BIE – Also known as the BUCK Institute for Learning. Check out this site for activities, videos, handouts, and research. BIE is the mother lode of PBL and its site is one of the best. You can also contact BIE for professional ...PBL,Edutopia, & More! 
Here are the top five iPad apps that can serve as PowerPoint alternatives. This is worth exploring! See for yourself! Via Baiba Svenca 
Curated from the original article by Robin Good:
"Managing information overload requires tools that deliver “awareness” of topics and filter out irrelevant information will become indispensable.
The challenge is do to so without loosing the ability to make unexpected discoveries.
Content discovery engines provide several advantages over other tools.
These are:
1) Follow topics, not people: ...Content discovery engines help manage information overload because they are focused on topics, rather than people.
2) Go directly to the Source and avoid distractions: ...Social networks and publishing platforms are not a good place for information professionals to be productive. Such platforms want users to stay on their sites as long as possible.
3) Monitor one channel instead of twenty-five: The focus on specific topics that characterizes discovery engines allows users to stay informed in one single place.
[Read full article http://j.mp/sYWbi4] Via Robin Good, Giuseppe Mauriello 
This excellent site from iLibrarian offers so many great links! Give yourself some time to explore it. Enjoy! Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) 
Teachers say the camaraderie and free, instantaneous help they find through Twitter is far more useful than traditional school training programs.Feel free to add your own comments. Have you used Twitter yet? 
The Prezi Learn page is a library comprised of the Prezi manual, tutorials, and training prezis to help you get started. You must see this, if you have a major presentation to give or teach! Via Gust MEES 
Excellent compilation of Writing LiveBinders on this public shelf representing many teachers from all grade levels. This is cool technology! Enjoy! Via Peggy George 
The Quality Matters Rubric is a set of 8 general standards and 41 specific standards used to evaluate the design of online and blended courses. The Rubric is complete with annotations that explain the application of the standards and the relationship among them. A scoring system and set of online tools facilitate the evaluation by a team of reviewers.
A PDF version of the rubric is available for download. ~Dennis Via Dennis T OConnor 
Whether we like it or not, we live in a very unequal and stratified world. We live in societies in which inequality is ignored in education, ...This is becoming a more serious problem, day by day. The challenge is to bridge the Digital Divide, with ever-shrinking funds. 
"This is just too cool to spoil with a long critical analysis. I came across this video and the corresponding brief project description while doing research on GameDesk (a SoCal-based research nonpr... "Here is an original, game-based approach to anger management, which is sure to please young and not-so-young adults, alike! We could use more games like this one. :-) 
A growing body of research indicates that blended-learning programs, which combine multiple modes of instruction, are most effective – and the proliferation of ever-advancing technologies adds greater depth to the equation. 
mediabistro.comTeaching social media etiquette in schoolExaminer.comOne question coming from this situation is: Should school districts be teaching students social etiquette for Twitter and Facebook? This is a controversial topic in the world of education! Is social media a distraction, or a necessary tool, for the future world of work? You decide. Feel free to comment. |
RT @biepbl: 12 Things Kids Want from their Teachers: http://t.co/o1ktOiIw We see many of these elements present in Project Based Learning! 
Resources for discussing cyber safety issues (Great find: Excellent resource for cyber safety for students, teachers and parents: http://t.co/jmMuHvNF #edutech via @moekerr...)...You can never be too careful! Teach your children how not to be tricked into sharing personal and private information, which could potentially be abused by online predators. 
IMPRESSIVE is a cross-platform tool to display presentations in a stylish way. The application supports PDF files or a folder containing images and besides beautiful slide transitions, Impressive features some useful presentation tools like: highlight boxes, which can be used to draw attention to a specific part of the slide...Cool technology! See for yourself! Via Baiba Svenca 
Are you being swept away by the tsunami of Information Overload? Others call it Filter Failure. In any case, here is an excellent article by Justin Marquis Ph.D. There’s a great big World (Wide Web) out there, and it’s hard to keep track of everything you find in it. Help tame the wild ride on the Internet! Enjoy! Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) 
Great list of helpful sites.RT @web20classroom: 10 Sites To Find Great Educational Apps: http://t.co/0xDJXbPP #coetail... 
Babies try lip-reading when learning to talknwitimes.comNew research suggests babies don't learn to talk just from hearing sounds — they're lip-readers, too. Who knew?? Psychology 101 anyone? Teaching babies communication skills, requires face-to-face interaction. 
... ideas about ways to use these fun free tools in instructional situations and other academic applications. I like free! Check out these great Free tools, for teaching /Learning. Great for Learning Commons, too! :-) Via Baiba Svenca 
This collection features free e-books, mostly classics, that you can read on your computer, smart phone, or Kindle. It includes great works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry.See for yourself! Via BChomeschoolmom 
I posted The Best Online Learning Games Of 2011 — So Far over the summer. I haven't seen any new games since that time that are worthy of being on a “The Best…” list, so that post will serve as the final versions for this ... 
Here comes the Future! I say, "Bring it on!" :-) Coolwired Futurist Thomas Frey gives us some fascinating predictions for the very exciting year ahead. It's a great post with essential information to shift your thinking and get ready for 2012.
My intro:
There were so many things that I could comment on but my primary focus in 2012 is the future of content curation, the evolution and its impact on how we utilize and digest data in our business and personal lives. How will curation be perceived in 2012 and what will the monetary value be for content curation?
Having said that, this is what particularly caught my attention:
Information Doesn’t Want to be Free– In 1984 at a Hackers Conference, Silicon Valley futurist Stuart Brand was the first to use the phrase: “Information wants to be free” in response to a point made by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak but continued
“On the other hand, information wants to be expensive, because it’s so valuable.
**"The right information in the right place just changes your life."
**This set the stage for an entirely new era of free-thinking “free” advocates"
****My commentary: One of the reasons trusted content curators will become a very valuable asset to the information economy:
****"There is always a cost to “free.”
****While it may not extract a payment from your bank account, there is always a “time” cost involved.
****Without some amount of friction, the volume of information you have to sift through skyrockets and even with good search technology, your time-costs climb dramatically.
****The days of “free” thinking are numbered. Look for this mindset to shift over the coming years. More details here. This article is from 9/2/2011 - Two things that caught my attention....
**While it is true that the Internet is eliminating many of the gatekeepers, people trying to break into a field without going through gatekeepers find it far harder to gain credibility and foster a “trust” relationship with their audiences.
****In the end it still boils down to trust. Can I trust the person I am reading or listening to? Are they an accurate source of information? Will it be worth the time and brainpower I’m investing?
Curated by Jan Gordon covering "Content Curation, Social Media and Beyond"
Read full article here: [http://bit.ly/sreMX5] Via janlgordon 
Learn about how iPad is helping autistic children communicate, express their feelings, socialize, learn, and play.This excellent article offers help and hope to parents of children with autism! Via Sam Gliksman 
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / Revue canadienne de l'apprentissage et de la technologie, Vol 37, No 3 (2011). Articles. The Impact of a Collaborative Wiki Assignment on Teaching and Learning in a Teacher ... |
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