Chinese Teacher Conducts Class from Space Lab
Wang Yaping, a 33-year-old teacher, is a member of the three-person space crew that docked with China’s orbiting space lab on Thursday....
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Flipping role models in history [TedEd]
We love this new TedEd video for the flipped classroom (or even on its own) that uses bright, creative animation to get students to think about the...
Google Glasses: The Future of Educational Tech
The rise in new, cutting-edge technology and its uses and implications for education has been a boon for educators, parents, and students alike....
Top 5 Ways to Know if Online Learning is Right for You
K12 Inc has made available a free, fast interactive tutorial to help gauge whether online schooling would be a good fit for a family. Online...
10 Ways to Inspire Your Colleagues As An Educator
A great article from our friends at Open Colleges: A recent story on The Onion, the Internet’s beloved satire site renowned for its ability to...
9 Great Teaching Resources for World Water Day
World Water Day is held every year on the 22 March to promote the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of...
Angry Birds Space Encounter Opens at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
Angry Birds Space Encounter, the first comprehensive, interactive Angry Birds attraction in the United States designed for people of all ages, has...
Skoolbo Announces Friend Our World at Global Education and Skills Forum
Skoolbo, Microsoft and Peace One Day have announced Friend Our World at the Global Education and Skills Forum (GESF), Dubai, UAE. Friend Our World...
10 Reasons Every Poem Should Rhyme and How It Could Impact You Big Time
While Ezra Pound is largely credited with starting the free verse poetry movement that created more relaxed style requirements and eliminated the...
The 11 Most Disgraced Teachers on Facebook
People say stupid things on Facebook all the time. Whether they cross the line and get too political, or overshare into the TMI zone, Facebook posts...
The Top 13 Grants Every Teacher Wants — and How to Get Them
With states and local districts cutting back funding, many teachers must do more with less. Sometimes, a special project may need a little extra...
Top YouTube Minecraft Channels for Teachers
We love looking through YouTube to find examples of teachers using new technology in their classroom, and Minecraft, a creative building-style game,...
Powering Blended & Flipped Learning with PowerMyLearning.com
We love hearing from passionate educational technologists, and the team behind PowerMyLearning.com, a free online learning platform designed for...
10 High Profile Plagiarism Scandals That Rocked Higher Ed
Where two or three are gathered in writing’s name, there is the risk of plagiarism in their midst. Academia, also known as the Domain Of...
Nanoscience Resources for Science Teachers
NANOYOU (Nano for Youth) is a project that aims to increase young people’s basic understanding of nanotechnologies (NT) and to get them thinking...
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An inside look into the habits of the modern student [Infographic]
This infographic from Studyblue looks at the common habits of the modern student. The results come from a survey they undertook with 15 – 22...
15 Colleges Using Pinterest as Educational Media
Like Twitter and Facebook, Pinterest has fast become an essential social media tool for colleges. Scores of schools use the site for marketing,...
Genetics resources for biology teachers from Nowgen
Nowgen is a UK biomedial Centre of Excellence that carries out education work with biology classes in schools. They work with school students,...
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Me Read? No Way! A practical guide for improving boys’ literacy skills [Free ebook]
Departments’ of Education around the world have some great resources on their websites, but many of these resources are hidden away and are...
Tablets in Schools: A selection of video case studies [YouTube]
Case study videos are a great way to see how other schools are using educational technology, such as tablets in their classroom. They can show how...
Flipped Learning Professional Development Courses
Pearson and the Flipped Learning Network in a joint venture are offering a comprehensive professional development course for the rapidly increasing...
Learning through social interaction in the Space Heroes virtual world
We have been fans of Space Heroes Universe for a long time, and this is a guest post from Jasmine Elias, Community Team Leader in Bubble Gum...
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American History App: Ansel & Clair: Paul Revere’s Ride [App Review]
We love all types of educational apps, but Ansel & Clair: Paul Revere’s Ride caught my eye in particular as it features one of my...
Free Fundamentals of Online Education course from Coursera
Coursera is a social entrepreneurship company that partners with the top universities in the world to offer courses online for anyone to take, for...
20 Big Ways Millennials Are Better Off Than Their Parents
OnlineDegrees.org have investigated 20 ways millennials are better off than their parents. Things aren’t entirely rosy for Millennials these days:...
Should kids learn cursive writing in school anymore?
On Tuesday the Kansas State Board of Education debated the possibility of cutting cursive handwriting from the curriculum. Cursive writing is not an...
Crash Course: World History and Biology YouTube Channel
If you are looking for lively, fast paced and slightly frenetic History and Biology videos you can’t go wrong with the Vlogbrothers...
Thoughts on using Prezi as a teaching tool
Prezi is a great communication tool that helps you communicate, present and share content. It is a nice way of stepping beyond boring Powerpoint...
LeMill: educator community for sharing learning resources
LeMill is a web educator community for finding, authoring and sharing learning resources. It was originally developed between 2005 and 2008 by...
Prezi: Recap of the Election
On Monday, the United States reelected President Barack Obama for four more years. Check out this amazing prezi recapping the election. Election...
Top 7 YouTube Science Experiment Channels
We had a great reaction to our Top 7 YouTube Channels for Learning Math, and so we have listened to you guys and put together our favorite YouTube...
Free Cyber Bullying Safety Poster
In light of some recent tragic events in Ireland, where some young girls took their own lives after cyberbulling, fuzion.ie have made a poster for...
Skype in the Classroom
Lots of us have used Skype to keep in touch with far flung friends and relatives, but it has another really important and interesting function that...
George Lucas Plans to Spend $4 billion Supporting Education
What would you do with $4.05 billion? Spend it on education of course! This week George Lucas sold his Star Wars Empire ‘Lucasfilm’ to the Walt...