Educational Technology

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

October 24, 2013

29 Free iPad Apps For Teaching The US History

Are you looking for a way to teach your children, or enrich your personal knowledge about the history of the United States? If so, the 29 Free iPad Apps listed below are exactly what you are looking for. These applications offer all the information that a parent, student, or teacher is looking for. Learning history will become and entertaining experience that will be enjoyed by everyone. Perfect for both, home and school use. 

by Christopher Pappas

October 20, 2013

18 Free Must Have iPad Apps For Teachers And School Administrators

Would you like to turn classroom’s iPads into recordable whiteboards enabling peer-to-peer teaching and collaboration? What about sharing positive feedback with your students while their parents can check their child’s school progress? The following list of 18 Free iPad Apps will make your teaching life easier!

by Christopher Pappas

October 19, 2013

Top 10 Free Tools For Teaching Reading And Writing

Children take their first critical steps toward learning to read and write very early in life. The role of teachers in this process is of critical importance. Plain teaching can be easily enriched with a touch of online free educational tools that can make them more attractive to young learners. Turn an ordinary language lesson to a vivid learning experience for free!

by Christopher Pappas

October 18, 2013

The 5 Best Free Collaboration Tools for Teachers

In an increasingly connected world, it’s imperative for individuals to be able to work together on projects. Collaboration is essential for you as an educator and for your students as they journey through the world of academia. Utilize these 5 Best Free Collaboration Tools for Teachers to collaborate effectively with colleagues or to encourage your students to come together and create something amazing. 

by Christopher Pappas

October 13, 2013

Top 10 Free Content Curation Tools For Teachers

Finding educational content in the web is no big deal- but managing it, is. Educational content curation is the art – rather than the act – of sorting out the vast amounts of educational content on the web and organizing them around a specific educational topic in a coherent way. 

by Christopher Pappas