[ED-TECH] Free Summer Webinars from Educause

Educause, the huge organization focused on computing in higher education, is running a series of free webinars this summer. Please check the link below for the topics and dates. The first one is this coming Tuesday, June 28th, at 1:00 pm. Attend one, attend them all. Summer is often a time to focus on research and grants, while reflecting on teaching. These look like cockaded opportunities to take a break from your other activities and think about some teaching and learning challenges.

http://educause.informz.net/educause/archives/archive_1590587.html

Bill Vilberg - bill.vilberg@miami.edu, 786-250-2255

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[ED-TECH] Note taking

Interesting blog post on note taking. The first four points are relevant to everyone, the others are social media based.

How do students learn to take notes? How does the teacher's design of the learning experience help them take better notes?

Social media & learning – note taking on steroids
<http://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com/2011/06/social-media-learning-note-taking-on.html>http://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com/2011/06/social-media-learning-note-taking-on.html

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[ED-TECH] Fwd: vilberg.com

Here are two recent posts to Vilberg.com<http://Vilberg.com> that you might enjoy.

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If you are not familiar with Bloom's taxonomy, or need a...<http://vilberg.com/post/6464821628>

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 02:00 PM PDT



If you are not familiar with Bloom's taxonomy, or need a refresher, the YouTube video at <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwS1MVZgTL8> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwS1MVZgTL8 is a cute way to quickly get up to speed. The web site at <http://goo.gl/6mZR4> http://goo.gl/6mZR4 has additional information on how to use Bloom's taxonomy. There is a great chart at <http://goo.gl/6mZR4> http://goo.gl/6mZR4 with questions, activities, and trigger words for each of the four levels. As you plan your courses for the fall, take a look at what levels you would like your students to achieve, and how you are helping them do that.


I am seeing articles about storytelling as a learning objective...<http://vilberg.com/post/6464407711>

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 01:47 PM PDT

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I am seeing articles about storytelling as a learning objective in most disciplines. Every paper is a story in which you are trying to convince the reader of your conclusion. Every presentation is a story. Now, with Web 2.0, every video or oral history is a story. But stories are rarely multimedia, they are either written or video or a single form of media. The Atavist provides this type of multimedia enhanced nonfiction stories. While some are available for the Kindle and Nook, the best format is on the iPad, where all forms of multimedia can be used. Stories cost around $3 each on the iPad. Go to <http://atavist.net> http://atavist.net to see what is available.


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[ED-TECH] Saying No (markboulton.co.uk)

Ed-Tech List Members,

Interesting article, counter to normal thinking. Instead of always saying "Yes" it argues that you need to regularly say no. I learned that lesson about group purchases of software years ago. There are things that we, the IAC, should not be doing.

But to use "No" you need to have a clear vision of what you do and where you are going. You need to be able to communicate that vision quickly and persuasively. And you need to, as much as possible, redirect people to people who can say "Yes" to their request.

"At the U, we are transforming lives through ... " How are you transforming lives? Whose lives are you transforming? What are things you say "No" to, so that you can transform lives in the way you do? What is your vision?

Saying No
<http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/saying-no>http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/saying-no

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[ED-TECH] Are you using personalized magazine apps for curricular purposes?

Ed-Tech List Members,

Malcolm Brown, Director of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), is looking for people using Flipboard, Zite, Pulp, or similar "personalized magazines" for curricular purposes. (I admit that I have only heard of one of those three: Flipboard for the iPad, and I use it personally, not with students.) If you have any experience with these please let him know. They are creating another in the excellent "7 Things You Should Know" series. These are front and back handouts listing the most important 7 things you should know about various learning technologies. You can check out the series at http://www.educause.edu/ELI7Things

Bill Vilberg
Instructional Advancement
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From: Malcolm Brown <mbrown@EDUCAUSE.EDU>
Date: June 9, 2011 12:14:27 PM EDT
To: "INSTTECH@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU" <INSTTECH@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>
Subject: [INSTTECH] Use of personalized magazine apps for teaching and learning
Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Instructional Technologies Constituent Group Listserv <INSTTECH@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>

Greetings,
The ELI is doing some research for its 7 Things You Should Know About series.

A relatively new and very well-received app is that of the personalized magazine. Examples of these apps include:

Zite
"a personalized magazine... that automatically learns what you like and gets smarter as you use it... gives you personalized news, articles, blogs, videos and other content from a variety of both mainstream and niche publications..."

Flipboard
"a fast... way to flip through the news, photos and updates your friends are sharing on FB, Twitter, Google Reader, Flickr and Instagram..."

Other examples include Pulp and perhaps Yahoo's Livestand.

Question: is anyone at your institution using any of these kinds of apps for curricular purposes? or do you know of folks at another school who are?

Please pardon any cross-posting,
thanks!
Malcolm

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