New ‘TED Talks Education’ Brings Big Names And Big Ideas – Edudemic

Posted on by

See on Scoop.it – teaching with technology

Sir Ken Robinson, Bill Gates, Geoffrey Canada and more take on big topics in the all-new TED Talks Education. Full feature presentation is here.

Louise Robinson-Lay‘s insight:

Am I the only one who thinks its a bit weird that PBS have aired TED talks on TV? Anyway at least they aren’t preaching to the converted!

See on edudemic.com

Coursera makes first foray into K-12 education with online courses for teachers

Posted on by

See on Scoop.it – teaching with technology

Online learning startup Coursera is partnering with several schools of education, as well as other institutions and museums, to bring professional development courses to K-12 teachers online.

Louise Robinson-Lay‘s insight:

Now we can choose from an array of professional development learning activities using sites like Coursera who offer MOOCs for teachers.

See on gigaom.com

now!Board® For Your Classroom – Learning Resources®

Posted on by

See on Scoop.it – teaching with technology

Turns any flat surface into an Interactive Whiteboard Set up and start teaching in a few minutes The cost-effective solution for an interactive classroom Control your computer from the front of the room—easily toggle between virtual whiteboard, web…

Louise Robinson-Lay‘s insight:

This looks like a cheap option for interactive whiteboards.

See on www.learningresources.com

How to Integrate Technology

Posted on by

See on Scoop.it – teaching with technology

This guide is organized into six sections:

Introduction
Why Integrate Tech?
What Is Tech Integration?
How to Integrate Tech Tools
Workshop Activities
Resources for Tech Integration

Louise Robinson-Lay‘s insight:

This is a comprehensive guide to integrating technology in the classroom in more meaningful and considered ways.

It is clearly organized and offers suggestions for sites ands tools based on the level of access readers have to technology.

Very informative, even for teachers already using technology.

See on www.edutopia.org

Should social networks curate their own content? Or should users do it?

Posted on by

See on Scoop.it – teaching with technology

The challenge [for social networks] is to create something of permanent value for the community, to offer more than a temporary spotlight.gdecugis’s insight:Austin Powell comes back on PaidContent the recent announcement by Tumblr to shut down…

Louise Robinson-Lay‘s insight:

User generated content is increasingly becoming common. We all interact with information in different ways. What interests me most about this is the ways in which we learn the skills necessary to understand the information that we want to curate and generate. How do we teach things like relevance and authenticity? Do we simply take it for granted that we can get accurate information on topics of our choice or do we have to teach the skills to verify that information? The whole concept raises some important questions for educators.

See on blog.scoop.it