We. Are. Back. After far too much delay, it's good to back blogging! The big news this week, Google Play for Education (Google's answer to the iPad's classroom dominance) went live. EdTech Magazine has a great article outlining the details, "Google Play for Ed & New Tablet Management Tools are Tailor-Made for K-12." And I'd also recommend checking out Audrey Watters' post at Hack Education as well!
Dr. Jackie Gerstein at User Generated Education as an excellent post about "Self-Directed Professional Development." Gerstein discusses the unfortunate current state of professional development in many districts and how social media and teacher-centered professional development are beginning to change the traditional PD model. As always, it's worth reading.
Free Tech for Teachers shares some excellent resources:
Up next, Lisa Nielsen at The Innovative Educator has a new post about a free mLearning ebook that she and 34 other educators put together. It's an excellent resources (embedded below) and offers tons of tips, strategies, and ideas for mobile learning in the classroom. The book is great and the primary focus is on using tech to drive student-centered learning.
India's Ed Tech Review has a new article which outlines the "Benefits of Being a Connected Educator." With "Connected Education Month" only a few weeks past, this post is a great reminder of the benefits of online communication and collaboration between educators. The article discusses the specific advantages of being a connected educator and goes on to provide some examples on how to get started.
Educational Tech has five new resources to check out:
Getting Smart has an excellent article from Kristen Hicks (which first appeared on edcetera a little while back) entitled, "Wikipedia Edit-a-Thons Give Students a More Active Role in the Research Process." Hicks offers the idea of organizing an Edit-a-Thon in class to focus on ideas that are "somewhat out of the limelight." Having students edit and add to Wikipedia articles gives them a sense of ownership and helps them to become better researchers in the process.
Teach Thought has 5 new posts to check out:
For all you teachers in schools that are rolling out iPads, Sam Gliksman at Mind/Shift has an article you'll probably want to look over, "Checklist: Are You Ready for iPads In Your School?" This is Glicksman's third post on the topic (all of which are exceprts from his book, iPad in Ed for Dummies). Glicksman discusses how to target 21st-century learning objectives and a whole lot more!
EdReach has a ton of new podcasts, here's just a few:
Katie Lepi at Edudemic has a new article outlining a great project from educator Cheryl Uy who is teaching in China. Uy is using art and iPads to help her students turn themselves into superheroes. It's a wonderful project. Lepi also has a repost of Ed Tech Magazines best EdTech blogs (including the EdTech Roundup - thank you!)
The Lightning Round...
- Getting Smart discusses 8 iPad Integration Ideas for 1:1 Classrooms
- Getting Smart also covers 10 Best Practices to Enrich the Blended Learning Environment
- Edudemic gives us 14 Web Tools for Teaching Without Student Logins
And that's the Weekly Roundup! In case you missed my post on Thursday, I'm going to be doing a weekly/biweekly roundup of the biggest and best EdTech news, rather than trying to do a daily roundup 4 or 5 times every week. I might have more time next semester to switch back to more frequent posts, but for now, the Weekly Roundup begins!
Thanks for reading and we'll end with a preview of a new infographic from Educational Resources. If you want to download the full PDF of the infographic, just click here. Have a wonderful weekend and see you soon!
-Mike
Thanks for reading and we'll end with a preview of a new infographic from Educational Resources. If you want to download the full PDF of the infographic, just click here. Have a wonderful weekend and see you soon!
-Mike
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