50 Little-Known Ways Google Docs Can Help In Education 5 Ways To Be A Better Public Speaker 7.16K Views 0 Likes If you've been asked to speak at a conference or host a seminar, you may be shaking in your boots. Not only is the thought of speaking in public nerve-wracking, but being in charge of a seminar that no one wants to at... My 10 Favorite Learnist Boards Of The Year 2.66K Views 0 Likes I wanted to take a moment and share my favorite Learnist boards from the past year. Moodle Tutorial: Creating and using a 'unit walk through' resource Using Moodle to complete coursework isn't always a walk in the park for a lot of learners, depending on the course content, design and relative online learning experience of your students. One way to facilitate understanding of where to go, what to do (and how) for your learners is to create a unit walk through resource for each Moodle unit/topic block. You could do this with text and images, but I've found that an audio-visual resource like a screencast gets things across in the most dynamic and effective way. Here is an example unit walk through video I've just finished as part of a new Moodle course: That's fine, and perhaps that's all the learners will need. However, I've generally found it's better to go a bit further than just showing an instructional video. This process can help answer a lot of questions or misunderstandings before learners get into their coursework, and it helps me target the students who need more specific or hands on assistance. Good luck with it!
Ways to use QR Codes in the Elementary Classroom and Using Google Docs to Create Them “Traditional thinking is all about ‘what is’. Future thinking will also need to be about what ‘can be’” By Edward de Bono Quick Response codes also known as QR codes are similar to barcodes. When you scan QR codes using apps such as i-nigma or scan with your smartphone, ipad and computer (if you have a web camera) it links information to you. The information can be text, videos or websites etc. I believe with bring your own technology coming to many schools, I see QR codes becoming more popular in the classroom because they can be read on many devices and it is a real world application now. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. To start putting some of these great ideas into practice in your classroom, you can use QR creators such as Kaywa, QRStuff if you just want to create one QR code but I like using Google docs when creating multiple QR codes quickly. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. =image(ʺ 7. 8. 9. I would love to here how you have used QR codes in the classroom! Like this:
Student Centred Blogging Posted by Mrs Kathleen Morris on Thursday, April 19th 2012 Student centred learning is an theory that seems to have gained popularity in education communities over the years. Wikipedia defines this type of learning as “putting students first … focused on the student’s needs, abilities, interests, and learning styles with the teacher as a facilitator of learning. Teacher-centred learning has the teacher at its centre in an active role and students in a passive, receptive role. Student-centred learning requires students to be active, responsible participants in their own learning.” I would describe the blogging program that occurs in my classroom as largely student centred. I’ve had many teachers comment on the way that the students in my class respond to blogging. I believe the success I have with student centred blogging occurs because our program begins as teacher centred. Kelly Jordan and I team teach. I see my role as a teacher to get the wheel spinning.
Google Drive Said To Launch Next Week, With 5GB Of Free Storage For All Rumors and reports of Google Drive’s imminent launch have been coming hard and fast lately, but this one may just take the cake. The folks at The Next Web managed to get their hands on a draft of an announcement from one of Google’s official Drive partners, and have just revealed a few titillating details about the storage-service-that-almost-wasn’t. Earlier reports noted that the long-awaited cloud storage service would make its official debut sometime this week, but that no longer appears to be the case. Instead, Google Drive will reportedly launch next week, bestowing all interested users with 5GB of free storage to play with right out of the gate. That number jibes rather nicely with the leaked screenshots unearthed by the team at TalkAndroid just over two weeks ago. With a Google Drive launch slated to take place any day now, the question now becomes whether or not Google can make an appreciable impact in the cloud storage space.
Ten education blogs worth following Education blogs, on any and every topic, abound online. Unfortunately, educators are probably the last people who have the time to go out and search for them. Which blogs review good free resources? Which can offer information about school reform trends? Which highlight short, how-to videos for those who aren’t very tech-savvy? In this time-saving list, you’ll find 10 of the best education blogs that readers have recommended, that have won multiple awards, or that other educators just can’t stop talking about. The blogs are listed in alphabetical order. 1. What is the best way to improve education using social media? 2. Flipped Learning was created by Jon Bergmann, a teacher, educational coach, and writer who has helped educators around the world reconsider what education can look like. See also:Panelists: Blogs are changing education 3. The purpose of this site is to share information about free resources that teachers can use in their classrooms. 4. 5.
Google Drive Launching Next Week - Details Inside Sometimes we get lucky, and today is one of those days. I got a draft release from a partner of Google’s upcoming Google Drive service and it gives away a wealth of information about how Google plans to take on the incumbent Dropbox. The short story? 5 GB of storage, and it launches next week, likely on Tuesday at Now let’s talk details. What’s also interesting is the wording related to how the system will work. But there is one very solid piece of news – Google Drive is expected to launch in the middle of next week. Now as for the reliability of the information? But the question remains – Can Google Drive hold a candle to Dropbox? Which Of These 3 Private Social Networks Is Right For You? There are boatloads of tools out there that can give you a private social network. From Edmodo to the upcoming Facebook Groups For Schools , there’s plenty of options. Most are free, but some are better than others. And rather than just list off these options in the form of a typical list (that’s so last week), we built a fun graphic that’s perfect for anyone considering a private social network for their school, classroom, or organization of any size! Want even more? BuddyPress Free, but includes steep learning curve BuddyPress is a free WordPress-based social network in-a-box. So the new themes are nice, but they’re not enough. Edmodo Free, easy to use, highly recommended If you’re looking for a turn-key solution that’s been proven to work, you’ll need to know about Edmodo . In my experience, students happily use Edmodo as it was actually intended: to learn and communicate.