Learning2gether Episode 252

Download mp3: https://learning2gether.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/learning2gether-with-david-winet-on-real-world-writing-about-real-things-for-a-real-audience-vo33wspnjn4.mp3?

On Sun Dec 28 at 1500 GMT Learning2gether were fortunate to meet with David Winet who hosted a discussion on Real World Writing about Real Things for a Real Audience

Dave’s point is that students can supplement the standard writing for teacher only by using Yelp, Rottentomatoes, DearAbby, Yahoo news, PeoplesCourt, Amazon review, and comment sections to communicate their thoughts and feelings about film, food, products, books, news stories, justice, etc. with the whole internet.  This is writing with a real purpose, not just writing as an academic exercise, and it gets students to write because they want to, not because they have to.

Where?

Google+ Hangout

• Event page: https://plus.google.com/events/cabgsjlt4bipst303tivn4feu8c
• Livestream and recording on YouTube: http://youtu.be/Vo33WsPnJn4
  • Livestreamed here and also at http://webheadsinaction.org/live
• Dave’s show notes: https://titanpad.com/EZbpgMsmEE
  • Sara’s version: https://titanpad.com/bJAcFqVhko
• Also archived at
  http://webheadsinaction.org/learning2gether-david-winet-real-world-writing-about-real-things-real-audiences

Contents of the show notes:

Hi and thank you for coming.  Background:  Academic bound students A little thing that gets students reading &writing about real things for real readers, and finding motivation to do it correctly as well as exposure to how it’s done by native speakers. The students can pick their own favorites, or the teacher can assign a movie, book, product, restaurant to review, etc.  In the case of movies and restaurants students can go in groups if they wish and each write his/her own review. Obviously this is fun to go somewhere together and then compare reviews. After-class benefit and tie-in would be getting other students in the class to try a given restaurant or movie based on the review.  A chance to bond!

Caveat: some students are not ready for the real world.  A mix is best of standard essays and this stuff.  Students must have the option to get their work corrected and the structure right before they post.  A more serious or higher level class should have a short lecture and templates from the teacher to help structure a good review.

Places you can do this:

1. Amazon -product reviews
2. Rottentomatoes -movie reviews; TV series reviews
3. Yahoo news  -current events
4. Yelp -restaurant reviews        -service provider reviews
5. Gamespot -Videogame reviews
6. Youtube -Music, album reviews
7. Ratemyprofessor -Teachers, Schools (for the brave only)
8. Tripadvisor, Virtualtourist  -Tourist venues, places to visit, things to avoid or watch out for.
9. Dear Abby (uexpress.com/dearabby) -Give advice to the lovelorn and such
10. People’s Court (video) -Decide Cases1
11. Yahoo Answers -How to’s, Food recipes
12. Wikipedia
13. Ted.com

What the students get:

A. Passive learning

1. practice reading up to date English – often with colloquialisms
2. exposure to American culture (often in all its ugliness)
3. exposure to examples of intelligent and less intelligent discussions and expositions
4. learning about movies, restaurants and services they can actually use in real life.

B. Active learning1

1. Writing about things that matter to them (movies, restaurants, current events, products)
2. Using other people’s submissions as (good and bad) examples, writing well structured mini-essays (movie, restaurant reviews)
3. Presenting non-American viewpoints and contributing to the general knowledge in that way.

Discussion:

1. Do you do anything like this in your classes?
2. Do you think such writing might detract from learning more formal academic writing?
3. Is there a risk in having students interact with people out in the wide world?4
4. Have you ever written a review? Would you?  Why/why not?  If you did, what did you review?  What did you touch on?  Did anyone react?5
5. Other forms of real-world writing?  Letter to the President?  E-pals

Announcements

• Forums
  • http://taedtech.ning.com/events/learning2gether-with-david-winet-on-real-world-writing
  • https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/evonline2002_webheads/conversations/messages/31589
  • https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/multilit/conversations/messages/2053
  • https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/learningwithcomputers/conversations/messages/7007
• Google+ communities
  • Webheadsinaction – https://plus.google.com/101672902593184196638/posts/GtFM5T51LZ4
  • Learning2gether – https://plus.google.com/101672902593184196638/posts/1MT2KYPSCPS
  • MultiMOOC – https://plus.google.com/101672902593184196638/posts/Ba1qutZRjwF
  • Integrating CALL with Web 2.0 and Social Media – https://plus.google.com/101672902593184196638/posts/FGhP2rbo9Rz
  • EdTech Mojo – https://plus.google.com/101672902593184196638/posts/8ivSXCnnstd
  • Web 2.0 Teaching and Learning – https://plus.google.com/101672902593184196638/posts/djxfjQApNvc
  • Teachers for Interactive Language Learning – https://plus.google.com/101672902593184196638/posts/M13GZ1dqvBZ
• Facebook groups
  • Learning2gether, https://www.facebook.com/groups/learning2gether/
  • TAEdTech, https://www.facebook.com/groups/TAEdTech/
  • Multiliteracies, https://www.facebook.com/groups/evomlit/
  • Webheads, https://www.facebook.com/groups/webheadsinaction/
  • Learning with Computers, https://www.facebook.com/groups/6577061586/
  • EdTech Mojo, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Edtechmojo/662114503840851

Maria Colussa connects with us from Argentina

Earlier this week

Mon Dec 15 and Thu Dec 18 – Juergen Wagner hosts two events with Webheads Rita Zeinstejer (Thinglink) and Nik Peachey (HelloTalk)

https://learning2gether.net/2014/12/18/juergen-wagner-hosts-two-events-with-webheads-rita-zeinstejer-thinklink-and-nik-peachey-hellotalk/

Thu Dec 18 ‘ELT through Rhythm and Rhyme

Click here to access the class

Fri Oct 24-Dec 21 – Build Your Teaching Business Online: free MOOC from Jason Levine and Sylvia Guinan

http://www.wiziq.com/course/82415-build-your-teaching-business-online

Schedule: https://docs.google.com/document/d/114_-pZjCooPIGuIQNC7KR7kc2N9s0pYNX80NpqEbwYg/edit

or: http://bit.ly/1zg3EtH

• Some previous sessions from Oct 20 to Nov 4 linked to from
  https://learning2gether.net/2014/11/04/evo-moderators-learning2gether-from-jim-buckinghams-recent-initiatives-on-badges/
• Nov 5 to Nov 9 linked to from
  https://learning2gether.net/2014/11/09/evo-moderators-learning2gether-with-hope-kandel-and-credly/
• Nov 10-17 linked to from
  https://learning2gether.net/2014/11/16/chatting-with-mike-marzio-real-english-in-blended-esol-teachinglearning/

November 17-23: Learning to use the virtual classroom linked from

• https://learning2gether.net/2014/11/23/learning2gether-with-ali-bostancioglu-about-his-preliminary-findings-from-research-on-webheads-cop/

November 24-30: Learning to create a course

• https://learning2gether.net/2014/12/07/learning2gether-with-ryan-buchanan-about-tablet-technology-for-teachers/

December 1-7: Course creation

• Thu Dec 10 1300 GMT From Belief to Vision: Defining Why You Do What You Do

December 8-21 Course presentations

Oct 20 to Dec 15 George Siemens MOOC on Data, Analytics and Learning

https://www.class-central.com/report/george-siemens-edx/
https://www.class-central.com/mooc/2144/edx-link5-10x-data-analytics-and-learning

Learning2gether Episode 251

Mon Dec 15 LEARNING2GETHER with Rita Zeinstejer on Thinglink: Turn any image into an interactive graphic

Download mp3: https://learning2gether.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014dec15thinglink.mp3?

E4.123-0645: Thinglink: Turn any Image into an Interactive Graphic
Zugangslink: https://webconf.vc.dfn.de/thinglink/
Info: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8905964/Breeze/invitation_rita_Thinglink.pdf

From Juergen Wagner’s “post-paratory” information about Rita’s webinar

Thinglink webinar recording: https://webconf.vc.dfn.de/p2t0w14drgd/

Rita’s Thinglink presentation as a PDF
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8905964/Breeze/THINGLINK%20-%20shortened.pdf

Thu 18 Dec Nik Peachey on HelloTalk – A language learning community on your mobile

Download mp3: https://learning2gether.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014dec18hellotalk.mp3?

Zuganslink: https://webconf.vc.dfn.de/hellotalk/
Info: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8905964/Breeze/Invitation_Nik_HelloTalk.pdf

From Juergen Wagner’s “post-paratory” mail concerning the webinar with Nik Peachey

Nik Peachey’s BIO: http://quickshout.blogspot.de/p/my-online-courses.html

Nik Peachey’s HelloTalk webinar recording: https://webconf.vc.dfn.de/p2yp2bzwqvx/

Nik Peachey’s presentation as a PDF
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8905964/Breeze/HelloTalk.pdf
http://technogogy.org.uk/HelloTalk.pdf

http://hellotalk.com/ Download for IOS / Apple
https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/hellotalk/id557130558?ls=1&mt=8

Download for Android / Google
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk

HelloTalk – A language learning community on your mobile
http://quickshout.blogspot.de/2014/09/hellotalk-language-learning-community.html

We decided to make this accessible in other languages as well. Thus we created blogposts in GERMAN*
HelloTalk – eine Commmunity zum Sprachenlernen auf Ihrem Handy
http://fremdsprachenundneuemedien.blogspot.de/2014/10/hellotalk-eine-commmunity-zum.html

*FRENCH*
http://fremdsprachenundneuemedien.blogspot.de/2014/10/hellotalk-eine-commmunity-zum.html
HelloTalk –apprendre une langue étrangère en tandem à partir de votre téléphone portable
http://fremdsprachenundneuemedien.blogspot.de/2014/10/hellotalk-apprendre-une-langue.html

*SPANISH*
HelloTalk: una Comunidad para aprender idiomas en tu dispositivo móvil
http://fremdsprachenundneuemedien.blogspot.de/2014/10/hellotalk-una-comunidad-para-aprender.html>*

*In case anyone is interested in using these versions and publish them as guest blogposts you can do so for free or “multiply” the message via mailinglists, etc, providing you state Nik’s name as the author and cite us as the authors of the translated versions.*

Earlier this week

Sun Dec 7 Learning2gether with Ryan Buchanan about tablet technology for teachers

https://learning2gether.net/2014/12/07/learning2gether-with-ryan-buchanan-about-tablet-technology-for-teachers/

Oct 20 to Dec 15 George Siemens MOOC on Data, Analytics and Learning (ended)

https://www.class-central.com/report/george-siemens-edx/
https://www.class-central.com/mooc/2144/edx-link5-10x-data-analytics-and-learning

Sun Dec 7 Rose Bard at BELTA

BELTA with Rose Bard
Our next Sunday With BELTA webinar is this weekend. This time we’ll be joined by Rose Bard at 1600 CET for “Listening With Both Ears”.
Go to www.beltabelgium.com/webinars/ for more information and make sure you take a look at her blog: http://rosebardeltdiary.wordpress.com/

Sun Dec 7 Nellie Deutsch – Teachers micro-teaching in pairs

Click here to access the class

Mon Dec 8 Stephan Rinke on Staying sane and managing yourself with Evernote

Free webinar: “Staying sane and managing yourself with Evernote ®”
a webinar for teachers and anybody else who wants to stay sane while managing a lot of information and tasks
the basics of David Allen’s self-management system Getting Things Done®
how to make it work for you with Evernote®
how to get things out of your head into a reliable system that will allow you to use your mind for thinking rather than for remembering how to become a more focused thinker with fewer items to keep in mind
how to ensure you always have relevant information available when and as you need it

Presenter

Date: 08.12.2014 19:00h – 20:30h (Continental Time
= 18:00h – 19:30h United Kingdom
= UTC (GMT) 18:00h -19:30h
Registration: If it’s a first time registration, please send along the name of your school, university, institute, etc. to JWagner@lpm.uni-sb.de
Access link: https://webconf.vc.dfn.de/edumorph/
You will need neither a username, nor a password.
Select the option “Enter as a guest” and enter your FULL !!! name into the box. (All attendees are “guests”).
Find further free webinars for teachers of foreign languages at
http://v.gd/webinars

This is from Juergen’s “post-paratory” email concerning this event

• link to the recording
• Stephan’s presentation

Latest Newsletter 106 for teachers of foreign languages and how to subscribe to it

The following padlets (still open) document the feedback I received when the 100th issue was released:

http://padlet.com/wagjuer/newsletter
http://padlet.com/wagjuer/feedback
Use THIS PADLET for feedback on our webinars

Mon Dec 8 The Year in Review – Accomplishments from the Badge Alliance Community

This event has been scheduled for “2:00 ET”. It seems unlikely that this would be a 2 a.m. in a time zone that appears to be that of the organizers. Therefore, I assume 1400 ET, which would be 1900 GMT, or according my calculations below, time where you are …
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Accomplishments+from+the+Badge+Alliance+Community+&iso=20141208T14&p1=12&ah=1
(one more reason why those planning events for international audiences should give times in GMT / UTC imho)

2014 has been a landmark year for open badges. We kicked off the Badge Alliance to service the growing open badges ecosystem through action-oriented working groups and tackled salient issues collaboratively. During this live session, we’ll review the accomplishments of several of the working groups, including research, standard, endorsement, and directory. We’ll learn about the objectives each working group set out to accomplish within the 6 month cycle and the process it took in order to reach those goals. This session is intended to be collabortive and we invite the audience to engage with questions and feedback.

To join the live sessions, please use the Blackboard Collaborate Web Conference link: http://tinyurl.com/OpenBadgesCollaborate

And as always, we look forward to your ongoing participation in the Open Badges MOOC! You are welcome to continue to use the MOOC resources (badges.coursesites.com) and submit challenge assignments for review by our experts. You’ll also find an extremely useful set of resources on the Reconnect Learning site.

Anne Derryberry, Deb Everhart, and Erin Knight
MOOC leaders

Mon Dec 8 edWeb seminar on Planning Lessons for a Range of Cognition

Tue Dec 9 3pm ET edWeb seminar on Brain Research and Social & Emotional Development of Young Children
What Brain Research Tells Us About the Social & Emotional Development of Young Children
Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 3 p.m. Eastern Time
REGISTER HERE
Presented by Dr. William Mosier, Professor of Early Childhood Education at Wright State University and Director of Research at the Lynda A. Cohen Center for the Study of Child Development in Dayton, Ohio
Join PreK-3 Digital Learning

Tue Dec 9 4pm ET edWeb seminar on Teaching digital photography
Teaching Digital Photography: Seven Essential Elements for Instructional Success
Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 4 p.m. Eastern Time
REGISTER HERE
Presented by Keith Kyker, District Library Media Specialist in Valdez, Alaska
Join LMC @ The Forefront

Wed Dec 10 3pm ET edWeb seminar on overcoming barriers to creativity
Overcoming the Barriers to Creativity
Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 3 p.m. Eastern Time
REGISTER HERE
Presented by Steven Anderson, Content and Relationship Evangelist for Promethean
Join ReEnergize Today’s Connected Classroom

Wed Dec 10 4pm ET edWeb seminar on why design matters
Why Design Matters: How a Well-Designed Website Can Increase K-12 Community Engagement
Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 4 p.m. Eastern Time
REGISTER HERE
Presented by Gina Beisel, Schoolwires’ Senior Manager of Creative Services; Kyle Taylor, Schoolwires’ Graphic Designer; and Amber Wolfe, Schoolwires’ Web Designer
Join Parent Involvement & Community Engagement in K-12

Wed Dec 10 5pm ET edWeb seminar on HOT web tools
H.O.T. Web Tools to Ignite Your Classroom
Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 5 p.m. Eastern Time
REGISTER HERE
Presented by Rachel Langenhorst, K-12 Technology Integrationist in Rock Valley, Iowa
Join Amazing Resources for Educators

Thu Dec 11 EdTech Mojo webinars on Online Teaching Fundamentals and Learning Positivity

Online Teaching Fundamentals
A review of basic skills, tips and tactics to managing an online course effectively.
zoom link: https://delhi.zoom.us/j/854918338

Learning Positivity 
Research shows that optimists are sick less, recover from illness faster, earn higher income, achieve higher GPAs, have stronger immune systems, suffer from depression less, have lower rates of divorce, and a whole host of other benefits. This workshop will review current methods in the Positive Psychology movement to increase a positive mindset.
zoom link: https://delhi.zoom.us/j/854918338

Thu Dec 11 IATEFL YLTSIG ‘ELT through Rhythm and Rhyme’
Click here to access the Class

Sat Dec 13 Steven Anderson on  Classroom 2.0 LIVE

• Visit Classroom 2.0 at: http://www.classroom20.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

 
Sun Dec 14 Connected Courses ended 😦
What’s going on in http://connectedcourses.net/

Dec 1-14 – http://connectedcourses.net/thecourse/next-steps-planning/

Dec 5 – http://connectedcourses.net/event/unit-6-class-2-connecting-to-the-indieweb-movement/

Learning2gether Episode 250

Download mp3:
https://learning2gether.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/learning2gether-with-ryan-l-buchanan-tablet-technology-for-teachers-h19n9b4lebc.mp3?

On Sun Dec 7 Learning2gether is spending time with Ryan Buchanan talking about tablet technology for teachers, in a presentation subtitled:

“Why’s and How’s of My Desire to Get on the Other Side of My Students’ Screens” or “Making Students’ Digital Interface Work: App Flashcards”

Ryan writes: Let’s talk about getting on the important side – the “looked-at” side – of the students’ devices.  I offer suggestions that I act on to make learning more attractive for my Saudi Digital Natives using Quizlet & other great apps.

This is a flipped presentation!

Please preview my Quick Quizlet Prezi below – four short (less than 3 minutes each) YouTubes introducing the app with step-by-step creation & a sample of lesson delivery.

Share with me:  http://prezi.com/bunnnj8osh4-/present/?auth_key=8ur9dg2&follow=wxa5zitgjsze&kw=present-bunnnj8osh4-&rc=ref-102739207

http://prezi.com/embed/bunnnj8osh4-/?bgcolor=ffffff&lock_to_path=0&autoplay=0&autohide_ctrls=0&features=undefined&token=undefined&disabled_features=undefined

Also, here’s my Tablet Technology for Teachers Prezi with a screenshot step-by-step of other tablet-mediated teaching tools, including Bluetooth, Google Keep, Merriam Webster Dictionary, SimpleDifferent Website Builder & Socrative.

Share with me:  http://prezi.com/r_ammoglmut3/present/?auth_key=3yai667&follow=wxa5zitgjsze&kw=present-r_ammoglmut3&rc=ref-102739207

http://prezi.com/embed/r_ammoglmut3/?bgcolor=ffffff&lock_to_path=0&autoplay=0&autohide_ctrls=0&features=undefined&token=undefined&disabled_features=undefined

Finally, see Ryan in action here, with his recent SILC Presentation – Digitally Interfacing Classrooms

Tablet Technology for Teachers Webinar Handout & BMWs for Teachers 07DEC14.docx

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1SVEUWVx8HzMlREU1NrNEU2TWs/view

Show Notes:

Ryan had planned a flipped presentation where he presented material he wanted to discuss beforehand and provided the links above. During the conversation, we went (as you would in a truly flipped classroom) into the philosophical issues of digital natives and immigrants and how wrong it is to make them park their networks at the door of the classroom and not bring them in. Thus the conversation went on to the teaching philosophy that would incorporate these networks and accompanying devices into the classroom with the result that we flipped the presentation even further as something we didn’t actually get to but for later, people could look at the following links, shared during the conversation:

• Mirriam Webster speech to text: https://prezi.com/jamutk5ge-wp/wired-merriam-webster/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy
• SimpleDifferent Website Builder: https://prezi.com/v2hpxyvhxdaw/super-simpledifferent-website-builder/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy
• Quizlet: https://prezi.com/bunnnj8osh4-/quick-quizlet/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy
• The Telegraph, Allow pupils to use Google in GCSE exams, says academic – http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/11275200/Allow-pupils-to-use-Google-in-GCSE-exams-says-academic.html
• It’s a book, by Lane Smith- http://youtu.be/x4BK_2VULCU
• Some were interested in contrasting engaging students with mobile technologies with the interactive activities that Robert Wachman, one of our participants, developed decades ago (with Larry Staten) as part of LAEI (Live Action English Interactive). In the chat, Robert directed us to cpli.net, which is the website for Command Performance Language Institute.  Here’s a link to a movie showing how a whole unit works.  Unfortunately, one can’t actually do it themselves online, just see how it works.  They are looking into creating an app for the software, but that’s still in the future.
  And here’s a link to a demo movie of a unit for the newer More Live Action English Interactive, but first one really shows the kind of exercise we were talking about: dragging an object to a window and triggering the playing of a video clip if it’s the correct object.

Where?

Google+ Hangout on Air

• Event page:
  https://plus.google.com/events/cdc1foi1nmcb956cbep16ggrna4
• Webheadsinaction.org archive:
  http://webheadsinaction.org/learning2gether-ryan-l-buchanan-tablet-technology-teachers
• Live-streamed via the video embeds
  • Here and on the event page
  • On YouTube: http://youtu.be/h19n9B4LeBc
  • And at http://webheadsinaction.org/live

Earlier this week

Sun Nov 30 Maha Abdulmoneim, Maria Colussa and Hello Little World: The Magic of Networks

https://learning2gether.net/2014/11/30/maha-abdulmoneim-maria-colussa-and-hello-little-world-the-magic-of-networks/

Mon Dec 1  Marie-Hélène Fasquel – Implementing gamification in our classrooms

Free webinar on Implementing Gamifiction in our Classrooms

Let’s learn about

• Gamification as a useful concept for teaching language
• online tools for implementing Gamification
• some ideas on how to use Gamification.

This Gamification webinar is followed by a 5-minute professional development presentation for teachers of English or other languages as a second language (Webinar in English).

Who?

• Presenter: Marie-Hélène Fasquel
• Host: Cathia Gaita Kinaci

When? 1.12.2014 19:00 Uhr – 20:30 Uhr (Berlin Time Zone)

• Times Worldwide:  http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Marie-H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne+Fasquel+Implementing+gamification+in+our+classrooms&iso=20141201T19&p1=37&ah=1&am=30

Where? Access link: https://webconf.vc.dfn.de/implementing

Info: http://v.gd/implementing
Enter your FULL NAME (No username, no password needed)

This is part of a series of webinars offered by Saarland Landesinstitut fur Padagogik und Medien (LPM) in various European languages;

• Schedule of upcoming events: http://www.lpm.uni-sb.de/typo3/index.php?id=1258
• Recordings here: http://tinyurl.com/aufzeichnungen
• Sessions are free, but please register with JWagner@lpm.uni-sb.de
  If it’s a first time registration, please send the name and address of your school, university or institution

Juergen’s Post-paratory email follow up

• Recording of the Implementing Gamification Webinar
• Marie-Hélène Fasquel’s presentation about gamification
• https://sharing.titanpad.com/4
• http://zumpad.zum.de/
• http://sharingteaching.blogspot.fr/
• http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
• http://www.memrise.com/course/284627/e-scale-voc/
• http://www-01.ibm.com/software/solutions/soa/innov8/index.html
• https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8905964/Breeze/Change_user_information.pdf

Marie-Hélène presented Scoop.it as an excellent Curation of Contents tool (Juergen’s Scoop.its).

• #Android and #iPad apps for language teachers | Curated by Juergen Wagner| http://www.scoop.it/t/android-apps-for-language-teachers
• eflclassroom: tools and ideas for the #EFL classroom – Curated by Juergen Wagner  http://www.scoop.it/t/eflclassroom
• Las #TIC en el aula de #ELE – Curated by Juergen Wagner | http://www.scoop.it/t/las-tic-en-el-aula-de-ele
• #Moodle and #Web 2.0: The use of ITC in the foreign language classroom – Curated by Juergen Wagner | http://www.scoop.it/t/moodle-and-web-2-0
• #TICE et langues : Les TICE en classe de langues – Curated by Juergen Wagner | http://www.scoop.it/t/tice-et-langues

Also check:

• Scoop.its for English Language Teaching
• Scoop.its about mobile learning
• Les Scoop.its sur les TICE
• Scoop.its about Moodle

Wed Dec 3 Nellie Deutsch – Teachers micro-teaching in pairs

Teachers Micro Teaching in Pairs’. The class will start at 09:00 PM(GMT+04:00) Abu Dhabi, Muscat.
Click here to access the class

Dec 4 Using Voice Thread By Kirsty Digger

VoiceThread is a cloud-based tool that can be used in a variety of formats to present material, comment of material or for discussion. Basic accounts are free and offer an excellent opportunity for students and faculty to learn through a non-linear format. Take a tour of VoiceThread, learn about its features and discuss possibly scenarios for application of VoiceThread in your own classroom.

Zoom Link: https://delhi.zoom.us/j/2262070906…

Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting now Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, and cross platform group chat into one easy-to-use platform.

Fri Dec 5 Connected Courses IndieWeb Movement

http://connectedcourses.net/event/unit-6-class-2-connecting-to-the-indieweb-movement/

Visit Classroom 2.0 at: http://www.classroom20.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

Fri Oct 24-Dec 21 – Build Your Teaching Business Online: free MOOC from Jason Levine and Sylvia Guinan

http://www.wiziq.com/course/82415-build-your-teaching-business-online

Schedule: https://docs.google.com/document/d/114_-pZjCooPIGuIQNC7KR7kc2N9s0pYNX80NpqEbwYg/edit

or: http://bit.ly/1zg3EtH

• Some previous sessions from Oct 20 to Nov 4 linked to from
  https://learning2gether.net/2014/11/04/evo-moderators-learning2gether-from-jim-buckinghams-recent-initiatives-on-badges/
• Nov 5 to Nov 9 linked to from
  https://learning2gether.net/2014/11/09/evo-moderators-learning2gether-with-hope-kandel-and-credly/
• Nov 10-17 linked to from
  https://learning2gether.net/2014/11/16/chatting-with-mike-marzio-real-english-in-blended-esol-teachinglearning/

November 17-23: Learning to use the virtual classroom linked from

• https://learning2gether.net/2014/11/23/learning2gether-with-ali-bostancioglu-about-his-preliminary-findings-from-research-on-webheads-cop/

November 24-30: Learning to create a course

• Nov 24 1800 GMT – Listening to Learners in Social Media’
  10:00 PM ((GMT+04:00) Abu Dhabi, Muscat)
  Enter the Class
• Tue Nov 25 19:38 GMT: Jason R. Levine on ‘WizIQ test class’.
  The class will start at 11:38 PM(GMT+04:00) Abu Dhabi, Muscat and is 60 minutes long.
  View complete information
• Thu Nov 27 1700 GMT Jason R. Levine on Learn How to Micro Teach on WizIQ
  Enter the Class and fetch the recording
• Sun Nov 30 2100 GMT Jason Levine – Get Social, Get Relevant: Building Your Brand Online
  Course: Build Your Teaching Business Online
  http://www.wiziq.com/class/info.aspx?5mA7G8fKaxnv%2beCLEvRZafH%2fuQV1AR66%2bposqZ00or3HayySMazbItH3K5%2bMjjpMhjt6ZeuISFymTDw%2fmWTLA6byCT8G8AJX2MqwnHSipFPw%2fQc2aALndplyb%2bKY629o

Throughout November -Educational Technology & Global Issues – An IATEFL LTSIG & GISIG event

An online event unlike anything you have heard before!
The IATEFL Learning Technologies SIG and Global Issues SIG are putting together an exciting month-long online event. The format will be a series of audio episodes, almost like a weekly radio show. Each episode will feature a full interview with an expert in the field of technology discussing different problematic aspects of edtech and global issues, as well as success stories of where technology is genuinely making a difference. After each episode, listeners can continue the conversation by contributing in various moderated discussions or leaving their own audio comments at our site. It promises to be an event like nothing you’ve ever heard before! 
Join in now on http://edtechconcerns.com
Catch up on what you missed at http://edtechconcerns.podomatic.com/

Learning2gether Episode 248

Download mp3:
https://learning2gether.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014nov23alibostancioglu-64k.mp3?

On Sun Nov 23 LEARNING2GETHER had the pleasure to meet with Ali Bostancioglu to learn about the preliminary findings from his research on Webheads CoP

In Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate)
http://learningtimesevents.org/webheads/
Thanks to an ongoing grant from http://www.learningtimes.com/

Recording

• https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2014-11-23.0412.M.7AE801FFB697DA460D4BF25AA8C21B.vcr&sid=75
• http://www.slideshare.net/malibostanci/wia-case-study-preliminary-results-23112014

In this gathering, Ali reported on his initial findings from the interview data collected via questionnaire and interviews from all Webheads who opted to participate. Ali divided participants into 3 groups; lurkers, active members, and core members based on the amount of messages posted within the WiA Yahoo group. There were 11 lurkers, 9 active members, and 4 core members who participated in the interviews, and findings were discussed with regards to the perspectives of lurkers, active members, and core members.

All were invited to join and participate in the discussion of the results.  Those present included Michael Coghlan, Teresa Almeida d’Eca, Jose Antonio da Silva, Rita Zeinstejer, Sebastian from Kerala, and Halima Ozimova.

This was meant as an informal discussion of the present state of Ali’s data analysis, where Ali would entertain feedback on the direction of his study and seek clarification of some details. We hope that he will present his more definitive findings in a follow-on report later.

Discussion

Ali presented a very interesting set of demographics on the Webheads CoP. There was some discussion of who exactly (or at least quantifiably) was a Webhead. For the purpose of Ali’s study, Webheads are members of either the Yahoo Group (about 1050 registered email addresses), the Facebook group (about 100), or the Webheadsinaction Google+ Community (135).  The point was made that the community likely extends to a wider network, though for Ali’s purposes, this is not quantifiable.

However, we had one participant there, Sebastian from Kerala, who mentioned in text chat that he was in the Hello Little World network. I recognized that this was the community that Maria Colussa identifies with in her Skype byline, and I asked Sebastian if he knew her. Indeed he did, and then I recalled that I have Maria in my circles as one of the Multiliteracies group, not Webheads. The point was being made through example that people like Maria and Sebastian, (and Maha Abdelmoneim another participant in online spaces such as I have a Question and in various MOOCs where Maria and I meet occasionally, and whom we invited to join us in our recent GEC presentation) might not identify themselves as Webheads but can be found actively interacting with us nevertheless in our wider networks. I reiterated something that I have often said, being a Webheads is like being a hippy, they don’t carry ID cards, but if you are one, you know another one when you meet one. This is echoed at the bottom of http://webheads.info, in a tweet by Cristina Costa:

Announcements

• Forums
  • http://taedtech.ning.com/events/l2gether-with-ali-bostancioglu
  • https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/evonline2002_webheads/conversations/messages/31551
  • https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/multilit/conversations/messages/2050
  • https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/learningwithcomputers/conversations/messages/7002
• Google+ communities:
  • Webheadsinaction, https://plus.google.com/communities/114550321376936920900
  • Learning2gether, https://plus.google.com/communities/109504049211076695836
  • EdTech Mojo, https://plus.google.com/communities/110130856353339654958
  • MultiMOOC, https://plus.google.com/communities/104523567430842485789
  • Intergrating CALL with Web 2.0 and Social Media, https://plus.google.com/communities/112312474779630822736
  • Teachers for Interactive Language Learning (TILL) https://plus.google.com/communities/106289715383230353120
  • Web 2.0 Teaching and Learning https://plus.google.com/communities/112197420264775820915
• Facebook Groups:
  • Learning2gether, https://www.facebook.com/groups/learning2gether/
  • TAEdTech, https://www.facebook.com/groups/TAEdTech/
  • Multiliteracies, https://www.facebook.com/groups/evomlit/
  • Webheads, https://www.facebook.com/groups/webheadsinaction/
  • Learning with Computers, https://www.facebook.com/groups/6577061586/

Earlier this week

LEARNING2GETHER Sun Nov 16 Mike Marzio – Real English in blended ESOL teaching/learning

https://learning2gether.net/2014/11/16/chatting-with-mike-marzio-real-english-in-blended-esol-teachinglearning/

ww.real-english.com/

Tue Nov 18 Maria Colussa and Vance Stevens present Keeping your batteries charged and LEARNING2GETHER by connecting globally with other educators at GEC online conference

https://learning2gether.net/2014/11/18/maria-colussa-and-vance-stevens-present-keeping-your-batteries-charged-and-learning2gether-by-connecting-globally-with-other-educators-at-gec-online-conference/

Mon Nov 17 Connected Courses webinar on co-learning and authority

From Nov 10-23: About co-learning: http://connectedcourses.net/thecourse/about-colearning/

http://connectedcourses.net/event/unit-5-class-2-co-learning-and-authority/?instance_id=160

Mon Nov 17 IHAQ #17 – What’s an extended credit hour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRUBr0GFRyc

http://edtechtalk.com/ihaq17-whats-asynchronous-credit-hour

Wed Nov 19 Connected Courses webinar on successful co-learning models

Nov 10-23: About co-learning: http://connectedcourses.net/thecourse/about-colearning/

http://connectedcourses.net/event/unit-5-class-3-successful-co-learning-models/

Nov 17-21 GEC online conference

The virtual, online, and free Global Education Conference, runs November 17th – 21st, 2014

Join the online Ning community to stay updated

See the conference strands here.

Recordings: http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/2014-conference-recordings

Schedule

• Full, select your time zone: http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/sessions-and-schedule
• Final day schedule, Eastern Time USA: http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/sessions-and-schedule

Sat Nov 22 Lisa Thumann – 20 Need-To-Know Features of GAFE

Time: 9:00am PT/10:00am MT/11:00am CT/12:00pm ET
Location: http://tinyurl.com/cr20live (http://tinyurl.com/cr20live)

Peggy George, Lorie Moffat and Tammy Moore will be hosting another Classroom 2.0 LIVE show. As an extension to the Classroom 2.0 Ning community, Classroom 2.0 “LIVE” shows are opportunities to gather with other educators in real-time events, complete with audio, chat, desktop sharing and closed captioning. A Google calendar of upcoming shows is available at http://live.classroom20.com/calendar.html.

They are joined by Lisa Thumann, Google educator extraordinaire in our upcoming show on Saturday, November 22! Lisa was one of our very first presenters when our weekly webinars began in 2009 and now she is back to continue her Google extravaganza with us for show #229! Between all of the updates to Google Apps Education Edition this summer and all the little known treasures we sometimes forget about, Lisa will take us on a quick tour through “20 Need-To-Know Features of GAFE You Should be Using Today!” https://twitter.com/lthumannLisa’s Blog

More information and session details are at http://live.classroom20.com.

Sat Nov 22 Bethany Ligon, Amy Loeffelholz and Wesley Fryer on Classroom 2.0 Live

https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c7r6vetu8k1ondu2ucma06aou8g

Amy Loeffelholz and Wesley Fryer on Saturday morning (Nov 22nd) for a conversation with Arizona science teacher Bethany Ligon, who was featured in the November 1, 2014 Classroom 2.0 Live show, “Technology Integration in Jr. High School.”
http://live.classroom20.com/archive-and-resources/technology-integration-in-jr-high-school
Bethany has collected a variety of outstanding engineering design project lessons for her students, which she will discuss along with other practical ideas for engaging students in STEM learning. Please join us live if you can, but if you can’t we’ll archive the video and audio version of the show on http://STEMseeds.org

Ongoing events happening now

Throughout November -Educational Technology & Global Issues – An IATEFL LTSIG & GISIG event

An online event unlike anything you have heard before!

The IATEFL Learning Technologies SIG and Global Issues SIG are putting together an exciting month-long online event. The format will be a series of audio episodes, almost like a weekly radio show. Each episode will feature a full interview with an expert in the field of technology discussing different problematic aspects of edtech and global issues, as well as success stories of where technology is genuinely making a difference. After each episode, listeners can continue the conversation by contributing in various moderated discussions or leaving their own audio comments at our site. It promises to be an event like nothing you’ve ever heard before!

• Join in now on http://edtechconcerns.com
• Catch up on what you missed at http://edtechconcerns.podomatic.com/

Connected Courses

What’s going on in http://connectedcourses.net/ (check the website and stay tuned here)

Nov 10-23: About co-learning: http://connectedcourses.net/thecourse/about-colearning/

Oct 20 to Dec 15 George Siemens MOOC on Data, Analytics and Learning

https://www.class-central.com/report/george-siemens-edx/

https://www.class-central.com/mooc/2144/edx-link5-10x-data-analytics-and-learning

Fri Oct 24-Dec 21 – Build Your Teaching Business Online: free MOOC from Jason Levine and Sylvia Guinan

http://www.wiziq.com/course/82415-build-your-teaching-business-online

Schedule: https://docs.google.com/document/d/114_-pZjCooPIGuIQNC7KR7kc2N9s0pYNX80NpqEbwYg/edit

or: http://bit.ly/1zg3EtH

• Some previous sessions from Oct 20 to Nov 4 linked to from
  https://learning2gether.net/2014/11/04/evo-moderators-learning2gether-from-jim-buckinghams-recent-initiatives-on-badges/
• Nov 5 to Nov 9 linked to from
  https://learning2gether.net/2014/11/09/evo-moderators-learning2gether-with-hope-kandel-and-credly/
• Nov 10-17 linked to from
  https://learning2gether.net/2014/11/16/chatting-with-mike-marzio-real-english-in-blended-esol-teachinglearning/

November 17-23: Learning to use the virtual classroom

• Fri Nov 21 – Jason R. Levine on ‘Finding New Students: Expand Your Horizon’.
  View complete informationn

Learning2gether Episode 247

Download mp3:
https://learning2gether.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014nov18_gecpresentation.mp3?

On Tue Nov 18 Maria Colussa and Vance Stevens presented “Keeping your batteries charged and LEARNING2GETHER by connecting globally with other educators” at the online Global Education Conference

GEC event announcement

• http://www.globaleducationconference.com/forum/topics/keeping-your-batteries-charged-and-learning-together-by

Recordings:

• For entire conference: http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/2014-conference-recordings
• Our session: https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/recording/playback/link/table/dropin?sid=2008350&suid=D.F618DC49CE5F944F93407753F17C4F

Slides: 

• http://www.slideshare.net/vances/gec-2014-presentation-by-maria-colussa-vancestevens
• https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1O_GS8uPd-DXx27SNyf-w3dbmolB3j3TTXOPikOdw-b0/edit#slide=id.g4214bdeda_044

Nov 17 GEC online conference started, and ends Nov 22

Global Education Conference, November 17th – 22nd, 2014 –

• The call for proposals for the 2014 Global Education Conference
• Join our online community to stay updated
• See the conference strands

Recordings: http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/2014-conference-recordings

The hashtag for the conference is #globaled14. 

Learning2gether Episode 246

Download mp3:
https://learning2gether.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014nov16mikemarzio-64k.mp3?

On Sun Nov 16 LEARNING2GETHER was chatting with Mike Marzio about Real English in blended ESOL teaching/learning

Real English is a long-time passion of Mike Marzio (that and cruising the riviera on his motorbike). Mike has become well known in language learning circles for videoing street language and developing lessons around the conversations and making those available free at his website http://www.real-english.com/. Today he shows us his new “jumbo lesson” with the new features – as a component in blended ESOL teaching/learning.

Where? Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate)
http://learningtimesevents.org/webheads/

Thanks to an ongoing grant from http://www.learningtimes.com/

Recording

https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2014-11-16.0648.M.7AE801FFB697DA460D4BF25AA8C21B.vcr&sid=75

• Real English Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Real-English/278862032297
• Most recent lessons: http://www.real-english.com/reo/81/unit81.asp

Online Language Learning with Teachers and Free Conversation Exchanges

			Real English® is listening: Online Language Learning w… I – Online Teachers at a (Sweet) Price II – Free Conversation Exchange Services as of September 30, 2014 Introduction
			View on bit.ly	Preview by Yahoo

http://the-original-real-english.blogspot.fr/2014/09/online-language-learning-with-teachers.html

Announcements

• Forums
  • http://taedtech.ning.com/events/learning2gether-sun-nov-16-1400-gmt-mike-marzio-real-english-in-b
  • https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/multilit/conversations/messages/2049
  • https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/evonline2002_webheads/conversations/messages/31548
  • https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/learningwithcomputers/conversations/messages/7001
• Google+ communities:
  • Webheadsinaction, https://plus.google.com/communities/114550321376936920900
  • Learning2gether, https://plus.google.com/communities/109504049211076695836
  • EdTech Mojo, https://plus.google.com/communities/110130856353339654958
  • MultiMOOC, https://plus.google.com/communities/104523567430842485789
  • Intergrating CALL with Web 2.0 and Social Media, https://plus.google.com/communities/112312474779630822736
  • Teachers for Interactive Language Learning (TILL) https://plus.google.com/communities/106289715383230353120
  • Web 2.0 Teaching and Learning https://plus.google.com/communities/112197420264775820915
• Facebook Groups:
  • Learning2gether, https://www.facebook.com/groups/learning2gether/
  • TAEdTech, https://www.facebook.com/groups/TAEdTech/
  • Multiliteracies, https://www.facebook.com/groups/evomlit/
  • Webheads, https://www.facebook.com/groups/webheadsinaction/
  • Learning with Computers, https://www.facebook.com/groups/6577061586/

Earlier this week

Sun Nov 9 1500 GMT EVO Moderators LEARNING2GETHER with Hope Kandel and Credly

https://learning2gether.net/2014/11/09/evo-moderators-learning2gether-with-hope-kandel-and-credly/

Mon Nov 10 Connected Courses webinar on the case of #etmooc

Nov 10-23: About co-learning: http://connectedcourses.net/thecourse/about-colearning/

http://connectedcourses.net/event/unit-5-class-1-the-case-of-etmooc/?instance_id=158

Mon Nov 10 A Look at Policy Matters that Affect Open Badges

A healthy Open Badges ecosystem exists within the context of policy and regulation at many levels. In this session, we will explore two policy questions:

• What are the policy considerations at the institutional level?
• What policies are under consideration – or should be – at the federal level in the U.S.?

Anne Derryberry will put forth the community-developed framework for developing institutional policies which she participated in authoring. Mary Alice McCarthy, Senior Policy Analyst in the Education Policy Program at New America, will present a number of policy discussions occurring at the U.S. federal level.

Visit https://badges.coursesites.com/, enroll in the course, login to access recordings

Tue Nov 11 Nellie Deutsch on Certificates and Badges on Moodle

Recording: http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/2280552-certificates-and-badges-on-moodle

Wed Nov 12 Connected Courses webinar on Twitter Chat #colearning

Nov 10-23: About co-learning: http://connectedcourses.net/thecourse/about-colearning/

http://connectedcourses.net/event/unit-5-twitter-chat-colearning/?instance_id=166

Friday Nov 14 Christel Broady YLT Webinar: Stop Paying for Technology

http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/2144492-ylt-webinars-stop-paying-for-technology

Presented by: Christel Broady, Ph.D.

Ongoing events happening now

Throughout November -Educational Technology & Global Issues – An IATEFL LTSIG & GISIG event

The IATEFL Learning Technologies SIG and Global Issues SIG are putting together an exciting month-long online event. The format will be a series of audio episodes, almost like a weekly radio show. Each episode will feature a full interview with an expert in the field of technology discussing different problematic aspects of edtech and global issues, as well as success stories of where technology is genuinely making a difference. After each episode, listeners can continue the conversation by contributing in various moderated discussions or leaving their own audio comments at our site. It promises to be an event like nothing you’ve ever heard before!

• Join in now on http://edtechconcerns.com
• Catch up on what you missed at http://edtechconcerns.podomatic.com/

Connected Courses

What’s going on in http://connectedcourses.net/ (check the website and stay tuned here)

Nov 10-23: About co-learning: http://connectedcourses.net/thecourse/about-colearning/

Oct 20 to Dec 15 George Siemens MOOC on Data, Analytics and Learning

https://www.class-central.com/report/george-siemens-edx/

https://www.class-central.com/mooc/2144/edx-link5-10x-data-analytics-and-learning

Fri Oct 24-Dec 21 – Build Your Teaching Business Online: free MOOC from Jason Levine and Sylvia Guinan

http://www.wiziq.com/course/82415-build-your-teaching-business-online

Schedule: https://docs.google.com/document/d/114_-pZjCooPIGuIQNC7KR7kc2N9s0pYNX80NpqEbwYg/edit

or: http://bit.ly/1zg3EtH

• Some previous sessions from Oct 20 to Nov 4 linked to from
  https://learning2gether.net/2014/11/04/evo-moderators-learning2gether-from-jim-buckinghams-recent-initiatives-on-badges/
• Nov 5 to Nov 9 linked from
  https://learning2gether.net/2014/11/09/evo-moderators-learning2gether-with-hope-kandel-and-credly/

http://goo.gl/ipxCui

October 27-November 16: Guest presentations

• Nov 11 – Jason R. Levine on ‘A Case Study in Conceiving, Promoting, Organising, & Onlining’.
  View complete information

Learning2gether Episode 245

Download mp3:
https://learning2gether.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014nov9_hopekandel-64k.mp3?

Sunday Nov  9 was the end of week 3 of EVO Moderator training, and part of that week’s training was on raising awareness of the potential of badges. Learning2gether invited Hope Kandel to come talk to the group on Credly, LearningTimes’s entry into the range of badge ecosystem options. We also took the opportunity to thank Hope, and the LearningTimes team, for extended use of the Bb\Collaborate Elluminate room which they have provided us free of charge for the past decade. We appreciate their support, and were very interested to learn how we could use Credly and badges in general.

Where? Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate) http://learningtimesevents.org/webheads/
Thanks to an ongoing grant from http://www.learningtimes.com/

Recording in Elluminate
https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2014-11-09.0731.M.7AE801FFB697DA460D4BF25AA8C21B.vcr&sid=75

YouTube http://youtu.be/KkT7vNacjGQ

Meanwhile, have you seen Credly?

http://blog.credly.com/

Here is a sample Credly profile

Same profile, details expanded, showing how each badge has metadata; e.g. a description, criteria for its issuance, and link to the evidence of how it was earned.

Links illustrating Credly’s associations with

• MailChimp integrations directory: http://connect.mailchimp.com/integrations/credly-for-mailchimp
• Hyperlinked Library MOOC: http://mooc.hyperlib.sjsu.edu/badges/
• WordPress custom badge assertion shortcode: https://wordpress.org/plugins/credly-pro-custom-assertion/
• Smithsonian: http://smithsonianeducationconferences.org/about-badges/
  “Once you have met the criteria for a badge, you will receive an e-mail at the e-mail address provided during the online conference registration process letting you know the badge has been awarded to you. The e-mail, sent from our partner, Credly, will provide a link for you to review and accept the badge. You will be prompted to set up a Credly account. Once logged into your account, you will be able to view the badge, accept it, and display it on social media sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. (Note: The term “credit” used in Credly communications is the same as “badge”)”
• Dallas Museum of Art: http://mw2013.museumsandtheweb.com/paper/nurturing-engagement/
• Highschool Bound http://hsc.nycdoelearns.org/course-map/
• Handheld Librarian https://credly.com/u/2755

http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2013/06/20/How-Badges-Really-Work-in-Higher-Education.aspx

Announcements

• Forums
  • https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/evonline2002_webheads/conversations/messages/31538
  • https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/multilit/conversations/messages/2048
• Google+ communities:
  • Webheadsinaction, https://plus.google.com/communities/114550321376936920900
  • Learning2gether, https://plus.google.com/communities/109504049211076695836
  • EdTech Mojo, https://plus.google.com/communities/110130856353339654958
  • MultiMOOC, https://plus.google.com/communities/104523567430842485789
  • Intergrating CALL with Web 2.0 and Social Media, https://plus.google.com/communities/112312474779630822736
  • Teachers for Interactive Language Learning (TILL) https://plus.google.com/communities/106289715383230353120
  • Web 2.0 Teaching and Learning https://plus.google.com/communities/112197420264775820915
• Facebook Groups:
  • Learning2gether, https://www.facebook.com/groups/learning2gether/
  • TAEdTech, https://www.facebook.com/groups/TAEdTech/
  • Multiliteracies, https://www.facebook.com/groups/evomlit/
  • Webheads, https://www.facebook.com/groups/webheadsinaction/
  • Learning with Computers, https://www.facebook.com/groups/6577061586/

Earlier this week

Sun Nov 2 LEARNING2GETHER with Quim Sabrià about EdPuzzle

https://learning2gether.net/2014/11/02/learning2gether-with-quim-sabria-about-edpuzzle/

Tue Nov 4 1300 GMT EVO Moderators LEARNING2GETHER from Jim Buckingham’s recent initiatives on badges

https://learning2gether.net/2014/11/04/evo-moderators-learning2gether-from-jim-buckinghams-recent-initiatives-on-badges/

Nov 8-9 OpenSim Conference

http://conference.opensimulator.org/2014/

Ongoing events we followed this week

Connected Courses

What’s going on in http://connectedcourses.net/ (check the website and stay tuned here)

Nov 10-23: About co-learning: http://connectedcourses.net/thecourse/about-colearning/

Oct 20 to Dec 15 George Siemens MOOC on Data, Analytics and Learning

https://www.class-central.com/report/george-siemens-edx/

https://www.class-central.com/mooc/2144/edx-link5-10x-data-analytics-and-learning

Fri Oct 24-Dec 21 – Build Your Teaching Business Online: free MOOC from Jason Levine and Sylvia Guinan

http://www.wiziq.com/course/82415-build-your-teaching-business-online

Schedule: https://docs.google.com/document/d/114_-pZjCooPIGuIQNC7KR7kc2N9s0pYNX80NpqEbwYg/edit

or: http://bit.ly/1zg3EtH

October 27-November 16: Guest presentations

• Some previous sessions from Oct 20 to Nov 4 linked to from
  https://learning2gether.net/2014/11/04/evo-moderators-learning2gether-from-jim-buckinghams-recent-initiatives-on-badges/
• Nov 5 Jason R. Levine on ‘Reaching Out to Every Student by Personalizing Online Learning Design’
  View complete information
• Nov 5 ‘Teachers Micro Teaching in Pairs’. The class will start at 09:00 PM(GMT+04:00) Abu Dhabi, Muscat.
  Click here to access the class
• Nov 7 Jason R. Levine on ‘A Natural Way to Attract Students to Your Online Classes’
  View complete information

http://goo.gl/ipxCui

In order to view the recording, you must enroll in the course, which is free
https://www.wiziq.com/class/info.aspx?v7ZC3GFTc6ddpu6pHG8gkIRLMg1ziPq0mxRbCkmv3WdeTTzmaBpmdh4TEiHLITZdiS8kvlo2D8Gy29otqMATrQYfdytKoNsHnSqMBXDkzC8%3D

Learning2gether Episode 244

Download mp3:
https://learning2gether.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/evo-moderators-learning2gether-from-jim-buckinghams-work-on-badges-and-recent-initiatives-vg4nwpupmtm.mp3?

Tue Nov 4 1300 GMT EVO Moderators LEARNING2GETHER from Jim Buckingham’s recent initiatives on badges

Where: Google+ Hangout, https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cqfh8vvjjqieic03lghlk2u4hcs

streamed on

• http://evo-training.pbworks.com/w/page/5965201/Week3
• http://webheadsinaction.org/live
  Archived: http://webheadsinaction.org/evo-moderators-learning2gether-jim-buckinghams-recent-initiatives-badges
• YouTube: http://youtu.be/vG4NwPupmtM

Flipped learning session, participants should

• Watch Learning2gether with Jim Buckingham on Badges – an EVO MultiMOOC 2014 session
  https://learning2gether.net/2014/01/19/learning2gether-with-jim-buckingham-on-badges-an-evo-multimooc-session/
• Or, as a quicker option, read the excellent article by Jim Buckingham here.
  Buckingham, J. (2014). Open Digital Badges for the Uninitiated. TESL-EJ 18, 1 pp.xx. Available: and http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume18/ej69/ej69int/

Jim has provided us with these further resources

• A “strongly recommended” presentation by Allya Radford (Deakins Digital; subsidiary of Deakins U, Australia) who talks about the pressure on Higher Education to change. He diminishes parallels between open badges and the “unbundling” of HE … but much of what he says is what I have heard about the potential for open digital badges in HE.
  • https://echo360.uta.edu/ess/echo/presentation/eab3481b-0f04-4a4d-985c-4859de36403a?ec=true
  • http://www.uta.edu/linklab/pdf/allyn-radford-Futures-DD.pdf
• Jim’s white paper on Managing Open Badges from May 2014:
  https://docs.google.com/document/d/17mEU_5lW5TH5FkEi2e3nuA2nRhiaEkZdPh0-P8cSvyg/edit
• Jim’s white paper on TAEDTECH – Online PD Tutorial Project – Badge Backpack
  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ok29ovxx-liZdPHA-vnet4jSIyyBov6qpq-HmqRhXqY/edit
• Examples of how badges can be shared in collections, with anyone, anywhere:
  • Jim’s https://backpack.openbadges.org/share/f9b7282ba0d146ac884747406d0438d5/
  • Maria’s http://stopandlearnenglish.blogspot.com.es/p/blog-page.html
    • Clicks on badges show their criteria
      • http://www.picbadges.com/badge/3704424/?utm_campaign=viral&utm_medium=short-url&utm_source=twitter
      • https://badges.p2pu.org/en/badge/view/404/
• Etherpad list of resources on badges https://buckinsand.titanpad.com/396
• Earn Badges now: http://iptedtec.org/browse/
• Badges MOOC: New Currency for Professional Credentials –
  https://www.coursesites.com/webapps/Bb-sites-course-creation-BBLEARN/courseHomepage.htmlx?course_id=_264998_1
• https://credly.com/
• and this http://www.slideshare.net/taedtech/digital-badges-tesol-arabia-short-introduction-to-badges-oct-2014

Although this session was set up as a part of Week 3 of EVO moderator training, all are welcome to attend

The session is designed as a flipped learning experience.

Participants in training are supposed to look over what Jim has left online and come to the session prepared to

• hear Jim explain what he has been doing with badges since creating the OERs above
• be prepared to ask questions that will help them implement badges in their own sessions, if they wish

Announcements

• Forums
  • http://taedtech.ning.com/events/evo-moderators-learning2gether-from-jim-buckingham-s-recent-initi
  • https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/evonline2002_webheads/conversations/messages/31538
  • https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/multilit/conversations/messages/2048
• Google+ communities:
  • Webheadsinaction, https://plus.google.com/communities/114550321376936920900
  • Learning2gether, https://plus.google.com/communities/109504049211076695836
  • EdTech Mojo, https://plus.google.com/communities/110130856353339654958
  • MultiMOOC, https://plus.google.com/communities/104523567430842485789
  • Intergrating CALL with Web 2.0 and Social Media, https://plus.google.com/communities/112312474779630822736
  • Teachers for Interactive Language Learning (TILL) https://plus.google.com/communities/106289715383230353120
  • Web 2.0 Teaching and Learning https://plus.google.com/communities/112197420264775820915
• Facebook Groups:
  • Learning2gether, https://www.facebook.com/groups/learning2gether/
  • TAEdTech, https://www.facebook.com/groups/TAEdTech/
  • Multiliteracies, https://www.facebook.com/groups/evomlit/
  • Webheads, https://www.facebook.com/groups/webheadsinaction/
  • Learning with Computers, https://www.facebook.com/groups/6577061586/

EVO perspective on this event here:

• http://evo-training.pbworks.com/w/page/5965201/Week3#TueNov41300GMTEVOModeratorsLEARNING2GETHERfromJimBuckinghamsworkonbadgesandmorerecentinitiativesnbsp
• https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/ca0htf6p7nl69991rn21pave0e0

(if login required for access, don’t worry, information for connecting to the event is all here) 

Earlier this week

Sun Nov 2 LEARNING2GETHER with Quim Sabrià about EdPuzzle

https://learning2gether.net/2014/11/02/learning2gether-with-quim-sabria-about-edpuzzle/

Connected Courses

What’s going on in http://connectedcourses.net/ (check the website and stay tuned here)

Nov 10-23: About co-learning: http://connectedcourses.net/thecourse/about-colearning/

Oct 20 to Dec 15 George Siemens MOOC on Data, Analytics and Learning

https://www.class-central.com/report/george-siemens-edx/

https://www.class-central.com/mooc/2144/edx-link5-10x-data-analytics-and-learning

Fri Oct 24-Dec 21 – Build Your Teaching Business Online: free MOOC from Jason Levine and Sylvia Guinan

http://www.wiziq.com/course/82415-build-your-teaching-business-online

Schedule: https://docs.google.com/document/d/114_-pZjCooPIGuIQNC7KR7kc2N9s0pYNX80NpqEbwYg/edit

or: http://bit.ly/1zg3EtH

October 24: Opening Ceremony

October 27-November 16: Guest presentations; a sampling:

• Oct 28 – Jason R. Levine on ‘Big Fish, Small Pond: Build Your Niche From Scratch’
  recording and complete information
• Spread Your Wings: Strategies for Recruiting Students
• Nov 4 Jason R. Levine on ‘How To Leverage Your Blogging Presence Online’
  View complete information

Learning2gether Episode 243

Download mp3:
https://learning2gether.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/learning2gether-with-quim-sabric3a0-edpuzzle-7giuuymakce.mp3?

On Sunday Nov 2 we had the great pleasure of meeting with Quim Sabrià, one of four developers of EdPuzzle, a unique online software tool for cropping video and developing lessons around that video segment, embedding it online, assigning it to a class, and tracking student analytics via the http://edpuzzle.com. Quim convinced us that this was a tool designed for teachers like him (and us) and he assured us it would be free forever.  Check the recording to find out more.

Where? Google Hangout on Air

• Event page: https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cqrlpoolc6c2j9ihfa5hpo8ql34

• http://webheadsinaction.org/learning2gether-quim-sabri%C3%A0-about-edpuzzle
• http://youtu.be/7GIUuYMaKcE
• Engage with HoA participants in text chat while following stream:  http://chatwing.com/vancestev 

What was this about?

I was so impressed with this review of EdPuzzle http://sco.lt/4uf7GT that I registered as a user. This prompted an automated response from Quim, to which I responded, and to which he replied, so we negotiated an online meeting via HoA. Meanwhile I’ve found a power-EdPuzzle user in my workplace, Daniella, who joined us in the discussion of this intriguing video embed tool. Benjamin was also there with questions about advanced aspects of the tool. Quim sent us a short and useful introduction here: goo.gl/IHD0Ef

What happened during  the chat?

Quim offered links relating to EdPuzzle

•  How to:  https://sites.google.com/a/edpuzzle.com/edpuzzle/
•  YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-wRQQ_gfvSomuZJaBLRshQ
• Dropbox folder with FAQ files:https://www.dropbox.com/sh/63719un0qs2y6u9/AABpt8IKmSsJMXmV1kNcq709a?dl=0

And we were attacked by a griefer (first time ever 🙂

Our first ever griefer was apparently a netizen from Russia who dropped in on us with a hulk avatar and disrupted proceedings by rapping into the mic.  I muted him (from his profile, appears to be a young boy) he unmuted, I ejected him, and that worked for 30 seconds till he managed to get back in. We had 9 in the HoA so while I was ejecting him the second time with one hand, I managed to get myself in on another computer with the other and fill the HoA, and we had no further visitations. All in all, it was amusing chaos, all part of the HoA experience.

Meanwhile I have found an easier way to deal with ths. I’ve consulted
https://support.google.com/hangouts/answer/2945109?rd=1

How to block someone from within the Hangout window

1. Click the gear icon at the top right of the Hangout window.
2. Click Block user.
3. Click Block.

Announcements

• Forums
  • http://taedtech.ning.com/events/learning2gether-with-quim-sabria-edpuzzle
  • https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/evonline2002_webheads/conversations/messages/31537
  • https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/multilit/conversations/messages/2045
• Google+ communities:
  • Webheadsinaction, https://plus.google.com/communities/114550321376936920900
  • Learning2gether, https://plus.google.com/communities/109504049211076695836
  • EdTech Mojo, https://plus.google.com/communities/110130856353339654958
  • MultiMOOC, https://plus.google.com/communities/104523567430842485789
  • Intergrating CALL with Web 2.0 and Social Media, https://plus.google.com/communities/112312474779630822736
  • Teachers for Interactive Language Learning (TILL) https://plus.google.com/communities/106289715383230353120
  • Web 2.0 Teaching and Learning https://plus.google.com/communities/112197420264775820915
• Facebook Groups:
  • Learning2gether, https://www.facebook.com/groups/learning2gether/
  • TAEdTech, https://www.facebook.com/groups/TAEdTech/
  • Multiliteracies, https://www.facebook.com/groups/evomlit/
  • Webheads, https://www.facebook.com/groups/webheadsinaction/
  • Learning with Computers, https://www.facebook.com/groups/6577061586/

Earlier this week

Sun Oct 26 EVO Moderator Training Wrap-up Hangout for Week 1

Find the archive of this event in its permanent location here:
https://learning2gether.net/2014/10/26/evo-moderator-training-wrap-up-hangout-for-week-1/

Mon Oct 27-Oct 31 K-12 Online Conference strand on Passion Driven Learning and STEAM

The 2014 conference will run from Oct. 20-31. This is a FREE, online, asynchronous conference organized by educators for educators around the world interested in integrating emerging technologies into classroom practice. A goal of the conference is to help educators make sense of and meet the needs of a continually changing learning landscape.

• K12 Online Conference

As in past years, our conference is organized into four strands. Each strand has an invited keynote speaker and additional selected speakers.

• Upcoming presentations listed here: http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=2429
• A schedule of all K12 Online 2014 presentations is available here!

Presentations released so far

• Presentation are being released as posts in the Google+ community page
  https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/108380510569390447577
• Dr. Wesley Fryer, Igniting Innovation in Teaching and Learning, http://youtu.be/_q2dThmwg0s

Mon Oct 27 Week 4 starting – Hangout in Connected Courses

http://connectedcourses.net/event/unit-4-class-1-how-to-build-inclusive-learning-collectives/?instance_id=135

Mon Oct 27 1600 GMT on BTB MOOC – Joss Frimond on Strategies for Recruiting Students

http://www.wiziq.com/course/82415-build-your-teaching-business-online

Schedule: https://docs.google.com/document/d/114_-pZjCooPIGuIQNC7KR7kc2N9s0pYNX80NpqEbwYg/edit

Tue Oct 28 1900 GMT IATEFL SIG Webinar

More information on IATEFL SIG Webinars http://www.iatefl.org/web-events/sig-webinars

You do not need to register in advance to join this webinar, just click on the link below and then:

• Ensure “Enter as Guest” is selected
• Enter your name and country
• Click “Enter room

IATEFL Webinars are free for anyone to join, but recordings are normally available only to IATEFL members

http://iatefl.adobeconnect.com/mawsig/

Tue Oct 28 2000 GMT on EdWeb.net Using Educational Technology in the Classroom

http://www.instantpresenter.com/AccountManager/RegEv.aspx?PIID=ED53D989854D

Tue Oct 28 2300 GMT Designers for Learning Webcast

Jennifer Maddrell invites us to “please join our next webcast for our fall service-learning project on Tuesday, October 28th at 6:00 p.m. (Central Time Zone). To join the webcast, head over to http://designersforlearning.org/live. Here is the start time in your area: http://goo.gl/98K1Sz.

We will run through some feedback from the recent Design Plan evaluation, and give students the chance to ask questions to our client and the facilitators. Since we know that not everyone will be able to join the live session, the webinar will be recorded and posted for later viewing at http://designersforlearning.org/category/webcasts. If you aren’t able to join the live session, please post your questions in the Q&A discussion forums, and we will be sure to discuss them during the session. #oerccr”

Thu Oct 30 1500 est EdWeb Webinar

Sat  Nov 1 1600 GMT Holly Dilatush hosts EVO moderators training Week 2 in Bigmarker

• Join the live event here:
  https://www.bigmarker.com/EVO_Electronic_Village_Online/evo-moderators-training-week-2-
• More info:
  able to see the info there?  or
  https://plus.google.com/events/cstd4eqecph64safcoanf1l2410

Big Marker EVO Community Page

https://www.bigmarker.com/communities/EVO_Electronic_Village_Online/conferences

Sat Nov 1 1600 GMT panel of Jr. High teachers from Cactus Canyon Jr. High

Sat Nov 1 – Global Education Conference Presenters call for proposals closed

GEC 2014 deadline for proposals is November 1, 2014

http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/call-for-proposals

See digital flyer with additional information: https://www.smore.com/q5sx1-the-global-education-conference

Sun Nov 2 1500 GMT IATEFL SIG Webinar

More information on IATEFL SIG Webinars http://www.iatefl.org/web-events/sig-webinars

You do not need to register in advance to join this webinar, just click on the link below and then:

• Ensure “Enter as Guest” is selected
• Enter your name and country
• Click “Enter room

IATEFL Webinars are free for anyone to join, but recordings are normally available only to IATEFL members

http://www.besig.org/events/online/workshops/Workshop_43.aspx