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Products and resources for adaptive and assistive learning.

Adobe Creative Cloud boasts excellent applications for productivity and creativity, however, it is quite expensive! This site outlines several excellent alternatives for FREE resources to use instead of Adobe.

"Ask the right questions, manipulate data sets, and create visualizations to communicate results. This Specialization covers the concepts and tools you'll need throughout the entire data science pipeline, from asking the right kinds of questions to making inferences and publishing results. In the final Capstone Project, you'll apply the skills learned by building a data product using real-world data. At completion, students will have a portfolio demonstrating their mastery of the material."

"The Padagogy Wheel and other research based approaches to help teachers establish purpose, process and products using the right tools."

Excellent paper describing the Productive Online Discussion Model and the limitations of threaded discussions

"Research also indicates that peer learning activities typically yield the following results for both tutor and tutee: team-building spirit and more supportive relationships; greater psychological well-being, social competence, communication skills and self-esteem; and higher achievement and greater productivity in terms of enhanced learning outcomes."

This article discusses the impact of personalized learning. I like the statement: "Technology then becomes an enabler for increasing meaningful personal contact."

"Notability"

"students can guide their own learning based on their interests or when they're most productive"

This article has tips for creating a PLC that draws teachers in and allows for productive collaboration.

This resource contains a collection of educational technology websites divided into categories.

When reflecting on why every teacher isn't using their computers and Internet connections productively when schools have had computers since the early 80s and the Internet has been in schools since the early 90s, I came up with this metaphor for the various positions people assume in relation to the uptake of information and communications technologies.