Goodbye Flash Cards, Hello Evernote Peek

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Jun 202011
 

Well it was bound to happen, and it has. A very inventive company that makes the iOS app Evernote has come up with a new one and it’s a zinger!

It is called Evernote Peek, and it replaces the old flash cards using an iPad 2 and the new iPad Smart cover. Take a look at this video to see how it works. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqVjruCt6yg&feature=player_embedded

You can even include pictures in the answer and score which one you got right or wrong to replay the wrong ones. This is the type of ingenuity I am expecting with iDevices and the learning/education market. We are starting to replace textbooks with eBooks, and we learn astronomy with Star Walker and now we replace old flash cards with Evernote Peek.

I love using technology to learn!

 

eLearning Gets a Boost from Apple!

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Jun 132011
 

So Monday was the World Wide Developers Conference keynote by Steve Jobs and his Apple buddies. A lot was introduced during the 2 hours but one thing sprang out at me for teachers and trainers in the classroom. You will now be able to mirror you iPad 2 via wifi (and an Apple TV) to projection screens/TVs. Before you had to hard cable to the TV and it was cumbersome and clumsy but now, a [...]

Using Interactive Teaching Methods is a Success, Hmm

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May 242011
 

I just read an article/paper published by UBC on the use of interactive teaching methods in a large undergrad physics class. It is here.. http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2011/05/12/interactive-teaching-methods-double-learning-engagement-in-large-undergraduate-physics-class/ I completely support their observations but also have to say DUH! Those of us in Corporate training and particularly conducting Leadership and Management Development training have been using interactive teaching methods as part of our learning process for a long time and it is successful. I think what this comes down [...]

iPads in the Classroom, who is ready?

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May 162011
 

I am reading a lot lately about using iPads in the classroom. A particularly good read is Mashables article,  http://mashable.com/2011/05/16/tablets-education/ about classroom readiness for the iPad. But what I want to talk about isn’t the iPad or the classroom, it’s the people involved. Yes students of this generation are familiar with smartphones and touch technology, but what about their teachers. Many that I know of, are not comfortable with technology or have limited abilities to use [...]

Supporting Worldreader

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Apr 182011
 

 I was recently introduced to Worldreader, a innovative nonprofit program that helps get ereaders and ebooks and newspapers in the hands of children in 3rd world / developing countries. I have always supported the One Computer Per Child program but that seems to be waning in its ability to expand and is dependant on governments to support it. This is about low cost ereaders like the Kindle getting into the hands of children. Cory Doctorow has [...]

Moving Content to the Digital Realm

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Apr 052011
 

eBooks are fast becoming the norm for many books, documents and other materials / content being moved to the web and to digital eReaders and tablets like the iPad. I have commented before on this blog about using iPads or tablets in the classroom and for mobile learning and I support that completely. This blog is about how content providers can move their material to the digital realm. One has a number of options, such [...]

Connectivism in Learning

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Jan 312011
 

 This article came from the Huffington Post’s Stephen Downes, who is becoming very knowledgable about connectivism. What is connectivism? At its heart, connectivism is the thesis that knowledge is distributed across a network of connections, and therefore that learning consists of the ability to construct and traverse those networks. Knowledge, therefore, is not acquired, as though it were a thing. It is not transmitted, as though it were some type of communication. What we learn, what [...]

Can MOOC work for you?

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Jan 202011
 

What you say  is a MOOC? It stands for  – a massive open online course or what we used to call Webinars. It seems someone has come up with yet another acronym for an old method of getting information from one person to a lot of people. At one time we used Town Hall meetings to keep staff up o date, then came web based systems and we called those same meetings webinars. Now it’s [...]

What should technology be to a learner?

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Dec 132010
 

A couple of bloggers I follow have benn having a discussion about what technology should be to learners. @frankcrawford and @fraserspeirs have compiled a list as follows: As a learner, technology should be: 1.Everywhere, ready to use. 2.Easy to use. 3.Desirable to use. 4.Challenging my skills. 5.Sharable 6.Collaborative 7.It should play to my passions 8.Used in useful contexts (from the learner’s perspective) 9.Authentic Personally, I agree with all this list but would place the importance [...]

What does Google eBookstore do for Learners?

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Dec 062010
 

Google today anoounced that it is launching it’s eBookstore. Reports from many blogs indicate there will be approximately 3 millions books available, both free and for purchase. That 3 million is only part of the 15 million books Google has digitally scanned and has stored in a repository. So what does this mean for learners? Well for one, I think it’s the opportunity to search and carry huge numbers of books and reference materials around [...]

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