Converge Magazine - 5 views
For those of you interested on the convergence of education and technology, check out http://www.convergemag.com/. It's part of the Center for Digital education that focuses on the news, perspectiv...
For those of you interested on the convergence of education and technology, check out http://www.convergemag.com/. It's part of the Center for Digital education that focuses on the news, perspectiv...
Interesting example of online classes! Daphne demonstrates the impact online education can have visually and then demonstrates its benefits as she walks through her experience with Coursera.
This article profiles some top Open Educational Resources including the Khan Academy-sponsored SmARThistory.org, a group-study platform, free or low-cost digital textbooks, and other cool ideas. ...
1) Bror Saxberg has a new book coming out in a couple of months: "Breakthrough Leadership in the Digital Age," with one of my favorite education authors, Rick Hess. An excerpt is here: http://blogs...
http://k12blueprint.com/k12/blueprint/story_video_bridging_our_future.php Occurred to me that it is interesting to map some of the similarities between the Microsoft video we saw in class, today, ...
Brian Bennett is a flipped classroom educator who runs the #flipclass chat on Twitter every Monday night at 8pm EST. Good opportunity to learn more about what flipped classroom is and its evolutio...
This visual of the need to shift the educational paradigm was too good not to share... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/03/science/field-testing-the-math-apps.html?ref=education There are so many apps out there, but who knows which ones work? WGBH brought iPads into a preschool clas...
Found this blog post that links to a variety of different AR projects. Check them out! http://interactyx.com/social-learning-blog/20-augmented-reality-experiments-in-education/
incorporating learning in video games
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/13/education/schools-use-web-tools-and-data-is-seen-at-risk.html?ref=education&_r=0
Hi T561-ers! Wishing you luck on wrapping up your projects tonight! I came across this website which has platforms to create apps, games, etc, for the classroom. It is a little pricey but it is a g...
Opponents say it will "dilute the quality of instruction by doing away with the teachers in certain classes." Agree or disagree? http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/state_edwatch/2011/09/landmark_online...
Although he doesn't talk about Technology specifically, I believe the paradigm shift in education for which Sir Ken Robinson advocates is made possible by the collaboration that technology affords....
http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2013/04/13/can-you-mooc-your-way-through-college-one-year-can-you-mooc-your-way-through-college-one-year/lAPwwe2OYNLbP9EHitgc3L/story.html
Both the general nature of this portal: Coursera.org and the content of this course specifically are very relevant to this course.
I followed a link from Cole Shaw's EduRobots article. This one explores the significance of attention in learning and how to maintain it. Bilge Mutlu and Dan Szafir at the University of Wisconsin-M...
A good example list of higher ed website based on the Responsive Web Design approach: http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/hardinmd/2012/05/03/responsive-design-sites-higher-ed-libraries-notables/
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/stem-high-interest-projects-girls-suzie-boss
In the service of organization and creating a shared language, this topic is a place to post how you define learning in a digital age and the resources that inform your mental model.