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Open Education – Where do I begin?

Tom Murray

Open Education Resources were the highlight of this Future Ready webinar as they align to the Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment gear of the Future Ready Framework. From equity, to cost, to teacher empowerment, many benefits of open resources exist. Determining policies, processes, and timelines for adoption.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. Remember Edmodo? The company has raised some $77.5

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All Invited to Global Collaboration Day - September 17th!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We are encouraging students, teachers, organizations and companies to host virtual events involving technology on September 17, 2015. Many organizations are hosting webinars and other activities to introduce educators to tools, resources and programs that will help them connect their classroom to the world.

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The Closing of LearnCentral.org

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

An unfortunate casualty of the closure decision is the "host-your-own-webinar" program. Host-Your-Own-Webinar Program : The host-your-own-webinar program will be discontinued. Q: What will happen to the host-your-own-webinar program? A: The host-your-own-webinar program will be discontinued.

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

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

March 2nd, 7pm US-EST: GlobalEd.TV 's March Webinar Is "Global Education in Action" What kinds of practices and activities foster global education in schools and community programs? The current schedule is in a blog post from me. Join the fun and see the up-to-date conference schedule in your own time zone at OZeLive.com or at [link].

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Librarian Approved: 30 Ed-Tech Apps to Inspire Creativity and Creation

MindShift

Luckily, several tech-savvy librarians have been curating the apps their colleagues find useful and sharing the all-stars with one another through personal learning communities (PLC) and edWeb webinars. Bloxels : This new game creation app is made by the same company that makes Pixel Floor Press and the two products are compatible.

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Learning Revolution - Week's Free Events - Reinventing the Classroom - Library 2.014 - The Real 1:1 - Reclaim Learning

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Geo-educators can join the community through a variety of online platforms including Twitter, Facebook, and the secure educator site, Edmodo ( www.geo-educatorcommunity.org ). Wednesday, April 2nd at 4:30pm BrainPOP Refresher , Freshen up on the BrainPOP basics with this overview webinar. Details to join the webinar at [link].