I am a big believer in RSS News Aggregators as a core technology for lifelong learning. By allowing each individual person to curate their own interests and get in the habit of consuming a steady stream of news relevant to their interests, RSS lets people build their own personalized diet of valua...
I’ve long been a believer that teachers should explore open source edtech tools as an alternative to all the free, freemium, ad‐supported, and privacy‐invading web applications that are marketed to us. In addition to all the great open source desktop applications, there are a lot of open alternati...
One of the most valuable tools for an instructional designer is a great screencasting app. Being able to record your desktop with voice narration frees us to share techniques on our computers in live motion video.
Many of us IDs have learned to depend on tools like Jing, Screenflow, Screenc...
Instructure Canvas is the new hotness in the LMS market, but for many it remains out of reach. For many schools who need an LMS on a shoestring budget, their best option is to contract for an open source Moodle install from a 3rd party hosting company. This is a common service available from many...
I was just discussing free screencasting tools with some fellow Instructional Designers, and realizing how many of the most commonly‐used apps like Screencast‐O‐Matic are based on Java technology. Java’s recent plague of security breaches has earned it the title of the biggest vulnerability fo...
I wanted to drop in a quick plug for familiarizing ourselves with the Mozilla Web Literacy Standards and 21st Century Skills. Though edtechies have lots of great tools that are focused on education, it’s also good to have a more fundamental understanding of basic web skills. These are skills a...
In reading Michael Feldstein’s article on AntiSocial Deconstructivism, I found myself agreeing with some parts of some of the points he was intending to mock. I want to put forth a modified version – let’s call it ProSocial Deconstructivism.
Just creating a statement like the one below draws a s...
Building upon How to Give Your Students Better Feedback in Less Time
This article above (you should read it – I’ll wait) encourages teachers to develop a “Teaching Toolbox” – essentially, a text document containing good, detailed feedback that you can quickly and easily paste into student work...
“At this time in our history, the most valuable institutions will be those that generate real learning from average or disadvantaged students, not those that generate learning from those students for whom learning is, frankly, easy.”
In response to Kaplan University Begins Offering Personalized Competency Reports to More than 40,000 Students
Kaplan University’s Personalized Competency Reports
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It’s great to see Kapla...