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11 Tips for Engaging Parents

Teacher Reboot Camp

Below are a few tips and resources from my presentation, Engaging Parents with Technology and Social Media. Have a VLE or LMS where students and parents can check grades, homework, see student work, be notified of important notices, and find important information. However, if the parent likes you then you have an ally on your side!

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Why 'A Domain of One's Own' Matters (For the Future of Knowledge)

Hack Education

I am best known, no doubt, for my criticism of education technology. Often when I say that I think that the “Domain of One’s Own” initiative is one of the most important education technologies, I always hear pushback from the Twitter riffraff. But they’re expressly trends that should concern us as educators.

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Food for thought

Learning with 'e's

The second session was an interesting rehash of the infamous VLE is Dead symposium we conducted a couple of years ago at ALT-C 2009 in Manchester. This time, Richard and his colleagues discussed whether the VLE should be rebirthed. It was cut and thrust all the way, and the packed room responded with questions, comments and.

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Design for life

Learning with 'e's

I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. My most recent post examined Stanley Milgram''s experiments on obedience to authority and their application in education. Previous posts in this series are all linked below.

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Technology and Casey Green on campus: Future Trends Forum #3, notes and full recording

Bryan Alexander

” Casey’s response: we have more information and expanded access to educational materials, but no increase in faculty productivity and no decrease in costs. We then dove into the learning management system ( LMS in the US; VLE in Europe ). Can’t U’s use tech the same way?”

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Collaborative & Creative Online Learning

Teacher Reboot Camp

“The number one benefit of educational technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. 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.

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A Flipped Classroom Approach: Tips from 3 Bett Speakers

ViewSonic Education

After all, with the way technology has become interwoven into our daily lives, it only makes sense that our educational structure adapts to this shift to leverage the power of technology in the classroom. It doesn’t respect the intelligence of my students, nor does it illustrate that education is exciting. Define follow up tasks.