T4LT - The Flipped Class
A flipped class moves the lecture portion of class to the home and brings homework to the class. In this episode we share the concept and point to resources for curation and creation of content. Sites and resources mentioned in this episode include The Khan Academy, Techsmith's Jing and Camtasia, iTunes U, iOS Apps: Doceri, Showme, and Educreation's Interactive Whiteboard.
T4LT - Online Office Apps (student email, part 2)
Kirkwood Student Email provides more than just the run-of-the-mill email functionality. In this episode we showcase the available web-based Office apps available to all Kirkwood students through their student email account. The Skydrive provides 25GB of storage for your course work files and access to online editing of Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Onenote files. And you can share files with other students and instructors (provided they have a Window's Live account). Failing and lost portable storage devices are technology problems of the past. Embrace the cloud.
Learn more at http://www.kirkwood.edu/email
T4LT - Student Email
Kirkwood Students have a new(ish) email system powered by Microsoft Live@Edu services. Among the benefits are 10Gigabytes of message storage, 20MB attachment limits and 25Gigabytes of files storage in the SkyDrive.
Learn more at http://www.kirkwood.edu/email
T4LT - Maps
Maps are often under-appreciated learning tools. In this episode, we visit a few sites that will potentially inspire a second look at the usefulness and potential maps offer teachers and learners.
Sites featured in this episode:
http://conflicthistory.com
http://healthmap.org
http://code.google.com/apis/chart/
http://tripline.net
http://animaps.com
T4LT - Social Networking
Facebook and Google+ are often thought of as distractions to learning, but they can be used for good. Educators are tapping into the popularity and reach these networks have into their students' lives. Communication is the heart of the social network and communicating is a natural way to learn and share.
Sites features in this episode:
http://www.facebook.com
http://plus.google.com
http://www.edmodo.com
T4LT Interview - DJ Hennager on the Back-channel
D.J. Hennager, Math/Science Dept Instructor at Kirkwood Community College, joins Alan in the studio to discuss tapping into the back-channel to engage his students.
Sites Mentioned in this Episode
Todaysmeet.com
Twitter.com
Tweetdeck.com
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