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10 Awesome Courses To Improve Your Online Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

1 – Flipped Classroom Concepts for Homework The flipped classroom has been around for a while. In a flipped classroom, students watch lectures and other lesson content on video. Flipping Your Classroom: Redefining Homework and Instruction is an excellent course to help you with this.

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AP Jeopardy Review – Let’s #ePortfolio That: Using @PearDeck, @Wacom Tablets, and @msOneNote #edchat

techieMusings

It’s definitely a huge inspiration behind my flipped classroom. I think this activity is a perfect addition to my student’s ePortfolio, as the reflection piece was built right into the assignment. But it took me a while to discover this.

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Three GREAT (and Free) Virtual Conferences Where You Can Attend, Present, or Volunteer!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Subject strands include changes in the classroom (social media, 1:1 computing, "flipped classrooms," digital literacy, maker spaces, gaming, open educational resources, digital textbooks), in student learning (individualized learning, student-directed learning, "hacking" education, personal success plans, ePortfolios, and building a digital presence), (..)

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The Free Learning 2.0 Conference: Great Keynotes and Sessions and YOU!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Subject strands include changes in the classroom (social media, 1:1 computing, "flipped classrooms," digital literacy, maker spaces, gaming, open educational resources, digital textbooks), in student learning (individualized learning, student-directed learning, "hacking" education, personal success plans, ePortfolios, and building a digital presence), (..)

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Professors Aren’t Good at Sharing Their Classroom Practices. Teaching Portfolios Might Help.

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At the height of the buzz around MOOCs and flipped classrooms three years ago, Bridget Ford worried that administrators might try to replace her introductory history course with a batch of videos. She agreed that something should change: Drop-outs and failures were high in the 200-person class—at about 13 percent.

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Top 100 Sites/Apps of 2014

Technology Tidbits

This is a great way to introduce digital storytelling to the classroom. WeLearnedIt - An excellent free iPad for the mobile classroom, ePortfolios, and Project Based Learning. This is ideal for creating a flipped classroom. Word Clouds by ABCYa - A terrific free iPad app for creating word clouds.

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6 Ways Technology Can Reinvent Parent-Teacher Conferences

Edsurge

Create ePortfolios. Most research is done online with search engines and specific subscribed data centers. It’s not just a library anymore; many parents will and should be amazed at the scholarly materials available to their kids. No more manila folders or papers —now that would be revolutionary!