Understanding Web 2.0 Embed Codes Written by Mark Brumley Embed Code Primer In the world of educational technology, embed codes are often overlooked. However, the more you work with Web 2.0 sites, the more you need to know about embed codes. Embed codes are those really long strings of code that allow you to embed one site into another. A typical example would be embedding a Youtube video into your blog. I use embed codes, or parts of the code, for all sorts of purposes but the main reason is to strip out all of the extraneous parts and only focus on the main content. Also, by using embed codes, I create a list of URL’s, perfect for classroom use, that bypass going to the homepage of a site. In some embed codes, you can find the salient part and copy, paste it into your browser. Youtube Here’s a screenshot of a Youtube embed code. TIP: To cut out all the ads and related videos and create a classroom friendly url, do this: Copy the YouTube URL, for example: Slideshare Prezi Mark Brumley (112 Posts)
An online guide to help New Zealand’s budding computer scientists Young people who grew up in a world of keyboards and screens might think they are naturals in subjects like computer science. The truth is, while they are clearly comfortable with computers, they are not necessarily so comfortable with computer science itself. And yet, computer science is arguably one of the most important subjects being taught in our schools today. Programming is the lingua franca of tomorrow’s economy, and students going on to study computer science may well invent tomorrow’s Googles, Twitters, and Xeros. Unfortunately, the number of students enrolled in computer science declined dramatically in the first decade of this century. That’s why we’re so pleased that there’s been another step forward in computer science education in New Zealand with today’s beta launch of the online Guide for Computer Science , developed by a team led by Professor Tim Bell from University of Canterbury with the support of Google.
Udemy Rolls Out New Publishing Platform To Help Teachers Create Quality Online Courses Online video education is a hot space right now, thanks to the likes of Khan Academy, Coursera, Udacity, StraighterLine, Lynda.com, CreativeLIVE (and many more), which are collectively on a mission to democratize education and bring affordable, online learning tools and courses to a global audience. While the rising tide of video-based learning has lifted all boats, it’s also led to some crowding. With more and more players entering the space, it’s become important for startups to try to set themselves apart from the pack and show evidence of workable business models. Launched in 2010, Udemy has approached differentiation by working to become the go-to marketplace by which anyone and everyone can host, offer and take a video-based online classes. To do so, Udemy is today introducing a new version of its course-creation platform geared specifically towards teachers. Considering the importance of the job they do every day, teachers tend to be an underpaid segment of the workforce.
Two Guys and Some iPads Infographic: Bloom’s Taxonomy nancyrubin Content, Curation, Connections, and Some Other Stuff, too! ← Online Learning: Infographic Ray Kurzweil – The Web Within Us: When Minds and Machines Become One → Infographic: Bloom’s Taxonomy Posted: August 25, 2012 | Author: Nancy Rubin | Filed under: Education, Learning | Tags: Bloom's Taxonomy, Infographic |Comments Off About these ads Share this: Google+ Nancy Rubin Like this: Like Loading... Related Developing Learning Outcomes Using Bloom's TaxonomyIn "Education" Bloom's Taxonomy: Wheel of Instructional ObjectivesIn "Education" Critical Thinking SkillsIn "Learning" #TChat Twitter Zendesk Files Long Awaited $150 Million IPO on.recode.net/1oQfFRp via @ahess247 14 minutes ago RT @ValaAfshar: Three elements of digital transformation linkd.in/1oQsb3r @charleneli #socbiz #CIO #CMO 24 minutes ago A mentor took a chance on me! RSS - Posts Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Blog at WordPress.com. Follow
Journals-Articles ABC: 10 reasons NOT to create a course and 10 other options My colleague, Clark Quinn, recently wrote a blog post, Yes, you do have to change, in which he explained how he felt that “the elearning industry, and the broader learning industry, is severely underperforming the potential”. He also went on to say: “While the industry congratulates itself on how they make use of the latest technology, the lack of impact is leading a drive to irrelevancy. Learners tolerate the courses, at best. Operations groups and others are beginning to focus on the performance solutions available. Executives are beginning to hear a message that the old approach is a waste of resources.” Readers of this blog know that I have similar feelings, and only recently wrote a recent post about how many packaged instructional solutions (e.g. online courses) are clearly not working. Clark says “The best way to change is to take that first step.” To start the ball running here are 10 suggestions as alternatives to courses (with some examples).
Presentations Can a 'Moneyball' Approach Turn Around New Orleans Schools? - Adam B. Kushner NEW ORLEANS—As her class winds down on a recent Thursday morning at Sci Academy, a charter high school in New Orleans East, Katie Bubalo hands out a short survey, called an "exit ticket," to her sophomore English students. She does this every period to see how much of the lesson students absorbed. The second of three questions reads: What is the main idea of this passage? Oedipus does not believe the seer because he is blind and untrustworthy. Oedipus is in disbelief about his fate and mocks the seer. Papers shuffle forward and kids walk out the door. The theory is that, over time, patterns emerge to tell teachers who is succeeding, where students fall short, how to remediate them, and what correlations might exist between performance and, say, poverty or the length of a commute. It’s working. Before Katrina, the passing rate on state tests was 35 percent; now it’s 60 percent. At the same time, a revolution done on the fly is unlikely to achieve perfect results.
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