Apps for Education - Perguntas comuns - Ajuda do Google Apps Para se qualificarem ao uso do Google Apps for Education gratuito, é necessário que as organizações atendam a um dos seguintes critérios: Instituição de ensino básico ou instituição educacional superior, sem fins lucrativos, credenciada por uma instituição de reconhecimento geralmente aceita Organização americana, sem fins lucrativos, com status atual de 501(c)(3) e menos de 3.000 usuários. Observação: organizações americanas sem fins lucrativos com mais de 3.000 usuários são qualificadas para o Google Apps for Business com um desconto de 40%. Inscreva-se aqui. Os grupos de estudantes/ex-alunos/pais, organizações religiosas, escolas domésticas ou instituições governamentais que não sejam registradas como 501(c)(3) não estão qualificadas para o Google Apps for Education. Se você for uma associação de ex-alunos, escola paroquial ou laboratório de pesquisas associado a uma escola credenciada, isso o qualificará para o Google Apps for Education.
Nick Clegg says that modern Britain expects too much from teachers | Politics The deputy prime minister is to open up a new front in his disagreements with the education secretary, Michael Gove, criticising the recent decision by the Tories to heap responsibility for children's development on to teachers. Nick Clegg's aides believe the Conservatives have placed too much emphasis on teachers as arbiters of authority over children in the wake of last month's riots. Gove is planning to fast-track former soldiers into school to provide children with more male role models. In a speech to teachers and pupils, Clegg will say: "We already expect our teachers to be social workers, child psychologists, nutritionists, child protection officers. We expect them to police the classroom, take care of our children's health, counsel our sons and daughters, guide them, worry about them – and on top of that, educate them too. "Teachers are not surrogate mothers and fathers. Clegg will talk about the experience of raising his own children.
Socrative: Turn Student SmartPhones into Clickers – Technology for Academics [Update: See a more recent post on new features.] This is the tool I’ve been waiting for. Socrative turns your students’ smartphones into a powerful student response system. You and your students have options for accessing Socrative. Socrative includes a simulation on their website, so I took the liberty of taking screenshots. To experience it yourself, on your ‘teacher’ device, go to Connecting student devices to the teacher’s device On the lecturer’s device, you see “my room number”. Multiple Choice Questions Pose a multiple choice question orally, or by writing it on the board, or in your presentation slides. Once the student chooses, the instructor gets a bar graph, and the student’s device goes back into waiting mode. Short Answer Questions Pose a short answer question to your students. Here the student entered “I have no idea what the answer is.” Now, if you’d like, you can have students’ vote on the best responses by tapping “Vote on responses.” Exit Ticket
Underground edmodo groups – seeking out the cool stuff I love stuff that is DIY, organic and underground. Sounds as though I like potatoes that have been grown by a child without fertiliser, doesn’t it? Well I think you know what I mean. At least I hope you do! I’ve been using edmodo since 2009 and was there to watch the birth of the very first official ‘communities’ – you can see them here. So whilst I use edmodo every day for my classes, I also use it extensively for professional development and connecting with educators from all over the world. Below is a name and brief description (if I have one) of a number of underground edmodo groups. Like this: Like Loading...
O2 learn - Home When and how often you should be posting on Twitter and Facebook Some of us tweet and post on Facebook almost nonstop throughout our day, while others tend to limit their posts to a few updates here and there for fear of overloading their friends and followers. As it turns out, there is an optimal time to tweet and post, as well as a favorable frequency of updating that will lead to peak results. In a recent study by award-winning social media scientist, Dan Zarella, he reveals research that determines when and how often we should be reaching out to our own audiences for maximum exposure. Timing your Tweets: Nearly 80% of the general US population is in the Central and Eastern time zone.The highest percentage of retweets occur around 5PM EST, while the highest CTR (click through rate) occurs between noon and 6PM EST.You will achieve a higher CTR by only tweeting 1 – 4 times per hour, especially midweek and on weekends. In terms of tweeting frequency, I also agree. Timing your Facebook posts: Hidden factors for scheduling posts: In no particular order …
101 Innovations in Scholarly Communication: How researchers are getting to grip with the myriad of new tools. There has been a surge of new scholarly communication tools in recent years. But how are researchers incorporating these tools into their research workflows? Jeroen Bosman and Bianca Kramer are conducting a global survey to investigate the choices researchers are making and why. Are we witnessing a major overhaul of scholarly communication rules and tools? Avalanche of tools Almost half of the tools in our database of scholarly communication tools were created since 2013. Simple model We use a simple model to get a grip on this abundance and variety of tools. Global survey To investigate the choices researchers themselves make in this respect, we are currently engaged in a global, multilingual survey asking researchers across all disciplines, career stages and countries for their tool usage for 17 research activities in their workflow. We think the survey can become one of the largest multilingual surveys into researcher practices. Workflows and interoperability About the Authors
How to Get Started With Google+, Your Complete Guide By now, you have all probably heard about the Google+ project , Google’s next attempt at making their network more social. Its goal is to make sharing online more like sharing in real life. If you haven’t gotten your invite just yet, you can in the following quick-look video, and by visiting the Google+ project overview , searchable details and discussion pages. You can also take a demo tour so you can once you are able to join the project. Limited Field Trial Invites If you’re one of the lucky ones, you received an invite for Google+ during their limited field trial. Here is an example email invite to Google+. Whenever you click on the button, you’re taken to the invite screen for Google+. Join Google+ when someone sends you an invite. Two things to note when joining “Things may not always work as intended. There is also a checkbox that says “Google may use my information to personalize content and ads on non-Google websites.” The Welcome Screen Creating Your Profile Adding Connections
Ideas to Inspire Facebook for Education Facebook para Educadores 3 Introdução ao Facebook para Educadores A proliferação de tecnologias digitais, sociais e móveis criou uma culturaem que a juventude participa mais da criação e do compartilhamentode conteúdo, mudando profundamente a maneira como os alunosse comunicam, interagem e aprendem. Em muitos casos, os alunospassam a mesma quantidade de tempo (ou mais) on-line em umambiente de aprendizagem informal interagindo com colegas erecebendo comentários do que passam com seus professores na sala deaula tradicional.Educadores do mundo todo estão percebendo os benefícios positivos darede social na aprendizagem dos alunos e estão elaborando maneirasde integrá-la em seu currículo nacional. Por exemplo, no Plano deEducação em Tecnologia Nacional de 2010 dos Estados Unidos, Transformando a Educação Americana: Aprendizagem Promovida pelaTecnologia , o Ministério da Educação dos Estados Unidos aconselha O Facebook na sala de aula Direto aos fatos: crianças, segurança e rede social
Three Helpful Tools to Add to Your Classroom Blog The start of the new school year is when I get lots of requests for helping people set up new blogs for their classrooms. Beyond the normal elements of built into your chosen blog platform, there are three things that I almost always recommend that teachers add to make their blogs a true online hub for communication. #1. Google Calendar. #2. #3. Google+: The Complete Guide Using Google+? Add Mashable to your circles. You'll get the latest about new Google+ features and tips and tricks for using the platform as well as top social media and technology news. Guide updated January 18, 2012 Google+: It's the hot social network on the block. In just a few months, Google's competitor to Facebook and Twitter has amassed more than 40 million users, and its growth hasn't stopped. Google+, however, isn't the easiest thing to understand. A recent change new and old Google+ users should take note of is Search Across Your World launched on Jan. 10, 2012. Now Google can pull search results from your Google+ friends and material from other Google+ users whom you don't follow who have related content labeled public. We will continuously update this guide as new initiatives such as the Search Across Your World are started, further integrating Google+ into the Google ecosystem. So, without further ado, here is Mashable's complete guide to Google+: What Is Google+? Profile Photos
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