MVCR Tech Tools

So- do you think we still can actively listen to our students on line?

tools and constructivism

Love that the "practical descriptions of constructivist learning" listed in the article "[C]onstructivist learning should engage students in meaningful learning and ... the critical features are that the learning should be ... * Active and manipulative, engaging students in interactions and explorations with learning materials and provid[ing] opportunities for them to observe the results of their manipulations * Constructive and reflective, enabling students to integrate new ideas with prior knowledge to make meaning and enable learning through reflection * Intentional, providing opportunities for students to articulate their learning goals and monitor their progress in achieving them * Authentic, challenging and real-world (or simulated), facilitating better understanding and transfer of learning to new situations * Cooperative, collaborative, and conversational, providing students with opportunities to interact with each other to clarify and share ideas, to seek assistance, to negotiate problems, and discuss solutions."

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This one doesn't have anything to do with class, but if you are introducing your class to technology it is a great place to start. My granddaughter's junior high tech class uses it. I was introduced to it when one of our faculty used it to make me a graduation gift. He put my thesis into the web site, printed it out and framed it. I loved the gift.

For #TT1041 on the topic of Twitter. A compendium of resources.

Sometimes it's hard to figure out the right hashtag, here's a great list of common educational hashtags.

Here is a tool which will work for larger groups, as for example if we wanted to survey all 3,000 first year English students in one poll group

Just sharing another resource with the class. I hope this hasn't been posted already. Enjoy!

These resources actually provide over 110 ideas for, and examples of, using Twitter in the classroom.

This article provides a list of ten strategies that online teachers need to develop to be efficient. Some very good points.

Great article Sue... I'm bookmarking it!

Social networking is discussed as an opportunity in K-12 to expand students' learning horizons, but this is not without controversy. Privacy issues are among concerns. How will this impact the next generation of post-secondary learners?

Wonderful collection of articles, tips & links for teaching. Way cool! 

The word "nerdy" make me think of Weird Al Yankovich's "White and Nerdy". Thanks for sharing this@

Great ideas for branding case studies to start IMC class

Innovative Teaching with Technology contains four criteria in which a course can be deemed exemplary. These four criteria are shown below in the three rankings of baseline, effective, and exemplary.

One potential casualty when courses move online - or even when face-to-face courses incorporate web-based technologies - is collaboration. Many instructors fear they will lose opportunities to interact with their students - and that their students will lose the ability to interact with one another.

Summary of useful mobile apps for mobile learning and thought provoking ideas for wikitextbooks.

Wired Magazine

Info about Diigo and uses

Info about Diigo and uses.

Tips on making e-books for online learning.

What a great way to customize the reading assignments and resources for students in our online courses. This seems like it could also save money on textbook costs for our students.

Will great free courses drive down applications to places like Stanford? That's doubtful. It's more likely that these offerings will help build a stronger university brand. Writing about the success of a Stanford online computer science course in the Wall Street Journal, Holly Finn implies that free Web-based education is about to or should replace elite universities: It's a thrilling collegiate coup.

This was really interesting...there are so many free online courses. The issue seems to be quality and accreditation.