International Education News l The PIE News l English Australia offers MOOEC teacher training. Launched in collaboration with International Education Services (IEC) which last year debuted the world’s first English language MOOC, the sessions will train teachers to teach language more effectively using MOOEC technology. “Our aim is to develop the capacity of our sector to the increasingly important area of online learning” “Our aim is to develop the capacity of our sector to the increasingly important area of online learning,” Sue Blundell, English Australia’s Executive Director, said. Participants will be shown how to plan an online lesson during the initial session, learn about best practices in online English language provision and receive guidance on how to identify engaging content and construct a lesson using MOOEC’s authoring tool. Blundell told The PIE News that the project is an exciting opportunity for English Australia to “play a leading role” in online learning.
IEC’s MOOEC currently offers more than 50 lessons developed by 15 universities and colleges. 22 Apps To Make Videos In The Classroom. 22 Of The Best Apps To Make Videos In The Classroom by TeachThought Staff In education, perhaps one of the least utilized talents of iOS hardware is creating exceptional video. While it’s not uncommon for teachers and students to use iPads to create videos, creating stunning videos that are compelling, well-produced, innovative, truly social, and/or something worth sharing with the world isn’t so easy. Truth be told, that’s less about the technology and more a matter of teaching, learning, and planning–who is creating the video, why are they creating it, and who are they creating it for. Audience, purpose, and design. But just because the technology isn’t the most crucial doesn’t mean students should be forced to work with mediocre tools. Which is where this list comes in.
Below are 22 apps we’ve handpicked as powerful teaching and learning tools to work with digital media in your classroom. How can I help students turn these iPads into tools for magnificent creation? Dipsticks: Efficient Ways to Check for Understanding. What strategy can double student learning gains? According to 250 empirical studies, the answer is formative assessment, defined by Bill Younglove as "the frequent, interactive checking of student progress and understanding in order to identify learning needs and adjust teaching appropriately.
" Unlike summative assessment, which evaluates student learning according to a benchmark, formative assessment monitors student understanding so that kids are always aware of their academic strengths and learning gaps. Meanwhile, teachers can improve the effectiveness of their instruction, re-teaching if necessary. "When the cook tastes the soup," writes Robert E. Stake, "that's formative; when the guests taste the soup, that's summative.
" Alternative formative assessment (AFA) strategies can be as simple (and important) as checking the oil in your car -- hence the name "dipsticks. " In the sections below, we'll discuss things to consider when implementing AFAs. 53 Ways to Check for Understanding. 27 Ways To Promote Intrinsic Motivation In The Classroom.
27 Ways To Promote Intrinsic Motivation In The Classroom by TeachThought Staff We’ve talked about the definition of intrinsic motivation in the past. We’ve also talked about some basic ways to improve student motivation. This time, it’s Mia MacMeekin‘s turn to speak to you about the same, but through gridded, blocked, and easy to read infographics. The graphic starts with a definition for both intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation, then offers 27 verbs that can help promote that magic stuff that is characterized by curiosity, effort, engagement, and academic success. Some were a little iffy–“praise” and “milestones” seemed a little closer to extrinsic motivation.
Our favorites? 5. 7. 8. 22. 23. 24. 27 Ways To Promote Intrinsic Motivation In The Classroom 27 Ways To Promote Intrinsic Motivation In The Classroom; 27 Ways To Promote Intrinsic Motivation In The Classroom. (Tips for Teachers) Experiential Learning with the Help of Technology. About ETR Community EdTechReview (ETR) is a community of and for everyone involved in education technology to connect and collaborate both online and offline to discover, learn, utilize and share about the best ways technology can improve learning, teaching, and leading in the 21st century. EdTechReview spreads awareness on education technology and its role in 21st century education through best research and practices of using technology in education, and by facilitating events, training, professional development, and consultation in its adoption and implementation.
The 8 Skills Students Must Have For The Future. Editor’s note: This is a revised version of an article written by Katie Lepi that originally appeared on June 7th, 2014. We believe this information is still highly relevant, but we wanted to update it with the latest thinking. To do that, we invited writer Michael Sledd to take the reins.
Education has traditionally focused on the basic “3Rs” of reading, writing and arithmetic. However, as the ever increasing pace of technological innovation drives changes in the world, educators must re-evaluate whether the skills they teach truly provide their students with the best opportunities to succeed in school, the workforce, and in life overall. This naturally leads to the question of what those skills are or will be, and while there are other excellent suggestions out there, Pearson’s 2014 edition of “The Learning Curve” report lists the 8 skills below as those most necessary to succeed in the 21st century.
Understanding and Teaching These Skills Leadership Digital Literacy Communication The U.S. Why We Don’t Truly Embrace Failure. Oxford Owl - Welcome. Fun English Games for Kids - Free Teaching Resources Online. TeacherTube. MathTV. Web 2.0 Science Tools. By Laura Turner The following web2.0 sites would be useful for science educators at the high school and middle school level.
Some would also be appropriate for higher elementary grade levels. There are many new ‘tools’ or websites that take advantage of the higher speed and bandwidth of today’s Internet. Web 1.0 tools/websites were text based and web2.0 tools/websites are designed for full-motion video, 3D animations and are generally interactive in some manner. Web 2.0 can also be described as the second round of new technology development and adoption. The Internet began as an adoption of a new technology, and then as web practices were standardized, user-friendly interface and aesthetic design were improved. EcoKids This award-winning EcoKids web site is an interactive environmental web site for children, their families, and educators in Canada and around the world. Google Google SketchUp St. Celestia. SAMR model. Wp-content/uploads/2014/09/SAMR-Wheel_Solo.pdf. 100 Ways To Use Google Drive In The Classroom.
100 Ways To Use Google Drive In The Classroom by onlineuniversities.com Students and educators have a wealth of learning and productivity tools available to them online. Google offers some of the highest-quality resources on the web to meet all your study and teaching needs, and all you need to access them is an internet connection. The Google Docs collection provides a streamlined, collaborative solution to writing papers, organizing presentations and putting together spreadsheets and reports. But besides the basic features, there are lots of little tricks and hacks you can use to make your Google Docs experience even more productive. Here are 100 great tips for using the documents, presentations and spreadsheets in Google Docs.
Ed note: This is an older post, so some of these features or links may be out of date. Keyboard Shortcuts Navigate your documents and screen a lot faster when you use these keyboard shortcuts for formatting and more. Productivity Hacks Features & Tools Collaboration. Teaching-with-technology. 34 Smart Ideas For Using Smartphones In The Classroom.
34 Ways Ideas For Smartphones In The Classroom By Category by John Hardison first appeared on gettingsmart.com In continuation of last week’s article, Part 1: 44 Better Ways to Use Smartphones in Class, here is a new list of thirty-six additional ideas to help leverage the power of these tech gadgets in the learning environment. In this blog post, I have attempted to avoid any redundancies. Please join me in helping educators everywhere creatively use smartphones by contributing any overlooked uses and supportive responses via this survey. 34 Smart Ideas For Using Smartphones In The Classroom To Collaborate 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. To Communicate 6. This method encourages educators to abandon the time-consuming and inefficient task of periodically calculating the data. 7. 8.
To Create 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. To Curate/Coordinate 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. Still not convinced? Image attribution flickr user davelawler. Note-Taking with iPads. I vividly remember how I first learned to take notes. My sixth grade geography teacher lectured in outline style: "Roman Numeral one - China. A - Qin Dynasty. 1 - Rulers . . . " We wrote down precisely what he said, and to this day, I still take notes in outline form. However, consider Sunni Brown's TED Talk, "Doodlers Unite. " She argues that engaging in sketching while listening to complex ideas further supports learning.
While outlining may work for me, what about those who value taking notes in the margins? How about students who may benefit from audio feedback? When students learn to hand-write their notes, they focus on content and organization within a single medium -- paper. Cameras and Microphones One of the most valuable features of iPad to support note-taking may be the camera. In addition to incorporating photos, many note-taking apps also include audio recording. Typing and Drawing We experienced an influx of "laptop kids" in our middle school. Supporting the Process. Sir Ken Robinson on intelligence and education. Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? Back to school in style: Top student apps and websites to get your year started right! | CengageBrainiac.
Getting back into the swing of the school year is always tough after you’ve had months off for summer break. College life is about balancing classes, studying, working and having a social life, which can be stressful even for the most seasoned students! This time of year, we’ll take all the help we can get. So, here are our top ten student apps to help keep you organized and ready to rock your classes so you can go back to school in style!
For organization iStudiez Pro is for students who just can’t get into the swing of carrying paper planners with them everywhere they go. This student app can keep you on schedule all semester! A daily plannerA calendar for future appointments and assignmentsAn assignment keeper for tracking grades and GPAPush notifications for classes and assignment deadlines Voted one of Time Magazine’s must have apps, Evernote syncs your data and saves it on all of your devices. For homework help The Questia Library app makes mobile research easy! 100+ Google Tricks That Will Save You Time in School – Eternal Code. [via onlinecolleges.net] With classes, homework, and projects–not to mention your social life–time is truly at a premium for you, so why not latch onto the wide world that Google has to offer?
From super-effective search tricks to Google hacks specifically for education to tricks and tips for using Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar, these tricks will surely save you some precious time. Search Tricks These search tricks can save you time when researching online for your next project or just to find out what time it is across the world, so start using these right away. Convert units. Google Specifically for Education From Google Scholar that returns only results from scholarly literature to learning more about computer science, these Google items will help you at school.
Google Scholar. Google Docs Google Docs is a great replacement for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, so learn how to use this product even more efficiently. Use premade templates. Gmail Use the Tasks as a to-do list. How Technology Can Save American Education. About 7 in 10 recent college graduates carry student loan debt, with the average alum owing close to $30,000. In “The New School: How the Information Age Will Save American Education From Itself,” Glenn Harlan Reynolds discusses the “disturbing” impact of this rising debt, dated school models and other challenges facing K-12 and higher education, as well as how to address them.
Reynolds, a professor of law at the University of Tennessee and founder of Instapundit.com, recently spoke with U.S. News about how technology might have a transformative impact and what parents and student can do. Excerpts: What’s most alarming about the U.S. education system? The problem from K-12 all the way to graduate school is that every year things cost more, but the performance remains stagnant or even gets worse. [See a collection of political cartoons on the economy.] What are the best ways to fix the problems? I don’t think there is a big answer. It’s really hard to say. [Check out U.S. Snapshot of a modern learner. Santos is not an enigma, but he is misunderstood. Santos sends approximately 125 texts per day. He sneaks his phone into classes in his book bag or jacket and is online just about all day. He posts messages to Facebook during class.
He looks up answers to definitions of words online. He checks sports scores, plays games, posts his location so his friends can find him easily and streams music through an application on his phone. His teachers use technology as an event. Santos opens books and is frustrated when he can’t click on words or pictures for more information. His history teacher recently assigned a project that culminated with a PowerPoint presentation on one of six topics within the upcoming unit. If you ask Santos what he did for the history project, he can articulate every detail. When Santos is assigned a big task at school, he goes home and creates a Facebook group about it. Santos knows where to find information.
His parents think he would make a good lawyer or doctor.