Category Archives: e-tools
Elements coming together with 5 Tips for Success
Funny how elements just all of a sudden come together. I first came across the video below about success through failure (thank-you twitter and youtube) and then TeachPaperless blog post this 5 Tips for Success – in school, business and in life Put it together and you have a nice little introduction to computers class [...]
Social Bookmarking for Higher Education
A workshop for 17th Annual ETC Conference: http://www.lambton.on.ca/advancing_learning/ As an added value, we will be using google docs and prezi. Don’t forget to tweet: #etc2011conf I hope you enjoy. Link to our google doc The workshop presentation: .prezi-player { width: 550px; } .prezi-player-links { text-align: center; } Social Bookmarking in Higher Education on Prezi Link [...]
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Great Prezi’s on Web2.0 teaching
.prezi-player { width: 550px; } .prezi-player-links { text-align: center; } Learning in the 21st Century & Beyond on Prezi .prezi-player { width: 550px; } .prezi-player-links { text-align: center; } Web 2.0 in the classroom on Prezi .prezi-player { width: 550px; } .prezi-player-links { text-align: center; } Engaging Web 2.0 Tools on Prezi
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Stop Internet Gouging – Stop the Meter
“As big phone and cable companies raise prices across the board, two studies have just found that they are charging us upwards of $10 per gigabyte of traffic when it costs them as little as $0.01 – a 100,000% mark up!” For more information visitstopthemeter.ca/ This is gouging, pure and simple. Let’s not put up [...]
Why aren’t we there yet
Why haven’t we got there yet? This video was done in 2007 What are the barriers teachers are facing to move towards Educational Technology in the classroom. Please see http://t4.jordandistrict.org/payattention to learn how you can become a better teacher.
Also posted in Theory - something to think about
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21 century must have skills
Dr. Tony Wagner, co-director of Harvard’s Change Leadership Group has identified what he calls a “global achievement gap,” which is the leap between what even our best schools are teaching, and the must-have skills of the future: Critical thinking and problem-solving Collaboration across networks and leading by influence Agility and adaptability Initiative and entrepreneurialism Effective [...]
What type of teacher are you?
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” William Arthur Ward
Teaching with Twitter in Higher Ed
A great video on how to use twitter in higher education to help students build their own Personal Learning Network I have not used Twitter in the classroom but I think I’ll give it a go.