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Enriching Rocks with Blendspace, Tinkercad, Research, Thinglink, and Painting

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

She collaborates with me in the library on several pieces of the project. Blendspace. Early in the project, students come to the library to learn about a tool called Blendspace. We also think about types of quizes and students create pre-test, midpoint checks, and post tests for their blendspace tiles.

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Google, Major Teacher Network Partner to Share Digital Resources, Lessons

Marketplace K-12

Adam Frey, an executive for TES.com , said the integrated platform will help teachers better access the millions of resources previously housed in separate ecosystems. Previously, educators had to apply to become “Google Pioneers” to access the software.

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Reach Capital’s Newest Education Technology Investment Fund Closes at $82 Million

Edsurge

We are advocates for early and equal access to education,” said Jeff Dunn, President and CEO of Sesame Workshop,” told EdSurge via email. “If Curriculet, which offered a digital library of reading materials and assessments, briefly closed shop before it was acquired by the nonprofit Waterford Institute. Blendspace was purchased by TES.

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Curation Situations: Let us count the ways

NeverEndingSearch

When my colleagues and I wrote our Social Media Curation Library Technology Report for ALA, we struggled with a definition. The folks we interviewed across library land curated in several different ways and we used the term curation differently depending on current community needs or where they were in any particular project.

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10 New Ideas for Creating Literacy Centers – From Beth Holland

EdTechTeacher

Students can access these web-based, digital bulletin boards from any device and do NOT need an account. Animoto includes the ability to upload images from a computer/Chromebook as well as a built-in image, video, and music library. ThingLink (or Padlet or Blendspace ) could be a great way to guide students through research.

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Newsletter: Privacy Con, OZeLive, GlobalEd.TV, Homeschooling, Making Chromebooks, Student Inquiry, & More

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

This webinar will address how edtech tools like Blendspace and TES can: Help you and your students become more transliterate; Foster inquiry based learning; Support standards-aligned approaches to 21st century learning. This skill is often referred to as "transliteracy." We're still taking session submissions!

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2015 Global Education Conference - Day Three!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We've had two great days of sessions and keynotes, and the recordings of any sessions that have taken place are accessible on the conference recordings page. Wednesday, November 18th, is day three of the sixth annual Global Education Conference. Thomas Petra ‏ @ RealWorldMath 6h 6 hours ago Day 2 of the Global Educ Conference.