Many of you in the BCTC community have asked about Coursera, the new initiative to provide fee, online courses. Here's a great article in the Atlantic. (link courtsey of Steve Stone):
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Friday, July 27, 2012
YouTube Creative Commons Videos
Did you know that YouTube videos are licensed through Creative Commons…and you
can find quality educational videos?
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/youtube-touches-4-million-mark-creative-commons-videos-updates/
Thursday, July 26, 2012
2012 Learning 2.0 Virtual Conference
The 2012 Learning 2.0 Conference is scheduled for August 20-24 and it's free!
Subject strands include changes in the classroom (social media, 1:1 computing, "flipped classrooms," digital literacy, maker spaces, gaming, open educational resources, digital textbooks), in student learning (individualized learning, student-directed learning, "hacking" education, personal success plans, ePortfolios, and building a digital presence), in teacher personal and professional growth (lead learning, personal learning networks, peer / open / self-directed PD), in schools (virtual and online schooling, mobile learning, blended learning, MOOCs, immersive environments, learning spaces, entrepreneurship, school leadership, big data, assessment models), and in pedagogy (from teaching to learning, social learning, social / educational networking, passion-based learning, learning how to learn, brain-based learning).
Details here:
Subject strands include changes in the classroom (social media, 1:1 computing, "flipped classrooms," digital literacy, maker spaces, gaming, open educational resources, digital textbooks), in student learning (individualized learning, student-directed learning, "hacking" education, personal success plans, ePortfolios, and building a digital presence), in teacher personal and professional growth (lead learning, personal learning networks, peer / open / self-directed PD), in schools (virtual and online schooling, mobile learning, blended learning, MOOCs, immersive environments, learning spaces, entrepreneurship, school leadership, big data, assessment models), and in pedagogy (from teaching to learning, social learning, social / educational networking, passion-based learning, learning how to learn, brain-based learning).
Details here:
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Bb Maintenance, 7/12, 12 AM (midnight)
No midnight Bbing in the Thursday wee hours:
A hardware enhancement to the Blackboard infrastructure will take place during a brief maintenance period beginning Thursday Morning July 12 at 12:00am ET for one hour. All Blackboard courses will be unavailable during this time. All content and student work on the current system will remain intact when Blackboard is back online Thursday morning.
A hardware enhancement to the Blackboard infrastructure will take place during a brief maintenance period beginning Thursday Morning July 12 at 12:00am ET for one hour. All Blackboard courses will be unavailable during this time. All content and student work on the current system will remain intact when Blackboard is back online Thursday morning.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Bb SP8 Content Editor
Follow the link below from some great tips on the using the new SP 8 Bb Content Editor:
http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/blackboard/blackboard-9-1-sp8-a-new-beginning/#axzz20ESbQSxM
http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/blackboard/blackboard-9-1-sp8-a-new-beginning/#axzz20ESbQSxM
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