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Emaze vision – to change the way people create presentations through a simple, fully automated process that generate powerful and engaging showcases. Via Baiba Svenca 
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May 24, 8:10 AM
Para hacer presentaciones, posibilidad de compartir y embeber el código en una web o blog 
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May 24, 2:35 PM
Esta es una herramienta importante para preparar sus clases, para llevar sus presentaciones al aula de clase o a otros espacios. Este sitio conforma parte de las herramientas web disponibles para la movilidad a plenitud. Delete the scoop?
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We’re pretty excited about the prospect of using Google Glass in education. So much so that we wrote a whole ‘Teacher’s Guide To Google Glass‘ and have chatted with a few teachers and early adopters who are already using the hardware. One of those instructors is Andrew Vanden Heuvel. You might remember him from a previous article we ran on Edudemic about Andrew’s trip to CERN which he recorded using Glass and brought it into the classroom. It was pretty impressive and showed the power of Glass to unlock learning like never before. Delete the scoop?
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Details how the infographic Brainy Approaches to Learning supports Personalized Learning. Via Kathleen McClaskey 
Kathleen McClaskey's curator insight,
May 22, 5:20 PM
We divided the infographic in separate sections to explain in more detail how brain science behind learning supports the concept of Personalized Learning. When you review this and understand that each brain is unique and changes as it learns, personalizing learning makes sense.
Thank you to Christine Hinton, Ed.D. and Jobs for the Future for this infographic. 
Dawn Adams Miller's curator insight,
May 23, 11:16 PM
What came first, brain or learning? Ok so that was a dumb question but anytime you can align learning with brain science it's a good thing. Enjoy! 
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May 24, 9:25 AM
If each brain is unique, does that mean each person needs a personalized learning strategy based on their personal uniqueness? Delete the scoop?
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College officials are concerned and confused by new licensing terms from Adobe they fear will dramatically raise costs. While colleges have not yet sorted out some of the major issues, the changes by Adobe are already prompting at least a few college officials to say new versions of company's popular creative software will be unaffordable. Delete the scoop?
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" "Free Tools and Resources to Help Students Develop 21st Century Skills Our online tools create active learning environments where students can engage in discussions, analyze information, pursue investigations, and solve problems. You’ll also find teaching resources, including lesson plans, assessment strategies, and technology-enriched project ideas for all K–12 subjects." Via Jim Lerman 
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May 21, 12:25 PM
Intel has just updated its popular Visual Ranking Tool for use on iOS and Android devices. Lots of good material here for higher order thinking. Delete the scoop?
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This month's edition of the Pulse podcast features an interview with Max James, national sales manager for education at Citrix, which provides GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar, and other web conferencing tools that some colleges use for academic and administrative purposes. Delete the scoop?
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Here's a rundown of the best s'cool tools from the first quarter of 2013. These are the tools that had you clicking, sharing, and tweeting away. Via GoogleLitTrips Reading List 
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May 6, 4:08 PM
Whoo Hoo! Google Lit Trips makes the list.
Vicki Butler's curator insight,
May 21, 11:37 AM
A fun collection (and applicable to learning) of integrated tools! Delete the scoop?
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Each time a teacher or a learner interacts with an Open Educational Resource (OER), these interactions produce data. This "interaction data" includes "artifact data" routinely captured during any online interaction by Web server logs (e.g., users' browsers, users' IP addresses) and "social data" created during Web 2.0-style interactions with resources (e.g., tags, comments, ratings, favorites). Interaction data can serve a number of purposes in a period of increased interest worldwide in OERs quality and uptake. First, interaction data is a valuable source of analytics about OERs and typical audience profiles. Second, combined with metadata, interaction data can enhance searching, ranking, and recommendations of learning resources. However, obtaining this data is not always easy since OERs, in particular, are generally dispersed among different systems where the interactions between resources and their users take place. This paper describes approaches to unlocking, collecting and aggregating this interaction data. Via Andreas Link 
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May 19, 4:57 AM
Towards data-driven education ... an important step towards evidence-based pedagogy Delete the scoop?
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by Maria Popova
"On May 21, 2005, David Foster Wallace got up before the graduating class of Kenyon college and delivered one of history’s most memorable commencement addresses. It wasn’t until Wallace’s death in 2008 that the speech took on a life of its own under the title This Is Water, and was even adapted into a short book. Now, the fine folks of The Glossary have remixed an abridged version of Wallace’s original audio with a sequence of aptly chosen images to give one pause:"
Wallace: “The real value of a real education … has almost nothing to do with knowledge and everything to do with simple awareness.” Via Jim Lerman 
Deb Nystrom, REVELN Consulting's curator insight,
May 17, 4:22 PM
Self-Awareness and Mindfulness. Two pillars to smart decisions about what environments you invest in (education, knowledge), choose now and for the near future. ~ Deb 
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May 20, 12:07 PM
Not banal at all. Always good to get a different perspective. Delete the scoop?
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For creating open content as a continually ongoing process of refinement, re-distribution, correction, modification, re-arrangement and reuse, better quality of the open content is the result of these possibilities. It’s important to make reuse easier. This requires authors to consider visibility and circulation of the published open educational resources(OER). Via Andreas Link Delete the scoop?
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Google has released a major new education program called Google Play for Education that organizes and manages the way teachers share apps, books, and other learning content with their classes. Via Andreas Link Delete the scoop?
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Most teachers t think that students today have a problem paying attention. They seem impatient, easily bored.
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May 15, 7:21 AM
Read this after you watch Rita Pierson at TED... If that doesn't make you think... Delete the scoop?
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In the E-Learning world SCORM is a big thing because it is the leading framework for supporting the interoperability of complex arrangements of learning resources. The latest release of SCORM 2004 dates back to 2009, which is already 4 years old. However, pretty much from the beginning SCROM 2004 has been considered as "too complex", "too complicated", or even "too limited" to be a big success. As of 2013 the interoperability geeks in the community have a new hope that everything will be better, easier, and nicer: TinCan. Via Andreas Link Delete the scoop?
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Blended learning is one of those buzz words in education and technology these days. It’s not bringing a blender to class and trying a ‘Will It Blend?’ type project. Sorry, had to include that joke. You’re better than that, though. So let’s get down to it. What is blended learning and what should you know about it? Whether you’re a teacher or student, these videos from Edudemic reader Frederic Skrzypek shed some light on the importance of blended learning. Delete the scoop?
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Given the excellent review of the design of MOOCs presented by Stephen Downes in week 2, I’d like to take a look at quality from the other side. In an attempt at starting a discussion on the motives of different vested interests and their relationship to MOOCs I’ve tried to outline from my own experience, what different interest groups are at play. These should not be seen in anyway as reflective of the ‘content’ or ‘delivery model’ of those MOOCs but rather how each different group might see success. I believe that one of the true innovations of MOOCs is that it changes the reason you might start a course in the first place Via Alastair Creelman Delete the scoop?
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People who have taken dozens of massive open online courses share their advice for those teaching them. Via Alastair Creelman Delete the scoop?
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Any language teacher knows that online translation tools can be a double edged sword. This visual should shed some light on current trends to know about. Via Ana Cristina Pratas Delete the scoop?
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Coursera is a for-profit company that has joined with top universities to deliver free online courses. The “free” part sounds great until we realize that the real intent of companies like Coursera is to transition into producing monetized, for-credit university courses. To many academics this represents a conflict of interest that compromises the independence and integrity of higher education institutions. I agree and here’s why: Via Alastair Creelman Delete the scoop?
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May 18, 10:33 AM
Last week the University of Edinburgh released their first report on their experiences gained after having organized 6 MOOC courses via Coursera. In this 34 page report they provide insights on organizing a Coursera MOOC, the success rates, their lessons learned, and how they went about in setting up the courses. Delete the scoop?
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The problem is that Wikipedia in the classroom has gotten a bad reputation in the K-12 world, undeservedly so I think. I would suggest that Wikipedia can be used for a multitude of educational purposes at a wide variety of grade levels. Too many teachers are still afraid to use it in class, so I’m here to right that wrong and show our educators how they can responsibly integrate Wikipedia into their lessons.
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Digital Directions's curator insight,
May 17, 12:53 PM
Many schools don't allow students to use Wikipedia for projects, but could they be teaching their students how to use Wikipedia effectively instead? 
Ken Morrison's comment,
May 17, 6:44 PM
Ugh. I hate it when I do this. I accidentally scooped this article instead of rescooping yours. Thanks for sharing. Sometimes opening too many tabs causes bad habits for me.
Γιώργος Παπαναστασίου's curator insight,
May 18, 8:46 AM
Από το άρθρο:" Be sure to check out Wikipedia’s own resources for teachers as well. They have an awesome 12-week syllabus showing you exactly how you can integrate Wikipedia into your classroom. They also have training designed especially for educators."
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Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish -- and how current education culture works against them. Via Andrea Zeitz 
Mayra.Loves.Books's curator insight,
May 17, 10:44 PM
The end of the "talk" is not seen in this video, but Boys, is he good 
Steven Simmons's curator insight,
May 18, 1:12 PM
Great TED talk regarding education. Some the key points I liked: - Teaching is a creative profession. - Educaitonn is about learning. - Role of the teacher is to facilitate learning. - Education is not a mechanized industrial system, but a human system. - Role of Education Leaders is not command and control, but creating an institutional culture of possibility.
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