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Keith Hamon

10 Google Forms for the Classroom | edte.ch - 1 views

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    I thought I would share 10 ideas for using Forms in the classroom.
Keith Hamon

connection education with how young people use technology - 2 views

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    A wiki devoted to connecting social networking to education, esp. in K12.
Keith Hamon

Jan05_01 - 1 views

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    George Siemens advances a theory of learning that takes into account trends in learning, the use of technology and networks, and the diminishing half-life of knowledge. It combines relevant elements of many learning theories, social structures, and technology to create a powerful theoretical construct for learning in the digital age.
Keith Hamon

The Business of Knowing: Academia vs Wikipedia...again - 1 views

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    its value as an encyclopedia for me is endless.
Stephanie Cooper

Top 20 Mashable Reader Responses to "What is Social Media?"| The Committed Sardine - 0 views

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    Responses to: "What is Social Media?"
Keith Hamon

Marc My Words: Thinking About Mobile Learning in the Age of iPad by Marc J. Rosenberg :... - 2 views

  • We focused on providing just-in-time resources, in the context of work situations not easily predicted, rather than longer duration, more tightly targeted and structured instructional programs.
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      We see again the shift from just-in-case learning to just-in-time. Anybody want to do a cartoon strip with me, starring Justin Case and Justin Thyme?
  • the screen is bigger, which makes a huge difference in how we can display informational and instructional content.
  • the most important game-changer is that the iPad, and other devices to follow, are designed to be “always on,” or “always connected;” the intent being that you always have access to the Internet (of course this may not be practically true yet, but it certainly is the goal).
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  • the use of organization-based social networking as a mobile learning strategy.
  • the idea of downloading starts to seem antiquated.
  • Clearly, the platforms and devices becoming available are more flexible, more powerful, more portable, and more user-friendly. 24x7 access to content makes mLearning more convenient and valuable. New communication channels open up new opportunities to connect with coworkers and experts, anytime and anywhere. And the use of cloud computing makes virtually limitless amounts of content instantly available to virtually limitless numbers of users.
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    Clearly, the platforms and devices becoming available are more flexible, more powerful, more portable, and more user-friendly. 24x7 access to content makes mLearning more convenient and valuable. New communication channels open up new opportunities to connect with coworkers and experts, anytime and anywhere. And the use of cloud computing makes virtually limitless amounts of content instantly available to virtually limitless numbers of users.
Keith Hamon

I AM A LIAR!: Recap - 1 views

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    In this blog, I want to share the practice of lying for learning and its benefits or shortcomings to me as a teacher and my students as learners. Along the way I will share the lies/deceptions and the rational for them. I will be writing this blog during the Spring Semester 2010 and will conclude the blog with an analysis of the benefits and shortcomings of lying for learning at the end of the 2010 school year.
Keith Hamon

TeachPaperless: An Example of Jing Used to Comment on Student Work Online - 0 views

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    Have been using Jing for about three weeks now as my primary form of commenting on student work.
Keith Hamon

Response to: 'Anatomy of a PLE' | Mark Smithers - 0 views

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    I firmly believe that the PLE is a combination of tools that are wholly owned by the student and should be located outside of the institution for several reasons:
Keith Hamon

Dr. Helen Barrett's Electronic Portfolios - 0 views

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    Great site for exploring the concept of ePortfolios
Thomas Clancy

On private "classblogs" vs. the wild, wide open ~ Stephen's Web - 1 views

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    Please note this post and its comments (Downes' is a good blog to follow, too, btw). This is a "line" with which we are familiar--private vs. public student writing. Are we prepared to argue in support of "the wild, wide open"? Should we be appeasers and give our faculty the choice? *Let's discuss as a workshop topic.*
Keith Hamon

7 Things You Should Know About Assessing Online Team-Based Learning | EDUCAUSE - 1 views

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    Assessing the work produced by teams, however, presents a significant challenge, and this difficulty is especially prominent in online environments.
Keith Hamon

David McCandless: The beauty of data visualization | Video on TED.com - 1 views

  • David McCandless turns complex data sets (like worldwide military spending, media buzz, Facebook status updates) into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connections. Good design, he suggests, is the best way to navigate information glut -- and it may just change the way we see the world.
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    David McCandless turns complex data sets (like worldwide military spending, media buzz, Facebook status updates) into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connections. Good design, he suggests, is the best way to navigate information glut -- and it may just change the way we see the world.
Keith Hamon

A Twitteraholic's Guide to tweets, hashtags, and all things Twitter | The Edublogger - 0 views

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    Here's advice on using Twitter written with assistance from my twitter network and readers comments on this post.
Keith Hamon

Why Online Education Needs to Get Social - 0 views

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    Education is the second largest industry in America behind health care, and it too is experiencing a similar shift as it struggles to adapt traditional design and delivery models to the demands of modern audiences who are accustomed to digital interactivity. The challenge to transition successfully is especially pressing for online higher education. The Sloan Consortium reports that two-thirds of post-secondary educational institutions are seeing an increase in online courses and programs, so it's a market that education providers simply cannot afford to ignore.
Keith Hamon

Community Building- Powerful Learning Indeed « 21st Century Collaborative - 0 views

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    You need a plan. Just because you build doesn't mean in online communities they will come. Rather you need to understand who your audience is and why you are together. You also need to have a common language about what a community is and what it isn't.
Keith Hamon

Teaching Carnival 4.1 - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

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    In that spirit of collaboration, the Teaching Carnival is back. … Each month, a new writer will collect and sort teaching-related links and will post them here. (If you are interested in writing one of these posts or contributing links to the roundup, see the info at the bottom of this page.) This is a great source for connecting to college profs who are writing about teaching in college.
Keith Hamon

Langwitches Blog » Taking Student Blogging to the Next Level? - 0 views

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    Many benefits of blogging seem to become apparent over time. That has happened in my own learning journey as a blogger as well.  It is the reflective nature and the timeline of a blog, as well as the growing connections with readers that will reveal growth as a writer, the benefits of being a member of a network and a contributor to a global community.
Keith Hamon

Education Week: Schools Blend Virtual and Face-to-Face Teaching - 0 views

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    Blended, or hybrid, learning has caught the eye of many looking into the potential of online learning, especially after the release of a meta-analysis and review of online-learning research by the U.S. Department of Education in May 2009. The authors found that "instruction combining online and face-to-face elements had a larger advantage" than either purely online or entirely face-to-face instruction.
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