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"Information literacy has been a hot topic of recent conversation. Many folks believe that web sites that traffic in false information and 'fake news' may have influenced the last United States presidential election. Traffic on the Snopes web site, which debunks false rumors, has never been greater. Ideological separation also is being driven by the ways that we sort ourselves in our schools, neighborhoods, friendship groups, political affiliations, and faith institutions. Already often isolated from the dissimilar-minded, we then also self-select into individualized news media and online channels that can result in walled-garden 'echo chambers' or 'filter bubbles.' To combat our growing concerns about fake news and filter bubbles, we're going to have to take the task of information literacy more seriously. And that means rethinking some organizational and technological practices."

"AS A PHYSICS professor, I have two jobs. The first, obviously, is to help students understand physics. That makes me something of a coach. But I want to talk about my second job: evaluating what students understand about physics. You might call this grading them. Evaluating a student's understanding of a topic is like taking a measurement. However, it requires measuring something that is difficult to see. It's not like I can stick a ruler into a student's brain to determine the size of their physics stuff. Now, most teachers use indirect means, usually a multiple-choice test or an exam in which students work through a problem. These are poor measures of student understanding. Someone could simply guess, or flub the answer through a silly mistake. So how can I accurately assess a student's understanding of physics? Until someone invents a way of reading a student's mind, I must do something else. I use a combination of written tests and video assessments."

"The annual K12 Horizon Report regularly identifies and profiles six key trends, six significant challenges, and six developments in educational technology likely to impact teaching and learning. This year, especially, you will find many opportunities for connections to our own mission and practice. But while this year's K12 report practically screams school libraries to me, it does so rather quietly in PDF. This chart from page 9 presents, in summary, the 18 topics selected by the report's expert panel."

Stanford History Education Group has lesson plans and assessments on a range of topics. Definitely worth an explore.

"If your school doesn't teach a course about personal economics, there are many online sites that address the topic as mini-lessons. Some are narrative; others games. Here are fifteen I like. See if one suits you (check here for updates on links):"

"Check out these engaging podcasts for kids--your students might benefit from a new way to discover new topics and ideas"

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"Test your knowledge on digital topics and terms by taking our 10-question quiz. Then see how your answers compare with results of a nationally representative poll of 4,272 randomly selected U.S. adults, conducted June 3 to June 17, 2019, using Pew Research Center's American Trends Panel."

"An important part of learning and teaching is the art of reflection. As teachers, we need to be reflective in our practice so that we can continue to grow, be prepared to meet our students' needs, and evaluate our own skills and growth. It is important that we model this same practice for our students so that they can develop their own reflective practices and build skills of metacognition in preparation for their future. Metacognition enables students to reflect on who they are, what they know, what they want to know, and how they can get to that point. I'm not an expert but this is a topic that I've become more interested in so I started to look into multiple resources to learn more."

"Making animated videos is a great way for students to bring their written stories to life on screen. Those could be fiction or nonfiction stories. Some nonfiction animated video topics include making a video to illustrate a historical event, making biographies, and explaining complex concepts in simple animations like Common Craft does. In the fiction realm you might have students make an adaptation of a favorite story or an animation of their own creative writing. Whichever direction you choose, the following five tools offer good ways for students of all ages to make their own animated videos."

Ants are the very important part of our ecosystem. Ants have a very significant role in the diversity of our planet. Facts about ants are more amazing when one read about it. So today in this topic we will discuss all about ants. Why don't they sleep ? Is that even true? or a misconception. And also we will be discussing about some amazing facts about Ants.

"Hybrid learning has been a hot topic since the pandemic forced schools to reformat and restructure instruction. Here's more nuance and context on the concept."

World War 1 is one of the deadliest event in the history. World War 1 leads to many conflict between many countries and world war 1 also took many lives. In World War 1 almost every major country took part at that time. In this topic we are going to discuss about it in complete but short way.

Nuclear Power is the most dangerous weapon that a country have. With the help of Nuclear Power we also generate energy for our own benefit. Nuclear power has it's own role when it comes to international geopolitics. So in this topic we are going to discus the origins of the Nuclear power how it all started?

Reliance is the biggest Company of India. Reliance company has their reach in almost every sector of market. Reliance is best know for it's telecom networking. Reliance is nowadays signing many deals with many big company such as Facebook, Google to make full debt free Company. So in this topic we will discuss little history and the size of Reliance Company.

Charlie Hebdo is a French Magazine. Hebdo means "weekly" in French. This magazine group is in the news for various posts on Charlie Hebdo. They say that in French they are using their freedom of speech. And due to this magazine controversy protests in many countries have started. So in this topic we are going to discuss all about it the history of Charlie Hebdo who are they everything about this magazine.

"Regardless of whether you think every infant needs an iPad, I think we can all agree that technology has changed education for the better. Today's learners now enjoy easier, more efficient access to information; opportunities for extended and mobile learning; the ability to give and receive immediate feedback; and greater motivation to learn and engage. We now have programs and platforms that can transform learners into globally active citizens, opening up countless avenues for communication and impact. Thousands of educational apps have been designed to enhance interest and participation. Course management systems and learning analytics have streamlined the education process and allowed for quality online delivery. But if we had to pick the top ten, most influential ways technology has transformed education, what would the list look like? The following things have been identified by educational researchers and teachers alike as the most powerful uses of technology for learning. Take a look. 1. Critical Thinking In Meaningful Learning With Technology, David H. Jonassen and his co-authors argue that students do not learn from teachers or from technologies. Rather, students learn from thinking-thinking about what they are doing or what they did, thinking about what they believe, thinking about what others have done and believe, thinking about the thinking processes they use-just thinking and reasoning. Thinking mediates learning. Learning results from thinking. So what kinds of thinking are fostered when learning with technologies? Analogical If you distill cognitive psychology into a single principle, it would be to use analogies to convey and understand new ideas. That is, understanding a new idea is best accomplished by comparing and contrasting it to an idea that is already understood. In an analogy, the properties or attributes of one idea (the analogue) are mapped or transferred to another (the source or target). Single analogies are also known as sy

"On January 13, 2023, the CTL offered a session on the topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in teaching & learning. The slides and key resources are available below. A recording of the session will be added to this post once it's available."

"Artificial Intelligence is the trending edtech topic of the year so far. If you haven't been asked about it yet, you will be soon. If you haven't tried an AI writing tool yet, you should try it because your students are probably trying it."

"Over the past three decades, a handful of products like Netscape's web browser, Google's search engine and Apple's iPhone have truly upended the tech industry and made what came before them look like lumbering dinosaurs. Three weeks ago, an experimental chat bot called ChatGPT made its case to be the industry's next big disrupter. It can serve up information in clear, simple sentences, rather than just a list of internet links. It can explain concepts in ways people can easily understand. It can even generate ideas from scratch, including business strategies, Christmas gift suggestions, blog topics and vacation plans."