February 2012
13 posts
Smartphone Scavenger Hunts: 10 Best-In-Class...
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy First objection: not all have smartphones. Solution: Pair students with smartphones to those without. “Marketers are combining location-based data with augmented reality to create interactive games that take place over distances.” Via psfk.com
Google to Sell Heads-Up Display Glasses by Year's...
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy Vaporware? Is this the new classroom? “People who constantly reach into a pocket to check a smartphone for bits of information will soon have another option: a pair of Google-made glasses that will be able to stream information to the wearer’s eyeballs in real time. According to several Google employees familiar with the project who asked not to be named,...
Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom:...
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy Just might get me over the hump on using Evernote as the Ring the Rules Them All. Via blog.web20classroom.org
Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom:...
Via Scoop.it - TeacherWorkflow Using Evernote in workflow. Very cool. Via blog.web20classroom.org
Tuesday Links – How to Create Workflow: From Diigo...
Via Scoop.it - TeacherWorkflow How to Create Workflow: From Diigo Bookmarks to WordPress Blog Post. I am using Diigo’s automatic blogging. It is a fairly frictionless workflow although I have discovered that I must leave the post “uncategorized” or it will publish as gibberish of some sort. Here is a screencast on how I do this. Via tex2all.com
Tuesday Links – How to Create Workflow: From Diigo...
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy How to Create Workflow: From Diigo Bookmarks to WordPress Blog Post. I am using Diigo’s automatic blogging. It is a fairly frictionless workflow although I have discovered that I must leave the post “uncategorized” or it will publish as gibberish of some sort. Here is a screencast on how I do this. Via tex2all.com
TechCrunch | BitTorrent Live: Cheap, Real-Time P2P...
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy Television is going the way of the dinosaur, and the deadly comet is called BitTorrent Live. Today, Bram Cohen, the author of the BitTorrent peer-to-peer sharing protocol, demoed his latest creation at the SF MusicTech Summit. Via techcrunch.com
10 Great Tools for Language Teachers
Via Scoop.it - TeacherWorkflow Stannard is great in that he finds good tools and then does even finer video tutorials. I use about half of these tools but I want to learn how to use MyBrainShark, Lyricstraining, audioboo, and MailVu. Via scribd.com
The Mentimeter - interact with your audience
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy Lots of good feedback, but how to fit into classroom workflow? Think I will try and report back. Anybody else? Interact with your audience - Free of charge and without registration! Via mentimeter.com
Collaboratively Crowdsourcing Workflows with...
Via Scoop.it - TeacherWorkflow I know just enough about what they are talking about to know that it sends an interesting tingle down my spine. I am thinking about how someting like this might be used in an eDCamp, unconference, or as the opening to Project Based Learnings. This is the part that got my juices going: “A central challenge in crowd computing is the workflow design problem:...
Quasi Gmail “Sub” Accounts = Student iPad...
Via Scoop.it - TeacherWorkflow Workflow is so critical to managing the tsunami of stuff headed your way.
Going paperless using iPads means you have to have workflow figured out. And with students under the age of 13, workflow without emails can be an issue.” Via dps61technology.wordpress.com
Workflow on the iPad – a paperless lesson
Via Scoop.it - TeacherWorkflow I love user case studies. Here is one. Today’s French lesson was paperless. No pen required, no exercise books, no text books, no dictionaries. I found a great resource on the TES resources site on Racism from a teacher going by the n… Via keldarichards.wordpress.com
Infographic: Reining in the information deluge
Via info.mindjet.com
January 2012
23 posts
5 Web Apps Which Show Us How To Make Use Of QR...
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy Beginning to come around on these little tools. For my mobile students these are a winner. Via makeuseof.com
Free Online Grammar Checker, Proofreader, and...
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy I go back and forth on these things. Does it work well enough for students to use it as a preliminary editor/peer? Anybody tried this yet? Am I or will I soon be out of a job? They claim: This is a great way to improve your essay and assignment writing. This tool willcheck your grammar, show you any areas where you may have plagiarisedcontent and make suggestions...
25 Free Digital Audio Editors You Should Know
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy I usually don’t like to scoop these cattle call link dumps, but this one was useful to me in the moment of need. Maybe you are in a similar moment. It would have been helpful to divide the apps by OS. Just a little. Via hongkiat.com
Is Microsoft working to incorporate Kinect into...
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy Microsoft knows it is on to a winner with its Kinect accessory, having sold 18 million of them in a year since its launch, recently announcing that it would soon be available for desktop PCs. Well, alright. We are seeing the same convergence on the webcam as we saw on the cellphone. What else could the webcam do? Project? Via thenextweb.com
Screen Capture Software
Via Scoop.it - TeacherWorkflow Capture anything you see on your PC screen with SnapIt. It is convenient tool for graphic designers, bloggers who capture and crop images for their posts, for tech writers who need to describe menus and interfaces of applications, web designers and those who work with graphics every day. It captures and auto saves images with one click. Via digeus.com
Algorithmic Publishing & Content Curation Software...
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy ‘The Lingospot APP offers a powerful combination of automatic content aggregation and filtering and in-depth content editing.’ OK, but this costs $500/month at the basic level. Does someone have an open source version of this? Could be a tremendous, wiki-like tool for teachers and students to generate enduring project stories and long term data....
Algorithmic Publishing & Content Curation Software...
Via Scoop.it - TeacherWorkflow ‘The Lingospot APP offers a powerful combination of automatic content aggregation and filtering and in-depth content editing.’ OK, but this costs $500/month at the basic level. Does someone have an open source version of this? Could be a tremendous, wiki-like tool for teachers and students to generate enduring project stories and long term data. ...
Free Technology for Teachers: Google Voice on My...
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy Great for students with cell access…OK that is almost everyone, except in school. Go figger. Drunk. Lampost. Lost keys. Light. Via freetech4teachers.com
El Reg premieres PARIS: The Motion Picture • The...
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy Classic example of project based learning/ project based pedagogy. Via theregister.co.uk
Educational Origami - Making designs real
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy 3-D printers afford new pedagogies and new work processes. Fast prototypes become a reality. Our play in the fields of the imagined can be realized. Great article of how this is beginning to happen. Via edorigami.edublogs.org
Occupy Professional Development: Take Control of...
Via Scoop.it - TeacherWorkflow Learning now requires nw institutions—edcamps, for example. Via educationismylife.com
Kickstarter Helped Raise Nearly $100 Million In...
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy What about Kickstarter as a new model for education and the classroom. Get support for novel, short-term, MOOC, etc classes inside and outside normal channels. For years, we’ve been hearing how the new business models we talk about aren’t really “big enough” or that they’re just “exceptions” to the rule. Yet, every year...
For Time Warner Cable and MSG, a Stand-Off With No...
Via Scoop.it - TeacherWorkflow A dispute between Time Warner Cable and MSG has meant that a number of viewers can’t watch the Knicks, Rangers and Sabres. A resolution does not appear imminent. Via nytimes.com
For Time Warner Cable and MSG, a Stand-Off With No...
Via Scoop.it - TeacherWorkflow A dispute between Time Warner Cable and MSG has meant that a number of viewers can’t watch the Knicks, Rangers and Sabres. A resolution does not appear imminent. Via nytimes.com
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Mixlr - Broadcast live, high-quality audio
Via Scoop.it - TeacherWorkflow Audio is getting easier and easier. “Mixlr makes broadcasting easy. Broadcast live, high-quality audio across the web, iPhone, iPad, Android and mobile devices. Sign up now for FREE.” Via mixlr.com
Google+ Chat Rolls Out
Via Scoop.it - TeacherWorkflow Google has added a new chat feature to Google+. How could this change the way we conference? Via webpronews.com
Randy Lubin | Listing of Free Online Stanford...
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy Listing of Free Online Stanford Courses (Winter 2012) This fall, Stanford opened three of its courses to free online enrollment: Machine Learning, Databases, and Artificial Intelligence. Over 100,000… Via blog.randylubin.com
Stanford School of Engineering - Stanford...
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy Amazing collection of free courses. I am going to take the iphone app course—self directed and for the autodidactically inclined. Via see.stanford.edu
Build your own Khan Academy with the ShowMe iPad...
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy I like the anywhere anytime aspect of this app. I will be testing that out in ‘fallow’ places over the next two weeks. “ShowMe lets anyone create Khan Academy like lessons on the iPad. Easily create, record and upload a ShowMe on the portal, making it available to a global audience.” Via edukwest.com
Download ixPaste for Mac - Keep a history of your...
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy Download ixPaste for Mac - Keep a history of your clipboard. Combine this with PasteboardRecorder and you have a way to recycle your own and others’ text. Handy as that proverbial pocket on your pants (not that silly watch fob/booger pocket). Via macupdate.com
WiFli Student Response System
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy “Classroom student response system, incorporating Google Forms and an instant data dashboard view for student and teacher.” I especially liked how it costs $5 for a teacher to use and $10000 for an edtech company to use. Via wifliresponse.com
December 2011
24 posts
Hollywood-Style Tricks on the Cheap
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy There are so many uses for this I am truly gobsmacked with ideas for it. “A $250 kit lets you play around with green screen techniques, setting actors in front of any background of your choosing. It takes the pain out of a process that can be difficult to get right.” Via pogue.blogs.nytimes.com
Tech Tip of the Week: VoiceThread iOS App for...
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy I have used several “digital storytelling” apps in the past year with my classes. Storykit & Storyrobe were those that we used most often. Dabbled in puppetpals and recently used the voicememo app to create a podcast. Via mssandersths.posterous.com
tors.in: The Simple Torrent Uploader
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy Converts torrent files into a shortened url. Very handy and very legal. Torrents are the best for sharing or at least the easiest. Via tors.in
wesfryer
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy Wiki Site of Wesley Fryer… neat to see the mind of a productive person laid out so usefully. Quite a legacy. Via wiki.wesfryer.com
Printable Paper
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy Free Printable Paper in PDF format… and who doesn’t need cool printables like Yahtzee score cards , scrabble score sheets and penmanship paper. Geeky and fun. Check it out. Perhaps one can use these as a bridge to digital papers of all sorts. Via printablepaper.net
Volume 16, Number 12 - 5 December 2011
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy Understanding collaboration in Wikipedia: Conclusion This study raises some important questions about what collaboration may actually look like in Wikipedia and may cast doubt on idealized notions of open, community–generated knowledge. Rather than reflecting the contributions and expertise of a large group of people, the typical article in Wikipedia reflects the...
SearchReSearch: Clever trick to make YouTube...
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy Great tip for nixing the detritus around YouTube vids. If the original YouTube video is located at .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNHR6IQJGZs You can modify the URL to include the modified argument “watch_popup” (as below) http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=BNHR6IQJGZs And the YT video will fill the browser. Nice technique to use when creating links on...
Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus - An online thesaurus...
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy I love this and rediscover it on a regular basis. “An online thesaurus and dictionary of over 145,000 words that you explore using an interactive map. It’s a tool for people who think visually. The most fun you’ve ever had with words.” Via visualthesaurus.com
The Innovative Educator: With Flubaroo, You'll...
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy Use this for feedback and not grading. There really is only so much fill-in-the-blank and multiple choice can tell you or ,more importantly, your fellow learners. Given that caveat—have fun. Find a use and surprise us all. Via theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com
Celly - Instant Group Text and Polls | Mobile...
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy “Celly is a free group text messaging service for schools and communities. Group chat, create a group poll, and curate group content using sms text messaging.” So sayeth the PR blurb. I will be trying this with family first and then personal groups and finally with my classes this spring. Looks llike the tool I have been looking for to connect with...
Free Web Conferencing Software, Free Online...
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy Free Web Conferencing & Webinar Service. No time limits or restrictions. Up to 200 attendees per meeting, screen sharing, conference calling and more - ad supported model (free) or premium version (no ads)! Via anymeeting.com
Audrey Watters - Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2011: ...
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy Number 9 in my Top 10 Ed-Tech Trends of 2011 Series When I made my 10 tech predictions for 2011 for RWW last year, I included the following: 6. Via hackeducation.com
Screenr - mrrobbo: How to use the Easy Assessment...
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy Screenr | Instant screencasts: Just click record. Screenr’s web-based screen recorder makes it a breeze to create and share your screencasts around the web. Just click the record button, capture your screen & voice, and share the link. Via screenr.com
Sources And Methods: Lessons Learned: Managing...
Via Scoop.it - Tech Pedagogy The power of wikis—simple, foolproof, collaborative, and weightless. The good and the bad is a very clear article about the pros and cons of wikis. Via sourcesandmethods.blogspot.com