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Vicki Davis

Calvin Klein Jeans Replaces Racy Billboards with QR Codes - 0 views

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education qrcodes augmentedreality internet_of_things

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  • Vicki Davis on 01 Mar 12
     
    QR codes are here and they are going mainstream. MR Robbo the PE geek, myself and others are using these IN CLASS and they are useful ways of augmenting reality. Time to learn because people are going to be talking!
grace gollon

Apps being used in the Classroom - 0 views

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  • 5 Apps Being Used in the Classroom Right Now Published 21 July, 2011 Multimedia & Digital 8 Comments Tags: Apps, Blackboard Mobile Learn, byki, Classroom, Dictionary.com, Digital, Mobile apps, Motion Math, Multimedia, Sarah Fudin, World Wiki tweetmeme_url = 'http://oupeltglobalblog.com/2011/07/21/5-apps-being-used-in-the-classroom-right-now/'; tweetmeme_alias = 'http://wp.me/pLaO9-LP'; tweetmeme_source = '”OUPELTGlobal”'; In this post, Sarah Fudin, a community relations coordinator for the University of Southern California’s online Masters Degree in Teaching program, shares 5 mobile apps that teachers are already using in the classroom to aid learning. Apple’s catchy tagline — “There’s an app for that” — is proving to be true in today’s classroom. Educational apps that are well designed and highly interactive engage students and make learning more enjoyable. A quick online survey shows that there are hundreds of apps available for every educational level, from pre-Kindergarten to college. Many schools are putting iPads into the hands of students in the classroom. Even in classrooms where only the teacher has an iPad, Apple’s Video Mirroring technology allows the screen image from an iPad to be shared with the class via a projection screen or HDTV. Here are five extraordinarily useful Apple and Android apps that are being used in classrooms across the country right now:
  • This Apple app provides quick access to detailed information about more than 200 countries around the globe. According to Macworld, World Wiki uses data from the official CIA World Factbook. Country data includes maps, flags, native language, motto and national statistics, with more detailed information about a country’s government, economy and geography also available. World Wiki’s presentation and depth of information make it a useful tool for teachers and students of all educational levels, with particularly innovative applications in the ESL / TESOL teacher’s classroom, where bridging the cultural gap may sometimes be challenging.
  • No roundup of educational apps would be complete without mentioning this app, which is listed as the #1 app for students by U.S. News & World Report. Over 1 million words from Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com are included in this app, along with audio pronunciation, word origins and example sentences. The app can be downloaded free of charge for iPhone, iPad, Android and Blackberry devices and conveniently works without an Internet connection. As technology continues to advance and become even more ubiquitous, permeating our everyday lives and routines, it is certain that the classroom of the future will also become more high-tech. The apps being used by teachers and students today are only the latest wave of the digital revolution sweeping over education. As the processes and programs currently available are advanced and refined, technology will offer teachers and students even better ways to work, to connect and, of course, to learn.
andrei gausling

Penetrating the Fog: Analytics in Learning and Education (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE - 1 views

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  • But the most dramatic factor shaping the future of higher education is something that we can’t actually touch or see: big data and analytics. Basing decisions on data and evidence seems stunningly obvious, and indeed, research indicates that data-driven decision-making improves organizational output and productivity.
  • According to the 1st International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, “learning analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of data about learners and their contexts, for purposes of understanding and optimising learning and the environments in which it occurs.”
  • Analytics spans the full scope and range of activity in higher education, affecting administration, research, teaching and learning, and support resources.
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  • How do big data and analytics generate value for higher education? They can improve administrative decision-making and organizational resource allocation. They can identify at-risk learners and provide intervention to assist learners in achieving success. By analyzing discussion messages posted, assignments completed, and messages read in LMSs such as Moodle and Desire2Learn, educators can identify students who are at risk of dropping out.13 They can create, through transparent data and analysis, a shared understanding of the institution’s successes and challenges. They can innovate and transform the college/university system, as well as academic models and pedagogical approaches. They can assist in making sense of complex topics through the combination of social networks and technical and information networks: that is, algorithms can recognize and provide insight into data and at-risk challenges. They can help leaders transition to holistic decision-making through analyses of what-if scenarios and experimentation to explore how various elements within a complex discipline (e.g., retaining students, reducing costs) connect and to explore the impact of changing core elements. They can increase organizational productivity and effectiveness by providing up-to-date information and allowing rapid response to challenges. They can help institutional leaders determine the hard (e.g., patents, research) and soft (e.g., reputation, profile, quality of teaching) value generated by faculty activity.14 They can provide learners with insight into their own learning habits and can give recommendations for improvement. Learning-facing analytics, such as the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Check My Activity tool, allows learners to “compare their own activity . . . against an anonymous summary of their course peers.”15
    • Tess T
      Tess T on 12 Mar 12
       
      Number two talks about customizing learning through analytics by  recognizing at-risk learners and helping them learn better.
    • Tess T
      Tess T on 12 Mar 12
       
      Number nine also talks about customizing how students are taught. It says that Learning Analytics "can provide learners with insight into their own learning habits and can give recommendations for improvement."
  • Analytics in education must be transformative, altering existing teaching, learning, and assessment processes, academic work, and administration.
    • Tess T
      Tess T on 12 Mar 12
       
      This right here is directly talking about using learning analytics to customize   how students are taught
  • Undoubtedly, analytics and big data have a significant role to play in the future of higher education. The growing role of analysis techniques and technologies in government and business sectors affirms this trend. In education the value of analytics and big data can be found in (1) their role in guiding reform activities in higher education, and (2) how they can assist educators in improving teaching and learning.
    • Tess T
      Tess T on 12 Mar 12
       
      So pretty much this is saying that Learning Analytics can improve education because it can assist educators and help them improve their teaching and education based off of the data that they find about their students
    • Tess T
      Tess T on 12 Mar 12
       
      Learning Analytics helps educators find out whats wrong and change it around the student so the student can get the best education possible
  • Learning analytics is essential for penetrating the fog that has settled over much of higher education. Educators, students, and administrators need a foundation on which to enact change. For educators, the availability of real-time insight into the performance of learners—including students who are at-risk—can be a significant help in the planning of teaching activities. For students, receiving information about their performance in relation to their peers or about their progress in relation to their personal goals can be motivating and encouraging. Finally, administrators and decision-makers are today confronted with tremendous uncertainty in the face of budget cuts and global competition in higher education. Learning analytics can penetrate the fog of uncertainty around how to allocate resources, develop competitive advantages, and most important, improve the quality and value of the learning experience.
    • Tess T
      Tess T on 12 Mar 12
       
      This is a super helpful and straight forward answer to the question "how can learning analytics improve education." You can't get any clearer that that!
  • Tess T on 12 Mar 12
     
    This source was written by George Siemens,who works in the Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute at Athabasca University, and Phil Long, a Director of the Centre for Education Innovaton and Technology at the University of Queensland.  This site talks about how Analytics are used and what they are used for in Education
  • alliem_pphs on 14 Mar 12
     
    I really think this website can help anyone with a "foggy" idea of learning analytics.  Explains what to do with them above and beyond.  Woo hoo.
  • andrei gausling on 25 Mar 12
     
    This article is about how data mining and research can help make decisions. This process is using statistical information instead of using informal guessing. It is beginning to be used on a wide level including medicine , business , and social programs and schools. It also says that education most have a reform and learning anaylitcs will have the biggest impact in deciding what will change or what will be added. So many of the students now a days spends time on the internet with social media and this leaves a foot print which leaves data of how their learning process works. Learning anaylitics is important because it benefits administrative and student purposes.
DavisW SVHS

MOOCs: Valuable Innovation Or Grand Diversion? - Education - Online - 0 views

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MOOC

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  • DavisW SVHS on 19 Mar 13
     
    Keith Fowlkes describes his thesis on why so many people are switching from attending higher education universities, such as Lehigh University, and are switching to online sources that are offered by the higher education universities. 
southernpride

ERIC - Education Resources Information Center - 0 views

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mobile mobile_apps applications technology netgen2012

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  • southernpride on 12 Mar 12
     
    These are the top 40 apps that are best used in a high school classroom.  They are very interesting and maybe I will try some out! Shows that apps and education can be used.  This can also be considered innovation in the classroom.
Joy Lauer

elearnspace › Learning Analytics 2011: Reflections - 0 views

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  • 1. Analytics will be huge in education and are coming faster than almost anyone can anticipate. 2. Analytics are growing in prominence in many different disciplines and from all parts of the education system. Researchers from different fields found shared space in the analytics discussion. Are analytics the “universal decoder” for education reform? 3. Ethics are going to be an enormous concern. We all acknowledged it. No clear way forward exists at this stage. 4. Analytics can be applied across the full spectrum of education: for teachers, learners, administrators, policy makers, and government officials. 5. Student success, based partly in adaptive and personal learning, is a substantial motivator for foundations, administrators, and politicians. Under various covers (college completion, accountability, increased institutional effectiveness) analytics will be appropriated to serve numerous ideals, causes, and visions. 6. Brace yourself for the usual hype cycle: analytics will be everything, they will cure all ails, they will transform education, they will [_____]. Purchase your Batman Consultant-Repellant spray now.
  • Joy Lauer on 14 Mar 12
     
    This shows 6 different things that are about Learning Analytics. 
Vicki Davis

Why QR Codes are the next big thing | Bridie's Typing Services - 0 views

www.bridiestypingservices.com/r-codes-are-the-next-big-thing

twitter education internet_of_things

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  • Vicki Davis on 01 Mar 12
     
    RT: Why QR Codes are the next big thing - http://bit.ly/idNEkC via @BridiesTyping: Why QR Codes are the next big... http://bit.ly/h0Cktn
Elena Ares

Why Your Next PC Will Be a Tablet | PCWorld - 1 views

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tablet_computing

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  • The primary computer for most users today is not a PC; it's a phone.
  • What we used to call a tablet was just a laptop with a screen that swiveled around and folded back, yielding a bulky machine that was uncomfortable to carry as a slate and awkward to use as a laptop. That unsatisfactory hybrid was simply where the state of technology took us in previous efforts to create "tablet" or
  • "slate" computers.
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  • In fact, the iPad altered everything we thought we knew about tablets, and other hardware manufacturers are following up on Apple's success quickly.
  • Today's tablet is exactly what the name implies: a thin slab, dominated by its screen
  • The software for tablets has changed, as well. Instead of struggling to run a full-fledged version of Windows, which requires a significant amount of processing power and isn't optimized for use with a touchscreen, most new tablet models released nowadays run a relatively lightweight, touchscreen-focused mobile operating system such as Apple iOS or Google Android.
  • We need a device that bridges the gap between what PCs do and what mobile phones do. That device has arrived. Welcome to the age of the tablet
  • Elena Ares on 16 Mar 12
     
    Why laptops are helpful, but why tablets are better
taylork-pphs

Massive Open Online Courses Are Multiplying at a Rapid Pace - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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MOOC

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  • taylork-pphs on 14 Mar 13
     
    Moocs are an emerging technology.
taylork-pphs

MOOCs - Massive Open Online Courses - are sparking gains and feeling growing pains | De... - 0 views

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MOOC

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  • taylork-pphs on 14 Mar 13
     
    Moocs are being used in more places and by different people 
jtp-pphs

Beyond the Buzz, Where Are MOOCs Really Going? | Wired Opinion | Wired.com - 0 views

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  • jtp-pphs on 12 Mar 13
     
    Discusses the future of MOOCS.  Also discusses how MOOCs are used in college education.  
Kendall Butler

Smartphones on Campus: the Search for 'Killer Apps' - The Digital Campus - The Chronicl... - 0 views

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  • southernpride on 12 Mar 12
     
    This is a story about how mobile apps contribute to how professors can use apps to teach in classrooms. It says that not one app can fit to a teachers certain teaching style.
  • Kendall Butler on 13 Mar 12
     
    This article examines different examples of apps that professors and students are using and how they are affecting the community.
Becca B.

7 ways the iPad is transforming the field | TabTimes - 0 views

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tablet medicine

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  • Becca B. on 13 Mar 12
     
    this website is stating how doctors are beginning to convert to ipads instead of using the paper charts. examples; if a doctor wants to know a status about a patient, instead of going to their room to view their status on their charts, the doctors can be connected to EHR so their lab results can go straight to their ipads which can save time which is very vital for a doctor or nurse. there is even a hospital in Britain that is using ipads to relax their patients during surgery. also, ipads are now beginning to create apps so you will no longer have to fill out the clipboard and now you can do it on your app.
Susan D

simSchool - About - 1 views

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game_based_lng

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  • simSchool is a classroom simulation that supports the rapid accumulation of a teacher's experience in analyzing student differences, adapting instruction to individual learner needs, gathering data about the impacts of instruction, and seeing the results of their teaching.
  • improvement in general teaching skill improved confidence in using technology increased belief that the teacher has the skills and ability to make a difference in a child's life improvement in pre-service teachers' performance in teacher preparation courses and attitudes toward inclusion of special needs students significant positive impact on the mastery of deeper learning capacities that comprise the readiness to teach increased "staying power" on the path to the field of teaching acquired through rapid development of strong self-efficacy and resilience
  • Susan D on 13 Mar 12
     
    simSchool is a simulated classroom that supports rapid accumulation of a teacher's experience in analyzing student differences, adapting instruction to individual learning needs, gathering data about the impacts of instruction, and seeing the results of their teaching. This is a place where instructors can explore instructional strategies, examine classroom management techniques, and practice building relationships with students that will translate into increased learning. The results are highlighted below and are proved to be real and measurable.
Sarah Bandy

TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS WIKIS IN THE CLASSROOM - 0 views

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Internet_of_Things

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  • Sarah Bandy on 16 Mar 12
     
    This one talks about when students use wiki. Most teachers do not allow you to use wiki due to the fact that it is completely open and FREEDOM. Anyone can go on there and change things that are not true and you may think they are true if you don't know. So because this is a highly changed sight this causes the freedom of the internet to be bad sometimes.
Vicki Davis

Horizon Report 2010 - Gesture Based Computing Links - 0 views

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  • Vicki Davis on 01 Mar 12
     
    The mouse and keyboard are no longer the only way to input data into computing devices. This trend capitalizes on touch interfaces as made popular by the itouch/ iphone as well as the gesture based interfaces made popular by the Wii. Additionally, sixth sense computing (as seen in Minority Report) is a reality as this has already been invented. These links are from the Horizon Report 2010 and will be used by students in the NetGenEd project to understanding Gesture Based computing
Vicki Davis

Ebooks Get the Respect They Deserve at 'Download the Universe' - Rebecca J. Rosen - Tec... - 0 views

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ebook education news science science_teacher tablet_computing mobile_apps

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  • Vicki Davis on 29 Feb 12
     
    A community of writers and scientists are reviewing and discussing scientific ebooks at Download the Universe. eBooks aren't where they are going to be. I'm toying with the idea of producing my own ebook after this next project because I haven't really seen what I think is possible in an ebook but have already storyboarded my own private thoughts in this area. This is a fascinating once in history experience to be part of a major trend as books evolve from paper to ebook. I'm excited! Take a look. "e-readers have opened up a period of great innovation in how we convey and consume "books," but, as of yet, these new products have not met with the sorts of rigorous and routine reviews that new printed books receive. But a new project, Download the Universe, aims to change that. Led by a set of some of the top science writers in the country -- including Carl Zimmer, Steve Silberman, and Atlantic contributor David Dobbs -- the site aims to provide reviews of new straight-to-ebook science books."
MARISA R

What Can We Learn About Assessment From Video Games? | edte.ch - 0 views

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  • The types of “dynamic and ongoing feedback” that help a player improve at the point of learning - the summary sheets help us to reflect on how we scored but this is the same as what grade did I get
  • Not just seeing the individual method of feedback in isolation but placing it within the whole picture, the whole plan for supporting new players and helping them to be successful.
  • Unfortunately points scoring and rewards are in the short term ‘easy’ ways for teachers to motivate pupils to do what the are told. Look at the number of ‘team points’ and ‘star charts’ that exist in primary schools. This may get them to behave in the required way, but it teaches pupils that only things that are worth doing are things that get them a number score…
    • MARISA R
      MARISA R on 06 Mar 12
       
      Good point was made here. How do we keep them interested without taking away from them making their own choices.
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  • to only value tangible and quantifiable outcomes like rewards and grades
  • MARISA R on 06 Mar 12
     
    Article about game based learning.
zachc-pphs

Are Games the New Norm? - 0 views

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GG

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  • zachc-pphs on 09 Mar 13
     
    Are games the new norm?????
Lisa Durff

NMC Horizon Report > 2012 Higher Ed Edition | The New Media Consortium - 1 views

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  • analytics are seen in the second horizon of two to three years
  • Vicki Davis on 01 Mar 12
     
    The 2012 horizon report is out. It reveals the trends for higher education in the next 1-4 years. "This year's NMC Horizon Report identifies mobile apps and tablet computing as technologies expected to enter mainstream use in the first horizon of one year or less. Game-based learning and learning analytics are seen in the second horizon of two to three years; gesture-based computing and the Internet of Things are seen emerging in the third horizon of four to five years. View the work that produced the report on the wiki."
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