The Web20Classroom
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
'I get asked a lot what are my favorite apps. And I usually can rattle off a few. Evernote, Twitter, Wunderlist to name a few. But what about apps that actually teach? What about apps that kids (or you) can use to learn? I have a few teachers in my district working on a 1:1 tablet project and we are going to be introducing some apps in a few weeks that are fun but have a purpose.
A Principal's Reflections
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
'I am a firm believer that schools must do everything possible to provide students with enriching learning experiences both during and outside of the school day. It is also essential that schools support our students when they seek out meaningful learning opportunities on their own even if they occur when school is not in session. In my opinion this is a no-brainer as it is our jobs to instill a passion for learning amongst our students.
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Educational Technology Guy
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
'Skitch is Evernote''s sketching app. It is a great app that allows you to create sketches and annotate, edit and save photos and sketches. It is very useful for taking notes that can''t be typed, annotating photos, and making sketches. It is available for desktop, iOS and Android. Steve Lai, a teacher in Canada, has some great ideas for using Skitch as a teaching tool over the the Evernote Skitch blog.
Baker's B.Y.O.D.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2012
'Me, going down & up a hill While this title sounds like something my cross-country, Californian colleagues might call me (#thatsajoke), this is really referring to the 10K McGuire Mud Run held at Fort Dix, NJ. Yes, 10k. And I''m not a great runner. I don''t usually run. But the focus in this race is on the process: my mom, siblings & I encouraging each other and using team work to overcome ridiculously muddy obstacles.
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The 21st Century Principal
SEPTEMBER 8, 2012
'“We now live in a world where even twelve-year olds can create their own global classrooms around the things about which they are are most passionate,” writes Will Richardson in an essay entitled “Navigating Social Networks as Learning Tools.” Richardson adds this about our students, “Most of them have no adults, neither teachers nor parents, in their lives, who can help them see and employ the learning potential at hand.
SpeechTechie
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
'As you start your new school year, you may find yourself having access to an interactive whiteboard (IWB), either a SMART or Promethean board, or perhaps even another brand such as an ENO. Maybe you have one in your treatment room, or are working in classrooms where these boards are available. "Available" may seem like a complicated word to use, because you may not know what to do with the board, and are prohibited from writing on it with whiteboard markers, leaving you with perhaps a lot less
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012
'Join me Tuesday, September 11th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Patrick Farenga, author of Teach Your Own : The John Holt Book Of Homeschooling. Pat worked closely with author and teacher John Holt for four years, until Holt’s death in 1985. He is the President of Holt Associates Inc. and was the Publisher of Growing Without Schooling magazine (GWS) from 1985 until it stopped publishing in Nov. 2001.
Learning with 'e's
SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
What is it about games that make them so popular, and such a powerful learning method? For a start, there are an impressive array of transferrable skills to be acquired, especially if the games played are designed effectively. Secondly, most people now have the capability to play games on the move, using smart phones, touch screen tablets and handheld consoles.
SpeechTechie
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
'Hi Folks, Just want to spread the word that I am again teaching the course "Tech Links to Language Interventions" through EDCO Greater Boston Collaborative this October. This is a hybrid class with one face-to-face workshop day on October 11 in Waltham and a month of follow up activities online (totaling 2 days time, all said). I taught it last spring and it was a lot of fun!
Educational Technology Guy
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
'I love Evernote. I use it for everything. Lesson plans, lesson schedules, notes, web clippings, lesson resources, travel notes and much more. I can access it on any computer and from my smartphone. I can even share notes and notebooks with other people (like my students). It is an indispensable app for me. Evernote also has the Evernote Trunk. The Trunk has apps that integrate with Evernote, scanners that scan directly to Evernote, pens that record what you write and send it to Evernote, and mu
Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape
The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
'Join me Thursday, September 13th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Shelly Blake-Plock, Co-Executive Director of the Digital Harbor Foundation (dhf), " a Baltimore-based nonprofit working to foster a culture of innovation, tech advancement, and entrepreneurship through local and global education initiatives" (from their website).
Learning with 'e's
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
Since the introduction of the iPad and the subsequent parade of similar touch screen tablets, there has been much speculation about exactly what impact the devices might have on learning and teaching. A lot has been written about the potential of the devices, and much has been purely anecdotal. Clearly tablets are easy to use and have potential to revolutionise the way people access information.
SpeechTechie
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
'I am really proud to announce that one of the apps I have worked on, Language Adventures, was just updated with DOUBLE the content. Language Adventures was first released this past spring, as a contextual board game for iPad with "flexible word use" targets across three categories: synonyms, antonyms, and multiple meanings. The app allows you to choose a level, roughly geared at early elementary/upper elementary-MS/MS-HS, for up to four players with fun use of their photographs during the game.
Educational Technology Guy
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
'Evernote Skitch is a great app that allows you to create sketches and annotate, edit and save photos and sketches. It is very useful for taking notes that can''t be typed, annotating photos, and making sketches. It is available for desktop, iOS and Android. Evernote''s Skitch team has just announced some new features coming to Skitch. You will be able to share your creations from Skitch through Evernote so that it will be synced and searchable, and well as being able to share it with others.
This white paper examines and proposes revisions to the "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" introduced by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson in 1987 for today's technology-driven world.
The Electric Educator
SEPTEMBER 8, 2012
'An interesting marketing initiative by Microsoft challenges internet searchers to do a blind side-by-side search using Bing and Google and to then select their favorite results. According to a study conducted by Microsoft, and widely heralded on their website, users select Bing results over Google 2-1. This link will take you to a short overview of the study however it appears that Microsoft has not released the full study to the public.
The Daring Librarian
SEPTEMBER 8, 2012
'Monday, Sept 10 8pm EST -- You''re Invited! Join yours truly, The Mighty Little Librarian Tiff, and fellow Mover & Shaker Jennifer LaGarde for a casual discussion at the TL Virtual Cafe to generate ideas on how to build school allies, support new teachers & become indispensable to admin & staff at the beginning of every school year. Featuring how Google tools (forms, docs, & presentation, and more!
Comfortably 2.0
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
'One of my favorite things about my new position as the PK-12 Integration Specialist for Aurora Public Schools is when a teacher asks me to come into their classroom and help them introduce a new concept dealing with technology. After being in the classroom for eleven years, I relish the opportunity to place myself back in front of students.
Educational Technology Guy
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012
'ClassDojo is a free online system that helps teachers promote positive behavior in their classroom by letting them track and share student progress and positive behaviors and areas of concern. It''s easy to use and many teachers who use it have seen positive outcomes from using it with their students. The only issue was that it was online, so teachers had to go to their computers to update things.
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My Paperless Classroom
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
'How does being "wired for distraction" affect the classroom? You have to be connected to connect I believe in running a connected classroom, so I have a learning environment where if I don''t inspire students to use the internet for "good" they will use it to meet their own goals. While many argue that we have to create a quiet and distraction free work environment, we also must acknowledge that our students are trained to "check-in" to their devices on very regular intervals.
EdTechnocation.com
SEPTEMBER 8, 2012
'SMART Technologies recently released a new iPad app, called SMART Notebook app for iPad. This might be big news for a lot people who have a SMART Board and an iPad in their classroom. My school has three SMART boards on campus, and I have access to one of them in my computer lab. We also have been testing out iPads in the education setting, with teachers and students, over the past year or so.
Educational Technology Guy
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
'WeVideo is a collaborative online video editor. The free plan has some great features and it''s easy to use. Simply upload your videos and photos, create the storyline, and then edit them online. There are great features and lots of help available. It is also integrated into Google Drive. Since it is collaborative, multiple people can work on a video project together, making it great for student projects.
Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions
There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.
My Paperless Classroom
SEPTEMBER 8, 2012
'In the first Ed tech class I ever took we learned about Web Quests. A Web Quest was a guided internet activity. A big part of designing a web quest is finding resources that the students can use and showing the students how to get to the resources. We never called what we were doing " curating " but when we found the resources of value and then used hyperlinks to put those resources within our student''s grasp and we used text to describe why the resource had value we were curating.
Educational Technology Guy
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
'Every year people ask me what my favorite tech tools, apps, and other resources are and what I use on a daily basis. Every year, this changes a little bit. I just had someone ask me for a list of what I use the most and what my favorite Ed Tech resources are, so here you go. There are also some other great resources in the "Related" links at the end of the article.
Educational Technology Guy
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
'Wolfram Alpha, the computational search engine has a new iOS app. Wolfram Geography Course Assistant App allows you to compare socioeconomic, demographic, and geographic data for any country in the world. The app is $4.99 and available for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. This could be a great app for Geography and Social Studies teachers and students.
Educational Technology Guy
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
'WeVideo is a collaborative online video editor. The free plan has some great features and it''s easy to use. Simply upload your videos and photos, create the storyline, and then edit them online. There are great features and lots of help available. It is also integrated into Google Drive. Since it is collaborative, multiple people can work on a video project together, making it great for student projects.
Speaker: Amanda Davis, Chief Experience Officer and Liam O'Malley, VP of Association Solutions
The "new normal" is now a little less new, a little more normal. Does that mean your current LMS strategy is in need of a refresh? Is your organization or association leaning into the always-evolving eLearning environment to ensure you have the tools and content to remain relevant through all this change? There are many complex decision-making processes within your learning & development strategy and LMS lifecycle management, including: Selection.
Educational Technology Guy
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
'Evernote'' s Newsletter with some very cool announcements and news. Evernote Newsletter Devcup Finalists: See Who Made the Cut With your help, we selected 6 finalists from among hundreds of submissions to our developer competition. These useful, fun and unexpected apps will make your Evernote experience even more awesome. Learn more about the finalists ?
Educational Technology Guy
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012
'Tech&Learning is a great resource for educators. It is a print/online magazine, along with a great website. They also produce TechForum educational conferences (great for all educators) and Virtual TechForum. The Tech&Learning magazine, available free to qualified educators, is released monthly and contains articles, tips, resources, product reviews, and much more.
Educational Technology Guy
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012
'Google Drive is Google''s free online file storage system and where Google Docs reside. It''s web based, has Mac and Windows apps and mobile apps for iOS and Android. I love it. I have Google Docs on there, but also have other files uploaded there for easy access and use anywhere. Google Drive for Android has let you view, create and edit Google Docs for a while. iOS users now have reason to rejoice, as you can now edit and create new Google Documents on your iPhone or iPad.
Educational Technology Guy
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
'Google Drive is Google''s online file storage system and the way you access your Google Docs, Spreadsheets and Presentations. One of the really great features it brought was syncing of your docs and files onto your computer for offline access. This came in really handy for me last night. I came home to find that our condo building had no power due to an underground power line failure.
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