The Maker Movement has inspired progressive educators to bring more hands-on learning and tinkering into classrooms, and educator Gary Stager would like to see formal schooling be influenced by the Maker Movement, which has inspired young learners to tinker, to learn by doing, and take agency for their learning.
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Adventures in Online Learning [Infographic] | nonprofitcollegesonline.com
Five Best Language Learning Tools | LifeHacker
Learning a new language is difficult, which is why there’s a huge market for tools and apps to help you do it. Some of them are really helpful and help you get up to speed quickly, others are a money sink. This week we’re looking at five of the best, based on your nominations.
Discussed:
- Anki
- Memrise
- Duolingo
- Pimsleur Method
- Livemocha
New iOS/Android App from Layar and Pearson Offers Augmented Reality for Print Books | LJ INFOdocket
Education in the 21st Century [Infographic] | TopMastersInEducation.com
Digital Comic Books Offer Students New Ways of Learning | Mashable
Comic book lovers and educators got on stage for two different panels at New York Comic Con yesterday to talk both about how comic books can ignite classroom discussion and how librarians can digitally bring those beloved books into schools.
Common Core, a new set of national curriculum standards that teachers nationwide are advised to follow, accepts graphic novels as a medium that instructors can use to teach students. But Nathan Tubbs, a sixth grade science teacher in Brooklyn, is excited by how comic books can turn kids who would otherwise never pick up a book into avid readers, even if that reading isn’t directly associated with class.
Read the full story: Digital Comic Books Offer Students New Ways of Learning | Mashable.
Video Games in School [Infographic] | bestmastersineducation.com
Top 100 Tools for Learning 2013 | Jane Hart | Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies
The Power of eLearning…in the Library | Lumos Learning
Join us on National Learn to Code Day September 21st! | Ladies Learning to Code
In less than a week Ladies Learning Code is hosting the first annual National “Learn to Code” Day!
On September 21, 2013 over 450 learners across Canada will attend simultaneous HTML & CSS workshops in nine cities across the country, plus more will join us for our first-ever online workshop!
On National “Learn to Code” Day, we’ll teach our ever-popular Intro to HTML & CSS workshop – by the end of the day, you will have created your very own beautiful one-page website like this one! Even better, you’ll learn highly valuable skills that you’ll be able to continue developing at home, at work or at school.
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