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Here are the top five iPad apps that can serve as PowerPoint alternatives. This is worth exploring! See for yourself!
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IMPRESSIVE is a cross-platform tool to display presentations in a stylish way. The application supports PDF files or a folder containing images and besides beautiful slide transitions, Impressive features some useful presentation tools like: highlight boxes, which can be used to draw attention to a specific part of the slide…Cool technology! See for yourself!
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Curated from the original article by Robin Good: “Managing information overload requires tools that deliver “awareness” of topics and filter out irrelevant information will become indispensable. The challenge is do to so without loosing the ability to make unexpected discoveries. Content discovery engines provide several advantages over other tools. These are: 1) Follow topics, not people: …Content discovery engines help manage information overload because they are focused on topics, rather than people. 2) Go directly to the Source and avoid distractions: …Social networks and publishing platforms are not a good place for information professionals to be productive. Such platforms want users to stay on their sites as long as possible. 3) Monitor one channel instead of twenty-five: The focus on specific topics that characterizes discovery engines allows users to stay informed in one single place.
4) Discover the unexpected: A discovery engine allows users to learn what they don’t know about a topic and observe events that, for them, are unexpected.
5) Benefit from others’ curation efforts: Most content discovery engines engage users in the curation process. This can accelerate the identification of the most valuable content before having to read it. Insights can be gained on whether a piece of content is worth consuming based on a number of user-generated indicators such as tags, comments, ratings, summaries and so on. [Read full article http://j.mp/sYWbi4]
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Are you being swept away by the tsunami of Information Overload? Others call it Filter Failure. In any case, here is an excellent article by Justin Marquis Ph.D. There’s a great big World (Wide Web) out there, and it’s hard to keep track of everything you find in it. Help tame the wild ride on the Internet! Enjoy!
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BIE – Also known as the BUCK Institute for Learning. Check out this site for activities, videos, handouts, and research. BIE is the mother lode of PBL and its site is one of the best. You can also contact BIE for professional …PBL,Edutopia, & More!
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Great list of helpful sites.RT @web20classroom: 10 Sites To Find Great Educational Apps: http://t.co/0xDJXbPP #coetail…
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Here is a Guest Post from Brittany Lyons!
She writes about the PBS Kids Augmented Reality App here:
The concept of augmented reality has begun to appear in both computer and mobile apps. The 2011 Horizon Report by New Media Consortium and EDUCASE recently defined this technology nicely, claiming “Augmented reality refers to the layering of information over a view or representation of the normal world, offering users the ability to access place-based information in ways that are compellingly intuitive.” While this technology is exciting in many arenas, it has particular application in the field of education.
PBS Kids has been an early adopter of augmented reality. On November 14, 2011 PBS Kids announced the launch of its first educational augmented reality app for iPhone and iPod Touch. The press release explained, “Lunch Rush opens a new world of learning by teaching kids ages six to eight math skills, like addition and subtraction, while blending the virtual and real world into a truly engaging experience.”
Augmented reality brings a significant potential to supplement information delivered via computers, mobile devices, video and even the printed book.”
The launch of such an app presents a number of exciting opportunities to the field of education. According to the aforementioned 2011 Horizon Report, “Augmented reality brings a significant potential to supplement information delivered via computers, mobile devices, video and even the printed book.”The Lunch Rush app realizes some of this potential in a fun world inhabited by Ruff Ruffman, the star of the hit PBS Kids show “Fetch!”The Lunch Rush app realizes some of this potential in a fun world inhabited by Ruff Ruffman, the star of the hit PBS Kids show “Fetch!”
In the game the loquacious and witty canine is tasked with collecting the lunch orders for his studio crew. The challenging part is keeping track of all the sushi. Players use augmented reality markers (printed handouts) that direct activity within the app. Lunch Rush also utilizes 3-D images to underscore early algebraic concepts. This helps the players connect between real objects and their corresponding numeric symbols.
“FETCH! Lunch Rush” is part of a larger suite of applications available at PBS Kids Lab that reinforce educational concepts. While the “Fetch!” group of apps offers six to eight year olds training in such skills as spatial sense, measurement, addition and subtraction; other apps on the site target preschoolers and strengthen their skills in letters, words and numbers.
PBS Kids is not alone in recognizing the educational potential of this technology. For instance, technology journalist Audrey Watters maintains the site Hack Education, which features links to some compelling augmented reality apps. One app named LookBackMaps uses a mobile’s GPS to link to historic photos of the user’s geolocation so they can see what the area looked like in the past.
Additionally, a number of research projects have been exploring the capabilities of augmented reality. Harvard Graduate School of Education researchers joined with others a few years ago in the Handheld Augmented Reality Project to develop a game to teach math and science to middle school students. The game uses GPS to correlate the students’ real location to their virtual game location.
Ultimately, the payoff for augmented reality apps in education will be profound. The overlay of data on the real world will allow students to discover connections between their lives and education through a contextual layer. This technology can blur the borders between formal and informal learning contributing to an education that transcends institutions. As a result, games and apps using augmented reality hold great promise in academic endeavors.
Augmented reality is a development about to burst onto the main stream of computing. Its uses in practical applications are limited only by the imaginations of clever developers.
Continued development such as that accomplished by PBS Kids bodes well for the expansion of augmented reality in higher education and learning in the coming years.
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Thank you, Brittany, for this informative article about augmented reality!
We are truly living in changing times of education-evolution, or should I say education-revolution?
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Bio: Brittany Lyons aspires to a life in teaching, but decided to take some time off from getting her PhD online to help people learn to navigate the academic lifestyle. She currently lives in Spokane, Washington, where she spends her time reading science fiction and walking her dog.
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Johnson, L., Smith, R., Willis, H., Levine, A., and Haywood, K., (2011). The 2011 Horizon Report.
Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium
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This excellent site from iLibrarian offers so many great links! Give yourself some time to explore it. Enjoy!
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Babies try lip-reading when learning to talknwitimes.comNew research suggests babies don’t learn to talk just from hearing sounds — they’re lip-readers, too. Who knew?? Psychology 101 anyone? Teaching babies communication skills, requires face-to-face interaction.
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Teachers say the camaraderie and free, instantaneous help they find through Twitter is far more useful than traditional school training programs.Feel free to add your own comments. Have you used Twitter yet?
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