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 * **Reverse Instruction Tools And Techniques (Part 1)** @http://www.emergingedtech.com/2012/02/reverse-instruction-tools-and-techniques-part-1/ ||
 * **Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn: The Pros And Cons Of Social Media In Education [INFOGRAPHIC]** @http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/social-media-education_b18317 ||
 * **Top 10 Reasons to Use Technology in Education : iPad, Tablet, Computer, Listening Centers** @http://www-howtousefacebook.com/top-10-reasons-to-use-technology-in-education-ipad-tablet-computer-listening-centers/ ||
 * **“Don’t Be Afraid to Try” (via Michael Jordan )** @http://walkercorporatelaw.com/motivational-speeches/dont-be-afraid-to-try-via-michael-jordan/ ||
 * "The Neuroscience of Teaching and Learning” – David Eagleman @http://indianajen.com/2012/02/03/the-neuroscience-of-teaching-and-learning-david-eagleman/ ||
 * **Who really benefits from putting high-tech gadgets in classrooms?** @http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20120205,0,639053.column ||
 * **In Some Cash-Strapped Schools, Kids Bring Their Own Tech Devices** @http://mindshift.kqed.org/2012/02/in-cash-strapped-schools-kids-bring-their-own-tech-devices/ ||
 * **The Advantage of Google Docs in Education** @http://www.edsocialmedia.com/2012/02/the-advantages-of-google-docs-in-education/ ||
 * **Class Size and Student-to-Faculty Ratios: What the Statistics Don't Tell You** @http://greatcollegeadvice.com/class-size-and-student-to-faculty-ratios-what-the-statistics-dont-tell-you/ ||
 * Khan Academy: It’s Different This Time @http://www.mathalicious.com/2012/02/04/khan-academy-its-different-this-time/ ||
 * **From Teacher-Librarian to Digital Literacy Impresarios** @http://innovativelearningdesigns.ca/wordpress/?p=299 ||
 * **The Library as a Digital Learning Space** @http://www.21stcenturyfluency.com/blogpost.cfm?blogID=2457 ||
 * **9 Great Articles about The 21st Century Education** @http://educationaltech-med.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/9-great-articles-about-21st-century.html ||
 * **Creating a plan with students to use cell phones for learning** @http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2012/02/creating-plan-with-students-to-use-cell.html ||
 * **Can Apple Save The Education System [ INFOGRAPHIC ]** @http://www.ijailbreak.com/news/apple-education-system-infographic/ ||
 * **Digital Divide: If You're Reading This, You're One of the Lucky Ones [ INFOGRAPHIC ]** @http://mashable.com/2012/02/05/digital-divide-infographic/ ||
 * **19th, 20th & 21st, Century Education ** @http://tomwhitby.wordpress.com/2012/02/02/19th-20th-21st-century-education/ ||
 * **The Ultimate Guide To Special Education Apps** @http://edudemic.com/2012/02/special-ed-apps/ ||
 * **iPads/iPods in Education** @http://gpaeanews.wordpress.com/2012/02/02/ipadsipods-in-education/ ||
 * **Discovering How to Learn Smarter** @http://mindshift.kqed.org/2012/02/discovering-how-to-learn-smarter/ ||
 * **Reading Revisited: Has Technology Changed The Way Reading Is Taught?** @http://profesorbaker.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/reading-revisited-has-technology-changed-the-way-reading-is-taught/ ||
 * **Flipped Classroom: Flipped Talent Management Practices** @http://blogs.edweek.org/topschooljobs/k-12_talent_manager/2012/02/flipped_classroom_flipped_talent_management_practices.html ||
 * **Multimedia usage within the classroom: Four mini case studies** @http://www.innovativeinteractivity.com/2012/02/02/multimedia-usage-within-the-classroom-four-mini-case-studies/ ||
 * **When it Comes to Education Technology, Trust but Verify** @http://inthesetimes.com/article/12662/when_it_comes_to_education_technology_trust_but_verify/ ||
 * **Research Finds High School Rigor Tied to Success in College** @http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/college_bound/2012/02/bolstering_the_push_to_improve.html ||
 * **10 Great Science Fiction Books for Girls** @http://flavorwire.com/256394/10-great-science-fiction-books-for-girls ||
 * ** Apple Poised to Benefit from U.S. Government's Five-Year Push for Digital Textbooks ** @http://www.macrumors.com/2012/02/02/apple-poised-to-benefit-from-u-s-governments-five-year-push-for-digital-textbooks/ ||
 * **Science & Numbers Galore: YouTube Rolls Out 6 New Educational Channels** @http://socialtimes.com/youtube-educational-channels_b88986 ||
 * **A – Z Internet Resources for Education** @http://web20education.bo.lt/ggu17 ||
 * **The Purpose of Education - Learning Without Frontiers on Blip ** @http://blip.tv/learning-without-frontiers/noam-chomsky-the-purpose-of-education-5925460 ||
 * **What should we be teaching?** @http://blog.clerestorylearning.com/what-should-we-be-teaching ||
 * **10 Brain-Based Learning Laws That Trump Traditional Education** @http://jeffhurtblog.com/2012/01/31/10-brainbased-learning-laws-that-trump-traditional-education/ ||
 * **Obama wants schools to speed digital transition** @http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2012-01-31/schools-e-textbooks/52907492/1 ||
 * ** Differentiator - free web app to help teachers differentiate using Blooms Taxonomy ** @http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/02/differentiator-free-web-app-to-help.html ||
 * **Obama Administration's Challenge To Schools: Embrace Digital Textbooks Within 5 Years** @http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/challenge-to-schools-embr_n_1248196.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003 ||
 * **On Digital Learning Day, 7 Golden Rules of Using Technology** @http://mindshift.kqed.org/2012/02/on-digital-learning-day-7-golden-rules-of-using-technology/ ||
 * ** Apple and Textbooks: A Second Look** @http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2012/01/31/apple-and-textbooks-a-second-look/ ||
 * **20 Twitter Hashtags Every Teacher Should Know About** @http://edudemic.com/2012/01/20-hashtags/ ||
 * **What Can America Learn From the World’s Most Successful Education Systems?** @http://www.good.is/post/what-can-america-learn-from-the-world-s-most-successful-education-systems ||
 * **How OpenCourseWare Has Changed Education** @http://edudemic.com/2012/01/infographic-opencourseware-has-changed-education/ ||
 * **10 Brain-Based Learning Laws That Trump Traditional Education** @http://jeffhurtblog.com/2012/01/31/10-brainbased-learning-laws-that-trump-traditional-education/ ||
 * **Reflecting on two years of 1:1 [guest post]** @http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2012/01/reflecting-on-two-years-of-11-guest-post.html ||
 * **Ten Science Facts & Fictions ** @http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/education/research/aspires/Ten-Science-Facts--Fictions.aspx ||
 * ** Math Program Seeks To Measure ‘The iPad Effect’** @http://edudemic.com/2012/01/math-ipad-effect/ ||
 * **What Schools are Really Blocking When They Block Social Media** @http://dmlcentral.net/blog/s-craig-watkins/what-schools-are-really-blocking-when-they-block-social-media ||
 * **10 Tech Skills Every Student Should Have** @http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/01/10-tech-skills-every-student-should.html
 * **Today’s Teachers Must Become Connected Educators** @http://teach.com/education-technology/education-connection ||
 * ** College Readiness : Learning Collaboratively** @http://www.edutopia.org/blog/college-readiness-collaborative-learning-ben-johnson ||
 * **What to Write Down During a Class Lecture** @http://lifehacker.com/5879941/what-to-write-down-during-a-class-lecture ||
 * ** Google announces new Google in Education resources** @http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/01/google-announces-new-google-in.html ||
 * ** iTunes U** @http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/main-feature/id490217893?enlh=7&ls=1&mt=8 ||
 * **125 Learning Sites for Kids (and Teachers)** @http://edtechideas.com/125-sites-for-kids/ ||
 * **10 Important Skills Students need for the Future** @http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/01/10-important-skills-students-need-for.html?m=0 ||
 * **10 Web 2.0 Tools for Recording Learning** @http://www.maggiehosmcgrane.com/2012/01/10-web-20-tools-for-recording-learning.html ||
 * **Textbook of the Future: The challenges** @http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/textbook-of-the-future-the-challenges/19733 ||
 * **Difference engine: Let the games begin** @http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/01/future-teaching?fsrc=scn%2Ftw%2Fte%2Fbl%2Fdifferenceengineletthegamesbegin ||
 * **A – Z Internet Resources for Education** @http://web20education.bo.lt/ggu17 ||
 * **Using Google + To Improve Your Teaching** @http://www.creativeeducation.co.uk/blog/index.php/2012/01/using-google-to-improve-your-teaching/ ||
 * **Don't know enough? Not good enough? Think again.** @http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-couch/201201/dont-know-enough-not-good-enough-think-again ||
 * **Best Books for Middle Schoolers: From Our Wonderful Middle School Librarian !** @http://www.pragmaticmom.com/?p=23123 ||
 * **The Ed Tech Blog Carnival 2012 #1** @http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2012/01/the-ed-tech-blog-carnival-2012-1/ ||
 * **Getting teachers on board the iPad Express** @http://mgleeson.edublogs.org/2012/01/28/getting-teachers-on-board-the-ipad-express/ ||
 * **73 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed– Treasure Chest January 29, 2012** @http://jeffthomastech.com/blog/?p=11885 ||
 * **5 Knock 'Em Dead Google Gadgets** @http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/biztools/5-knock-em-dead-google-gadgets.html ||
 * ** Getting Teachers on the iPad Express ** [] ||
 * Video Project Idea[] || A few math apps [] ||
 * * Apple iBooks in schools: Devil is in the hardware | From the Editors – CNET News–CNET Reviews Editor-in-Chief Lindsey Turrentine knows schools, and she’s sad to say that outfitting public classrooms with sophisticated hardware will cause more problems than schools are ready to face. Read this blog post by Lindsey Turrentine on From the Editors.
 * Reviewing Apple’s iBooks Author–Apple recently announced the launch of its free iBooks Author desktop application, which – they claim – allows anyone to create beautiful Multi-Touch
 * Secret iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch Keyboard Shortcut Tips–Did you know that Apple iPhones, iPads and the iPod touch devices have secret keyboard shortcuts you can access by pressing and holding a key on the keyboard? OK… perhaps not exactly secret however, Apple did a nice job of hiding this groovy feature on iOS devices and I’ll bet you’ve never heard of it before. This is a quick tip so grab your iDevice and keep reading.
 * 20 Great Classroom iPad Apps to add to your Collection (1-5) | edte.ch–Over the last year and a half I have really enjoyed exploring the types of iPad apps that can be used in the classroom and so I thought I would begin to draw …
 * Apps in Education: Dual Browsers for Real MultiTasking on iPad–Dual Browsing is about ease of use. It is not essential or even necessary – it is just convenient.
 * Getting started with iPads and App sites for Teachers**–**Getting Started with iPads is my site, it contains apps by content area, articles, information, resources and about anything you want to know ||
 * * The top 50 iPad apps | Technology | The Observer–It’s the apps that bring the iPad to life. If you want to read a book, watch a movie, make a video call, paint a picture or just browse on the sofa, there’s an app for you
 * Free iPad Notes – Handwriting, drawing, typing, audio recording and speech to text! | iGo With My iPad–The folks from Nuance Communications, the provider of Dragon voice recognition, have released their free iPad notes app – PaperPort Notes.
 * 5 Free Awesome iPad Games You Simply Have To Try–If you own an iPad, you already know that games are its best feature by far. We’ve covered lots of free iPad games here at MakeUseOf, but free awesome games are a well which never dries. Here are 5 games that have survived the 10-minutes test, and are probably some of the best-value free games you can find.
 * iTunes U 2.0: Not Perfect, Just Awesome–iTunes U has been around for a long time, but its expansion last week onto iPhones and iPads, as well as into new content like K-12 curriculum, has truly made this a 2.0 release
 * iPad a solid education tool, study reports – CNN.com–Today another data point emerged, demonstrating that the iPad can be a valuable asset in education.
 * TPACK iPads in Schools – Hello to my new iPad–If you are a new iPad user this blog will guide you through the basics and help you to get started.
 * The Best Voice Recording App for iPhone–There are more voice recording apps for iPhone than you could ever hope to try, and most them don’t offer much more than the simple functionality you get with Apple’s built-in Voice Memo app. Audio Memos, on the other hand, earns our top choice because it offers tons of control over your recordings and makes them very easy to share.
 * Blooms Taxonomy of Apps–iPad Apps separated by Bloom’s Taxonomy ||
 * High School iPad Apps
 * iPads in the Classroom
 * Many U.S. schools adding iPads, trimming textbooks
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