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In this task you create a video questionnaire based around a text. The text could be one from the your course book or it could be from another book, magazine of from the internet somewhere. Via Nik Peachey 
Turnitin has added a new feature to GradeMark called voice comments that lets teachers provide personalized feedback to students using digital audio. 
In recent times, E-Learning has emerged as the most flexible and affordable form of teaching and training. This method is useful for both institutes, and students. Students get the flexibility of ... the advantages of having an online presence.
The syllabus indicated there would be no rubric, no paper, and that we, the learners, would generate most of the content in a collegial rather than instructional environment. Content would be released throughout the week in a number of places. We would be reading three books in 12 weeks and would collaborate on a book report for one of them. Via Nik Peachey 
When VCR's became affordable, the film industry worried that people would stop going to the movies. Theaters haven't gone away, but they have changed, with many now focused on delivering spectacles that can be seen only in a grand setting, with a big screen and booming sound. ProProfs has released an updated slate of features for Quiz Maker, the company's online assessment creation tool, including new reporting capabilities and an expanded question bank. 
These tips are intended help novice writers learn to take criticism from instructors, peer reviewers and editors.
Start with the assumption that your work can be improved
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So much have been written about Bloom’s taxonomy; one click in a search engine will flood your page with hundreds of articles all of which revolve around this taxonomy. Only few are those who have tried to customize it to fit in the 21st century educational paradigm. As a fan of Bloom’s pedagogy and being a classroom practitioner, I always look for new ways to improve my learning and teaching, and honestly speaking , if you are a teacher/ educator and still do not understand Bloom’s taxonomy then you are missing out on a great educational resource. Via Ana Cristina Pratas 
Edshelf; Digital Tool Directory for Educators-all platforms, subjects and prices. Nicely layed out, easy tosearch and use. Via Andrea Zeitz, Tim Mickan 
I've gone through my archives and dug up many of games that I've mentioned over the last four years that are still active online. Consider this my humongous list of educational games. Via Susan Bainbridge 
Web search can be a remarkable tool for students, and a bit of instruction in how to search for academic sources will help your students become critical thinkers and independent learners. With the materials on this site, you can help your students become skilled searchers- whether they're just starting out with search, or ready for more advanced training Via Nik Peachey 
In the May issue of Edudemic Magazine for iPad(that won’t be available for a few days, so no pushing and shoving please), we talk about (among many other things) the concept of disruption in education. Change of all kinds depends on key episodes of disruption–even those that aren’t all roses at the time. For our May issue (which will also be available in our store for those iPad-less), we chose a handful (okay, 21) of the most recent initiatives in education and ranked them according to their potential for disruption–their ability to change education in powerful and even unpredictable ways..... By Terry Heick Via k3hamilton
Word-for-word copying, or "cloning," is the most common and problematic form of plagiarism, according to a new survey released this month that identifies 10 types of plagiarism and ranks them according to frequency and severity. |
Blackboard has updated its mobile app to accommodate test taking and to deliver alerts to students when changes happen to their courses without the learning management system app being opened. 
The McGraw-Hill Companies Takes Additional Steps to Prepare for Education Company Spin-off as Key McGraw-Hill Education Leadership Positions are Established Patrick Milano Becomes Chief Financial Officer and Chief ...
History professor Jonathan Rees called it an “uncharacteristically subtle post.” When he posted an excerpt from his university’s report on its Blackboard usage, he didn’t have to say much: “I think all I want to do here is point out that all the things professors use Blackboard for here most (as well as a few of the things that not many people use Blackboard for) can be done for a lot less money than whatever our Blackboard license costs. Sometimes they can be done for no money at all. Via Mark Smithers 
“Do you actually believe in this stuff?” one of my colleagues at The Chronicle asked me last week. The stuff he was referring to were the disruptive innovations that are supposed to revolutionize how higher ed is delivered in this country, a topic I’ve been writing a lot about lately. 
Now that 1000+ colleges and universities have deployed the Mediasite lecture capture platform, we asked faculty, staff and students to share their reactions. Dive in for a compelling snapshot on what works – and gets results – in lecture capture. Lecture capture technology goes beyond just recording classroom lectures. It’s a cool tool that can help improve both teaching and learning. Here’s how. 
"When we talk about using cell phones in class, we’re not just talking about using cell phones in class. The idea of mobile learning touches on just about every subject that any technology addresses: social media, digital citizenship, content-knowledge versus skill-building, Internet filtering and safety laws, teaching techniques, bring-your-own-device policies, school budgets." Via EDTC@UTB 
Student engagement is one of the main concerns that online instructors have when teaching.
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"Even in the age of the app, the word "book" still has a semi-magical resonance, an aura of intellectual energy. In a world where a formless chaos of texts, images, sounds, and video continually streams past us, a book has crystallized into a stable shape, a shape someone decided was worth preserving. One expects a book to have gone through some kind of process of selection and verification: it ought to conform to someone's definition of accuracy, and it might even offer at least a tenuous, vestigial guarantee of wisdom." Via EDTC@UTB 
Michael Wesch has been on the lecture circuit for years touting new models of active teaching with technology. The associate professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University has given TED talks. Wired magazine gave him a Rave Award. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching once named him a national professor of the year. But now Mr. Wesch finds himself rethinking the fundamentals of teaching—and questioning his own advice. 
When used effectively, technology plays an important role in enhancing the learning process. Teachers can use digital devices to present supplemental material for lessons or to encourage students to take a more hands-on role in their education. Via Nik Peachey 
As you read this, students all over the country are sitting for state standardized exams. Schools spend up to 40% of the year on test prep, so that, shall we say, no child is left behind.
Schools used to be gatekeepers of knowledge, and memorization was key to success. Thus, we measured students’ abilities to regurgitate facts and formulas. Not anymore.
As Seth Godin writes, “If there’s information that can be recorded, widespread digital access now means that just about anyone can look it up.
We don’t need a human being standing next to us to lecture us on how to find the square root of a number.”
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