Today's Meet is an awesome and free "backchannel" tool that has upgraded its features -- now we can control who signs in and we can close room and monitor multiple rooms from one screen. Give it a try!
The Internet Archive seeks to build a "digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form." Free access to researchers, historians, scholars, the print disabled and the general public. This is a GREAT resource that every educator should know about!
Another clip of Tina Seelig on fostering creativity in students -- Starting with a cover photo of her students own autobiography -- brilliant activity! Try it with your own students
Notes from BLC14 -- Building Learning Communities conference in Boston, held each summer. Here is some of the notes. Looking for an incredible learning experience? Put BLC on your bucket list for PD.
Here is an example of interest-driven, failing forward learning -- how do we bring this kind of excitement to learning for our students! And ps, this student is only 7 years old!
Nice overview of the potential of badges to hack education, disrupt how folks demonstrate their achievements, even at the higher education level, and more
Great case study on Connected Learning in action, with the three interlocking spheres of passion-based, academically driven and socially connected within an open and digitally enhanced learning environment.
I have followed Dr. Michael Wesch's journey with Digital Ethnography since the early days of my exploration of relevant, digital-enhanced learning. This post grabs my gut and the whole time I say, "exactly! yes!" -- He refers to "Learning as soul-making."
I am passionate about the power of new media in engaging students in authentic, interest-driven learning. I lead TAMRITZ, a digital badge learning network seeking to transform how learning happens in Jewish education.