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May 18, 1:16 PM
To thrive in the 21st Century Knolwedge Economy, people must embrace self-directed learning. Delete the scoop?
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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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Visual learning is not just a learning style, but a way of seeing the world. This post offers up 50 ideas & resources for visual learning in your classroom. Delete the scoop?
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A List of The Best Free Digital Storytelling Tools for Teachers.
Here some of the pluses of digital storytelling in education : - It develops creativity and critical thinking Students who are shy or afraid to talk in class get a chance to speak out their minds
- It empowers students voice to deliver rich, deep message that is capable of conveying a powerful message.
- It helps students explore the meaning of their own experience, give value to it, and communicate that experience with others.
- It promotes the notions of life long learning and independent learning
- It develops students communicative skills It is a reflective process that helps students reflect upon their learning and find deep connections with the subject matter of a course or with an out-of-class experience.
- It fosters students sense of individuality It also gives students an opportunity to experiment with self-representation and establish their identityStudents creating digital stories develop proficiency with multimedia applications
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February 10, 10:45 AM
A List of The Best Free Digital Storytelling Tools for Teachers.
Here some of the pluses of digital storytelling in education : - It develops creativity and critical thinking Students who are shy or afraid to talk in class get a chance to speak out their minds
- It empowers students voice to deliver rich, deep message that is capable of conveying a powerful message.
- It helps students explore the meaning of their own experience, give value to it, and communicate that experience with others.
- It promotes the notions of life long learning and independent learning
- It develops students communicative skills It is a reflective process that helps students reflect upon their learning and find deep connections with the subject matter of a course or with an out-of-class experience.
- It fosters students sense of individuality It also gives students an opportunity to experiment with self-representation and establish their identityStudents creating digital stories develop proficiency with multimedia applications
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E.ggTimer.com is a simple, easy-to-use online countdown timer, or egg timer. Just set a time and bookmark it for repeated use. You can also create a count down to a specific date or time.
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Very interesting application which you could use also to monitor your online presence and Twitter Chats....
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The Emotional Cycle of Digital Interactivity Via Ana Cristina Pratas, Jack Patterson, Dennis T OConnor, Gust MEES, Gianfranco D'Aversa, Louise Robinson-Lay, Rosário Durão, Fred Zimny, janlgordon Delete the scoop?
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Robin Good: What does curation mean from an educational viewpoint? And what is the key difference between "collecting" and "curating". She truly distills some key traits of curation in a way that is clear and comprehensible to anyone. She writes: "The first thing I realized is that in order to have value-added benefits to curating information, the collector needs to move beyond just classifying the objects under a certain theme to deeper thinking through a) synthesis and b) evaluation of the collected items. How are they connected?" Excellent definition. And then she also frames perfectly the relevance of "context" for any meaningful curation project by writing: "I believe when we curate, organization moves beyond thematic to contextual – as we start to build knowledge and understanding with each new resource that we curate. Themes have a common unifying element – but don’t necessarily explain the “why.” Theme supports a central idea – Context allows the learner to determine why that idea (or in this case, resource) is important. So, as collecting progresses into curating, context becomes essential to determine what to keep, and what to discard." But there's a lot more insight distilled in this article as Nancy captures with elegance the difference between collecting for a personal interest and curating for a specific audience. She finally steals my full endorsement for this article by discretely inquirying how great a value it would be to allow students to "curate" the domains of interest they need to master. Excellent. Highly recommended. 9/10 Full article: http://d20innovation.d20blogs.org/2012/07/07/understanding-content-curation/ Via Robin Good 
Beth Kanter's comment,
July 8, 2012 1:22 PM
I especially like how she used the Bloom's Taxonomy and related that to curation.
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Go way beyond Internet safety. Turn students into great digital citizens.
Every day, your students are tested with each post, search, chat, text message, file download, and profile update. Will they connect with like minds or spill TMI to the wrong people?
Will they behave creatively or borrow ideas recklessly? Will they do the right thing or take shortcuts?
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This is a post from August 2010 but found it to be really interesting with some good points for curators. Yes, you can use Twitter for curation.
The author talks about mixing content that your audience will find interesting similar to a DJ. "As a Content Curator, you should be entertaining."
1. First realized that you ARE a subject matter expert. 2. Know your market. 3. Search via hashtags and alerts. 4. Know the "Power of Three" to effectively engage. 5. Know that how you write your tweets is just as important as what you are tweeting. 6. Elevate your peers. 7. Develop good taste! 8. Become a valued resource to your community. 9. Be the good news channel. 10. Know "when" to tweet. 11. Become part of a bigger conversation. 12. Follow industry conferences. 13. Understand there are differences if you curate for a global audience. 14. Content Curators need to follow a lot of people. 15. Curate Twitter lists that others will want to follow. 16. Become a trusted resource. 17. Track your results.
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18. #criticalthinking i also a need 19. Knowing #quality sources is a must! 20. Knowing #itsecurity is a must to share ONLY secure links!!! 21. Knowing the right #itsecurity tools for surfing secure is a must!!!
Related #itsecurity links:
- http://gustmeesen.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/pc-security-howto-secure-my-pc/
- http://gustmeesen.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/why-ict-security-why-the-need-to-secure-a-computer/
This works for Scoopit and Pinterest and other curating tools also. Good read! Via Barbara Bray, Gust MEES Delete the scoop?
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For A Better World / Multi-Cultural Blog
This blog is an example of multi-cultural author collaboration.
===> Present authors of Egypt, Luxembourg, Australia, United States, Switzerland, India and Italy show you how you can contribute to a better world by writing together for a "common" topic! <===
This world that we live in is divided into different continents and countries.
We still can make it as a better world, by ===> finding areas of common interest among ourselves as humans, as well as sharing our knowledge about what could be done for a better world. <===
The "Tool" here is the "effort" of different authors using "WordPress" to express themselves... Via Gust MEES Delete the scoop?
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Víctor V. Valera Jiménez's curator insight,
May 17, 8:03 PM
Siempre pensamos en Twitter como una red social de microblogging en la que compartir información de una manera rápida. Sin embargo y como nos cuenta esta infografía, también puede ser una excelente herramienta de curación de contenidos. 
Andrea Walker's curator insight,
May 17, 10:56 PM
By using lists lists and hash tags effectively twitter can be u useful curation tool. Storify another mentioned in this article could also be a useful tool to curate twitter content Delete the scoop?
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Mind mapping is a great way to brainstorm, make a plan, or turn ideas into the steps needed to make it real. Thankfully, there are great tools out there to help you build mind maps, organize them, and save them for later. Via Baiba Svenca, Gust MEES 
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May 11, 7:41 AM
Looks interesting...
Learn more about MindMaps:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=mindmaps
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-tools-for-teaching-people-and-learners/?tag=mindmapping
Paul Westeneng's curator insight,
May 12, 3:35 AM
Strange there are only Desktop/Laptop tools listed in this Top 5. I believe a tablet is a more appropriate device for mind mapping. On my own in a declining chair as well as in a group without the screen standing up between participants. Personally i love IthoughtsHD on the iPad. 
PortMacOnline's curator insight,
May 12, 8:34 PM
Mindmapping has always been a great way to get your thoughts and plans organized. Here is an article which describes the top five most popular programs. Our personal preference is either Xmind or FreeMind, both free, but all of them will help your business. Delete the scoop?
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TeachThought.com has a series of posts about self-directed learning by Terry Heick and the staff, well worth a read! “
“Learning is most effective when it’s personalised; it means something to the learner. That happens when people feel they are participants and investors in their own learning, shaping what and how they learn, and able to articulate its value to them.” — Leadbeater, Charles
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Ivon Prefontaine's curator insight,
March 25, 2:16 PM
It is interesting how few classroom teachers and administrators are aware of what self-directed learning is. SDL is an imperative for our children. 
Avery's curator insight,
March 25, 11:56 PM
My Thoughts: You can't teach someone how to learn. You can give them helpful tips and advice, but a single structure for education is not going to work for everyone. It's so much harder for people to learn their true potential, to reach their goals, when they're only shown a single path to them. You show them the path through the forest, but what if there's a rock face nearby that also leads up to where they want to go, and what if they happen to be a fantastic rock climber? It just makes more sense to show someone a map if you can, instead of directing them towards only one path. 
Official AndreasCY's curator insight,
March 30, 2:58 PM
“Learning is most effective when it’s personalised; it means something to the learner. That happens when people feel they are participants and investors in their own learning, shaping what and how they learn, and able to articulate its value to them.” — Leadbeater, Charles
Famous Self-Taughts (Autodidacts): Leonardo Da Vinci, William Blake, Herb Rits (in addition to Virginia Woolf, Mark Twain, John D. Rockefeller, and many others) Delete the scoop?
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The pub argument is dead. Google killed it with a little help from your smartphone.
A recent study suggests that our modern lifestyles are making us “less intelligent” than our ancestors, at least at a genetic level. This research echoes concerns Einstein had when he supposedly said,
===> “I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.” <===
Read more, very interesting...: http://theconversation.edu.au/education-in-the-information-age-is-technology-making-us-stupid-10844
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December 11, 2012 9:02 AM
Thank you Alistair and Miuhassan for the visit and rescoop.
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iPad apps, professional development iOS apps Med kharbach
With the advance of mobile technology into our life, the notion of professional development has been radically reshaped.To grow professionally is no longer limited to a certain geographic setting with a predefined set of resources, we can now learn wherever we are and on the go. No more boundaries and this is certainly one of the biggest advantages in embracing this kind of technology.
To expand this professional development notion to your iPad , I have compiled a list of some of the best free apps that you as a teacher and educator, can install on your iOS device. The list is not exhaustive and there might be other important apps not mentioned here but the ones below are a great stepping stone into the world of self learning. Check them out. Via Gust MEES Delete the scoop?
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By: Brad Currie and Scott Rocco #Satchat is a great example of the power of social media in the educational realm and the benefit of expanding an educator’s Personal Learning Network (PLN).
The tools of the ever evolving #Satchat discussion are many. During the week Twitter’s direct messaging feature is used by @scottrrocco and @bcurrie5 as they prepare and discuss questions/topics for the upcoming chat. Then a Twitter Poll is used to survey participants about what it is they are interested in discussing during #Satchat. Daily promos are made on Twitter and also by way of an Audioboo .
During the actual chat Twitter for iPad, HootSuite and other Twitter tools enable participants to communicate and get their points across. After the chat Storify is used to archive the chats and make them available to those who participated. A wiki is also maintained by the very talented and co-founder of #NJED Bill Krakower @wkrakower.
Read more: http://bcurrie.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/satchat-a-great-example-of-expanding-your-pln/
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Twitter is used for many purposes including staying in touch with friends and promoting corporate identities. If you are new to the Twitter world or haven’t stayed on top of the network’s latest trends, then you may not be aware that Twitter chat sessions are available.
Twitter chats are wonderful opportunities to connect with others and expand your social network. Here is an overview of Twitter chats and how you can utilize this option to its full potential.
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Robin Good: Curatr, an elearning platform built upon the idea of discovery through the curation and sense-making of existing information, has just released an updated version of its platform which you can check out here: http://www.curatr.co.uk/index2.php
Live demo: http://www.curatr.co.uk/index2.php?view=demo
Curatr allows professional trainers, experts, and teachers, as much as students to organize and curate information for the purpose of learning.
What I like very much is the Curatr promotional video, which says lots of true things about education and about the way we should carry it out in the future. The next-button-robot approach to information memorization needs to be replaced with a new approach: learning to understand how learners construct knowledge.
Curatr is about the construction of the scaffolding that allows people to learn and to find the resources that should help them best learn what they are interested into.
Promising. Insightful. 8/10
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