Jennifer Carey tells how she's using smartphones in her classroom: to charge up lessons, promote research & fact-checking and harness powerful apps for learning.
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While 'the internet' and 'manners' don't tend to pop up in the same sentence very often (at least not in the positive sense), there are a number of ways that manners really do matter when you're interacting online. Delete the scoop?
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A screencast is a digital recording of a computer screen with audio narration. Screencasts can include telestrator (‘John Madden pen’) annotations. Narrated slideshows include audio recordings synchronized to images without hand-drawn annotations. Screencasts and narrated slideshows can be created with two kinds of tools: 1. Browser-based: Create an account on the website and use a modern web browser like Google Chrome or FireFox to record, save and share it. 2. Client-based: Download and install software on a computing device to record and save. Via Baiba Svenca 
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screencast tool comparisons. The table is extremely simple and useful for begginers in screencasting. Delete the scoop?
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Exploring Curation as a core competency in digital and media literacy education Via Robin Good, Carlos Rodrigues Cadre, juandoming, Terese Bird 
Benjamin Carmel's curator insight,
May 6, 1:31 PM
Right, this is a topic I've been thinking and working with a lot lately. The authors discuss this as a tool for secondary school (mostly), but the principles apply equally to adult learners and collaboration, learning communities and communities of practice.
The reference list is also a valuable resource. More to add to my reading list... 
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May 12, 8:49 AM
Robin Good's insight:
Paul Mihailidis, has an interesting essay on "Exploring Curation as a Core Competency in Digital an Media Literacy Education" in which he offers "a prospective attempt to build curation into the media literacy conversation..." by analyzing the analyzing effective curation practices, and six highly relevant teaching points for using a news curation tool like Storify in the classroom.
His essay "seeks to encourage instructors, particularly on secondary and tertiary education levels, to bridge the gap between informal learning outside of the classroom with formal learning to create a more dynamic place for students to advance critical inquiry, dialogue, and engagement through new forms of content creation, curation, and dissemination."
He writes: "Through student-driven, creation-driven, collective and integrated teaching approaches to curation, the framework aims to build towards savvy media consumption and production, critical evaluation and analysis, and participation in local, national and global dialog.
The framework also addresses the ability to see diversity and civic voice as core competencies in the curation process.
As students learn to build cohesive stories and ideas from a wide variety of sources, they can learn about the diverse types of content that inform a story, and the avenues they have-through social media tools and platforms-to be part of the discussion."
Curation can be an extremely effective approach to develop critical thinking skills and practices, as it forces students to evaluate, vet, verify and decide what really matters.
"When students develop a credible list of professional and personal sources around an issue and/or event, they must acknowledge how much subjective weight they place on a tweet, a blog, or a Facebook post and in relative comparison to an advocacy group, cable television operation, or news service. Arguing for the credibility of a myriad of voices online forces students to build valuable justifications for what they choose to believe, and why."
Informative. Examples-rich. Educationally useful. 8/10
Full essay: http://www-jime.open.ac.uk/jime/article/viewArticle/2013-02/html
Nancy White's curator insight,
May 13, 9:12 AM
I am very excited to find this work to share with my teachers. I continue to get pushback as I try to encourage them to allow time for students to curate. The fact of the matter is that true curation takes time, but the skills gained by students cannot be ignored, and research and critical analysis are found throughout the Common Core Standards. Curation is also a pathway to personalized learning as students pursue their own areas of interest through the art of curation. Delete the scoop?
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This book, initiated by the UNESCO/COL Chair in OER, is one in a series of publications by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) examining OER. It describes the movement in detail, providing readers with insight into OER’s significant benefits, its theory and practice, and its achievements and challenges. The 16 chapters, written by some of the leading international experts on the subject, are organised into four parts by theme:
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Berry supports the idea of MOOCs for professional development in theory because he’d like to see teachers be able to choose and direct their own learning. But he thinks success hinges on skilled virtual facilitators who both know the subject matter and how to foster high quality discussion and communication online in order to make it work well.
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May 4, 10:05 AM
Lively, passionate, (bordering on) seductive teachers and facilitators, leads to exciting and meaningful interaction online and off. When MOOCs are conceived and designed this way, they will become the places for highly-engaged social learning that we want them to be. 
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May 8, 9:23 AM
Interesting move - I would watch this one closely. MOOCs seem better than large lecturs and in Coursera are much better designed. Not sure I would want to be taught by a teachers whose only credentials were from Coursera, but I can see other higher education areas being better served by MOOCs. Delete the scoop?
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Preparing for a test or just learning new things? This site has a group of tools to help you, including mindmapping, flashcards, multi-media notes and quiz makers. It's a great assessment resource for teachers and their classes. It is designed to work seemlessly with mobile devices.
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Through simSchool, pre and in-service teachers, instructors, administrators, and others experience and improve knowledge and confidence in: classroom management techniquesunderstanding diverse learning styles & behaviorsanalyzing student information and datatask design and implementationmuch moreDelete the scoop?
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10 Steps To A Successful School iPad Program- There’s simply no magic pill – whether it’s the laptop, smartboard, iPad or the next device that comes along in a year or two. Technology alone won’t ever have the capacity to improve education unless it’s woven into a holistic vision that meets the very real and urgent educational objectives that prepare our students for life outside and after school. Well-planned technology deployments can however have a transformative impact on learning. Delete the scoop?
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This wiki page has links to examples of different digital games. We have grouped the games according to subject area and within the subject areas you will find different types of games: edutainment, serious games, and massive multiplayer online (MMO) games. We also have a short list of some of the more mainstream recreational games. (Note: many of the games could have been placed in multiple subject areas) Delete the scoop?
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May 11, 8:28 PM
Includes instructions on how to save MindMups into Google Drive 
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Un #outil d'#organisation simple et gratuit qui permet de stocker ses cartes mentales (#mindmaps) dans google #drive. Delete the scoop?
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We got so many additions and updates to our 2011 list we thought it was time to bring you the most up-to-date list for 2012. So, without further ado, here's the 2012 A-Z list of educational Twitter hashtags.
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Our local south african hashtags include #ict4champions #sateachers, #fsteachers #inspiredteachers and our Monday evening #edchatsa come and join in Delete the scoop?
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Infographics are interesting–a mash of (hopefully) easily-consumed visuals (so, symbols, shapes, and images) and added relevant character-based data (so, numbers, words, and brief sentences). The learning application for them is clear, with many academic standards–including the Common Core standards–requiring teachers to use a variety of media forms, charts, and other data for both information reading as well as general fluency... Via Baiba Svenca 
Adam Lenaarts's curator insight,
May 15, 3:44 AM
As a Teacher it becomes more and more important to visualise complex processes...I think it's great tools like these give teachers a chance to be more visual in there naratives.
LucaVanin's curator insight,
May 17, 2:38 AM
Un modo differente di presentare all'interno di un Webinar: usare direttamente le infografiche! Ecco un po' di tools utili! Delete the scoop?
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Mind mapping is a method that works for quite a lot of people. Brain storming, idea mapping, thought generation, think tanks – call it what you will. Traditionally done on large pieces of paper, why not use your iPad to create mind maps? You could use these for your own purposes, or “convert” those large flip charts into a smaller, digital version. Via Baiba Svenca 
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May 14, 1:32 PM
Благодарю всех за большой интерес! Есть замечательные идеи, нужно попробовать их воплотить!
Lee Hall's curator insight,
May 16, 2:16 PM
Research shows that mind maps (graphic organizers) are effective during all stages of learning. You can use them as an introduction to a unit, during the unit for continued note taking, or at the conclusion as a formative assessment to make sure your students truly understand the material. 
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May 17, 7:19 AM
I use mind mapping all the time and look definitely look into these apps. Delete the scoop?
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May 14, 7:44 AM
I think if departments reviewed their faculty, it would become clear to them which teachers should *not* be forced into using technology in the classroom. Questionably, if those teachers cannot teach the assigned material any longer, they may be driven to learn it in order to keep their jobs, but honestly, if teachers don't possess these traits in today's world, the only thing they should probably be driven to is a different job.... Delete the scoop?
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Grab videos, pictures, text paragraphs from any source and turn them into short movies. Via Nik Peachey Delete the scoop?
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I've been spending every spare moment editing the upcoming 7th Grade Technology Curriculum Textbook (click to be notified when it's available--projected: June 2013). One unit I've fallen in love wi... Delete the scoop?
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Vocabulary Games on iPad, HTML5, iPhone, Android and other Mobile Devices: Learn English on Mobile Devices. With the proliferation of smart phones and tablet devices, learners are beginning to demand learning activities on their mobile devices. Delete the scoop?
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