How The Best Web Tools Fit Into Bloom's Digital Taxonomy There are some very popular tools and apps out there. We showcase a boatload of them here on Edudemic. But there’s been a growing trend of figuring out how to actually integrate all these together and how to effectively use the best web tools to enhance learning in the classroom. One of the most powerful visualizations to date has been the fabulous Padagogical Wheel (with an ‘a’ instead of an ‘e’) that shows how to integrate iPads into just about everything like SAMR and beyond. Now there’s a new visual guide that you should check out. It’s a pyramid that I spotted on Pinterest here . Creation I really like how you can easily tell which tools and apps work best on each level. Evaluating Next level down is evaluating which showcases one of my favorite learning resources: YouTube. Analyzing In the analyzing level, we see the Google Earth icon. Applying In the applying level, you can’t go wrong trying out Evernote in the classroom . Understanding Remembering
10 Little-Known Twitter Tools For Connected Educators There’s an array of Twitter tools that make the rounds on the ol’ edtech circle. We chat about Hootsuite , Paper.li , and Bit.ly quite a bit. But there are a lot of little-known Twitter tools that don’t see the light of day on sites like Edudemic. Got a tool that you think should be included in this list? Just Tweet It Just Tweet It is a user directory for Twitter organized by genre to allow for users to easily find other Twitter users to connect with. Twibs Twibs lets you find, follow and interact with businesses, apps and services on Twitter. Twittonary The Twitter Dictionary aka Twittonary provides explanations of various Twitter related words. We Follow The goal at We Follow is to simplify the way you find and learn from people online. Twitscoop An interesting idea, Twitscoop lets you monitor Twitter without having to reload the page. Friend or Follow An interesting and addicting tool, Friend or Follow lets you monitor who unfollowed you, who doesn’t follow back, etc. Qwitter TwitSprout
22 Ways To Use Twitter For Learning Based On Bloom's Taxonomy Last year we created a “twitter spectrum,” an image that clarified different ways that twitter could be used in the classroom in (hopefully) authentic ways. TeachBytes has followed that up with an excellent graphic of their own that uses a pure Bloom’s Taxonomy approach. The specific ideas range from “remix trending tweets with video and music” to creating concept maps showing the relationship between tweets. We must admit to going back and forth over the exact fit of a social media platform like twitter in a formal (or informal) learning environment. Unless you’re using it as a cultural survey of sorts. As with all things, sweet spot matters.
National Social Science Association Integrating Technology into the College Classroom: Current Practices and Future Opportunities Robin Lindbeck Innovative Performance Improvement, Inc. Brian Fodrey University of North Carolina Introduction Faculty are integrating technology into the college classroom. As newer technologies become increasingly more popular, a desire to incorporate them as learning tools will begin to mount in the name of good “instructional technology” practices. Literature Review Adult Learning As a college faculty member, applying andragogical (also known as adult learning theory) principles can be critical in effectiveness as an educator of adults. Adults have a multitude of life experience and knowledge that can contribute to and assist in their learning. Addressing these characteristics of adult learners into the design of the class enables the faculty member to minimize some of the barriers to learning and more deeply engage the student in the learning. Generational Issues in Teaching and Advising
Le Twarousse, ou Twitter Pour Les Nuls | Enlett... Teachers – The 10 Stages of Twitter Stage 1 Sign up to twitter following persuasion/pestering by colleagues. Follow Stephen Fry, a famous sportsman/popstar and a news channel. Read a few tweets, don’t understand what the fuss is about and mock anyone who uses twitter. Stage 2 Overhear colleagues chatting about twitter and a great article they found. Stage 3 Think about posting first tweet. Stage 4 Upon realising you have no followers ask colleagues how to get them? Stage 5 Have a mini twitter conversation with colleague, even retweet a couple of statements. Stage 6 Practise a couple of tweets that include @names and hashtags. Stage 7 Retweet any link you find interesting as people might read them. Stage 8 Thank colleagues for introducing you to twitter, impressed with the knowledge you have gleaned and your growing number of followers. Stage 9 Reflect that twitter is an incredibly positive place and everyone is full of praise. Stage 10 (the reason for this post) When seeking opinion from a range of people, ask PLN to respond.
Four Points on Tech in the Class Urban legend #623: The Expensive Cardboard Box. It goes something like this; a parent scans the ads, spots a great gift idea for their kid, scrimps and saves, shops and purchases, wraps and delivers the latest and greatest high-tech wizardry-wonderfulness that can bleep, bloop, pam, puh-zowie a bedazzling array of electronic chirps and rattles embedded into a piece of near indestructible plastic. And once it’s finally opened: the kid ends up playing with the box. Yup, the toy sits deserted collecting dust bunnies under the bed while the box is in the backyard where it serves as headquarters for aliens from the planet Zorbon. The cost of that moral: priceless. Yesterday, I spent a good chunk of the day researching the use of technology in the college classroom. But the subscription only site (Chronicle of Higher Education) reminded me that I do indeed possess a subscription. Conclusions? 2) Is this technology allowing more student-to-teacher interactions? Like this: Like Loading...
materspb : J'ai fabriqué avec maman un... 60 Ways To Use Twitter In The Classroom By Category Social media offers some great opportunities for learning in the classroom, bringing together the ability to collaborate, access worldwide resources, and find new and interesting ways to communicate in one easily accessible place. Teachers around the world have found innovative ways to use Twitter as a teaching tool (including TeachThought’s favorite), and we’ve shared many of these great ideas here with you. Read on, and we’ll explore 60 inspiring ways that teachers and students can put Twitter to work in the classroom. Communication Twitter makes staying in touch and sharing announcements super simple and even fun. These ideas offer a great way to put the tool to good use. Organization Twitter’s hashtags and other tools share a great way to organize information for your classroom. Resources Use these ideas to take advantage of the vast resources that Twitter has to offer. Writing Skills
Example Blog Class Tweeter, c'est la classe | Site mobile Le Point "Dans la rue, j'ai vu une fée qui faisait apparaître un dauphin et une framboise." Chaïma n'est qu'en CP, mais elle a déjà l'âme d'une poète. Cette petite phrase, la fillette de six ans l'a imaginée pour un tweet. Une charte signée de tous les élèves est affichée au mur, mais Aurélien Brendel, le maître, le rappelle à chaque cours : "On ne peut pas tout écrire sur Twitter." La charte affichée sur un mur de la classe des CPB de la rue de Tanger. "Valoriser les élèves" Les élèves ont le feu vert : certains se lèvent pour s'emparer d'une tablette, d'autres sortent leurs "feuilles de tweet", le brouillon qui leur permet de préparer ce qu'ils vont écrire sur le réseau social. Et là, première surprise : les rapports entre élèves sont redistribués. Une élève recopie sur une tablette le texte préparé sur sa "feuille de tweet". "Écrire le plus possible" "L'objectif en CP n'est pas qu'ils sachent utiliser un réseau social, mais qu'ils écrivent le plus possible. Un téléphone pour modem
Twitter For Learning: 7 Ideas For Using Hashtags In The Classroom By Anibal Pacheco, TeachThought intern Twitter For Learning: 7 Ideas For Using Hashtags In The Classroom If you are an Educator looking to use Twitter in the classroom you might have noticed most tweets include a #Hashtag. The use of the # sign with a word attached to it makes up one. Hashtags trace their history to IRC (Internet Relay Chat) networks where they are used to label groups and topics. When Twitter came into the social media scene users quickly adopted hashtags as a way to group Twitter messages based on a particular subject or topic. I would recommend you search hashtag directory services like tagdef.com, twubs.com and hashtags.org to see if somebody is using the one you want. When you visit one of these services you can enter a hashtag, view what it means and register yours using Twitter’s app authentication system. Here are some examples for Hashtag usage in the classroom. 1. Have your students engage in class discussion through the use of Twitter. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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