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Carol Clark

OLPC shows off absurdly thin XO-3 concept tablet for 2012 (update: XO-1.5 and XO-1.75 c... - 0 views

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    Still have a bit of faith left for the OLPC project.Good, you're gonna need it: designer Yves Behar has unveiled his latest concept design for the now-aiming-for-$75 vision, and it's all screen.Keeping with the newfound trend toward tablets, the XO-3 is an 8.5 x 11 touchscreen, coupled with a little folding ring in the corner for grip and a camera in the back.
Paul Beaufait

CompendiumLD learning design software - 2 views

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    Overview of "a software tool for designing learning activities using a flexible visual interface" (What is CompendiumLD?, 2009.10.17)
Paul Beaufait

Main Page - Verso wiki - 1 views

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    Wiki with blog counter-part focussing on "learning technology * learning design * professional development" (blog tagline)
Paul Beaufait

Centre for Distance Education - Collaborative Tools Evaluation Site - 0 views

  • he site is designed to help distance educators and their students to select appropriate methods of course development and delivery. Athabasca University (AU) in Alberta is Canada's Distance Education University, teaching over 20,000 students around the world, completely via distance education methods and media. The evaluation site is maintained by AU's Centre for Distance Education (CDE), as a collaborative activity by its faculty and graduate students.
  • The highest priority is given to software that can be downloaded from the internet and used at no cost. New product categories will be added, and the existing ratings updated.
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    "The site is designed to help distance educators and their students to select appropriate methods of course development and delivery. Athabasca University (AU) in Alberta is Canada's Distance Education University, teaching over 20,000 students around the world, completely via distance education methods and media. The evaluation site is maintained by AU's Centre for Distance Education (CDE), as a collaborative activity by its faculty and graduate students." (Intended Audience, ¶1) Retrieved 2009.09.14, "last updated February 21, 2008" (page footer)
anonymous

Beyond Blocking: A collectively defined policy for 2.0 schools, teachers and students - 0 views

  • This is the first iteration of a collectively produced school web policy (elementary/secondary) designed to solicit more intelligent (and less censorious) approaches to web access and issues of conduct.
  • What sites should students be able to access (and why)? *
  • Rate your existing school web policies:
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  • Web social contract: How might we develop a policy WITH students, parents, stakeholders? *
  • Use of personal technology (in class)
  • Social networking policy: What are some productive contexts for teachers, students, parents to connect together? *
  • Consequences for abuse/inappropriate content: What are viable/productive consequences for inappropriate behaviour/content? *
  • Your choice: Please define a policy issue or focus not defined above
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    This is the first iteration of a collectively produced school web policy (elementary/secondary) designed to solicit more intelligent (and less censorious) approaches to web access and issues of conduct.
Paul Beaufait

Athabasca University Press - Mobile Learning - 0 views

  • This collection is for anyone interested in the use of mobile technology for various distance learning applications. Readers will discover how to design learning materials for delivery on mobile technology and become familiar with the best practices of other educators, trainers, and researchers in the field, as well as the most recent initiatives in mobile learning research. Businesses and governments can learn how to deliver timely information to staff using mobile devices. Professors can use this book as a textbook for courses on distance education, mobile learning, and educational technology.
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    "This collection is for anyone interested in the use of mobile technology for various distance learning applications. Readers will discover how to design learning materials for delivery on mobile technology and become familiar with the best practices of other educators, trainers, and researchers in the field, as well as the most recent initiatives in mobile learning research. Businesses and governments can learn how to deliver timely information to staff using mobile devices. Professors can use this book as a textbook for courses on distance education, mobile learning, and educational technology." (Details, ¶1)
Paul Beaufait

Free Technology for Teachers: Brainstorming - Google Across the Curriculum - 5 views

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    This post displays slides from a "workshop . . . [Richard Byrne] designed to introduced participants to variety of Google services that they can use in their classrooms. Included in the workshop are five collaborative brainstorming sessions" (2011.04.09, para. 1, retrieved 2011.04.10)
Paul Beaufait

A-Conscious-Craft-An-Approach-to-Teaching-Collaborative-Computer-mediated-Composition -... - 2 views

  • Students’ interactions with peers throughout the collaborative composing process influence their writing practices on the micro-level in relation to patterns of word choice, as well as simultaneously enhancing the macro-level issues of meaning, tone, and structure
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      Reflection and Limitations of the Approach, ¶1
  • in a sense, the peer review process is embedded within the structure of collaborative composition on a shared document, as edits as well as oral and written meta-commentary occur and recur throughout the lifespan of a Doc
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      This approach to collaborative composition assignments manifests baked-in peer review from the get go (Reflection and Limitations of the Approach, ¶1).
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    Ruth Li "presents an innovative approach to the design and integration of collaborative writing projects using the Google Apps for Education online platform (OWI 4). The setting is a traditional, face-to-face high school English classroom in which students write in class simultaneously, each on separate devices, on shared Google Docs. In particular, I offer specific strategies for teaching students to write collaboratively in a variety of creative genres, including plays, poems, narrative essays, and speeches" (Explain broadly..., ¶1).
Paul Beaufait

Tech Integration vs. Blended Learning :: Does it Really Matter? | Hot Lunch Tray - 2 views

  • The very act of transforming lessons after the fact is a hallmark of technology integration
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      More than Efficiency, ¶4
  • In Blended Learning, access to online content is altered in four key ways: time, place, pace, and path
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      The Case for Blended Learning, ¶2
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  • The very act of transforming lessons after the fact is a hallmark of technology integration
  • What ends up being unique is how each teacher blends technology into their instructional design, not adds technology on top of the instructional already designed
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      Yes, and..., ¶2
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    Definitions and distinctions
Jim Aird

How Disruptive Is Information Technology Really? (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE.edu - 0 views

  • The act of teaching is becoming more about designing the educational context and engaging students as they learn to approach material in more insightful and demanding ways. We are not transmitters of knowledge very often today,
creative outdoors

Superb Creative Outdoor Ideas - 1 views

I have always wanted to build a patio to enjoy a lazy afternoon whilst looking out to my garden or where I can enjoy a cup of coffee during weekends as well as an area to receive and entertain gues...

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mbarek Akaddar

Splashtop OS beta - 1 views

  • Follow us on Introducing Splashtop OS beta – the fastest way to the Web ! DownloadSplashtop OS beta Version 0.9.0.8 Installs via Windows (size: 2MB) Supports multiple models* and languages See Supported Devices    1 2 For years Splashtop has been the leader in instant-on computing, powering notebooks and netbooks from leading PC makers around the world. Now for the first time, anyone can upgrade a Splashtop-based system* to this all-new, super-streamlined browser-based OS designed to get you on the Web in seconds.
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