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An Interactive Timeline of the History of Education - Edudemic

An Interactive Timeline of the History of Education - Edudemic | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From the first known school (in the year 2000 BC) to the Apple iPad and beyond, it's all in this interactive history of education timeline.

IWhen you click on an event additional information is available. According to this post there are 85 entries on the timeline and the plan is to continue to update it. To go directly to the timeline, brought to you by edhistory.com go to http://edhistory.com/.

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Twelve Ideas for Teaching with QR Codes | Edutopia

Twelve Ideas for Teaching with QR Codes | Edutopia | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
Blogger and PBL specialist Andrew Miller offers an array of creative suggestions for using Quick Response codes in the classroom.
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TECHMATRIX - [Home]

TECHMATRIX - [Home] | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

The TextMatrix is a powerful tool to find educational and assistive technology products for students with disabilities. Use it to find and compare educational and assistive technology products side by side to make informed decisions.

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To Tweet Or Not To Tweet

A lot of people use Twitter, obviously, but how is micro-blogging interesting for a teacher or education personnel in general? I think it's an amazing tool f...
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5 Best Practices for Educators on Facebook

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While it's been the bane of the school system for a long time, there are some real benefits to using Facebook in the classroom.
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How WolframAlpha can be used as an Educational Tool

This video shows how you might use WolframAlpha in your classroom (click on the title to launch the video). You may also want to check out the educator section which includes lesson plan ideas, additional videos and more. Go to  http://www.wolframalpha.com/educators/

Paul B.'s curator insight, May 19, 2017 8:53 PM
Most maths students would already know about WolframAlpha as our lecturer regularly accesses it.  This scoop goes to a video which explains the wider (eg Sciences) uses for it.  For those doing maths or sciences, this resource is unbelievably useful.  I'm not sure I would be understanding my maths subjects without it.  I use it for double checking my answers (then you can go back through your working knowing there is a problem in there somewhere), for checking rules that I've sort-of forgotten, graphing problems to give me a rough idea of where I'm supposed to be heading with a problem. 
Generally I find it is very reassuring to have it there - I don't freak out when I get stuck, because I know I can usually get some tips in my working out by dissecting a problem into manageable chunks and running those chunks (e.g. differentiation) through the engine.  I can see how maths students at school would benefit from this backup/safety net/ like have a tutor check your work.
I think every maths student should know about it.  (just like the Khan Academy!)