ClipGrab - Free YouTube Downloader & Converter The 10 Best Web Tools For Flipped Classrooms While flipping the classroom is still one of the hottest trends in education, it’s got nothing on time-saving and downright useful apps and web tools. In an effort to provide a quick look at some of the best web tools for flipped classrooms, I thought it would be useful to poll the @Edudemic Twitter followers . POLL: What are your favorite apps and tools for flipped classrooms? — Edudemic (@Edudemic) April 5, 2013 Including the tweets, I also got at least 40 emails from friends, colleagues, and administrators from around the world. Below is a simple list designed to help get any educator, administrator, student, or parent a bit more familiar with some of the most popular web tools for flipped classrooms. Wikispaces About The Tool: Wikispaces is a free and useful web tool designed to give students (or ‘users’ of any kind, really) the ability to share their thoughts, reflect on the work of others, and edit a body of work together. Poll Everywhere Edmodo Screencast Celly Dropbox YouTube Twitter
Project Child: A Decade of Success for Young Children Project Child: A Decade of Success for Young Children D'es technology make a difference in helping children acquire the basic skills of reading, writing and mathematics? Yes, according to a decade of research on a computer-integrated instructional program called Project CHILD (Computers Helping Instruction and Learning Development). The CHILD model incorporates computers in transformed learning environments. A few recent samples of test score comparisons from Project CHILD classrooms in Florida and Georgia can be seen in Figures 1, 2 and 3. Project CHILD focuses on grades K-5. Project CHILD is designed to facilitate several key components for learning success: Motivation. A CHILD Classroom Let's look at a Project CHILD classroom scenario.
5 Higher Ed Tech Trends for 2012 Trends | Feature 5 Higher Ed Tech Trends for 2012 As the new year begins, education technology experts look at what's ahead for learners and educators. By D.A. Barber01/09/12 In 2012, higher education institutions will look to improve the learning experience through analytics and personalized learning environments, while reducing costs with digital resources and cloud technologies. Washington, DC-based Gilfus Education Group has released its annual list of the top five trends in education innovation for 2012, which included three focused on higher education technologies: Prestigious institutions will launch online experiences designed to be as unique as those available to students on campus: "Dynamic and flexible learning experience engines" will emerge to replace learning management systems (LMS); and Tablets will surge as a means of delivering courses and e-learning media. But there are other trends to watch for in the new year.
List of websites that can be useful for anyone Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age December 12, 2004 George Siemens Update (April 5, 2005): I've added a website to explore this concept at www.connectivism.ca Introduction Behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism are the three broad learning theories most often utilized in the creation of instructional environments. Learners as little as forty years ago would complete the required schooling and enter a career that would often last a lifetime. “One of the most persuasive factors is the shrinking half-life of knowledge. Some significant trends in learning: Many learners will move into a variety of different, possibly unrelated fields over the course of their lifetime. Background Driscoll (2000) defines learning as “a persisting change in human performance or performance potential…[which] must come about as a result of the learner’s experience and interaction with the world” (p.11). Driscoll (2000, p14-17) explores some of the complexities of defining learning. Conclusion:
Video Galleries on Education Advanced Search April 19, 2014 Login | Register | Subscribe Subscribe Risk-Free >> Sign Up for FREE E-Newsletters Galleries on Education @import url('/css/special/video_cover_v1.css'); Interviews and video stories on education news and issues from preschool through the 12th grade. Creating a Digital Culture October 14, 2011 Principal Todd Wirt talks about maintaining the school's culture in the midst of new technology programs. Most Popular Videos of the Week 03:19Innovative Schools Present ClassrooTotal views: 81504:01Life Inside the ProjectsTotal views: 39802:30Learning in English and SpanishTotal views: 2,76103:46Gaming for Life SkillsTotal views: 2,79203:24Leaders To Learn From: Dennis CreedTotal views: 442 Search Videos All Videos From Education Week Life Inside the Projects March 24, 2014 A single mother of four describes what it's like to raise a family in Potomac Gardens, a massive 1960s-era public housing project in Washington. Innovative Schools Present Classroom Challenges Tobacco Road
Infographic: What Happens Online in 60 Seconds? On the world wide web, things can move at a lightning-fast pace. In just a minute, you can probably read through and compose quite a few tweets and look at dozens of Facebook photos. That said, the Big Picture has put together a pair of infographics that show just how much happens online every 60 seconds. The data is pretty impressive, according to the first infographic. On Facebook alone, each minute there are more than 695,000 new status updates, 79,364 wall posts, and 510,040 comments.
Four Video Apps To Help Parent/Teacher Communication Teaching is not an easy job. We all know this to be true. I have a sure fire way to make your job easier. Take out your smart phone and take video of the interesting things you do in class. It doesn't even have to be interesting, just take some videos of students doing their regular daily work. You think that's boring? VIne- Vine has a bad reputation, but in the hands of a responsible person it is an easy app to use.
New te reo Maori App set to launch - TangataWhenua.com Ratings12345 A new mobile phone application developed by Victoria University’s Faculty of Education, Te Kura Maori, looks set to change the way New Zealanders learn te reo Maori. The ‘Kura App’ includes a range of games modules that allow users to improve their knowledge and understanding of the Maori language. Users are timed and can pit their skills against others via a scoreboard. “There didn’t seem to be any applications that catered to people with some degree of proficiency in te reo. Mrs McKenzie says the team spent most of last year working with local app developers to create the concept. “Our primary audience is the teachers we work with at Kura Kaupapa (language immersion schools) and in the field, but we believe everyone should be able to learn te reo Maori, so we’ve decided to make it publicly available and free to download.” Users can then progress through the levels at a competitive pace. “The feedback so far has been really positive and users say it makes them want to learn.”
Khan Academy Is Not The Progressive Model You Are Looking For There has been a great deal written about Khan Academy just recently and the concept of personalised instruction and how this is somehow revolutionary or some sort of game changer. But why is it engaging at all? Where does this type of instruction lead us? In my opinion the instructional maths videos posted on the Khan Academy are “resources” and the structure surrounding it suggests some sort of recipe for how to best use it. We might call this the “pedagogy” as this term refers to strategies or styles of instruction – and the full-fat version of Khan Academy use has it’s own style, heavily tilted towards personalised instruction and feedback. Looking at the videos as stand alone resources or items that could be used to support teaching and learning in the classroom – how do you rate them? The Khan Academy is a dressed up YouTube channel and purportedly the statistical tracking and indication of “progress” is what is driving any sense of engagement. Tom Barrett
The Hill School -> Hill hosts a successful Admission Open House Students speak with prospective families at this year's Open House The Hill School hosted its annual Admission Open House on Saturday, October 29, 2011. More than 80 prospective students and their families registered for this special event, and despite the unexpected October snow storm, most were in attendance! Even those who were not able to make it to Pottstown had a glimpse into life at Hill by attending our first-ever live webcast of our student/faculty panel. We had 35 interested students and parents from around the world log on to view our webcast . Participants from locations including New York, Texas, New Jersey, California, Hong Kong, and Russia utilized our live "chat" feature to ask questions of the panel and a Hill admission representative. In additional to the panel, families visiting campus attended an Activities Fair, where they learned more about the many groups, clubs, and athletic programs offered here at The Hill School.