5 Megatrends That Shaped 2012 Education - Getting Smart. Five big trends that will shape education for the next decade became fully evident this year. 1.
State policy matters more. With federal devolution (e.g., ESEA waivers) and state aggregation of control of the six levers (standards, assessment, accountability, data, funding, and human resource policies), state education policy matters more than ever — and so does state leadership. The shift to digital and implementation of real college and career ready standards demand and will test state leaders. Despite fraying around the edges, Common Core State Standards will frame the next decade of U.S education the way NCLB did the last. 2. The driver behind this trend is cheap mobile devices (e.g. iPad) and powerful application development platforms (e.g. Free core products and premium services (“freemium”) business models have become the norm for new edtech companies. As we get more connected, do we lose focus?
How Internet addiction is affecting our brain / Infographic.
DevLearn Conference Video: Putting Design Back into ID. Research and development in online learning from the Open University of Catalonia. Don’t let Cloud Education get Hijacked! « The Digital Frontline. One of my favourite aspects of the NFL is that it can serve as an analogy for almost anything.
Seemingly each year, some great coach comes up with an innovative new system or scheme – the West Coast offense, the zone blitz, the Wildcat offense or the new 3-3-5 defense. As soon as a team achieves success with a certain style of play, everyone jumps on board. The NFL is the ultimate “copycat” league. The new trend of adoption of Ed Teach is perfectly analogous to this copycat mentality. One of my concerns is that the for-profit companies are jumping on board the “Ed Tech Train” with great zeal. As educators, we must make use of digital tools and not digital programs. 47 Interesting Ways to Use Moodle in the Classroom (started by @TomBarrett) Welcome to Moodlenews.com A resource site for all Moodle-related news, tutorials, video, course content information and original resources.
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe: RSS feed| Weekly Email Newsletter | Moodle News Twitter Thanks for visiting! Google Earth Resources for K-12. Why I think (OPEN) courses should be about content creation. 6 Top Free eBooks for English Literature Students - Getting Smart. Email Share December 3, 2012 - by Guest Author 69 Email Share By Rob James It’s becoming increasingly straightforward for English Literature students to read and make notes on their set texts through eBooks and devices. The Tower of Babel: MOOCs, Online Learning, and Language…
By Paul Prinsloo, Open Distance Teaching and Learning Machine translation may soon, under certain conditions, make concerns about the role of language in online learning and MOOCs obsolete (e.g., Google’s ‘Babel fish’ heralds future of translation).
10 Hackathon Tips For the Teacher Geeks - Getting Smart. By Francisco Nieto, sleek-geek cofounder and teacher at ASCEND K-8 in Oakland, CA Photo Courtesy of Startup Weekend Yesterday I delved into the exciting world of education hackathons and discussed their value and merit from my own perspective as a teacher and budding developer.
Today, wishing to move beyond the personal narrative, I thought I’d follow it up with some tips for those thinking about taking the plunge themselves. The Big Debate – Berlin Educa - ban diplomas and degrees! How The Nearpod iPad App Changed An Entire School. I have been wanting to write a post for a while about the amazing tool that we came across last year, that has truly changed the way we use iPads in our classrooms, but haven’t had a venue to do so.
Now that I have my new website, I decided it was a must! If you aren’t familiar with this groundbreaking Nearpod iPad app , I want to take a minute to share it with you and explain how it changed our school. Nearpod is an App that allows teachers to share presentations; but wait, there’s more! It also lets you be a fully engaged participant and interact with the presentation through polls, quizzes, videos, drawing interactivity, website-sharing, self-guided quizzes and more. New on the MOOCH: War and Peace in Eastern Europe Welcome to Moodlenews.com A resource site for all Moodle-related news, tutorials, video, course content information and original resources.
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe: RSS feed| Weekly Email Newsletter | Moodle News Twitter Thanks for visiting! This course was shared via the Open College and is available to registered users (you can login with Facebook or Google really easily). The course includes: Camtasia Studio 8: Reset Application Preferences. Webinar overview – Characteristics of 2E students – Part 1. Introduction This recent recorded session was Part 1 of another of Jo Freitag’s (@jofrei) excellent sessions about aspects of working with 2E learners.
For those of you as bemused by the term as I was when I first encountered it, this is “shorthand” for “Twice Exceptional” and refers to learners who have a disability/disorder and are also identified as gifted in one or more areas. The session. 10 Apps That Work Great With Evernote. Campus Security and the Cloud: How to Choose a Provider. Security concerns remain one of the biggest barriers to the switch to cloud computing.
Daniel J. d recently discussed why security is particularly important at educational institutions. There are always risks when outsourcing any task, and those risks are greater when student academic and financial data are involved. You can work to minimize those risks by exercising due diligence when selecting a provider. A recently released Symantec white paper offers guidance in choosing a cloud computing provider that meets your institution’s security needs. Their suggestions include: Download a copy here. Khan Academy iPad iPhone app. Physics in the Hands of a Seven-Year-Old. Everything BYOD! MOOCEad DIIGO.