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See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes Looking for new ideas for how to use technology in your classroom in 2014? Looking for colleagues to inspire your practice? Ideas to help integrate technology into your lesson plans? Look no further. Greg Alchin‘s insight: A great collection of EdTech thinkers from around the globe inc @Darcy1968 See on… Continue Reading 11 EdTech Bloggers To Follow in 2014…Continue Reading 11 EdTech Bloggers To Follow in 2014

See on Scoop.it – personalised learning Adam Goldberg, music teacher in a Special Needs environment, shares useful experiences from the classroom where he uses tech to enable learners to become vocali… – Click here to learn more Greg Alchin‘s insight: Empowering possibilities that flips perceptions and tranforms lives! See on www.askaudiomag.com…Continue Reading How Tech Enables Non-Verbal Learners to Become Singers

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes Provides instruction for and discussion of how to podcast in education and beyond. Features a comprehensive guide to podcasting that’s free to read in its entirety online. Also includes podcast news, kits, and hardware and software recommendations. Greg Alchin‘s insight: Podcasting and screencasting are a key component of rebooting… Continue Reading Podcasting Guide | PoducateMe…Continue Reading Podcasting Guide | PoducateMe

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes Greg Alchin‘s insight: Podcasting and screencasting are a key component of rebooting the classroom to flip the learning paradigm. See on www.opencolleges.edu.au…Continue Reading 50 Educational Podcasts You Should Check Out – InformED

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes “The ability to change is among the least-appreciated professional characteristics of a teacher.   This is especially true as education systems react to both external pressure, and internal instinct to change into something closer to truly progressive learning environments.”   Greg Alchin‘s insight:  To support other learners to develop… Continue Reading Establishing A Growth Mindset As A Teacher: 9 Affirming Statements – TeachThought…Continue Reading Establishing A Growth Mindset As A Teacher: 9 Affirming Statements – TeachThought

See on Scoop.it – personalised learning I had to come up with a 30 sec video on anything I wanted for my university course. This is what I came up with. Follow me on twitter @ https://twitter.com/i… Greg Alchin‘s insight: Christopher Hills’ video has a very powerful message. What makes it more so is when… Continue Reading Disabililty…Continue Reading Disabililty

See on Scoop.it – personalised learning Transcribe saves thousands of hours every month in transcription time for journalists, lawyers and students all over the world. Greg Alchin‘s insight: A powerful and productive service which levels the palying field. See on transcribe.wreally.com…Continue Reading Transcribe – online transcription and dictation software

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes What better way to help kids explore the world of fonts than with mobile apps? Our choice of apps include educational type apps, font resource apps, and apps that allow students to design with fonts. Greg Alchin‘s insight: Font choice and layout  evokes an emotional response from the reader… Continue Reading 7 Fantastic Apps for Teaching Typography…Continue Reading 7 Fantastic Apps for Teaching Typography

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes The Global Education Conference is a collaborative, world-wide community initiative involving students, educators, and organizations at all levels. It is des… Greg Alchin‘s insight: A great collection of presentation form educators from around the world. Grab yourself a cuppa and enjoy! See on www.youtube.com…Continue Reading The Global Education Conference Network

See on Scoop.it – personalised learning Autism research is close to my heart because I have twin boys that are on the autism spectrum. Greg Alchin‘s insight: Good design enables and empowers. Good design is inclusive. Good design makes your heart and eyes swell when barriers are boken down and people can connect.  See on www.padgadget.com…Continue Reading iPads Enable Parents to Converse with Autistic Children for the First Time | PadGadget

See on Scoop.it – eBookED Self-publishing has emerged from the peripheries of the publishing industry to become one of the primary contenders in mainstream publishing. Greg Alchin‘s insight: Thr flipped publishing model. Just need to ensure that it is accessible! See on liquid-state.com…Continue Reading Why self-publishing is becoming a popular alternative • Liquid State

See on Scoop.it – personalised learning Greg Alchin‘s insight: Harnessing the inbuilt accessibility in mobile devices such as the iPad with well designed apps is very empowering. See on momsofdyslexics.blogspot.com…Continue Reading Apps for Dyslexics and Struggling Readers

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes Sharon Boller, President of Bottom-Line Performance, has authored a new white paper: Learning Trends, Technologies and Opportunities. Greg Alchin‘s insight: These  key trends  mirror much of what is identified in NMC’s Horizon Report. The question is ‘How to EDU institutions reflect and  respond to these trends.   1. Less… Continue Reading Learning Trends, Technologies, and Opportunities – New White Paper by Sharon Boller…Continue Reading Learning Trends, Technologies, and Opportunities – New White Paper by Sharon Boller

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes Greg Alchin‘s insight: Web based tools continue to evolve. THis really is a SAMR redefinition example. This app enables students to write dialogues and interactions. and turn it into an animated movie. The text to speech needs work  and I think they should chat to  someone like Nuance for… Continue Reading Movie-making for everyone | Plotagon…Continue Reading Movie-making for everyone | Plotagon

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes It’s Top-Picks Friday! This week we are featuring apps and websites that empower your students to express their ideas through art, music, theater, and much more. Greg Alchin‘s insight: An interesting collection of apps. Some that are worth a download. That said the choices lead me to believe that… Continue Reading 10 Awesome Apps and Sites that Spark Creativity…Continue Reading 10 Awesome Apps and Sites that Spark Creativity

See on Scoop.it – eBookED There’s no scientific evidence that drugs or alcohol can promote creativity, say brain scientists meeting in San Diego this weekend. Greg Alchin‘s insight: The more we understand about the neuroscience of creativity, the better we will be able to establish learning environments that foster creativity. See on www.usatoday.com…Continue Reading Brain a ‘creativity machine,’ if you use it right

See on Scoop.it – eBookED Social reading is revolutionizing the way anyone reads. While most participate in social media, such as Facebook or Twitter in their personal lives, social medi Greg Alchin‘s insight: Through the use of apps and devices social reading goes beyond the actual words on the page and opens up a myriad… Continue Reading 5 Apps for Social Reading…Continue Reading 5 Apps for Social Reading

See on Scoop.it – personalised learning Educators, eLearning professionals and trainers should be interested in the brain because after all, they teach brains! Greg Alchin‘s insight: As the team at CAST has shown advances in neuroscience force us to rethink what learning is and how we cater for learner variability. See on info.shiftelearning.com…Continue Reading 8 Brain Research Discoveries Every Instructional Designer Should Know About

See on Scoop.it – personalised learning Personalize Learning is launching a free webinar series. Join in the coversation and ask questions from educators and learners in personalized learning environments. Greg Alchin‘s insight: This series of webinars are well worth attending. They really are an investment in your professional learning journey. See on us2.campaign-archive1.com…Continue Reading Free Personalizing Learning Webinar Series starts Nov 12th

See on Scoop.it – personalised learning Greg Alchin‘s insight: A great app from Kudlian that enables learners to release their mojo…mobile jounalism that is!    See on www.kudlian.net…Continue Reading icpmobile

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes The Difference Between Projects And Project-Based Learning Greg Alchin‘s insight: "They have clarified the difference between projects and project-based learning before. Projects are about the product, while project-based learning is about the process. See on www.teachthought.com…Continue Reading The Difference Between Projects And Project-Based Learning

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes Ideas for Instructional Strategies for classroom use Greg Alchin‘s insight: This is a great framework of instructional strategy ideas. Whilst the poster is handy the extra detail on the website shows the depth of thinking behind it. As they say you can never have enough strategy ideas in your teaching… Continue Reading Instructional Strategy Ideas – For the Teachers…Continue Reading Instructional Strategy Ideas – For the Teachers

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes 46 Tools To Make Infographics In The Classroom Greg Alchin‘s insight: Infographics can be very powerful multimodal texts (symbols, shapes, and images) and relevant character-based data (numbers, words, and brief sentences). See on www.teachthought.com…Continue Reading 46 Tools To Make Infographics In The Classroom

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes 44 QR Codes Resources For Teaching & Learning Greg Alchin‘s insight: QR codes prove a picture really does paint a 1000 words! 🙂 They also  empower student voice. See on www.teachthought.com…Continue Reading 44 QR Codes Resources For Teaching & Learning

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes Doodling may have gotten you in trouble in history class, but at TEDx events, it’s highly encouraged. All over the world, über-talented artists are contributing to the TEDx world of ideas by putting… Greg Alchin‘s insight: The distillation of rich ideas into concise, powerful multimodal texts. What a very… Continue Reading TEDx Talks on paper: Artists visualize the world’s ideas in 5 fascinating drawings…Continue Reading TEDx Talks on paper: Artists visualize the world’s ideas in 5 fascinating drawings

See on Scoop.it – personalised learning We know NSW families are anything but average. Which is why we offer different levels of car insurance to suit your needs. http://www.gio.com.au/car-insuranc… Greg Alchin‘s insight: This car insurance. advert reinforces that ‘variability is the norm.’ So if mainstream advertising along with car manufacturers (Think of the level of… Continue Reading GIO Levels of Car Insurance TV commercial…Continue Reading GIO Levels of Car Insurance TV commercial

See on Scoop.it – eBookED The advantages of digital publishing for brands are multiple. Greg Alchin‘s insight: The Marketing industry has always had alot to offer education. Knowing the demographic, and deliver a targetted message to bring about change.    “Some people, particularly older customers, who were used to the print medium struggled with the… Continue Reading Amway’s journey from 100,000 print catalogues a month to digital…Continue Reading Amway’s journey from 100,000 print catalogues a month to digital

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes Click here to edit the title Greg Alchin‘s insight: Another great resource from the ABC’s Splash Team The aim is to help students analyse and interpret the use of language devices and generic conventions in the construction of arguments. See on splash.abc.net.au…Continue Reading Analysing perspectives in media texts

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes Anti-depression group Beyond Blue says millions of Australians are risking their health by not taking a lunch break. Greg Alchin‘s insight: Interesting study on the importance of taking regular breaks and getting a work life balance. It would be interesting to compare this with the homework debate.  I for… Continue Reading Beyond Blue urges Australians to take proper lunch breaks…Continue Reading Beyond Blue urges Australians to take proper lunch breaks

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes Over the past three years, iPad has helped people transform business, education, entertainment, health, and many other fields. We wanted to document those ch… Greg Alchin‘s insight: This advert is a wonderful snapshot of a truly disruptive technology that has transformed how we live and learn. In the process… Continue Reading Apple – Life on iPad…Continue Reading Apple – Life on iPad

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes Ten steps to motivate your students to want to learn. Encourage students to take responsibility for their learning. Give them voice and choice about what they learn. Greg Alchin‘s insight: Simple practical proven strategies to bring about powerful change. @bbray27 See on barbarabray.net…Continue Reading 10 Steps to Encourage Student Voice and Choice | Rethinking Learning – Barbara Bray

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes Thousands of copyright free and copyright friendly images and photos for teachers and students. Greg Alchin‘s insight: Another great source of copyright free images for students and staff alike. That said everyone should learn to use http://www.google.com/advanced_image_search and http://www.google.com/advanced_search and filter results on usage rights. See on www.pics4learning.com…Continue Reading Pics4Learning | Free photos for education

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes Greg Alchin‘s insight: The creative process is not just iterative; it’s also recursive. It plays out “in the large” and “in the small” See on www.dubberly.com…Continue Reading A Model of The Creative Process

See on Scoop.it – eBookED I am what the book industry calls a “power reader.” I read a lot of books (at least 300 a year), and I read them quickly. With that sort of intake, using an Greg Alchin‘s insight: An interesting collection of apps. The article highlights that many of these apps run… Continue Reading The Best Apps For Reading Ebooks on the iPad for Power Readers | Digital Book World…Continue Reading The Best Apps For Reading Ebooks on the iPad for Power Readers | Digital Book World

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes Six free, web accessibility tools to help you create a web without limits. Greg Alchin‘s insight: Web accessibility evaluation tools help determine if a webpage complies with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). See on www.accessiq.org…Continue Reading Useful accessibility tools | Access iQ

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes Originally posted by EdTechDigest – Infographic by Jones eGlobal Library Greg Alchin‘s insight: Interesting research into the significance of online learning in Higher Ed. I believe more reserach is required in the  K-12 space.. See on studentforce.wordpress.com…Continue Reading Trends in Learning Research