Learn By Doing

A Lifelong Learner Shares Thoughts About Education

Author: John Walker

  • Google Bookmarks and Lists: Not The Same Old Thing

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    A number of posts crossed my desk over the last few days as Google released updates to its Google Bookmark service.  What I found surprised me and I think this tool is going to be amazingly useful in a classroom to make it easy to create lists around specific topics. Recently I do keep a…

  • Teaching with TED

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    TED is owned by The Sapling Foundation, a private nonprofit foundation, a 501(c)3 organization under the U.S. tax code. It was established in 1996 by Chris Anderson, who was then a magazine publishing entrepreneur. The goal of the foundation is to foster the spread of great ideas. It aims to provide a platform for the…

  • PaperRater

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    PaperRater.com is a free resource, developed and maintained by linguistics professionals and graduate students. PaperRater.com is used by schools and universities in over 46 countries to help students improve their writing. PaperRater.com combines the power of natural language processing (NLP), artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, information retrieval (IR), computational linguistics, data mining, and advanced pattern…

  • Digital Storytelling Tools for Educators

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    Download and use the legal free copy from the author on Lulu. The embedded preview below takes you to Lulu for a quick preview and where you can purchase a hard copy to be shipped to you.

  • Digital Storytelling In The Classroom

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    From Microsoft The ancient tradition of storytelling meets the digital age. When students create a movie or interactive slideshow to tell their story, learning becomes personal. With digital storytelling, students can: Improve their writing. Show creativity. Have a voice. Digital storytelling projects lend themselves well to portfolio assessment. And Download the Digital Storytelling e-book Related…