Schooling the world

I recently got this link via Classroom 2.0 to a very thought-provoking video, "Schooling
the World" produced by Carol Black. The video is free until February 12th... See the password.
The film is at https://vimeo.com/32012579 (password is STW2013), and looks at the often-devastating impacts of Western-style schooling in the developing world, particularly in Northern India.

In "Occupy Your Brain," Carol states, "[a]s our climate heats up, as mountaintops are removed from Orissa to West Virginia, as the oceans fill with plastic and soils become too contaminated to grow food, as the economy crumbles and children go hungry and the 0.001% grows so concentrated, so powerful, so wealthy that democracy becomes impossible, it’s time to ask ourselves; who’s educating us? To what end?"

ETMOOC

Want to take a free on-line class and learn more about how to integrate technology in the classroom... or  move beyond Digital Literacy to Digital Fluency??

Visit the ETMOOC session http://etmooc.org/, register... it's FREE!

For s "lite version" follow the posts shared on Twitter by participants...
#etmooc

Blended learning infograph

Blended learning infograph

http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=510125

Classro 2.0 resources

http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=510125

Classro 2.0 resources

http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=510125

MOOCS

So what's a MOOC? How about a learning opportunity for everyone!!! It stands for Massive Open Online Community.


http://suewaters.com/2013/01/18/learning-through-blogging-as-part-of-a-connectivist-mooc/

Digital portfolios

What to create digital portfolios with students via the iPad!?

http://edudemic.com/2013/01/create-digital-portfolios/

Getting smart blog

Now this blog is a definite go to for "techie focused" topics .... I will definitely check out regularly!!! Just a 2 minute scan and there were 4 articles I wanted to read! If you are aware of what's coming our way in digital learning, check this out!!

http://gettingsmart.com/cms/

Flipping the staff mtg

Need more input for PD's? Want to try flipping the weekly staff mtg to try more resource sharing, more professional collaboration?? See the following link to a blog on how to flip your staff meeting.

I love this idea, especially because teachers are always so short on time. Check it out!!

http://www.teachthought.com/trends/flipped-classroom-trends/7-steps-to-flipped-professional-development/

iPads and engagement

iPads vs textbooks - which improves engagement?? http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/technology-enhancement-tools-undergraduate-biology-course

On the road to online learning

The 1 mile Roadmap to Online Learning - Infographic http://elearningindustry.com/subjects/general/item/441-the-1-mile-roadmap-to-online-learning-infographic