Solid conversation about the rigor of online learning.
"While some students thrive in this environment, some students don't realize how much they're going to miss the socialization." and "You're not going to learn more easily or teach more easily; it's just different."
Twitario allows yo to see your tweets in a book/diary format over a specified period of time. Could be used for students to submit an assignment of tweets they did over a period of time OR to show/use during a presentation of the information contained within a succession of tweets when showing how Twitter works.
n ideal classroom to me would be one where teachers were all given tablets in a wi-fi or, ideally, a satellite-based classroom where that tablet was connected to the school intranet and Internet.
From there, an app would connect me to the school’s Student Management System (SMS) where I could see vital student info
What I talk about is not science fiction. I could mention countless products that do at least one part of what I have described. The technology exists today for all of this to become a reality. We can make it a reality—we only need more educators involved in productive discussions stating what they really need, and helping those in industry to create these products for us.
Keeping track of data and sharing it with others should not be such a tedious task. Let us together build the next big learning management system, assessment tool, data dashboard and performance indicator all in one. We’re closer to achieving that reality than you might think.
A superb Apple and Android app from IFTTT which lets you setup one click notes which can be used for many online services. You can send a note to your email, add something to Evernote, or even add something to your Google Calendar by extracting the details from the text. Use it in your ongoing assessment by quickly noting things you notice in class.