PSU LIB 510

iPads have exploded throughout schools and classrooms. Their flexibility, versatility, and mobility make them a phenomenal learning tool. As teachers seek ways to integrate these devices, we recommend focusing on specific learning goals that promote critical-thinking, creativity, collaboration, and the creation of student-centric learning environments. Below, you will find a list of objectives, each one connecting to recommended apps and tools.

Dropbox is a robust independent file syncing tool (which Apple once tried to buy) that recently hit the 100m user milestone. It's arguably the most popular cloud service around, and for good reason. One of the key advantages of Dropbox is that it's so easy to use-you simply set it up and then forget about it - but if you dig a bit deeper into the application you'll find that it has more strings to its bow than you might have realized.

A project is meaningful if it fulfills two criteria. First, students must perceive it as personally meaningful, as a task that matters and that they want to do well. Second, a meaningful project fulfills an educational purpose. Well-designed and well-implemented Project Based Learning (PBL) is meaningful in both ways.

For the innovation economy, dispositions come into play: readiness to collaborate, attention to multiple perspectives, initiative, persistence, and curiosity. While the content of any learning experience is important, the particular content is irrelevant. What really matters is how students react to it, shape it, or apply it. The purpose of learning in this century is not simply to recite inert knowledge, but, rather, to transform it.1 It is time to change the subject.

Looks like a great resource for teachers on a variety of subjects.

Even better than power point!

Sir Ken Robinson's inspirational talk on education.

Social Bookmarking

Here's a page with links to many more ways to use Twitter. I thought this was a good extension from the article we read by Steven Anderson early in the term (though he isn't referenced in this one).

Set up the Diigolet floating toolbar for easier bookmarking when using Diigo Diigolet is not as feature-rich as the Diigo toolbar, but it can be set-up by simple drag-and-drop - no download or installation needed, and it works for all major browsers. Much more powerful than bookmarklets offered by other social bookmarking sites, Diigolet is a "super bookmarklet" that allows you to highlight and add sticky-notes, in addition to simple bookmarking.

I found this article interesting. I've seen a lot of articles suggesting the use of different tools, but nothing about how these tools should actually be used. I found this informative.

This seems like a versatile tool. It includes forums, allows users to post attachments, and also allows teachers to share resources.

This page links to a large number of open educational resources for educators.

This wiki provides information about what Open Educational Resources are, where to find them, and some case studies.

Charts are a great tool because they communicate information visually. You can design and share your own charts online and for free - supports a number of different chart types like: bar charts, pie charts, line charts, bubble charts and radar plots. Shared by Dana B in her Lib510 project

Gapminder World shows the World's most important trends shared by Dana during presentation

To help you make an informed decision, here's a closer look at how Google Keep, Microsoft OneNote, and Evernote stack up in a variety of categories.