46 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed
Get ready for Mashable's weekly roundup! This week, we've performed original Google+ analysis, prepared you for the Mac OS X Lion release, and pointed you toward the best fictional Twitter accounts. We've celebrated startups and mourned space shuttle finales. So review the list of important resources you may have missed over the past week. Tune in for more great stories and tools coming at you sooner than you can say "Spotify." Editors' Picks How Are People Really Using LinkedIn? Social Media Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART]Wondering which topics had Twitter abuzz this past week?
Dissolving Barriers To Adopting Technology In The Classroom
Dissolving Barriers To Adopting Technology In The Classroom How the Other Half Lives: A Report from the 2013 Highlander Institute Blended Learning Conference by Dawn Casey-Rowe, Social Studies & Educational Technology Last weekend, the Second Annual Highlander Institute Blended Learning Conference took place on the campus of Rhode Island College. RIC is one of Rhode Island’s largest teacher colleges, with a reputation of using methodology that is field-based and practical, so it only made sense to host the rapidly growing event at the college’s Alger Hall. The event tripled in size from last year, showing the demand for professional development and discussion around concepts of technology and blended learning. But there was another group. I introduced myself to one teacher, and we began to talk. “Yeah,” she said, “All this is…overwhelming.” “Overwhelming because you would like some help planning technology for your classroom, or overwhelming for some other reason?” Policies must be updated.
A Framework for Teaching with Twitter
Faculty are increasingly experimenting with social media, and it’s exciting to find more and more courses incorporating Twitter, a ProfHacker favorite. Just last week on ProfHacker Ryan provided an excellent introduction to Twitter, while earlier in the summer Brian reflected on his use of Twitter in the classroom during Spring 2010. As we gear up for the Fall 2010 semester, I wanted to revisit the idea of teaching with Twitter. I’ll address my own pedagogical use of Twitter in a future ProfHacker post, but for today I want to share a general framework for Twitter adoption in the classroom, originally sketched out in late August 2009 by Rick Reo. In the process, I adapted Rick’s original matrix, re-imagining the vertical axis as a spectrum of conversation, ranging from monologic to dialogic, and redefining the horizontal axis as a measurement of student activity, ranging from passive to active. How about you?
Google+: The Complete Guide
Using Google+? Add Mashable to your circles. You'll get the latest about new Google+ features and tips and tricks for using the platform as well as top social media and technology news. Guide updated January 18, 2012 Google+: It's the hot social network on the block. Google+, however, isn't the easiest thing to understand. A recent change new and old Google+ users should take note of is Search Across Your World launched on Jan. 10, 2012. Now Google can pull search results from your Google+ friends and material from other Google+ users whom you don't follow who have related content labeled public. We will continuously update this guide as new initiatives such as the Search Across Your World are started, further integrating Google+ into the Google ecosystem. We decided to dig into every aspect of Google+, from Hangouts to Circles, from Google+ Pages to what's next for Google's social network. So, without further ado, here is Mashable's complete guide to Google+: What Is Google+? Profile Photos
A Question of Trust: Predictive Conditions for Adaptive and Technical Leadership in Educational Contexts | Alan Daly
D o w n l o a d e d B y : [ C D L J o u r n a l s A c c o u n t ] A t : 2 2 : 1 3 1 4 D e c e m b e r 2 0 0 7 A Question of Trust Adaptive Leadership, or second-order change, is most often associated with creating the conditions for individuals to confront existing values andnorms. Heifetz (1994) relates that adaptive leadership is required when boththe problem definition and solution involve learning, not the mere applicationof a “quick fix.” Adaptive leadership directly addresses those problems wherea gap exists between the values people hold and the reality they face, espe-cially strongly held values that at one time may have been effective, but arepresently an impedance to current pervasive educational challenges (Heifetz& Linsky, 2002). The Importance of Trust to School Improvement .
How to Use Google Search More Effectively [INFOGRAPHIC]
Among certain circles (my family, some of my coworkers, etc.) I'm known for my Googling skills. I can find anything, anywhere, in no time flat. My Google-fu is a helpful skill, but not one that's shrouded in too much mystery — I've just mastered some very helpful search tricks and shortcuts and learned to quickly identify the best info in a list of results. Sadly, though web searches have become and integral part of the academic research landscape, the art of the Google search is an increasingly lost one. That search process also included determining when to rely on Google and when to utilize scholarly databases, but on a fundamental level, it appears that many people just don't understand how to best find the information they seek using Google. Thanks to the folks at HackCollege, a number of my "secrets" are out. Infographic via HackCollege Image courtesy of iStockphoto, LICreate
Video learning, una tendencia en plena expansión
Organizaciones y personas están yendo hacia un modo cada vez más visual de comunicarse y capacitarse. Los indicadores de mercado acusan un fuerte crecimiento de este contexto, y el video comienza a asumir un rol determinante en los procesos de formación, reforzado por las instancias de videoconferencia que permiten hasta 80.000 participantes simultáneos. Datos estadísticos, opinión de expertos y casos de estudio en la primera nota de acercamiento a un fenómeno global. por Constanza Donadío (Editora Periodística America Learning & Media) Así como la música se transforma a partir de la evolución de los instrumentos y la creación de nuevos ritmos, la formación evoluciona desde la innovación de las soluciones tecnológicas que le dan soporte, el desarrollo de novedosas modalidades de distribución del conocimiento y las variadas formas de comunicarse que desarrollan los individuos. “Las formas de capacitar a los empleados suelen adaptarse a los cambios sociales. Experiencias reales
10 Techy Icebreakers for The 21st Century Teacher
Here are some great icebreakers you can work on using technology : 1- Self PortraitHave your students draw themselves. After they have done this, collect the papers and hang them up for the whole class to see. 2- Video/ audio introductions Encourage students to record a short video clip in which they introduce themselves to their peers. The teacher generates a list of words related to a topic to be taught. 5- Prior Knowledge check Giving multiple choice tests or true and false quizzes before introducing a topic or reading engages students, activates a student’s prior knowledge, and will encourage the sharing of information and resources. 6- Personalize it Teacher writes the topic to be taught on the board and then talks about how the topic relates to them by using a personal reference or story.
