Skip to main content

Home/ MALT/ Group items tagged connections

Rss Feed Group items tagged

Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
Matt LeClair

World Without Walls: Learning Well with Others: How to teach when learning is everywhere. - 0 views

www.edutopia.org/age-technology-will-richardson

collaborate technology learning school explore network community trust

shared by Matt LeClair on 27 Oct 11 - Cached
  • Our ability to learn whatever we want, whenever we want, from whomever we want is rendering the linear, age-grouped, teacher-guided curriculum less and less relevant.
  • Experts are at our fingertips,
  • Content and information are everywhere, not just in textbooks.
  • ...15 more annotations...
  • And the work we create and publish is assessed by the value it brings to the people who read it, reply to it, and remix it.
  • Much of what our students learn from us is unlearned once they leave us; paper is not the best way to share our work, facts and truths are constantly changing, and working together is becoming the norm, not the exception.
  • It's about solving problems together and sharing the knowledge we've gained with wide audiences.
  • Inherent in the collaborative process is a new way of thinking about teaching and learning
  • As connectors, we provide the chance for kids to get better at learning from one another.
  • In fact, we need to rely on trusted members of our personal networks to help sift through the sea of stuff, locating and sharing with us the most relevant, interesting, useful bits.
  • That means that as teachers, we must begin to model our own editorial skills
  • Collaboration in these times requires our students to be able to seek out and connect with learning partners, in the process perhaps navigating cultures, time zones, and technologies.
  • they come into contact with: Who is this person? What are her passions? What are her credentials? What can I learn from her?
  • As Clay Shirky writes in Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations, "Knowingly sharing your work with others is the simplest way to take advantage of the new social tools."
  • Fortunately, social tools like wikis, blogs, and social-bookmarking sites make working with others across time and space easier than it's ever been. They are indeed "weapons of mass collaboration," as author Donald Tapscott calls them.
  • The Collaboration Age comes with challenges that often cause concern and fear. How do we manage our digital footprints, or our identities, in a world where we are a Google search away from both partners and predators?
  • What are the ethics of co-creation when the nuances of copyright and intellectual property become grayer each day? When connecting and publishing are so easy, and so much of what we see is amateurish and inane, how do we ensure that what we create with others is of high quality?
  • I believe that is what educators must do now. We must engage with these new technologies and their potential to expand our own understanding and methods in this vastly different landscape.
  • And we must be able to model those shifts for our students and counsel them effectively when they run across problems with these tools.
  • Matt LeClair on 27 Oct 11
     
    World Without Walls: Learning Well with Others How to teach when learning is everywhere. By Will Richardson Facebook 16 Twitter 25 Share 136 Email Four teachers from High Tech High. Bringing Their A-Game: Humanities teacher Spencer Pforsich, digital arts/sound production teacher Margaret Noble, humanities teacher Leily Abbassi, and math/science teacher Marc Shulman make lessons come alive on the High Tech campuses in San Diego. Credit: David Julian Earlier this year, as I was listening to a presentation by an eleven-year-old community volunteer and blogger named Laura Stockman about the service projects she carries out in her hometown outside Buffalo, New York, an audience member asked where she got her ideas for her good work. Her response blew me away. "I ask my readers," she said. I doubt anyone in the room could have guessed that answer. But if you look at the Clustrmap on Laura's blog, Twenty Five Days to Make a Difference, you'll see that Stockman's readers -- each represented by a little red dot -- come from all over the world. 1 She has a network of connections, people from almost every continent and country, who share their own stories of service or volunteer to assist Stockman in her work. She's sharing and learning and collaborating in ways that were unheard of just a few years ago. Welcome to the Collaboration Age, where even the youngest among us are on the Web, tapping into what are without question some of the most transformative connecting technologies the world has ever seen. These tools are allowing us not only to mine the wisdom and experiences of the more than one billion people now online but also to connect with them to further our understanding of the global experience and do good work together. These tools are fast changing, decidedly social, and rich with powerful learning opportunities for us all, if we can figure out how to leverage their potential. For e
Matt LeClair

WordPress Setup Checklist | WordPress Mentor - 0 views

www.wpmentor.net/checklist

wordpress development tools resources application checklist setup

shared by Matt LeClair on 11 May 12 - No Cached
  • Matt LeClair on 11 May 12
     
    The checklist is divided into five stages, each made up of 72 individual steps: Install: The basic WordPress installation. Secure: Hardening the WordPress installation. Configure: Adjust WordPress settings. Connect: Connect WordPress to online services. Optimise: Adjust WordPress performance. "
Matt LeClair

BEEDOCS Timeline 3D - Software for Mac OS X - 0 views

www.beedocs.com/...index.php

resources tools web2.0 visualization design timeline software digitalstorytelling

shared by Matt LeClair on 29 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • Matt LeClair on 29 Dec 12
     
    "Timeline 3D is software for Mac OS X that makes it easy for you to present historical events in a way that reveals connections and clarifies relationships. Make timeline charts of world history, family trees, fictional events or business deadlines. Timelines can help you understand and present history with new perspective!"
Matt LeClair

The World Cafe - 0 views

www.theworldcafe.com/about.html

learning reports tools sharing social strategy collaboration employee research assessment ideas

shared by Matt LeClair on 19 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Matt LeClair on 19 Mar 12
     
    "Using seven design principles and a simple method, the World Café is a powerful social technology for engaging people in conversations that matter, offering an effective antidote to the fast-paced fragmentation and lack of connection in today's world. Based on the understanding that conversation is the core process that drives personal, business, and organizational life, the World Café is more than a method, a process, or technique - it's a way of thinking and being together sourced in a philosophy of conversational leadership."
Matt LeClair

Mindmaps: The Connections Between Us - 2 views

mindmaps.typepad.com/mindmaps

Blog Margaret Riel technology pepperdine connections mindmaps

shared by Matt LeClair on 04 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Matt LeClair on 04 Jan 12
     
    Technology Blog by Margaret Riel (Professor - Pepperdine U)
Matt LeClair

5pm - Project management, task organizer, team collaboration and time tracking software - 0 views

www.5pmweb.com

references resources tools management collaboration web2.0 productivity projectmanagement technology mindmapping

shared by Matt LeClair on 18 Jul 12 - Cached
  • Matt LeClair on 18 Jul 12
     
    "5pm™ is an intuitive web based project management tool Looking for a better way to stay organized? 5pm can be your central location for project and task management, team collaboration, time tracking, reporting and more..." Can also connect SpiderScribe (Mindmapping online program) to incorporate visual mapping functionality
Matt LeClair

Teaching Large Classes with an iPad » - 0 views

www.sageonstage.com/...ing-large-classes-with-an-ipad

best practices methods tools How to ipad design technology collaboration classroom resources tool app

shared by Matt LeClair on 07 May 13 - No Cached
  •  It allowed the combining of student response, just-in-time teaching, constructivist development and several other educational buzz terms in one simple device.
  • d SplashTop Remote Desktop.  
  • with LectureTools I can present class, pose questions, draw on the screen and still project wirelessly as I stand or walk around the room.
  • ...4 more annotations...
  • his is my first choice
  • Download SplashTop Streamer (it’s FREE!) and install on your Mac or PC laptop.
  • As long as the iPad and laptop are on the same wireless network you should be able to follow directions to connect the two via “Internet discovery.”
  • we use Doceri. http://doceri.com/ it allows our faculty the full control of a mac (MacBook Pro or a Mac Pro) wirelessly with the iPad w/annotation abilities.
  • Matt LeClair on 07 May 13
     
    Step-by-step guide on how one instructor integrated iPads in the classroom which allowed the combining of student response, just-in-time teaching, constructivist development and several other educational buzz terms in one simple device.
Matt LeClair

30+ Really Useful Infographics Tools & Resources - 0 views

www.webadvantage.net/...fographic-tools-resources-4453

resources tools web2.0 infographics diagrams charts design resume infographic idea resource templates digitalstorytelling

shared by Matt LeClair on 21 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • Wordle – Generates beautiful, customizable word clouds from your own text. Copy & paste your own words, or enter any RSS feed to automatically parse & scrape text.  Tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts and color schemes.
  • Wordle – Generates beautiful, customizable word clouds from your own text. Copy & paste your own words, or enter any RSS feed to automatically parse & scrape text.  Tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts and color schemes.
  • Wordle – Generates beautiful, customizable word clouds from your own text. Copy & paste your own words, or enter any RSS feed to automatically parse & scrape text.  Tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts and color schemes.
  • ...7 more annotations...
  • ds from your own text. Copy & paste your own words, or enter any RSS feed to automatically parse & scrape text.  Tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts and color schemes.
  • ds from your own text. Copy & paste your own words, or enter any RSS feed to automatically parse & scrape text.  Tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts and color schemes.
  • Online Chart Tool – A simple, free browser-based tool for creating charts and graphs.  Point & click to create Bar, Line, Area, Pie, Bubble charts and more. Customize your creations with colors and fonts, then save & share.
  • Tableau – Robust, premium data visualization solution for analyzing and presenting data in more meaningful ways.  Try Tableau Desktop for free, which includes sample workbooks and data sets.
  • Tagxedo – Online tool that turns words (quotes, slogans, themes, articles–anything you want) into visually stunning word clouds. Great for incorporating into infographics, blogs, and websites.
  • Visualize.me – Another visual résumé service that turns your work history and experience into beautiful infographics! Connect your LinkedIn account for easy integration with Visualize.me’s visual résumé tool.
  • acoo – Create eye-catching diagrams online with real-time collaboration! User-friendly drawing tool that enables you to create a variety of diagrams like sitemaps, wireframes, and network charts. Free version is more limited, but still powerful.
Matt LeClair

BeKnown: A Conversation with Monster.com | Talent HQ - 0 views

www.talenthq.com/...-conversation-with-monster-com

facebook network networking monster app

shared by Matt LeClair on 22 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • BeKnown allows you to manage your professional and social connections on one site, Facebook.
  • It’s been designed to keep these two distinct networks separate from each other.
  • BeKnown users can follow company job and network activity,
  • ...6 more annotations...
  • I asked about why a company would want to claim a page and build a network / community through BeKnown vs. creating a page right on facebook directly. He stated most pages for companies are owned and driven by marketing – not recruiting, and through BeKnown an opportunity could exist to leverage more holistically as a social recruiting solution.
  • ompanies should build proprietary talent communities of their own, not grow Monster.com’s.
  • He reiterated that BeKnown is free. He also stated that there absolutely will be paid features for Recruiters and Companies.
  • hey’ve also communicated to employers that they will soon have online access to company profile pages to help employers showcase their brand and extend your job posting reach.
  • BeKnown is aligned with Monster’s strategy to continue advancing careers for job seekers as well as make it as easy as possible for companies to find the right talent.
  • Why would you grow Monster.com’s network, and then get charged to search it?
  • Matt LeClair on 22 Nov 11
     
    professional networking on facebook (app)
Michelle Green

The Ontario Action Researcher - Welcome - 0 views

www.nipissingu.ca/index.htm

shared by Michelle Green on 20 Sep 11 - Cached
Matt LeClair liked it
  • this journal strives to: Publish accounts of a range of action research projects in education and across the professions with the aim of making their outcomes widely available, providing models of effective action research and enabling educators to share their experiences Demonstrate connections between practice and theory through articles of a general nature on methodological and epistemological issues related to action research Disseminate reviews of books, websites and products related to action research And finally, to provide a forum for dialogue on the various action research projects that are taking place around the province
1 - 10 of 10
Showing 20▼ items per page