How Design Thinking Could Help Solve the Skills Gap
This story is the final in a six part editorial series exploring the balance between student learning and job skills. We're asking leaders and thinkers in education and technology fields: Can America educate its way out of the skills gap? This series is brought to you by GOOD, with support from Apollo Group. Learn more about our efforts to bridge the skills gap at Coding for GOOD.
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Reading Comprehension Worksheets
"Your reading comprehension materials are the best I've found on the web. They are so thorough and comprehensive! My students and I have learned a lot from them. Thanks so much!"
An Atlas of Cyberspaces- Historical Maps
USENET in 1981. The topology of the BITNET in 1981 (partial map) The NSFNET infrastructure and topology in 1991. (Source : NSFNET postscript maps from | Introduction | Whats New | Conceptual | Artistic | Geographic | Cables & Satellites | Traceroutes | | Census | Topology | Info Maps | Info Landscapes | Info Spaces | ISP Maps | Weather Maps | | Wireless | Web Site Maps | Surf Maps | MUDs & Virtual Worlds | Historical |
Interview with MindMeister co-founder Michael Hollauf
I interviewed Michael Hollauf, MindMeister co-founder and managing director. This is the one hundred and fourth in a series of DW interviews. Big thank you to Michael!
Explain Everything Reviews
Explain Everything is an easy-to-use design tool that lets you annotate, animate, and narrate explanations and presentations. You can create dynamic interactive lessons, activities, assessments, and tutorials using Explain Everything's flexible and integrated design. Use Explain Everything as an interactive whiteboard using the iPad video display (via Airplay/cable). Insert a web browser for live annotations and basic recordings.
Sketchnotes
Sketches were created by Matt Miller (@jmattmiller) of Ditch That Textbook using the Paper app for iPad by FiftyThree. Sketches are licensed Creative Commons (Non-Commercial). See thumbnails of these sketches below and a slideshow of larger images below the thumbnails. You are a GENIUS. Are ROWS needed?
Printouts
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Copyright Flowchart: Can I Use It? Yes? No? If This… Then…
It is the responsibility of all educators to model good digital citizenship for their students. Especially when it comes to copyright, plagiarism and intellectual property. The waters are murky.
Getting Started: Clustering Ideas
Clustering Clustering is similar to another process called Brainstorming. Clustering is something that you can do on your own or with friends or classmates to try to find inspiration in the connection between ideas.
Digital storytelling with StoryRobe
StoryRobe is another way for kids to create digital stories using photos or digital copies of their own artwork. Once they've selected the images they want to use and put them in the right order, they can record the text to go with the images. They can talk for a total of up to 3 minutes, and synchronize the images with what they are saying by tapping the screen as they talk to advance to the next picture. StoryRobe creates a single video file that can then be shared. Unlike StoryKit, there is no option to add text to the finished product, as the model is more video-like than book-like. There are ways to add it it to the pictures however.
Resources
The Pearson National Learning and Teaching Conference being held in Brisbane, Australia over November 6-8, 2014 is another exciting opportunity for me to share with conference delegates two issues about which I am passionate. Throughout my four presentations – two on the value of teachers becoming lifelong learners and two on ways to engage students as readers – I will be sharing a host of thoughts and links with conference delegates. Here is a summary of what I will be presenting: Learning is a lifelong journey: Feel empowered! This session will cover aspects of lifelong learning, its value as well as tips and ideas to enhance the journey.
