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The english version http://enquetes-education.net/limesurvey/index.php?sid=28793&lang=en Best regards Michèle Michèle Drechsler wrote: > Hello > > I am preparing a thesis in informati...

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Download 5000 University Prospectuses of the World - 0 views

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    Download prospectuses of universities and colleges across the world. Admission Times has the world largest university database and all the prospectuses are free to download. Admission Times expert advice will help you finding the right course, right university and the right career path. Discover universities across the world and share this page across your friends.
Vahid Masrour

Project Fun Way: When Project Learning and Technology Meet | Edutopia - 1 views

  • These days, King Middle School receives so many requests from educators and policy makers to tour and learn about its program that the school has developed a visitors' workshop and charges a registration fee.
  • a small window of time to transform the school's culture
  • he decided on the first step toward building the trust and teamwork he would need to succeed. He would take a core group of five teachers on an Outward Bound course.
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  • the hallways are animated with small clusters of kids sitting outside their classrooms, quietly working on group projects.
  • The project couldn't have been done without the laptops and Internet connection.
  • But the Web is different; it's everyman's encyclopedia. "I gave them specific questions to look up," says MacLean, noting that she had already searched to make sure the answers were there and were understandable and accurate. "They could open their laptops and get it right then, and I would move on to the next activity."
  • When coupled with professional development, the one-to-one laptop program demonstrably improves student learning. But the amount of instruction that teachers receive is also lopsidedlopsided. The state offers webinars and a training staff, but not all schools make use of them.
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Luddite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views

  • The Luddites were a social movement of British textile artisans in the nineteenth century who protested – often by destroying mechanised looms – against the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution, which they felt were leaving them without work and changing their way of life. It took its name from Ned Ludd.
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    The Luddites were a social movement of British textile artisans in the nineteenth century who protested - often by destroying mechanised looms - against the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution, which they felt were leaving them without work and changing their way of life. It took its name from Ned Ludd.
anonymous

Facts that May Amaze the American Art And Art Lovers - 0 views

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    Art is intended not just to gratify the interests of adults, but also to please the kids. So, in Native American art also, there is something, which may excite the little art lovers. The colors, symbols and carvings on the stones and jewelries are highly interesting for all art lovers. There are also some unknown facts about the arts of Native Americans.
Admission Times

SNAP 2013 Result Announced on 9th January - 0 views

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    The cut-off marks for SNAP 2013 will be declared during the result of the exam. Each participating institute will declare their individual SNAP 2013 cut-offs. Since this year the SNAP 2013 Cut-off marks have not been declared yet, we will give you the last year's SNAP cut-offs so that you can get an idea about the SNAP 2013 Cut-off and what to expect this year.  
Don Doehla

Quizdini: Free Customisable Learning Resources For Teachers - 0 views

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    "There is no shortage of online tools aimed at teachers, many of which provide study materials and classroom exercises. Another such example is Quizdini, which sets itself apart from the rest of the crowd by being completely free and highly customisable. The online tool allows teachers to modify the materials and tailor the learning experience to their specific needs, with additional hints, links and even videos thrown in to enhance the learning experience."
anonymous

Elsa Mora - Panamerican Art Projects - 0 views

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    Elsa Mora is a Cuban artist who was born in 1971, in Holguín, Cuba. She attended The Professional School of Visual Arts, in Camagüey and The Vocational School of Arts, Holguín, both in Cuba. She currently lives and works in New York. Mora's work can be found at the NMWA- National Museum of Women in the Arts, in Washington DC; as well as in numerous private collections in Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Australia, Japan and the United States.
Don Doehla

5 Ways To Support Teachers Skeptical Of Technology | Edudemic - 0 views

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    "For some, the technology rich classroom is easy to justify. Once you have made the transition and seen the benefits, it is easy to weigh them against the potential risks and worries about the problems resulting from having a room full of devices."
Vahid Masrour

It's an Amazing Time to be a Learner - 2 views

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      Great post on education's evolution
  • two billion teachers we can now connect to on the Web
  • biquitous learning
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  • We can learn what we want, when we want to, if we have the desire and the connection
  • a surge in personalized learning that, ironically, most people alive at the moment still don’t even know exists
  • and learn deeply
  • spaces to learn
  • We live in a world where we can literally create our own learning networks in which we pull in content and mentors and collaborators to participate with us.
  • poses huge challenges for those places our kids go off to each day to learn the stuff that others have deemed important for them to learn
  • My daughter (and my son) are both getting used to learning what they want to learn, when they want to learn it, with whom they want to learn it, and they’re wondering why they can’t do more of that in school.
  • hey need schools to prepare them for today is much different than what schools have been preparing students for over the past 100 years or so.
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    the two billion teachers we can now connect to on the Web
Vahid Masrour

Educational Leadership:For Each to Excel:Preparing Students to Learn Without Us - 1 views

  • lives in a moment when personalizing the learning experience is not just a possibility—it's almost an expectation
  • The ability to learn what we want, when we want, with whomever we want as long as we have access creates a huge push against a system of education steeped in time-and-place learning.
  • we need to fundamentally rethink what we do in the classroom with kids
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  • are we preparing students to learn without us?
  • the new dance that teachers have to learn in order to guide students to success—letting each student create his or her own learning experience yet still meet the expectations of the class, the school, the state, and now, perhaps, the nation
  • students have real difficulty identifying what they love
  • Sometimes finding a passion just takes time; for some students, it takes several texts or subjects before they find something that really sparks an interest.
  • blogs
  • social bookmarks
anonymous

Style of Art in Latin America And Its Glorious Past - 0 views

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    In Latin American art, you can find an effect of an art revolution in Europe, and Surrealism may be considered as one such influence, which is highly noticeable. Surrealism, as one of the movements in the art world, created a strong impact on art styles in Latin America. Possibly, the reputable artists have represented contradiction that is the main aspect in Surrealism.
Admission Times

MAT February 2014 Exam results expected on Feb 25 - 0 views

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    Management Aptitude Test (MAT) February 2014, conducted by All India Management Association is set to begin from February 2 for the paper based exam, and February 8 for the computer based exam. The results for MAT are expected to be released on February 25, 2014, at the official AIMA MAT website.
Mohammed GHERAÏSSA

Pop!Casts - 0 views

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    Suzanne Seggerman is President and co-founder of Games 4 Change, an organization that helps individuals and organizations develop digital games for social change. Listen in as she surveys the burgeoning serious games movement, which uses game technology to address the most serious issues of our day: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, poverty, global warming and the genocide in Darfur.
Sarah HL

E-Learning Curve Blog: Discovering Instructional Design 12: the ICARE Model - 0 views

  • The latter assert that instructional design is a complex systematic process with the following characteristics; interdependent - no elements can be separated from the system synergistic - all the elements can achieve more than the individual elements alone dynamic - systems can adjust to changing conditions in environments cybernetic - elements communicate among them efficiently
  • Table 1. The ICARE Model
  • Introduction
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  • Connect or Content (MDX interation)
  • Apply All activities
  • Reflect
  • Extend
Vahid Masrour

Student PLNs: It's All About Relationships - 3 views

  • to embrace and accept our students’ need for building relationships and socializing
  • the technology tools should support or enhance the learning process
  • The focus should always be on the learning objectives
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  • In the beginning of the year, before any technology is introduced, our students spend time building community
  • do this through service learning projects that take place outside of school
  • talk to them about appropriate behavior and the similarities and differences between face-to-face and online interaction.
Vahid Masrour

Eric Mazur on new interactive teaching techniques | Harvard Magazine Mar-Apr 2012 - 2 views

  • shift from “teaching” to “helping students learn.”
  • ctive learning overthrows the “transfer of information” model of instruction, which casts the student as a dry sponge who passively absorbs facts and ideas from a teacher
  • rethink the nature of the college course
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  • Websites and laptops have been around for years now, but we haven’t fully thought through how to integrate them with teaching so as to conceive of courses differently
  • ask my students to read my lecture notes before class, and then tell me what questions they have [ordinarily, using the course’s website], and when we meet, we discuss those questions.
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CAT 2013 Expected Cut off, Result will be Declared on 14 January. - 0 views

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    The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) has disclosed the official notification regarding the CAT 2013 result. Join us on Facebook - www.facebook.com/theadmissiontimes
Don Doehla

How To Use Google Forms To Create Your Own Self-Grading Quiz - 0 views

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    "Are you a teacher or trainer? Someone involved in a hiring process? Do you need to check somehow that other people have the skills or knowledge that you expect them to? Well, you're going to love what you can do using Google Forms. You can create a self-grading test for whatever your purposes are. That's powerful! Google Forms are amazing tools, allowing you to do some really advanced tricks with forms as the front-end and spreadsheets at the heart. Once you get started you'll be amazed at just how much you can achieve with this basic premise. Today we'll look at how to create a self-grading quiz using Google Forms. From there, you'll no doubt find a lot more ways to use forms and spreadsheets."
Don Doehla

10 Amazing Ways For Teachers & Tutors To Use Twitter In Education - 0 views

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    "Twitter like all other social media is a virtual Aladdin's cave. It is a gateway to riches. But just like in the story, this Aladdin's cave is also booby-trapped. Use it right and you will come away with the genie of knowledge ready to do your bidding. Use it wrong and you will be a casualty of wasted time. So, 'rub' it just right. Long back, we had taken a look at how to use Twitter for business. Many of the methods hold true for learning as well."
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