Presentation of the Week: Surviving the Day of the MOOCs
Sebastian Thrun on the Future of Learning
Udacity cofounder and CEO Sebastian Thrun says more Artificial Intelligence is coming to online education, but we’ll still need humans to grade our English essays.
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/517181/sebastian-thrun-on-the-future-of-learning/
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A Fabulous Flow Chart on How Students Should Use Images from The Web
The graphic below is a wonderful flow chart created to help teachers teach their students about how to properly credit images they use.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/07/a-fabulous-flow-chart-on-how-students.html
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Khan Academy Trains Teachers to Use Its Videos and Tools
Khan Academy, best known for its free online library of video tutorials, is using the summer months to offer in-person teacher trainings in places like Chicago, New Orleans, and Redwood City, California. The workshops are integrating what teachers and Khan …
The Technology That Could Save Schools Thousands
This startup could save schools thousands with technology to make aging computers run like new.
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/227320
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Anyone Still Listening? Educators Consider Killing the Lecture
Studies show lecturing to be an effective tool for transferring information. But the majority of higher education seems to be moving in the opposite direction, toward project-based and student-led work, especially for time spent in class.
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The Top 7 Smartphones Of The Year (Useful For 1:1 And BYOD)
The handy infographic takes a look at the top 7 smartphones of 2013 and lists the best assets of each phone, along with the price (not including any contract discount that a carrier might offer). Keep reading to learn more.…
13 Free Web Tools Students and Teachers Should Know About
Web-based tools continue to proliferate, giving teachers more to add to their arsenal, but it can be hard to determine which resources are worth spending time exploring. Here is a list of interesting tools curated by Adam Bellow, founder of …
A Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy For Evaluating Digital Tasks
The following Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy was especially interesting in how it mashes digital tasks–podcasting, blogging, networking, hacking, bookmarking, social media sharing, and so on, with the stalwart learning tool so graciously delivered by Benjamin Bloom.
http://www.teachthought.com/learning/ablooms-digital-taxonomy-for-evaluating-digital-tasks/
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12 Powerful PDF Tools For Teachers And Administrators
Since many teachers and administrators use PDFs regularly, here is a list of a dozen great PDF tools. Find them below with a crisp description of what you can do with them.
http://www.edudemic.com/2013/07/12-powerful-pdf-tools-for-teachers-and-administrators/
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30 Ideas for Using Chromebooks in Education
Chromebooks are simple to use and they update themselves. They boot-up in seconds, never slow down and require almost zero setup or maintenance. See 30 ideas for using Chromebooks in education.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/07/30-ideas-for-using-chromebooks-in.html
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Moodle 2.0 for Teachers: an Illustrated Guide
A great illustrated Moodle manual recommended to all teachers using this great open source course management platform.
http://issuu.com/muppetmasteruk/docs/moodle2_revised_
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