Archive: Aug 2013
EdTech
Internet Learning Part 1: Safety First
All of us in the education community have a tremendous obligation to help our students clearly understand what it means to be part of a virtual community – how to be safe, respectful, and responsible — how to be good digital citizens.
Personalized Learning
Tupac and Einstein: Now That’s Blended Learning
Think of it as a classroom where all types of learners can succeed…on their terms. You know, students as diverse and different as, say, Tupac Shakur and Albert Einstein. Hmmm. Tupac and Einstein? Now that sounds like a unique blended learning academy.
Personalized Learning
Teachers, Did you Finish Your Summer Reading?!
Before you go headfirst back into the classroom and into “teaching mode,” we want to “assign” 5 great posts from our awesome teacher bloggers. Don’t worry, it won’t take long, but we sure don’t want you starting school without finishing your summer reading!
EdTech
New Language Arts Apps from edshelf
Let’s say you give your students a writing assignment. It could be a fictional story, a book summary, or, in our example below, a persuasive essay. Here are a series of mobile apps that your students can use for this assignment.
Personalized Learning
Word Nerds Get Digital
You definitely know you’re a word nerd when you fall hopelessly in love with an essay called “The Joy of Sesquipedalians,” by Anne Fadiman, from her collection Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader. Fadiman begins her essay with a panegyric to Wally the Wordworm, the dictionary devouring invertebrate…
EdTech
10 Music & Art Resources
During August we will spotlight about 500 people and organizations--not in order, not exhaustive, just people we appreciate. Today we’re recognizing music and art apps and resources.
EdTech
Better Pitches
"Applicants who are able to describe their need and solutions succinctly tend to resonate more with reviewers," said John Bailey, "There is a reason why we call them "elevator speeches" - because it forces one to strip out what is unnecessary in order to simplify and focus the message."
EdTech
LinkedIn at 14
Ultimately, a portfolio system should showcase a person's work and that showcasing should in turn help that person advance and achieve his or her goals. If that's the case, why not LinkedIn for students?
Ed Policy
Smart LIst: The 10 Most Innovative Cities
Today we are recognizing smart cities. We built an index based on 12 metrics of innovations in learning considering K-12 schools, universities, foundations and investors, edtech and other education enterprise. Here are the ten smartest cities (in order):
EdTech
It’s Coming… Taleblazer is The New SCRATCH
Taleblazer is a brand new web based platform that allows students to create location based, augmented reality games that can actually be played on mobile devices.