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Use these simple strategies to effectively maneuver technology towards increasing student motivation and engagement, whether virtually or in person Via EDTECH@UTRGV 
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Flux is a tool I come across while I was reading Shawn Stevenson's book Sleep Smarter (Amazon affiliate link). Shawn mentions it among the tools he recommended to help people reduce the mental and physical strain induced by long exposure to digital devices. Flux helps alleviate from the eye strain caused by sustained exposure to the light coming out from our digital screens. What it actually does is that it regulates the colors of the display of your computer so that the display "adapts to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day.""
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In March 2020, UK higher education embarked on a sudden shift to digital learning. In the vast majority of cases, it wasn’t a designed and fully realised transformation of teaching and learning.
It was an emergency response to an unprecedented situation that relied on upskilling staff rapidly enough to enable them to deliver the remainder of their courses, and assess them, in as effective and equitable way as possible.
The extent of this digital shift, and the tools, techniques and platforms used, varied not only between universities but also within them, depending on the demands of different departments and the confidence and capabilities of the staff.
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For those of you who haven’t seen it yet, here is a handy visual featuring what we think are some of the best educational web tools for Bloom’ taxonomy. For each of Bloom’s thinking levels we came up with a number of suggested tools that go with it. We have been very selective concerning the choices included and because of space constraints we excluded several other tools that worth the mention here. Also, the visual is not hyperlinked, check out the chart at the bottom of the page for links of the featured tools.
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November brings academic writing month #AcWriMo as researchers commit to making time to write regularly. MmIT members would like to suggest a range of digital tools and social spaces are used to encourage other writers and share good practice. Many of these have applicability beyond academic writing so we hope that you will find them useful.
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Barbi Gardiner, founder of Library Tech Talk, has shared her 33 page list of more than 100 of the best digital tools for librarians.
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Need a few ideas? We invited educators in our Renaissance Royals™ community to share examples of favorite assignments, projects, or activities they use to help students of all ages build digital literacy skills.
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Origins and perspectivesDigital skills, literacies, and competences – there is no shortage of policy documents and well-publicised national aspirations (regardless of which nation you happen to be in!) in this space. But much of the focus tends to be on building up technical competence, tied to particular job responsibilities, or stage of education. Yet, of course, we are surrounded with technologies in almost every aspect of our everyday lives. In part, it frees us from past drudgery, whilst elsewhere it burdens us with new expectations and anxieties. How we live, work, and learn in a digital age is a crucial question. When considering a response to three documents: Ireland’s National Digital Strategy; Digital Agenda for Europe (now the ‘Digital Single Market‘); and the Digital Roadmap for Irish Higher Education; we wondered whether it might be possible to try a slightly different approach to the more usual development of a competency framework, formal programmes and traditional skills qualifications.
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Colleges are increasingly using social media and other digital techniques to work with a new generation of students who want authentic connections to help them feel less isolated, as well as structures to support an efficient and driven job search and their desire to change the world, according to The New York Times.
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The following tools are examples that may support digital learning. Each of the categories of tools is found below. Select the category to view the tagged tools.
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In this Training Edition of Digital Tools for Teachers I have built on the original volume by updating and extending many of the original chapters and also by adding four additional new chapters with links to an additional 35 new tools and resources.
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I’m really proud to announce the release of the second edition of my Digital Tools for Teachers ebook and also the Trainers’ Edition which should enable any teacher with a basic knowledge of technology to run teacher training and development courses and sessions for pre-service and in-service teachers. Via Nik Peachey
Nik Peachey's curator insight,
November 7, 2017 7:08 AM
This is the latest update from my Digital Classrooms Series.
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Digital pedagogy focuses specifically on the use of technology to break down learning barriers and enhance students’ learning experiences. By definition, its existence dates back to the earliest use of digital tools in classrooms -- however, larger awareness of the need for digital pedagogy has emerged only in the last decade or so, in recognition of the changing relationship between students and computers, handheld devices, social media, and more. Via Nik Peachey
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Most organisations outsource site or app creation to digital agencies. They also procure digital tools for their staff. 5 questions can help assure delivery of accessibility by agencies an
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As the current pandemic rages across the globe causing colossal social and economic damage and setting up new realities, the way education was delivered pre-pandemic will forever be changed. Distance learning and online education are taking over the stage with more schools and universities moving to online curricula and increasingly adopting remote modes of teaching and learning. In today's post we are sharing with you some useful digital resources to facilitate your transition to virtual-based modes of education and work.
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Looking for some tips on how to help you better integrate technology in your instruction? The visual below has you covered. It features 10 activities you can do in your class with the help of web technologies. These are: run a virtual field trip, quiet a noisy classroom, use videos for mini-lessons, coordinate live video, add multimedia elements to presentations, use digital exit tickets, study and critique web content, gather student feedback, launch a wiki page or blog for a collaborative assignment.
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Digital learning experiences can be used to mirror the work of real scientists, boosting students’ engagement and learning outcomes. Via Peter Mellow
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There are three critical issues that are expanding the gap between the modern classroom and today's digital tools--here's why we hvae to address them. Via EDTECH@UTRGV
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Developed through a collaborative process between researchers and practitioners, this toolkit is a curated cross-section of resources that relay knowledge and best practices in achieving real success in youth-centered digital learning. The Reclaiming Digital Futures toolkit is a curated cross-section of resources that relay best practices in youth-centered digital learning.
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This series of reports explores new forms of teaching, learning and assessment for an interactive world, to guide teachers and policy makers in productive innovation.
This seventh report, produced by The Open University in collaboration with the Centre for the Science of Learning & Technology (SLATE), University of Bergen, Norway, proposes ten innovations that are already in currency but have not had a profound influence on education in their current form.
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Over the years, many of us have personally experienced the growth of technology in today’s classrooms. Via John Evans, Dean J. Fusto
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February 17, 2020 3:07 PM
This article show us a big amount of tools that we can use to teach through technology (cellphones, tablets, laptops) in order to keep students engaged with our classes. Nowadays, we need to be famirialized with this resources since almost everybody has access to this devices.
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After the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the world seems to be waking up to what educators have known for a long time: media literacy matters, especially as it relates to the news, social media, and the web. While the definition and specific skills of media literacy (as well as its companions, news literacy and information literacy) evolve with the media and technology landscape, the core objectives remain: that through media literacy, students learn to find, consume, and create media critically and develop a mindfulness about how media is made, by whom it is made, and for what purposes it is made. There are a lot of tools out there to help students build and practice these essential skills, and on this list we feature some of the best we've found. You'll find great apps and websites broken down into three core categories: those that help students evaluate media, those that help them create media, and those that steer students toward factual sources.
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Yes, the chalkboard is a white board and paper and pencils have been replaced with laptops, but other than that? Beyond the physical differences we see in classrooms, the other changes we have seen are minimal – despite the opportunities technology presents to transform learning. Via Nik Peachey
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December 18, 2018 3:09 PM
Embracing technology in the EFL classroom can give us wonderful opprotunities to enhance both our performance as teachers and our students' language skills.
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