4 Education Technology Trends Coming To Your Classroom - Edudemic

3D printing, text messaging, and the many other trends are going to shape your classroom. Here's a look at what they are and how it'll all work.

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5 Free Apps For Classrooms With A Single iPad - Edudemic

You don’t have to be in a 1:1 classroom to infuse technology. If you have one iPad, these free apps for classrooms are worth knowing about.

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The Most Thorough Summary (to date) of MOOC Completion Rates -

This is the most thorough summary of MOOC completion rate data that I have seen – for xMOOCs. Kudos to Katy for putting together this data, and please comment on her blog post to let her know of new data available.
The problem I see is that scalar metrics of # of students and completion rates are insufficient for open courses, where there are different student types. Only a subset of students actually plan to complete a course, whereas the majority of students enrolled are there only to sample and explore. Measuring completion rate off the total number of students is misleading, but so is touting the total number of students enrolled (billions served) as a key metric.

Read more at: http://mfeldstein.com/the-most-thorough-summary-to-date-of-mooc-completion-rates/

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Studying a Masters in Secondary Education

Find out about masters in secondary education online programs, where you can take them, the career and salary prospects, and more ...

Read more at: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/masters-in-secondary-education

February 18, 2013: Teaching and Learning Weekly is out

Teaching and Learning Weekly, by Adam Atodl: A free online newspaper containing a curated selection of articles, blog posts, videos and photos about development sin teaching and learning.  Of interest to both students and teachers.

Read and subscribe free at:  http://paper.li/f-1328546324

On Campus and Online RN to BSN

Why does a nurse who is already registered as an RN need to take a Bachelor's degree, and do special upgrade programs exist pn;ine?
This page is about online RN to BSN programs, what's would be included in them, and where they can be studied?

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Studying an Education Management Degree Online

This page provides information on what is studied in Education management online degrees, where you can study them, prospects, and more ...

Education management degrees are designed to provide the expertise needed and to enhance your career potential in school and college management.  Most people who choose educational leadership and management are already licensed teachers or school administrators wishing to further their career in management.  So the specialization is usually only offered at graduate level.

Read more:  http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/education-management-online

6 MOOCs You May Not Know About - Edudemic

Since MOOCs were at the top of the list (identified as part of the 'first horizon', or entering mainstream use in a year or less), we'll start with that. (6 MOOCs you may not know about. Free courses that you can take.

More details at: http://edudemic.com/2013/02/moocs-you-may-not-know-about/

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Special Education Programs Online

Special education programs online - how they prepare teachers of students who are learning disabled, developmentally challenged, or gifted and talented.

As well as working with students who are learning disabled or developmentally challenged, special education teachers might also assist students who are gifted and talented, to help them acquire education and life skills. In order to do this, they need to create a learning environment to meet the unique needs of each student.

More details at: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/special-education-programs-online

Social Media in Education: Resource Roundup

This collection of blogs, articles, and videos from Edutopia aims to help teachers deploy social media tools in the classroom to engage students in 21st-century learning.

Resources by Topic:
- Creating Social Media Guidelines
- Student Engagement with Social Media
- Social Media for Professional Development
- Digital Citizenship and Online Safety
- Additional Resources on the web

More details at: http://www.edutopia.org/social-media-education-resources

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Why 90% of Startups Fail [INFOGRAPHIC]

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It seems like there’s a hot new startup in the limelight more often than not, but the cold truth is 90% of tech start ups fail.

Infographic by http://www.allmandlaw.com/

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Taking the lead with a Doctorate in Leadership

Doctorate in leadership programs provide skills for senior management positions in business, government and other settings. This page tells you more about them.

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Adult Education PhD | Online and Distance Learning

This page provides information on adult education PhD programs, what is studied in them, where you can find suitable programs, what the prospects are, and more …

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Online Physician Assistant Programs

Find out more about the work of a physician assistant, how to qualify as one, and find online physician assistant programs for this satisfying career…

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Microsoft lays into Google for invading Gmail users privacy; by scanning contents of emails to target personalised adverts

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The attack, the latest volley in Microsoft’s Scroogled campaign, comes with a website and is aimed to boost interest in the veteran software company’s Outlook.com email service.

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Online Masters in Leadership

Online masters in leadership programs provide training for upper level administrative and management positions. This page tells you more about them.

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February 7, 2013: IJEDICT Weekly News is out

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IJEDICT Weekly News, by Stewart Marshall: This free online newspaper is a curated selection of articles, blog posts, videos and photos on innovations, developments, educational courses, and other useful resources about ICT for education and development.

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PhD Early Childhood Education

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This page provides information on PhD early childhood education programs, what is studied in them, where you can study them, the prospects, and more …

An early childhood education doctoral program prepares you for jobs in education and administration related to children from birth to age 8.

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Online Nursing Continuing Education

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Find out more about online nursing continuing education, what’s involved in the programs, where you can take them, the improved career prospects, and more …

Taking nursing continuing education online is a useful way for nurses to stay up-to-date in their profession whilst continuing with their employment. It is also useful as a means of professional advancement and personal development. Some states in the US require the completion of nursing continuing education units (CEUs) for license renewal.

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BrainTrack: The Power of Suggestion

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Adam Atodl’s insight:

The psychology of learning

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Researchers spot attention deficits in babies who later develop autism

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Researchers at Yale School of Medicine are able to detect deficits in social attention in infants as young as six months of age who later develop Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

“This study highlights the possibility of identifying certain features linked to visual attention that can be used for pinpointing infants at greatest risk for ASD in the first year of life,” said Chawarska. “This could make earlier interventions and treatments possible.”

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Video-How Youth Learn: A Ned Talk

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“If you’re a teenage speaker brought in to address a crowd of teachers on the subject of how you and your peers learn best … what are you going to say? “I — have no clue,” Ned Cephalus nervously says from behind the podium. “I’m just a very average teenage brain”—complete with backpack, zits, and a journal he keeps about school. Yet in this funny and fast-paced “NED talk,” Ned knocks out eight powerful conditions of learning that can change everything for students.”

Adam Atodl’s insight:

Funny, but insightfu - and I love these drawing animations :-)

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Sustainable development of China's electronic information industry: Green challenges and solutions

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China’s electronic information industry has quickly become an essential part of the country’s national economy. However, pollution and environmental challenges emerge at different stages throughout the lifecycle of information and communication technology (ICT) products, from their design, development, manufacturing to use and disposal. Evidence shows that little effort has been made to address these challenges and environmental issues have not received much attention from industrial manufacturers or the users of ICT products. This paper discusses and highlights the importance and impacts of current environmental challenges faced by the electronic information industry in China. It proposes the implementation of green ICT as a key strategy to ensure environmentally friendly use of ICT equipment to maintain sustainable development of this industry in the long-term.

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Alabama Teacher Caught Ranting About 'Fat Butt Michelle Obama' and 'Queers'

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When Alabama teacher Bob Grisham went on a rant against “fat butt Michelle Obama” and “queers,” an unidentified student was recording his remarks.

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Why We Tell Lies at Work

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It’s a common observation that the lies and the coverup, not the initial misbehavior, are what take public figures down. You heard it during Watergate and the Lewinsky scandal, and last month, Lance Armstrong proved it all over again.

The rest of us may not confess to Oprah, but to varying degrees we’ve all bent the truth in our careers.

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Learning and Teaching with iPads: Writing and publishing with Creative Book Builder

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“Creative Book Builder (CBB) was one of the first Apps I worked with in schools to demonstrate how students and teachers could create and publish on their iPad.”

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14 Ways To Store And Share Files On The iPad

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iPads are neat little devices that can pretty much do it all: play music, support interactive content, reshape how we think of textbooks, produce high-quality videos, and even take a step back and function as a good old-fashioned typewriter.

The iPad does, however, have its share of flaws ranging from those hardware related (proprietary connections that work with Apple and only Apple products), to software (if you want an iPad, you must go through iTunes). And one of the educators’ biggest gripes with the iPad is its lack of storage space.

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Mitch Resnick: Let's teach kids to code

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Coding isn’t just for computer whizzes, says Mitch Resnick of MIT Media Lab — it’s for everyone. In a fun, demo-filled talk Resnick outlines the benefits of teaching kids to code, so they can do more than just “read” new technologies — but also create them. (Filmed at TEDxBeaconStreet.)

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Wingham Rowan: A new kind of job market

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Plenty of people need jobs with very flexible hours — but it’s difficult for those people to connect with the employers who need them. Wingham Rowan is working on that. He explains how the same technology that powers modern financial markets can help employers book workers for slivers of time.

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Online Health Care Programs

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Find campus-based and online health care programs that will prepare you for careers in the many health care professions, and learn more about the prospects.

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Online Early Childhood Degrees

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This site provides information about online early childhood degrees, what is studied in the programs, where you can study them, and more …

Adam Atodl’s insight:

The early childhood education curriculum track includes courses in child psychology, parenting, and early childhood instruction and learning strategies.

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Brave New World of Prenatal DNA Sequencing

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Companies count DNA sequences in the blood of high-risk moms to test for Down syndrome and other large-scale disruptions, but they could do more.

Adam Atodl’s insight:

Medical experts are also taking note of the burgeoning field. In November, two medical societies released a joint opinion that the noninvasive DNA tests could be used to screen high-risk pregnancies, which include cases where the mother is over 35 or has had previous pregnancies with chromosome abnormalities.

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