How Educators Are Using Learnist Digital Tools By Jennifer Roland In the weeks since Learnist launched, educators have been finding ways to put it to use. Learnist, as many have already pointed out, works much like Pinterest — a way to catalog online resources on a topic and share them with the user’s social network. And like Pinterest, it looks like a digital bulletin board with pictures and messages, and connects with Facebook accounts. In fact, the site’s “learning boards” look quite a bit like Facebook’s timeline feature, and Facebook membership is required to use Learnist at this point. In its current closed beta form, Learnist, launched by Grockit, is still very much in its infancy, but some curious teachers have already jumped on the wagon. College physics instructor Leilah McCarthy created collections on subjects like electromagnetism, mechanics, and waves. Students can also use Learnist to share resources for group projects, to prepare notes to study for tests and write papers. Related
Welcome to the World of Archidose! The Lost Art of Eating | Vintage Cookery, Food History and Fun Between North London and Rural Devon Learn, Learner, Learni.st? What Is It? A Corkboard For Your Thoughts. Learni.st is a new educational service provided by the good people over at Grockit. A little bit like Scoop.it, which I took a look at the other week, Learni.st is an application that helps you to create your own page containing information that you think is worthwhile. Learni.st’s most interesting and promoted features are centered around making this content easy to share and collect. Getting Started Caption: Sometimes Your Best Option Is To Say “This Is All Her Fault.” If you are interested in finding interesting Boards, or just seeing the service for yourself, navigate to their site and start searching for topics that are of interest to you. If you are curious how Learni.st came about or would like to see detailed “How To”s, check out their own Board on how to use the Learni.st service from Farbood Nivi, the founder of Grockit. What Can You Do With It? Here are some ways that you, as an educator, can put Learni.st to good use:
15 iPhone Apps Every Architect Must Have Architecture is an occupational field where you need to stay very organized, calculated, have a great deal of creativity and own many skills. The iPhone is a very comprehensive multitasking tool, which if packed with the correct tools can help you do your job quickly and accurately. Draw, read, calculate, organize your meetings, prepare for your LEED certification exam, and experiment with these handy and very useful applications that you will simply love. You are only a click away from having the universe of architectural professionalism right in your pocket for a relatively very small investment! 1. ColorSnap Image source 1 2 3 This is a color matcher application, which allows you to capture just about any color from a photo or the real world and convert it to paint color. iTunes download link 2. Image source 1 2 3 A master tool for drawing and design. iTunes download link 3. Image source 1 2 3 iTunes Download link 4. Image source 1 2 3 iTunes download link 5. Image source 1 2 3 Image 1 2 3 7.
(Edu)Clipping, Pinning, Linking and Sharing Educational Resources eduClipper: I got my early access today to Adam Bellow’s newest venture, eduClipper. I have been hounding him to let me have a peek for a while now. Long before “curation” became an edu buzzword, Bellow has been pulling together lists of Web tools for educators on his eduTecher site – a rich resource with links, ratings, comments, and ideas about how these tools could be used in the classroom. That makes it ever-the-more interesting, I think, that Bellow has built a tool that puts this resource-gathering and sharing capability into the hands of teachers themselves. EduClipper is the latest in a string of Pinterest clones, true (See below), but Bellow’s experience in education – in the classroom and with professional development – should give him a leg up in creating a tool that’ll work in classrooms and that’ll work for teachers. EduClipper lets you build clipboards into which you can post links, images, videos and documents and upload files to share with others. Pinterest: I note several:
Archinect | Connecting Architects Since 1997 Sweet! You Can Now Embed Learnist Boards Into Your Blog We’re big fans of Learnist , the ‘Pinterest for Education’ and have an exclusive update you should know about. Learnist has just upgraded their site to now allow for the ability to embed your learning boards into your website or blog. It’s been fun to follow the early stages of Learnist and see how the folks at Grockit (they made Learnist) have taken the idea of pinning educational content and turned into a social experience. If you want to learn more about Learnist, check out our first post on how it signals a change in education technology . If you’re already on Learnist, check out my Learnist page here to follow us and keep up with our news, resources, and trends.
The 25 Best Pinterest Boards in Educational Technology Thanks to OnlineUniversities for this list of the Best Pinterest Boards in Educational Technology. Blogs and Twitter aren’t the only social tools out there that can help you keep up with the latest and greatest developments in educational technology. Pinterest is rapidly becoming a favorite tool of educators all over the nation, and many have amassed some pretty great collections of edtech-related pins that teachers and students alike can use to explore new ways to learn, share, teach, and grow.
25 Of The Best Pinterest Boards In Education Blogs and Twitter aren’t the only social tools out there that can help you keep up with the latest and greatest developments in educational technology. Pinterest is rapidly becoming a favorite tool of educators all over the nation, and many have amassed some pretty great collections of edtech-related pins that teachers and students alike can use to explore new ways to learn, share, teach, and grow. While it would be nearly impossible to highlight every edtech pinboard out there, we’ve shared some of the boards we think stand out among the crowd here. Many are maintained by major educational websites, key figures in edtech, and well-known bloggers, but others were created by teachers just like you who simply want to share resources and tips with others in education. Oh–and don’t forget TeachThought’s burgeoning Pinterest board!
10 Ways To Use Learnist In The Classroom We’re big fans of the newest educational social network on the block, Learnist. It’s a highly intuitive social network just for learners. If you want to find a new way to understand something, say goodbye to Wikipedia and hello to Learnist, the “Pinterest For Education.” But enough of the marketing nonsense. The below boards are from Dawn and are meant for high schools but are quite clearly easy to use in any classroom. Use One: Organizing Materials Learnist allows you to organize your lesson plans and materials in one place: Select materialsPost them to your learnboardAdd commentary.Choose materials from anywhere on the InternetUse a variety of formats to benefit students’ different learning styles. Once you’ve gathered your materials and made your learnboard, you’ll have something tangible to use in class or to give to students to use at home. Use Two: Collaboration It seems one has time to collaborate. Imagine interdisciplinary lessons that connect all of students’ academic areas!
Pinterest Tips for Teachers Pinterest is a fantastic online pinboard that lets you organise and share things that you find on the web. It’s possible to ‘pin’ lots of different types of content to your boards to help you find it all again later, as well as share it with friends and colleagues. Lots of teachers are using Pinterest, so I thought that it might be useful to share some tips and suggest some top users to follow. First, here’s a great video tutorial that gives more information about how to use Pinterest. Our Teaching Ideas site has had a popular Pinterest account for a few months and has a number of different boards that share lots of content… Classroom Management ideas, Resources linked to books, Maths Resources, Cool Pictures and more. The Teaching Ideas Pinterest account also has lots of great followers who are involved in education. A number of other popular resource sites also have their own Pinterest accounts, including Teacher’s Pet and Twinkl. Who are your favourite Pinterest users?
Ten Ideas for Using Instagram in the Classroom I didn't understand the pull of Instagram the first time I heard about it. To me, it sounded like a fancy app that would take regular pictures and make them look like they were crappy, old photographs. Eventually, though, I changed my mind. After spending a few months using it, I see a powerful element that I had failed to understand before. And yet, for me, Instagram has done the opposite. So, with that in mind, I'm thinking of ten ways I might use Instagram with my students next year: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.Just Let Them Take Pictures: I'm thinking of letting kids take pictures for the sake of taking pictures.