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Video production in schools
Good resource for video production in the classroom
(tags: Video grassroots_video K-12)
India buys a quarter of a million netbooks
With no $10 laptop in sight, India buys 250,000 OLPCs – Ars Technica 
One Laptop Per Child gets new life with India choosing to buy a quarter of a million computers for students throughout the country. It will be interesting to see how they decide to distribute these laptops and what operating system and software they choose to use. India has done an excellent job of training technology workers for the rest of the world. This program should provide early technology-related learning opportunities for those impacted by digital divide issues.
Teacher training is always an issue with laptop programs. Does anyone know how India plans to train their teachers for this program? What are the plans for sustaining the program?
(delicious tags: Education learning technology OLPC laptop xo india)
Students, don’t defriend your facebook account just yet
Facebook Users, Research Need Further Study
The link above will take you to an article in the Wall Street Journal that gives hope to students who considered dumping facebook after a recent study reported a relationship between social networking and lower grades.
(delicious tags: higher_education Facebook socialnetworking K-12)
Best practices with clickers
Clickers in the Classroom: An Active Learning Approach
Recommended article on best practices with clickers.
(delicious tags: higher_education K-12 clickers active_learning)
Take good care of your digital dossier
This YouTube video from the Digital Natives project can help students and teachers better understand how everything they are doing online is creating a digital finger print or tattoo that can be used later by someone who wants to know more about them. We need to think carefully before adding our personal thoughts and content online.
(delicious tags: higher_education web2.0 K-12 digital_native)
Facebook grows older
Facebook’s demographics are changing as older people begin using it to connect with family and friends.
Creating an ePortfolio with WordPress
How to create an ePortfolio with WordPress
In this link, ePortfolio guru Hellen Barrett explains how to create an electronic portfolio with Word Press. I like how her portfolio can be used both for demonstrating competency as well as to create a showcase of best work.
I’m starting to believe that a blog might be the best tool for creating an ePortfolio because of its ability to enter data chronologically and use categories and tags to make it meaningful to others, including assessors. WordPress is user friendly and free of ads so it seems like a good fit. Students can submit category links to a course management system when it’s time to assess a standard.
About
David Wicks
Educational Technology
I have been active in the instructional technology world for over 20 years. My previous positions include: high school teacher, university lecturer, school district technology facilitator, multimedia author, and project manager for an educational technology company. My current position is Director of Instructional Technology at Seattle Pacific University. As Director, I regularly consults with faculty on effective uses of technology. I have been involved in the development of numerous online and blended courses. In addition, I have taught face-to-face, blended, and online courses in the School of Education for over ten years.
Recent projects include: developing a Web 2.0 electronic portfolio system based on WordPress, creating a feature-comparison matrix for lecture capture solutions, and leading SPU’s iTunes U project. I am an Associate Editor for MERLOT’s Teacher Education Editorial Board. I served as program chair for the 2013 International Symposium for Emerging Technologies in Online Learning, and will be the conference chair for the 2014 conference. Currently, I facilitate faculty learning communities on topics such as learning spaces, active learning, blended learning, and mobile learning.
