Month: April 2014
5 Bad Technology Habits Teachers Can Fall Into
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See on Scoop.it – Blended Learning Lab Computer-based testing. Flipped classrooms. eLearning and online courses. Mobile learning. Personalized learning algorithms. Technology has revolutionized learning – and teaching. It doesn’t always work as planned, but when it does, technology can promote…
Read More »5 Instructional Design Traps to Avoid
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See on Scoop.it – Blended Learning Lab Excellent e-Learning is built on solid instructional design decisions. But for those of us without the budgetary luxury of an in-house instructional designer, tackling instructional design is sometimes easier said than…
Read More »4 Big EdTech Trends Spotted At BETT 2014 – Edudemic
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See on Scoop.it – EdTech 2.0 This years’ BETT show (British Education and Training Technology – the UK equivalent of ISTE or TCEA) presented a dizzying range speakers and exhibitors, and it was set against some interesting changes…
Read More »Moodle Grades Overview – Super Moodle
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See on Scoop.it – Moodlicious Enter Now and Check Out an Extensive Overview of Moodle Grades and Ensure Successful Management of Your Students’ Grades. See on www.super-moodle.com
Read More »Hey, Teacher Trainers: Get a Geek!
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See on Scoop.it – Blended Learning Lab Hey kid, I sympathize with you. You just got a batch of freshly minted teachers in your school and some are geeky, but some don’t have a clue. You need teachers…
Read More »Lubricating The Wheels Of Technology In Education
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See on Scoop.it – Blended Learning Lab My perception is that over the past decade, technology adoption in the classroom has been a case of the “shiny new thing” where teachers and schools have looked at technology as…
Read More »The Power of Performance Assessments
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See on Scoop.it – Blended Learning Lab Education is, of course, about so much more than filling minds with facts and figures. Teachers everywhere know that education is about developing minds for all kinds of future experiences: college,…
Read More »3 Must-Know Tips For Anyone Nervous About EdTech – Edudemic
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See on Scoop.it – Blended Learning Lab Dear “Nervous To Try Something New With EdTech”: You know when you spoke with me the other day and told me that that introducing more tech into my class was fine…
Read More »Podcasting: Do-it-yourself professional learning
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See on Scoop.it – Blended Learning Lab Educators have become some of the world’s most active content consumers. But why aren’t more educators creating their own digital content? See on blog.iste.org
Read More »Tracking Cloud Adoption in Schools [Infographic]
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See on Scoop.it – EdTech 2.0 Schools will soon spend close to 30 percent of IT budgets in the cloud. Read more: http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2012/09/tracking-cloud-adoption-schools-infographic See on www.edtechmagazine.com
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