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The Daily Round Up - June 11th

6/11/2013

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Today the Round Up begins at Getting Smart with an article entitled, "New Tools for Next-Gen Schools from NGLC & iNACOL."  The article is basically a brief summary of the new 30 page "toolkit" released by iNACOL and NGLC to help teachers navigate blended and competency-based learning.  If you've got an hour this week, the full report is definitely worth a read, especially if you're looking for new ideas and resources to help implement technology in your classroom, school, or district.


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Next up, Ed Tech Magazine has a new article covering "6 Things Every School Should Know About Adobe's Move to the Creative Cloud."  Even though the announcement of Adobe's move to the cloud happened last month, if your school uses Adobe's products and you haven't considered how this change will affect your software, this is a great place to start.  But in short, Adobe has to decided to follow a subscription-based model for future releases of their products.


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Inside Higher Ed has a new, and highly critical, article on MOOCs entitled, "Where's the Real Learning?"  MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) have been gaining immense popularity lately, but there has also been a fair amount of negative backlash, including critiques such as this, which argue that MOOCs lack the rigor and depth of face-to-face classes.


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A few days ago, Free Tech for Teachers reviewed Watch2Gether, a service that allowed users to watch and discuss YouTube videos in a virtual classroom.  Today, Free Tech discusses VideoANT which is somewhat similar in that it lets users annotate YouTube videos while watching them.  For classroom integration you could have students discuss and comment on a video while they are watching it for homework.

And for the art educators out there, Free Tech has a nice write up and introduction to Google's New Art Project.  The project "features artwork from dozens of famous museums all over the world" and you explore each museum like you would with Google Street View.

Finally, for the history and social studies teachers, Free Tech has a write-up on National Geographic's new Timelines of Exploration.  They're not incredibly in depth, but they make for great introductory resources to their respective topics.


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Edudemic starts off with "A Printable Acceptable Use Policy for Classroom iPads."  If you have iPads, or are considering implementing them, an acceptable use policy (AUP) is a must.  This Edudemic post is a good place to start, but to me it seems more geared towards elementary students.  So if that's what you're after, check it out!

Edudemic also has a review Professor Christopher Hoadley's recent presentation on "Educational Media & Technology in 2013: What's Next?"   I've embedded the presentation below, but if you're interested in a quick summary, check out their article.

Educational Media & Technology in 2013: What’s Next? from nycmedialab

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Learn Dash has a new research summary on why "Gaming is Good For Your Brain."  The article argues that "there are inherent benefits to gaming when it comes to learning, but we are starting to see that gaming is also proving to be beneficial beyond just a learning environment."  The post goes on to discuss some recent research examples showing that games can benefit social and critical thinking skills as well.


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Ed Reach has three new podcasts up for today:
  • Flipped Learning: Creating an Innovations Class
  • EduWin Weekly: Engaging Students
  • Building a School Web Presence Using a YouTube Channel



The Lightning Round...

  • Edudemic suggests 3 Crazy Ideas to Make iPads Perfect for Education
  • Educational Technology covers Chrome Extensions, BYOD Infographics, and BYOD activities
  • The Ed Tech Review has a new infographic on How Tablets are Influencing Education
  • Getting Smart has also has a new infographic on Blended Learning from the Gound Up
  • And last but not least, Edudemic reminds us to Check Out the Supermoon on June 23rd

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And that about does it for the Round Up today!  Thanks for reading!  I want to give a special welcome to the new readers and a very big thank you to all of you for reading and supporting the site!  

It's been just over a month since I launched the Round Up and I think it's off to a pretty great start!  If you ever have feedback, suggestions, apps/programs you think I should check out, or just want to talk about technology in education, please don't hesitate to send me an email!  Thanks again and see you tomorrow!

-Mike

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