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OfflineIf we want to communicate with our students, we have to wait for them to come to class, check their email or login to the online classroom... but, let's face it, there are times that we don't want to wait. Times that we want to tell our students something RIGHT NOW! Whether a current event, a change in an assignment, or a reminder about class... remind101.com gives us a tool to quickly, easily, efficiently text our students without ever having to exchange cell phone numbers.
Remind101.com is a website that allows teachers to text message or email students without ever exchanging personal contact information.
How does remind101 work?
First, a teacher adds his/her class, which generates a unique code. The teacher then shares that code with his/her students. At that point, any student who sends a text message with the code will be "subscribed" to the teacher's class. Any time a teacher sends a message from remind101, all the students subscribed will receive it.
How…
OfflineNew York Times Schools for Tomorrow
Sept. 22, 2011
http://www.nytschoolsfortomorrow.com/agenda.html
The New York Times is sponsoring a symposium on September 22nd on the subject of "Bringing technology into the Classroom," and a live stream of the event is supposed to be available on that date at the website noted below. The keynote speaker is Dr. Lawrence Summers, and many notables in education, journalism, government, technology, industry, etc. will be involved.
Please note that there are two streams, a K-12 and a College stream. The website describes the event as…
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OfflineIs it a classroom or a coffee shop? It may not look anything like the classrooms we are used to, but faculty and students at Texas Wesleyan University have designed an award-winning classroom space designed to maximize learning in our modern era.
As highlighted by a recent article in Campus Technology, classroom design may have a profound impact on the quality, nature and function of student learning. Faculty at Texas Wesleyan University have transformed a traditional, boring, teacher-focused classroom into "one that's 'radically flexible,' with an emphasis on four themes: flexibility, sensory stimulation, technology support, and decenteredness."
For a peek and this new classroom design and an overview of the key features, see Texas…
OfflineIf you want to be hip and cool, just tell your students that they can follow you on Twitter... but, does Twitter really do anything beyond boost your "cool factor"?
Over the last couple of years, Twitter has become all the rage. You can tweek to your heart's content and waste away hours a day "following" a cadre of selected Twitter-devotees. But, beyond staying up to date on all the latest social happenings, does Twitter have any value in the classroom? The answer to this question may just surprise you! Take a peek at the recent article in Academic Impressions:
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