This Is The New Learnist. Learnist is one of the relatively new but noteworthy educational social networks. We write about it a lot. We have a couple Grockit (the folks who built Learnist) folks write stories on Edudemic on a regular basis. We’re fans. So that’s why we were pretty psyched to speak to Farbood Nivi, the founder of Grockit, who unveiled the new look of Learnist. The New Learnist Design First off, here’s the new homepage layout of the site alongside the prior version: As you can see, the new layout is cleaned up and looking less like a Pinterest clone. You can now browse an icon-free menu (hooray!) The Funding News Farbood shared some wild news about a now-official investment. “As Discovery focuses its digital strategy around strengthening its position in video as the #1 nonfiction media company across all screens, we also see strategic growth opportunities in select investments in the next generation knowledge space,” said JB Perrette, Chief Digital Officer, Discovery Communications. About Learnist
Five Ways to Use Online Portfolios in the Classroom Our digital world is transforming the way we learn, and today's teachers are tasked with the challenging job of sifting through the deluge of educational technologies and creating a meaningful learning experience for students. In my 15 years in education, I've seen firsthand how opportunities and a little guidance can positively impact a person's future and change the life path they're following. In fact, as a result of serving on the San Francisco School Board, where I learned about the obstacles to education, I've seen how creating learning opportunities can impact a long-term digital identity. Next-generation education portfolio platforms -- such as Digication, Pathbrite, Taskstream and Epsilen -- are one way for teachers to start early and educate students about how they can manage their own academic and professional accomplishments. 1. Build in Opportunities for Peer-to-Peer Learning 2. Sifting through the endless hoards of information on the Internet is becoming a necessary skill.
Enseigner avec Prezi pour dynamiser ses cours Très utiles pour illustrer un cours ou enrichir un exposé, les présentations type Powerpoint ne sont pas assez ludiques pour capter l'attention des élèves bien longtemps. Prezi est une alternative gratuite qui permet de dynamiser les présentations trop monotones. La majorité des enseignants a aujourd’hui remplacé les vieux rétroprojecteurs à transparents par des Powerpoint vidéoprojetés. Mais cette pratique se banalisant, il devient difficile de retenir l’attention des élèves avec un Powerpoint, même très bien conçu. L’application Prezi offre une alternative innovante à ces logiciels de présentation peu ludiques. Qu’est-ce que Prezi ? Prezi est une application permettant de créer des présentations dynamiques. Dans un « prezi« , il n’est pas question de diapositives. Exemple de « prezi » Prezi est disponible sur Internet, et nécessite donc une connexion pour être utilisé. Prezi est gratuit dans sa version la plus simple, qui propose 100 Mo d’espace de stockage. Fonctionnement de Prezi
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. I saw the artistic side of the app and eventually began to see the social interaction. 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.
Teaching with Instagram The proliferation of smart phones has led to the development of innumerable educational apps for all subjects and grade levels. The problem is that students may not necessarily be interested in apps with high scholastic value, so it’s up to teachers to find didactive opportunities in the apps that students are interested in. image from iStock Facebook recently bought Instagram, the incredibly popular mobile photo sharing app, for nearly one billion dollars. It had a user base of 30 million before it even released to Android™ in early April, so odds are good that your students know, love, and use Instagram on a regular basis. So how can you use it in the classroom? Art and photography classes have the most obvious applications—composition, lighting, subject matter. Do you have any ideas for using Instagram in the classroom? Have you written a blog post about Instagram in education?
Adobe Acquires Online Portfolio Site Behance Adobe just doubled down on design (say the ten times fast) with a new acquisition that’s official as of this publication. You probably already know about Adobe and it’s array of design software, social analytics and other products. But you may not know Behance . Basically, it’s an online portfolio site where graphic designers, web designers, and really anyone can create their own space online. The community is quite active and the site itself is filled with inspirational design and ideas. I encourage you to check out Behance if you haven’t yet! See Also: Everything You Should Know About The New Adobe CS6 So what will Adobe do with Behance? Acquisition Enables Millions of Creative Cloud and Behance Members to Create, Share, Showcase and Publish Their Work SAN JOSE, Calif. — Dec. 20, 2012 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that it has acquired privately held Behance, a leading online social media platform that enables creatives to showcase and share their work.
Digital Tools for the Common Core by Michael Fisher In the next few weeks, Janet Hale and I will have our newest book published by ASCD, Upgrade Your Curriculum: Practical Ways to Transform Units and Engage Students. We will very soon be launching a new ASCD Edge Group and Discussion Board around the book to discuss improvements in instructional practice and design. We also want to hear the awesome ideas of all the educators who would like to engage in a dynamic multi-media conversation! In the book, we discuss different lenses and considerations through which you can view your current curriculum for a particular upgrade. This blog post is honing in on two upgrades: technology integration and Common Core alignment. The Common Core alignment relates to a pair of anchor standards for reading: #1 that asks students to read closely, and #10, that asks that students read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts. It’s always worth reminding ourselves that it’s the task that matters, not the tool. Smore Piktochart
Logiciels de physique et modélisation pour TBI Line Rider : logiciel de simulation de la gravité Line Rider est un classique. Au fur du temps, le logiciel s'est sophistiqué. La version initiale consistait à tracer le parcours d'un petit personnage sur une luge. Pris au jeu, certains ont commencé à faire faire des parcours extraordinaires au personnage. Dans ces conditions, on peut se demander si l'intérêt du logiciel est encore suffisant pour expérimenter avec la gravité. Heureusement, on peut toujours se limiter à la fonction d'origine... Algodoo : logiciel de modélisation 2D Algodoo, anciennement « Phun », est un logiciel suédois de physique en 2D, qui modélise la gravité, mais aussi la friction, la masse et l’élasticité. On peut créer des formes à main levée, des rectangles ou des cercles et même des ressorts et des chaînes. Contrairement à Line Rider qui donne un résultat en noir, blanc, rouge, Phun propose palette de couleur infinie et pour les indécis, une fonction de couleur aléatoire.
Using Instagram in an Educational Context If you are active on social websites, or have young tech users in your life, then you’ve probably come across Instagram. This application works in hand-in-hand with Facebook and has grown to be one of the most apps on the Internet. What is Instagram? Instagram is an online photo sharing and social networking service. How can Instagram deliver educational benefits? Here are some of the ways in which the use of a tool like Instagram can benefit the educational process: Instagram & Spatial IntelligenceSpatial intelligence is a mental process through which the brain attempts to interpret certain types of incoming information. I wish we had interesting tools like Instagram when I was in school. Are you using Instagram in an educational context? Related Posts (if the above topic is of interest, you might want to check these out):How Teachers are Using Tumblr in the ClassroomCan Social Media Play A Role in Improving Retention in Higher Education? About Jason Phillips Print This Post
Instagram in Education | thinktanK12 Blog Do you use Instagram? This free photo-sharing app is one of the fastest growing social networks, with 100 million users, and it’s easy to see why. With its retro square format and lo-fi filters, the app makes shooting, editing, and sharing photos easy and fun. And now you can follow K12 on Instagram! Check out photos from community events at our partner schools around the country, peek behind the scenes at K12 for a preview of what we’re working on, and share your online schooling photos with us by tagging us @k12learn. Instagram is fun and social, but lately I’ve been wondering if there are also potential learning opportunities for users. One of the benefits to using social media in school is that students may be more engaged in their work when they feel they have an authentic audience- that someone other than their teachers will see it. In order to sign up for an account, users do need to be 13 – just like with Facebook.
Prezi Unveils Secret New Feature In Guide To Mayan Apocalypse Prezi Unveils Massive Makeover 2.87K Views 0 Likes Popular slideshow and presentation tool, Prezi, has just taken the wrapper off of a substantial redesign of their website. Sweet! You Can Now Embed Learnist Boards Into Your Blog 993 Views 0 Likes We're big fans of Learnist, the 'Pinterest for Education' and have an exclusive update you should know about. New Presentation Tool Lets You Easily Keep Students Engaged 10.67K Views 0 Likes From Prezi to Google Docs to PowerPoint, there's no shortage of ways for teachers to put together a dynamic presentation. The 200 Best Special Education Apps
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: Top 20 LiveBinders you should not Miss Digital bookmarking is a pivotal learning skill. It does not only allow you to organize your information into one single platform accessible from anywhere with an internet connection but can also help you in your professional growth. Web2.0 technologies have made it way easier for us to control and curate the content we come across online. I definitely believe that without the power of bookmarking we would never be able to manage the huge influx of information Internet provides. I have already talked in a previous post about the benefits of bookmarking for us as teachers and learner and I said that bookmarking web tools: I am also recommending the following bookmarking tools for you : LiveBinder is one the best bookmarking web tools out there.
Twittérature ? Twitter + littérature = Twittérature. Utilisation de la plate-forme de micro-bloguage Twitter à des fins de création littéraire Jaser – XIIe siècle., Adam, onoma. (v. GAZOUILLER) - Jaseur 1538, R,. Est – Jaserie, id. Gazouiller – 1316, J, Maillard, forme normano-picarde, même rad. que jaser. – gazouillement 1361, Oresme – gazouillis 1555, Vauquelin de La Fresnaye. Twittérature – Ensemble des textes littéraires publiés dans Twitter sous forme de gazouillis (tweets). Il y a un étrange rapprochement étymologique entre le gazouillement des oiseaux et le « jasage », ce plaisir de la conversation inutile. Twitter convient bien aux petits palabres quotidiens. Voilà pour l'usage commun. La twittérature Mais rien ne s'oppose à ce que Twitter devienne un véritable outil de production littéraire malgré la contrainte de 140 caractères qui l'enserre. Ce détournement de Twitter et son usurpation par les passionnés du discours bref définit la twittérature.
The Educator’s Guide to Instagram and Other Photo Apps I’m not the most dedicated Instagrammer (need to get out more) or the best photographer (wish I was) but like many other educators, I enjoy sharing my photos on Instagram. Why? It’s fun! Easy! Here’s my advice to help you get started or get more out of using Instagram.Click on a link below to quickly go to the section you want to read: Back to Top What is Instagram? Launched in 2010, Instagram is one of the fastest growing mobile media phenoms; with just over 15 million users at the start of 2012 it now has over 50 million users. Instagram is a free photo sharing app for android and iOS devices that lets users take a photo, apply photo filters and share through a variety of social networking services including Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and on Instagram. Instagram is sort of like Twitter – except instead of connecting with others using 140 characters or less, you’re sharing photos. Instagram is popular because: It make sharing photos using mobile devices quick, easy and a lot of fun! Back to Top