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The provosts of Big 10 universities and the University of Chicago are in high-level talks to create an online education network across their campuses, which collectively enroll more than 500,000 students a year. Delete the scoop?
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June 18, 3:07 PM
Dirpy is a free web-based app which allows you to easily download any video clip from YouTube, Vimeo, DailyMotion (and others) at your preferred video resolution or to convert/ download any such video to a .MP3 audio file. Unique features that differentiate this tool from the many other similar ones available out there are:
The optional Dirpy bookmarklet which you can install on any browser allows you to easily dowload/convert any video you happen to encounter on the web. (You find the bookmarklet on the top right of this page: http://dirpy.com/studio) Excellent. Highly recommended. Try it out now: http://dirpy.com/ FAQ: http://dirpy.com/faq 
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June 18, 10:12 PM
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An Introduction to EU grants programmes. This is the first of three Modules on how to access EU Programmes Via Andreas Link Delete the scoop?
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Established leaders have an obligation to pass the baton and help develop leadership in others. This article discusses 4 critical components to effectively mentor young professionals and inspire future leaders. Via Amy Melendez Delete the scoop?
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Here’s a list of blogs that feed my teaching soul, hunger for knowledge, and need for deeper insights into teaching, learning and writing. There are so many wonderful blogs that it’s impossible to list them all here, so I’m listing the ones that have been most relevant to my own professional development. As such, they should be relevant to any teacher who wants to turn online teaching and/or publishing into a fully-fledged career.
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Collections of all the lesson plans published via the NY Times Learning Network, grouped by curriculum area: 1. Language Arts, Journalism, and the Arts 2. Science, Health, Technology and Math 3. Social Studies, History, Georgraphy, and Civics 4. A collection of 182 Student Opinion questions, from this school year, all still open to comment on our blog. Each asks students to read a short, high-interest nonfiction piece from The Times, then write in a response. Via Jim Lerman Delete the scoop?
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Expanding on our weekly Innovation column — which asks, Who made that? — we explore the origins of dozens of products and ideas in this special issue of the magazine. Via Jim Lerman 
Jim Lerman's curator insight,
June 13, 10:10 AM
Very enjoyable. Great for end of the year conversations in school when kids' interests flag. 
Chesterfield Sofa Company's comment,
June 17, 5:48 AM
we all are intrigued by the history behind things.... where they originated... how do they do it... we, as humans, are inquisitive... or is it just plain nosey!
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You can have either a fixed or growth mindset according to Carol Dweck, Which mindset do you have? Via Barbara Bray 
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June 13, 8:37 AM
The question is "How can we create learning environments that develop a growth mindset?" 
Ajaan Rob Hatfield's curator insight,
June 16, 9:05 PM
The information also applies to adult ELL's but need to take cultural aspects into consideration. 
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June 17, 5:08 AM
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Open content licensing for educators is a free online workshop designed for educators who want to learn more about open education resources, copyright, and creative commons licenses. This workshop will: Via Andreas Link Delete the scoop?
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By Lisa Nielsen
"If you're an innovative educator, by now, you have probably tried Google Hangouts which let you conduct a video conference with up to ten people / locations FOR FREE! This by itself has terrific potential for teaching and learning tool.
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June 11, 8:52 PM
I am currently leading my students toward Google + hangouts vs. Skype. This seems to be a growing trend. Delete the scoop?
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Automatically generate bibliographies, references and title pages in APA, MLA and Chicago styles. Via Ana Cristina Pratas 
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June 10, 7:35 PM
Bibliography generation just might be the killer app! Delete the scoop?
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Our inaugural issue on the topic “Learning for Open Innovation” has been published. Four papers researched topics ranging from trusted educational networks and e-learning quality assurance to transformation processes in HEI middle management and quality of student experiences in Personal Learning Environments. Furthermore, one practice-based paper presents evaluation results of a staff-led innovation programme in an online university. You can read all papers online here. Via Alastair Creelman Delete the scoop?
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Excerpt from review article by VentureBeat:
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Jim Doyle's curator insight,
June 10, 8:32 PM
Amazon launches Storyteller to turn scripts into storyboards -- automagically
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June 11, 1:49 AM
Du synopsis au storyboard en passant par studio.amazon.com/storyteller 
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June 11, 6:33 PM
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The staff of Elm Street School (RSU 16) come together to use 'Café' and 'Daily Five' protocols to increase student ownership and engagement in learning to read. Via Kathleen McClaskey
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June 18, 10:55 AM
Discover how learners take ownership of their learning in reading and what the outcomes were for teachers and learners. This is an excellent example of a personalized learner-centered environment where learners self-direct and monitor their learning.
Thank you to the learners and teachers of RSU 16 in Maine for sharing this story!
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There is an article in the Boston Review by Thomas Leddy called "Are MOOCs Good for Students?" In this article Leddy claims that "MOOCs pose a great threat to the most important value of higher education: 'literacy.' By 'literacy' I mean, very broadly, the ability to read, think about, and intelligently respond (both orally and in writing) to the literature of any field of study. Thus, implementation of MOOCs for university credit is bad because it is bad for our students." Via Alastair Creelman Delete the scoop?
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Six Steps to Personalize Learning to Meet the Common Core Via Kathleen McClaskey
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June 17, 11:15 AM
Join us at ISTE 2013 to learn about this model that provides the steps and tools to personalize learning to motivate, engage, and give learners a voice in Common Core lessons!
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iversity’s jury announced the 10 winners of its MOOC Production Fellowship contest. It will launch the courses for students in Germany, Europe and the rest of the world. Our view is that it is interesting – and a little surprising – that all the winners were from Europe. The list of finalists we looked at showed many good proposals from North America and other parts of the world, many with sexier ideas and titles than their European counterparts. So it makes us wonder if the contest was really ever a global one or just appeared to be so? Anyways, it’s great to have MOOC players emerging from Europe, including iversity. But perhaps they should have been more up front that it was an EU competition? Via Kim Flintoff Delete the scoop?
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The EDEN Annual Conference is organized in Oslo, May 12-15, 2013. The Nordic Open Education Alliance will be present and introduce its initiative and ideas. Join the discussion using the Twitter Tag #NordicOER online or meet us at the conference Friday, 14.06, from 12.45 to 14.00 in the session on OER.
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CC BY is not essential for Open Access. However, making a paper Open Access without the CC BY licence, or with a more restrictive type of Creative Commons licence (e.g. CC BY-ND or CC BY-NC), may mean that a reader must still obtain your specific permission to adapt the work and/or use it for commercial purposes.
The different flavours of CC licence enable you to be more restrictive if you want to be, but obviously the Government/RCUK wants its publicly funded research to be as unrestricted as possible.
CC BY just gives a more liberal blanket permission for some actions.
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Intellectual property battles in the MOOC age are a “last stand” in the fight for academic freedom, a longtime evangelist of the topic told university professors here Wednesday.
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The startpage that connects and organize all your favorite links, bookmarks, social networks, favorite online services, into one single beautiful interface.
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Pablo Barrios's curator insight,
June 13, 1:12 PM
Una opción a herramientas como Symbaloo para la creación de PLEs. Es bastante visual y tiene un para de caracteríticas que la hacen versátil. Interesante hacer una evaluación personal de la misma, para determinar su potencia, ventajas y oportunidades
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Right now, the government awards road-building contracts to large construction companies. But imagine the government decided to end these contracts, and to simply grant anyone who wanted to build a road a license to build a road.
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Jean Jacoby's curator insight,
June 11, 4:44 PM
As always, an insightful comment on the nature of 'free' and 'open' education.
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Jackie Gerstein shares her Ignite talk for ISTE 2013 that was recently rejected by the selection committee. Discover Education 3.0!
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Kathleen McClaskey's curator insight,
June 10, 12:16 PM
After reading this blog, Jackie has articulated a new vision for education where she sees that the "best interests of the learner" needs to come first. I could not agree more. She describes Education 3.0 in this way: "Learners as connectors, creators, constructivists."
"Education 3.0 is a constructivist, heutagogical approach to teaching and learning. The teachers, learners, networks, connections, media, resources, tools create a a unique entity that has the potential to meet individual learners’, educators’, and even societal needs. Education 3.0 recognizes that each educator’s and student’s journey is unique, personalized, and self-determined.
The bottom line, though, is not is what is in the best interests of the teacher, the administration, the politicians. It is what is in the best interests of the learner. The student should be central to education – not the content, not the tests, not the standards, not what we think students should know and do. Teachers did not become teachers to teach to the test, to develop practice tests or worksheets, to work with pre-scripted curriculum to meet standards. Teachers became teachers to teach students, first and foremost. The learner needs to be central to all teaching endeavors."
Thank you Jackie for sharing this perspective with educators, everywhere!
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THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013, 3:00-4:00 PM ET ; FREE
Are you a forward-thinking educator interested in starting an innovative K-12 next generation learning program or moving your current program to the next level? If you are, you have probably been looking for that resource to help you start the planning and designing process. Well, look no further. In this iNACOL Special Edition Webinar, participants will be introduced to RETHINK: Planning and Designing for K-12 Next Generation Learning, a toolkit created by Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) and iNACOL to guide district, charter, and school leaders as they conceptualize, design, and develop a next generation model school. This toolkit can help you and your team understand next generation learning and the need for change; gain a working knowledge of the planning and change management processes; plan and design a framework for next generation learning; and understand how to ensure quality and continuous improvement for your design. This flexible and dynamic resource offers links to existing communities who are currently planning for and/or implementing next generation learning. It also offers an overview of critical topics, each of which includes an introduction, a set of guiding questions, and resources and tools centered on the topic that you and your team will need to tackle while planning and designing your program. So, what are you waiting for? Join in the webinar to learn more and give your students the powerful learning opportunities they’ve been waiting for!
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Dave Edwards, Quality Assurance Director, iNACOL
To download the toolkit, go to:
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