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Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna O Waiwhetu. Enabling e-Learning - enabling eLearning. The 20 Best Pinterest Boards About Education Technology. Pinterest is quickly becoming one of the biggest sources inspiration and innovation when it comes to cooking, design, and education.

The 20 Best Pinterest Boards About Education Technology

That’s right, education is a prominent fixture on Pinterest now and that, of course, means that education technology plays a starring role. In an effort to help curate the massive amount of Pinterest boards about education technology, you can use the following list as a jumping off point to start your Pinterest journey. The following boards are curated by teachers, admins, and other education enthusiasts. You’ll likely find some new blogs, tools, and ideas among them. After all, that’s what Pinterest is all about! Don’t forget to check out the Edudemic Pinterest board where you can keep track of all the stuff we’re up to. Patricia Brown: Patricia showcases a myriad of videos, articles, tutorials, and lots of other resources all about education technology.Vicki Davis: We love Vicki!

12 Ways To Integrate (Not Just Use) Technology In Education. A Practical Guide For Teachers Who Just Got iPads. How To Make An Infographic Using Piktochart. Infographics are pretty popular. We share a lot of them on this site because they’re an easy way to consume information. They’re eye catching, the visuals tend to help people connect and remember the information, and they’re easy to share with just about anyone, even non-experts in a field. They often boil down a lot of information into very manageable pieces, so for teachers, they’re easy to check out and learn something quickly while browsing the internet during a lunch break or after school. TWITTER. Free Technology for Teachers.

Integrating iPad. 4 Things To Consider Before You Flip Your Classroom. The Flipped Classroom model is gaining momentum in classrooms around the world. Much has been said and written about the benefits and advantages of the Flipped Classroom throughout the year, so during the last three weeks of school I decided to experiment with this model of instruction and I flipped my math classroom. Using Explain Everything on my iPad, I created a series of videos that my students watched prior to coming to school.

In the classroom I had the opportunity to take advantage of the extra instructional time, as well as their excitement about sharing the knowledge they gained by watching the videos I created, and tried to engage my students in high order mathematical tasks. Although the results were highly encouraging and made me a fervent proponent of the Flipped Classroom, there are four things that I think every classroom teacher should know before they start using the Flipped Classroom model. Some Students Will Take Longer To Adapt Than Others. Flipped classrooms.

Exit lorem ipsum, haere mai Pahu! By Design Daily team, Designers can Kiwi-fy their mock-ups with a new filler text launched as part of Maori Language Week.

Exit lorem ipsum, haere mai Pahu!

Called Pahu! The homegrown filler text comes from Maori legends Maui and the Giant Fish and Maui and the Sun, which can be used in English or Maori. The text generator was created by digital creative and communications company *experience, along with Maori language tutor Piripi Rangihaeata and designer Aaron Moore. CEO of *experience Miriame Barbarich wants to encourage local and international designers to use the text. New te reo Maori App set to launch - TangataWhenua.com. Ratings12345 A new mobile phone application developed by Victoria University’s Faculty of Education, Te Kura Maori, looks set to change the way New Zealanders learn te reo Maori.

New te reo Maori App set to launch - TangataWhenua.com

The ‘Kura App’ includes a range of games modules that allow users to improve their knowledge and understanding of the Maori language. Users are timed and can pit their skills against others via a scoreboard. “There didn’t seem to be any applications that catered to people with some degree of proficiency in te reo. We wanted to provide a platform that’s not only educational, but also engages the audience, which is why we opted for the games format.”

Mrs McKenzie says the team spent most of last year working with local app developers to create the concept. Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age. Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age December 12, 2004 George Siemens Update (April 5, 2005): I've added a website to explore this concept at www.connectivism.ca Introduction.

Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age

Digital Classroom. The 10 Best Web Tools For Flipped Classrooms. While flipping the classroom is still one of the hottest trends in education, it’s got nothing on time-saving and downright useful apps and web tools. In an effort to provide a quick look at some of the best web tools for flipped classrooms, I thought it would be useful to poll the @Edudemic Twitter followers . POLL: What are your favorite apps and tools for flipped classrooms?

— Edudemic (@Edudemic) April 5, 2013 Including the tweets, I also got at least 40 emails from friends, colleagues, and administrators from around the world. Www.tpack.org. Digital Learning Day. Table of Contents - Seven Principles' Library of Ideas for Teaching and Learning with Technology. Tuakana-teina-e-belonging-final-report-8-may-2013.pdf.