EDUC 525 - Summer 2014

Google's wearable technology has opened the door to a wide range of possibilities for augmented learning in higher education.

Have you ever played Minecraft? If you haven't, you're missing an awesome game…. and the potential to tap an unending resource for your classroom. Use existing worlds or create your own, this website is designed with and for teachers with lesson plans and curriculum in mind. It also connects teachers and students to a strong, extensive network of people, ideas and resources. Enjoy!

Amazing useful resources found just on this page, let alone the whole site...check it out!

This article explores the use of online simulators in the classroom as well as a few resources for good online simulators.

The teachthought site discusses a lot of the topics I am seeing brought up in this class, and in my other class. This article ties in to the multimedia aspect of non-linear curriculum. I like that it does not use too much "teacherese" so that the non-initiated like me can understand it.

I came across this and although it has some of the same tools that Lisa shared, there's also a few others for you to check out!

Haven't spent much time looking at this, and it's not free... they were advertising for a Software Engineer. But it is an interesting resource, if only to see how for-profit industry is trying to supply goods and services to the education market.

Hey - right next to Lisa's 35 Best Web 2.0 is this, which contains a Creative Commons license if you want to see one in real life :-)

A nice list of Web. 2.0 Tools for new learners, like me!

"While my six- and seven-year old students don't yet even understand the words 'digital' or 'citizenship,' they also need direction and support as they explore online spaces," writes primary teacher Kathy Cassidy. "In fact, they need this instruction even more than their older counterparts." Here's how Cassidy teaches kids to be good (and safe) digital citizens.

Where do Google Glass and higher education intersect? The wearable technology trend is still in its infancy, but massive growth is projected, according to The New York Times . Industry analysts have already identified some impacts the technology could have on education - particularly in how it could ease instructional video recording and consumption.