eLearning eVolution

It’s all about transforming education with new Web 2.0 tools and technologies. Learn more by viewing a new video presented by Rajeev Arora, Elluminate’s VP of Marketing and Strategy.

Plus, there’s more. Here are two other videos in the series:

- Online Instructional Cycle is about what happens before, during, and after your real-time, online session.

- No User Left Behind means global access even for those in remote areas or with disabilities.

More videos to come. Watch this space. We’ve even created an area on YouTube for Elluminate-related videos. Check it out.

- Beth, Elluminate Goddess of Communication

New Career and Technical Education Teachers’ Blog is a blog space for teachers enrolled in the New Teachers Institute at Georgia State University, an Elluminate customer.

Here’s a recent question posed by Dr. Burns: If you were designing a course that was going to be delivered via Elluminate Live! (a) what types of things would you need to consider and (b) what types of activities would you use and why? Well, multiple student posts ensued. You’ll find all of them on the blog.

One of my favorites was the student who thought Elluminate was boring and would try to think of ways to infuse it with life and excitement. Unfortunately, he couldn’t think of any ways to do that! LOL, because he went on to say he’d have a scavenger hunt game for students to search for images or links on the Internet that conveyed a certain feeling, for example, and then post them on the whiteboard for discussion. What a great idea!

Other suggested interactive activities included group breakout sessions and presentations, video clips, case analysis, quick quizzes, safety videos, group assessments, using a webcam to demonstrate proffiency, game simulations, foreign language instruction, demonstrating CAD software, and even translating morse code. Lots of good stuff here. Enjoy!

And keep on Elluminating!

- Beth, Elluminate Goddess of Communication

This eSchool News article, “Teclnology Empowers Differentiated Instruction,” caught my eye today. Turns out “differentiated instruction” is what we at Elluminate call personalized, individualized, or student-centered learning. The idea is the same: tailor instruction to individual abilities, needs, interests, and learning style. The part I like is the promotion of 21st-century skills and the reiteration that technology has the power to facilitate DI or whatever you call it.

The article provides a good summary of and lists some practical tools from a recent ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) webinar. So check it out and get some ideas, like having students create something called a webbe.

Here also are a couple of Elluminate stories about K12 teachers who are using technology to provide student-centered instruction. Teacher Raven Sundahl at EBUS Academy developed Wacky Wednesdays as a way to include modalities for all types of learners. Social studies literacy coach Cara Coffina of NYC District 75 developed an online debate program to meet the needs of special needs kids.

Do you have any examples you’d like to share about using technology for DI?

Keep on Elluminating!

Beth – Elluminate Goddess of Communication