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Recommended Ed Tech Tool: FunBrain

In browsing the top 50 e-learning sites, FunBrain is a very simple website with both content and games for grade school children.  The information is divided into basic categories for viewing books where you can sample a chapter or two online, follow comic strips and select from a variety of skill building games. It is just another tool that can be used to continue to facilitate learning. As a component of the Family Education Network, Pearson Education, it is a free  resource that does not require registering a user name and password to access the online information.

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Advice for Schools on Technology, BYOD, and 21st Century Learning

BoylaptopEdTech’s recent article What Districts Should Know About BYOD and Digital Learning by Jonathan P. Costa Sr. delves into a topic of interest to so many of us. Costa writes about the challenges most schools face as they move towards BYOD and 21st century learning environments. To combat common difficulties, Costa provides five pieces of advice to schools. The advice ranges from “Don’t sweat the small stuff”, to getting the proper infrastructure in place, to doing your homework in order to thoroughly understand upcoming changes/challenges.

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Check out the Top 10 EdTech Stories of 2012

I don’t know about you, but I sure love end of the year lists… “Best Of’s”, “Top Stories”, “Top 10 Articles”… they all provide useful information about the most popular or important topics from the past year. Check out EdTech’s list of the Top 10 Stories of 2012. The list will acquaint you with topics that are clearly of interest to others – they don’t rise to the top of the list without good reason! It also includes topics that are still current and timely, that may require at least reflection, if not action, on your part (or your school’s).

Top 10Examples of top stories include: 

One-to-One or BYOD? Districts Explain Thinking Behind Student Computing Initiatives

Why Teachers Worry about Students’ Online Research Skills

10 Education Hashtags to Follow on Twitter

What is Web 3.0, Really, and What Does it Mean for Education?