3 Good Apps to Easily Create Animated Videos on iPad

1- Easy Studio With this app, kids will discover the magic of animation and they will be rewarded by their own creations! Specially designed to be easy to use, the whole family will love to create fu…

What Teachers Need to Know about Facebook Hashtags

As was expected , Facebook has finally rolled out hashtags for its users. Just like Twitter and Google Plus, Facebook now allows users to include specific hashtags to their posts to create searchable…

A Good Chart on Traditional Classroom Game Play Vs Game-based Learning

I came across this nice chart that features some of the differences between traditional classroom game play and game-based learning and find it really interesting. It clicks with what I have been tal…

5 Great Alternatives to Google Reader

1- Flipboard This is a great Rss reader that works both on iPad and Android. With Flipboard you will get to read your subscriptions in a magazine like format. I am using it together with Feedly on my…

A Useful Twitter Advanced Search Sheet for Teachers

In this context, Twitter is working hard to enhance the performance of its search functionality. They have now what is called Twitter advanced search engine. Next time you use Twitter search and  it d…

Creating Classroom Infographics Using these 2 Awesome Google Docs templates

1- Infographics Toolbox Infographics Toolbox - Illustrate your data with your own custom graphs, charts, maps and more. Draw your own pie charts and bar charts with this template. Edit the colors of …

2 Beautiful Templates to Create Classroom Newspapers using Google Docs

1-   Page 1 Let students publish research in a newspaper. Click to use the template and then save it with a new name for every group. Let students replace the words with their own. Students may replac…

iSeatplan- Seating Plan Organizer for Teachers

Many teachers track their student‘s performances with some notes on a paper. Very often these notes get really messy and important information can get lost, so at the end of the  term it will be very…

5 Excellent Math Games for your iPad

1- Skip Math Skip Math is a “Doodle Jump” style game in which a boy or girl character jumps from platform to platform trying not to fall. Unlike “Doodle Jump,” however, children playing Skip Math mus…

Easily Create Classroom Posters on iPad Using Pic Collage App

Somebody has recently asked me for  a review of an app that can allow students to easily create posters on iPad. Pic Collage is the best option I recommend. With Pic collage you can take a bunch of p…

The Best of TED Talks for Teachers to Watch in This Summer

Whether you are lounging lavishly by the beach or camping with friends and family snatch you a couple of minutes each day and watch one of these wonderful talks. 1- Ken Robinson: 10 talks on education …

9 Questions Every Successful Teacher should Ask

In this excellent graphic,  An Ethical Island  featured 9 important questions teachers need to reflect upon in order to elevate their teaching to the degree of efficacy. We are sharing it with you belo…

Teacher's Visual Guide to Creating Pinterest Boards for The Class

1- Create a board A board is like a section that will contain all the pins that you pin to it. You can create several boards, each for a certain purpose. For instance, some of my boards include: Free…

Creating Quizzes Using Google Forms

Below is a great video tutorial on how you can create online quizzes using Google Forms. The process is very easy and does not require any advanced tech wizardry. You do need to be logged in to Googl…

Anatomy of A Tweet- Must See Guide for Teachers

Using Twitter for educational purposes starts with understanding how this social networking and microblogging platform works. This is best done via going through the tutorials found in its FAQ page o…

4 Presentations Every Teacher Should See

1-Digital e-Portfolio  2-Cyberbullying 3-Social Media 101 4-The Destruction of Non-linear learning

12 Important Attributes of The 21st Century Learners

Megaskills: Building Our Children's Character and Achievement for School and Life is a wonderful book from the popular author Dorothy Rich. In this work Rich provided several tips and pieces of a…

20+ Ways to Engage your Students in Learning

One of the challenging tasks facing teachers in today's learning environments is increasing students engagement. I said challenging because our students' attention span is very short and unle…

Traditional Teachers Vs 21st Century Teachers

Here are two great videos on the traditional vs 21st century teachers. Enjoyy Traditional Teachers: When I become a teacher I want to : Lecture all day long Prevent change Be the sage on the stage Teach to…

A Wonderful Chart on iPad Vs Chromebook

If you are working or planning for a 1:1 program for next school year and still did not make up your mind about what devices to work with, the chart below is probably what you need to help you make i…

The Story of Internet Revealed

The True Story of the Internet is about a revolution — the technological, cultural, commercial and social revolution that has radically changed our lives. And for the first time we hear how it happen…

15 Wonderful Chrome Extensions for Students

1- Docs Quickly Create a Google Doc, Spreadsheet, Presentation, or Drawing directly from your Chrome bar. No need to launch docs.google.com; just a single click, and you have a new document. 2- Save …