Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

I believe the answer has been in front of us this whole time: video games. Good video games are incredibly effective at capturing our attention, converting extrinsic rewards into intrinsic motivation, and creating meaningful experiences. Here are some key insights we’ve gathered about the ways video games foster learning: 1.

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EdTech4Beginners

APRIL 2, 2017

GAFE – Google Apps For Education (include Google Docs, Google Sites etc). MOOC – Massively Open Online Course (an online course which has video lectures, problem solving activities, texts and an online community of fellow learners). OER – Open Educational Resource (this can be any online materials that are free to use).

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Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 19, 2015

For almost three years Lumen Learning has been helping faculty, departments, and entire degree programs adopt OER in place of expensive commercial textbooks. Have you ever used the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button on the Google homepage? I mean, this is Google ’s search algorithm we’re talking about, created by an army of PhDs.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 7, 2018

According to a Google report , almost 80% people don’t exit their homes sans smartphones. It offers a large number of students access to study high-quality courses online through video streaming. Interactive Audio-Video Learning. Streaming videos online are now an everyday affair for many people.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2018

His work has shown him that “it will definitely be a more sustainable initiative if it is collaborative—-whether it's OER, open access journals, etc.if OERs are often undervalued compared to their paid counterparts, posited Blake Gore of Vanderbilt University and Tanya Spilovy thinks librarians can help.

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Libraries Digital Learning OER Learning 144

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

In this demonstration, I’m using Google Calendar. These are OER and ready for you to use.). How to Use this Tutorial to Help Teachers Learn Google Calendar. Also, note that I made some common mistakes (and fixed them) that teachers have when working with Google Calendars. Key Points from the Project Calendars Video.

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Hapara

APRIL 11, 2022

K-12 schools and districts turn to open educational resources (OER) for their flexibility. When you search for OER, you can find already-created lesson plans or other resources to add to your own class plans. Let’s look at the benefits of using an OER lesson plan and what it looks like. Why use an OER lesson plan?

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Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 12, 2015

Google Apps and Chromebooks App Recommendations and Substitutions Here is a list of Google Apps and Web Apps to use. 4c6x4p5qplh7 Google For Education Resources [link] Google Classroom - new resource for teachers to manage classes, assignments, student work, and to communicate with students.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 23, 2015

Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. That’s right, the identified nouns can give you keywords that will allow you to search a wonderful world of OER (Open Education Resources) on the internet. A Listing Of 25 OER (Open Education Resource Sites).

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NeverEndingSearch

MAY 14, 2020

Currently, one very popular strategy is the creation of classroom scenes using Google Slides populated with their flexible Bitmojis. We need strategies for personalizing and enriching the remote learning experience. And it is clear that the library must be the center of that experience. Valenza, J.K. TechLearning. Valenza, J.K.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Through videos, photos, text, and more, these digital portfolios provide evidence of students' learning for all stakeholders (including families) and strengthen school-home connections. Google Classroom. Google Classroom is the go-to resource for teachers looking to organize and streamline their workflows. OER Commons.

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EdTech OER Tools Microsoft 66

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

For over a decade, plenty of time and dollars have been poured into encouraging the use of open educational resources (OER). In 2007 the Hewlett Foundation’s funding helped create OER Commons. From my experience, the answers usually are: OER resources are in silos. Last year, the U.S. Many of the silos are poorly organized.

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OER Resources Common Core Education 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

That’s right, the identified nouns can give you keywords that will allow you to search a wonderful world of OER (Open Education Resources) on the internet. Resources: “Finding the Nouns or Facts” How might your identification of the curriculum standard nouns along with OER fit into a classroom ?

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Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

Curating OER. It often refers to the gathering and contextualizing of OER to replace expensive traditional texts and to include them in learning management systems. Clearly, curation is not only about OER. For one thing, not all OER are created equally good and not all commercial products are at all bad.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 21, 2019

As stated in the blog, “interesting math problem/project can come in the form of a picture, a video, a tweet, something your child says, etc”. This mandate is carried out chiefly by the funding and broad distribution of educational video programs with coordinated Web and print materials for the professional development of K-12 teachers.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2016

THE BIG GUYS: Here’s news from Google, ABCMouse, and Amazon. First up, Google Education announced a new “casting” app for the classroom projector, released the “Expeditions” virtual reality app for all teachers and students, and added a new quizzing feature in Google Forms. Full EdSurge coverage on Google here.)

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Microsoft OER Digital Citizenship EdTech 112

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 25, 2016

The move follows news earlier this year that Amazon Education is working on Inspire , a platform on which schools will be able to upload, manage, share, and discover such resources, known as OER. While some industry observers see OER as a challenger to the content and curriculum that schools pay for, others are more sanguine.

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Securly

JANUARY 5, 2016

The rise of technology was rapid, but teachers can gradually incorporate technology into lesson plans by using online news articles as a topic of discussion or showing videos to better illustrate a concept just learned in class. There are a wide variety of resources available including Youtube for Schools and Google for Education.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 29, 2015

Link: Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. Technology allows the 21 st century classroom to use this awareness of the nouns to connect with free resources on the internet known as OER (Open Education Resources). Record – Google Docs , Diigo , Evernote , Microsoft 360.

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Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2017

Whether learning is being supported through conversation, lecture, argument, video, adaptive courseware, plain old textbook, or Google Hangout, words are absolutely critical to supporting learning. conversation, lecture, argument, Google Hangout), or we can experience them afterward as a recorded artifact (e.g.,

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 14, 2015

OER Commons. About: One of the largest data bases of OER (Open Education Resources) for free classroom use. Highlights: Links to explanations of CC, Pictures, videos, articles, audios. Google Advanced Search. Google Advanced Search. Highlights: Lesson Builder, Searchable by standards and subject.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 1, 2019

I was honored to join several esteemed colleagues to present on the panel: Leading the Charge: Leveraging Librarian Leadership to Support the OER Journey. And here is the sketchnote Margaret Sisler created during the session: #oer and teacher librarians! Here are our slides.

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NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 18, 2017

According to the HyperDocs site , HyperDocs, a transformative, interactive Google Doc replacing the worksheet method of delivering instruction, is the ultimate change agent in the blended learning classroom. What Google App can I use to package this lesson? HyperDocs span Google Apps–Slides, Forms, Keep, Drive, etc.–and

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NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 17, 2019

Next time around, I’ll share my notes on OER.). Google Spotlight Stories “G oogle Spotlight Stories means storytelling for VR. Google Translate app (now incorporate WordLens OCR optical character recognition to translate signs. Google Street View : Create your own 360 images. We are seeing movement way beyond hype.

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Trends Libraries OER Microsoft 42

MindShift

JULY 11, 2016

The Liberty Public Schools district sees Langhorst and his colleague as front-runners in an important shift toward open educational resources (OER). But many teachers still have big questions about OER that will determine how many of them choose to adopt this approach to teaching and curriculum.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. Via Inside Higher Ed : “Donald De La Haye started making YouTube videos long before he joined the University of Central Florida ’s football team.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

For example, a student could be assigned a slide on a Class Google Slide show to share some work while other students and the teacher provide critique. Could Google Draw be used for a collaborative visual thinking activity such as Chalk Talk, or Zoom breakout rooms be used for online critique and revision?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Google Scholar : Known for its wide-ranging scholarly literature, Google Scholar covers articles, theses, books, and conference papers across multiple disciplines. PBS Learning Media : This platform offers free, standards-aligned educational resources, including videos, lesson plans, and interactive activities.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. As I identify new incidents, I’ll also add new video clips to the catalog.

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 10, 2015

Link: Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. The teacher has worked hard at finding articles, reading lists, research links, and even You Tube videos on a various topics. Students might use a Google Form to collect and analyze data.

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Resources Technology Examples STEM 60

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. As I identify new incidents, I’ll also add new video clips to the catalog.

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” In his book, Srnicek identifies five kinds of platforms: advertising platforms (like Google and Facebook), cloud platforms (like Salesforce and Amazon Web Services), industrial platforms (like GE and Siemens), product platforms (like Spotify), and lean platforms (like Uber and AirBnB). Education’s Proto-Platforms.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2016

Thanks to Google Expeditions , Within , Aurasma , and many other tools, students can explore coral reefs , go to refugee camps , and watch art come to life. Another student could find photographs of places or inventions he wants to study and then create augmented reality-triggered videos of himself explaining what he’s learned.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

By the way, this resource is excellent for any Google for Education school that uses the Chrome browser, not just Chromebooks! While I can’t actually fit 100 ideas into this blog post and podcast episode, I can offer you a FREE Google Chromebook resource that is loaded with ideas, lessons, apps, and more! Click To Tweet.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2022

15 Google Classroom Tips for Teachers. Google Classroom has improved vastly over the years, and teachers have learned how to make the most of this flexible assignment manager and communication hub. 30 Things You Didn’t Know Google Slides Could Do! There is so much you can create with the Swiss Army Knife of Google!

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Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

Educational materials published under an open license are called open educational resources (OER). When digital educational materials become OER, they are converted back into public goods. Instructional designers, faculty, and other educators and administrators should develop a basic understanding of OER. Education is Sharing.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

One example used was Google’s idea to allow its employees 20% percent job time for self direction. From this effort, such big projects as G-Mail, and Google News have evolved. OER Commons – Take a look at these results from a search I did for STEAM based activities. Since it is OER (Open Education Resources) it is free.

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