A University of Michigan initiative. From the site: Our mission is to raise the standard for classroom teaching practice by transforming how teachers are prepared and supported.
To watch web videos without the comments and crap, just drag the button below to your browser's bookmarks bar. On any of the supported video pages, click the bookmark button to watch in peace.
You can then make short URLs too, to send the quietube version to your friends. Easy as.
Listing of grants for education.
GetEdFunding is a curated collection of more than 600 active grants and awards that will grow by the day, all selected through the prism of relevance to today's educational institutions. Although thousands of generous corporate contributors, foundations and other organizations recognize the need to support education, not all of them are included in this resource. In an effort to save educators time and frustration, a minimum requirement of inclusion in the collection is the willingness to accept Letters of Inquiry and unsolicited applications.
The following documentation is designed to help both parents and teachers to guide students with the appropriate use of their technology. Just click on each of the links in blue listed below to see more. All students must complete the Digital Driver's License requirements before taking their laptops home.
After a pilot, Salisbury found iPads didn't support the kind of content creation, such as making movies or presentations, the district wanted in its classrooms. The five-year overhaul strives to move away from lectures to student-driven content creation, Ziegenfuss said.
“Tablets have not quite evolved to the point of easily creating content,” he said, adding that might be totally different in a few years.
Moodle Documentation. From the website:
"Moodle is not primarily a content management system but it does offer a range of ways to import, export and manage digital content of any kind to enable and support learning. The following links will provide more information:"