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Antonio Amores Ortiz

Create and Manage Student Blogs in 5 Simple Steps | The Edublogger - 0 views

  • Create and Manage Student Blogs in 5 Simple Steps
  • Step 1 – Create a class blog
  • Step 2: Set up My Class
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  • Step 3:  Create your student blogs
  • Step 4:  Add Class blog widget to sideba
  • The class blog widget provides a handy link to all student blogs attached to My Class.  Students just need to click on the link to easily go to a class mates blog.
  • Step 5:  Check student posts and comments
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    Create&Manage a blog
marathonman1313

feedly: your news. delivered. - 0 views

  • Most blogs have at least two methods of subscribing to updates; RSS and email. Subscribing via RSS through a reader app like Feedly or Flipboard will put the latest updates on that app in near real-time. In both of those RSS reader apps you can create categories of feeds from your favorite blogs and read them all in one place. Feedly and Flipboard don't display advertising next to articles while you're reading. Subscribing via email will send you an email when new content is posted on a blog. In many cases you can read the full blog entry without leaving your email client. The emails from Free Technology for Teachers come out once a day and include all of the posts from the previous 24 hour period. In the emails that come from this blog, advertising has been removed too (there was a small glitch with that earlier this week, but it have been fixed).
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    How to follow a blog 
Meghan Brooks

Election day 2013 | Twitter Blogs - 0 views

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    Twitter is becoming so popular, it is even being used to the next upcoming election.
Meghan Brooks

Picture this: More visual Tweets | Twitter Blogs - 0 views

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    "We want to make it easier for everyone to experience those moments on Twitter. That's why starting today, timelines on Twitter will be more visual and more engaging: previews of Twitter photos and videos from Vine will be front and center in Tweets. "
Meghan Brooks

Innovative Technology Helping Those with Autism Connect | Blog | Autism Speaks - 0 views

  • technology has evolved since then. From lugging around a large, metal communication device around his neck to using new apps on the iPad to help him communicate more comfortably – things were getting better.
  • AutisMate provides a platform that makes communicating easier than ever, the app doesn’t come close to stopping there.
  • To save time and effort, users also have the option of uploading previously created videos, stories, and schedules geared specifically for those with autism from a vast content library. A GPS feature allows scenes to change according to the individual’s location, making the software even more intuitive and applicable in real-time. This platform grows with the individual as those unique needs change over time.
rmissel

Global Learning- What Do You Mean? | Langwitches Blog - 1 views

  • With the increasingly interconnected nature of our global society and the need for a very different kind of literacy for our students, extending teaching and learning beyond the walls of our classrooms is especially vital in this digital age. Through a blend of authentic examples, hands-on activities, and engaging social learning experiences, this learning path will guide you through the process of modernizing and globalizing your classroom practices while expanding your professional learning network to include colleagues from around the world.
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    Global learning requires globally connected teachers!
rmissel

5 Mthys Vs. Facts About Copyright Infringement on the Internet | Langwitches ... - 0 views

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    Useful for 'Fair Use' info
Antonio Amores Ortiz

A New Role for Avatars: Learning Languages - 0 views

  • A New Role for Avatars: Learning Languages
  • with  more sophisticated technology, another theory around language learning is being tested: the use of avatars to practice speaking.
  • Companies like Second Life and Middlebury Interactive Languages both offer digital avatar programs to give language learners a chance to practice their skills in virtual environments.
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  • Teachers and students can give their character a voice by using one of three methods: text to speech, recording by microphone, or uploading their own pre-recording audio file. Voki characters can speak in over 25 languages, and 150-plus voices, according to Eric Kiang, Voki’s Product and Marketing Manager.
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    Using Avatars to add voice and character to learning language
marathonman1313

A Tip for Teaching Tenacity and Teamwork - Coach G's Teaching Tips - Education Week Tea... - 0 views

  • Give each group two plastic cups, one green and one red, and advise students to keep one inside the other in the center of their table (or adjoining desks), with the red cup on the outside when a group needs your help and the green on the outside when it doesn't. I love this idea for a few reasons. First, it lets teachers see from anywhere in the room which groups need help at any given time. Second, it's a concrete way to uphold a key to promoting independent and interdependent learning: only helping students if they've exhausted all other available resources including each other.
  • Best of all, the cups help students develop important non-cognitive (or character) traits/skills such as self-determination and collaboration. At first, for example, some students are quicker than others to give up and reach for a red cup. But more often than not, one (or more) of their fellow group members will protest: "Hey, change that back to green." Over time, this I'm-not-ready-to-give-up-and-ask-the-teacher mentality becomes contagious, and students are more persistent. They're also more motivated to reach out to each other for help. Who would have thought a couple of plastic cups could inspire such tenacity and teamwork?
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    Helpful teaching tool to establish teamwork in any group 
Meghan Brooks

6 Open Educational Resources | Edutopia - 0 views

  • More and more, schools are seeking efficient, cost-effective alternatives to using paper and supporting over-priced textbook companies. One way is by supporting technology in schools. Schools are seeking ways to upgrade and sustain wireless infrastructures and integrate mobile devices that broaden teaching and learning opportunities. Similarly, schools are decreasing their dependency on paper and incorporating digital workflows.
  • Curriki (1) is a website that curates content in a variety of disciplines, highlighting noteworthy teachers and content.
  • The CK-12 Foundation offers FlexBooks (2), full digital texts that students and teachers can access on multiple devices in PDF, MOBI and ePub formats.
Meghan Brooks

The Flipped Mobile Classroom: Learning "Upside Down" | Edutopia - 0 views

  • Conversely, in a flipped class, students gain content knowledge at home through audio, video and text, so that more class time can be devoted to discussion, exploration and experimentation.
  • giving students not only the ability to learn at their own pace but also in the way that best suits their learning needs
  • Students have access to the content outside of school.
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  • Students have the capacity to be independent learners.
Meghan Brooks

Rob: Technology in the ICT Classroom (Reality 101: CEC's blog for new special education... - 0 views

  • Studies have shown it increases engagement and improves online literacy.
  • Online Discussions
  • Online Writing Portfolio
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  • Castle LearningCastle Learning is basically an online database of multiple choice and open-ended questions across all middle and high school subjects
Meghan Brooks

6 Things We Know for Sure with iPads in School | Edutopia - 0 views

  • Students have access to a variety of apps that allow for creativity. By demonstrating their knowledge through apps such as Explain Everything, iMovie (13) and Keynote (14), they provide teachers with an opportunity for alternative assessments.
  • Students also experience flexibility to demonstrate their knowledge instead of a multiple-choice paper-and-pencil test. As they naturally begin to own their learning through the creative process on the iPad, students are proud of their work and eager to share their products.
Meghan Brooks

Game-Based Learning in Practice | Edutopia - 0 views

  • I find that my students remain highly engaged in their learning. Gamifying my classroom has truly been transformative!
  • I also had unintended success by posting leaderboards with total earned scores -- there was a spike in iteration with students redoing work so that they could do it better.
  • Games enable my students to discover different ways of solving problems, which is more like life and less like standardized tests.
Meghan Brooks

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 11/05/2013 | Cool Cat Teacher Blog - 0 views

  • Projectqted is a new presentation builder
  • Projeqt lets you create what you could call interactive slideshows… I might describe it as a more sophisticated Prezi that’s easier to create and less confusing to watch.
  • Haiku Deck is one of my all time favorite quick presentation makers when I just have to share something meaningful with my class and only have a few moments to pull it together.
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  • Google presentations is another alternative for presentations online.
  • Prezi is a fun online presentation program used by many teachers and students.
Meghan Brooks

8 Tips to Power-Up Your Classroom Presentations | Edutopia - 0 views

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    Using technology to present students projects in and outside the classroom.
Antonio Amores Ortiz

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 10/08/2013 - 0 views

  • I noticed that Wikispaces included Dogo books under a new "Education" category in the widget menu. (This looks like a television on the edit bar when you click to Edit a wiki.) So, Dogobooks is a place where kids ar writing book reviews about everything. Very cool. You can see the most popular books and ti also has book clubs and other ways for kids
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    Education in wikispaces
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    Education in wikispaces
Antonio Amores Ortiz

What Can We Learn From the Global Effort Around Mobile Learning? | MindShift - 0 views

  • Vosloo says even phones that only have texting (SMS) and calling functions can be useful for learning. “The main thing to remember is not that we’re going to deliver a whole textbook or learning experience by SMS,” he said. “The idea is what does SMS do well?” UNESCO has used texts to send reminders, for school administration purposes or to send small bits of content to students.
  • Another program called BBC Janala in Bangladesh taught English to adults with audio. Students would call a number, listen to a three minute audio lesson and leave a message. The program used voice recognition software and texting for assessment. Again, a deal with the telecommunications provider kept the calls low cost.
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    Mobile using txt
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    Mobile using txt
Antonio Amores Ortiz

6 Resources for Educators - 1 views

  • Digital Citizenship Week: 6 Resources for Educators
  • Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum for K-12 (4):
  • Understanding YouTube and Digital Citizenship (6):
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  • Digital Citizenship Learning Center from CyberWise (7): CyberWise produced an extensive list of digital citizenship resources, including videos, games and toolkits from a variety of sources.
  • Cable in the Classroom’s Digital Citizenship Resources (11): Cable in the Classroom (CIC) is a one-stop-shop for digital citizenship resources for teachers.
  • BrainPop Jr. Spotlight -- Free Digital Citizenship Resources (13): BrainPop's Digital Citizenship resource page is perfect for younger students, and there are two sections on bullying and Internet safety.
  • Digital Citizenship Teaching Channel Video Overviews (14):
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    Digital tools resources to use in class
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    Digital tools resources to use in class
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    Digital tools resources to use in class
Antonio Amores Ortiz

Web 2.0 Teaching Tools: ClassTools.net - 0 views

  • Classtools.net provides free, customisable flash templates to embed into blogs, wikis and websites. There is no signup, no passwords, no charges...This is very cool for anyone who teaches online or has a class website.
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    Web, you can create games introducing questions
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    Web, you can create games introducing questions
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    Web, you can create games introducing questions
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