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"Welcome!!! Through these pages you can enter into our Project. The aims of this project are: to improve the use, discover and disseminate the Web 2.0, open source software and ITC in all kind of schools. Sharing documents by Web2.0 tools Showing the importance to work with different country and different student ages Use teaching strategies like active learning, contextualized knowledge, cognitive and cooperative learning. Using virtual world as educational tool Creating free courses for teacher that want improve their ITC competences I, Riccardo Rivarola, am the data processing responsible, Claudio Filosi is the didactic/pedagogical responsible. Prof. Riccardo Rivarola WARNING! All videos that are not manufactured by us have been chosen with great care but we can not hold accountable if you connect the same to other movies, maybe not education and / or not suitable for minors!"

"March 20, 2013, 4:55 am By Steve Kolowich The State University of New York's Board of Trustees on Tuesday endorsed an ambitious vision for how SUNY might use prior-learning assessment, competency-based programs, and massive open online courses to help students finish their degrees in less time, for less money. The plan calls for "new and expanded online programs" that "include options for time-shortened degree completion." In particular, the board proposed a huge expansion the prior-learning assessment programs offered by SUNY's Empire State College. The system will also push its top faculty members to build MOOCs designed so that certain students who do well in the courses might be eligible for SUNY credit. Ultimately, the system wants to add 100,000 enrollments within three years, according to a news release."

"Creative Learning @medialabcourse"

Teach the Web: a Mozilla Open Online Collaboration for Webmaker mentors May 2 - June 30 Learn how to teach digital literacies, master webmaking tools, develop your own educational resources, and take what you learned back to your communities and classrooms.

eLearning Papers nº 33 [May 2013] "...This issue aims to shed light on the way MOOCs affect education institutions and learners. Which teaching and learning strategies can be used to improve the MOOC learning experience? How do MOOCs fit into today's pedagogical landscape; and could they provide a viable model for developing countries? We must also look closely at their potential impact on education structures. With the expansion of xMOOC platforms connected to different university networks-like Coursera, Udacity, edX, or the newly launched European Futurelearn-a central question is: what is their role in the education system and especially in higher education? This special issue of eLearning Papers brings together in-depth research and examples from the field to generate debate within this emerging research area." Author(s): Yishay Mor, Tapio Koskinen Anche in italiano e altre lingue

"Coding is for Everybody: Learning through Creating, Personalizing, Sharing, and Reflecting

"Allgemeine Nutzungsbedingungen von Cleverlize Cleverlize GmbH, Kaufingerstr. 15, 80331 München ("Cleverlize") betreibt über die Internetseite http:/www.cleverlize.com eine Plattform ("Plattform"), über die Nutzer der Plattform ("Nutzer") verschiedene mobile Learning Inhalte ("Inhalte") erstellen können, die Cleverlize im Rahmen ihrer Learning Applikation ("App") den Endnutzern der App ("Endnutzer") zur Verfügung stellt. Der Nutzer kann wählen, ob die Inhalte von Cleverlize den Endnutzern kostenlos oder nur gegen eine Vergütung ("Premium Inhalte") zur Verfügung gestellt werden."

Condizioni di utilizzazione soltanto in tedesco mentre il resto del sito parla inglese. Mi gonfiano questi servizi che danno per scontato che la gente non le legga comunque...

What encourages students to do well in school? Often, it comes down to grades. Many students will work harder in order to earn a higher grade. Colleges want to see good grades. Parents want to see good grades. Grades are good, right? Of course they are, but the grades should not be the only goal. Learning for the sake of it should be a goal, including what they learned, how long they remembered it, and how they applied it to new situations.

"Uploaded on Dec 17, 2010 by CaptionMax **This video is displayed with video description and closed captions.** Directed, written, produced, designed and animated by Nina Paley, 82 minutes, 2008. Accessibility provided by CaptionMax: Video description by Annie and Spanish captions by Eladio Canibano. To learn more about CaptionMax visit: www.captionmax.com. To learn more about Nina Paley visit www.sitasingstheblues.com. Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. Nina is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the Indian epic Ramayana. Set to the 1920's jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw, Sita Sings the Blues earns its tagline as "the Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told." "

È un film stupendo di per sé. È molto interessante anche la "video description" (audio descrizione) per i non vedenti. Forse una possibile attività, non dico in L2, ma nella formazione linguistica in generale?

"Also called a capstone experience, senior exhibition, or senior project, among other terms, a capstone project is a multifaceted assignment that serves as a culminating academic and intellectual experience for students, typically during their final year of high school or middle school, or at the end of an academic program or learning-pathway experience. While similar in some ways to a college thesis, capstone projects may take a wide variety of forms, but most are long-term investigative projects that culminate in a final product, presentation, or performance. For example, students may be asked to select a topic, profession, or social problem that interests them, conduct research on the subject, maintain a portfolio of findings or results, create a final product demonstrating their learning acquisition or conclusions (a paper, short film, or multimedia presentation, for example), and give an oral presentation on the project to a panel of teachers, experts, and community members who collectively evaluate its quality."

Per la traduzione collaborativa descritta in http://iamarf.org/2013/12/22/servizi-di-scrittura-collaborativa-e-un-primo-progetto-loptis da effettuare in http://loptis.wikispaces.com/+Articolo+da+tradurre+e+discutere

The Flipped Learning Network offers a variety of Resources for educators who want to or are currently flipping their classrooms.

"Connectivism is the thesis that knowledge is distributed across a network of connections, and therefore that learning consists of the ability to construct and traverse those networks. The bulk of this work is devoted to tracing the implications of this thesis in learning. Yes, this could have been a shorter book - and perhaps one day I'll author a volume without the redundancies, false starts, detours and asides, and other miscellany. Such a volume would be sterile, however, and it feels more true to the actual enquiry to stay true to the original blog posts, essays and presentations that constitute this work."

Interessante applicazione interattiva della tassonomia (rielaborata) di Bloom. Dalla "Iowa State University - Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching". Partire da questa pagina per una promettente esplorazione di argomenti correlati. In inglese.

"D2L Personal Learning Community"

"...MOOCs are just the latest incarnation of bringing watered-down versions of culture, knowledge, and learning to a mass audience. What we see as the courses' flaws may well be their strengths, and they have the potential to carry those strengths to a broader audience than ever before. Problems arise only when we think of MOOCs as university courses rather than as learning for the masses. Yes, the vulgarians who run Coursera and Udacity deserve to be swept into the dustbin of history, and the fact that they seem not to have figured out how to profit from their enterprises suggests that they'll soon be hoist by their own capitalist petard. When they are, the real action can begin. As the history professor Jonathan Rees puts it, the fast-­approaching post-corporate-MOOC world "will almost certainly be a period of real pedagogical innovation conducted by people who are more interested in actual education than they are in becoming famous or just making a quick buck."..."

Giusto! Aspettiamo che l'azione inizi (e forse si può dire che è già iniziata! ;-) )

Non rinuncerei mai alla possibilità di usare i mezzi tecnologici per la diffusione della conoscenza, tuttavia è vero: non c'è nulla che possa sostituire la relazione didattica, nel senso di interazione significativa individuale.

"Learn to Code via Code.org"

Filmed Feb 2010 * Posted Apr 2010 * TED2010 "Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs "childish" thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids' big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups' willingness to learn from children as much as to teach. A prolific short story writer and blogger since age seven, Adora Svitak (now 12) speaks around the United States to adults and children as an advocate for literacy"

From http://www.stanford.edu/~efs/693b/TED1.html : "1. length: 8:13 2. overall speed (WPM): 154 3. vocabulary profile: 3K-94.2%; 5K-96.6%; 10K-98.4%; OL-1.2% 4. accent: US standard 5. comments: the speaker is just 12 years old 6. Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs "childish" thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids' big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups' willingness to learn from children as much as to teach."

Filmed Feb 2009 * Posted Jun 2009 * TED2009 TED2009 " Gever Tulley uses engaging photos and footage to demonstrate the valuable lessons kids learn at his Tinkering School. When given tools, materials and guidance, these young imaginations run wild and creative problem-solving takes over to build unique boats, bridges and even a roller coaster! The founder of the Tinkering School, Gever Tulley likes to build things with kids."

From http://www.stanford.edu/~efs/693b/TED1.html : "1. length: 4:08 2. overall speed (WPM): 91 3. vocabulary profile: 3K-91.4%; 5K-95.4%; 10K-97.9%; OL-1.3% 4. accent: US standard 5. comments: Short, clear speech, but with some good vocabulary to learn. 6. Gever Tulley uses engaging photos and footage to demonstrate the valuable lessons kids learn at his Tinkering School. When given tools, materials and guidance, these young imaginations run wild and creative problem-solving takes over to build unique boats, bridges and even a roller coaster!"

Crea storie, giochi e animazioni Condividili con tutti, For Educators Scratch is designed with learning and education in mind. A wide variety of educators have been supporting Scratch creators since 2007, in both formal and informal learning environments - K-12 classroom teachers, educational and computer science researchers, librarians, museum educators, and parents. Cos'è ScratchEd? Partito nel Luglio 2009, ScratchEd è una comunità online dove coloro che insegnano Scratch possono condividere storie, scambiare risorse, fare domande e trovare altre persone con i loro stessi interessi. Dalla data di lancio, più di 7500 educatori provenienti da tutto il mondo si sono uniti alla comunità, condividendo centinaia di risorse e dando inizio a migliaia di discussioni. Unisciti gratuitamente alla comunità di ScratchEd sul sito scratch-ed.org. Come posso imparare di più sui modi in cui gli educatori usano Scratch - e come posso usarlo? Non sei sicuro di cosa è possibile fare con Scratch? Leggi una storia su come gli educatori hanno inserito attività basate su Scratch in moltissimi ambienti diversi. O esplora le risorse suddivise per età, discipline e ambienti. Guarda webinars e rivedi documenti come la guida al curriculum Scratch. Oltre ad esplorare la comunità online di ScratchEd e le sue risorse, puoi discutere con il Team di ScratchEd e con gli altri educatori di Scratch anche grazie a Twitter, Facebook, Edmodo, a incontri settimanali e alla nostra newsletter trimestrale.

"Interactive, engaging online content in a few simple clicks Haiku Learning revolves around your content. Create classroom pages, add and organize content blocks, change layouts, and publish whenever you're ready. Embed content from YouTube, Google Docs, Maps, Skype and dozens of other third-party services or create your own from scratch. And when you've crafted the perfect classroom page? Resource sharing in Haiku lets you share your classes, pages, and content blocks with any other Haiku user--and use content in your own class created by other teachers."