Welcome back to the Roundup! This past week, the annual BETT show (British Educational Training & Technology) was held in London. In addition to all the great podcast content edreach put out over the week, they also have a nice write up from "The Floor of the BETT Show." If you're interested, you can also visit the BETT site for more highlights from the conference.
Most educators are familiar with the name Howard Gardner (the educational psychologist who developed the theory of Multiple Intelligences). Gardner, along with Katie Davis, have recently published a new book entitled The App Generation which discusses the issue of identity in a digital world. Today, Mind/Shift shared an excellent excerpt from the book which is definitely worth a read.
Free Tech for Teachers has some excellent new resources:
Audrey Watters at Hack Education has just announced the launch of a promising new educational technology site, Educating Modern Learners. As she says, " far too often, ed-tech is positioned as a tool that will serve to merely enhance pre-existing classroom practices, to make these more efficient" instead of actually changing current practices.
I'll be the first to admit, there are many times when my initial reaction to a new edtech tool is something along the lines of "Oh, this would be a great tool to help students pay more attention to a lecture," instead of, as Ms. Watters rightly suggests, using edtech to rethink and redesign our current educational paradigm. It's definitely something that needs to change. That being said, I'm excited for her new site!
I'll be the first to admit, there are many times when my initial reaction to a new edtech tool is something along the lines of "Oh, this would be a great tool to help students pay more attention to a lecture," instead of, as Ms. Watters rightly suggests, using edtech to rethink and redesign our current educational paradigm. It's definitely something that needs to change. That being said, I'm excited for her new site!
Ray Mina at Getting Smart has an excellent new post outlining "Ways to Implement Safe Social Media for Schools." Mina discusses how teaching students to blog, creating a class over social media, and having "virtual hallways," can help students become better digital citizens and more aware of how to safely manage their online behavior. It's a great read and, for any school that doesn't address social media, worth considering.
iLearn Technology has a new review of Timelapse, a visual timeline that is powered by Google. Students have the option of exploring satellite imagery of cities all over the world, all the way back to 1984. It's a great resource and check out iLearn technology for the full review.
Our friends over at 2and2 have a new post entitled, "Why Educational Games and eLearning will Become Even More Prominent in 2014." The article discusses the growing accessibility of mobile devices, the improvement of web literacy, and the ability of educational games to promote more active learning. It's a great read with some really good, practical examples to check out.
ED&ML has some excellent new resources from the week:
And that's it for the Roundup this week! Thanks for reading! In closing, I'd like to leave you with two excellent timeline/infographics to choose from. But choose wisely!
We've also got some new reviews up from this week, so be sure to check those out! Thanks again and see you next week!
-Mike
- The Past, Present, and Future of Education from Boundless via ET&ML
- Setting the Context: A Brief History of EdTech from EdElements vis Getting Smart
We've also got some new reviews up from this week, so be sure to check those out! Thanks again and see you next week!
-Mike
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