Daily Education & Technology News for Schools 06/16/2011

• Time to Grow | dotSUB

  Here is the time to grow Keynote that Julie and I did not so long a go. Was listening to it and I think the message is still relevant. It is about change and a willingness to grow.

  tags: education learning inspiration

• ARiSE: HOME

  "A new way of learning
  Augmented Reality in School Environments
  - A European Research Project -
  
  Technological advances in the field of information and communication technologies enable innovative ways to mediate knowledge. Among them, Augmented Reality (AR) becomes increasingly a field of interest.
  
  Integrated in e-learning systems, AR will provide innovative ways to transfer knowledge in education. This is the purpose of the project Augmented Reality in School Environments (ARiSE). The aim is to create an innovative teaching aid, enabling teachers to develop, with a moderate effort, new teaching practices for teaching scientific and cultural content to school classes in an easy to comprehend way. "

  tags: augmentedreality education

• Touch Press - The Waste Land

  T.S. Eliot's masterpiece is now an app. An expensive app, topping at $13.99 but it has literary experts abuzz. It includes the poem, perspectives, sychronized performances from Eliot (at two points in his life) and other readers, the original manuscripts showing the process of editing the document, and lots of resources and readings. Created by Faber digital it is part of "Faber's mission to re-imagine poetry for the digital age."
  
  If you teach literature or are an edtech professor, it is time to get this on your ipad and put in some serious academic reviews as to the quality of content here. Academicians now have a new place: writing reviews on the iTunes store. We may have an app-full textbook-free future.

  tags: education ipad literature literature_teacher

• Wordle - Chapter 7 of the Upcoming Clat Classroom Book

  A wordle I made of the upcoming Flat Classroom book - chapter 7 of student choice. If you want to know when the book comes out (we'll only use your email to let you know the publish date) you can go to www.flatclassroombook.com - if you're into social media or doing book reviews, you can apply to be put on our reviewers list. (Sorry not everyone can be selected, but please apply if this fits you.)

  tags: education flatclassroom

• TakingITGlobal - TIGed - Projects - DeforestACTION

  The DeforestAction project has sstudents create local, national and international entrepreneurial initiatives that protect and regrow endangered forests and create local projects to promote awareness and action.

  tags: education science_teacher globalcollaboration flatclassroom collaboration

• Asia Connections - Collaboration with schools in Asia

  A ning promoting connections with schools in Asia.

  tags: education globalcollaboration flatclassroom

• From Library To Learning Commons.Ny.Slideshare

  Lovely slideshow by Valerie Diigs on her school's transformation from library to learning commons. She's been featured in several books and in school library journal.
  
  I think every librarian should be familiar with the learning commons concept to see if there are elements that will work to make your environment more relevant to learners. It isn't whether you like the concept yourself - for libraries to stay funded they must stay relevant. I think learning commons is just one way to do that. Valerie knows far more than me on this topic, so look at what she's done.

  tags: library education learningcommons librarian

• WinDirStat Portable | PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB, portable and cloud drives

  Why is your hard drive full? Why does it keep filling up? I use this to help me find those pesky video files that keep FILLING UP MY HARD DRIVE.

  tags: education utility

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