Communicate .. Create .. EdTech

This webinar features our friend Balefire Labs President Karen Mahon and the Center for Innovations in Learning's Janet Twyman. It is sponsored by the Center for Innovations in Learning (CIL) at Temple University. To learn more about CIL, visit their website:https://www.centeril.org.

Some very interesting thoughts about using mobile devices and how to uncover the power of using them to further student learning in the modern classroom. In this webinar, Dr. Mahon describes five criteria used to evaluate the quality of educational apps, and participants get a chance to apply those criteria in evaluating an educational app.

Well worth watching!

• Crash Course World History & US History
• Fast paced 
• Great opener or refresher

• Hip Hughes History
• Geared to HS AP students
• Upbeat & engaging fashion - great for new unit

• Timelines.tv
• 50 videos on 1000 years of history, produced in Britain

• Yale Courses YouTube playlists
• MANY playlists on wide variety of topics

• Smithsonian Natural History YouTube playlists

• History Teachers YouTube videos
• History set to modern music!
• Example: Attila the Hun to the tune of “Here Comes the Rain Again” 

After skipping a couple months, here is the long-awaited list of top posts for September 2014! Introduction to iPads iOS 7: Part 1--Hardware, from Tracy Watanabe's blog Chromebooks in 7th grade Productivity Tools for the Educator Keyboarding tools on the web to support CC stds! Technology as a Tool for Formative Assessment Time for the Back to School Ed Tech Checklist iOS and Android Apps - Back to School with Balefir... Using a Chromebook Offline Fair Use and Copyright Resource - Media Education ... Summer's Coming! What's on Your "To Do" List?