This week on New Tech City we're talking MOOCs or Massive Open Online Courses that major universities and newly formed education companies are offering for FREE (and that's no acronym). Hundreds of thousands of people around the globe are taking these classes. Could this be the future of higher-level degrees?
This blog post outlines types of social media that can be used in the classroom. These include Twitter, blogs, Flickr, Skype, and Pinterest, and Tumbl.
This is an interesting article from the TEACHING WITH iPAD IN A FLIPPED CLASSROOM blog about creative ways to use the iPad in teaching and ideas for engaging students through effective instructional methods and technology. "Computers are like a bicycle for our mind" (Steve Jobs)
"How I've tried to reinvent the classroom for the Digital Age" is an interesting article from the TEACHING WITH iPAD IN A FLIPPED CLASSROOM blog about creative ways to use the iPad in teaching and ideas for engaging students through effective instructional methods and technology. "Computers are like a bicycle for our mind" (Steve Jobs)
Here's a free PowerPoint template I built for a recent workshop. I used it to show how to create interactive conversations in PowerPoint using hyperlinks. In this example it's a simple back and forth conversation. This free template could be used as a way to share manager/employee information or perhaps as an FAQ interaction.