Main Page - Teaching Open Source Main product page for Splashtop Whiteboard Turn Any Tablet into an Interactive Whiteboard Teachers, students, sales professionals, trainers, financial planners – essentially any presenter – loves being able to easily highlight, draw, or write over presentations using their iPads and tablets. With Whiteboard, you can increase interactivity while you present, train, or teach. You have complete control over everything on your PC as if you were sitting in front of it.Annotate over ANYTHING – Use gestures to draw, highlight, or write over any content.Take snapshots of the screen and save them to the gallery, then share them.Play Adobe Flash content, iTunes music, DVDs, CDs, etc with no latency You can leave your PC on and connect to it remotely from the comfort of your home. Experience lifelike play back – All video and audio are played in high definition on your iPad. Whiteboard for iPad and Android is also available in Splashtop Classroom! Now take student engagement to the next level by sharing your PC/Mac with student devices! 1.
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Education for the Apocalypse? Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative The Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative is an international not-for-profit organisation providing demand-driven assistance to developing countries seeking to harness the potential of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to improve their education systems. Background[edit] GeSCI was established in 2003, borne out of the work of the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force which identified education as an area in critical need of development, and one where ICT has the potential to make positive impacts. The UN ICT Task Force approved a proposal for a UN-affiliated organisation to provide demand-driven assistance to developing countries seeking to harness the potential of ICT to improve the quality of teaching and learning in primary and secondary education. ICT4E in the Knowledge Society[edit] Education is considered one of the cornerstones of social economic development. References[edit]
e-Learning Roadmap The e-Learning Roadmap is a planning tool designed to help your school identify where it currently is in relation to e-Learning, and where it would like to go. The e-Learning Roadmap provides a number of statements under the following headings: Leadership & PlanningICT & the CurriculumProfessional Developmente-Learning CultureICT Infrastructure The statements are categorised as follows: Initial; e-Enabled; e-Confident & e-Mature. The e-Learning Roadmap is available in a number of different formats: Printed as an A2 poster in the e-Learning Handbook.To download as an A2 poster. PDF Versions of Roadmap: Download as an A2 poster: English version Irish version Download and print section by section: Leadership and Planning Area ICT in the Curriculum area Professional Development area eLearning Culture area ICT Infrastructure area
Flipped Classroom: Beyond the Videos Last week, I read an interesting blog post by Shelley Blake-Plock titled “The Problem with TED ed.” It got me thinking about the flipped classroom model and how it is being defined. As a blended learning enthusiast, I have played with the flipped classroom model, seen presentations by inspiring educators who flip their classrooms, and even have a chapter dedicated to this topic in my book. There are many teachers who do not want to record videos either because they don’t have the necessary skills or equipment, their classes don’t include a lot of lecture that can be captured in recordings, or they are camera shy. Too often the conversation surrounding the flipped classroom focuses on the videos- creating them, hosting them, and assessing student understanding of the content via simple questions or summary assignments. I wish the conversation focused more on what actually happens in a flipped classroom. Blake-Plock makes a strong point when he says we learn by “doing.” 1. 2. 3.
Technology and Young Children Key Messages When used intentionally and appropriately, technology and interactive media are effective tools to support learning and development. Intentional use requires early childhood teachers and administrators to have information and resources regarding the nature of these tools and the implications of their use with children. Limitations on the use of technology and media are important. Special considerations must be given to the use of technology with infants and toddlers. Attention to digital citizenship and equitable access is essential. View Key Messages Summary (PDF) Examples of Effective Practice View Examples of Effective Practice (PDF) Technology That Supports Early Learning Pre-recorded Webcast: Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs This prerecorded 21-minute webcast addresses key messages in the position statement. View the webcast
What are e-Portfolios? An e-portfolio is a purposeful aggregation of digital items – ideas, evidence, reflections, feedback etc, which ‘presents’ a selected audience with evidence of a person’s learning and/or ability.Sutherland and Powell (2007) If portfolios are ‘simply a collection of documents relating to a learner’s progress, development and achievements’ (Beetham 2005) then e-portfolios could be defined as simply digital collections of these documents. However, ideas of what an e-portfolio ‘is’ are complex and to an extent the definition and purpose will vary depending on the perspective from which a particular person is approaching the concept. A helpful starting point is to distinguish between e-portfolios as products, e-portfolios as tools or systems and the processes associated with e-portfolio development although they are intrinsically linked and in the case of product and process, interdependent. Understanding how e-portfolios work
The Naace Curriculum - An ICT Framework The Naace curriculum area is the place to find all the latest updates to the Naace Curriculum Framework. This has been developed in consultation with members to offer a comprehensive, coherent and flexible starting point for schools to review and develop their own personalised curriculum. Supporting materials will be added to the relevant key stage curriculum pages. Even before the announcements made by Michael Gove and the Royal Society in January 2012, consultations and preparations for an ICT curriculum evolution were underway at Naace. Taking into consideration the announcement by Michael Gove in January 2012 (see the Naace response here) and the Royal Society report that was published later that same week, we prepared outline proposals for the ICT curriculum which were taken to our members for consultation. Alternatively, members who are logged in may also comment at the bottom of the curriculum pages. Key Stage 1 and 2 Curriculum Proposals Key Stage 3 Curriculum Proposals