Educational Technology Trends

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 5, 2013

The 5 Best Free Note Taking Tools For Teachers

Note-taking is an essential part of the educational process in order for students to retain and fully process information. However, getting students to hand-write effective notes with a pencil and paper can be difficult. Get your class excited to take notes with the 5 Best Free Note-Taking Tools for Teachers.

by Christopher Pappas

September 29, 2013

15 Free Must Have iPad Apps For Elementary Students

In the list below you will find 15 free must-have iPad apps that will help your children or students practice and learn everything covered in school in an elementary level. Colorful games, stories, and other audiovisual material will keep them busy playing and at the same time learning and revising what they have done in the classroom.

by Christopher Pappas

September 26, 2013

How To Use Blogs In the Classroom

Blogs may be great educational tools and they give students complete freedom to publish content on the web, but if you don’t know how to effectively implement them into the classroom, they’re only as good as wadded up balls of paper in the trash.

by Christopher Pappas

September 24, 2013

5 Common Challenges Facing Educators At School Beginning And Tools To Address Them

At the beginning of the school year, for an educator is hard to untangle all the tasks falling under her attribution. Every teacher has to deal with paper work, class activities, new children and many more. That is why having a good educational toolkit with educational apps and educational resources will facilitate these tasks and help to spare time and energy.

by Laura Iancu

September 22, 2013

The 5 Best Free Tools For Publishing Student Work

If you are a passionate educator, you know your students are bright and it’s likely that you want to show the world.  However, publishing student work is not always as easy as taping an assignment on the wall. How do you go about publishing student work online so that it’s available to the world? Read on to find out the 5 best free educational tools for publishing student work.

by Christopher Pappas

September 15, 2013

9 Free Innovative Math Apps For iPad

Looking for a way to help your children or students learn math?  In the following list you will find 9 free iPad Apps that will help your students understand and really enjoy learning math. Find single or multiplayer games, customizable quizzes and exercises that will make math a fun part of your children’s day.

by Christopher Pappas

September 9, 2013

How To Build A Student And Tech-Centric Classroom

As technology continues to evolve, the education sector must cope with it. Teachers must continue to learn and adapt to the changes, to create a curriculum fit for the next generation. Students must be ready to survive, thrive, and innovate in a global classroom without walls.

by Kyle Albert

August 28, 2013

8 Free iPad Apps For Exploring Environmental Earth Science

If you want enrich your general education knowledge concerning the Earth and how the environment functions the following applications are exactly what you are looking for. Use these free iPad Apps to learn the historical interest of rocks or the water cycle for example, and have a really good time while interacting with them.

by Christopher Pappas

August 20, 2013

Student Tracking Using Biometric & RFID Integration - Fedena Plugin

Fedena provides a powerful API to configure the attendance with external devices. If you are planning to integrate a biometric attendance system or RFID student tracking system with Fedena, good news, the Biometric/RFID integration plugin of Fedena is now ready for use. Read this blog post to understand how the integration works.

by Abdulla Hisham

August 12, 2013

25 Free iPad Apps For Teaching Geography

Are you looking for a way to teach your children or students geography? Offer them a totally free vacation around the world by downloading the following Free iPad apps.  Let them see the location, heritage and beauty of each country just by tapping your fingers.

by Christopher Pappas

August 8, 2013

The Top 3 Trends In e-Learning For Generation Z

Designing e-Learning products for Generation Z teenagers? Indigo Multimedia shares three key attitudinal and behavioral trends to consider in the design process.

by Caroline Greener