Month: October 2013

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