37 Blended Learning Resources You Can Use Tomorrow. 37 Blended Learning Resources You Can Use Tomorrow by Dr.
Justin Marquis Remixing the curriculum – compiling resources from a variety of sources such as free online texts, proprietary information from publishers, and self-created media such as podcasts – is starting to push its way into K-12 and higher education. Get ahead of the curve with these tips for remixing your own online course materials. Gathering the Ingredients Before Remixing Like any course development process, there is a good deal of research that goes into remixing the contents of a new or existing class curriculum. Paralyzed By Technology. As I have worked with teachers over the years, I have come across one common problem that many teachers deal with when looking at technology.
It's this idea that all new tech tools must be integrated immediately or they have failed as a teacher. As they look over the long list of available tools, they become paralyzed because they are overwhelmed. I always make sure to tell all educators that technology is about baby steps. As "techy" teacher, it appears that I have used every tool to the full extent from the very first day I started using the Internet.
The Best Thing To Ever Happen To Google Drive For Teachers. The Best Thing To Ever Happen To Google Drive For Teachers First came cloud-based word processing in the form of Google Docs.
With cloud-based word processing in education, teachers could remotely access student work, students (provided they had internet access and had a Google account) could retrieve their work from anywhere, and writers could collaborate in real-time with their peers to double-team the pain-staking work that is the writing process. Then Google finally delivered on the long-rumored Google Drive, giving teachers and students the ability to store both documents and images, pdfs and presentations, video files, and more, turning Google into a cloud hard-drive of sorts. Further, the change to Google Drive brought with it access to apps to bolster what Google Drive could do. Which brings us to the latest–and perhaps best–evolution of Google Drive for teachers. Kaizena voice feedback. 7 Surprisingly Inspiring Kids' Tech Trends for 2014. Bloom's Digital Taxonomy. Bloomin' Apps. This page gathers all of the Bloomin' Apps projects in one place.Each image has clickable hotspots and includes suggestions for iPad, Android, Google and online tools and applications to support each of the levels of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy.I have created a page to allow you to share your favorite online tool, iOS, or Android app with others.
Cogs of the Cognitive Processes. Teach Kids how to Code, Make Apps and 3-D Models With These Tools. Ask anyone to share a favorite school memory, and it will likely involve making something from scratch.
One of my standout experiences from elementary school was learning Logo, a graphic programming language. Logo’s still around—along with many new, excellent tools that teach kids basic programming skills. Other applications enable kids to build 3-D models, which they can print, too. Daisy the Dinosaur is a free iPad app designed to introduce K–2 students to programming basics. Twitter for Teachers Infographic. What parents need to know about Kik, the messaging app popular with tweens and teens. Kik is an app that is very popular with tweens.
It's also not intended to be used by tweens and can be dangerous for kids with sexual predators using Kik to request naked photos or inquire about a tween user's sexual experience. Here's what parents need to know about Kik, the hugely popular app that has 90 million users. * Kik is an instant messaging app that is similar to texting but users have multiple options of talking with individuals, with groups and within a social networking environment.
Users can also use Kik to send photos and files and send greeting cards. It combines texting with a social network. * Users are supposed to be age 13 or older. Indiana's NewsCenter: News, Sports, Weather, Fort Wayne WPTA-TV, WISE-TV, and CW. August 22, 2013Updated Aug 22, 2013 at 10:36 AM EDT INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.
(WTHR) -- Police have a warning about a new smart phone app. Cyber cops tell us more child predators are using apps like Kik to contact children, and police are powerless to stop it. Starbucks Just Put Harry Potter’s Butterbeer on Their Secret Menu. Not since Starbucks abruptly opened the flood gates to their ambrosiac Pumpkin Spice Latte at the end of the summer has there been a reason to run to your nearest Starbucks.
Or if you’re well-versed the ways of wizards, Floo Powder might get you there quicker. According to Foodbeast, Harry Potter foodies can finally pair their chocolate frogs with a beverage this holiday season, as Starbucks has collected the ingredients to concoct a Butterbeer for any patron with the potion recipe. If you thought ordering off menu at a fancy restaurant was a surefire way of impressing a date, wait until you go beyond the obvious choices at one of the most popular establishments on the planet. (13) Twitter. Susan Sontag on Literature and Freedom. Cyberbullying Toolkit. Do you know these smart learning strategies? Smart learning strategiesWhat’s the key to effective learning?
One intriguing body of research suggests a rather riddle-like answer: It’s not just what you know. It’s what you know about what you know. To put it in more straightforward terms, anytime a student learns, he or she has to bring in two kinds of prior knowledge: knowledge about the subject at hand (say, mathematics or history) and knowledge about how learning works. Parents and educators are pretty good at imparting the first kind of knowledge. 11 Sites and Apps Kids Are Heading to After Facebook. Remember MySpace?
Not so long ago, practically every teen in the world was on it –- and then many left for Facebook. Now, as Facebook's popularity among teens is starting to wane, you might be wondering what the new "it" social network is. But the days of a one-stop shop for all social networking needs are over. Instead, teens are dividing their attention between an array of apps and tools that let them write, share, video chat, and even shop for the latest trends.
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