Create your own Google logo for Earth Day | CS First Hey everyone, I'm Olga. I’m a proud Latina Googler, and I work in our computer science education department. In this activity (dun dun dun daa!), you're going to make your own Google logo. Happy Earth Day! Happy Earth Day to you! Google often creates special logos, called “Google Doodles,” to celebrate important things like people, places, holidays, and events...like Earth Day! People all over the world observe Earth Day on April 22. Earth Day is a time to celebrate the natural world and focus on ways to protect it. Organizations like World Wildlife Fund protect the planet's animals and natural environment. Plus, they use computer science and technology to do it! Individuals like you can take steps to protect animals, reduce waste, and make others aware of ways to preserve the natural world. The skills you will use in this activity are similar to what environmental organizations, like World Wildlife Fund, use in their efforts. Today, you will code a logo about celebrating Yay! It's all up to you!
Organizing Committee | Learning Analytics & Knowledge 2017 We are pleased to announce the Organizing Committee for LAK’17. General Conference Chairs Program Chairs – Research Track Program Chairs – Practitioner Track Proceedings Chair Workshop and Tutorial Chairs Demonstrations and Poster Chairs Doctoral Consortium Chairs Publicity and Social Media Chairs Program Committee – Research Track Stephen Aguilar, University of Southern California, Rossier School of Education Giora Alexandron, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Laura Allen, Arizona State University Ricardo Araujo, UFPel Kimberly Arnold, University of Wisconsin Madison Roger Azevedo, North Carolina State University Ebrahim Bagheri, Ryerson University Ryan Baker, Teachers College, Columbia University Aneesha Bakharia, University of Queensland Mahdi Bashari, Faculty of Computer Science, University of New Brunswick John Behrens, Pearson Marie Bienkowski, SRI International Paulo Blikstein, Stanford University Mary Jean Blink, TutorGen, Inc. Program Committee – Practitioner Track
What To Do When Online Discussion Dies - eLearning Industry Most eLearning facilitators have, at some point, asked themselves how they can get students to engage more in live chat or discussion forums. One of my team recently found herself in that precise situation. She sent me a message saying “I'm currently in one course and facilitating another – and neither group is really interacting or responding to each other. 5 Ways Participants Can Encourage Greater Engagement Some participants might believe that it is solely the facilitators responsibility to persuade students to engage more in discussion forums and social chat, but this is not the case. If you are a participant in an online course, increasing student engagement in forums and live chat is not impossible. Lead by example and post frequently – i.e. your own posts and posts in response to others.Ask open ended questions and write a polite follow-up post, re-stating the question, if you don’t get an answer.Disagree with someone’s view and explain why. Final Word
10 Ways To Search Google For Information THAT 96% Of People DON'T Know About It’s been a while since Google became our best friend, helping us find whatever knowledge we crave for – from easy pancake recipes to the deepest philosophies and scientific theories about life. It seems that Google indeed has the answer for everything nowadays. But how many times have you managed to find that one page you were looking for in an instant? Sometimes finding what you are looking for means hours of searching and sifting through the result pages. This is why we have explored some of the search utilities Google has in store for us. Was it this or that? When every information is in your reach, sometimes you may get confused or be unsure whether you’ve correctly remembered the information or name you want to start your search with. Solution: Simply write the potential variants of what you are looking for and separate them with “OR”. This way you will get results of all documents containing either the first or the second word. e.g. Search with the power of synonyms 3. e.g. e.g.
Developer Resources | UChicago Mobile Center | The University of Chicago Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to develop and distribute useful mobile apps to the UChicago community. Browse the resources below for more information about mobile best practices and UChicago identity. Join our mobile discussion today by subscribing to mobile_forum@lists.uchicago.edu. Partnering with the University If you're considering developing a native application for the University, please contact mobile@uchicago.edu. Privacy Usability When creating apps for the University, please apply basic usability guidelines. Accessibility All apps should be accessible. Design To learn more about basic design and development principles for all mobile devices and platforms, see: Coding To learn more about mobile coding practices, visit: Emulators and Simulators Download simulators to your desktop: Courses & Books Additional online courses and books include: Frequently Asked Questions What technologies went into the UChicago Mobile app?
8 Great Web Tools for Creating Video Lessons YouTube Video Editor embeds all the hacks you need to create stunning video lessons. You can use it to trim videos, add hyperlinks, add illustrative text, add audio tracks and several other multimedia materials. To be able to use YouTube Video Editor, you need to be logged in to your channel via your current Google account. Check out this guide to learn more about what you can do with YouTube Video Editor. ‘Snagit gives you a simple way to create and edit screenshots or record videos to show a complex process, give detailed feedback, or share important information with the people who need it most…Capture an image or video of what you see on your computer screen. This is another great tool to use to record a video of your screen. For those of you using Chromebook in their instruction, Explain Everything is an excellent tool to use to create video lessons. Playpoist (former Educannon) is another wonderful tool to use to create video lessons. 6- EDpuzzle
Google Spaces is A Very Good Collaborative Platform to Use with Students in Class January 4, 2017Spaces is an excellent collaborative platform from Google. As a teacher, you can use Spaces to create a Space for your class and invite students to join it using a generated link. Spaces allows you to share a wide variety of materials including web links, photos, posts and many more. Members of a Space can interact with each other by commenting on posts and sharing feedback. Some of the main features of Spaces are:'Create a space for any topic in one tapInvite friends or family any way you like with a quick linkUse Google Search and YouTube right in the appComment on any post as a member of a spaceQuickly find anything in your spaces by searching keywords.' 1- Head over to Spaces and click on ‘Create a Space’ 3- Provide a title to your space 4- Add content to your space. 5- Invite members to your space by emailing them a generated link.
Content is a print concept – Dave's Educational Blog I’ve been saying annoying things like “I don’t believe in content” and “what do you mean course ‘content?’ I don’t even know who’s going to be there” for a number of years now. There’s a part of me, as George Station will attest, that just likes the sound of certain words put together. The bigger part of me has always struggled with the word. There are fundamental claims made, I think, when we use the word content. I have this idea (totally unverifiable) that our current educational use of ‘content’ came to us from print – that it is a concept that only makes sense when arguments are, as Socrates would say, ‘no longer able to defend themselves.’ Why don’t I say writing, you might ask, instead of print? When Europe starting peeking its way through the veil of the dark ages, one of the first things we hear about learning comes from the court of Charlemagne. You can totally see why he wanted to make sure people did EXACTLY as they were supposed to. to So… here’s the think piece.
Innovations in scholarly communication - data of the global 2015-2016 survey - Zenodo Dataset Open access Bosman, Jeroen ; Kramer, Bianca Bosman, JeroenUtrecht University LibraryKramer, BiancaUtrecht University Library (show affiliations) Innovations in scholarly communication - data of the global 2015-2016 survey. This data set contains: Full raw (anonymized) and cleaned data files of the 2015-2016 global Survey on Innovations in Scholarly Communication. The data files contain >3,000,000 cells, and thus cannot be opened in their entirety in Google Drive. Many new websites and online tools have come into existence to support scholarly communication in all phases of the research workflow. A full description of data collection, survey response and methodology is in a data publication in F1000 Research: Kramer, Bianca & Jeroen Bosman (2016) Innovations in scholarly communication - global survey on research tool usage. Contact:
101 Innovations in Scholarly Communication: How researchers are getting to grip with the myriad of new tools. There has been a surge of new scholarly communication tools in recent years. But how are researchers incorporating these tools into their research workflows? Jeroen Bosman and Bianca Kramer are conducting a global survey to investigate the choices researchers are making and why. Insights from these surveys will be valuable for libraries, research support, funders, but also for researchers themselves. Are we witnessing a major overhaul of scholarly communication rules and tools? In the last six months alone, this blog has featured posts on all phases of the research cycle. Avalanche of tools Almost half of the tools in our database of scholarly communication tools were created since 2013. Simple model We use a simple model to get a grip on this abundance and variety of tools. Global survey We think the survey can become one of the largest multilingual surveys into researcher practices. Workflows and interoperability Towards a scholarly commons? About the Authors
Welcome to Dialogica: Thinking-Through Voyant! Dialogi.ca and Voyant are literature analysis tools and methodologies created by Geoffrey Rockwell and Stéfan Sinclair. Here's an intro video. There's a lot to explore - and explore you should, because the site and software offer a refreshing perspective on literary analysis. [Direct link] Views: 24 today, 24 total (since January 1, 2017). Emotions Among Students Engaging in Connectivist Learning Experiences – Alaa Aldahdouh Negative emotion is not always harmfulNegative-activating emotions have positive impact on students’ performanceNegative-activating emotions dominate students feeling in online learningConnectivist learning environments arouse negative emotions of higher education students Emotion has long been a question of great interest in a wide range of fields. As a general rule, emotions are categorized as positive, which we seek, and negative, from which we turn away. Read more here. keywords: connectivism emotioncontrol-value theoryonline learninghigher education Cited as: AlDahdouh, A. Based on research project Like this: Like Loading...