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The Weekly Roundup - October 26th, 2014

10/26/2014

Welcome back to the Roundup! I hope everyone is having a good weekend! Today we'll begin over at ideas.ted.com (thanks to Mind/Shift for also sharing this) with an excellent post entitled,"There's No App for Good Teaching" by Laura Moorhead. The post outlines "8 ways to think about tech in ways that actually improve the classroom" and it is a wonderful and insightful read.

Next, John Hardison at Getting Smart has an excellent post on Project-Based learning, "Diving Into Project-Based Learning? Head These 7 Warnings." He likens the experience of implementing PBL to skydiving, and includes lots of great resources, ideas, guides, video-cases, and suggestions for getting start with or improving your PBL practices.

If you've been using iPads in your classroom, you may have found yourself completely overwhelmed by the availability of resources and apps. Educational Tech & Mobile Learning has organized Apple's most useful links on using iPads in the classroom to help you find some great new resources and ideas that you can put into practice.

If you're thinking of going completely paperless in the classroom, or at least taking steps in that direction, you might be interested in Edudemic's new post, "The Ultimate Guide to the Paperless Classroom." They provide an awesome list of resources, suggestions, websites, and examples to help you get started.

As always, Free Tech for Teachers shares some wonderful new classroom resources:

Finally, EdTech Magazine has a new article on Google's new classroom management application, "Changes to Google Classroom Give Teachers More Control." The article outlines the changes that have been made to the app, based on teacher feedback. If you haven't checked out the app yet, you can explore it here

And that's it for the Roundup this week! Thanks for reading, and if you missed the recent Bammy Awards for educators, you can find out more about who won here on their blog, or by checking out their video collection.

For now, we'll end with an enjoyable infographic fromTutoring Expert on "How The Greatest Minds in Mathematics Changed the World." Have a great weekend!

Courtesy of: Tutoring Expert

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The Weekly Roundup - October 10th, 2014

10/10/2014

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And, we're back! My apologies for the delay of Weekly Roundups lately! It's been a challenge balancing a new job with a new doctorate program and running the website, but I've got it sorted out now and the Roundups should be back to their typical weekend postings! Hopefully. To start with, remember that crazy robot Watson who beat everyone at Jeopardy? Well, s/he's back and ready to start teaching teachers! Read more over at EdTech Magazine!

Next up, the staff at Edudemic has a nice"Guide to Creating Tech-Friendly Classroom Management Strategies." With more and more technology creeping into today's classrooms, management of behavior is an incredibly important issue. Find out what edudemic suggests in their four-part guide.

As always, Free Technology for Teachers has an excellent collection of new resources for class. Here are a few:

Over at Getting Smart you'll be able to find a summary of the new report from the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL). The article, entitled "iNACOL Report: Online Learning Can Close The Opportunity Gap," discusses how online learning allows for greater learning opportunities in schools and districts where particular courses and electives are unavailable.

For those of you who are fans of the Maker Movement like myself, Dr. Jackie Gerstein at User Generated Education has an excellent post on "The Mindset of the Maker Educator." The article includes several graphics which outline a framework for maker education in the classroom and she also includes a presentation (below) on Maker Education.

The Mindset of the Maker Educator from Jackie Gerstein

Up next, Katrina Schwartz at Mind/Shift has a great post on "How Virtual Reality Meets Real Life Learning with Mobile Games." Schwartz discusses how "situated games" which require students to interact with the real world, can be both motivating and educational. It's an excellent article with tons of examples and definitely worth reading.

Over at Mighty Skins (yes, the iphone/ipad/computer case makers), it turns out they have some great EdTech blogs as well. In their new post, "The Dawn of the Digital Classroom" the team discusses the emergence of digital learning. But, more importantly, they share an excellent infographic on the prevelence of digital learning in education today.

At Magoosh, Peter Poer has a new post which discusses how "Online Learning Can Work for Everyone." Throughout the post, Poer outlines the benefits of blended learning, and the challenges to overcome when implementing blended learning in the classroom. He concludes by discussing how students and teachers can overcome their fears of online learning.

Finally, we've got a very special offer from Bettermarks for readers of the Roundup! Anyone interested in a free access account just needs to click here and apply. But wait, what is Bettermarks? Bettermarks is an online learning service that offers adaptive math books, aligned with the common core standards, which adjust to your student's learning needs. So definitely check them out and give it a free try!

That's it for the Roundup this week! Thanks for reading, and again, my apologies for the recent delay! I hope everyone has an excellent weekend and I'll see you next time!

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