#EduGoalsMOOC resources

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For the #EduGoalsMOOC Twitter chat today, I have compiled a short list of useful resources that relate to the use of technology in education, and specifically technology integration. The first site is run by Dr Ruben Puentedura, who is the author of the SAMR model. His website Hippasus explore this model in detail and offers a number of useful examples of how it can be applied in practice.

The second useful resource is TeachThought which is run by Terry Heick. I have often quoted from this site because it offers practical and useful resources and ideas around the use of technology in education, as well as professional development tips for teachers and a regular podcast.

Another useful resource I often return to time and again is Edutopia, which was founded by the legendary Star Wars film producer and director George Lucas. I like Edutopia because it is dedicated to improving teacher practices in compulsory education, not only in the use of technology, but around an entire skillset that includes pedagogy, assessment and the management of literacy, numeracy and special educational needs.

One of the sites I discovered more recently is TeachThought's WeGrowTeachers site which is a blog run by teachers with a mission statement to provide world class global professional development from a personalised perspective. Some of the videos it offers are particularly useful to teachers in all sectors of education.

On now to a few colleagues who provide very useful services around technology in education:

First up is educator Richard Byrne, whose site FreeTech4Teachers offers a prolific and regularly updated briefing on just about every new teaching and learning app and device as it becomes available. Richard's writing is brief but regular and the way he constantly keeps apace of all the latest developments is impressive.

I also recommend that you visit David Hopkin's blog Don't Waste Your Time, which covers a lot of theoretical and practical debates and themes around technology supported learning. David has worked in a higher education context for several years, so this site is largely focused on university and college education.

If you want quirky and innovative, you should pay a visit to Amy Burvall's site which hosts whimsical and out of left field ideas that many will find refreshing and sometimes surprising. If you want to give your teaching a new direction, some of Amy's ideas - especially around technology in the classroom - are not to be missed.

Finally, Jerry Blumengarten's site Cybraryman is a cornucopia of brilliant ideas and resources that focus on just about every aspect of technology supported learning. His site is organised very effectively into sections and is easily searchable on just about any subject in education for teachers, parents and students.


#EduGoalsMOOC resources by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.