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Offline Activities with Mobile Devices

Teacher Reboot Camp

Simple cell phones come with the ability to take photos, create videos, record audio, text, and take notes. Commercial Advertisements – Divide students in small groups to create a short video advertisement. Check out some previous students’ video commercials here. Activities. Check out an example here.

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Learning first, technology second

Learning with 'e's

Blogging can be used to engage children in creative writing , while making videos is excellent for problem solving and collaborative work. The main problem with most MLEs is that they are so complex to use, students often spend more time and cognitive energy working out how to get to the content, than they do actually learning.

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Why do so many Moodle courses suck?

Nik Peachey

Many of the other commercially available LMS (learning management systems) and VLE (virtual learning environment) platforms aren’t doing any better. Understanding the instructional design potential of an online platform and how to structure materials so that students progress through an online environment requires training and experience.

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School Work and Surveillance

Hack Education

Teachers, of course, know how to shift this physical setting — move the chairs around, for example. They capture audio and video from the session — the background sounds and scenery from a student's home. Teachers might be less adept or even able to do the same when the classroom setting is digital.).

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10 Tech Tools for Teacher Training Courses

Nik Peachey

Here's a quick video showing how it works: TodaysMeet Penzu Penzu Penzu is a very simple web based private journal tool that I've been using for some time now. I also taught them how to add the bookmarking plug in to their browser tool bar. In this course I asked teachers to use it instead of taking paper based notes.

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Collaborative & Creative Online Learning

Teacher Reboot Camp

Check out your VLE and see what tools and features already support collaboration and creativity. Does your VLE have forums, offer badges, or allow you to embed? If you are deciding on a VLE, consider the following. It is frustrating to only have a Learning Management System (LMS) or VLE accessible only when you are on campus.

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A Flipped Classroom Approach: Tips from 3 Bett Speakers

ViewSonic Education

Before we get started, take a look at this video to learn a bit about the concept behind flipped classrooms and concerns they are meant to solve. It’s beneficial for teachers because, Children will often be gaining their knowledge from sources other than the teacher, such as through the use of existing YouTube video.