Well then look no further than the Horizon Report! Published each year as a joint publication of the New Media Consortium (NMC) and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), the Horizon Report seeks to identify the six technologies that have the greatest potential to impact education over the next five years. The report is broken down…Continue Reading Wondering what cool new technologies are on the Horizon?
Free yourself from chalk dust!
Wondering what that monitor-that-doesn’t-quite-look-like-a-monitor in your classroom could be? If it has a plastic pen attached, it’s called a Sympodium, manufactured by SMART Technologies, Inc. If you’re thinking about trying it out this term, here are some things for you to consider: Pros. The ATC has been surveying students who participated in captured lectures (using…Continue Reading Free yourself from chalk dust!
Jing gets some cool new features just in time for the new year!
Before we go any further, you may be wondering: ‘Just what is “Jing”?’ Jing is a free Screen Capturing and Screen Casting tool from TechSmith (same people who bring us Camtasia and SnagIt). With Jing it is really simple to add images (Screen Captures) and videos (Screen Castings) to all kinds of things: IMs, Blog…Continue Reading Jing gets some cool new features just in time for the new year!