This is another tool I am developing. I would appreciate comments and feedback. What are the missing verbs which are misplaced?
This tool is an attempt to analyse the structure of examinations and tests and look at the balance between higher order thinking skills (HOTS) and lower order thinking skills (LOTS). Many examinations have a large [...]
I have been working on a simple method of analysing teaching and learning technologies against Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy. I have taken the verbs associated with each of the taxonomic levels and arranged them across a sheets and then added a column for the activity components.
The idea is that you take your activity and break it [...]
This is the latest installment in the Seven things you should know series, this one covering the increasingly popular trend of “Microblogging”
Microblogging, of course, includes that staple tool twitter. This paper looks at twitter and microblogging in general from an educational perspective.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7051.pdf
If you need a how to sheet for twitter – use this starter sheet.
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This is the starter video to go with the starter sheets on the excellent web 2.0 tool voice thread.
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(please download the video and use it. Its created under the creative commons share and share alike. This video will play here but you will only see a part of the video. Format: Quicktime Size 800×600)
This video [...]
The Iranian Election debarcle continues as the world id shocked and appalled by the curruption of the electral system and the brutality of what is now essentially a dictatorship.
The new York Times has produced an excellent interactive timeline with media clips, photo shows and commentry of the elections. This is an excellent resource for [...]
The Commoncraft Show has released anotehr great professional learning resource. This one is “twitter search in plain english” you can also see it on Youtube at this URL – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGbLWQYJ6iM
Add to this their excellent video twitter in plain english @ http://www.commoncraft.com/twitter
Also worth watching is this from Yout ube – Twitter in the classroom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WPVWDkF7U8
addthis_url [...]
This is a free multi platfom tool that allows you to create mosaic images from your own pictures.
The product is called Andrea Mosaic – http://www.andreaplanet.com/andreamosaic/
The Download is available from this page – http://www.andreaplanet.com/andreamosaic/download/ as is the link to the instruction manual – http://www.andreaplanet.com/andreamosaic/AndreaMosaicManual.pdf
Both the program and the manual are multilingual – the program is in [...]
Lee LeFever has produced another excellent video resource. This one is the World Wide Web in Plain English. Another paperworks production and an excellent resource for teachers and students alike
Available here at the common craft show
http://www.commoncraft.com/world-wide-web
or here on Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZoMbBzqxyc
addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fedorigami.edublogs.org%2F2009%2F04%2F13%2Fwww-in-plain-english%2F’;
addthis_title = ‘WWW+in+plain+english’;
addthis_pub [...]
This is a great visual search engine with the added bonus of being able to compile the notes into a notepad for further reference.
The site is eyeplorer http://www.eyeplorer.com/eyePlorer/
You start by entering your keyword into the keyword field – then start the search.
The search returns and as you hover over the keywords you can drag the [...]
I have recently updated Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy to version 3.0. This version includes starter sheets and refreshed rubrics. It is probably still a little ragged in places so I would appreciate any suggestions and corrections.
Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy V 3.0 in PDF
As usual the Bloom’s digital taxonomy is produced under a creative commons licience. I might [...]
