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Sean Dagony-Clark

Autodesk Education Community - Free Software - 0 views

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    Ever heard of AutoCAD? Maya? 3ds Max? Autodesk has some of the best 3D software on the market, and they give it to faculty and students for free. 
Sean Dagony-Clark

Free Video Chat and Video Conferencing from ooVoo - 0 views

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    Free video chat with up to 6 people. Sounds pretty cool.
Sean Dagony-Clark

5 Ways to Blow the Top Off of Rubrics - 2 views

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    "create a rubric with a blatant challenge and ample encouragement for students to push themselves beyond the basic requirements" - from Shawn McCusker of EdTechTeacher.org, on Free Technology For Teachers
Sean Dagony-Clark

Adobe Youth Voices Essentials - 1 views

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    From the site: "Adobe Youth Voices Essentials provides free curricula and tools for educators to inspire young people to create digital media on issues they care about. Based on the best practices of educators from around the world, our curricula promotes youth expression, creativity, and engagement, helping young people build critical 21st century technology and life skills."
Sean Dagony-Clark

SAS® Curriculum Pathways® - 0 views

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    Totally free to educators. "Can the expertise we have developed over the past 25 years enable us to produce technologies that enhance learning? The answer-an enthusiastic Yes-came only after deliberating with educators. SAS Curriculum Pathways is the result of those deliberations."
Sean Dagony-Clark

Lucid Education - 0 views

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    Free physics and math "courses" for flipped teaching, from Derek Owens.
Sean Dagony-Clark

Learning.com Marketplace - 0 views

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    "Browse and use standards-aligned curriculum." Some free, some paid.
Sean Dagony-Clark

Orbvious Interest - Shalom Craimer - 0 views

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    Not sure why he named it that, but it's an extension for Google Chrome that sends web pages to Pocket (nee Read it Later). Works great, and it's donationware so you can try it (or use it forever) for free.
Sean Dagony-Clark

Digital Learning | Diigo - Groups - 0 views

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    "Digital learning resources, tips, research, and teaching and learning resources. Feel free to join this group to share related resources."
Sean Dagony-Clark

Physics of the Yellow Angry Bird | Wired Science | Wired.com - 0 views

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    A physics professor at SLU uses free software to deconstruct the physics of Angry Birds. He measures velocity and acceleration over time using Tracker Video Analysis. Nice way to connect science to gaming...
Sean Dagony-Clark

ArcGIS digital maps - 2 views

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    Interesting possibility for digital maps. Free and crowdsourced. People seem to think learning how to create a layer is fairly easy, too.
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    We purchased the client software version of arcGIS made for K-12 use and had it on all RCS PC's for about 4 years. We were not able to get any integrations with it launched. Dropped support for it two years ago due to lack of use. Maybe interest in GIS has changed since Google Earth has come on the scene? Anyone interested in looking at GIS applications for RCS?
Sean Dagony-Clark

FreeBIEs | Project Based Learning | BIE - 0 views

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    Free materials to help support your PBL ideas. Not all are excellent, but there are some good ideas here that might be useful.
Sean Dagony-Clark

Learn to code | Codecademy - 1 views

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    Totally free, totally awesome resource for learning programming.
Sean Dagony-Clark

Scribblar.com - 1 views

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    Free Online Whiteboard and Collaboration Tool
Sean Dagony-Clark

Evernote - 1 views

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    Truly amazing notetaking software. I've used it for my grad school classes and personal notetaking. We have this software installed on every RCS computer, and you can install it on your own devices for free. From their site: "Save your ideas, things you like, things you hear, and things you see. Evernote works with nearly every computer, phone and mobile device out there. Search by keyword, tag or even printed and handwritten text inside images."
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    very cool - I'm sharing it with my girls too :)
Sean Dagony-Clark

10 Clever Screen Recording Tools for Mac | Mac.AppStorm - 2 views

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    Nice list of free and cheap screen capture tools.
Sean Dagony-Clark

Open Education Sites Offer Free Content for All - 1 views

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    "Here's a comprehensive list of open education sites MindShift has covered." Includes MIT Open CourseWare, Curriki, OER, and many others.
Sean Dagony-Clark

Blended learning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views

  • Blended learning in educational research refers to a mixing of different learning environments. It combines traditional face-to-face classroom methods with more modern computer-mediated activities.
  • Whether a course should be proposed as a face-to-face interaction, an online course or a blended course depends on the analysis of the competencies at stake, the nature and location of the audience, and the resources available.
  • The facilitator’s role can be broken down into the following four categories: 1. developing online course content and structure 2. communication 3. guiding and individualizing learning 4. assessing, grading, and promoting
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  • Teachers need to be educated in both traditional classroom methods, but also enhanced training to develop skills targeted to online education.
  • The elements of teacher preparation for online learning fall into two categories. First, they need to be trained to use the available tools and technology. Secondly, they need to be trained in online pedagogy; particularly, how to communicate content without the use of contextual cues.
  • Fischer, Michael. [mf032.k12.sd.us/Porftolio/files/FischerMichaelPositionPaper.pdf "The Use of Online Learning Methods in the Traditional Classroom"]. mf032.k12.sd.us/Porftolio/files/FischerMichaelPositionPaper.pdf. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  • Horn, Michael B., and Heather C. Staker. The Rise of K12 Blended Learning. Chapel Hill, NC: Innosight Institute, Jan. 2011. PDF.
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    Good background information on blended learning. Pay particular attention to the footnotes.
Sean Dagony-Clark

Blended Learning Models - 2002 - ASTD - 1 views

  • skill-driven mixes interaction with a facilitator through email, discussion forums, and face-to-face meetings with self-paced learning, such as Web-based courses and books.
  • Behavior-driven model
  • Skill-driven model
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  • blends traditional classroom-based learning with online collaborative learning events
  • Developers should use this approach to teach content that requires learners to try out new behaviors in a risk-free environment
  • Competency-driven model
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    Information on approaches to blended learning. Summary of the three NIIT models: Skill-Driven, Attitude-Driven, Competency-Driven.
Ben Lesch

BetterLesson: Share What Works | Free K-12 Lesson Plans, materials and resources - 1 views

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    Curriculum Sharing Site. Could be a nice resource for those tired of reinventing the wheel curriculum.
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