Should my class blog, tweet, Google App, Moodle, Desire2Learn, or Edmodo? Arrghhh!!! | the spicy learning blog
Do you want to use social media, web 2.0 tools, and/or a learning management system for your class or course program? Do you feel overwhelmed with the absurd amount of choice, and those ‘techie’ annoying types that make you feel like a Super Noob? I’m hoping this post can help you out. Every year around this time I reflect on the tools and spaces we’ve been using throughout the year. Device agnostic: I have a multi-device environment in which mobile dominates. Simple, elegant, minimalist design: ‘Nuff said. Engineering: It’s fast, and it works. Used by people outside of education: This isn’t because I have some bizarre inferiority complex with apps and LMSs, feeling like it’s illegitimate if someone else doesn’t use it. Easy privacy settings: Because if it’s complex, then it can’t be trusted, especially for school. I’ve created the matrix below to help you should you need it. Click here for the native Google document. Like this: Like Loading...
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Create a Narrated Slideshow on an iPad with Haiku Deck and Explain Everything
<div class="greet_block wpgb_cornered"><div class="greet_text"><div class="greet_image"><a href=" rel="nofollow"><img src=" alt="WP Greet Box icon"/></a></div>Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to <a href=" rel="nofollow"><strong>subscribe to the RSS feed</strong></a> for updates on this topic.<div style="clear:both"></div></div></div> This week I’m leading a 3 day iPad Media Camp in Oklahoma City. Check out the final narrated slideshow on YouTube, which I also embedded on our Day 3 curriculum when we’ll learn about “Interactive Writing” and “Creating Multimedia eBooks.” Here is the Haiku Deck presentation I used for my slides. Created with Haiku Deck, the free presentation app for iPad Last summer I led two iPad Media Camps and created similar FAQ narrated slideshow videos as well.
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College and Career Readiness through Individualized Learning Plans | CCRS Center
On May 29, the American Youth Policy Forum, the College and Career Readiness and Success Center , and the Center for Workforce Development at the Institute for Educational Leadership held a webinar titled “The Use of Individualized Learning Plans to Help Students to be College and Career Ready.” The webinar highlighted research examining the effectiveness of individualized learning plans (ILPs), as well as the experiences of two states in the implementation and scaling-up of ILPs. According to Dr. Scott Solberg, associate dean for research at Boston University, ILPs can be an effective tool in promoting college and career readiness among students. Quality ILPs were shown to serve as more than just a document reviewed periodically, but rather a process by which students may define a career goal. Dr. Mindy Larson, senior program associate for the Center for Workforce Development, along with Dr. Austin Pate is a research/policy assistant at the American Youth Policy Forum.
Notetaking Apps - a comparison of some popular ones
Notetaking apps are a great way to get organized and keep track of everything electronically. There are a lot of different ones out there, so I thought I would go through some of the more popular ones and list some of the features they have. Click on the links for more information on each one also. 1. 2. 3. 5. 6.
Easily confused words 1 - ENGLISH UNIVERSITY Online
LinksMy EUO There are many words in English that can be a bit difficult due to the fact that they either sound the same but that a little change in spelling makes a lot of difference to the meaning, or that they seem international in meaning but their meaning in English might sometimes be a bit shifted, if not completely different. Let's have a look at some that give the most trouble to students taking international English exams. Advise is a verb that means “to offer opinion or counsel“. One advises others and receives advice. Advice is a noun that refers to the information you receive when someone advises you. He needs your advice. Accept is a verb that means “to receive with approval” or “to agree with”. Except is a preposition that means “excluding” or “but”. I accept all of your conditions except this one. Affect is a verb that means “to influence”. Can one person affect the course of human history? Effect is a noun that means “a result or consequence”. Be careful! Whether means if.
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How Interactive Ebooks Engage Readers and Enhance Learning
The invention of the tablet PC has created a new medium for book publishing. Interactive books are everywhere, and have revolutionized the way people consume the printed word. With the recent software available to allow easy creation of interactive books and with the race to bring these products to market, there seems to be a more and more dilution of quality and a loss for the meaning of interactivity. When publishers create new eBook titles or convert a traditional printed book to a digital interactive eBook, they often miss the added value this new medium can provide. It’s important to understand the distinction between apps and eBooks, as it's something that often confuses both publishers and consumers. eBooks were the first to appear on devices such as the Kindle, and have very limited interactivity. Enhanced eBooks (ePUB3) are a new digital publication standard that allows easy integration of video, audio, and interactivity. Grimm's Rapunzel ~ 3D Interactive Pop-up Book
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Assessing Student Progress Using Blog-Based Porfolios
Editor’s note: Kathy Cassidy is the author of a new book from Powerful Learning Press, Connected from the Start: Global Learning in the Primary Grades. During a recent webinar (free archive here), Kathy shared many ideas from Chapter 5 of the book, “Using Blogs as Digital Portfolios.” The webinar was rich in content and full of great discussion — so much so that there simply wasn’t time for Kathy to share her thoughts, in depth, about where formative and summative assessments might fit into this digital blog/portfolio model. So we’ve asked her to write this article. Much as she does in her eBook, she’s included short videos, useful downloads, and links to other valuable resources. ~ John Norton A Great Tool to Continuously Assess Progress by Kathy Cassidy In my classroom, each of my grade one and grade two students has their own blog. Formative Assessment I am continually doing formative assessment in my classroom — that is, assessment for learning. Verbal explanations Summative Assessment
