Interactic 2.0

ReadSpeaker™ é um serviço que permite uma consulta mais fácil dos sites de internet, graças a uma síntese vocal quase natural, que lê o conteúdo das páginas ao visitante.   ReadSpeaker™ é uma solução de tipo ASP (Application Service Provider), que aloja todo o serviço, não sendo necessário refazer o site.   ReadSpeaker™ transforma automaticamente um conteúdo Web em áudio, a partir de ficheiros HTML, XML, Word, RTF e PDF. O sistema funciona em praticamente todos os sites e em todos os sistemas de navegação. A ligação pode ser efectuada a partir de um modem tipo 33,6 kbits ou superior.   O visitante do site não precisa de descarregar nenhum software para aceder à versão vocalizada. O utilizador apenas necessita de um computador equipado de uma placa de som, de colunas ou auscultadores e de uma ligação à internet. Ou seja, algo que praticamente todos os computadores têm.   O serviço ReadSpeaker™ pode ficar operacional no seu site muito rapidamente (em alguns dias).

By ICT Mindtools I refer to ICT tools that necessarily engage users in higher order thinking.  Students cannot use Mindtools without thinking deeply about the task at hand.  Mindtools require students to be creative and to think and make connections for themselves.

Easyread is a brand new way to learn to read, using synthetic phonics combined with our unique TrainerText system and daily personal coaching on the Internet.

Building a Learning Community Palloff and Pratt recommend seven basic steps for building a successful learning community. These include: clearly defining the purpose of the community, creating a distinctive gathering place for the group, promoting effective leadership from within, defining norms and a clear code of conduct, allowing for a range of member roles, allowing for and facilitating of subgroups, and allowing members to resolve their own disputes. The authors caution that it is possible to develop a community that has strong social connections between the students, but where very little learning actually takes place. Thus, it is important that the instructor be actively engaged in the process and encourages students who stray from the learning goals of the course. Specifically, the authors recommend: (1) engaging students with subject matter, (2) accounting for attendance and participation, (3) working with students who do not participate, (4) understanding the signs of when a student is in trouble, and (5) building online communities that accommodate personal interaction. Indicators of a Successful Learning Community You can tell if the learning community is working when you see: active interaction, sharing of resources among students, collaborative learning evidenced by comments directed primarily student to student rather than student to instructor, socially constructed meaning evidenced by agreement or questioning, with the intent to achieve agreement on issues of meaning, and expressions of support and encouragement exchanged between students, as well as willingness to critically evaluate the work of others. Finally, they suggest that the keys to successful learning communities are honesty, responsiveness, relevance, respect, openness, and empowerment. Palloff, R.M. & Pratt, K. (1999). Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace: Effective Strategies for the Online Classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

A AISTI (Associação Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação), fundada em 2007, é uma associação técnico-científica, sem fins lucrativos, que tem por objecto principal a promoção e a divulgação do domínio Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação no espaço Ibérico, dinamizando a ligação entre a academia, a investigação, as empresas e a sociedade.

This article shares how you can use the Diigo social bookmarking tool in education. This article is organized in 3 sections: How to become a global tele-gatherer with Diigo. 10 ways to Diigo the Web for Education Share Your Daily Gathering

Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go.