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Seven Mind Mapping Tools to Try This Year
1 year ago
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Looking for Education Blogs?
You can search for blogs by categories or by dates of nomination. They have created a widget that allows you to read about a blog by clicking on the date it was nominated...
Looking at the nominations is a great way to find some blogs that you might not have known existed.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Want to know what's happening with Social Media?
Checkout Mashable.com. Mashable is a big blog site, a place to read about social media stuff, like how celebrities and news outlets are using Twitter lists or a list of the best apps on Facebook.
You can find things to use in the classroom as well. Look at this list Nonfiction Tweets: 70+ Authors to Follow on Twitter This list focuses on authors that use Twitter often to engage their readers in discussions and to offer information that is useful and interesting. Come on, all you English professors, can't you find a way to use this in your course?
Take a look at all the topics on Mashable, I am sure you can find something that you can use to make your course a little more engaging!
(Please let me know if you do use something you found here, and how you are using it in your course...we love to share these things!)
You can find things to use in the classroom as well. Look at this list Nonfiction Tweets: 70+ Authors to Follow on Twitter This list focuses on authors that use Twitter often to engage their readers in discussions and to offer information that is useful and interesting. Come on, all you English professors, can't you find a way to use this in your course?
Take a look at all the topics on Mashable, I am sure you can find something that you can use to make your course a little more engaging!
(Please let me know if you do use something you found here, and how you are using it in your course...we love to share these things!)
Monday, November 9, 2009
Using Discussion Boards within and between Classes
Here's a Webinar that might be of interest to anyone teaching online.
If you are interested, let me know and I will make the arrangements. You do need to be at a computer for this session, we could set it up in a smart classroom if several of you want to participate.
Using Discussion Boards within and between Classes
Elluminate
Nov. 10, 2009 - 2:00pm-3:00pm Eastern Time
Presenter: Margaret Anderson, Associate Professor, Psychology Department, SUNY Cortland
If you are interested, let me know and I will make the arrangements. You do need to be at a computer for this session, we could set it up in a smart classroom if several of you want to participate.
Using Discussion Boards within and between Classes
Elluminate
Nov. 10, 2009 - 2:00pm-3:00pm Eastern Time
Presenter: Margaret Anderson, Associate Professor, Psychology Department, SUNY Cortland
Margaret Anderson will describe how and why Live Journal blogs were used to maintain private student journals and provide a mechanism for group interaction within and between courses. Live Journals were also used to coordinate communication across six different courses which included two groups of students who were enrolled in three parallel courses, four instructors and four teaching assistants. Since Live Journal is a stand-alone program, it can be integrated into course delivery systems and used in a distance or blended formats. Live Journal allows for private, semi private and open communication and is particularly useful to facilitate communication among students who are not enrolled in the same course.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Sloan-C College Pass Program
As a benefit of our membership in SLN, we have seats available in the 2009 Sloan-C workshops. These workshops are 2-4 weeks long with convenient synchronous and asynchronous delivery.
Please click here for a listing of upcoming courses.
If you would like to take part in one of these workshops, please send me an email, at least 2 weeks prior to the workshop start date. I will submit your registration information to SLN.
When submitting a request, please be sure to include your name, email, campus, and phone number along with the course name and start date.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Help for Your Students
The Center for Alternative Course Delivery has been busy this summer developing new and exciting innovations to share with students.
One of these new innovations is a Distance Learning Social Network. This network was created to by our Distance Learning Mentor to connect with and network students taking online courses here at ECC. Our online mentor, Kate Griffin, will be available on this site via Meebo (an instant messaging system) to answer questions students may have about their online courses. The site also includes FAQ’s, tips for taking online courses, an online blog and much more.
Please visit the site and become a friend!
Direct your students here!
http://eccdlearning.ning.com
One of these new innovations is a Distance Learning Social Network. This network was created to by our Distance Learning Mentor to connect with and network students taking online courses here at ECC. Our online mentor, Kate Griffin, will be available on this site via Meebo (an instant messaging system) to answer questions students may have about their online courses. The site also includes FAQ’s, tips for taking online courses, an online blog and much more.
Please visit the site and become a friend!
Direct your students here!
http://eccdlearning.ning.com
Friday, August 21, 2009
Free Guide To Technology Integration
From the author of the Free Technology for Teachers blog, Richard Byrne.
This guide is designed to give teachers descriptions of 12 tools that can be used regardless of content area. These tools are all 100% free for educators.
Click on the image above to view the document. Some of these tools I have already discussed. Some will be new to most of you.
Let me know if you find one that you like, and how you are using it.
Monday, August 10, 2009
I'm Back!
After a great day at ANGEL Summer Camp spending time sharing some cool tools and ideas for educational uses, it was time to spend some time with my family. A week away, (all the way to PA!) camping and hitting the roller-coasters left me with renewed energy.
Since I have a lot of things to catch-up on here in the office, I won't be sharing any new tools today.
BUT - I do have something to share with you!
If you haven't had a chance yet, check out Merlot. (No, not the wine, but I like that too!)
Merlot is filled with peer-reviewed lessons on many topics. You can create an account and share some of yours as well.
For those of you interested in learning about a variety of instructional strategies, there is also a Pedagogy Portal for you to access.
There are contributions from several of our SUNY peers, as well others from across the country.
Take a look around...I think there is something here for everyone!
Since I have a lot of things to catch-up on here in the office, I won't be sharing any new tools today.
BUT - I do have something to share with you!
If you haven't had a chance yet, check out Merlot. (No, not the wine, but I like that too!)
Merlot is filled with peer-reviewed lessons on many topics. You can create an account and share some of yours as well.For those of you interested in learning about a variety of instructional strategies, there is also a Pedagogy Portal for you to access.
There are contributions from several of our SUNY peers, as well others from across the country.
Take a look around...I think there is something here for everyone!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Web 2.0 Tools
Some tools I have used or seen.
I can't claim that these are necessarily the best ones available, but these are pretty useful!
Meebo - Instant messaging
beFunky - cartoonize a photo (see previous post)
Wordle - create word clouds out of any text or tags
Plinky - daily questions or challenges
Social Bookmarking:
Diigo - bookmark, highlight, annotate webpages
Delicious - save, access, organize, share your bookmarks
Animoto - videos from your photos
Go2web20 - tools organized by type
I can't claim that these are necessarily the best ones available, but these are pretty useful!
Meebo - Instant messaging
beFunky - cartoonize a photo (see previous post)
Wordle - create word clouds out of any text or tags
Plinky - daily questions or challenges
Social Bookmarking:
Diigo - bookmark, highlight, annotate webpages
Delicious - save, access, organize, share your bookmarks
Animoto - videos from your photos
Go2web20 - tools organized by type
Online Student Experience
Here is a video created to show the frustration that online students feel at having online courses that are not engaging and or interactive:
(Thanks to A. McDaniel http://www.amcdaniel.com/interact/)
(Thanks to A. McDaniel http://www.amcdaniel.com/interact/)
Welcome to the New Site!
This blog was created to be a source of information about what's new in the world of technology tools for educators. Links to appropriate articles and websites will be provided. If you have something to share, please post a comment.
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