Future Learning Lab
Nordic network of university people and innovators sharing an interest in new technologies and learn Research through exploring.
Categories are deceiving - we´re listed as Education, but the Future Learning Lab is about Science and Playing.
http://www.futurelearninglab.org/may-2015-summit/
Our next conference -- this time in Silicon Valley: Here´s the latest news:
May 29 - 30 2015 Summit H-Star Institute at Stanford University Future Learning 2020 Summit CONFERENCE VENU: PAUL BREST HALL EDUCATION - A NEW NETWORKED ECO SYSTEM? THIS YEAR AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY NEXT YEAR IN EUROPE &...
31/03/2015
Here is an interesting post on video games from The Cheat Sheet.
http://www.cheatsheet.com/technology/5-fantastic-books-about-video-games.html/2/
5 Fantastic Books About Video Games You can't play games all the time, so why not take some time off and read about games instead?
31/03/2015
TECH EVERYWHERE: 96% of teachers give technology a significant role in their classroom--but 35% still don’t have sufficient internet connectivity. That’s according to the newly released TES Global 2015 survey, which asked more than 3,000 teachers (globally, with 1,000 from the U.S.) about the ways they use tech. Read more about teachers’ attitudes on gamification, communicating with parents, and differentiated learning.
https://www.edsurge.com/n/2015-03-27-just-how-universal-is-tech-in-the-classroom
Just How Universal is Tech in the Classroom? (EdSurge News) TECH EVERYWHERE: 96% of teachers give technology a significant role in their classroom--but 35% still don’t have sufficient internet connectivity. That’s according to the newly released TES Global 2015 survey, which asked more than 3,000 teachers (globally, with 1,000 from the U.S.) about the ways t
31/03/2015
Here is a well rounded review of practical apps for the classroom, take a look; http://oedb.org/ilibrarian/latest-edtech-trends-70-resources-roundup/
The Latest in EdTech Trends: 70 Resources Roundup | OEDB.org Trying to keep up with the latest in EdTech trends? Discover all the latest news happening in EdTech with this roundup post. And if you're still getting up
28/03/2015
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/03/the-deconstruction-of-the-k-12-teacher/388631/
When the Internet Delivers Its Own Content, What’s Left for the Teacher? When kids can get their lessons from the Internet, what's left for classroom instructors to do?
28/03/2015
RANDA Solutions Core of Education host Rod Berger announces availability of his interviews with Secretary of Education and president of the AFM on YouTube. The Core of Education, hosted by Rod Berger, VP of Education at RANDA Solutions, was recently chosen to cover and host the Rural Education National Forum, held…
28/03/2015
E-learning Visually Explained for Teachers March 24, 2015 Electronic Learning, conventionally known as e-learning, is a digitally mediated type of learning. The standard way of lesson delivery in e-learning was and mostly still is computer and hence the traditional definition of e-Learning as computer mediated learning. However, now with the…
28/03/2015
Free Technology for Teachers: Twisted Wave - Create Audio Recordings Online to Save in Google Drive
27/03/2015
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/03/print-newspapers-are-for-rich-people/388757/
One Way to Phase Out Newspapers: Make Them a Luxury Good The New York Times should make the print edition more expensive before switching to online only, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti says.
16/03/2015
16/03/2015
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/03/istorybooks-now-offers-premium-books.html #.VQXhaGTF-Hw
Free Technology for Teachers: iStoryBooks Now Offers Premium Books for Free to Teachers
16/03/2015
http://presentationtube.com/about.php
PresentationTube: About Us A screen recorder and online platform for sharing PowerPoint video presentations
14/03/2015
Newrow Updates Video Classroom Platform with Study Rooms -- THE Journal Newrow has updated its video classroom platform to allow students to create and control their own video study rooms.
14/03/2015
http://thejournal.com/Home.aspx
THE Journal: Technological Horizons in Education -- THE Journal The education technology news magazine for K-12 district leaders, IT personnel, and administrators
14/03/2015
http://campustechnology.com/articles/2014/12/02/berkeley-launches-big-data-moocs.aspx?admgarea=News
Berkeley Launches Big Data MOOCs -- Campus Technology Berkeley has teamed with a private partner to launch two new MOOCs focused on big data analysis using Apache Spark, an open-source big data processing engine.
Adaptive Learning Tops Strategic Tech List for Education -- Campus Technology Even as education spending is expected to inch up two percent this year to reach $67.8 billion worldwide, the way in which school districts, colleges and universities are spending that money is evolving to reflect the growing digital nature of teaching and learning.
14/03/2015
Stanford U Display Wall Takes Visualization to a Higher Level -- Campus Technology The newly furnished room includes high-resolution Christie MicroTiles that start two feet off the ground and form a seamless, curvilinear video wall that's 256-square-feet in size, spanning nearly the entire width of the room.
14/03/2015
Innovative MOOCs Take Learning in New Directions -- Campus Technology Recent efforts are tweaking the formula for massive open online courses and expanding their reach to new audiences.
14/03/2015
As Oklahoma Schools Move Grades Online, Conversations Change The days of students skipping class without their parents finding out or hiding grades may be in the past as school districts embrace technology and instant notifications.
14/03/2015
Teacher app for Whiteboard video making; https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/teach/id527216211?mt=8
04/03/2015
Great review about an important issue; https://theconversation.com/in-defense-of-the-great-mooc-experiment-38199
In defense of the great MOOC experiment Is there an impatience to write the history of MOOCs? Have universities even given sufficient time to experiment with MOOCs