carlatech

Transcript of live chat with 2 experts

I really want to go to this! 

Abstract: Over just the past decade, online learning at the K-12 level has grown from a novelty to a movement. Often using the authority and mechanism of state charters, and in league with home schoolers and other allies, private companies and some state entities are now providing full-time online schooling to a rapidly increasing number of students in the U.S. Yet little or no research is available on the outcomes of such full-time virtual schooling. The rapid growth of virtual schooling raises several immediate, critical questions for legislators regarding matters such as cost, funding, and quality. This policy brief offers recommendations in these and other areas, and the accompanying legal brief offers legislative language to implement the recommendations.

Some videos to help those of you who are, or will be, teaching online.

Video by Paul Hill on how to harness Twitter to build your PLN.

They repealed the law, but now leave restriction-setting up to the district.  Is that any better?

Grockit - directions for making one from Nik Peachey

If you are considering using electronic portfolios with your students - here is a review of software available for a school. You might also want to consider LinguaFolio, and just plain wikis as other alternatives.

Gilly Salmon's 5-stage model of online learning

funny animated video about the move from analog to digital classrooms; points out that just having the equipment doesn't change the way people teach; you still need to think about new pedagogy

Upgrade to Flash Player 10 for improved playback performance. Upgrade Now or More Info. close 79,634 LikeAdd toShare Loading... Sign In or Sign Up now! Uploaded by PBS on Aug 16, 2011 For decades now, people have joined together online to communicate and collaborate around interesting imagery. In recent years, the pace and intensity of this activity has reached a fever pitch. With countless communities engaging in a constant exchange, building on each others' work, and producing a prodigious flow of material, we may be experiencing the early stages of a new type of artistic and cultural collaboration. In this episode of Off Book, we'll speak with a number of Internet experts and artists who'll give us an introductory look into this intriguing new world.

Resources to teach digitally are integrated all through the teacher preparation courses, and they have resources to try and show things with many different kinds of equipment.

From the article:  The new teachers site is part one of two big initiatives on the part of YouTube geared towards educators. In the next couple of weeks, a bigger announcement will be made about huge changes that will address many of the concerns teachers have had about using YouTube videos (you know what they are). Stay tuned for more news in two weeks.