1. world-shaker:

    Minute Hacks: 5 Things You Can Do With A USB Thumb Drive

    (by Hack College)

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  2. 28 Creative Ideas for Teaching with Twitter →

    world-shaker:

    A lot of oldies, but some fresh ideas as well. It’s definitely worth a look, especially since each idea comes with a source. Here are three (with sources):

    1. Set up a poll: Teachers might want to set up a Twitter poll for either their students or the broader microblogging community. The applications are limited only by one’s own creativity; for an added bonus, combine the poll with some sort of geotracker.
    2. ______ of the day: No matter the class, a vocabulary word, book, song, quote or something else “of the day” might very well make an excellent supplement to the day’s lesson. When teaching younger kids, tell their parents about the Twitter feed and encourage them to talk about postings at home.
    3. Start a book club: Within the industry but outside the classroom, some educations band together via Twitter and host their own book clubs. A common hashtag and communicative network is all it takes to share insight and recommendations.

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  3. world-shaker: 30 Incredible Ways Technology Will Change Education By 2028 An interesting read, and a definite conversation starter. Here are their five year predictions (2018): Technology to promote early literacy habits is seeded by venture capitalists. This is the start of new government programs that start farming out literacy and educational programs to start-ups, entrepreneurs, app developers, and other private sector innovators. Digital literacy begins to outpace academic literacy in some fringe classrooms. Custom multimedia content is available as the private sectors create custom iTunesU courses, YouTube channels, and other holding areas for content that accurately responds to learner needs. Improved tools for measuring text complexity emerge, available through the camera feature of a mobile device, among other possibilities. Open Source learning models will grow faster than those closed, serving as a hotbed for innovation in learning. Purely academic standards, such as the Common Core movement in the United States, will begin to decline. As educators seek curriculum based not on content, but on the ability to interact, self-direct, and learn, institutionally-centered artifacts of old-age academia will begin to lost credibility. Visual data will replace numerical data as schools struggle to communicate learning results to disenfranchised family and community members.

    world-shaker:

    30 Incredible Ways Technology Will Change Education By 2028

    An interesting read, and a definite conversation starter. Here are their five year predictions (2018):

    Technology to promote early literacy habits is seeded by venture capitalists. This is the start of new government programs that start farming out literacy and educational programs to start-ups, entrepreneurs, app developers, and other private sector innovators.

    Digital literacy begins to outpace academic literacy in some fringe classrooms.

    Custom multimedia content is available as the private sectors create custom iTunesU courses, YouTube channels, and other holding areas for content that accurately responds to learner needs.

    Improved tools for measuring text complexity emerge, available through the camera feature of a mobile device, among other possibilities.

    Open Source learning models will grow faster than those closed, serving as a hotbed for innovation in learning.

    Purely academic standards, such as the Common Core movement in the United States, will begin to decline. As educators seek curriculum based not on content, but on the ability to interact, self-direct, and learn, institutionally-centered artifacts of old-age academia will begin to lost credibility.

    Visual data will replace numerical data as schools struggle to communicate learning results to disenfranchised family and community members.

    1 month ago  /  222 notes  /  Source: teachthought.com

  4. pearsonlabs: Top edtech trends at SXSWWhat big edtech themes have come out of SXSW? Here’s all you need to know:  1) Data: the impact that big data could have on education is yet to be realised - from student analysis to performance monitoring, we predict big things from big data in the next few years. 2) Gaming in the classroom - we’ve blogged about gaming in the classroom, most recently on “World of Warcraft”; gaming not only contributes to capturing meaningful learning data, but enables a collaborate, creative classroom environment where students can adapt their learning and problem solving skills to achieve a specific goal. 3) MOOCs - the rise of massively open online courses continues to grow. 4) The maker movement - there’s been a lot of talk about the inclusion of arts in traditional STEM education - creativity is an essential component of innovation. 5) The great divide - there’s a gaping hole between the innovations taking place at SXSW and real conversations with teachers - in fact there were hardly any full time educators at SXSW, which has to change. (via The five most important ed-tech trends at SXSWedu | Digital)

    pearsonlabs:

    Top edtech trends at SXSW

    What big edtech themes have come out of SXSW? Here’s all you need to know: 

    1) Data: the impact that big data could have on education is yet to be realised - from student analysis to performance monitoring, we predict big things from big data in the next few years.

    2) Gaming in the classroom - we’ve blogged about gaming in the classroom, most recently on “World of Warcraft”; gaming not only contributes to capturing meaningful learning data, but enables a collaborate, creative classroom environment where students can adapt their learning and problem solving skills to achieve a specific goal.

    3) MOOCs - the rise of massively open online courses continues to grow.

    4) The maker movement - there’s been a lot of talk about the inclusion of arts in traditional STEM education - creativity is an essential component of innovation.

    5) The great divide - there’s a gaping hole between the innovations taking place at SXSW and real conversations with teachers - in fact there were hardly any full time educators at SXSW, which has to change.

    (via The five most important ed-tech trends at SXSWedu | Digital)

    2 months ago  /  8 notes  /  Source: pearsonlabs

  5. TED-Ed: Beware of nominalizations (AKA zombie nouns)

    Beware the zombie nouns! Think about this video next time you use the word “antidisestablishmentarianism.” 

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  6. TED-Ed: How did English Evolve?

    As world powers have changed over the course of history, so has the English language.  Each new kingdom  added to the English that we speak today.  

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  7. Why is Creativity Important in Education?

    Sir Ken Robinson explains why creativity is a necessity - not an option.

    (via Adobe TV)

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  8. TED-Ed: Why is there a “b” in doubt?

    English has a lot of oddly spelled and pronounced words.  We have rules, and exceptions, and exceptions to exceptions…  Words can even have the same ending but sound worlds apart.  This video delves deep into one specific example - the odd word, “doubt”.  

    (via TED-Ed)

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