16 Jan

Personalized Learning Environment

By Jon OaksUncategorized, , ,
I always get frustrated when I see articles like the Top 25 Web 2.0 Sites for Education becauseI don't have to look at them all.I'm probably already using most of them already. Some of them actually stink really bad.Some of them require a fee.Well, you're in luck!  Since I'm taking a class in Designing an On-line class this semester, I'm supposed to be spending time seeking out websites for my project, so I painstakingly spent a little while skimming over all of them and seeing what they are all about.  I was getting bored, angry, and frustrated, until #18. The…
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10 Jan

Comment on a Few Useful Tools

By Jon OaksUncategorized, , ,
This comment is more here for myself than for anyone else, as I keep on forgetting about them just because I don't have them documented anywhere: 1.  bit.ly - You would not believe (or maybe you would) how much this URL shortener has come in handy lately to quickly and easily customize URLs to give to my students.  At one point I customized something with the student's name because the student was afraid that he would forget by the time he got home.  You can't forget your name, now can you? 2.  zamzar.com - Free online file conversion.  I have…
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18 Dec

My Bamboo Pen and Touch

By Jon OaksUncategorized,
I'm really excited about my new Bamboo Pen and Touch.  I can tell you one thing:  My students were definitely jealous when I walked into the classroom yesterday and started setting up.  They saw how great it was and they all wanted to try it out and get it themselves -- Especially when they realized how reasonable the prices are.  Already I can tell that this will be a great tool to assist in engaging students in the classroom.  I also think that it could be useful in the future for students to submit a question on-line without having to…
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16 Dec

Social Learning Environment

By Jon OaksUncategorized,
Today has been a terrific day for the most part.  It was final exam day, but instead of grading exams as the students turned them in (which I probably should have so that they would be done), I spent the day surfing the Internet for new ideas to use for next semester.  And here are few that I have uncovered: 1.  Edmodo - Edmodo is a a Social Learning Environment.  It is something that I have been looking for, but not been able to find until now.  It brings what seems to be the best of features of BlackBoard together into what looks something like Facebook. …
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