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Badges?!? Do We Need Any Stinking Badges?!??
This post was originally written as a response to Kyle M. Jones’ posting on TheCorkboard.org entitled “Digital Learning and Badges“ in which he calls for greater discussion around using “badges” to certify student learning online. Here is my response: Everything … Continue reading
Posted in EdTech
Tagged assessment, edtech, education, HTML, HTML5, Learning, Lifelong learning, Mozilla, Skill
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An Open Letter to the US Copyright Office in Defense of Jailbreaking
Dear Copyright Office— I would like to register my support for the practice of jailbreaking of smartphones, tablets, and game systems on the principle that these devices are fully-functional computers and should not have their functionality crippled to promote … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, TeacherHax, Web 2.0
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Did You Know? A Screenshot is Worth a Thousand Words
There are lots of situations where a screenshot of your computer can communicate much more than words. From giving students detailed directions to helping your tech support people (ahem) solve issues you’re experiencing, screenshots can make it easier for people … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, EdTech, Free Apps, TeacherHax
Tagged Annotation, digital storytelling, Google Body, Graphics, Microsoft Windows, Screenshot, Skitch, Snagit, visual communication, Window
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Who Needs Gamification?! Student-Centered Lesson Design Using Just Your LMS
2011 brought us the buzzword craze of “gamification” in education, or the quest to make learning online more like a video game. Inspired by FourSquare‘s achievement badges as a way of motivating users to check in to location-based services and … Continue reading
Commons in a Box: Open Academic Collaboration for Higher Ed.
As long as I’ve been interested in WordPress for Education, CUNY Commons has stood as the example of what’s possible when you mash up WordPress, WPMU, BuddyPress, and MediaWiki with some special, custom goodness. Built on open source tools, it … Continue reading
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Open Source or Proprietary LMS? Your Answer, My Friend, Is Floating In the Cloud
A colleague recently asked me if I could explain the distinction between open source and proprietary learning management systems, especially as it might affect a K-12 school looking at the best kind of LMS to implement today. She wanted to … Continue reading
Posted in EdTech, Featured
Tagged blackboard, edtech, education, Engrade, google apps, Higher education, k-12, Learning management system, lms, moodle, MoodleRooms, open source
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