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Infographics and data visualizations have become incredibly popular ways to impart information while keeping your audience engaged. As a result, a slew of user-friendly, free online applications have been created which enable users to create their own information graphics Via Frédéric DEBAILLEUL, João Greno Brogueira No comment yet.
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THIS IS "INTO THE DRIVER'S SEAT'S" FIRST PICK OF THE WEEK SELECTION!
Mr. O'Keefe, an educator and deep thinker from Australia, has developed a very interesting challenge around designing new approaches to school. Teams may work on original school designs between now and March 26, 2012.
In connection with the challenge, Mr. O'Keefe developed a free, online course in Udemy to lead participants on an intellectual journey similar to what he has probably taken in recent years.
THE COURSE IS OUTSTANDING; a remarkable collection of outstanding resources and exercises. Don't miss the video collection in Chapter 4-Lecture 11 or the Design Thinking Toolkit for Educators available for download in Chapter 4-Lecture 12. There are just so many outstanding items in this course -- too numerous to mention. The above link takes readers to the course.
The challenge may be found at http://potentiality.reinventingschool.com.au/
Altogether, this is a most impressive piece of work. I can't recommend it highly enough. -JL
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Here you will find lectures, presentations and courses in multiple subjects. This is part of the open-learning, DIYU (Do It Yourself University), Open-knowledge movement that is positioned to reshape formal teaching and learning in significant ways.
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This is one of many resources available for those interested in digital storytelling. The site is comprehensive and provides examples along with tools and suggesting for helping you and your students document the stories that surrounds them
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Dropbox keeps your important files everywhere at once. It is also an automatic, silent, encrypted backup of your essentials. And you can get at your computer's files from your phone. Via Dennis Richards
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Alice Barr, Bob Sprankle and Cheryl Oakes are joined by Wes Fryer as he talks about his new book, Playing with Media: Simple Ideas for Powerful Sharing! Via Dennis Richards
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Here is a collection of dozens of projects and ideas to get teachers started using Twitter to build a better learning experience for everyone, divided into five categories:
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Many English Language teachers, when deciding to work with a video clip in their classrooms, make a false assumption that for an activity to be considered as really teaching, then prior to showing it, they'd better sit down for a few hours, prepare an extensive worksheet filled with vocabulary and grammar questions and what-not...in order to turn it into a good pedagogical exercise, you know to ensure it's really not just glorified babysitting. ;-) Via Tania Grosz
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This collection of links and applications highlights over 60 quality educational resources that are available on the web. Via Gust MEES, Tania Grosz
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With such a heavy emphasis on inquiry and investigation, it is important that PYP educators remember how important it is to explicitly teach internet skills. Via Jessica V Allen, Tania Grosz
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Despite overwhelmingly negative public comment, Idaho's State Board of Education voted unanimously Thursday to give final approval to a new rule requiring every Idaho student to take two online classes to graduate from high school.
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Sometimes we all need a good hug. We live in a world where we hug family, friends, and loved ones. But what if a hug could change a life?
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Thoughtful list of methods to assess student learning from Oxford Brookes University in Australia. Good starting point for planning assessments. -JL |
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Over 30 specific tips to help online instructors keep time from getting the upper hand -JL
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New teacher Patricia Paiva plans a lesson that incorporates technology, focused on a Skype videochat, with coach and social media expert Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach. Watch how the lesson goes and see the students' reactions.
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Refraction is an online puzzle game for teaching fractions. The game is not obviously a lesson in fractions, but requires knowledge of fractions to succeed.
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Whether you design classroom training, eLearning, m-learning, or work with another medium entirely, storytelling is a learning tool that possesses the power to motivate, persuade, educate, and even entertain. Via Nik Peachey
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While the world watched the demise of Qaddafi, some unsettling news from Wall Street helped explain why all those protests are resonating. Via Dennis Richards
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Dr. Judy Willis is an MD in neurology and also a middle school teacher of long standing. She does path-breaking work in helping educators comnprehend how to effectively integrate understanding of brain function with teaching. Her blog posts and articles for Edutopia are collected on this link. To access her personal homepage go to http://www.radteach.com/ - JL
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Classroom training website for Google Tools...
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Spotlight covers the intersections of technology and education, going behind the research to show how digital media is used in and out of classrooms to expand learning. Via Tania Grosz
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"Places should have a purpose. When they do and you establish community guidelines that are community enforced then it begins to work and that takes time. But you can't have community if you're in and out in the span of a few weeks. This takes long term relationships and community building. It will happen but right now online learning is so much in "project" mode and we need to move to "place" mode with projects moving in and out via groups." Via Tania Grosz
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Blogger Andrew Miller celebrates teachers who engage their students' cognitive abilities through creative methods.
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Blogger Audrey Watters looks at two educational games where gamers teach scientists.
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Thnaks to Steven Anderson: Some nice classroom projects to connect with using Skype. -JL |
