If you’re in need of some new reading materials for your classes, but you don’t have money to spend on new books, search for some free ebooks on Neotake.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/09/neotake-ebook-search-engine.html
If you’re in need of some new reading materials for your classes, but you don’t have money to spend on new books, search for some free ebooks on Neotake.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/09/neotake-ebook-search-engine.html
A collection of 13 videos on Moodle and a few other great documents for your reference. A great resource for all Moodlers!
Tagxedo turns words – famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters – into a visually stunning tag cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text.
Google Docs, Zoho Writer, and other online word processing services are great tools for collaboratively writing with others. But to use those programs everyone you want to collaborate with needs to have an account and you need to have their
Diaspora came about when a group of New York University students from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Science were inspired by a speech about freedom and privacy online. Columbia University law professor Eben Moglen described centralised social networks as “spying
Susan Smith Nash asks, “Is mobile learning really doing what it’s supposed to be doing?” The answer, of course, depends on what it’s supposed to be doing, which Nash characterizes as “engag[ing] in substantive, meaningful learning any time and any
When you do research for something on the web, it’s imperative that you take notes and capture some stuff for checking out later. Using methods like copy & pasting and sending emails to yourself are passe. This article lists eight
Using mobile technologies to enhance your teaching does not need to be complicated. In fact, some of the easiest ways to use these technologies can improve your communication and relationship with students, enable higher-order thinking in your assignments, engage your
Jaycut.com may be the only web-based video editing application that registered members can use for free. Jaycut is not a professional video editor by a long shot. It doesn’t work as fast as consumer editors like iMovie and MovieMaker, but …
In their research, the team has found that most young people are devoid of ethical thinking or consideration for others when using the web.
http://mashable.com/2010/09/21/ethical-consideration-online/
A free Microsoft tool that lets you create high-quality, interactive, online courses, and publish them in SCORM 1.2 packages (exactly what your Learning Platforms (like Moodle) like to consume!).
We’ve been predicting a technology revolution for decades, and actually, it happened 5 years ago. We are now past the tipping point. As the revolution gathers momentum, many higher education institutions are clean-sheet redesigning teaching, learning, assessment, and career development. …
What does effective assessment look like in the digital age? This document in PDF includes an articulation of four major perspectives on assessment: associative, constructivist, social constructivist, and situative. This is an excellent report, full of examples, case studies, and
The City University of London (web:http://www.city.ac.uk) posted four videos of interviews with it’s own Moodle using staff members. It’s a keen insight to the various levels of early adoption you might see on any campus moving away from another Learning