One important skill that students need to learn is to how to view a website and critically evaluate its validity. A site that has been around for awhile is Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division, a website that shows the danger of water. Another site I stumbled across this week is Chemtrail Vaccines, a website that “sells” a vaccine to “protect” oneself against the chemtrails produced by jets.
In 2018, more than 31 million people took virtual courses offered through GCFGlobal – a Goodwill Community Foundation initiative – and their online portal, offered in English, Spanish and Portuguese. This is an astounding number that would rank it just behind Coursera’s reported 37 million registered users in 2018 and more than both Udacity (10 million) and edX (18 million)…
Online Learning: Why Libraries Could Be the Key to MOOCs’ Success | MindShift | KQED News For all the promises of online courses disrupting education, completion rates are notoriously low. Some studies found that about five percent of those enrolled in massive open online courses (known as MOOCs) completed the course. And those who took the…
Source: Seterra Geography Games Seterra Geography Games is a great site for helping you teach geography. There are games and resources for all sorts of geography related lessons. Best of all, everything is free, including the iOS and Android apps. The site consists of online games, printables, and the ability to create your own quizzes….
Source: Epic!: Read Amazing Children’s Books Online – Unlimited Access to the Best Books and Learning Videos For Kids 12 and Under I stumbled upon Epic! when I read about their free activity calendars. Although the service has a price for families, it is free to use in your classroom. Their quickstart guide is available…
There are times when you’re on one device but want to use the content from another device. For things like pictures it’s pretty easy to send the content to Dropbox, but that is cumbersome and slow. Plus, it doesn’t work well for textual content like links of notes. That’s where Pushbullet can help. You can…
Source: Freesound – Freesound You’re working on the perfect video or slide show, and it is awesome. But, it’s awesome like an ice cream sundae without the cherry. Great, but not fantastic. So you look for things to push the project to new heights when you realize that some well placed sound effects add not…