Teaching and Learning Links for 1/29/2013

Here's our digest of some of today's hottest teaching & learning links:

1. The 15 Education Technologies To Know About This Year http://ht.ly/gXtjw
2. Google Services You Should Know About: http://bit.ly/X2g4wa
3. Online Learning: Managing High-Enrollment Online Courses http://ow.ly/2uxonh
4. Talk This Way: Tips to Recording Good Quality Audio Narration http://knowledgeone.ca/blog/post/Talk-This-Way-Tips-to-Recording-Good-Quality-Audio-Narration.aspx …
5. Constructivism and Authentic Assessment http://ow.ly/hcIYM
6. Can textbooks ever be free? http://chroni.cl/Vj0BrX 
7. 100 WAYS TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM http://ow.ly/hcrJM

Top Twitter users to follow for education:
@2learn2
@chronicle
@courosa
@cpappas
@CreativeEdu
@hopkinsdavid
@kevin_corbett
@Montberte
@Montberte_Mayor
@nancyrubin
@ryantracey
@web20classroom
@web20education
@WeejeeLearning

Teaching and Learning Links for 1/28/2013

Here's our digest of some of today's hottest teaching & learning links:

1. Students Get Savvier About Textbook Buying- 33% of seniors don't buy textbooks, 21% download pirated copies http://chronicle.com/article/Students-Get-Savvier-About/136827/?cid=at …
2. The evolution of textbook publishers http://chronicle.com/article/Dont-Call-Them-Textbooks/136835/?cid=at …
3. Open Badges: Portable Credentials for Learning by Bill Brandon http://ow.ly/2uwdBO
4. How To Use Your iPad As A Digital Whiteboard http://edmc.me/X1YSqD
5. 36 Smart Ideas For Using Smartphones In The Classroom http://zite.to/XIGu6L
6. The Move from Face-to-Face to Online Learning http://wp.me/p1WaNj-gA 
7. Is "gamification" the latest buzzword and the next fad? http://is.gd/BT4YqZ

 
Top Twitter users to follow for education:
@2learn2
@chronicle
@courosa
@cpappas
@CreativeEdu
@hopkinsdavid
@kevin_corbett
@Montberte
@Montberte_Mayor
@nancyrubin
@ryantracey
@web20classroom
@web20education
@WeejeeLearning

Canvas for iOS: Course Management on the Go!

One of the features of Canvas, USF’s new learning management software, is faculty’s ability to access their courses on iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch).  The interface is relatively intuitive (as is Canvas on a desktop or laptop computer) and while you would not want to build your courses here, you can certainly accomplish many of the requisite, day-to-day, course management tasks. Some of the things you can do include emailing students, grading assignments, deleting and uploading files, creating new folders for enhanced organization, and creating new discussions.

You can also use the SpeedGrader to grade student assignment submission, but you have to also install the SpeedGrader app by Instructure first. This allows you provide written comments or to record audio or video feedback directly connected to student’s submissions.

Once you install the Canvas and SpeedGrader apps, you have to connect to USF’s Canvas system and login with your MyUSF credentials. When you are prompted to enter the URL you use for Canvas, type “usflearn.instructure.com” and click Connect. Now you are ready to manage your courses on the go! 

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Teaching and Learning Links for 1/25/2013

Here's our digest of some of today's hottest teaching & learning links:

1. Six Team Teaching Models: http://bit.ly/XyPQb1
2. Twenty-Five Ways Teachers Can Integrate Social Media Into Education http://ow.ly/gYsX8
3. What freshmen think, over 4 decades: http://chroni.cl/11TZcPQ 
4. An Introduction To Instructional Technology: http://bit.ly/WnbIAt
5. What Professors Learn From Teaching #MOOCs (noticed 'lecture' was mentioned 10 times) http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/01/24/essay-what-professors-can-learn-moocs …
6. Seven Student Myths of the Online Classroom http://is.gd/J4Yfc8 

Top Twitter users to follow for education:
@2learn2
@chronicle
@courosa
@cpappas
@CreativeEdu
@hopkinsdavid
@kevin_corbett
@Montberte
@Montberte_Mayor
@nancyrubin
@ryantracey
@web20classroom
@web20education
@WeejeeLearning

Teaching and Learning Links for 1/24/2013

Here's our digest of some of today's hottest teaching & learning links:

1. Teaching With Content Curation: http://bit.ly/WRN7ZU
2. Audience Response System for Mobile Collaborative Learning http://is.gd/jZVh86 
3. Skepticism About Tenure, MOOCs and the Presidency: A Survey of Provosts http://ow.ly/h4UTB 
4. Daniel Pink: How Teachers Can Sell Love of Learning to Students http://ow.ly/h3kof 
5. What Teachers Really Think About Game-Based Learning http://ow.ly/gYsOs
6. How to Create a Robust and Meaningful Personal Learning Network: http://bit.ly/10FZVDG

Top Twitter users to follow for education:
@2learn2
@chronicle
@courosa
@cpappas
@CreativeEdu
@hopkinsdavid
@kevin_corbett
@Montberte
@Montberte_Mayor
@nancyrubin
@ryantracey
@web20classroom
@web20education
@WeejeeLearning

Teaching and Learning Links for 1/23/2013

Here's our digest of some of today's hottest teaching & learning links:

1. 6 Ways Students Can Collaborate With iPads http://edudemic.com/2013/01/6-ways-students-can-collaborate-with-ipads/ …
2. Five Ways to Use Online Portfolios in the Classroom http://ow.ly/h3E5g
3. So…How Do You Build eLearning For iPads? http://ow.ly/2uqApn
4. 7 Reasons Your Students Should Be Blogging In 2013: http://bit.ly/WCg07M
5. 10 Word Cloud Generation Tools http://ow.ly/h2uDm 
6. Problem-based learning: Using Case Studies in the Classroom http://ow.ly/h2ft3
7. How Tablets Can Make You A More Effective Teacher http://ow.ly/gYsAK
8. Bloom's Taxonomy Should Start With Creating: http://bit.ly/V2WVdX
9. Thinking about Formative Assessment? Its actually easier to do than you think! http://bit.ly/Uey2i9

Top Twitter users to follow for education:
@2learn2
@chronicle
@courosa
@cpappas
@CreativeEdu
@hopkinsdavid
@kevin_corbett
@Montberte
@Montberte_Mayor
@nancyrubin
@ryantracey
@web20classroom
@web20education
@WeejeeLearning