Wednesday, February 11, 2015

How to Subscribe to YouTube Video Channels for Educational Content


YouTube Video Channels are collections of video content uploaded by the same person or organization. By subscribing to them, you are using YouTube as a PLN (personal learning network) for finding content from like-minded folks out there.  As a teacher and/or content developer, you can search for and subscribe to relevant YouTube Channels to get video content for your projects.   Here's how:

Friday, February 6, 2015

Best Places to Go for Online News about Teaching in Higher Ed


Where can you get information about teaching college and teaching online?
 

The answer is lots of places! While the K-12 area is bustling with websites, online training programs and loads of resources for teachers, these resources can also be applied to higher education teachers. In addition, resources just for higher education teachers is indeed catching up. 


Monday, February 2, 2015

How to Choose a Cloud Storage Provider


In the early days of my teaching career, I had an office, a desk full of lesson plans, a file cabinet full of textbooks, a computer and a printer.  Shortly after the Internet was introduced at my school, we received school email accounts. Later on, I found myself teaching faculty how to integrate technology in their classroom and so was given some storage space on the school's main network server.

Nowadays, teachers can use cloud storage over the Internet to store  lesson plans, online textbooks, media files and more. In order to get a cloud storage account, you will need to apply for one with a cloud storage provider.  Luckily, there are many cloud storage providers out there and the best news is that they are FREE!

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