After the launch of their YouTube channel TED Ed have now announced the TED Ed video platform - with the strapline "Lessons Worth Sharing"
As you would expect, the platform is built around content from TED Ed partners and YouTube Edu Partners. Content is organised by subject and context and teachers can build various learning activities, and questions around this content.
More importantly the platforms potential reaches out beyond the featured content, orgamised into subjects and themes to any content in YouTube - and that is its strength. As Chris Anderson of TED states in his post:
"the goal is to allow any teacher to take a video of their choice (yes, any video on YouTube, not just ours) and make it the heart of a lesson"
Teachers can register to join the platform and create their own video based learning resources. I think this is an important development in video for learning and the important thing is that it is open to all around the world. Via theo kuechel 
Google Drive is a great service, but installing the application and synchronizing some files is just the first step. Via Steve Yuen 
Distance learners rejoice! Harvard University and MIT jointly announced their new non-profit edX online learning initiative in Cambridge earlier today, which aims to both enhance on-campus teaching and make courses from both schools available to... 
"Poetically modest, sometimes audacious and violent, animated images can sometimes help us to grasp the unfathomable dimensions of creation"
"As part of the MA ‘methodologies’ lecture series at National centre for Ceramics, Wales, Leah McLaughlin presented a lecture on ‘Video as a Research Tool’. As part of this presentation she set the MA students the task of completing a film themselves to enable them to experience first hand the ease with which film can be used to document aspects of their practice"
Some of the results can be seen on Leah's web page and I think this approach offers opportunities for all stages of education and all subjects
Thanks to @edmediashare - good to see them on scoop.it Via @edmediashare, theo kuechel 
"An opportunity to level the playing field for diverse learners has arrived. With the use of mobile devices and a set of apps, barriers to learning can be removed and we can now set the stage for access to learning by all students." Via John Evans 
MentorMob is a Learning Playlist platform that allows users to curate, collaborate on, and share any kind of online content. Presentations, press kits, or lesson plans, the Learning Playlist is great interactive way to present all formats of content and information. Via Baiba Svenca 
by Celeste Scholz Abstract A wiki is a powerful, free Internet tool that allows users to quickly create web pages organized into websites without special... Via Stephanie Sandifer 
Completely free teacher training videos for teachers who want to learn about technology and ICT in education... 
Addictively-fun and simple-to-use online photo effects. Upload photos, create something funny, and share them with your friends. 
Social bookmarking in education is a new and exciting opportunity for teachers and students to connect and collaborate online. Using Diigo Educator accounts is one of the best ways to achieve this. 
I was recently asked to lead a professional development session for a school that is starting to roll out iOS devices for teachers and students. Via Danita Russell 
IntuiFace Presentation is a revolutionary authoring environment for the creation of rich multi-touch presentations that will engage your audience and enhance your message. Take a tour: design multi-touch presentations for Windows 7 based multi-touch tablets, kiosks, digital signs and touchscreen walls. Via Baiba Svenca |
This project aims to expand the range of creative experiences for young authors, by presenting AR technology in ways appropriate for this audience. In this process, we investigate how young children conceptualize augmented reality experiences, and shape the authoring environment according to this knowledge. Via Nik Peachey 
Google Drive and Dropbox offer many of the same features, but one of them has more than the other and wins this comparison. Via Kathleen Cercone Last year we presented “10 of the best apps for education,” which highlighted some of the best apps for iPhones and iPods. 
The Facebook group has the potential to be used as an LMS. It has pedagogical, social and technological affordances, which allow putting up announcements, sharing ideas and resources, and implementing online discussions. Using the Facebook group as an LMS, however, has certain constraints. It does not support other format files to be uploaded directly, and the discussion is not organized in a meaningful structure. Via Nik Peachey 
Grovo is an online education and training platform that helps people find and use sites, and helps sites reach and educate users. Via Kathleen Cercone 
Splashtop Whiteboard turns your iPad into an interactive whiteboard for remotely controlled presentations. Annotate over anything during presentations and more. Via Baiba Svenca 
PresentationTube provides a video presentation desktop recorder (PC) to record, publish and share quality, accessible, and interactive video presentations.
PresentationTube synchronizes presenter's audio and video, PowerPoint slides, whiteboard, drawing board, and Web content.
PresentationTube also integrates a vertical thumbnail slider allowing the user to jump through presentation slides while keeping the video in sync.
Engagement options in each presentation include a discussion board and a self-assessment quiz.
The video part of each presentation can be uploaded to PresentationTube or imported straight from YouTube.
Presentations created with PresentationTube can be easily shared across social media networks as well as embedded on any site or blog.
Free, with no ads, no banners. Unlimited bandwidth and storage space.
Presentation showcase: http://presentationtube.net/index_watch.php
Presentation Recorder software (free) for Windows and how to use it tutorial : http://presentationtube.net/index_record.php
Find out more: http://presentationtube.net/
(Reviewed by Robin Good) Via Robin Good 
I have learned more by using social media for professional purposes, professional development, than I have learned from most of my professional development trainings from the past years combined. W... Via Steve Yuen 
Over the last few years I've done a lot of work developing writing and redeveloping online courses and course materials. In the initial rush to get learning online many organisations got themselves a Moodle platform and then attached a whole load of PDFs and .docs, added some forums and the odd video clip and called it an online course. It's no surprise then that drop out rates for online learning courses have been so high. Via Nik Peachey 
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