syndicating 5358 posts from 517 #etmooc blogs

My Next #Edcamp Session!

My next #edcamp session idea revolves around social learning networks for educators to play and learn-out-loud on. 

Yes, the Twitter session is needed at every #edcamp. Twitter is like the playground, that amazing place where you’re exposed to all types of ideas and educators and media.…

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EdCampSFBay

I just participated in my first EdCamp at #edcampsfbay this past Saturday, and I’m still feeling the adrenaline from it. The “unconference” was one of the single best experiences I’ve experienced of sitting in a room and having a conversation with other people who share interests and passions of mine.…

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A Brief History of Humankind in 20 Lessons!

Over 60K humans…including me… are enrolled in Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Coursera MOOC A Brief History of Humankind to learn about our past, present and future! Distinguished historian, Dr. Yuval Noah Harari, promises us a superficial, controversial and personal interpretation of the history of humankind, but assures “a clear general picture” of the whole of humanity, if only “a caricature,” and the answers to some of the most basic questions of history:

  • What is religion? 
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“When Will I Get My Grades?” How You and Students Benefit from the Answer

Faculty eCommons

One of the most common questions students ask deals with a course’s feedback time frame, that is, the turnaround time in which instructors provide grades and comments on assignments.
A feedback time frame is also one ……

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Remixing Content: Deepen Learning through Student-Created Lessons

Faculty eCommons

The best way to learn something is to teach it.
This old adage is true for teachers and students. While content creation is often considered the instructor’s domain, students can benefit from becoming content creators: they ……

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Not being afraid of the shadows

Shadows

A favorite read of mine is Luis Suarez, perhaps known most as the life-without-email guy. But as readers of his blog will tell you he is much more than that. He personifies (my opinion) the emergence of the networked worker.…

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Picture Books 10 for 10: Classroom Edition

Today I participated in #PB10for10 (my 10 favourite Picture Books on August 10th) created by @cathymere and @mandyrobek and now I’ve been inspired to create some sort of PB10for10 for our students using our class blogs. Reading through dozens of blogs about favourite picture books has been inspiring.
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Picture Books 10 for 10: Authors I couldn’t live without

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Choosing 10 favourite pictures books is probably one of the hardest challenges I’ve had to face this summer. So, in order to get around the fact that I need to choose only 10 books, I created a list of authors who write those 10 (or more) books that I just couldn’t live without in my classroom or in my life.
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What Are You Thinking?

Photo Credit: jDevaun via Compfight cc

Photo Credit: jDevaun via Compfight cc

Recently, this post was shared with me on Twitter:

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It’s a very good look at the need to communicate and respond in many ways to all the stakeholders in the school community.
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syndicating 5358 posts from 517 #etmooc blogs