Edge-ucators' Way

In this programme Professor Stephen Heppell discusses what he thinks learning might look like in the year 2016. Stephen takes the prestigious stage at the Edward Boyle Memorial Lecture in the Royal Society of Arts, to offer his views on future learning and the important role we play in its fruition.

Personal Learning Network

Here's a handy one screen Tag Cloud of Web 2.0 terms from the Wikipedia entry on that topic. Many of the terms are clickable to the entry on that heading. Good for use after exploring Web 2 applications to see if there's any jargon that still wants clarification.

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This project was created to inspire teachers to use technology in engaging ways to help students develop higher level thinking skills. Equally important, it...

Nice free mindmapping tool that can be used standalone or on a network and is totally cross platform. Simple and intuitive while prompting higher-order thinking.

These aren't really ClassPortals - they stand in contrast as they focus on the "business of the classroom", but the widespread use of blogs in this way by one middle school is really impressive.

A professional reflection on facilitating Visible Knowledge. I particularly like their 4 Cs: Connections, Complexity, Content and Commitment. This is a fine summation of the desired experience generated by "Learning to Look"

Here, in this forum as part of Academic Commons, the essay complements eighteen case studies on teaching, learning, and new media technologies. Together the essay and studies constitute the digital volume "The Difference that Inquiry Makes: A Collaborative Case Study of Learning and Technology, from the Visible Knowledge Project." For more information about VKP, see http://crossroads.georgetown.edu/vkp/.

Worth remembering as many of us embrace Google Apps for Schools /Drive and await a Google LMS.