Ed Tech Talk Roundtable 46 | 10 Ways Teacher Planning Should Adjust To The Google Generation

Chris, Jamie and Michael discuss the articles of the week and share their edtech tips.

Articles of the Week

1. 3 Must-Know Tips For Anyone Nervous About EdTech – Edudemic edudemic.com
   Dear “nervous about tech…”
2. 10 Ways Teacher Planning Should Adjust To The Google Generation teachthought.com
3. Awesome Visual on How to Use Google Drive with Students ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning educatorstechnology.com
4. 8 Things Every Teachers should Be Able to Do with Google Docs ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning educatorstechnology.com
5. The Paperless Classroom with Google Docs – Google Docs google.com
6. 100 Important Google Drive Tips for Teachers and Students ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning educatorstechnology.com
7. Free Technology for Teachers: A Handful of Helpful Google Forms Tutorials for Teachers freetech4teachers.com
8. 7 of the Best New Add Ons for Google Docs and Sheets | Google Gooru googlegooru.com
9. 10 Iconic Teacher Actions That Technology Should Disrupt – teachthought.com
   Nice conversation starter, though I doubt #10.
10. Augmented Reality – The Coolest Instructional Technology You’ve Never Heard of? emergingedtech.com
    The next wave, or is it already here?
11. Ethical gaming: can video games be a force for good? | Technology | The Observer theguardian.com
    Next week, Burak’s 11th annual Games for Change Festival will join forces with New York’s prestigious Tribeca Film Festival in an effort to give video games greater recognition and counter the stereotype that this £39bn global industry can specialise only in war games, urban chaos and medieval fantasy.
12. Online business and security: Digital heart attack | The Economist economist.com
    THE Heartbleed bug sounds like a nasty coronary condition. But it is in fact a software flaw that has left up to two-thirds of the world’s websites vulnerable to attack by hackers. “This is potentially the most dangerous bug that we have seen for a long, long time,” says James Beeson, the chief information security officer of GE Capital Americas, an arm of GE.
13. Competition vs. Collaboration in Game-Based Learning – Game-Based Learning Talk bloglovin.com

    Is it time to throw down? Let’s debate the merits and costs of competition versus collaboration in GBL.

Tech Tips

1. Twitter Basics | The Virtual Tech Hub concordiashanghai.org
   101 on how to get started on twitter
2. Content Idea Generator – Portent portent.com
   The Problem Writing original and interesting pieces of work is often difficult for students and adults alike. Writing something people find compelling and interesting to read is even more difficult. Well it got a little easier. The Solution Thanks to a couple of content generators, you can come up with interesting titles and ideas for writing an informative work or blog post. Portent’s Content Idea Generator will take a key word and create an interesting title and topic for you.

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