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Google announced today that it’s making Google Earth Pro free to all, bringing the ability to do things like “measure 3D buildings, print high-resolution images for presentations or reports, and re...
Via Dr. Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)
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Dennis Swender
from Into the Driver's Seat
February 3, 2015 3:12 AM
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"[Above] you should see my 90 page guide to using Blogger. The guide covers everything from starting your first blog to privacy settings to editing your blog's layout. The guide also includes a glossary of terms frequently used in blogging. Click here to download the guide."
Via Jim Lerman
"Everyone I know in higher education seems to have a set of strong opinions about open online education at scale. What have we actually learned from participating in this movement? What are the biggest myths about open online courses at scale?"
Via MIT ODL SEI
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Dennis Swender
February 3, 2015 1:58 AM
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Awesome Micro-Learning Resources. 17 Awesome Resources on Micro-Learning.
"There’s nothing more frustrating than a beautiful iPhone that has zero GB of storage left. Especially when you see that a lot of room is actually taken up by a mysterious “other” section that just seems to grow bigger over time. In today’s handy video, I’m going to show you a few quick methods to clear your phone of unnecessary files, giving you more room for favorite albums, pictures and apps."
Via John Evans
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Dennis Swender
from Into the Driver's Seat
January 29, 2015 3:49 AM
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Description by Vicki Davis "But what if you have no computers, no cell phones, no nothing? Do you have a smartphone or tablet? If so, you've got two simple answers. For verbal questions: Log into Plickers and create a page for each student. This tool will code in the student's name and answers. Hand each student their plicker card and ask a question. The student will hold the card up in the direction of their answer. Looking at the class through the camera on your smartphone inside the Plicker app, you’ll see the name of each student and whether he or she got the answer right to the question you just asked! BAM! (Hat tip to Richard Byrne for teaching me about Plickers in a recent interview.)"
Via Jim Lerman
Free EdTech to Make Alternative School Presentations. Check these 5 Free Tools to Make Alternative School Presentations to make your presentations unique!
Via Dr. Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) , Baiba Svenca
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Dennis Swender
January 20, 2015 10:56 AM
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As I’ve been working with the Foundation over the past 6 months I’ve had the occasion to review a wide variety of elearning, more specifically in the vocational and education space, but my experience mirrors that from the corporate space: most of it isn’t very good. I realize that’s a harsh pronouncement, but I fear that it’s all too true; most of the elearning I see will have very little impact. And I’m becoming ever more convinced that what I’ve quipped in the past is true: Quality design is hard to distinguish from well-produced but under-designed content.
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Dennis Swender
January 20, 2015 10:50 AM
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WASHINGTON — You can get immersed in virtual reality in your living room now, but the question of whether VR will become mainstream can’t be answered yet.
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Dennis Swender
January 9, 2015 2:51 PM
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Have you ever tried explaining the early Internet to a young colleague? Mention Usenet and dial-up connections and you might as well be describing the era of main frames and punched cards …
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Dennis Swender
from Technology and Gadgets
January 9, 2015 2:34 PM
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Got an HDMI port handy? Sure, you could plug in a Chromecast, Fire TV Stick or Roku Streaming Stick to get your Netflix fix. Or you could pay $150 to get a full Windows 8.1 PC in the same form factor.
Via Tiaan Jonker
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Dennis Swender
January 9, 2015 2:33 PM
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International student and online course enrollments had noted increases for 2010 at U.S. tertiary institutions (Institute of International Education, 2010 & Sloan-C, 2010). These enrollment data remind us that U.S. campuses are continually becoming more culturally and internationally diverse in their student populations. However, this diversity may not always be apparent in the increasing numbers of students taking online courses as the instructor-student interaction is not face-to-face as in seated classes. The latter interaction allows for more awareness of students’ cultural differences and any immediate adjustment in verbal and non-verbal communication as the need arises.
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from Educational Technology News
January 7, 2015 11:45 AM
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"Translating your eLearning course for global eLearning audiences offers a wide range of advantages. However, you can only reap these rewards if you manage to successfully localize your eLearning course for your international learners. In this post I'll share some of the most common eLearning translation mistakes that you'll want to avoid."
Via EDTECH@UTRGV
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from SEO Tips, Advice, Help
February 3, 2015 3:13 AM
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Switchbacks to Google aren't happening says metrics firm, which recorded new gains for Yahoo.
Via Bonnie Burns
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Dennis Swender
from Educational Technology News
February 3, 2015 3:12 AM
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"iPads are the worst technology students will ever use. This was a useful idea I saw hanging for a moment in my twitter feed a month or so ago from Jamie Casap–useful in that it helped me see education technology as a principle rather than a tactic. Modern arguments around education technology tend towards binary positions–usually for or against; this “position taking” makes the design of education technology inaccessible because we’re not considering design, but rather positions. There are few compelling arguments against technology as learning tools, though even that depends on what students are learning and why."
Via EDTECH@UTRGV
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Dennis Swender
February 3, 2015 2:57 AM
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There is not one way to curate or define curation. That's why the practice evades so many people. SlideBatch asked 11 thought leaders to weigh on the topic. Each has a different thing to say. Joe Pulizzi, for example, believes that you should curate your own content instead of others'. And Tom Webster advises against a curation-centric attitude towards content marketing. I think the most important lesson of all is that you have to do what works for you, your brand, and your audience. The way I curate is very different from what @Martin (Marty) Smith or @Brian Yanish - MarketingHits.com (to name a few excellent peers) do. But at the end of the day, our audiences stick to us because we care about delivering useful and educational info in a way that makes sense to them. Excellent overview! Watch it at https://www.slidebatch.com/what-is-content-curation ------------------------- Cendrine Marrouat
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Dennis Swender
from Into the Driver's Seat
February 3, 2015 1:55 AM
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Last fall I started to put together a playlist of how-to videos that I have created. I called the playlist Practical Ed Tech Tips. In the videos I provide demonstrations of how to use some of my favorite educational technology tools and services. There are now 60 videos in the playlist and I plan to continue to add to the playlist. In the playlist you will find videos on things like creating custom columns on Padlet, finding Creative Commons images within Edmodo, and creating flipped video lessons. The entire playlist is embedded below.
Via Jim Lerman
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Dennis Swender
from SEO Tips, Advice, Help
January 29, 2015 3:59 AM
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Want to get more conversions on Twitter? It’s not enough to simply tweet - you have to actively measure and analyse your performance. For example, did you know that images drive 18 percent more click-throughs, 89 percent more favourites and 150 percent more retweets than text-only tweets?
Via Bonnie Burns
Creating tutorials and explanatory guides is best done through the help of screenshots. These are pictures we take of our screens to share with others or include in a visual demonstration of how, for example, a process works. As teachers and educators we often find ourselves in need of such visual annotations and cues to enhance our students comprehensibility. There are several web tools that we can use to create screenshots and we have already reviewed some of them in past publications here. Today, we are introducing you to what we consider to be the best 4 web tools for creating screenshots. Besides being free, these tools are very simple to use and are also student friendly. They will allow you to capture your screen, crop and annotate your pictures using arrows, colours, shapes, text and many more.
Via John Evans
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Dennis Swender
January 20, 2015 10:58 AM
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Looking for some social media stats to use for your strategy or in your next presentation? You will find what you need in the list below -- updated to January 2015.
In an era of email, text messages, Facebook and Twitter, we’re all required to do several things at once. But this constant multitasking is taking its toll. Here neuroscientist Daniel J Levitin explains how our addiction to technology is making us less efficient
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Dennis Swender
January 20, 2015 10:50 AM
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12 Ways Teachers Can use Google Classroom ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning on Outils, logiciels et tutos : de la curiosité à l'indispensable curated by CECI Jean-François
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Dennis Swender
from Into the Driver's Seat
January 9, 2015 2:50 PM
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Would you be interested in the ultimate list of free tools for teachers? At the following post you will found 321 Free Tools for Teachers separated in 18 educational technology categories. Enjoy! F...
Via Marta Sponsiello, Jim Lerman
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Dennis Swender
January 9, 2015 2:34 PM
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I love Everypost's infographics. This one offers great tips!
"I went home last week and did everything one normally does over the holidays: I got together with my family and, in the spirit of Christmas, grilled my teenage cousins about what apps they're using on their iPhones. They named two of the usual suspects, Snapchat and Instagram. They laughed in my face when I asked what they thought about Facebook. "It's for moms," one explained to me. Insightful, but not out of the ordinary. Then my 13-year-old cousin asked me if I knew what AirDrop was."
Via John Evans
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