Presentation of the Week: How Social Networks and Openness are Transforming Teaching and Learning
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Twelve New Ed-Tech Companies to Watch
Game-based learning and mobile apps are beginning to catch on in schools—and these also were key characteristics that defined several of the dozen emerging ed-tech companies recognized for their potential by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) last month.…
Presentation of the Week: Connecting the Digital Dots
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10 Technology Skills Every Educator Should Have
Educators need to start with good pedagogy and lesson objectives and activities and then look for technology that can enhance those lessons, improve teaching and learning, and help students learn.
http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.fr/2012/06/10-technology-skills-every-educator.html…
77 Web Resources for Teachers to Try This Summer
The summer is a good time to explore and experiment with new things that you might use in the fall. In the PDF below you’ll find 77 resources that you might want try out over the next couple of months.…
The 33 Digital Skills Every 21st Century Teacher should Hav
“I would like to provide you with another list of some equally important digital skills that you, as a teacher, need to seriously consider if you want to pave the way for the 21st century teaching. I have added a …
Presentation of the Week: What Becomes of the University in a Digital, Networked World?
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Vizaroo: a learner response system
Vizaroo is a learner response system that creates graphic organizers from audience responses.
The Dean’s List: 50 Must-Read Higher Education Technology Blogs
EdTech: Focus on Higher Education has surveyed the web and found what we believe are the 50 best IT blogs in higher education. These blogs cover every aspect of technology, both in the classroom and behind the scenes.
5 Ways Rapid Technology Change Impacts Education
Rapid technology change is here to stay. This kind of change introduces threats to education. There is likely very little that can be actively done to reduce these threats, as they are first economic issues. But we can begin to …
Kindergarten Teacher Earns $700,000 by Selling Lesson Plans Online
Deanna Jump, a kindergarten teacher from Georgia, has made $700,000 selling her lesson plans on Teachers Pay Teachers, an ecommerce startup where teachers offer their lesson plans to fellow educators.
Is professorial ego driving opposition to flipped learning?
Some in higher education haven’t accepted the flipped model, even as it gains student support.
http://www.ecampusnews.com/top-news/is-professorial-ego-driving-opposition-to-flipped-learning/…
Are Today’s Students Truly ‘Tech Savvy’?
It is difficult to prove that the Generation Y and young people today are not more technologically adapted than their older counterparts. A new study conducted by the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) explored this question in an attempt …
A Portrait of the Technological Skills and Habits of Today’s Cegep Students
Bruno Poellhuber, professor in the département de psychopédagogie et d’andragogie at l’Université de Montréal, discusses results from a survey conducted among Cegep students on their IT attitudes and skills as well as the advantages concerning information technology within an academic …
The Massive Open Online Professor
Scalable education on the web is increasingly possible, largely through the use of commodity software that is easy to use and available freely or at low cost to anyone.
http://www.academicmatters.ca/2012/05/the-massive-open-online-professor/…