Effective Communication Techniques for Teachers Online Course

This ALISON Free Online Course - Effective Communication Techniques for Teachers - will teach you about the register in a classroom and how to use it in a way that is most beneficial to students’ thinking. Discover the four main structures of participation in teaching, how they influence communication, and some of the the advantages and disadvantages to each. 

 

Read more at: http://alison.com/courses/Effective-Communication-Techniques-for-Teachers

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Video Shows How ICT Can Improve Healthcare in Africa

iicd.org – IICD released a video that shows how hospitals, health clinics and health community workers throughout Africa improve their performance thanks to continuous training, mobile phones, computers, digital cameras and much more.

See it on Scoop.it, via ICT for Education and Development

Take the lead in Elementary Education with an online Masters degree

A masters in elementary education online is often necessary for a position as an administrator, curriculum developer, or education program director.
This page provides information on what is studied and where you can study these programs.

Find out more about online elementary education masters degrees: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/online-elementary-education-masters

What is involved in studying an Elementary Education degree online?

An elementary school teacher needs flexibility to be able to teach across several systems/modes.  They also need to be able to teach a range of areas and ages.
This page provides information on elementary education online degrees, what is studied in them, where you can study them, the prospects, and more ...

Read more at: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/elementary-education-online-degrees

10 Open Source Tools For Busy Teachers - Edudemic

If you need some powerful software right now and don't have time or money to waste, these open source tools are perfect for you.

Read more at: http://www.edudemic.com/2013/06/10-open-source-tools-for-busy-teachers/

Google to use balloons to provide free Internet access to remote or poor areas

Project Loon will use giant helium balloons in the stratosphere to beam WiFi signals down to the ground.
Mike Cassidy, the director of Project Loon, said the aim is to provide much cheaper Internet connections around the world. In many African nations, for example, monthly Internet costs are higher than monthly salaries.
“We are focused on an enormous problem, and we don’t think we have the one solution today,” he said in a phone interview from New Zealand. “But we think we can help and start having a discussion on how to get 5 billion people in remote areas” connected to the Internet.

Read more and see video at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/google-to-use-balloons-to-provide-internet-access-to-remote-areas/2013/06/14/f9d78196-d507-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html

Sugata Mitra TED 2013 winning talk

Education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education -- the best teachers and schools don't exist where they're needed most. In a series of real-life experiments from New Delhi to South Africa to Italy, he gave kids self-supervised access to the web and saw results that could revolutionize how we think about teaching.
 
Read More here ~ http://bit.ly/XcKalA ;

See the video on YouTube: http://youtu.be/zpcEpmNbHds ;

June 13, 2013: IJEDICT Weekly News is out

"IJEDICT Weekly News", by Stewart Marshall: A free online newspaper with a curated selection of articles, blog posts, videos and photos about ICT for education and development.

Read and subscribe free online at: http://paper.li/f-1325685118

ICT as an enabler of growth and development

ABOUT two weeks ago, I delivered my contribution to the Sectoral Debate in Parliament. It was my second such presentation as minister of state in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining, at which time, I presented Jamaica's first National Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Roadmap.
Created from a year of consultation with industry specialists and stakeholders, policymakers, academics and a wide range of other contributors, I believe many of the details deserve further explanation, as this plan that will drive this all-important sector.

Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/ICT-as-an-enabler-of-growth-and-development_14447177#ixzz2W7bVlvv4

June 11, 2013: Online And Distance Learning Weekly is out

"Online And Distance Learning Weekly", by Natalie Stewart: A free online newspaper with a curated selection of articles, blog posts, videos and photos about online and distance learning - for students and professionals in the field.

Read and subscribe free at: http://paper.li/NattyStewart24/1325359513