by andflywrite | Jul 15, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER
When PSA interviewed Dr. “Ogi” Alozie from Texas Tech Health Sciences Center in El Paso, one of his “hats” was “Chief Medical Informatics Officer”. It turns out that’s a way of describing a nexus of various tech and...
by andflywrite | Jul 14, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER
A free, mostly-OER platform (see below for why it’s “mostly OER”), Amazon Inspire works like a search engine for educational videos, lesson plans and games. Users can search by criteria like topics (say, “fractions” or “the Constitution”), standards, grade level, and...
by andflywrite | Jul 14, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER
One of our favorite education writers Anya Kamenetz wrote this story for NPR ED recently, surveying the science of raiding children to be “brilliant”. This is one of the 7 core elements: “Applying the New Science of Learning”. We’re...
by andflywrite | Jul 14, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER
29 of NM’s state charter schools signed a letter of complaint against State of NM Charter Schools Division policies and recent changes being implemented by current NM CSD director Katie Poulos. The letter outlines 20 specific complaints, citing nearly 50...
by andflywrite | Jul 14, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER
One “understanding media” change ongoing is a move to using images and video as personal communication mediums in addition to, or in place of, the traditional text. Often social media conversations will feature video clips, Vines, still images, YouTube...
