Today we start the round up with Lisa Nielsen and her post, "5 Ways to Increase Chances of a Successful 1:1 Implementation." There has been a huge 1:1 push in recent years (be it with laptops, ipads, or smartphones) and schools have met with mixed success. There is an enormous amount of work that goes into the launching a 1:1 program and Ms. Nielsen's post is a great place to start.
Much like 1:1 initiatives, creating a "flipped classroom" can also be met with mixed results. Emerging Ed Tech has a new post which chronicles the failures of an IB Chem Teacher as he struggles to design a flipped classroom. Fortunately, he gives us a chance to learn from his mistakes and offers some great advice on launching your own flipped classroom.
Over at Educational Technology there is a new summary providing "20 Tips to Protect Your Online Identity." This is an excellent list for elementary and junior high students (hopefully high school students are familiar with them!) to help them begin thinking about online safety. The original article from the UK Guardian can be found here (Ed Tech provides a good summary though).
Moving at the Speed of Creativity has a great post entitled, "Why Your School Needs a Scratch Club." If you're not familiar with Scratch, it's a program from MIT that teaches the basics of computer programming in a fun and easy to understand interface. Offering clubs, like the kind described in the post, is a great alternative if your school doesn't offer a computer science course.
Hybrid Pedagogy has a post from last month (that today's The Wheel directed me to) on "Why Online Programs Fails, and 5 Things We Can Do About It." Online educator or not, this post is incredibly thought-provoking and worth your time. I'll just stop there and let you go check it out...
And, we're back! Free Technology for Teachers starts off covering "Five Ways to Digitally Celebrate Your Students' Year." It's an excellent end of the year post and covers a variety of tools for making class videos, creating collages, designing a collaborate slideshow, creating a classroom portfolio, and bringing in relatives to enjoy the celebration too!
Free Tech also offers a way to "Get Creative Commons Savvy With These Activities." The post talks about using yesterday's EFF plans in conjuction with P2PU's new four module unit on Getting CC Savvy. These two activities together are in excellent way to help inform students about the rules and regulations of copyright law.
And Free Tech ends the day with an introduction to "The Dictionary of Numbers - Putting Numbers in Human Terms." The Dictionary of Numbers is a Chrome extension that "translates large numbers into terms that are easy to visualize." With the extension running, you can highlight any number you find on the web and choose to launch the app.
Free Tech also offers a way to "Get Creative Commons Savvy With These Activities." The post talks about using yesterday's EFF plans in conjuction with P2PU's new four module unit on Getting CC Savvy. These two activities together are in excellent way to help inform students about the rules and regulations of copyright law.
And Free Tech ends the day with an introduction to "The Dictionary of Numbers - Putting Numbers in Human Terms." The Dictionary of Numbers is a Chrome extension that "translates large numbers into terms that are easy to visualize." With the extension running, you can highlight any number you find on the web and choose to launch the app.
Getting Smart starts off with an article on "Building a Digital Depository." The main idea at the core of the post is the suggestion that the "federal government must re-imagine its role in education" and become more active in helping school districts identify and supply network needs. They offer some valid and interesting points that are worth considering.
Getting Smart also has two new posts about the Common Core Standards, "In Support of the Common Core," and "Common Core: A Platform for Equity and Innovation." Both posts discuss the benefits and potential of the new Common Core Standards (which 45 states have officially adopted). The first post centers around today's letter from 11 state officials on the need to fully support the CCS, and the second post focuses on the power of the CCS to allow for innovation and exploration in education.
Getting Smart also has two new posts about the Common Core Standards, "In Support of the Common Core," and "Common Core: A Platform for Equity and Innovation." Both posts discuss the benefits and potential of the new Common Core Standards (which 45 states have officially adopted). The first post centers around today's letter from 11 state officials on the need to fully support the CCS, and the second post focuses on the power of the CCS to allow for innovation and exploration in education.
The Lightning Round...
- Teach Thought shows off 15 Presentation Tools for Teachers from Edshelf
- Considering using Minecraft to gamify your classroom? Check out MineCraft Edu!
- The Ed Tech Review shares an infographic on "What Parents & Students say about Ed Tech"
- Educational Technology covers 6 iPad Apps for Tutorials & Screencasts and Handwriting Apps.
And we'll end today's Round Up with an infographic on "Learning on the Go" from T.I.E. Until tomorrow!
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