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We have had pencils in our school now for some time, and we were one of the first to adopt them, but it has been an uphill struggle. There aren't enough to go around, and often several of the child...
We have had pencils in our school now for some time, and we were one of the first to adopt them, but it has been an uphill struggle. There aren't enough to go around, and often several of the child...
*** Call for Expressions of Interest to join the Review Panel for the MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT) *** In response to continual increases in the volume of manuscript submi...
The learning management system upstart Instructure is unveiling Canvas K-12 today, a version of its platform aimed - as the name suggests - for the K-12 level. The company says that it's already ha...
Being connected changes learning. When those connections are global, the experience of knowledge development is dramatically altered as well. Over the past four years, a growing number of educators...
AlternAtive LeArning PlAces We're proposing to re-design And replAce school with whAt we Are cAlling AlternAtive LeArning PlAces (ALP). WhAt will the AlternAtive look like? Kids working in teAms o...
Did you download the ebook?
http://www.tonybates.ca/2011/10/05/introducing-the-oeru-and-some-questions/ The OERu (the Open Educational Resources University) aims to provide a route to formal accreditation through study of fr...
The induction elements producing the strongest effects included having a mentor from the same field, having common planning time with teachers in the same subject, and having regularly scheduled co...
Looks like a great opportunity
To start, my plea is for you to stop doing e-learning the old way. That is, rewriting PowerPoint files and PDFs into online text (whether "gussied up" with graphics, photos, videos, or not) and mul...
Digital Storytelling (also affectionately known as ds106) is an open, online course that will begin on January 10th, 2011 happens at various times throughout the year….but you can join in whenever ...
The Social Learning Centre is the place where learning professionals can find out more about the use of social media for learning, as well as exchange thoughts and ideas with their peers and leadin...
3D GameLab, a quest-based online learning platform re-opens our closed beta on March 26, as we kick off with a 3 week online spring camp for teachers and instructional designers, providing you the ...
Marcia has done fascinating research on student development through a longitudinal study of students over a 20 year period. as she tracked students over time, she defined 3 stages of what she call...
The House AppropriAtions Committee hAs just releAsed the drAft of the bill thAt would fund the DepArtments of LAbor, EducAtion And HeAlth And HumAn Services for the 2012 fiscAl yeAr. There's A lot ...
This is a new product from Michael allen from allen Interactions Inc. They were the makers of authorware for anyone who remembers that far back. It is described as... ZebraZapps is a cloud-based...
"You can't design a course with them, and you don't have good content without them." In too many organizations, this statement sums up the relationship with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). In order ...
Wow that is cool, I too would like to hear from someone who has taken a course through them.
There is a free version and a paid version of the course. Starts april 25. http://www.teacher-tech-training.com/course-list/web-2-0-tools-in-the-classroom/ New offerings will include Digital St...
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS - Do you use new technologies And sociAl mediA to teAch in higher educAtion? PleAse consider submitting A chApter (by JAnuAry 15, 2012) to the upcoming book "The Plugged-In P...