During my online exploration, in search of resources on dyscalculia for a research project, I stumbled upon a software that was “designed for remediation of dyscalculia in children aged 4-8. It may also be useful for prevention of dyscalculia, or to teach number sense in kindergarten children without specific learning…
Category: EdTech
Joining ‘The Future of Education’ network
I’ve stumbled upon a website called ‘The Future of Education: Charting the Course of Teaching and Learning in a Networked World’. While reading the description — “This community is devoted to providing an opportunity for those who care about education to share their voices and ideas with others. It’s a…
Google Tech Talk by Mitchel Resnick: Sowing the Seeds for a more Creative Society
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qWF1SJ4LGI I love the first slide, where Mitchel Resnick presents three words and asks his audience to play the “odd one out” game with him. The words are: Television, Computer, Paintbrush. Which word would you choose? This is a pretty simple, but very effective tool to make a quick diagnosis…
TPACK: Using technology for enriched experiences of content
I’ve discovered, more by chance, the DEVOLVE website (http://www.open.ac.uk/darwin/devolve-me.php), which allows you to make a “[…] journey back in time [and] to see yourself as you would have looked as an early human”. To me, this is a nice example of a digital technology tool that allows you to have…
Educational Origami: Integration of ICT into the classroom
Educational Origami is a blog, and a wiki, about the integration of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) into the classroom, this is one of the largest challenges that we face as teachers. It’s about 21st Century Learning and 21st Century Teaching. http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/
ISTE | Learning & Leading with Technology
ISTE’s membership magazine, Learning & Leading with Technology, is one of our best! Learning and Leading is more than just the name of the magazine—the simple phrase encapsulates ISTE’s philosophy that technology is essential to school transformation and future opportunities for the 21st-century learners around the globe. via iste.org This…
Book Review: “Basiswissen Multimedia – Band 2: Lernen” by Andreas Holzinger
I’ve just received and started to read A. Holzinger’s Book on Learning with Multimedia… and I’m really happy that I’ve bought this book… It’s simply exactly the book-of-reference we should have had right from the start for our “Learning with Media” seminar in the BScE. It covers every aspect of…
Book Review: “Handbook of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) for Educators” by AACTE
I’ve recently “discovered” the TPCK model, by browsing the iTunesU catalogue and falling over Dr. Ruben Puentedura’s video podcast called “As We May Teach” (see: http://www.hippasus.com/). I was totally unaware of the theoretical and empirical work done in the field of TPCK, so far and so I was very happy…