February 2012
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The end of assessment as we know it
“The concept of a job is going away” (Bersin, 2012) and so should the concept of assessment. At least assessment as we know it. Or the assessment forms that we dearly esteem. The truth is, most educators teach to assess. Yes, the end goal of the learning experience is to prepare learners to succeed in the assessment. Does anyone else see something wrong with this picture? Take, for...
Feb 2nd
January 2012
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The Case for App Stores
Apple has changed the way consumers expect to get access to applications, especially mobile applications, with the creation of its iOS App Store and then the Mac App Store. There are several advantages for the use of app stores that might outweigh its most apparent disadvantage: the possibility of creating walled gardens which allow customers to only purchase and update their applications via the...
Jan 30th
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iBooks Author for Mac
Apple changes the publishing business once again. Sure there are other formats and authoring tools which are supported in iBooks, but this is different: an application that fits tightly in the Apple ecosystem, and as is normally the case with Apple products, simple. Apple unveiled this new tool in their Apple Education event in NYC. Here are some highlights and features: Integration with other...
Jan 19th
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December 2011
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5 Not so Crazy Predictions for Education in 2012
It”s not not uncommon for geeks to do some wishful thinking a line any mortal hoping their tech dreams will come true in the new year to come. Id like to make some predictions for 2012 as well. Just a few humble predictions and observations. 1. Education everywhere And by everywhere I don’t mean the whole any device anytime anywhere hype. I mean, everyone in every part of the world...
Dec 23rd
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Second Screen Learning?
A phenomenon that can be classified as anything from multitasking to plain distraction is getting more popular as smartphones get smarter and tablet computers more ubiquitous: the use of the “second screen”. It is common now to have at least one person (if not everyone) in the living room watching as movie on TV while, at the same time, checking what their friends are saying on...
Dec 15th
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Youtube EDU
There is a vast sea of information out there. In fact, it’s hard not to avoid drowning in it if you, as an educator or learner (which we all are) don’t put strategies in place to organize content by aggregating it using different bookmarking and sharing Web applications (which are a dime a dozen. Tools like Diigo and Pinterest, for instance, are excellent examples of aggregation tools...
Dec 12th
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Learning Resource Metadata
Something that bothers me sometimes is the poor search results yielded when one looks for educational resources. So many good projects I know of simply don’t show up in a simple Google search no matter what keywords I add into the search field. Results, in generalm are often irrelevant and require a lot of filtering to finally find GOOD learning materials. That is probably true...
Dec 5th
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Duolingo - free language learning while helping...
Duolingo claims to help you learn a language for free because as you practice translating sentences you are simultaneously helping them translate the Web. It is not clear to me whether translation is the only methodology behind their language learning approach, and it is so not clear what exactly they mean by the Web to be translated (which websites) or how it is done (where the information is...
Dec 4th
November 2011
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Cursos Online Gratuitos da Universidade de...
Nov 28th
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Free Full Online Courses by Stanford University -...
Nov 24th
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The Education & Tech Digest is out! http://t.co/moOiOQ6x ▸ Top stories today via @myincipio @davidginsburg
Nov 5th
It’s not about the events at the conference, it’s about the people you’ll connect to during events (and in between). Be open! #L2011 #30u30
Nov 4th
The Education & Tech Digest is out! http://t.co/moOiOQ6x
Nov 4th
Would be nice to be at #DevLearn now!
Nov 3rd
The Education & Tech Digest is out! http://t.co/moOiOQ6x ▸ Top stories today via @advacademics @dianadell @pointsnfigures
Nov 3rd
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Nov 2nd
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Nov 1st
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Nov 1st
October 2011
19 posts
Funny, but true. “Not Google Plus” http://t.co/MlgHQUxW via @CollegeHumor #edtech
Oct 31st
The Education & Tech Digest is out! http://t.co/moOiOQ6x ▸ Top stories today via @natalienorton @tele_education @pizzahut @_baracobama
Oct 30th
The Education & Tech Digest is out! http://t.co/moOiOQ6x ▸ Top stories today via @alltop @benvitale @mobilelawyer
Oct 28th
The History of the Ampersand (&) [infographic] http://t.co/0XHx6u0Q #edtech
Oct 28th
The Simpsons opening sequence with human actors instead. #thesimpsons http://t.co/TY1KRdi6
Oct 27th
Unicamp - OpenCourseWare - conteúdo livre educacional… #papoead http://t.co/xDYaUpTz
Oct 27th
http://t.co/CjZhm3cl Oi Paula. Realmente o nosso campo (Educação em geral) tem vários nomes discrepantes e por vezes antiquados mesmo…
Oct 26th
Papo EaD (semanal) - Design Instrucional & Tecnologia Educacional - Brasil: http://t.co/PzLlJ5cG
Oct 25th
The Education & Tech Digest is out! http://t.co/moOiOQ6x ▸ Top stories today via @chris_brannigan @lulusuperpop @emasie @camuschany
Oct 23rd
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Oct 23rd
Vou perguntar sobre um ho’rario bom pra todos no LinkedIN novamente. #papoead
Oct 22nd
Que tipo de trabalho vocês fazem na sua empresa? #papoead
Oct 21st
Fica como “deixa” pro próximo :). Por favor, divulgue para que tenhamos mais participantes na próxima. Um abração! #papoead
Oct 21st
The State of the Web according to The Oatmeal - @oatmeal http://t.co/X6BnWTq0
Oct 20th
The Education & Tech Digest is out! http://t.co/moOiOQ6x ▸ Top stories today via @alexforrestitv @rapidbi @commoncraft
Oct 20th
Photo: Shady lady… http://t.co/35K5VGDp
Oct 17th
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No Texting While Driving (or Working) -...
In my post, I always like to talk about useful tools that I personally use. Here is a lifesaver (literally, if youre the kind who cant resist texting while driving). If you are always on the go and of course cant or shouldnt type while driving, here is a practical solution: use DragonDictate. This handy iOS app is a speech recognition tool that turns your spoken words into text. It is quite...
Oct 13th
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5 Free Online Visual Dictionary and Thesaurus...
Oct 13th
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An Unofficial Look into Steve Jobs' Life and...
The All About Steve Jobs website is an unofficial yet comprehensive source of information about Steve’s lifestyle, career, key people in his life, genius on stage, and genius at work. The neatly-curated and well-presented information on this website includes interviews with colleagues, family, employees, and the man himself. Here you can have a glimpse at the way he worked with people on a...
Oct 6th
September 2011
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New Domains for You and .me →
Sep 24th
The Education & Tech Digest is out! http://t.co/moOiOQ6x ▸ Top stories today via @tn_news_wrcb
Sep 23rd
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Sep 23rd
The Education & Tech Digest is out! http://t.co/moOiOQ6x ▸ Top stories today via @learning2011 @drobo
Sep 23rd
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Sep 22nd
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Sep 22nd
The Education & Tech Digest is out! http://t.co/moOiOQ6x ▸ Top stories today via @dr_samuel_conn @acoolong @natalienorton @andrayajgeorge
Sep 22nd
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Sep 20th
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Sep 19th
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Sep 18th
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Sep 17th
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Sep 16th
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Sep 15th