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21st Century Fluency Project. FINAL Top 100 Tools for Learning 2010. Startl - supporting innovation in learning products. After Frustrations in Second Life, Colleges Look to New Virtual Worlds - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education. By Jeffrey R.

Young Some colleges that have built virtual classrooms in Second Life—the online environment where people walk around as avatars in a cartoonlike world—have started looking for an exit strategy. The virtual world has not lived up to the hype that peaked in 2007, when just about every day brought a new announcement from a college entering Second Life. Today, disenchanted with commercial virtual worlds but still convinced of their educational value, a few colleges have started to build their own, where they have more control.

After sitting in on Second Life classes and touring several campuses in virtual worlds, I see why they appealed to college leaders. Well, not necessarily, it turns out. Plus, a lot of decidedly nonacademic activity goes on in Second Life, and it's difficult to limit access so that only students can enter a classroom there. Then there are worries about what would happen if the company behind Second Life, Linden Lab, went out of business. A Comprehensive Index to Educational Hashtags Teachers Must Know about. If you are still trying to figure out what educational hashtags teachers are using then you do not need to go anywhere else, I got it covered here thanks to Chiew Pang document.

Pang created an open document using Google Docs and named it " The Unofficial Index to Twitter Hashtags ". I have gone thorough the entire page and found it really helpful so I thought you might want to have a look as well. See also : Teacher's Guide to The Use of Hashtags in Education Here is the link for the entire document that Pang created and below are the hashtags it contains. Besides hashtags the document also features several important tips on how and why to use educational hashtags . Forget the Unchangeables. I speak with a lot of faculty, staff, and administrators about teaching with technology.

And nearly every single time, one of the first questions I am asked is, "What do we do about all the faculty who don't want to change? Who are resistant to trying new things? Who don't believe, for example, a cell phone could ever have a place in a classroom? " The fact that this question is asked so much is, I think, indicative of a bigger problem. I think it's time, folks, that we reframe our focus. Yes, many faculty are resistant to change. Why would I suggest such a thing? Have you sat down and engaged in a Twitter chat using the hashtag #edchat? All of you have creative, risk-taking educators on your campus. I do not intend to put words in anyone's mouth here. Folks, this is our crisis. Ulearn Education Conference. Details ULearn Permission to Play pre-conference 6 October 2015 Auckland's Crowne Plaza Hotel ULearn15 three-day conference 7–9 October 2015 SKYCITY Convention Centre Auckland Conference Strands We have four conference strands and a research strand.

Follow a strand throughout the conference or mix and match! Re-imagining Learners and LearningRe-imagining Teaching PracticeRe-imagining Leaders and LeadershipMāori mediumResearch Strand Call for Abstracts Call for abstracts are closed Costs$250* ULearn Permission to Play$745* ULearn15 early bird (until 3 July, $795 thereafter) Save $50 when you register for both ULearn Permission to Play and ULearn15.ULearn Gala Dinner $92* (add this separately as you register)Research Strand $230* * GST inclusive Watch this short video about ULearn 15: Exhibitors: Register your interest for a trade stand at ULearn15.

Exploring the interaction between learning and technology. Computers In Schools Are A Failure, Says Computer Pioneer Alan Kay [Apple in Education] It’s Education Week on CultofMac.com.

How’s Apple doing in schools these days? What are the best education apps? Is iTunes U worthwhile? Join us as we learn more about Apple in Education. Computer scientist Alan Kay is one of the most foremost experts in computers in schools, and yet he believes technology in education has largely failed. Computers have been in schools for the last 30 years, but with few exceptions, they haven’t been used to their full potential.

Kay says the education system has squandered 30 years of technology in classrooms. Computers have become tools of distraction, Kay said, instead of education. “When I look at computers in schools, this is what I see. We asked Kay to expand on these ideas in this exclusive Q&A. Why has technology in schools failed? The first idea is that pencils, paper, and especially printed books are technologies that can help real learning and real education.