Today I talk with Kevin Chen, the co founder of italki. We discuss iTalki and how it is a community marketplace that connects learners and teachers around the world for online language lessons. If you wanted to learn Chinese, for example, you could find a teacher from China to teach you 1-on-1 through Skype. […]
Audio Review # 37 Put Your Toe In The Gamify Your Classroom Water With Kahoot
Overview If you are wanting to gamify your classroom but aren’t feeling like going hardcore quite yet, Kahoot might be the perfect tool for you. Kahoot is a game based classroom response system. It’s simple to use and allows you to create discussion boards, quizzes or surveys. The students or group you are working with […]
Audio Review #36 | Build Curvy Presentations With Prezi
Overview Like many tools out there Prezi is something that is easier to understand if you see it rather than read about it. So feel free to skip the rest of this write up and just check out these examples, because you might understand it better. For those of you who would still prefer to […]
Audio Review #35 | Virtual Sticky Notes For Your Students
Overview According to Paddlet’s website this is the, “Easiest way to create and collaborate in the world.” Although there’s no way to prove that, I will admit that using it is a breeze. Padlet is a great way to allow a group to quickly collaborate using a variety of media. When you begin you padlet, […]
Audio Review #34 Annotate Virtual Tours with Google Tour Builder
Overview Google Tour Builder allows you to take the power of Google Earth and create an animated tour complete with photos, videos and text that you add along the way. In the end you have tour of places all over the world along with your personalized additional research. It even allows for street view. Tours […]
Audio Review # 25 | Limit Distractions with GetConcentrating
Overview Concentrate is another app in the limit distractions family. Our laptops have way too many fun things competing for our attention and for most of us (at least me) it is hard to shut that off when I should focus on work. The Concentrate Mac OS app is a wonderful solution for our distractions. Concentrate lets […]
Tech Talk Roundtable 74 | SAMR for Adminstrators Part Two
Chris, Jamie and Michael discuss their personal learnings and articles of the week. Articles of the Week Technology SAMR Model for Administrators Part 5: Staff Input | Edutopia edutopia.org As school systems are looking to increase the student usage of technology in the classroom, administrators may be presented with a precarious situation. The balance of funding effective professional development […]
Interview 43 | Suzi Wilczynski of Dig-It Games
Take a restless archeologist turned middle school teacher, toss her the challenge of creating a game based learning environment to simulate real life learning and you have Suzi Wilczynski of Dig-It Games. Suzi and her team started with one game, Roman Town, but have since continued to develop more games. Their future includes updates to current games as […]
Tech Talk Roundtable 70 : The Horizon Report, Part Three
Mission The NMC Horizon Project charts the landscape of emerging technologies for teaching, learning, research, and creative inquiry. Launched in 2002, it epitomizes the mission of the NMC to help educators and thought leaders across the world build upon the innovation happening at their institutions by providing them with expert research and analysis. At 12 […]
Tech Talk Roundtable 68 : The Horizon Report, Part One
Mission The NMC Horizon Project charts the landscape of emerging technologies for teaching, learning, research, and creative inquiry. Launched in 2002, it epitomizes the mission of the NMC to help educators and thought leaders across the world build upon the innovation happening at their institutions by providing them with expert research and analysis. At 12 […]
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