Keep an Eye on These Web Design Trends in 2013 | Mashable
Trends include responsive web design, retina display, Twitter Bootstrap, content marketing, the freelance economy and development education.
Helpful guide for students too!
Creative Commons Infographic: Licenses Explained – Technology Enhanced Learning Blog
A slightly different approach to gamification in schools! “A new interactive fitness game announced at International CES 2013 brings at-home fitness video games to school. DanceDance Revolution Classroom Edition was made with school physical education class in mind.” via DanceDance Revolution Comes to the Classroom | Mashable.
The article The ‘Gamification’ of Education from Forbes is a great accompanying read.
TechCrunch Gamification: Insights and Emerging Trends discusses some important points about this emerging trend.
The Necessity of Information Scientists and iSchools: Separating Technology from ‘Magic’ via Information Space @ Syracuse University iSchool
“Meet the latest tech superheroes: school librarians. According to School Library Journal’s 2012 School Technology Survey, media specialists are leading the charge to bring new media, mobile devices, social apps, and web-based technologies into our nation’s classrooms.”
“Documentary Heaven is a free site that has organized more than 1600 documentary films found across the Internet. Through Documentary Heaven can find documentaries covering all kinds of topics in science, history, politics, business, and many more categories. The videos are sourced from a variety of services including, but not limited to, YouTube.”
via Free Technology for Teachers: 7 Places to Find & Watch Documentaries Online.
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