2020 edtech conference
Jan 26-29, 2021, Orlando, FL
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more on ed tech in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=education+technology
Archive of ‘learning’ category
PodCourse
https://www.facebook.com/groups/onlinelearningcollective/permalink/635190050445030/
For those looking for ways to set podcast assignments : we developed a toolbox to guide students to plan, record and edit a 10-15min episode last year (little did I know I’d be rolling it out in a remote course, but it worked… mostly). Material, prompts and some thoughts on assessment now available on our website :https://blogs.helsinki.fi/podcourse/. Feel free to use it… and let me know how you get on 😉.
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more on podcast in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=podcast
VirtualReality for education in health care
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more of Rob Theriault in this IMS blog
Epic TikTok Fortnite
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to prohibit US companies from doing business with Tencent, which owns WeChat and nearly 50% of Epic Games, which makes Fortnite and Unreal Engine. Tik Tok has until September 20th to sell to Microsoft or another American company or it, too, will be banned. Is this because some Kpop fans on Tik Tok spoofed a Trump rally in Tulsa?
students videos and presentations
https://www.chronicle.com/newsletter/teaching/2020-08-13
worked together to analyze scientific information and visually represent it in a way that demonstrated their understanding.
When he tested his students, the scores among those who had created videos and visualizations were about 25 percent higher than those who had done traditional note-taking summaries.
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more on effective presentations in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=presentations
facial recognition unlawfully used
Facial recognition has been used unlawfully and violated human rights, UK Court of Appeal rules in landmark case from r/technology
A British police force violated human rights by unlawfully using facial recognition technology, the Court of Appeal has ruled in a landmark case.
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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=facial+recognition
UDL Universal Design for Learning
https://www.facebook.com/groups/onlinelearningcollective/permalink/631309057499796/
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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=udl
against cameras on
https://higheredpraxis.substack.com/p/tip-dont-require-cameras-on
how to increase engagement without relying on “cameras on” and asks instructors to be open to different “shapes” of what engagement can look like: “Many teachers have a shape that they think attention and engagement look like, and they work very hard to get students into that shape.” She also has written about forcing students to turn on their cameras from a trauma-informed perspective.
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more on online teaching in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=online+teaching
2020 best laptops to compare
the 2020 choice for best laptops to compare:
best math apps and online tools
Teachers share their picks for the best math apps and online tools. 💯✨https://t.co/gYPcSfJzlI
— edutopia (@edutopia) August 1, 2020
https://www.edutopia.org/article/11-teacher-recommended-math-apps-and-online-tools
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more on math in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=math