Contents contributed and discussions participated by Kellie Demmler
UDL Book Builder - 1 views
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UDL Book Builder is a great tool to create and publish digital books designed to support learners by using universal design for learning principles. Multiple points of entry, visual, auditory, vocabulary hyperlinks, and thought-provoking questions can be embedded to scaffold learning for all students.
LearnBIG - 1 views
With Google Play For Education, Google Looks To Challenge Apple's Dominance In The Clas... - 1 views
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Google Play for Education,
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aims to simplify the content discovery process for schools,
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the real key to Google’s new product is the fact that it enables administrators to distribute applications to their entire team. If a teacher wants to shoot content to a couple hundred Android devices, they simply have to type in their group’s name and voila, Google will push that sucker out to everyone on the list.
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Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology - 0 views
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This is the 2010 National Education Technology Plan summary. While very broad, it does "Encourage states, districts, P-12 programs, and postsecondary education institutions to experiment with such resources as online learning, online tutoring and mentoring, games, cognitive tutors, immersive environments, and participatory communities and social networks both within and across education institutions to give students guidance and information about their own learning progress and strategies for seamless completion of a comprehensive P-16 education."
How Educators Use Pinterest for Curation | MindShift - 0 views
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drawn red-hot excitement for its unique visual, topic-based curation approach
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create a densely packed visual scrapbook of public and street art to identify themes that would have easily been missed had they gathered individual photos in a folder
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to show good design work to her media design classes
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Looking to add visual interest to your lesson? Pinterest may be your solution! The article suggests ways in which this visual social media site can be used in the classroom and promotes SPACE - an acronym that helps students to remember the "best" uses for the site. This is interesting in terms of reaching students with varied learning styles and intelligences, developing creativity and higher order thinking, and more. However, like most tools the site does have its downfalls. It tends to be more engaging for females than males, which brings about an interesting gender debate. Its use also falls into fuzzy copyright issues - none of which are different from other social media sites. Check out the article & let me know what you think!
New Jersey district plans iPad-only algebra course | News | eClassroom News - 0 views
Feds settle case of woman fired over Facebook site | Litigation | eSchoolNews.com - 0 views
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This is an interesting court decision regarding the use of social media. I find the decision that socia media is now considered a part of normal conversation an important line drawn in the sand. I wonder if this decision was made before the "drunken pirate" issue with the young student teacher being denied her licence if there would have been a change in her ruling.
FT.com / Technology / Science - Scientists unveil moving 3D holograms - 0 views
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Oh yeah! Star Wars has arrived. Just imagine the possibilities for this technology in the classroom. Can you just imagine having world famous leaders from every discipline recording a 3D hologram session and then being able to "invite" them to your classroom. Could lead to a whole new download section in iTunes....