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5 May 2013

Sites of the Day (weekly)

Author: Dean Mantz | Filed under: Education

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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28 Apr 2013

Sites of the Day (weekly)

Author: Dean Mantz | Filed under: Education

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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23 Apr 2013

Free Technology for Teachers: VideoNotes – A Great Tool for Taking Notes While Watching Academic Videos

Author: Dean Mantz | Filed under: Education

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Dean Mantz‘s insight:

I have just began testing this recommendation by Richard Byrne on Free Technology 4 Teachers.  But in the time I have taken to test the web resource, I have found it to live up to the billing of syncrhonizing notes to the video.  Now the video used was from YouTube and the site does have an option for other videos.  So, I will be looking further into what other video sources it will work with while synchronizing one’s notes to Google Drive. 

See on www.freetech4teachers.com

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22 Apr 2013

Nik’s Learning Technology Blog: 10 Tools for Increasing Engagement in Online Courses

Author: Dean Mantz | Filed under: Education

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Dean Mantz‘s insight:

I realize this post from Nik Peachey is dated November 2011 but it does still connect with learing in 2013.  I find some of the recommended sites valuable options for those of us that facilitate online courses whether it is for K12, post secondary, or graduate students.  

 

Among the 10 tools listed by Nik I am most interested in reviewing vyou.com and tricider.com.  Here are Nik’s descriptions for the two sites:

 

You can use Vyou embed a video booth that students can go at any time of day to ask you questions. The video booth gives the impression that you are always available and builds some presence on your course. The messages students send you are delivered to an inbox and you are notified so that you can answer them. Vyou also has a very handy mobile app so you can answer the questions where ever you are on your iPhone or other mobile device.

Tricider is a great tool for crowd sourcing opinion. You start with a single question problem and then you or your students can add possible solutions to the problem. Students can also add some pros and cons to the solutions and vote on the ones they prefer. These can be embedded into webpages and can give far more structure to online discussion than things like threaded forums which often become garbled and confusing.

See on nikpeachey.blogspot.com

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21 Apr 2013

Sites of the Day (weekly)

Author: Dean Mantz | Filed under: Education

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17 Apr 2013

A Learning Science Alternative to Bloom’s Taxonomy by Brenda Sugrue : Learning Solutions Magazine

Author: Dean Mantz | Filed under: Education

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Dean Mantz‘s insight:

In looking to continue the improvement of my own classroom instruction, whether it be with pre-service students or professional development sessions, I am always looking our for insightful Blooms Taxonomy approaches.  This post from Learning Solutions Magazine contains a well constructed event map.  Within the map one will find knowledge components mapped to presentation types that are then matched up with procedural and declartive assessment methods.  

See on www.learningsolutionsmag.com

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16 Apr 2013

Announcing Wikispaces Classroom

Author: Dean Mantz | Filed under: Education

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Dean Mantz‘s insight:

This new twist by Wikispaces looks quite promising when it comes to a more interactive and learning management type of environment.  Wikispaces Classroom allows for the integration of News Feeds, Projects section, Assessment piece, and more.  For those of us already using Wikispaces we can migrate our current wikis into a Classroom format by completing the process through the settings area.

 

Finally, be sure to visit the Wikispaces blog daily and further details and assistance is shared regarding Wikispaces Classroom.   

See on blog.wikispaces.com

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15 Apr 2013

App Discovery Service Appolicious Launches appoLearning – A New Way To Find The Best Educational Apps For Kids | TechCrunch

Author: Dean Mantz | Filed under: Education

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Appolicious, the app search and discovery portal which helps users find new mobile applications for iPhone, iPad, and Android, is today launching a new service today aimed at parents, teachers and others in search of the best educational apps.

Dean Mantz‘s insight:

The apps are broken down by curriculum area as well as by education levels: Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School, and High School.  Each reviewed app is scored on the following details:

1. Educational Content

2. Kid Appeal

3. Assessment

4. Features & Design

5. Value

6. Safety & Privacy

See on techcrunch.com

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14 Apr 2013

Sites of the Day (weekly)

Author: Dean Mantz | Filed under: Education

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9 Apr 2013

Free apps list

Author: Dean Mantz | Filed under: Education

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A list of free apps recommended by the STaRT Education Department

Dean Mantz‘s insight:

How many times you have said that you wish you could do something with a mobile device and another person responded with "There is an app for that"?  Well, Gary Toews’ slideshare provides a well organized listing of 100 free education focused apps that are broken down by grade level and an overall app rating.  The one app I plan to checkout is "Stop-motion Camera".  

See on www.slideshare.net