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The Daily Round Up - May 29th, 2013

5/29/2013

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Over the past 5 years the importance of social media in education, and society in general, has grown exponentially.  But, those educators who are not familiar with the basics of social media may find the task of implementing its use in the classroom a near impossibility.  With that in mind, we start today's Round Up at Edudemic with a post on "5 Free Online Courses for Social Media Beginners."  If you have no idea what this whole "Facebook" thing is, this is the site for you!

Edudemic also has a guide on "8 Steps to Great Digital Storytelling."  With digital storytelling, students can easily become the creators of their own content.  They can embed and mix videos, images, text, and their voice together to create a story or lesson that is uniquely their own.  And with today's tech resources, creating a digital story can be accomplished relatively easily and at any grade level.  So, check out Edudemic's guide for all the steps and resources!


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Summer is almost here (or, depending on your district, has already arrived!)  To pass the time this summer,Getting Smart has prepared a list of 13 websites for parents, teachers, and students to keep them engaged in the learning process over the coming months.  


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Learn Dash posted  The 4 Year Future of Higher Ed-Tech which is basically an article/infographic/snapshot-of-current-ed-tech all rolled into one.  If you're not familiar with the basics of the current ed tech field, this is an awesome place to start.  The infographic covers everything from flipped classrooms to 3D-printing and discusses the potential uses and benefits of every new type of educational technology.  


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Free Technology for Teachers opens with a post entitled, "Gooru Adds a Common Core Standards-Based Search Tool."  If you've never used Gooru, it is an online tool for creating collections of educational videos, images, and texts.  Gooru has recently improved their interface and added CCS support to make it easier for teachers to find resources that relate to the Common Core Standards.  They also have an option for including quizzes in your collections  as well as a free iPad app.

Free Tech also covers "22 Frames - News Videos for ESL Students."  The free site 22 Frames "provides a central location for locating captioned videos for learning English and for internet users who have hearing impairments."  On top of that, the site lists the common slang words and idioms that are associated with the videos, for students who may not be familiar.  This site is an excellent learning resource for ESL students and the videos cover everything from recent news story to pop culture.


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And to wrap up our main section, Teach Thought has a post on "12 Interesting Ways to Start Class Tomorrow."  I know, I know, it's not really tech related, but they've got some good ideas for spicing up your class at the end of the year (I know mine definitely needs it!  My personal favorite is number 10.)


The Lightning Round...

  • Teach Thought covers 5 Videos that Describe New Learning (PBL, Game-Based learning, etc...)
  • Edudemic has an epic new infographic on the 5 Degrees to Becoming a Common Core Ninja
  • Edudemic also has a nice list of 35 Useful Apps and Web Tools for Math Teachers

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Thanks for tuning in to today's Round Up!  If you've been enjoying the posts lately, you can follow us on Facebook or Twitter for easy updates!  And I know you've probably been really worried about the Round Up's summer status, well... fret no more!  We will continue posting through the entire summer!  All right!

In closing, here's a new infographic onincorporating gamification into instructional design.  Plus, a great graphic on which apps to use for which levels of Blooms Taxonimy (I posted it last week, but it's an excellent poster and has been making the rounds again today...)

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Courtesy of: Edudemic

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