Florida District Implements Learning Management System District-wide
The District School Board of Collier County in Florida is adopting a learning management system in an effort to move educational materials (such as lessons and class notes) away from paper and into electronic formats.
Microsoft Offers Free Tech Training To Millions
The online resource is focused on helping users figure out what types of technical skills are required for IT jobs, and provides resources to help acquire these skills. The Web site offers access to several Microsoft online training programs, from very basic (e.g., “How to use the Internet”) to much more advanced (e.g., “Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows XP Professional”).
Internships Help Prepare Future Online Teachers
As virtual schooling continues to surge in popularity, there is a growing need for new K-12 teachers who understand how to teach in an online environment successfully. To help meet this need, the Florida Virtual School (FLVS) is teaming up with area colleges to pair teachers-in-training with its online instructors in a first-of-its-kind internship program.
Free Access to Learning Games Now Available for Public Library Patrons
K5 Stars is now providing public libraries with free accounts, which allow users to access over 200 educational games on topics such as Sight Words, Spelling and Basic Math.
Here comes the e-book revolution
Just because e-books are available on better (the new Kindle) and more
(all cell phones) devices doesn’t mean people will read them. But mark
my words, read them they will. Six trends will conspire over the next
year to drive e-book reading to levels that will surprise just about
everybody.
Tennessee launches Electronic Learning Center
The Tennessee Department of Education announced the launch of its
electronic learning center to give students, parents and educators
access to learning and professional development resources anytime,
anywhere.
Tennessee launches Electronic Learning Center on The Murfreesboro Post
Need help with class? YouTube videos await.
When University of Central Florida junior Nicole Nissim got
stumped in trigonometry, she checked out what was showing on YouTube.
Nissim typically scours the video-sharing Web site for clips of
bands and comedy skits. But this time she wasn’t there to procrastinate
on her homework. It turned out YouTube was also full of math videos.
Do Instructional Design Training Programs in India Need a Revamp?
I have been looking at some of the training programs that are being offered for aspiring Instructional Designers (ID) in India. I looked at these courses from the perspective of:
- An aspiring Instructional Designer who has no clue about Instructional Designing and wants to quickly gain instructional designing skills
- An Instructional Designer who has started with Instructional Designing at work, but has lots of queries and needs lots of inputs to improve his/her instructional designing skill.