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Digital Typhoon: Typhoon Images and Information - National Institute of Informatics
"Real time typhoon information" and links to tons of other earth-related info.
Sunday, October 02, 2016
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Sunday, September 18, 2016
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PIGATE in Cyberspace (2016.09.10) by Paul Beaufait on Prezi
"A mosaic representation of Internet communication technology (ICT) that organizers and members of the PIGATE teacher development community use. Their ICT use supplements and supports monthly face-to-face meetings and other activities."
Sunday, August 28, 2016
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Goal: English 2nd university language - News VietNamNet
Ambitious proposals not only for universities, but also for earlier English education.
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Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nhạ had said earlier this month that the ministry has created a roadmap to achieve the goal starting this academic year, and urged universities to improve their English teaching methods.
He asked universities to apply the latest technologies in teaching English, teach students about the importance of globalisation and expand international links to promote the use of the language.
He said students would be required to make all presentations and hold all discussions in English, while the staff would speak English at their meetings.
The ministry has given specific instructions to the 61 universities and academies it runs to take the initiative to draw up teaching standards that match ASEAN standards.
They would then be published to solicit public opinion before the ministry tweaks its education and training plans, he said.
Other universities needed to review and report the challenges they face in making English the second language and suggest solutions, he said.
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At the beginning of this year the ministry announced that English would be a compulsory subject from grade three onwards starting in 2018 as part of its foreign language teaching plan.
English is currently only mandatory from grade 10 onwards.
Under the plan, from 2018 students in grade three and above will have four English lessons a week.
English is now only an optional subject in primary schools, with one or two lessons a week.
The ministry reported that around a 10th of primary school students do not learn English since the country has a shortage of some 7,700 teachers.
Besides, only a third of English teachers at primary and high schools meet teaching standards, according to the ministry.
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How to Find Students to Tutor Online - The WizIQ Blog
Seven+ tips for rounding up students, including: 1) community building, 2) forum participation, 3) offering free trials, 4) conducting social media campaigns, 5) enhancing educational support offerings, 6) sending newsletters to mailing lists, and 7) amplifying sharing via word of mouth.
Sunday, August 14, 2016
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The best password manager (and why you need one) – The Sweet Setup
Focused on 1Password, but covered a range of Mac-friendly options
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"This brief and general introduction examines what communities of practice are and why researchers and practitioners in so many different contexts find them useful as an approach to knowing and learning" (¶2, 2016.08.08)
Sunday, August 07, 2016
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"Learning communities share a way of knowing, a set of practices, and shared value of the knowledge that comes from these procedures. These learning communities, with expanded human and technological resources, bring together students, teachers, and community members in directing the course of education in new ways."
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Electronic Village Online / Call_for_Proposals_2017
Deadline for proposals: September 4, 2016 Moderators' training session October 16 – November 13, 2016 Online sessions from January 8 to February 12, 2017.
Sunday, July 31, 2016
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http://www.njsbf.org/images/content/1/1/11085/Plagiarism07_final.pdf
An informative brochure prepared for and published by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation.
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Research Study Manuscript Outline
"This handout ... provides a detailed outline of how to construct a research study, focused to manuscripts concerning an English as a Foreign Language [education-related topic], using quantitative or qualitative methodology, or both" (Abstract, 2916.07.28).
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What Great Listeners Actually Do
- people perceive the best listeners to be those who periodically ask questions that promote discovery and insight. These questions gently challenge old assumptions, but do so in a constructive way
- Constructive interactive listening strategies: inquire, "challenge old assumptions," and seek new discoveries and insights (Zenger & Folkman, 2016, Good listening is much more ..., ¶1, 2016.07.26 [JST]).
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"Recently, academics are receiving an increasing number of email invitations to submit papers. While some are legitimate announcements from reputable organizations, many are a new kind of spam from what Beall (2012) calls “predatory publishers” (p. 179). Basically, they track you down through the titles of your work and invite you to submit manuscripts. They promise quick turnaround and imply guaranteed acceptance. If you are a novice researcher, you might be flattered into submitting. However, you may find later that there is a hefty fee. We wrote this paper to help you identify suspicious solicitations so that you can avoid being duped" (¶1).
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APA Style Blog: Introducing APA Style CENTRAL
The video in this post introduced the APA's institutional mega-service! Do you have any hands-on experience? If so, what are your impressions? Does it compare favorably with other reference management tools or suites?
Sunday, July 24, 2016
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Australian Curriculum | Global Education
"The Australian Curriculum sets out the core knowledge, understanding, skills and general capabilities important for all Australian students. It describes what all young Australians are to be taught as a foundation for their future learning, growth and active participation in the Australian community" (Australian Curriculum, ¶1, 2016.07.20).
Sunday, July 17, 2016
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The Overselling of Ed Tech - Alfie Kohn
""[W]e shouldn’t confuse personalized learning with personal learning. The first involves adjusting the difficulty level of prefabricated skills-based exercises based on students’ test scores, and it requires the purchase of software. The second involves working with each student to create projects of intellectual discovery that reflect his or her unique needs and interests, and it requires the presence of a caring teacher who knows each child well" (Kohn, 2016.03.12, ¶9).
Sunday, July 10, 2016
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Enigma of English education | Daily News
An article from the Sri Lankan press.
- we did not have enough competent English teachers. By late 1990s, plans were afoot to train 50,000 school teachers to teach English. Much effort and money were spent on the project but the standard of English among the trained teachers remained low
- Teacher training failed to accomplish goals (What went wrong? ¶1).
- traditional Sri Lankan society put far too much emphasis on proficiency exams. Not only are they insufficient method of assessing language abilities, but also they put an insurmountable amount of pressure on students as well as teachers and schools
- Students and teachers faced "insurmountable" test performance pressure (What went wrong? ¶1) from parents and administrators.
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Improve Your Pronunciation By 'Shadowing' Others
Voice of America, Learning English, Education Tips # 4 This 6:35 min. audio program included "the opinion of Marla Yoshida, an English as a Foreign Language teacher at the University of California, Irvine" (transcript, ¶2) "that English learners need to do more than listen and repeat in order to improver their pronunciation" (The problem with listening and repeating, ¶2).
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Top 6 Open Source Web Conferencing Software Tools For eLearning Professionals - eLearning Industry
Pappas proposed six "budget-friendly ... open source web conferencing software tools to consider" (2016.05.27).
Sunday, July 03, 2016
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Tame Your Inner Critic | Tomorrow's Professor Postings
This TomProf post encapsulated "advice on how to limit the power of your inner critic when you sit down to do your next writing" (Message Number: 1503, Folks, ¶1).
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Better World Flux (recovered draft, 2012.07.13)
The Better World Flux site provides an interface that creates graphic representations of world population trends in just a few easy steps:
- 0. Reset the display.
- 1. Drag and drop population trend indicators, or combinations of them, that you want to include in the display;
- 2. Click to add countries whose relative status vis-a-vis those indicators you want to highlight;
- 3. Explore the results:
- a) either by playing an animation or moving the slider with your cursor to see changes over time, and
- b) by clicking on colorful data bands to display the names of other countries in the same bands.
The indicators correspond to UN Millennium Development Goals. Clicking on the About tab on the Better World Flux site reveals a Glossary of indicators with cross-links to sources of data, some dating back up to six decades.
For example, the life-expectancy indicator (1960–2010), which when animated looks a bit like a garden slug crawling in general towards a better world, shows:
a. Japan's human life-expectancy rose to the level of those of Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, tops in the world in 1972;
b. Japan then became the sole country at the top in 1981, and was joined by Sweden again in 1983;
c. Switzerland joined those two at the top in 1984, along with a variety of other countries – between 1985 and 1993, including: Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Cyprus, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Italy, Israel, Macao, Malta, Spain, and the UK;
d. Rwanda became a separate node on the long-tail in the 1990's.
e. Japan topped the list solo again in 1994, rejoined by Hong Kong from 1996 to 1998, and Switzerland in 1999.
f. Italy and Australia were next to regain the top band, in 2000 and 2001, respectively, followed by Canada, joined by Liechtenstein in 2002, and then Iceland and Israel again in 2003.
Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo for pointing out Better World Flux (The Best Resources For Creating Infographics, 2011.01.11), and to Richard Byrne, as well (Better World Flux - Create Animated Data Displays, 2011.02.04).
Sunday, June 26, 2016
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Integrating technology into English language teaching - The Hindu
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Have language teaching and learning become easier because of technological innovations and availability of tools such as mobile apps?
I don’t think it has become easier. We’ve become resource rich, but in some ways our job has become harder. Technology has changed the way people communicate and interact with and through language. That has broadened the scope of what we need to do and the range of skills we need to enable that process.
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In what ways can technology promote learner autonomy?
Technology is a huge enabler of learner autonomy because it can give students access to a large range of material, sources of information and useful applications. And if, as teachers, we focus on helping our students to understand how to use technology to become more autonomous learners, then we could really start to realise the full potential that technology offers us.
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Center for Instructional Excellence - Intercultural Learning 101
Purdue University's modular online prep. course for studying abroad
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Team Building: 8 Fundamentals, 6 Best Practices - eLearning Industry
Alex Teregodistinguished teams from committees, proposed eight fundamental characteristics of team building, and then listed and elaborated what he considered "The 6 Best Practices for Successful Team Building" (2016.05.28).
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News | UN Women – Headquarters
A directory or news and other items in categories by type, topic, region, and country
Sunday, June 19, 2016
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93 Documentaries to Expand Your Consciousness
"There are over 800 documentaries now cataloged in our library of social change films. ... The films cover a wide array of topics, from media to war to politics and sustainability" (¶1-2, 2016.06.16).
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Nik's Learning Technology Blog: 20 + Things you can do with QR codes in your school
A 25 September 2015 post by Nik Peachey that he shared with the EdTechTalk group 7 June 2016
Sunday, June 12, 2016
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Project Based Teaching Rubric | Project Based Learning | BIE
This [Buck Institute for Education] rubric describes beginning, developing, and Gold Standard levels for Project Based Teaching Practices for K-12 teachers" (What is it? ¶1, 2016.06.10).
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QR Codes Generator | QRcoder.co
Generates codes for various content
Sunday, June 05, 2016
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Diving In: The Open Waters of Digital Resources and Open Educational Resources (OER) - OLC
"The question I pose is not how we use digital or OER, but how we use the combination of both types of resources to provide pedagogically rich, high quality, cost-effective resources for students"
Sunday, May 29, 2016
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Cyber Savvy | Embrace Civility
Backbenched now (Embrace Civility, home page, 2016.05.25), but well worth looking over: "Cyber Savvy is a student-led, positive norms approach to teach upper intermediate, middle, and high school students (grades 5 - 12) about digital safety, including effective digital decision-making, safe posting of personal information, digital relationships, social networking, cyberbullying, and digital dating/exploitation. The schools that have used this program in the pilot testing have been very pleased with the results" (Cyber Savvy, ¶1, 2016.05.25).
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Why Should I Learn More about Social Media? - OLC
This OLC Institute post suggested three purposes and provided numerous examples of social media implementation and integration that may serve to "support learning in online courses" (2016.05.17, ¶3, ff.), namely:1. Amplifying the physical and psychological engagement of learners (Engagement using social media, ¶1);2. Providing instruction to "increase teaching effectiveness and enhance learning outcomes" (Instruction involving social media, ¶1); and3. Facilitating access to, and increasing availability of academic, career, and other "support services" (Student support using social media, ¶1).Reference Online Learning Consortium [OLC] Institute for Professional Development. (2016.05.17). Why Should I Learn More about Social Media? [weblog post]. http://onlinelearningconsortium.org/learn-social-media/
Sunday, May 22, 2016
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Just Listen | Tomorrow's Professor Postings
In this excerpt, Lowman and Aldrich (2016) suggested strategies for informal conferences with individual students, "preferably during office hours, rather than … after class or on campus" (Just Listen, ¶2). They indicated that the purpose of these sorts of somewhat extended encounters, approximately 10-30 minutes in length (Close the conversation…, ¶1), was empowerment of students to "better understand their situation[s], consider … wider range[s] of options, and make their own decisions about their future[s]" (Just Listen, ¶2). Their suggestions highlighted: active listening, (re-)focusing, moderating distress, avoiding giving advice, closing, and recommending follow-ups for student conferences.Lowman, Joseph; & Aldrich, Howard. (2016). Just Listen. National Teaching & Learning Forum, 25, 1–3. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ntlf.30054/full [doi: 10.1002/ntlf.30054]
Sunday, May 15, 2016
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Teaching and Learning Resources / ARCS Model of Motivational Design
"The ARCS motivational design process is a systematic problem solving approach that requires knowledge of human motivation and progresses from learner analysis to solution design" (Keller's ARCS Model of Motivational Design, ¶1, 2016.05.13).
Sunday, May 08, 2016
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JOLT - Journal of Online Learning and Teaching
Alderton, Elizabeth; Brunsell, Eric; & Bariexca, Damian. (2011). The end of isolation. MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 7(3).
- Professional learning networks created through social networking, like Twitter, can provide these opportunities. However, collaborative conversations alone are often not enough to promote teacher learning and change. Teachers must try complex innovations in their classroom and reflect upon these implementations in order to extract from experience the knowledge that leads to improved teaching (Ladewski, Krakcik, & Harvey, 1994).
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About | Digital Writing, Digital Teaching
"Digital Writing, Digital Teaching is a blog ... [that] explores the variety of issues related to teaching writing with new media for K-16 teachers and teacher educators" (About, ¶1, 2016.05.02).
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About NWP - National Writing Project
"The National Writing Project focuses the knowledge, expertise, and leadership of our nation's educators on sustained efforts to improve writing and learning for all learners" (Our Mission, ¶1, 2016.05.02).
Sunday, May 01, 2016
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"This book is designed to provide useful information for living in Japan to overseas researchers under JSPS’s Postdoctoral Fellowships for Foreign Researchers and Invitation Fellowships for Research in Japan programs. It is normally sent to newly selected JSPS Fellows along with their Award Letter."
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The Challenge of Cultural Relativism
"Adapted from The Elements of Moral Philosophy by James Rachels, Chapter 2, pp. 15-29. � 1999 by McGraw-Hill, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc."
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