In My Opinion: What the 21st Century Classroom Looks Like | Vidyo Blog Not too long ago, my six-year-old daughter wanted to make a kite, so we opened up her laptop and searched “how to make a kite” on YouTube. We had several videos to choose from on the first page of results, and my daughter soon found one that suited her purpose. Within minutes she was collecting material and pressing pause during each step in the video as she followed directions. She could rewind or play the video as she progressed, and an hour later we were testing her kite outside. Welcome to learning in the 21st Century. Today, students learn from peers, an online community, and experts who share their knowledge through traditional and online publishing resources. Smart phones are a wakeup call to educators. The 21st Century Classroom will be a place where students move up on Bloom’s taxonomy (the new version) beyond rote memorization skills to creation skills. These rooms will also be highly connected. In short, the 21st Century Classroom will be flexible and highly connective. Dr.
blubbr - Play & create video trivia games The Wild-Card Character of "Bring Your Own": A Panel Discussion (EDUCAUSE Review Panelists on the front lines of higher education information technology share their thoughts on BYOD and what it could mean for colleges and universities. By R. F. Looking at the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)—or, more accurately, the BYO* (substitute nearly anything for the asterisk)—phenomenon in the higher education computing and information environment is a disorienting exercise. A recent report from the EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research (ECAR) refers to an even broader concept: "We are living in the era where affordable, easy-to-use, and readily accessible technologies facilitate a bring-your-own everything (BYOE) standard. A Google search on "BYOD" returns more than 8.5 million results and highlights another point: the BYO* phenomenon is not lost on higher education's corporate partners. EDUCAUSE Review decided to ask some of those on the front lines of higher education information technology what BYOD/BYO* looks like to them: Gardner Campbell Let's try a thought experiment.
Find Open Source Alternatives to commercial software | Open Source Alternative - osalt.com Top 25 iPhone Apps for Reputation Management and Social Media Monitoring Posted April 23, 2013 by Angela | So we’ve convinced you that you must keep tabs on what’s being said about you online. At all times. And we’ve stressed the importance of engagement and prompt responses to keep your social audience invested. HootSuite – HootSuite has long been one of the most widely-used apps on both desktops and mobile devices for social media management. So there you have it: 25 brilliant, useful tools to help you monitor and manage your online reputation and social media accounts.
10 Best Free Screen Recorders The best free screen recorders available out there have been listed by us below. You’re probably here because you want to prepare a presentation for the boardroom or class. Or you may want to create a ‘How to’ video on installing or playing around with software. 1. We’re going to start the show with a Krut which has been programmed using Java, meaning you won’t need to install the file after you download it. So you will be able to avail of an audio clip in WAV encoding, a MOV video file which does not contain audio and a MOV movie which has both the audio and video. 2. The second option in this free screen recorders collection is one which has been designed especially as presentation and tutorial creation software. You can also choose to litter your project with titles, boxes, explanations, buttons and so on and so forth. 3. You can export videos in AVI, WMV, FLV, WebM and MP4 formats and images in JPEG and PNG. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10: For Mac users – Conclusion:
The Incredible Way A Michigan Physics Teacher Uses Google Glass The Unique Thing About Being A Teacher 3.89K Views 0 Likes Pricing for Online Poll and Survey Software, Free & Paid Accounts You can create as many as you’d like! Only for the free plan, which is limited to 2,500 signals. For all other plans there are no limits regarding the amount of signals you can collect. A signal is a response you get to a poll, rating or a single survey or quiz question. Here are a few examples:If a user answers a poll, you will receive one signal. If a user completes a survey with five questions, you will receive five signals. If you are on a free plan, all signals that are over the 2,500 limit will not be accessible in the results area. Just upgrade your account as usual, and then contact support where we will be happy to issue you a refund for your original Premium account. Yes. Crowdsignal is built by the people behind WordPress.com.
Google Glass - will we love it or hate it? 5 May 2013Last updated at 20:16 ET By Jane Wakefield Technology reporter The glasses have a small camera and display built in Google's smart glasses project has been causing excitement in the tech world for months as speculation about what it will finally look like and be able to do reaches fever pitch. Prototype devices are being tested by around 1,000 so-called Glass Explorers and are expected to go on sale to the public next year. While some see such wearable computing as the obvious next step for the digital age, others regard the idea of even more intimate connections with the network quite scary. The BBC has garnered the views of those who have tried Glass and others who have strong views about the project to see what a smart-glassed future might look like. I was the first person on the West Coast to pick up my device and, having had Glass for a few weeks now, I'm mostly surprised at how much there was to learn about using it, and how much more there is to discover. Don't get me wrong.
5 Brilliant 'Design Your Own Game' Websites for Students There’s been a lot of buzz lately about the use of gaming in the classroom – from the ‘gamification’ of learning to the use of Minecraft to teach everything from physics to strategic thinking. Since long before education technology even existed, video games have been a hugely successful way to engage students, creating a fun and compelling environment in which they can learn, develop and interact with their peers. But allowing students to actually take control of designing the game themselves takes the concept to a whole new level, allowing them to practice a host of new creative and technical skills. Here are 5 top websites – let the games begin! 1. This brilliant website allows students a vast range of options. 2. Ideal for younger students, this game allows the player to create their own pathway for a stick man hero by spray painting a route for him onto the game board. 3. 4. 5. What ‘design your own game’ sites or tools are you using to encourage students to get creative in gaming?
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