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Felipe de Jesus Garciasantana

20 Twitter Hashtags Every Teacher Should Know About | Edudemic - 1 views

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    " Added by Jeff Dunn on 2012-01-31 10 The following is a cross-post from our friends over at Onlinecolleges.net. Be sure to check out their site for other great lists and edu-tips! Twitter chats are such a great way to stay connected and informed in your professional circle, and education is no exception. Through education chats, you can find out about new methods for teaching, tech resources, even jobs for teachers. Most chats are held weekly, and offer an opportunity to have a regularly scheduled conversation with like-minded educators. Check out our collection to find a wealth of Twitter chats that are great for all kinds of educators. General These Twitter chats cover anything and everything in education, and represent a great jumping off point for those just getting started in Twitter education chats. #edchat - Talk to a variety of educators around the world through #edchat, Tuesdays at noon and 7 p.m. EST. #lrnchat - Every Thursday night from 8:30-10 p.m. EST, you can connect with other educators and discuss learning. #edbkchat - On Wednesdays at 4 p.m. EST, you can discuss educational books and topics in learning and pedagogy. #spnchat - Find out about successful practices in education and education reform through #spnchat Tuesdays at 9 p.m.. #ptchat - Wednesdays at 9 p.m. EST, parents and educators around the world can open the lines of communication on #ptchat. #urbaned - This Twitter chat for educators discusses topics relevant to urban education and beyond, every first and third Sunday of the month at 9 p.m. EST. #teachchat - Connect with other teachers and find out what they're doing in their classrooms on #teachchat Wednesdays at 9 p.m. EST. #teaching2030 - Discuss big picture education issues, strategies, and reform through the #teaching2030 chat, every third Thursday at 8:30 p.m.. #smedu - Wednesdays at noon and 9 p.m. EST social media professionals, students, educators, and more can di
Felipe de Jesus Garciasantana

Pearson's "Free" LMS - 0 views

  • Many schools are rethinking the LMS, not just because these tools have cost them a pretty penny, but because they're looking for ways that can further student collaboration and that can emphasize content and learning and not just administration. That could put Pearson in a good position to be a go-to tool for schools, particularly if the focus becomes content, something Pearson does hold market control over. As the Delta Initiative's Phil Hill told Inside Higher Ed, Pearson "wants to change the perception of an LMS to [make colleges] say: �Hey, that's a commodity, that's a delivery system � and really education, and the education system, needs to be about the content itself and how students interact with that content.'"
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  • drian Sannier, senior vice president of product at Pearson, told Inside Higher Ed that the new OpenClass can be used absolutely for free. No licensing costs, no costs for maintenance, and no costs for hosting. So this is a freer offer than Moodle is. It's a freer offer than any other in the space. And from the email I received from the PR firm handling the announcement, I give you these gems: "Pearson Launches First Truly Free and Open Learning Platform for Higher Ed." The tool "Provides Open Access." And this is where we need to stop and scrutinize what's happening here and look past the invocations of "free" and "open." Why would Pearson offer a free LMS? For one thing, Pearson doesn't need to sell OpenClass. Its emphasis -- indeed, its strategy -- lies elsewhere. Pearson is the largest education company in the world -- with or without success in the LMS market -- with profits of �208 million for the first half of this year alone. Its educational sales are up 9%; it's educational profits are up 31%. Much those sales and profits come from educational content: textbooks -- both print and digital -- as well as other curriculum offerings. (Much of the profits come from assessment products and services too -- Pearson sells the textbooks and the standardized tests. That's pretty damn lucrative, clearly.) Pearson can give away OpenClass in the hopes that schools will go for the "up-sell" and buy the company's other offerings. Many schools are rethinking the LMS, not just because these tools have cost them a pretty penny, but because they're looking for ways that can further student collaboration and that can emphasize content and learning and not just administration. That could put Pearson in a good position to be a go-to tool for schools, particularly if the focus becomes content, something Pearson does hold market control over. As the Delta Initiative's Phil Hill told Inside Higher Ed, Pearson "wants to change the perception of an LMS to [make colleges] say: �Hey, that's a commodity, that's a delivery system � and really education, and the education system, needs to be about the content itself and how students interact with that content.'" For its part, Pearson says that it's not going to lock users in to using just its content. But I can't help but wonder if that's true. After all, I think we need to question its usage of adjectives like "free" and "open" here. Furthermore when a company touts Google's involvement when really, what we have here is just a fairly simple and straight-forward integration with Google Apps, we should be a little suspicious about the labeling and the marketing and our consumption habits. More Sharing ServicesShare | Share on twitter Share on facebook Share on gmail Share on diigo var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; Tags: <a href
  • Adrian Sannier, senior vice president of product at Pearson, told Inside Higher Ed that the new OpenClass can be used absolutely for free. No licensing costs, no costs for maintenance, and no costs for hosting. So this is a freer offer than Moodle is. It's a freer offer than any other in the space. And from the email I received from the PR firm handling the announcement, I give you these gems: "Pearson Launches First Truly Free and Open Learning Platform for Higher Ed." The tool "Provides Open Access
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    So interesting "No licemsing costs, no costs for maintenance, and no costs for hosting. So this is freer offer than Moodle is...than any other in the space" really?
ZABDIEL BRITO-BRITO

Google's New Research Tool - 0 views

  • The latest Google function brings together the capabilities of Google Search, Google Scholar, and Google Docs. The research tool provides shortcuts to accessing web-based information and adding it to your documents.
  • This new tool is quick to access and intuitive to use, especially if you already have some familiarity with Google Docs
ZABDIEL BRITO-BRITO

The importance of reflecting for, in, and on learning - 0 views

  • everyone in every discipline should be reflective practitioners in order to continually improve in whatever job they do.
  • the technology is not the key player in encouraging reflection, meta-cognition or deep learning.
  • It's probably the least important.
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  • taking the time to think about where we are, what we're doing, and how things could be different (better?) is critical to enhance learning and contribute to the creation of new knowledge
  • In a world of constant flux learning has as much to do with creating the new as learning the old and hence the tacit starts to take on increasing importance
  • How often do you take time out to reflect on the day's activities? Sometimes I find I haven't had time to think back about anything until the moment my head hits the pillow.
ZABDIEL BRITO-BRITO

Using Your Blog to Help Launch a New Career - 0 views

  • It seems like everyone has a blog these days
  • just about
  • as many abandoned
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  • there are some things you need to do first before you post that first article,
  • WHAT do you want your blog to be about?
  • Technology?
  • WHY are you writing a blog?
  • To share your expertise?
  • To help others?
  • here's what you need to do next.
  • there's someone already writing
  • Do your homework.
  • about it
  • A serious blogger has their own website and full control of what is posted
  • Do whatever you can to customize the standard WordPress themes.
  • Did you snore through high school English? Good bloggers write well;
  • Post consistently.
  • This might mean once a week, several times a week or even daily
  • Those other bloggers you've been interacting with? Invite them to guest post on your blog.
  • be a guest poster
  • Promote, promote, promote!
  • In a land of 100 million blogs, you need to do a little shouting from the rooftops to get heard
  • If you treat blogging as a serious method of communication, you'll soon start to see the reward in terms of increased readers and worthwhile comments coming in.
ZABDIEL BRITO-BRITO

Does the Internet Make Us Lonely? - 0 views

  • Study after study has analyzed how our increased Internet usage is negatively affecting us.
  • CNN reported on in 2009 painted a grim picture, linking excessive Internet use with social phobia, depression, and other psychological problems
  • Stanford University researchers in 2005 warned that those who use the Internet frequently spend about an hour less each day interacting with their familie
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  • Such studies have made it sound like the Internet will eventually turn us all into bumbling, awkward, and socially inept creatures, unable to handle in-person interactions.
  • But now, IEEE Fellow Gerhard Fettweis says that couldn’t be further from the truth.
  • “Our world in 50 years will, of course be deeply influenced by interconnected networks of communicating technologies, but we will use them efficiently to synchronize personal freedom and professional responsibilities so seamlessly that we will have more spare time to spend with friends and family,” Fettweis adds.
Sara Ramirez

Why more schools aren't teaching web literacy-and how they can start - 3 views

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    Fourteen years after we first published 'Teaching Zack to Think,' here's a new three-part framework for making sure students are internet savvy
ZABDIEL BRITO-BRITO

Social Media Suggestions for Your Online Course - 2 views

  • When you consider the possible uses for social media in your courses: find a tool with features that fit your needs, start slowly with just one new project or activity, evaluate your experience and your students' experiences, and continue to revise your approach.
  • Develop your digital identity. Last on my list, but certainly not least, how are you presenting yourself online? What will students in your next term find when they Google your name? Think about how your thoughtful use of social media could help students get to know you and connect with you online. Consider social networking options like LinkedIn and activities such as blogging.
  • Encourage online study groups. The collaborative nature of most social media applications makes them a great fit for bringing students together online for conversations, group projects, writing assignments, and more.
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  • Stock a course library. Social bookmarking sites, such as Diigo,&nbsp;can be used to not only tag and groups articles and other web-based resources for your students to access, but also allows you and them to leave notes and highlight selected passages. Group forums are also an option.
  • Create a movie trailer.&nbsp;How do you welcome students and introduce them to your course?
  • Develop a dynamic presentation.&nbsp;While the debate about online lectures&nbsp;continues, there are social options available to enhance your presentations and those of your students.
  • Create a class hashtag.&nbsp;These keywords used with the "#" symbol allow you and your students to filter the Twitter stream for information related to the course
  • Don't add social media, or any new tool, just for the sake of adding it. Explore the ways in which these applications can help you and your students reach course goals and objectives, encouraging collaboration and engagement along the way.
  • Social media options not only allow for presentation of information, but also support connections among participants who access the information. Researchers Andreas M. Kaplan and Michael Haenlein published a definition of social media&nbsp;that includes "applications that … allow creation and exchange of user generated content."&nbsp;
Fernando Escobar

Designing for innovation around OER | Lane | Journal of Interactive Media in Education - 0 views

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    This paper argues that designing collections of 'closed' educational resources (content and technologies) for use by specific student cohorts and collections of open educational resources for use by any 'learner' require different design approaches. Learning design for formal courses has been a research topic for over 10 years as the ever growing range of digital content and technologies has potentially offered new opportunities for constructing effective learning experiences, primarily through greater sharing and re-use of such content and technologies.
ZABDIEL BRITO-BRITO

Five Essential Skills for the Facebook Era - IEEE Spectrum - 1 views

  • In a new book, Howard Rheingold says social networks are changing the way we think
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Francisco Morfin

ICTlogy » ICT4D Blog » Personal Learning Environments and the revolution of V... - 3 views

  • The role of a Personal Learning Environment may be not only that of a tool to provide access to ‘More Knowledgeable Others’ but as part of a system to allow learners to link learning to performance in practice, though work processes. And taking a wider view of artefacts as including information or knowledge accessed through a PLE, reflection on action or performance may in turn generate new artefacts for others to use within a ZPD
  • I believe that it is likely that we see a decreasing need of instructors as more knowledgeable others in order to learn something, but an increasing need of instructors as more knowledgeable others in order to learn how to learn something
Nicola Massarelli

How to Judge the Reliability of Internet Information - 0 views

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    Assessing Reliability How to Judge the Reliability of Internet Information Students who are accustomed to doing research in libraries face new issues when they start doing research on the Internet. Before a book or journal appears in a university library, it has usually gone through a number of checks to make sure the information in it is reliable.
Nicola Massarelli

Phys.Org Mobile: Is massive open online research the next frontier for education? - 0 views

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    In "Bioinformatics Algorithms - Part 1," UC San Diego computer science and engineering professor Pavel Pevzner and his graduate students are offering a course that incorporates a substantial research component for the first time. "To our knowledge, this is the first major online course that prominently features massive open online research, or MOOR, rather than just regular coursework" said Pevzner.
Gustavo Huerta

If you still believe in 'climate change' read this… - Telegraph Blogs - 0 views

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    Artículo de James Delingpole en contra de las políticas públicas respecto al cambio climáticos
Felipe de Jesus Garciasantana

BBC Mundo | A fondo | La brecha digital | La brecha digital - 0 views

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    "La brecha digital Las nuevas tecnologías han cambiado la fisonomía del mundo, no cabe duda."
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