Mobile Learning: 50+ Resources & Tips I believe mobile devices will transform education. This is why I created a free ebook, Effective Mobile Learning: 50+ Quick Tips & Resources with helpful tips and several resources to help support this trend. One reason is because mobile devices are designed in a way that forces the teacher to give control to the learner. Mobile Learning Free Ebooks Mobile Learning Posts/Presentations I’ve Given Mobile Learning LiveBinder of Resources Mobile Learning Mindmap of Implementation This mindmap is full of case studies, schools, teachers, free ebooks, and more to show real examples of mobile learning at its best.
10 Surprising Facts About Mobile Usage Around The World The Current State Of Technology In K-12 6.81K Views 0 Likes What is the next device most students will soon purchase? How many schools have a digital strategy? How Online Education Has Changed In 10 Years 11.01K Views 0 Likes We all know that education, specifically online education, has come a long way in the last few years. Why TED Talks Have Become So Popular 7.73K Views 0 Likes TED talks are useful and free ways to bring high-level thinking and through-provoking ideas into the classroom and your home. 5 Things To Know About SXSWedu 5.79K Views 0 Likes The real story for anyone reading this is SXSWedu, the education-oriented version of the conference that's turning into a force of nature.
Q&A: Every Expert Will Teach Online In 10 Years - Getting Smart by Sarah Cargill - blended learning, IOLchat, MOOC Udemy co-founder Eren Bali makes a bold statement: “In 10 years, we believe every expert in the world will be teaching online.” Find out more about his thoughts behind massive open online classes (MOOCs) and mission behind the fast-growing online platform Udemy. SC: What inspired you to start Udemy? EB: I was inspired to start Udemy based on my own personal experience using the Internet to teach myself mathematics. Our mission at Udemy is to democratize education by enabling lifelong learners to access the skills & knowledge they need to accelerate their lives. SC: What role does Udemy play in the “edupunk” movement (ie. EB: We believe that now, more than ever, learning isn’t just something that happens from birth to college graduation. Udemy provides the destination and marketplace for all types of learning content for any student. SC: What sets Udemy courses apart from other MOOCs like Coursera or others? EB: In 10 years, we believe every expert in the world will be teaching online.
Open Learning Design Studio (OLDS) - Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) The project will design, deliver and evaluate an 8-10 week Open Learning Design Studio MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) focusing on the theme of curriculum design with OERs, to be held in early 2013. Open to individual educators from across the UK HE, FE, and community and skills sectors, the MOOC will aim: to increase the uptake of OERs through embedding the use of curriculum design tools, practices and approaches in individual practice and design team culture; to empower practitioners to become change agents in their local contexts; and to produce a collection of CC-licensed OER resources for wider use after the MOOC ends. Weekly activities will feature a range of presenters with a focus on foregrounding successful JISC and HEA funded UK projects and giving UK practitioners access to (and opportunity to learn from) some of the best of European initiatives. Further details regarding how to get involved, start dates, and core themes will be announced during the summer. Project Outputs
"Laptop Kits" for Using Computers in the Classroom This post was originally published in June, but I am "recycling" it again to link up with Debbie Clement's post on Classroom Organization Tips. Check out Debbie's AMAZING (and comprehensive!) post where she discusses tips and materials for organizing your classroom. Then link up and add a strategy to share. There are already lots of great ideas in the link-up section at Rainbows Within Reach! As the year begins to wind down (we're in school until June 12th!) In order to run smoothly, in my opinion, a classroom needs routines and systems. My thirty-four sixth graders have been lucky enough to have netbooks for the past two years. Having computers in the classroom leads to the need for several systems to keep the use of technology as easy and efficient as possible. It was quickly clear that students were collecting a variety different things necessary for using the computers, particularly ear buds or headphones. And so was the origin of our "Laptop kits." And WHAT is this?
Given Tablets but No Teachers, Ethiopian Children Teach Themselves Tablet test: Nicholas Negroponte, founder of One Laptop Per Child, describes experiments involving children in Ethiopia at MIT Technology Review’s EmTech conference. With 100 million first-grade-aged children worldwide having no access to schooling, the One Laptop Per Child organization is trying something new in two remote Ethiopian villages—simply dropping off tablet computers with preloaded programs and seeing what happens. The goal: to see if illiterate kids with no previous exposure to written words can learn how to read all by themselves, by experimenting with the tablet and its preloaded alphabet-training games, e-books, movies, cartoons, paintings, and other programs. Early observations are encouraging, said Nicholas Negroponte, OLPC’s founder, at MIT Technology Review’s EmTech conference last week. The devices involved are Motorola Xoom tablets—used together with a solar charging system, which Ethiopian technicians had taught adults in the village to use.
Top 8 Educational Apps for Health Education Health education class used to involve watching dated videos and looking at graphic pictures in a textbook. Thanks to apps, it is now a little more exciting. With these top 8 educational apps for health, students can access interactive, engaging information and be inspired to make healthy decisions. Health Ed Buddy Health Ed Buddy makes a health education teacher’s job easier by providing lesson plans on common topics, such as healthy eating, substance abuse and teen health problems. Awesome Eats Awesome Eats, designed by Whole Foods, is a healthy eating app for children. Eat-and-Move-O-Matic Eat-and-Move-O-Matic helps students understand more about the foods they eat and the effects those foods have on the body. FitQuest FitQuest is designed to get students moving and develop healthier lifestyles. KidsDoc KidsDoc, from the American Academy of Pediatrics, offers a symptom checker to help adults determine what health problems children may have and whether seeing a doctor is necessary.
Formative Assessment Is Foundational to Blended Learning E-Learning | Viewpoint Formative Assessment Is Foundational to Blended Learning In the eighth installment of their monthly column, blended learning experts Michael B. Horn and Heather Staker cite innovative examples of schools utilizing formative assessment software in blended learning programs to develop a personalized experience for students. By Michael Horn, Heather Staker11/14/12 Formative assessment began long before blended learning. What is 'Formative Assessment?' Blended learning, however, changes the equation. Built-in Formative Assessment in Online CoursesIn some cases, blended learning programs are using all-in-one software for formative assessment and for delivering adaptive content. One important caution that Brian Bridges, the director of the California Learning Resource Network, has pointed out is that a surprising number of online courses do not try a different approach or even take students back to review when they perform poorly on a formative assessment. About the Authors
Under Ten Minutes | How to use Education Technology quickly. ActivInspire is predominantly used as a teacher tool for presenting information to children but it shares many similarities with other tools such as PowerPoint and can therefore be used by children quite easily too. Each page is similar to a PowerPoint slide and it can contain images, information and links to other resources. This video gives a quick overview of how to create a flipchart using ActivInspire. This video is also available to view Vimeo by clicking here. 2Sequence is a tool that is part of Purple Mash. To view this video on Vimeo, click here. Isle of Tune (www.isleoftune.com) is a website that starts with a blank green island. Islands can be shared via a URL and popular islands can be viewed too. To view the video on Vimeo, click here. The Zondle site recently went through some refurbishments. The video is on YouTube, if you can’t access the video, try this link instead. The old Zondle video is here. If you can’t access YouTube, use this Vimeo link instead YouTube: Vimeo:
Mobile Learning Network (MoLeNET) The Mobile Learning Network (MoLeNET) is a unique collaborative approach to encouraging, supporting, expanding and promoting mobile learning. It is 'certainly the UK’s, and probably the world’s, largest and most diverse implementation of mobile learning to date. 115 colleges and 29 schools are, or have been, involved in MoLeNET. Approximately 10,000 learners were involved in 2007/08, around 20,000 learners in 2008/09 and the same again in 1009/10 together with over 4,000 staff.' The LSN and consortia led by Further Education colleges have together invested over £12 million in MoLeNET. LSN chose Tribal as partner in MoLeNET Jill Attewell from Learning and Skills Network (LSN) talks about why Tribal was chosen as a partner in the MoLeNET project (October 2008): Useful resources from MoLeNET: Some MoLeNET videos from YouTube:
Can Everyone Be Smart at Everything? This week, we feature the most popular posts over the past year on MindShift. Flickr:Saxtourigr When a student gets a good grade, wins an award, or proudly holds up a painting, we all know by now that we’re not supposed to say, “Good job!” Praising the achievement rather than the effort will backfire. To a kid, “Good job” means “You’re smart” or “You’re talented” — the praise goes to inherent, natural-born abilities or intelligence. But that immediate spark of self-pride will turn into deep self-doubt when the child invariably comes across a bigger challenge and doesn’t immediately succeed. Kids who are praised for their intelligence end up caring more about grades, trophies, and awards than those who are praised for their effort, according to the famous 1998 Stanford report “Effects of Intelligence and Effort Praise” by Claudia Mueller and Carol Dweck. Kids might think that if they have to work hard at something, that must mean they’re not smart. Why is that such a bad thing? Related