Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path

Acclaim is a web platform for education which facilitates discussion around video content. It allows students and professors to share questions, notes, and feedback by inserting time-specific comments that link to moments in each video. Each comment is clickable, and once clicked, the video will jump to the specific moment that is being discussed. Students can see and respond to comments from the professor and other students at any time.

Flipped classroom offer the student the opportunity to stop, reflect, and review the lesson (often the lesson is in video form) instead of frantically taking notes. This feature alone is a huge advantage and fosters individual learning styles.

The term is audacious: Web 2.0. It assumes a certain interpretation of Web history, including enough progress in certain directions to trigger a succession. What forms of the Web have developed and become accepted enough that we can conceive of a transition to new ones? Many people—including, or perhaps especially, supporters—critique the “Web 2.0” moniker…

Below is a bunch of web tools that teachers and educators can use to help students learn and connect with others from all around the globe.

Free resource of educational web tools, 21st century skills, tips and tutorials on how teachers and students integrate technology into education

Web 2.0 tools and online utilities have become more full-featured and useful over the years.  Here are some links to various online tools to help both teaching and learning. The online tools all...

I have been receiving several emails from teachers from all around the world asking for back-to-school resources. So instead of responding to each one individually I make a post and share it with everybody here. I am also having a hectic life, extremely busy with my PhD studies and all the readings and research that it entails. I am saying this because I do find it hard to catch up with my mail and respond to your inquiries.

Collaborative writing is a great way to to teach students the writing skill while enjoying it. Now that technology and web 2.0 tools are ubiquitous, you can use a plethora of awesome tools to enhance collaborative writing in your class.

Natalia et al. paper on  collaborative writing sheds some light on the importance of this skill for students:

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Have you ever been in a classroom and had the teacher ask, “If you can hear me please click on the smiley face?” If so, you have tasted education 2.0—impersonal yet far-reaching and convenient. There are several web conferencing platforms that individuals, organizations, schools, and businesses have to choose from.

To accommodate diverse learning styles as well as access to mobile content it has become increasingly important to use multimedia and instructional tools that e

I  have collected lists of the top web tools you will need as a teacher in order to effectively leverage the power of technology and web 2.0 in your teaching and learning. I would recommend that you bookmark this page so that you can get back to it whenever needs be. Enjoy.