Fake News: 3 Things We Can Learn From Finland (And 3 Cool Tools From Right Here In The US Of A) We all get smarter when we all get smarter.
Pretty simple concept. It’s the whole idea behind PLCs, #sschat, and, well . . . school in general. Learning together makes a lot of sense. I recently ran across an article highlighting how the entire country of Finland is working together to combat fake news. I got smarter. Way back in 2014, before we knew Russia was messing around in American elections, Finland began noticing intentional misinformation campaigns focused around issues like immigration, the European Union, or whether Finland should become a full member of NATO. As the US continues to experience intentional attempts by both international and internal groups to manipulate the digital world we live in, can Finland’s experience help us we get smarter?
It’s a whole society thing The Finnish government seems to be incredibly proactive around the idea that this is a direct attack on democracy. It’s not just a government problem, the whole society has been targeted. Online Tools for Teaching & Learning – Designed by students in EDUC 595A at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Welcome to Online Tools for Teaching and Learning!
This site was designed to help you identify online tools that you might use for teaching or learning. Each page includes a wealth of information about a specific tool (e.g., price, ease of use, description of the tool, innovative ways to use the tool for teaching and learning, how the tool fits with the SAMR model) to help you evaluate the tool and determine whether to use it in your practice.
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How to Create a Podcast. Last week Anchor.fm launched a new and improved site that makes it easy for anyone to create and publish a podcast.
I liked the redesigned site so much that I featured it as my tip of the week in the Practical Ed Tech newsletter. If you're not subscribed to that newsletter or you are and you haven't seen it yet, here's the video that was featured in the newsletter. In this video I demonstrate how anyone can create and publish podcast in six minutes or less. Applications for Education As I mentioned in the video, not only can you record directly on Anchor.fm you can also upload MP3 recordings that you have made in other programs like Garage Band, Audacity, or even Vocaroo. OER Commons. Adobe Illustrator Draw — Scalable vector illustration with layers on the App Store. Two Tools for Audio Creation in the Chromebook Classroom. Posted by EdTechTeacher Instructor Ben Sondgeroth, @Mr_Sondgeroth As the Chromebook perforates classrooms across the country, students have the ability to express themselves in ways that may not have been possible in a traditional classroom setting.
Chromebooks offer so many ways to engage students creatively and go well beyond word processing. Perhaps one of the most powerful ways that we can allow students to demonstrate their learning and understanding of topics is through voice. When students express themselves verbally they are given a way to connect ideas and concepts they may not otherwise have been able to demonstrate. As a former history teacher, I had students who struggled with traditional writing assignments and when given the opportunity to verbalize their learning my students’ depth of understanding became immediately evident. History Here.
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Find her blog, Leading in Limbo, at leadinginlimbo.weebly.com. We (Cori and Matt) are betting that comics are a memorable part of your childhood, whether they were the color comic strips in the Sunday newspaper or comic books. Comic strips and comic strips captivated us as children. Tap into that energy in the classroom with Google Drawings comic strips! Zoom In- history lessons. The 10 Best AR Apps for Classrooms Using Apple’s New ARKit. The recent popularity of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) has put a spotlight on immersive technology—and our curriculum may never look the same again.
In the midst of all this enthusiasm, Apple has released a new resource for app developers—the ARKit—that has supercharged augmented reality for fields like entertainment, gaming, advertising and, of course, education. The ARKit is often mistaken as a single app, but it’s actually a tool for developers to create their own apps. Already, it has opened up the AR floodgates for newer Apple devices, and developers have been showcasing their new apps on social media using the hashtag #ARKit. The latest apps include technology that simulate realistic experiences, making AR more useful than ever in our daily lives. Five Tools for Creating Animations on Chromebooks. Yesterday's post about the PuppetMaster app prompted a couple of people to ask me if there is anything similar available for Chromebook use.
While I can't think of anything that is free and exactly like PuppetMaster, here are some options for creating animated videos on Chromebooks. Animatron is a nice tool for creating animated videos and images. LucidPress for Education. Free Formative Assessment Tools for Teachers. Creative Storytelling App. VSDC Free Video Editor review and where to download. VSDC Free Video Editor is a feature-packed non-linear video editing suite that can compete with even expensive editing software.
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Check123 Video Encyclopedia. Sometimes you just need a little video to act as a hook, to activate prior learning, to get kiddos up to speed, to engage. You search the usual video platforms and sift through lists of noisy results. Check123 Video Encyclopedia is a promising solution. The social video platform curates more than 20,000 from all over the world. While librarians might argue about whether Check123 is indeed an encyclopedia, it is a convenient portal for discovery and bookmarking resources. Among those resources are videos created by National Geographic, How Stuff Works, History Channel, Biography, TED-Ed, Smithsonian, Mashable and Science Channel.
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