Friday 24 May 2013

4 Online Tools for Special Needs Educators To Use

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“While the student you’re teaching and their special needs will help guide your lesson plan, there are some online resources that can be beneficial to you. Some online resources provide detailed lesson plans for children with disorders like ADD and ADHD, while others give general advice for educating children with special needs; however, they’re all helpful for new and experienced teachers alike who are looking to develop their skills and understanding of special needs education. Here are four online tools that you will find helpful if you are an educator for children with special needs.”


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Humphrey Perkins school 1 to 1 iPad tablet case study

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“The school wanted a creative solution for learning using a 1:1 iPad tablet device roll out to provide the freedom for students. As well as providing the iPads needed we had to update the infrastructure allowing the schools WiFi to support the amount of tablets all using the network.”




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Thursday 23 May 2013

Help protect yourself from signed malware in OS X

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With the discovery of malware signed with a valid Apple ID, here are some steps you can take to help prevent the remote chance of any such programs infecting your computer. Read this article by Topher Kessler on CNET.



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Cloud Computing and the Benefits | Visual.ly

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An infographic on the benefits of Cloud Computing for small to medium businesses



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Wednesday 22 May 2013

Theories of Learning. Connectivism: A new type of learning for the digital age

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Theories of Learning. Connectivism: A new type of learning for the digital age




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CLARITY Clears the Path to a See-Through Brain

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A new approach to brain imaging called CLARITY could revolutionize how scientists study the brain. Researchers replaced a mouse brain’s opaque fats with a clear gel that supports neural tissue, resulting in a transparent organ with all its internal structures still intact and visible for study. Unhindered observation of the entire brain’s neural circuitry will help “clarify” scientists’ understanding of how this still-mysterious organ functions.




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Tips for learning online: Three things to do, two things not to do, and one "no-no" for learning online

students learning onlineTips for learning online - Here are three things you should make sure you do, two things you shouldn’t do, and one thing that is absolutely forbidden, if you are wanting to learn online.


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Monday 20 May 2013

We Love E-Books!

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EDUCAUSE Review Online:


Have you bought an e-book from a major corporate provider like Amazon? In under a minute, the book will be in your hands. Even your grandmother can do it! Have you borrowed an e-book from your local public library? If you haven’t, try to do so. If you have, you may have had the same experience most people do: the complexity is beyond mind-boggling. Teaching grandma UNIX seems easier. And even if your academic library is providing e-books, have you seen much choice in the available popular titles? It’s no wonder library users think: “Nice job getting all those articles in your catalog, but why can’t you figure out how to get them on my e-reader like the rest of the world can?”


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Pinterest takes a "first step" toward working with big brands

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Pinterest is unveiling a new pin structure for different types of products and an integration with a large number of retail brands, as it continues buildng up the platform and paving the way for growth.



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Friday 17 May 2013

Start your career with a Developmental Psychology Masters

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Find out more about taking a developmental psychology masters degree, what’s in the program, where to locate suitable programs, career prospects, and more …



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9 Sources of Free eBooks for MOOC Teachers and Students - moocnewsandreviews.com

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Instructors need to accommodate their students’ need for high-quality content. Free ebooks will round out a MOOC student’s online learning experience. (@MOOCNewsReviews great to see this up!



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Babies’ Brains: When Does Consciousness Emerge?

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Finding the point at which babies’ reactions change from being purely reflexive to reflecting more intention is leading researches to focus on the first glimmers of conscious thought in infants as young as 5 months old.



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Bach to the Blues: Our Emotions Match Music to Colors

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Whatever our music of choice, our brains are wired to make music-color connections depending on how the melodies make us feel, says new research from UC, Berkeley.



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A Manifesto for Community Colleges, Lifelong Learning, and Autodidacts | Open Education

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Hybrid Pedagogy is an academic and networked journal of learning, teaching, and technology that combines the strands of critical pedagogy and digital pedagogy to arrive at the best social and civil uses of technology and digital media in education.



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A Professor Walks Into a MOOC...

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According to the Benign Violation Theory, humor has its roots in potentially negative experiences (i.e., violations) that are made to seem okay in some way (i.e., benign).



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Tuesday 14 May 2013

Transformational Leadership: the Inside Out Effect

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In this webinar, Professor Behnam Tabrizi reveals powerful lessons on leadership and achieving your full potential. Professor Tabrizi combines both his earli…



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EduTECH 2013 - Australia's largest education event for schools, higher education and workplace learning

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The K-12 Education leaders congress is designed for principals and their education leadership teams to delve into the big visions for technology in schools.



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Education 3.0 and the Pedagogy (Andragogy, Heutagogy) of Mobile Learning

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“The evolution of the web from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 and now to Web 3.0 can be used a metaphor of how education should also be evolving, as a movement based on the evolution from Education 1.0 to Education 3.0.”




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Sunday 12 May 2013

LaunchPad Helps Job Seekers Gain a Competitive Edge

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Seeking job or internship advice from a professional in your industry? Check out the LaunchPad platform, created by six Harvard Business School students.



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Tuesday 7 May 2013

Stop Google Now from Draining Your iPhone's Battery

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We were excited to see Google Now finally make its way to iOS, but it didn’t come without problems. Many users report excessive battery drain due to location reporting. Fortunately, Cult of Mac offers a solution.



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26 Teacher Tools To Create Online Assessments

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Need to create online assessments for a flipped classroom or for a blended learning environment? Here are 26 tools to get you started.

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