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in title, tags, annotations or url'There's Something Very Exciting Going On Here' - Jordan Weissmann - The Atlantic - 20 views
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One effort I started in June was to announce a seed grant program to support individual faculty and small teams that wanted to try different ways of teaching their course. So the internal funding helps support students or assistants or web developers or other people to help faculty recraft all or part of their course in order to see if new approaches really help.
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here isn't an actual fixed fund. We got about 40 applicants. Maybe 20 of those things we funded. Each one was up to $25,000. I think I'd like to continue that on a quarterly basis. And really, we're new at all this. So the scale of this effort will depend on the faculty input and the outcome of how effective we find this to be.
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We now have the ability for individual faculty or programs on campuses to produce appealing online content with relatively low effort and distribute that wide
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American Civil War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views
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In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America
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n April 1861, Lincoln announced the Union blockade of all Southern ports; commercial ships could not get insurance and regular traffic ended. The South blundered in embargoing cotton exports in 1861 before the blockade was effective; by the time they realized the mistake it was too late. "King Cotton" was dead, as the South could export less than 10% of its cotton.[134]
BBC News - How Chinese babies and Mid-East pizza tip US markets - 17 views
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his year in the US, milk futures leapt 26% and butter prices 62%
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As a result, there was usually an oversupply of milk products on the market, Levitt says.
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US and European governments stored excess dairy products
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iBooks Author workshop - 20 views
In 2013 Chenango Forks sponsored the first area iBooks workshop and the results were amazing. More than 30 participants from around the area learned, collaborated and created iBooks for use in thei...
Welcome to the "Diigo in Education" ThinkTank - 49 views
Phase I of Diigo educator account just released last week http://blog.diigo.com/2008/09/19/announcing-diigo-educator-accounts/ While it's not a dedicated network yet, we've taken some important...
Announcing Global Collaboration Day - Tackk - 25 views
ThinkB4U - 13 views
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Google and Common Sense Team Up We're excited to announce our collaboration with Google, Inc., on a new digital literacy portal, ThinkB4U. ThinkB4U is a "choose your own adventure" style interactive learning site designed to get everyone -- from parents to students to teachers -- thinking about how to use the Internet safely and responsibly.
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ThinkB4U is a "choose your own adventure" style interactive learning site designed to get everyone -- from parents to students to teachers -- thinking about how to use the Internet safely and responsibly.
Thinking about solar? It's easier to start small | Green Tech - CNET News - 12 views
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Thinking about solar?
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Green Ray Solar this week is expected to announce UL certification for a solar panel that puts out alternating current, rather than direct current as most solar photovoltaic panels do today. AC panels can be simpler to install and wire together than traditional panels, which makes a piecemeal approach easier,
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Traditionally, solar panels are tied into a device called an inverter, which converts the direct current from panels into household alternating current. Strung together, several panels produce enough voltage to run an inverter which, sized for a rooftop array, is roughly as big as a computer monitor.
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The iPad goes to college this fall - CNN.com - 32 views
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The program will be used to determine how effective iPads can be as tools to enhance learning as well as how such mobile devices can be integrated into the workplace.
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The university has already identified one class where the textbook in ePub format costs $100 less than the dead-tree version.
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there is potential for cost savings as well
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Tony Vincent's Learning in Hand - Blog - App Store Volume Purchase Program Explained - 51 views
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Apple has recently updated the Terms and Conditions for iTunes and the App Store. In addition, the company has announced the App Store Volume Purchase Program. In the past Apple had no mechanism for downloading an app more than once, so schools would purchase an app one time and distribute it to all their iPod touches, iPads, and iPhones. This arrangement made app purchases for class sets of handhelds inexpensive but was not properly compensating app developers.
5 Fantastic Ways to Use Wallwisher in the Classroom - SimpleK12 - 138 views
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5 fantastic ways to use Wallwisher in the classroom: Writing activities – Wallwisher has a 160 character limit for each comment/post that you leave on the wall. Which is, in a way, a good thing! It allows for short story/collaborative projects, essay plans, note-taking, memos, poems, etc… the writing possibilities are endless! Brainstorming activities – This is a great ice breaker for the beginning of class! And better yet, it’s a great way to post a homework assignment/food for thought for that evening and then discuss it the next day. Vocabulary/Grammar Activities – You could easily use Wallwisher for practicing tenses, definitions, vocabulary matching (you can even use audio or video!), or even find a theme and have the students fill the sticky notes with their ideas for the vocabulary theme! Speaking activities – I was never one to love speaking in front of people so Wallwisher is a great way to create short speaking activities to help students feel more comfortable in front of a group of people. These activities could be to talk about a photo or video for X minutes, create a story based upon X number of photos, or even put debate topics on a sticky note for the student to create. Notifications – That is the original thought, right? You could use Wallwisher for orientation information, classroom rules, student profiles, daily/weekly plan, or even fun messages to other students who might be out sick or on trips with their families.
NJEA has it WRONG for NJ school librarians! - 36 views
On December 7, 2010, NJEA President Barbara Keshishian announced "research-based education reform." One of the aspects of the proposed plan involves Educational Technology Coaches. [ http://www.nj...
v.0.1 - Bamboo as a Forum - Planning Wiki - Project Bamboo Wiki - 0 views
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The place for people to discover, explore, and connect
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interconnecting existing social networking tools
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body of scholars' stories
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International Journal of Learning and Media - 0 views
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MIT Press, in cooperation with The Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE), is pleased to announce the publication of the first issue of The International Journal of Learning and Media (IJLM). A first of its kind, the journal is devoted to examining the intersection of media and learning in multiple contexts…
Google to reincarnate digital books as paperbacks by AP: Yahoo! Tech - 1 views
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As part of a deal announced Thursday, Google is opening up part of its index to the maker of a high-speed publishing machine that can manufacture a paperback-bound book of about 300 pages in under five minutes. The new service is an acknowledgment by the Internet search leader that not everyone wants their books served up on a computer or an electronic reader like those made by Amazon.com Inc. and Sony Inc.
Wallwisher.com :: Words that stick - 3 views
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