Two of the hot topics in education in the last few years have been Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC’s) and the flipped classroom. I’ve been experimenting with both of them. Here’s the story of what we tried and what we …
Are Existing Tech Tools Effective for Teachers and Students?
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation just released a report detailing the results of 3,100 teacher surveys and 1,250 student surveys on the kinds of digital instruction tools that are useful and effective.
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/04/are-existing-tech-tools-effective-for-teachers-and-students/
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Where will teachers be in the classroom of the future?
It is their frustration, skepticism, enthusiasm and willingness to embrace new ways of learning that will help us all better understand the digital revolution that has arrived in some classrooms – and is bypassing others.
http://hechingerreport.org/content/will-teachers-classroom-future_15639/
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EDpuzzle: Make any video your lesson
EdPuzzle allows you to add your voice and questions to educational videos. On EdPuzzle you can search for educational videos from Khan Academy and Learn Zillion.
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Poetica – Edit Documents Online as if You Were Writing on Paper
Poetica is a neat new service for collaborative editing of documents. The best feature of Poeticais its similarity to writing on a paper document.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/04/poetica-edit-documents-online-as-if-you.html
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European Multiple MOOC Aggregator
The European Multiple MOOC Aggregator (EMMA) aims to showcase excellence in innovative teaching methodologies and learning approaches through the large-scale piloting of MOOCs on different subjects and in different languages.
http://www.openeducationeuropa.eu/en/project/emma-0
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Khan Academy Offers ‘Blended Learning 101’Course
The growth of blended learning and Khan Academy go hand-in-hand. So it’s only fitting that Khan is now offering a Blended Learning 101 course, in partnership with the Clayton Christensen Institute and the Silicon Schools Fund.
https://www.edsurge.com/n/2014-04-21-khan-academy-offers-blended-learning-101
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Preso.tv: Present on desktop & mobile and projector screens at the same time
Preso.tv is the first and only hassle-free way for anyone to present their Powerpoint, PDF, and Office documents on any device, anywhere in the world, in real-time.
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Presentation of the Week: The Best Free Web Tools for Engaging Students in 1:1 Classrooms
The strangeness of scale at Twitter
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How to Create a Backchannel Exit Ticket for Class, Presentation or Workshop?
This screencast below will show you how to use Google Docs as a backchannel or exit ticket during a presentation, lesson or workshop.
The Coolest Things You Can Automatically Add to Google Calendar
Google Calendar is a wonderful tool. While many people may know that you can import pre-made calendars with lists of various holidays in them, there’s a ton more cool stuff you can do with the service that’s either baked right …
Tablets for Schools: An Updated Literature Review on the Use of Tablets in Education (PDF file)
This report will update the findings from the previous publication and discuss the findings from recent studies, as well as the limitations of the research to date. It will also discuss what, if anything, distinguishes Tablets from other technologies that …
Universal Design Learning Visually Explained for Teachers
Universal Design Learning is a framework for learning that includes all students. Below is a handy visual that sheds more light on the principle of Universal Design Learning and provides some resources to help teachers integrate UDL in their classrooms.…
Reading is different online than off, experts say
Researchers are working to get a clearer sense of the differences between online and print reading — comprehension, for starters, seems better with paper — and are grappling with what these differences could mean for understanding difficult material at work …