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100 Excellent Open Access Journals for Educators | Online College Tips - Online Colleges
Just like physicians, the best educators stay informed with the latest developments in their field. Luckily, it doesn’t take anything more than time to have access to quality journals for educators. The following open access journals provide top-notch scholarly information available at no cost. Most of these journals are published just once or a few times a year, so subscribe to several so you can keep up-to-date on the latest research coming out of the field of education.
How Web-Savvy Edupunks Are Transforming American Higher Education | Fast Company
Free online courses, Wiki universities, Facebook-style tutoring networks -- American higher education is being transformed by a cadre of Web-savvy edupunks.
Yong Zhao » Blog Archive » Video: Catching Up or Leading the Way
This is a video of Yong Zhao's keynote speech at Asia Socity's A World Class Education conference on July 11, 2009, Washington DC. It is titled Catching Up or Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization after his new book.
Visible Knowledge Project || Themes and Issues
In these projects, VKP researchers study the creation of multimedia projects in their classrooms. Though these projects--which combine multiple kinds of media, some old some new--students participate in the construction of, analysis, and dissemination of knowledge. In comparison to more "traditional" assignments like term papers, multimedia projects allow students to experiment in an environment where digital authoring represents new forms of critical analysis.
Welcome to the Lights of El Milagro
“Imagine a mission so righteous that it promises to define the career of every employee. Imagine cultivating the talent you need to achieve what others can only imagine. Imagine teachers so intrinsically driven that they will walk through fire to help children blossom. Imagine a culture, balanced by some internal gyroscope, that keeps kids and their teachers whole. Imagine a spiritual center that hums. Invisible."
No Limits, Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
The speedy evolution of technology over the past 30 years has often outpaced our ability to use it to transform teaching and learning in real and meaningful ways. Much of that time we just tried to keep up, with new technologies often simply bolted onto traditional curriculum practices. However, today, with three decades of digital experience under our belt, the time is ripe to begin instituting true change.
Self-Education Resource List
The internet is an invaluable resource to self-educated learners. Below is a list of some of the most helpful sites out there including opencourseware materials, free libraries, learning communities, educational tools, and more.
Building Intellectual Character
The biggest mistake learners make is viewing intelligence as a fixed attribute. You’re either smart or you’re not. You have “it” or you don’t. In reality, our brains are pliable and our capabilities are often limited by our own self-doubt
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