The Best of Teachers Web Tools The Best of Teachers' Web Tools Educational Technology and Mobile Learning www.educatorstechnology.com Introduction Technology is radically transforming every aspect of education : reading andinteracting with the web; writing memos and sending emails; computing withspreadsheets and statistical analysis programs; analyzing problems with datavisualization tools; creating social networking sites; teaching with digital video tools;making presentations using web-based services. today’s digital natives as we were taught yesterday is robbing them of their tomorrow ( John Dewy ), a fact which aligns with the core purpose of education that is the lightingof a fire and not the filling of a pail.This eBook is created with you and your teaching and learning needs in our mind.
SHIFT eLearning Blog 10 Great Resources on 21st Century Education I believe the 21st century education is idiosyncratic in nature. It has acquired some distinctive features that sets it apart from the kind of traditional education that was prevalent in the 20th century. Of course it does not take you long to guess the reason behind this change , digital revolution has and is still radically transforming the way learning and instruction is delivered. Even inside this technology itself there is another deep revolution going on, we no longer talk about computers ( laptops and desktops ) as being the main vehicle of the 'technologized' ( term borrowed from New Literacies: Everyday Practices and Classroom Learning ) instruction inside schools but there is also the emergence of mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets , and they are gaining more ground in the educational sector. In this post , I am providing you with the best content I have published here about the 21st century education. 1- The 33 Digital Skills Every Teacher should Have
The Rapid eLearning Blog - Practical, real-world tips for e-learning success. Creating great interactive learning experiences requires a few core building blocks: relevant content, pull versus push, and real-world decisions. With those building blocks you're able to structure effective learning scenarios that are meaningful to the learner and helps meet the objectives of the course. One of those building blocks in creating relevant content or content that is placed in a meaningful context. Essentially, you want to recreate the types of scenarios that are similar to the ones the learner has in real life. Read the full article After last week's post on the different drag & drop interaction examples, I had quite a few emails asking for tips on how to create drag and drop interactions for elearning. Sliders are used as a means to make adjustments/selections or as a simple way to navigate content. It helps to look at what others are doing to get ideas and inspiration for your own work. Keyboard Accessible: try the regular way and then try using the keyboard. ...
The 13 most-read posts from 2013 A “Connected Educators Month” in the United States — the rapid rise of Twitter PD — the coming of age of the Personal Learning Network. No question: It’s been an historic year for connected professionals, including PLP’s extended family of teacher and school leaders. Here’s just one example: the Top 13 Most-Read Posts by our Voices from the Learning Revolution group bloggers for the year just past. Each article listed here scored more than 4,000 pageviews during 2012. Now’s a great time to read (or re-read) them, as you resolve to connect and make a difference in 2013! Flipping Bloom’s Taxonomy Shelley Wright May 15 23,919 I think the revised Bloom’s Taxonomy is wrong. The Flip: End of a Love Affair Shelley Wright October 8 21,528 Many teachers who opt for the flipped classroom strategy are not pursuing a student-centered approach to teaching and learning, says Shelley Wright. Live from the iPad Summit Jennifer Carey November 15 6,535 Blogging: The New Persuasive Essay I Used to Think…
Ozge Karaoglu's Blog - About apps and web tools, and being a teacher … 100+ examples of use of social media for learning EmailShare 0EmailShare Note: this page dates back to 2011. More up to date information is to be found in my Social Learning Handbook 2014. Here are over 100 ways that different social technologies (and tools) are being used by learning professionals worldwide – compiled from the comments of those who have contributed to the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009 activity. Blogging (1) “Blogs are great for learning from others, reflection, story sharing, facilitating connections among people, philosophizing, and much more” Janice Petosky, Instructional designer,West Chester, Pennsylvania (2) “Writing a blog is a learning activity, of course, but reading the best blogs that are available is one of my most productive learning experiences.” (3) “Blogging is my chief way of making sense of things“ Michele Martin, Freelance Learning Consultant, USA (5) “While everyone seems to get the blog thing now, few are leveraging the technology for what, at its root, it really is: a very quick web page creator.
Teacher Reboot Camp 21st Century Learning is Not A Program by William Washington, Ed.D. Scholar, Walden University Perhaps the biggest misconception that one can have about 21st century learning is to think of it as a single reform program. 21st century learning is not a singular “thing” that can be plugged into an existing school environment and used as an easy upgrade to improve existing practice. Learning that teaches children how to think is a process with deep philosophical underpinnings and embraces new findings about how people teach, learn, and get motivated. Premise of 21st Century Education The premise of 21st century education is very important. The argument being made is that we are ignoring societal shifts and continue to teach to a target audience that doesn’t exist and we’re preparing them for a market that doesn’t exist (Marx, 2006). Many people tend to associate 21st century learning with digital technology. This is very different than what we’ve experienced in the past 75 years. References: Berry, B., & Team, T. 2. (2011).
Six Things The Best of TED for Teachers TED ( Technology, Entertainment, Design ) is one of the most popular video platforms online. Under the moniker ' ideas worth sharing ' TED talks went viral attracting millions of audience from all around the globe and giving them access to the world's most inspiring voices. Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has been posting a lot about TED to the point that we created a separate section devoted solely to everything that has to do with TED. Given this huge importance of TED as an educational resource we deemed it important to share with our fellow teachers and educators the best of TED . These are mainly lists of TED talks we have watched and published during this year. 1- Top 10 TED Talks from Inspiring Teachers 2- 4 TED Videos Teachers should Not Miss 3- 5 TED Talks about Creativity 4- Top 10 Ed Talks for Teachers 5- The 20 Most Popular TED Talks in 2012 6- 5 Must Watch TED Talks for Kids 7- Top 9 TED Talks on Information Overload 8- 6 TED Talks on The Pluses of Gaming
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