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9 Apps for Young Scientists · Playful Learning

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From playfullearning.net - November 17, 2012 3:23 PM

"I am thrilled to have Rebecca from ThirteenRedShoes back with us today. She has a great list of app recommendations for the young scientists in our lives.

 

Mariah asked me to put together a post on science apps available for children. Here are some great new apps that I have encountered recently. Please do leave the links to new applications in the area of science that you have found, as I would love to see more. This is an area that Master R loves and therefore we are always on the look out for new and engaging applications.

 

Here are my top science finds for little ones ages four and above:"


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What You Need to Know About MOOC's - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education

What You Need to Know About MOOC's - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education | Students with dyslexia & ADHD in independent and public schools | Scoop.it
From chronicle.com - November 22, 2012 12:14 AM
Call it the year of the mega-class.

Colleges and professors have rushed to try a new form of online teaching known as MOOC’s—short for "massive open online courses." The courses raise questions about the future of teaching, the value of a degree, and the effect technology will have on how colleges operate. Struggling to make sense of it all? On this page you’ll find highlights from The Chronicle's coverage of MOOC's.

What are MOOC's?
MOOC's are classes that are taught online to large numbers of students, with minimal involvement by professors. Typically, students watch short video lectures and complete assignments that are graded either by machines or by other students. That way a lone professor can support a class with hundreds of thousands of participants.

Why all the hype?
Advocates of MOOC's have big ambitions, and that makes some college leaders nervous. They're especially worried about having to compete with free courses from some of the world’s most exclusive universities. Of course, we still don't know how much the courses will change the education landscape, and there are plenty of skeptics.


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Peter B. Sloep's curator insight, January 3, 2:35 PM

Shortest possible history of MOOCs, but still useful for the uniitiated. However, as Susan Bainbridge already noted, there's one glaring omission, the Connectivist MOOCs by Siemens, Downes, Cormier are not mentioned at all. I know all the brouha is about the xMOOCs, but out of courtesy to the namegivers and originators, they should have been included in this overview; and also to avoid any possible confusion, a lot of the criticisms that apply to xMOOCs simply do not apply to cMOOCs, on the contrary rather. (@pbsloep)  
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