Et si l’école devenait un lieu de créativité ? Le monde de l’innovation connaît bien Sir Ken Robinson, intellectuel et conférencier britannique, familier du TED, cette grand-messe où est censée s’exprimer les penseurs du monde entier les plus en avance sur notre époque. Nombre des conférences de Robinson éclairent sur les questions de créativité et la manière de la développer en chacun de nous. Normal, donc, qu’il s’intéresse aux lieux d’apprentissage et notamment à l’école. L’un de ses tests de mesure de cette pensée divergente pose une question : "Combien d’usage peut-on faire d’un trombone ?" Faisons un rêve Pourquoi cette déperdition ? Faisons un rêve ?
The Evolution of Online Schooling Embed This Infographic <a href=" src=" width="500"></a><br /><br />An infographic by the team at <a href=" Degree Search</a></br> What humble beginnings begot the massive explosion of online schooling? Let’s take a look. 1930’s – Radio education was tried, but unsuccessful 1940’s – Military successfully uses TV education during WWII 1950 – Henry Ford begins long-term support of distance learning, starting with televised educational programs 1960 – University of Illinois developed PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations) and uses linked computer terminals for remote lectures 1969 – Internet founded, opening the door to more online learning 1971 – Ivan Illich writes Deschooling Society, describing a computer-based education network 1989 – University of Phoenix becomes first online correspondence school 1999 – U.S. References:
Emulating a Sun. | Irregular Meanderings A week ago, after completing the installation of a Raspberry Pi into an old Sun CDROM drive external enclosure, I posted a picture of the enclosure on Facebook. The response from an old friend was, “Can you run SunView on it?” Of course, a Raspberry Pi is no Sun Workstation so, the answer was, not directly. However, I immediately did a Google search for Sun emulators and was very surprised to find that someone had actually written one. And so my project for the next week was born. After downloading the source to TME (The Machine Emulator) and installing all the development libraries I tried to build the blighter. It was then time to try it out. Having gone back to basics and used the size and parameters from a Seagate ST1480N disk, used in the SPARCstation 2, I was able to format, partition and install the miniroot. The “suninstall” program just refused to be able to seek to the correct tape file for the installation files even though mt(1) worked perfectly. Everything seemed good.
Games That Teach Programming: A Brief Overview I have almost no programming experience, and this game expects you to know quite a bit about programming conventions. My experience so far includes: * "I don't really know what call means in this context, but based on previous knowledge, I'm guessing I should replace the example words with that." * "Oh, right, I remember based on previous knowledge that "#" means comment, so I should remove that part too." * "Oh, maybe I need the exclamation point that previously looked to me just like punctuation, because I know that code is precise about punctuation like that." * "I don't know how to use if/else in Ruby, but I can guess that I just type 'if' and 'else', because Ruby has a reputation for simplicity." * "I can also guess based on previous knowledge that indentation probably means something in Ruby, so I'll try indenting things." And that's about as much guessing as I feel like doing for a game, and I'm still on level two.
70+ Web Tools Organized For Bloom's Digital Taxonomy The number of web tools currently available to teachers, administrators, and students is downright absurd. You can’t swing an iPad without hitting a free web tool looking to revolutionize your classroom. Luckily, there are a few brave souls out in the world wide web attempting to organize the chaos a bit. We like to take our best shot here at Edudemic but also like to showcase some of the great organizing done by others. One of those fabulous organizers is Phillippa Cleaves ( @pipcleaves – worth following!) from Sydney, Australia who built the Prezi you see below. The web tools are all listed (and clickable!) NOTE: You can click on any of the web tools listed in the presentation to go to their respective website. Source of top image: Wikispaces
How Teachers Can Stop Being Scared Of Twitter November’s EdTechTeacher’s iPad Summit (which, by the way, I found through Twitter) completely amazed, overwhelmed, challenged, and inspired me. I left feeling empowered about the 1:1 iPad environment in which I was teaching and excited about the possibilities of technology inside and outside of my classroom. My Twitter Addiction I also left the conference with a mild addiction to Twitter. Mild as in I stopped taking notes within the first 5 minutes of the keynote when I realized that I could just tweet the links for great resources, apps, articles, images, videos… And went from following one or two people to dozens of the brightest stars in the edtech realm – including the EdTechTeacher staff and some pretty amazing teachers I met at the conference. Like I said, it was a *mild* addiction. It’s A Conversation But it was more than just a running list of sites to check out and apps to investigate. The Personal Learning Network Hashtags Ahoy! Connect To Your Passion(s)
Can These iPad Apps Teach Your Kid to Code? - Lauren Goode - Product Reviews The pillars of elementary education in the U.S. — reading, writing, math — have remained the same for a long time. Now another skill set is increasingly coming into focus: Computer programming. This week, I tested two new mobile apps, Kodable and Hopscotch, that are aimed at teaching young children the basic skills necessary for computer programming. Both are for iOS — specifically, for iPad — although Kodable plans to introduce an Android version of the app. And both are free to download, but Kodable does include advanced levels that cost $1.99 to access. What is programming, exactly? Coding tools for kids and beginners are hardly a new thing, but many earlier applications are browser-based, while these apps capitalize on the gravitational pull that tablets seem to have on kids. Kodable, which launched late last year, is aimed at kids in kindergarten through second grade. I found it easy to get the hang of Kodable, which is based on Basic, an early and simple programming language.
Learning through Earning: Digital Badges and Professional Development 50 Fantastic Open Courses for Small Business Owners If you are a small business owner, forget about going into debt to get an MBA and learn online. Inside Online Learning is on the move! Thank you for visiting OnlineCollege.org and for the support you’ve given the Inside Online Learning blog over the past several years. Online Student Verification: Is that you? While online education has come a long way in terms of design and learning assessment, there are still issues related to making sure that the students who enroll in these courses are the ones completing the work. Decoding Accreditation and the Online College If you are interested in online education, you probably already know that it is important to compare the components of different programs and look specifically for accreditation. On Becoming a First-Generation Grad Student The Power of an Online Career Portfolio It’s not enough in today’s competitive job market to know things. What’s Your APPtitude? Graduate Students Unite!
The Preachers' Blog · A Twitter twutorial Using the tools of the future A little later today I have someone coming in for a ‘Twitter Tutorial’. The person in question is lively, gregarious, loves people and loves to communicate – in other words, perfect Twitter material! Profile and pic – your profile is your opportunity to introduce yourself to the world in just a few words. When my ‘student’ joined Twitter yesterday, she declared that ‘reluctance is the fear of it but acceptance is because it’s our kid’s future’. Whilst you are looking at it – what would you add to my 10 tips above?
Unschooling "Read a little, try a little, wait a while, watch." People learn by playing, thinking and amazing themselves. They learn while they're laughing at something surprising, and they learn while they're wondering "What the heck is this!?" My favorite and oldest discussion group is called AlwaysLearning, where the principles underlying unschooling are the topic. If unschooling can't work in the real world, nothing at all can. Grover and the Everything in the Whole Wide World Museum. I've removed the link I had because used copies on Amazon are listed way too high. The way adults tend to learn things is the way people best learn—by asking questions, looking things up, trying things out, and getting help when it's needed. Regional groups, lists and resources (by language, nation, state, religious or special focus) THIS PAGE IS OLD for a webpage.
The Ultimate List of Cloud-Based Learning Management Systems I see an increasing interest for cloud-based eLearning. Are you looking for a Cloud-Based Learning Management System? Of course you are! At the following post you will find a list of 20 (updated 06/25/2014) Cloud-Based Learning Management Systems that will being updated regularly. The past few days I received a lot of requests from eLearning developers, small businesses owners, and global enterprises concerning cloud-based learning management systems. Are you a Top eLearning Software Vendor? TalentLMSA super-easy, cloud-based learning platform to train your people and customers. You may also find useful: Ultimate List of Learning Management Systems Ultimate List of Content Authoring Tools Get 2 Free eBooks Get the eLearning Industry's Articles in your inbox.