compiled the 8 best free word cloud creation educational tools for teachers. Utilize these free educational technology tools to get your students’ minds immersed in any new topic.

by Christopher Pappas

November 19, 2013

12 Online Tools And Extensions For Online Students

Spending time online is inevitable for online students. Though the Internet offers a lot of advantage to online students, it also poses hundreds of distractions. This list cites 12 web tools for online students, computer and mobile applications, Firefox add-ons, and Google Chrome extensions to help online students combat procrastination and to better enhance their time management skills.

by Paige Donahue

November 18, 2013

Top 10 Free Plagiarism Detection Tools For eLearning Professionals (2020 Update)

Are you trying to discover the most effective free plagiarism detection tools? Plagiarism is a highly intolerable act in the literary and digital community; a practice that all reputable individuals and companies are trying to avoid. In this article, I’ll present the top 10 free plagiarism detection tools that will help all eLearning professionals give credit where credit is due.

by Christopher Pappas

November 15, 2013

The 5 Best Free Drawing And Painting Tools For Teachers

Sometimes in order to help your students learn, all you need to do is let them express their creativity. These 5 Best Free Drawing and Painting Educational Tools for Teachers will give your students an avenue to express their creativity and increase their knowledge all at the same time.

by Christopher Pappas

November 12, 2013

What Is The New Role Of A School Library In The Digital Age?

Paper books are still very ubiquitous and a very important learning tool. The same is true for paper magazines. Yet digital books and digital magazines are getting ever so popular and are here to stay. What will the function of a school library and a school librarian be in this ongoing digitalization of learning resources?

by Ron Leunissen

November 10, 2013

The 5 Best Free Flashcard Creation Tools for Teachers

Let’s face it: all students need to study. However, most students don’t want to study. So the question is: How do we encourage them to study? Better yet, how do we make studying enjoyable? The answer: employ these 5 Best Free Flashcard Creation Tools. They’ll make studying an active process and get your students engaged with the material they need to learn.

by Christopher Pappas

November 8, 2013

Free Report: Technology In Education – Developing Relationships & Delivering Value

This free report looks at the relationship between educators and their educational technology partners and has been compiled with input from technology experts using books by MIT’s Bill Aulet (Disciplined Entrepreneurship), Google Employee #59, Doug Edwards (I’m Feeling Lucky), Silicon Valley VC, Dave Feinleib (Why Start Ups Fail), and Geoffrey Moore (Crossing the Chasm) as reference material for this research.

by William Jenkins

November 7, 2013

14 Free Educational Technology iPad Apps For Kids

If you are interested in finding educational technology apps for your iPad, have a look at the list below. It consists of 14 Free educational technology applications that will make your iPad, iPod or iPhone device an even more useful educational tool.

by Christopher Pappas

November 4, 2013

Top 10 Free Timeline Creation Tools For Teachers (2025 Update)

Timelines are often used for presenting events in a chronological order or demonstrating the stages of a particular process. The Internet is full of free tools that offer great and fancy features for timeline creation. Which ones are the best though? In this article, I’ll share the top 10 free timeline creation tools for teachers.

by Christopher Pappas

October 31, 2013

The 5 Best Free Map Creation Tools For Teachers

Utilizing maps in the classroom is a practice that can increase your students’ cognitive development by enabling them to visualize difficult concepts. However, bringing maps into the classroom isn’t always an exciting experience for students. Grab your students’ attention and let them create their own maps with these 5 best free map creation tools for teachers.

by Christopher Pappas

October 27, 2013

Top 10 FREE iPad Apps For Teachers

Do you want to engage your students and encourage them to participate more actively? Plenty of Free iPad apps are now available to save you precious time and get your work done, while impressing your students and keeping their interest alive. Below you will find the Top 10 FREE iPad apps for teachers.

by Christopher Pappas

October 24, 2013

4 Fun and Creative Mind Maps to Develop Kids' Multiple Intelligences

The article dwells upon the creative ways in which you can use mind mapping to develop children's verbal, logical, visual, and intrapersonal intelligences. Children can become smarter and wiser, from different perspectives, if we seek to help them nurture and refine their intelligences. Parents and teachers altogether can use mind maps to engage their kids in  fun, exciting activities that will have multiple benefits for their personal development.

by Nadina Lupu