"Welcome to Serendip, a playground, including resources and forums, for those who ask questions without boundaries. Glad you stopped by. Need a few pointers to find your way around?
Looking for "the answer" to a question? There are plenty of websites out there which will tell you what to think. Serendip instead aims at helping you to think for yourself, and in the process of discovery to formulate new questions and new explorations.
Nothing on Serendip is "authoritative", but there is lots here that you can learn from and contribute to. See (and click on) the material below and to the right for recently added discussions. Click here for publishing guidelines."
"Daphne Koller is enticing top universities to put their most intriguing courses online for free -- not just as a service, but as a way to research how people learn. Each keystroke, comprehension quiz, peer-to-peer forum discussion and self-graded assignment builds an unprecedented pool of data on how knowledge is processed and, most importantly, absorbed. "
"Welcome to the California Google Apps K-12 User Group!
This group is open to all K-12 schools within the state of California who use or are considering using Google Apps.
Our goal is to connect K12 Google Apps users within California to learn and share from each other through community discussion forums, events and webinars."
"I was so inspired by this on Friday I just had to set up an account and start playing! I have created this Edistorm for my iPad Lessons course as a forum and repository."
"Community forums and newsletters sent home in backpacks are so old school. You want to find out whether stewed tomatoes are on tomorrow's lunch menu? Check out the district's latest tweet. How about the date for the next school board meeting? Look on Facebook. Don't like a school district decision? Post a comment. "
"Wiki style format enables collaboration in a single space
Features LaTeX editor, highlighted syntax and code blocking
Questions and posts needing immediate action are highlighted
Instructors endorse answers to keep the class on track
Anonymous posting encourages every student to participate
Highly customizable online polls
Integrates with every major LMS and is FERPA compliant"