For this year’s bunch I have gathered the most important items into one single web page of my classroom website. The following is a list of free online tools that I have incorporated (or plan to) for this year’s class. …
Why Organizations Choose an Open Source Learning Management System
Why should an organization choose an open source Learning Management System as opposed to a homegrown or proprietary LMS? Kineo recently distributed a survey to organizations which reveals the reasons why they chose open source.
http://elearningindustry.com/why-organizations-choose-an-open-source-learning-management-system
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Moodle.org introduce their first MOOC for Teachers
Moodle for teachers: An introduction is a 4 week introductory course with a recommended total of 8-12 hours participation time. Registration opens on 19th August 2013 and the course starts on 1st September 2013.
http://blog.matbury.com/2013/08/09/moodle-org-introduce-their-first-mooc/
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What the Stapel scandal can teach us
In the summer of 2011, a Dutch social psychologist was in the process of losing his job. His name was Diederik Stapel and he’d committed an unimaginable fraud: over ten years he’d falsified data for over 55 experiments, some of …
Presentation of the Week: Powerpoint doesn’t suck, you do
Blending Technology and Classroom Learning
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7 Useful Cloud Storage Tools to Back up Your Digital Data
A lot of things have changed since the introduction of cloud storage tools. Problems of data storage and data loss have been tremendously reduced. Users now store their files in the cloud and access them anywhere with internet connection. More …
6 Of The Simplest Ways Teachers Can Embrace Technology
There is no getting around technology in the classroom. You can try to wrench the smartphones from a student’s iron grip, or you can cater to that desire to explore technology. Not every piece of technology is easily accessible, but …
Is the University Lecture Doomed?
In university you’re still likely to be in a large lecture hall with a very boring professor, and everyone knows it’s not working very well.
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/08/wikipedia-mooc-doomed-jimmy-wales/…
Three Good Options for Creating Digital Portfolios
The type of materials required for a digital portfolio varies quite a bit from school to school and sometimes it varies from teacher to teacher. Here are three services that I recommend.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/08/three-good-options-for-creating-digital.html…
Another Look at Eliademy, a cloud-based alternative to Moodle
Eliademy is a new LMS that allows for Moodle backup files to be restored to their system. Their new LMS features a pretty simple look and feel, is very easy to use and create with but lacks some of the …
Does Seat Placement Affect Student Test Scores?
Why would teachers use seating charts in the classroom? By careful planning teachers can minimize negative contacts between their students and try and optimize peer-peer learning strategies.
http://www.edudemic.com/2013/08/does-seat-placement-affect-student-test-scores/
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Why Aren’t Teachers Using More Technology in the Classroom?
A report presented at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference and expo in June 2013, suggests that technology integration in schools remains virtually unchanged from last year and still falls far short of the organization’s determined ideal.…
What Personalized Learning Really Means For Modern Teachers
While Personalized Learning is about teaching to the individual child, it is ultimately about shifting how teachers think of themselves and their role in the classroom.
http://www.edudemic.com/2013/08/personalized-learning-for-teachers/…
Big educational laptop and tablet projects – Ten countries to learn from
What do we know about what works, and what doesn’t (and how?, and why?), when planning for and implementing such projects, what the related costs and benefits might be, and where might we look as we try to find answers …