7 Must Have Digital Literacy Apps, Tools, and Resources - The Tech Edvocate Teaching in a digital world, while essential, can be a difficult task. The digital world is constantly evolving, and it can be hard to keep up with new trends. And while students often enter the classroom with a high degree of digital awareness, it is often confined to the world of social media. How then, do educators learn about digital literacy, so they can model and teach it to their students? Thankfully, there are tons of apps, tools, and resources that can help. DigitialLiteracy To get help with digital literacy, it is important to start at the beginning. National Foundation for Educational Research While this site is based in the U.K., it still offers useful information for teachers across the globe. Creative Commons Sharing information is essential for teachers as it allows good ideas to be improved upon continually. Plagiarism Checker While one benefit of a digital world is the exposure to extensive knowledge, this is often exploited by students in the form of plagiarized writing.
Focus: The Flipped Classroom January 11, 2013 The concept of a Flipped Classroom has been discussed quite a bit here at Daily Edventures. We were lucky enough to speak with Jonathan Bergmann, who pioneered the Flipped Classroom. In a recent Seattle Times article, many college professors in the state of Washington are flipping their classrooms, and they are seeing some interesting results, including students who are more engaged. This infographic from Knewton provides a great visual of what a flipped classroom looks like, and why educators are talking about it. Created by Knewton and Column Five Media
54 Flipped Classroom Tools For Teachers And Students | TeachThought 54 Flipped Classroom Tools For Teachers And Students by TeachThought Staff The flipped classroom has continued to enjoy momentum years after its introduction, speaking to its flexible nature, and to the need for a real change in thinking in how we think of time and space in education. Technology has been, more than anything else, the catalyst for the flipped movement. With YouTube now nearly as ubiquitous as the television in many homes, access to video content is more seamless than ever. Further, teachers have taken advantage of not just video channels but a collective video literacy to realize the potential of flipping the classroom. Below is a list 54 flipped classrooms tools for teachers and students–both equally important because in a flipped classroom, both teachers and students are consistently interacting with technology, often independently and asynchronously. 54 Flipped Classroom Tools For Teachers And Students
Welcome Flipping with Kirch App of the Week: Vibby In this weekly blog, our own Emily Jeanes gives readers the lowdown on web apps that educators can use inside Haiku Learning. Emily is the very first Haiku Learning Sales Engineer. Edtech ninja, sci-fi writer, and proud transfer from our award-winning Client Services team, she brings with her a passion for researching, playing with and integrating awesome educational tools into Haiku Learning. Like Haiku Learning, she likes to think she plays well with others. What is Vibby? From their site: Vibby is "a fast-growing video platform that enables users to highlight, share and discuss the best parts of any online video, thereby making content more engaging, as well as providing invaluable analytics on user interaction at a very granular level." In Haiku Learning: Use Embed the Web to embed any vib, complete with highlighted segments, Skip capabilities, a Like button, and the powerful ability to view and add comments. Website: www.vibby.comPrice: FreeHTTPS? How do I get the embed code?
47+ Alternatives to Using YouTube in the Classroom . However, many teachers cannot access YouTube in their classrooms. That is why I originally wrote what became one of the most popular posts to ever appear on . 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. iCue, presented by NBC News, features videos about history and current events. 22. 23. 24 & 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 22 Frames is a service that provides a central location for locating captioned videos for learning English and for Internet users who have hearing impairments. 22 Frames provides more than just captioned videos. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. And if you are fortunate enough to work in a school that allows you to use YouTube, you still might want to use View Pure or Safe Share to prevent the accidental display of inappropriate "related" videos or advertisements.
Flip this class | News We all remember the drill: slinking into class, taking our seats and spending the next 45 minutes to an hour listening as a teacher tried to sink an idea through our thick skulls. Students try, but invariably, a lot of them are off in la la land after 20 or 30 minutes. Who can blame them? Students have changed a lot in the past 15-20 years. The distractions are numerous: smartphones with the world at their fingertips, television, video games, Netflix, laptops, YouTube, social media, etc. So when Allen High School 12th-grade physics teacher Katie Lanier heard about a new teaching method called “Flipped” from her colleague, Dena Leggett, she took the idea and ran with it. “Flipped” is a new teaching style pioneered by Colorado educators Jon Bergmann and Aaron Sams that’s caught on across the world. Teachers that flip their classes record a video of all the lecture material they’d normally be teaching in class, like definitions and equations, and send it home with the student.
Shift to Digital: Classroom 'Look Fors' This blog is the third in a four part series–sponsored by Pearson Education–focused around the key indicators of success in a digital learning program. The first post focused on shared vision for student outcomes and learning experiences and the second focused on system strategies. The most important things to look for as evidence of the shift to blended and personalized learning are in the classroom. Statements of vision and system strategies, but the bottom line is how teachers and learners experience the change. Following are summaries of how advanced systems describe what they are looking for in next generation classrooms. The New Tech Network Classroom Walkthrough Tool is connected to their School Success Rubric, a key tool for defining school progress and outcomes. Raise Your Hand Texas is supporting a blended learning initiative in Texas; five school district grantees will be announced in April. A growing number of school districts have well developed walkthrough rubrics.
Your Favorites For The Best Books of 2012 From philosophy and weight loss to writing and worldly wisdom, you read a lot in 2012. After hours of sifting through data, here is a look at your 15 favorite reads in 2012. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder Just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension, and rumors or riots intensify when someone tries to repress them, many things in life benefit from stress, disorder, volatility, and turmoil. Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not. Bull: A History of the Boom and Bust, 1982-2004 In 1982, the Dow hovered below 1000. Explaining Social Behavior: More Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences This book is an expanded and revised edition of the author’s critically acclaimed volume Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences. Free The Animal: Lose Weight & Fat With The Paleo Diet
20 NEW facts about Flipped Learning in higher ed - eCampus News Comprehensive research and case study analysis reveals 20 new facts about Flipped Learning As with all types of popular learning models that have the potential to be nothing more than a flash in the pan, it’s important to conduct thorough research on the model’s real potential. And according to a 2014 research and case study review, there are roughly 20 new things higher education faculty and leaders should know about Flipped Learning. The report, “2014: Extension of a Review of Flipped Learning,” conducted by George Mason University with the support of Pearson and the Flipped Learning Network (FLN), reviews current relevant research—both theory and empirical evidence—to learn more about Flipped Learning’s growth in education, and its effects on student learning faculty teaching. (Next page: 20 new facts about Flipped Learning)