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Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Are you ready to go back to school?
NEW: E-Learning and Online Teaching Career Center
About Us: The University of Wisconsin-Stout E-Learning and Online Teaching Graduate Certificate Program specializes in highly personalized, discussion-based training in how to teach online.
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Wafaalrefaie's curator insight,
March 10, 2016 1:22 AM
Prepare for teaching in blended or virtual online classrooms or training in e-learning settings. Become an effective online instructor. About Us: The University of Wisconsin-Stout E-Learning and Online Teaching Graduate Certificate Program specializes in highly personalized, discussion-based training in how to teach online.
![]() This page gathers all of the Bloomin' Apps projects in one place.
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Kathy Schrock is the librarian's cybrarian! Another great collection from a true professional.
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As institutions expand their commitment to online education, many now recognize the value of dedicated staffers who assist faculty members in translating old courses to a new format and creating new courses out of whole cloth
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Instructional design skills, combined with online teaching skills make for a marketable mix.
Ngozi Onwuama's curator insight,
April 20, 3:55 PM
How many instructional designers do you need to fix a class?
![]() There are many uses for screencasting (recording a video of your computer’s screen) in a school setting. You can make screencasts to show your students how an app, website, or new piece of softwar… Via Cindy Rudy
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Tips on tools for school - Is screencasting part of your toolkit?
![]() My late friend Hans Rosling called the labels “outdated” and “meaningless.” Any categorization that lumps together China and the Democratic Republic of Congo is too broad to be useful. But I’ve continued to use “developed” and “developing” in public (and on this blog) because there wasn’t a more accurate, easily understandable alternative—until now.
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Gates speaks of Hans Rosling's new book Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think.
I am saddened by the news that Han's Rosling died earlier this year. His fact based world view (brilliantly support by data visualizations) is one of the reasons I count myself a serial optimist. This is a book that will shake you free of preconceptions and help you see the world in a new (and very hope filled) light.
![]() For the last 24 hours the Twittersphere has been buzzing about the recent changes to Padlet. While none of the following tools have as many features as Padlet, they all provide the core element of a digital wall to which you apply digital sticky notes. Here are five alternatives to Padlet. These are in the order in which I prefer
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Richard Byrne's gued to 'sticky walls' and quick collaboration tools.
![]() How can you build a Makerspace in your school? How can you support the learning by doing maker movement in your classroom? Learn instructional strategies and how to use tools (physical or virtual) to support building models, prototypes, inventions and innovations and encourage creative problem solving and team collaboration across a wide range of subject matters and all grade levels.
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
EDUC 660 Teaching for Creativity and Innovation: The Maker Culture
![]() When procurement decisions focus too heavily on inputs like enrolling students in online courses or filling tutoring time, it’s hardly surprising to find tools merely providing cheaper seat-time-based learning models. Pockets of the market, such as credit recovery, have largely fallen victim to this trend. Moreover, even if schools want to focus on learning outcomes, they may be purchasing tools blindly when little to no efficacy data exists to inform their decisions.
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
EDtech promise and possibility... how to bridge the gaps.
![]() The concepts of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) are becoming increasingly common in the field of education. Although the implementation of these trends is very recent within the education system, their positive effects on learning have been established.
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Infographic rich PDF - March 2018"The concepts of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) are becoming increasingly common in the field of education."
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Dennis T OConnor's insight:
EDUC 660 Making a Makerspace How can you build a Makerspace in your school? How can you support the learning by doing maker movement in your classroom? Learn instructional strategies and how to use tools (physical or virtual) to support building models, prototypes, inventions and innovations and encourage creative problem solving and team collaboration across a wide range of subject matters and all grade levels.
![]() ELearning and Online Teaching Graduate Certificate. Flipped Blended and Online Teaching Program Prepare for online teaching jobs. Learn to teach online.
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Enroll Today: Elearning, Online and Blended Teaching Graduate CertificatePrepare for designing online courses and teaching instructor-led blended or fully online classes and training.
![]() What will I learn?In this four-course online program, you will learn the skills necessary to develop
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Graduate certificate for professionals interested in developing focused competency in instructional design or shifting your career in a different direction.
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From
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WisdomMaps represents a new way of organizing information that mimics the human thought process and results in greater learner engagement and better learning. This is impossible for other learning methodologies based on “linear learning” to achieve on account of the limitations of “spaghetti code”: information imbibed like slurping up a strand of spaghetti, that is read or heard one sentence or phrase at a time. Spaghetti code is difficult to untangle and organize, and most learners retain only a small fraction of what they read or hear in this fashion.
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Terrence Monroes's WisdomMaps is Designed for History and Liberal Arts courses. WisdomMaps creates a new way of thinking about it all. Go explore! |
![]() "...one great choice for graphic organizers is Google Drawings. See below for directions on how to create graphic organizers with Google Drawings (including a help guide and a recorded webinar) as well as 30 free sample graphic organizers that you can copy, use, and modify as needed."
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Here's a template archive of graphic organizers linked to Eric Curts' Google Drive. You can easily download templates and put them to work. Kudos to Gary for providing this work under a Creative Commons license.
![]() Four simple ways to model and promote compassion, which is especially important for students with adverse childhood experiences.
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Teaching and learning from the heart.
![]() Tools for Making Vibrant Videos by Jaimie Hoffman and T&L Innovations is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
This is video maker's resource gold mine with a Creative Common's Attribution 4.0 international licence. Kudos to Jaimie Hoffman and T&L Innovations for sharing this great work!
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Here’s a slightly Orwellian way to check whether your students may have plagiarized part of their essays: the Chrome extension Draftback, which plays back the revision history of any Google doc you can edit—down to the keystroke. Via Jim Lerman
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Tips, Tricks and Hacks -- Google using teachers look here!
Sandy Bernstein's curator insight,
April 10, 1:14 PM
Great hints and tips when using Google in your classroom. TY @edsurge for your suggestions!
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From
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Learn Moodle 3.5 Basics
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
An activity-based learning course for teachers new to Moodle. Four weeks, 3 to 4 hours a week. No fees.
![]() What is Design Thinking?
Design thinking is an empathy based, creative problem solving process embraced by innovators around the world for addressing complex problems. At its heart, it nurtures the ability to see a situation from someone else's point of view, engineer a solution, and then test and refine your solution based on feedback. It is one approach CSI students will use to master the California Common Core State Standards and build the adaptable thinking skills they will need for success in the 21st century workforce.
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Campbell Union School District: Innovation -- makes you want to see it all in person, doesn't it?
![]() The courses are designed for educators interested in a graduate certificate professional development program, not a mathematics teaching license/certification.
Our students include:
Title I math teachers Math interventionists
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Graduate Certificate for Math Specialists. Online Courses Mathematical Concepts, Math Assessment, Math Games, RTI, Apply to Recertification and MS Degree
![]() We offer online classes and graduate certificates, for educators, trainers, nurses, instructional designers, classroom teachers, math specialists, reading teachers ... anyone courageous enough to look up from their professional ruts ready to learn something new.
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Online Professional Development - Continuing Education - License Renewal: Enroll at UW-Stout Today!
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From
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Here’s a slightly Orwellian way to check whether your students may have plagiarized part of their essays: the Chrome extension Draftback, which plays back the revision history of any Google doc you can edit—down to the keystroke.
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Great Google Classroom Hacks - Insider tips from CUE Palm Springs.
![]() A couple of years ago, I saw a picture on Facebook that stopped me in my tracks: It was the classroom of Michigan high school English teacher Rebecca Malmquist. It looked like a living room. Like a place you’d go to curl up and read a book, take a nap, or have a really good conversation. And yet it was a classroom.
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Jennifer Gonzalez: Podcast and resources for teachers seeking a better way to create a student centered classroom.
![]() Designed for educators and trainers interested in experiencing game-based learning and assessment. Explore quests, incentives such as badges, the core tenants of game-based learning and how it supports the inquiry process. Get your game on and gamify learning!
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Last Call: EDUC 646 Using Games for Learning and Assessment
![]() Enroll TodayThe courses are designed for educators interested in a graduate certificate professional development program, not a mathematics teaching license/certification. Our students include:
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Time to act. Summer classes are open for enrollment. Become a math specialist with focused competencies using math assessments, interventions and math games.
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From
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Looking for a template to get your students started on a project? We’ve found some great Google Docs and Slides templates to use as they are or change up to match your classroom.
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Something for everybody: Templates are organized under the following headings: Cross-curricular resources Elementary Templates English/Language Arts Mathematics Templates for Science/Social Studies
bostmag's curator insight,
March 24, 7:37 PM
Something for everybody: Templates are organized under the following headings: Cross-curricular resources Elementary Templates English/Language Arts Mathematics Templates for Science/Social Studies |
This site is one way to create an online reputation trail. I've been a member for about a month. I'm not yet sure I trust Trust Cloud to be around a year from now. However the basic concept is solid.
It's good to learn a bit more about how the scores are determined. (Note, Trustcloud doesn not currently connect with Google+ despite what it says in this article. )