RIS Tech Bi-weekly Newsletter
March 16th, 2015 Edition
Newsletter Purpose
This communication seeks to share out what we are learning about technology’s impact on learning management, culture, and instruction at RIS. For more about this weekly focus, please head on over to the RIS Tech Central blog containing additional posts, links, info, and social bookmarks.
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Learning Management
Google Image Search
RSS Feeds
What it is it and how might it help manage your own learning as well as your students’ learning? Common Craft video and Feedly setup tutorial and startup exercise.
Google Drawing Embed
Culture
Playtime isn’t just for preschoolers
Top 100 Blog list for Educators
Some of these blogs just might interest you. Take a look and see what’s out there. If you’re feeling particularly adventurous, set up a Feedly account (see the RSS Feed resource above) and begin following some blogs that interest you. Click here to view the list.
Instruction
Google Drawing Graphic Organizer Templates
Tired of making copies of graphic organizers. This resource provides numerous Google Drawings that will substitute those paper-based organizers. Modify and tweak them. Better yet, challenge your students to make something creative out of them. Click here to view the post.
They can even embed their organizers on e-portfolio blogs (see the Google Drawing Embed resource in the Management section above).
Flipped Classroom Resources
Blogging with students could be seen as just another avenue to get students to report back their understanding. However, there are plenty of reasons educators are using blogs as a way to engage students in a creative, constructive manner. Click here to view a Slideshare presentation that provides an in-depth look into 11 reasons into blogging.
Upcoming Tech Conferences
- March 21-22: DEEP Learning Conference for Digital-age Educators presented at NIST. Click here for more info.
Tech @ RIS
More online tech resources from RIS:
MS Tech BlogEmail: danielb@rism.ac.th
Website: www.rism.ac.th
Twitter: @RuamrudeeBKK
Image Credits
Image Search:
http://pixabay.com/p-304573/?no_redirect
http://pixabay.com/p-307994/?no_redirect
http://pixabay.com/p-151819/?no_redirectRSS Feeds:http://www.gaggl.com/2013/06/twitter-rss-feeds/
Drawing Embed: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blogger.svg
Playtime: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99.5_Play_FM#/media/File:99.5_Play_FM.png
Top 100: https://www.flickr.com/photos/samchurchill/4182826573/
Flipped Instruction: https://openclipart.org/detail/193141/curled%20flip%20over%20arrows