Monday, July 14, 2014
Stewart Marshall - 7/14/2014 12:42:13 AM
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Beyond assessment - recognizing achievement in a networked world
ePortfolios and Open Badges are only the first wave in what will emerge as a wider network-based form of assessment that makes tests and reviews unnecessary. In this talk I discuss work being done in network-based automated competency development and recognition, the challenges it presents to traditional institutions, and the opportunities created for genuinely autonomous open learning.
Do Social Signals relay SEO Scores for Website Rankings
Social signals are like inbound links, more links a site has linking to it, more it is seen by search engines as an authority for higher rankings. #plbkktSocial signals are similar to the concept of inbound links wherein the more links a site has linking to it, the more it is seen by the search engines as an authority and the higher it will be ranked.Authority of these social signals are determined by sharing quality content in the form of updates, tweets,check-ins, pins, likes & +1sof high influence so that content weight is catalogued by the search engines after fine tuning big data clusters of social indicators that are deemed spam. SourceOfficially no, there is no official proof released or otherwise available that can guarantee or be held as proof to approve the warranty of website rankings determined by social signals.
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Tweet from @AnimaILife
It's called a Quokka. It lives in Australia, is endangered, & considered one of the happiest animals on earth http://t.co/VY4uxCA18q
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
A Professional Learning Teacher Toolkit
Professional learning that is relevant, collaborative and future focused can have a highly positive impact on teacher quality. Here you will find resources that develop an understanding of effective professional learning as well as access to free online learning modules.
Resource created by Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership - but relevant outside Australia.
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Monday, July 7, 2014
Smallpdf.com - A Free Solution to all your PDF Problems
Smallpdf - the platform that makes it super easy to convert and edit all your PDF files. Solving all your PDF problems in one place - and yes, 100% free.
Friday, July 4, 2014
The Top 100 Tools to Capture, Edit, Publish and Distribute Video Online
The best tools and services to capture, edit, publish and distribute video online.
Convert Any Presentation Into a Talking Video in Your Preferred Language: SlideTalk.net
A slidetalk video is a video made by playing a Powerpoint file or a sequence of still pictures (slides) each with a description that is read out aloud by a text-to-speech engine. Slidetalk videos are a great way to publish and share your presentations including your own comment to the slides, but without the hassle of needing to speak the comments yourself into a microphone or hire a voice talent.
More info at: http://ift.tt/1o7F2bv
