Archive for June 12th, 2012

D10: How Education Will Change In the Digital Age

Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

See on Scoop.it – A New Society, a new education! An interesting session at the All Things D conference featured Stanford University President John Hennessy and Salman Khan, founder of Khan Academy. They discussed how the digital era could help lower the exorbitant costs of higher education. See on forwardthinking.pcmag.com

ThinkFree Mobile: Show – presentation program and PDF viewer

Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

See on Scoop.it – Digital presentations in education Elegant presentation tool simple to use on Tablet screen. Also available for Android. See on mobile.thinkfree.com

17 Free YouTube Tools Every Teacher should Know about

Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

See on Scoop.it – New Web 2.0 tools for education ouTube is undoubtedly the top video website online. The stats I have recently read are really amazing; 60 hours of video are uploaded every minute with over 3 billion pageviews per day. It also has thousands of channels ranging from technology to Laugh and Gags. […]

Connectivism: Connecting with George Siemens.pdf

Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

See on Scoop.it – Connectivism Project created by some colleagues in my doctoral program at Athabasca University. See on auspace.athabascau.ca

Add Speaking Animated Characters To PowerPoint Slides With SitePal

Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

See on Scoop.it – Digital presentations in education SitePal is a web service and MS PowerPoint add-in that allows creating, customizing and adding (speaking) animated characters to your website or presentations. This can help you narrate text from your website or presentation to grab the attention of your audience with a talking avatar… See on www.free-power-point-templates.com

Add Speaking Animated Characters To PowerPoint Slides With SitePal

Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

See on Scoop.it – Digital presentations in education SitePal is a web service and MS PowerPoint add-in that allows creating, customizing and adding (speaking) animated characters to your website or presentations. This can help you narrate text from your website or presentation to grab the attention of your audience with a talking avatar… See on www.free-power-point-templates.com

Secret Location Combines Gaming, Interactivity, and Telephony With Mysterious Film “The Sevens”

Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

See on Scoop.it – Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age Rae Ann Fera: “Toronto-based interactive agency uses a multi-layered narrative experience to test the limits of where technology meets story” … See on www.fastcocreate.com

YawnBuster – easily add group activities to your PowerPoint slides

Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

See on Scoop.it – Digital presentations in education YawnBuster® brings alive your PowerPoint slides with Group Activities such as audience polls, games, group exercises and competitions. Now you can get your audience to think, enjoy, participate and identify key takeaways… See on www.yawnbuster.com

Harvard y el MIT revolucionan la educación con sus aulas abiertas

Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

See on Scoop.it – Educación a Distancia (EaD) Mediante el proyecto EdX, ofrecerán formación gratuita ‘on-line’ para todo el planeta, un modelo que podría exportarse a las instituciones superiores españolas… See on www.lasprovincias.es

7 Free iPad Apps for Educators and Students | The Edublogger

Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

See on Scoop.it – “iPads for learning” Seven of our favourite apps that every educator should have – and students too! See on theedublogger.com