Sugata Mitra: Build a School in the Cloud | Video on TED.com - 0 views
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The creator of Hole in the Wall: The Future of Learning: can it be a school in the cloud. This 22+ min. talk is inspiring for those who love technology and futurist thinking. He aks for help in designing the "School in the Cloud, a learning lab in India, where children can explore and learn from each other -- using resources and mentoring from the cloud." Are we still creating for a machine that no longer exists? On anecdote about the Hole in the Wall: The children said that the machine used only English, so they had to teach themselves English to use it -- very casually.
Creative Technology - Software for Teaching - TexToys - 1 views
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TexToys is a suite of two authoring programs, WebRhubarb and WebSequitur. The programs are used to create web pages (HTML documents) which contain interactive language-learning exercises.
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TexToys is shareware, so you can download and install it free of charge.
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Registering your copy of TexToys entitles you to one year's free subscription to our hosting and results server at www.hotpotatoes.net.
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Learning with 'e's: Anatomy of a PLE - 0 views
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Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) do exactly what they say on the can - they are personal to each individual, created by them, owned by them, used by them within their lifelong learning.
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Originally a counterpoint to the institutional Managed Learning Environment (iMLE or 'VLE'),
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Delegates at the conference could not agree whether PLEs should remain the sole domain of the learner, or whether in some way they could be incorporated into institutional infrastructures.
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AcadeLearning: Glosario eLearning - 0 views
Multiliteracies - evo2010mlit - 0 views
E-language - home - 1 views
Crossing the Physical and Linguistic Divide (By Catherine Carbiness) - Teaching Village - 0 views
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experimented with a variety of methods to engage my students in their learning. My latest endeavor involves introducing different kinds of technology to enhance the teaching
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PikiFriends
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PikiFriends is an interactive website where students can post blogs, pictures, and short messages on each other’s page. The purpose of creating PikiFriends was to help EFL (English as a Foreign Language) students practice elements of the English language.
Blog U.: Online Education and Blogging - Technology and Learning - Inside Higher Ed - 0 views
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For conference presentations or article submissions there is no substitute for invested time in reflection, writing, and re-writing. For blogging - well it goes on the page as it goes through the brain.The best preparation I received for blogging was teaching online. One of the most important elements for running a successful online course involves presence. The instructor must be "present" in the course discussion boards and blogs. Teaching online gave me tons of practice in writing rapid, hopefully thought provoking, discussion and blog posts around the curriculum and the student's work
Reimagine Learning for a Digital Nation: Competition Reopens | HASTAC - 0 views
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Last night I watched the PBS Special "Digital Nation." It was an excellent example of a "transitional" documentary. It began with the tired harangue about how youth today are going to the dogs. It included some very suspicious sound bites by scientists whose actual work is far more interesting and nuanced than the punditry that appeared on TV.
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It was creepy.
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But I am also skeptical when the Internet is posed as the great danger to our children
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Blog U.: Reforming Higher Education: To What End? - University of Venus - Inside Higher Ed - 0 views
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