Educational Technology Tools

July 22, 2013

How Dads Teach Their Kids With Minecraft

Its school holidays we were all at home and looking for something fun to do. Things were going downhill the kids were bored; they wanted to play computer games! I didn’t want the kids spending their afternoon glued to a computer screen playing mindless games, so I designed a series of tasks for the children that helped them learn and gave them purposeful time on the iPad.

by Ken Taggart

July 17, 2013

yourClass Launches Marketplace For Live Online Classes

yourClass is a marketplace for live education that empowers teachers, not institutions and beta invites will be going out in early Fall 2013. yourClass is backed by a passionate, multifunctional team that believes a quality education must come above all. yourClass is taking an innovative approach by offering a synchronous virtual classroom in a sea of asynchronous e-learning options.

by Christopher Pappas

July 11, 2013

15 Free iPad Apps For Teaching Algebra

Numbers can be tricky especially when the alphabet is involved! Problems, equations, formulas may seem complicated for a student to understand and challenging for a parent or teacher to explain. In the following list you will find 15 Free Algebra Applications for iPad and iPhone, perfect for teaching and practicing, for home or school use.

by Christopher Pappas

July 9, 2013

The 5 Best Free Annotation Tools For Teachers

Would you be interested in the best 5 free annotations tools for teachers? Would you like to know how to use them?

by Christopher Pappas

July 7, 2013

11 Free iPad Apps For Teaching Grammar

If you are looking for a fun and effective way to teach your children and students grammar with an iPad App, have a look at the following list.

by Christopher Pappas

June 24, 2013

Running your School on Technology: Cost vs Value

Most of the schools now use a School ERP software or School Management Software to manage their institutes. These software come with built in modules to manage timetables, attendance, examinations, grade sheets, campus news, hostel, library, transportation, school calendar, events and a lot more. Buying a student information system for your school has always been on your mind but no software technology has ringed a right kind of bell in your ears. Technology can be confusing especially when someone is trying to sell it to you. But if you find the right set of features to go with the working of your campus, a school ERP will be the best investment you made.

by Abdulla Hisham

June 13, 2013

Be a Smart School – Is There an App for That?

Would you like to take class attendance with just a click on your phone? Make you school smart with an open-source, award winning, student information system.

by Abdulla Hisham

March 3, 2013

How Educators Can Make The Transition From A Print-Based Curriculum To A Digital

Teachers want to make the transition from a print-based curriculum to a digital. The most teachers want to begin from scratch and without creating more work for them.

by Christopher Pappas

February 26, 2013

Can An Educational Mobile App Improve Childhood Education? - Infographic

As mobile devices march toward ubiquity, they are finding their way into the hands of our earliest learners. Parents and educators ask question about the quality of mobile device content aimed at children.

by Christopher Pappas

February 25, 2013

How Rapidly K-12 Schools Are Adopting Educational Technology? - Infographic

Are you interested to know how rapidly K-12 schools are adopting digital textbooks, video content, the flipped classroom, online assessment, social media, and customizing student access to the Internet?

by Christopher Pappas

February 24, 2013

App For Kids To Think And Practice Addition - The Add Strategy App

The “Add Strategy” application prompts elementary students to practice different ways to add numbers. It recognizes the fact that many of us think differently when we add numbers together.

by Christopher Pappas

February 21, 2013

The Hottest Educational Technology Trends based on Teachers - Infographic

Web-based Tools for Educational Purposes, Online Educational Resources, Digital Literacy, Personal Learning Networks (PLN), Blended Learning, Social Media in Education, E-Moderation, Mobile Learning, Digital Games in Education, Interactive Whiteboards: Which is your Hottest Educational Trend?

by Christopher Pappas