Spoon-Feeding YourselfTop Ten (of 92 reviewed) Education-Related

Sites and how to get your Daily DoseMary Elizabeth Smith

•Master Online Teacher – University of IllinoisBadge - LinkedIn

•23 year s Educator

•Adjunct Online Faculty (16 yrs.)– CS Dept.– University of Illinois

•Practioner of Emotional Learning

•Avid Learner!

Easy Cheesy!

Pinterest

StumbleUpon

FaceBook

RSS Feed

LinkedIn Groups

Learnist

Google Calendar

1. Connected Educators

• http://connectededucators.org• US Dept. of Ed• October =

Connected Educators Month!

• Facebook & LinkedIn

2. edWeb

• edweb.net• Communities –Tech Tools for the Classroom• Webinar– Add to Your Calendar– Certificates

3. Edudemic

• www.edudemic.com• Teachers Guides– Twitter– Flipping– Scavenger Hunt– Badges– More!

• Best – Like via Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/#!/edudemic

4. eLearning Tags

• elearningtags.com• Follow on FaceBook• Social Bookmarking

for eLearning professionals

• Relatively New• Creative Commons

5. An Ethical Island

• anethicalisland.wordpress.com

• Mia MacMeekin• Best Infographics!• Piktochart.com• “Follow” for email

updates

6. Spigot

• spigot.org• Aggregator• RSS Feed• Hover Over Links

7. Digital Media Research Hub

• dmlhub.net• Supported McArthur Foundation– Research

• Links to Connect

– FB– Vimeo– Twitter

8. Education Dive

• www.educationdive.com• Dashboard for Ed Professionals• Best – Facebook• “One Daily Email”

• More Technically Inclined – Read Write – http://readwrite.com– How Technology is Changing the World

9. For the Love of Mary…. Enroll in a Class!

FreeSmall fee – Certification or Badge

1. Coursea – https://www.coursera.org/2. Udacity - https://www.udacity.com/3. Course Sites – https://www.coursesites.com/• MOOC Catalog

4. NovoEd - https://novoed.com/

10. Classroom 2.0 (Ning)

• www.classroom20.com– 70,000+ members– 1-3 Email Updates per Week (webinars)

• Runner Up: Flipped Learning Network– flippedclassroom.org

Bonus!

JOLT – Journal of Online Teaching and Learning– http://jolt.merlot.org/currentissue.html

Educause – 7 Things You Should Know Series– Celebrating 100 7 Things Publications– http://tiny.cc/Educause_7things

Keeping it CleanEmail Rule to

Move to FolderMove Groupon Emails to

Groupon Folder

1. Settings > Settings > Filter > New Filter2. Enter Filter Criteria

Example: From: GrouponSubject: FIT-102