IT in Education and schools

It’s always tempting at the beginning of a new year to look forward to what might be the new trends in the coming year. [...] I thought it might be more productive to look at the significant gains we have made over that last year that we can put into practice in our classrooms this year.

Via Nik Peachey

Learn about the applications of Augmented Reality in the education and eLearning industries. Also, read about the benefits of AR in education, which includes some real-life examples.

Via EDTECH@UTRGV

Personalized learning, which tailors educational content to the unique needs of individual students, has become a huge component of K–12 education. A growing number of college educators are embracing the trend, taking advantage of data analytics and artificial intelligence to deliver just-right, just-in-time learning to their students.

Via Nik Peachey

The 2022-23 school year is shaping up to be a big year of challenges and transitions for educational technology. Schools are facing increasing threats of cyberattacks, they are struggling to figure out how to use all the new technology they acquired during the pandemic in meaningful ways, and they are trying to figure out how to help students become more thoughtful and responsible digital citizens.

Via Nik Peachey

This course is for practising or newly qualified teachers who wish to deliver engaging remote, blended or hybrid learning. Whether you want to teach one-to-one classes, group classes, develop blended learning for your students or build your own social network or community

Education around the world is changing at an incredibly fast pace. Software and devices are as commonplace in classrooms and lecture theatres as whiteboards and overhead projectors once were. The new generation of student is born digital and they are fast adopters of new technologies. The revolution has begun.

Via Nik Peachey

Don’t fret, we’ve all been there: You’re up late the night before Thursday and you have to teach a lesson at 8 AM the next day. So, what do you do? Throw some text on a PowerPoint and get ready to talk through your points. Couldn’t hurt, right? You might not always read straight off of the slides—they’ll just help keep your lecture on track, and if you lose your place, the text is right there for you.

Unfortunately, whether you’re discussing Columbus with 4th graders or quantum physics with college freshmen, you may be hurting your students’ learning more than helping them.

Let’s explore why instructional design doesn’t typically work with students, or anyone’s learning for that matter, when you teach with PowerPoint—as well as how you can avoid it. It all begins with a little concept called “cognitive load.”

Via John Evans

Virtual Reality In The Classroom Infographic. In this infographic yoy'ill discover 5 Incredible Ways That Virtual Reality Is Improving Education Infographic

Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)