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Over the years, I’ve written a lot about servant leadership. I was recently reviewing Ken Jennings and John Stahl-Wert’s book The Serving Leader (Berrett-Koehler, 2003 and 2016) when I realized how much I like the term serving leader—it makes the point that leadership is about doing something, it’s not just a philosophy. When you are serving, you are taking action. In my recent work on servant leadership, I’ve been focusing in on three actions every leader can take to serve their people more efficiently. The first action is about Presence. Be present when you’re with your people. Focus directly on them—not on the next meeting, or the call you need to make, or the text message that just came in on your phone. Don’t let distractions take you away from a living person who is right in front of you. As a serving leader, you need to listen with the intent to learn, ask questions for clarity, and offer the support and direction your staff needs to be able to perform at their highest level. Each person has very different needs, and as a serving leader it takes your concentration and attention to be truly present with each individual. In this 24/7 world, this skill takes practice and commitment. The second action is Acceptance. Serving leaders look for and build on the strengths each direct report brings to the job. And, realizing no one is perfect, they also identify weaknesses—areas where they might be able to help the person learn and grow. Helping someone develop new skills is perhaps the ultimate act of serving. Accepting people as they are and paying attention to both strengths and weaknesses allows serving leaders to set team members up for success, which serves not only the individual but the entire organization. The third action is Creativity. Leaders work with teams made up of many different personalities and temperaments—and when you add the complexity of multiple generations in the workplace, the job of managing people can seem overwhelming. Some may see this as a challenge to be managed carefully, but the serving leader sees it as a chance to be creative and invite different perspectives to each project. Magical things can happen when different voices and opinions are shared in a trusting, collaborative environment. It brings about something I call one plus one thinking—where one plus one is actually greater than two. The job of the serving leader is to build a community where everyone feels they are part of the big picture. I hope you think of yourself as a servant leader—but take it a step further and make sure you are taking the right actions to actively serve your people. Be present and focus on each person individually, accept people’s strengths and help them overcome weaknesses, and encourage creativity by inviting everyone to share their perspective. I guarantee that you’ll unleash talent and potential that will transform your direct reports, your team, and your organization.

Years ago, we'd gather our little kids together and have them create a Christmas card. Since our kids are grown, here's a little poem I borrowed from the web: Christmas is eternal loveChristmas is sent from aboveChristmas is kindness love and joyBut I should add the Christmas TOYS! Sarah, age 9

We’re preparing for a busy Winter semester, and this semester we have a large amount of multi-access classes being taught. While not exactly a ‘new’ thing for us, perfecting it is relevantly new, especially with rapid advances to technology. Multi-Access? What is a multi-access class? Well, it is a class designed to cater to the needs of two groups of students: those attending face-to-face, and those attending online or at a distance. This type of class allows both groups of students to participate in the learning exchange of the course itself, while creating a greater sense of community by interacting with students in both environments. Multi-access students are central in this context. They are able to choose when and where they participate; sure, some students may only be able to attend online, but the option is there. They are not restricted by having to register as either an on campus or online student, they can mix and match as their schedules allow. How is the Multi-Access format beneficial? Outside of its obvious benefits to student flexibility, the multi-access format allows institutions to increase enrolment opportunities, while providing faculty members with increased delivery options. It also provides increased access to the course content to a broader range of students. Resources Realigning Higher Education for the 21-st Century Learner Through Multi-Access Learning by V. Irvine, J. Code, and L. Richards Patterns of Engagement in Connectivist MOOCs by C. Milligan, A. Littlejohn, and A. Margaryan

2015 was a great year for Litmos.com and the eLearning Blog. As we reflect on the past year, the Litmos team would like to highlight the most popular post from each month and recognize the efforts of our blog contributors. It's been interesting to review the entire year of blog posts to see what has resonated with the eLearning community. It was a diverse year with topics ranging from design and blended learning, to technology and management. We hope you have enjoyed the blog this year and as always we look forward to your feedback and contributions. January - Tips for Creating a Rockstar Customer Training Department by Brent Schlenker February - Managers and Makers - A New Adventure in Instructional Design by Ant Pugh March - The Learning Zone: Stepping Away from Comfort Zone by Brent Schlenker April - Subject Matter Experts: The Heroes of the Training World by Brent Schlenker May - 10 Tips to Evaluate Your Ongoing Training Strategy by Christopher Pappas June - 7 Top Blended Learning Benefits for Corporate Training by Christopher Pappas July - Instructional Video Production: Recording, Editing, Publishing, Streaming by Brent Schlenker August - The Rise of the Training-preneur by Brent Schlenker September - Top 5 Tips for Producing Microlearning Videos by Tom Spiglanin October - An Instructional Design Process Review by Clark Quinn November - 10 New Learning Technologies by Clark Quinn December - Artificial Intelligent Instructional Design by Brent Schlenker The post 2015 Top eLearning Blog Posts appeared first on Litmos.

This post started out with a management/leadership topic. And you can see the video below that resulted from serendipitous social outreach. Management/Leadership is an important topic and one that I think should be discussed in greater detail. But in this post, I'd like to highlight the process. The process highlights the amazing power of social connections for starting conversations. The technologies enable spontaneous collaborative events in ways we have never seen. In a way, understanding this process is also a glimpse into the future of management/leadership as well. Let's start by laying out the events from a high level. The entire process took shape very quickly without thinking too deeply about it. I went from Trigger to Inspired action very quickly. And having already experienced this set of tools, I new immediately what actions to take. This is where I find the value in experimenting with new technologies. You may not think you'll ever need them.  But when inspiration strikes its good to have some prior knowledge to help craft a quick solution. The Trigger - Twitter Everything starts with a trigger event. In this case it was a tweet highlighting a LinkedIn article published by Josh Bersin about eLearning Not Being Successful at Leadership and Softskills Training. The tweet was from Mark Britz (@britz) a trusted colleague in my professional network. This is important because just seeing the same tweet from an unknown source may not have triggered a response from me. Knowing your network, and building relationships is critical for social success. The Content - LinkedIn After accepting the validity of the link from a trusted source I clicked the link and read the article. In this part of the process the inspiration to take action was reinforced because I already had a great deal of respect for the work of Josh Bersin. And this content was typical of his exceptional work presenting data on whatever topic he writes about. There were some very interesting points made with data to back them up. The curiosity triggered by the tweet got the process started. But the strong content triggered the desire to take action. The Action/Event - Blab.im I was a very early adopter of blab.im from it's very early days. I discovered it from the king of social streaming Brian Fanzo (@isocialfanz). In those first few weeks I met many other inquisitive experimenters trying to understand this new video streaming service. My point is that in order to take action, it was extremely helpful to make the connection between my need and the blab service. Blab made taking action very quick and easy. In a matter of minutes I had gone from trigger to content, to action, creating an event without any technology friction at all. I setup the blab for 30mins out so I had a little time to prep, and begin my outreach. The Outreach - Twitter/LinkedIn/Facebook Blab makes outreach very easy with buttons for posting to both twitter and Facebook. I also posted an update on LinkedIn just to cover the bases. It didn't take long for 2 subscribers to appear. This may not sound like a lot, but considering the spontaneous nature of the event I was not expecting many more. The outreach is important if others might be available to engage in a conversation around a recent piece of content as well. However, having others on the blab was not a primary concern for me. What I really wanted to do was capture my thoughts and feelings around Josh's article immediately. Blab is a live streaming service, but it also records the event if you want too. So capturing my thoughts about the topic of eLearning failing Leadership Training was the most important element for me. Watch the video to see what ended up happening. It was much more than I could have hoped for. Because of today's technology I was able to integrate multiple services to create a spontaneous social learning event. I was from trigger, to content, to action, to outreach within an hour. The event itself went for about an hour. And when it was over I had a video artifact of the experience. This is why I love technology and why I see much more value in technology for learning than what the L&D industry currently offers. Your intrinsically motivated learners will take action if you let them. But only if the content is accessible, and the technology is available to support it. As an L&D professional you can do more. Get started. The post Spontaneous Social Learning: Trigger, Content, Action, Outreach appeared first on Litmos.

Elearning Superstars is a curated list of inspirational elearning examples, published every Tuesday. Subscribe to get weekly updates via email. Tania Vercoelen: How to create amazing elearning courses Why we like it: Nice tongue-in-cheek overview of the elearning process. Earn coffees at each stage and see your stash of coffee grow as you progress through the module. Dynamic style menu shows your progress along the process line. Simple but effective use of animations to convey concepts. Good use of informal style font and icon style images. Marshall E-Learning: Apprenticeships for employers Why we like it: Provides support to managers throughout the decision-making process, and looks at these key topics. Cloud based which allows the program to ship with ongoing maintenance, so updates are automatically pushed to all instances of the courses. Good mix of media, including rich graphics, and audio. Fully customisable, so can be adapted for different organizations’ needs. Scenario driven to provide guidance through relevant case based materials. Fully responsive, looks great and works well on a range of devices. The post Elearning inspiration: Tania Vercoelen, Marshall E-Learning, Responsive elearning built with Elucidat appeared first on Elucidat Blog.

If you are stuck delivering desktop-only elearning, you are ignoring the needs and wants of modern learners. Here are three examples of companies using Elucidat to build interactive responsive elearning that learners actually want to consume. 1. Open University: To Lie Or Not To Lie? A project for the Open University, To Lie Or Not To Lie allows learners to analyze their own moral compasses by placing them in non linear scenarios that vary from the Lewinsky affair to the Bloodgate scandal. Visit elearning: Open University’s To Lie Or Not To Lie? 2. Marshall ACM: Be Smart, Be Safe A brilliant personal safety project for Barnados, the Children’s Charity from Marshall ACM - the leading elearning consultancy for online diversity and safeguarding training. Visit elearning: Marshall ACM’s Be Smart, Be Safe 3. Delphi: Counterperson training on "Fuel" An engaging, mobile friendly course for Delphi - a global supplier of vehicle technology - created by our US partner, Learning Evolution. Visit elearning: Delphi’s counterperson training on "Fuel" The post 3 responsive elearning examples built with Elucidat appeared first on Elucidat Blog.

Are you looking for new ways to improve and streamline the design phase of your elearning development process? In this article we’ll look at how benchmarking, prototyping and testing can help the design phase. During the design phase you want to be testing your ideas before you build them. The goal is to prove that your ideas and concepts will work so you won’t waste time and money. Related: How to approach phase one, analysis & scope, of the elearning process  1. Benchmarking Benchmarking defines where the project is headed and helps you to set the success criteria against which you will later evaluate. It’s key to making sure that the project targets the learner, and is in line with your business values. Benchmarking also provides you with guidelines to determine how you deliver future elearning courses. To begin benchmarking simply create a basic checklist, e.g.: For your organization, how does a great piece of elearning look and feel? What are the criteria that define it as good? What will the resource do? 2. Prototyping Prototyping involves testing concepts quickly so you can discard what is not viable in your context and so move on to other ideas. To this end, prototyping should be quick and dirty. The point is to get a visualization of potential solutions without actually making something that you’ll find difficult to throw out later. At this stage, it is about testing your ideas rather than building content. For example, check out this prototype that has been drawn out on paper: Here’s what the finished product looks like after building it with Elucidat: You can build a functioning prototype on the fly while you are doing your initial research. Don’t spend time on the detail of these early iterations. For example, don’t spend hours creating the perfect image or animation. Prototypes should be trashable; don’t create anything at this point that you won’t be ok to throw away. Here are some guidelines to get you started: Focus on user experience, not content (that comes later). Iterate over a short period of time e.g. a couple of days, not weeks. This will help to keep you focussed. Create wireframes and sketches. You don’t need to be an artist; simple lines and written explanations are quite adequate. Develop some mock-ups of the screens. They can be useful for visualizing the lay-out and the overall experience of using the course. Review these initial ideas with stakeholders and end users. Authoring tools, such as Elucidat, make building a functioning prototype really easy. Check out Patrick Dunn’s article that discusses some of the benefits of rapid prototyping with tools like Elucidat. 3. User testing User testing during the design phase is specifically about testing your design against the end user. Think who your course is aimed at and how they will use it to solve a problem or fill a gap in their skills or knowledge. You will need to schedule some usability testing with end-users. Oftentimes, the problems end-users experience will be quite different from what you expect. For example, you could conduct some one-on-one or focus group sessions and ask very focused questions that provide feedback on your design. Maybe you’re unsure of a particular interactive mechanism that you’ve set up. Is it too complex? Does it need simplification? Is it clear what learners would need to do? If you have some basic questions like these, use mock-ups and mini prototypes in a structured way to get feedback on your questions. Feedback from the horse’s mouth is invaluable at this stage of the elearning process. Use the feedback from users to guide your design process. 4. Look and feel Wireframes can help you demonstrate the look and feel of your elearning, screen layouts and basic user interface elements such as navigation controls, menus, resources, basic page types, and so on. This step involves creating concepts that show different types of approach that you can use to communicate your ideas to the end users and stakeholders. Consider it a ‘litmus test’ to help you - and your stakeholders - to understand better what it is you are trying to achieve. Summary The design phase is where you make mistakes and get a clearer understanding of what you are going to create before doing any costly development. I’ve demonstrated some ways in which you can approach this stage, but remember, the most important part of the design phase is to test your ideas with actual users and stakeholders to ensure your solution will be the best for them. Related: Analysis & scope: The 1st phase in the elearning process The post Design: How to approach the 2nd phase of the elearning development process appeared first on Elucidat Blog.

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 2015 was a pivotal year for The eLearning Network (eLN), the UK-based non-profit organisation run by the elearning community for the elearning community.The group transformed its membership arrangements, events and website to widen its appeal and to further share knowledge and experience throughout the industry. In this exclusive interview, eLN Chairman, John Curran looks back on a successful year and sets out his ambitions for 2016. How has your year as eLN Chairman gone? It’s gone pretty well. We had some hairy moments during the year because we decided to change everything at the same time. In hindsight it wasn’t the greatest thing to do, but it would have been hard to change one little thing at a time.  So we changed the website, the business model, our events and the way we organised them. But actually, it pretty much worked out. There’s a lot of goodwill behind the eLN, our sponsors this year have been amazing, and there is such a great feeling of support for the eLN in the UK and that really helped us. Overall, it’s been a really successful year. I’ve been re-elected as Chair so we’re hoping to do more of the same again for 2016, only bigger and better. Have you been able to achieve your vision for the organisation? "It’s a really complex landscape so I think our role moving forward is helping those people who are new to really get up to speed on what elearning is all about." We wanted to make the eLN more accessible. There are a lot of people out there getting into elearning for the first time and we wanted to make the ELN the first port of call for those who are new into the industry. When I first started in elearning it was focused on the technical stuff, and there weren’t that many approaches you could take. Nowadays, it’s a really complex landscape so I think our role moving forward is helping those people who are new to really get up to speed on what elearning is all about, as well as helping those already in the business to explore different aspects of elearning. Video: John explains how he’s hoping to keep up the momentum for 2016. This year saw the eLN stage a new-style conference called Beyond Click Next. How was it received? We’ve always organised one day events, but they tended to have a single stream with four or five speakers and a maximum of 50 delegates. These were our old-style paid events. What we’ve done now is to make those events free and call them our workshops. But we had a vision for something much more conference-like. Principally, this meant more speakers, more people and multiple streams. Of course, putting together a multi-stream event is a lot more challenging. You’ve got to manage which stream people want to go into but we tried to keep it flexible and used a ‘two feet’ rule, so you could choose whatever session you wanted and when it was full, it was full - that seemed to work really well. We kept speakers to 30 minutes which is shorter than you’d normally expect in a conference and I think that also went down really well as we were able to pack in more variety to each stream.  Overall, we had about 30 speakers in the day and there was lots of choice for people. I think probably the best feedback we had was a lot of people saying it was the friendliest conference they’d been to. Video: John expands on the friendliness of the eLN. What’s your ambition for the eLN for the next 12 months? More of the same, definitely. We had our first board meeting just last week so we’re working on our events for 2016 and we’ll be launching those in early January. There will be more free workshops and I’d like to repeat our conference in November. We’d also like to do more regional events which we call Meet-ups. Another thing we’re planning for 2016 is a series of webinars so we can reach members online as well as face-to-face. We’ve got a new blog editor, Martyn Stevenson-Read from BT, so that will mean a lot more blogging and general content on the website. Hopefully, all that together will provide more benefit to our members throughout 2016.To find out more about joining the eLearning Network visit: elearningnetwork.org/membership-options Discuss a project Subscribe to our newsletter The post Bigger and better: Elearning Network ambitions for 2016 appeared first on Sponge UK.

Did you know that Instructional Design (ID) began in the Second World War to improve military training? This goes to show that ID isn't some new, smoke and mirrors concept; it's an evidence-based, rigorous discipline. And if your company isn't using instructional design effectively, they're losing out. This article should help set them straight.

This month at Trivantis®, we released Lectora® 16 with Responsive Course Design™. We hope you’ve been busy creating amazing mobile courses! Sign up for a free trial to try RCD yourself. We also launched the new Trivantis Community Contests—and of course, we picked our favorite December articles for you to read. Here’s the Best of eLearning in December: 1. Transformative Learning: Another Perspective on Adult Learning Connie Malamed discuses the principles of andragogy, a model for adult learning, and how to create transformative learning—learning experiences that cause a shift in perspective. 2. New Lectora 16 Responsive Templates The eLearning Brothers made over 30 new responsive templates for the release of Lectora 16 with Responsive Course Design (RCD). 3. Nuts and Bolts: Getting Organized Jane Bozarth explains how to organize training material to help the learner make sense of it by rethinking bullet points and trying to show relationships instead. 4. Trivantis Wins Silver in 2015 Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Technology Awards Trivantis won a Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Technology Silver Award for Best Advance in Content Authoring Technology for Lectora Online and xAPI. 5. Now Accepting LUC 2016 Speaker Proposals Want to present your bright idea at the 2016 Lectora User Conference? Send in your speaker proposal today. And that’s it—the last of the best of 2015. Stay tuned for next year’s top picks. Have a wonderful holiday season, eLearning friends. The post The Best of eLearning in December 2015 appeared first on .

In the realm of rapid eLearning, slow and steady doesn’t win the race. Rapid eLearning describes courses that can be designed and implemented quickly using a much faster, condensed development cycle than traditional design processes. Although rapid eLearning boasts benefits that can make it appear initially attractive, there is still speculation about the real value […] The post 3 Advantages And Disadvantages Of Rapid eLearning appeared first on PulseLearning.

All the team at PulseLearning join in wishing you a Happy Holiday Season and a prosperous New Year! We would like to thank all our clients and partners for your continued support throughout 2015. We look forward to reaching new heights together in 2016. From The PulseLearning Team. Holiday & New Year Office Hours The PulseLearning […] The post Happy Holidays 2015 appeared first on PulseLearning.

We can learn something from anyone at any time. A two year old learns by watching her five year old sister jump and skip. A ten year old boy learns how to shoot a basketball from a neighbor. A grandmother learns how to operate an iPad from her grandson, and so on. Wisdom isn’t always imparted from the older to the younger. The holidays provide a wonderful opportunity for young and old to get together, share stores, and learn from one another. Take advantage of this time together! Share memories. Use picture albums, family videos and even music from days gone by to help stir up memories in both young and old. For advanced-age family members, the chance to tell their stories helps to improve cognition, lessen depression, and improve behavioral functioning. If you can, try to record the conversations, or journal the stories for future generations to enjoy. Create new memories. Add a new family tradition this year. Have a silly Christmas sweater contest. Start a family game night. Teach gramps how to take a selfie and store up some silly pictures to share next year. If time allows, bundle young and old together in the car to drive around looking at lights while listening to calming holiday music. Offer everyone an opportunity to be involved. Assign tasks for the holiday meal preparation. Older adults with physical limitations can be asked to do simple tasks such as folding napkins, or entertaining the cooks with stories from years past. Perhaps Grandma or Grandpa have a special skill or talent that they can teach to the younger generation during the holiday break. Sewing, knitting, playing an instrument, or even mastering the game of checkers are all important skills to pass along! Plan ahead. Be on the lookout for over-stimulation and allow all relatives, regardless of age, time to rest and enjoy peace and quiet! Reach out to older friends and relatives who are alone this holiday season. The holidays can be a difficult time for some seniors, especially if loved ones or pets have passed on. Involve the seniors in your life, neighborhood and place of worship in as much as you can. A phone call, card or even better, a personal visit can do wonders for everyone involved! Look for signs of depression. "Holiday blues" are feelings of profound sadness that can be provoked by all the activities of the holiday season. Seasonal blues can have an impact in the lives of older people. While a full range of emotions can be expected during the holiday season, be on the lookout for signs of depression, which should always be addressed. Stick to schedules as much as possible. During the holidays, it’s easy for everyone to get off of a regular sleeping and eating schedule. Be aware of your senior and make sure that they are getting enough rest, regular meals as well as taking all medications on time. Most of all this holiday and always, take the time to sit down and enjoy one another. Be present, slow down, do things mindfully and don’t miss one single moment of it. "Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant with the weak and the wrong. Sometime in your life you will have been all of these." -- Dr. Robert H. Goddard (American rocket engineer 1882-1945)          

From guest Writer Judy Bloxham. As I write this article, the county is reeling from yet another round of severe flooding. Roads have been washed out, bridges destroyed and the city of Carlisle cut in half. Just over two weeks on, the main bridge in Carlisle has now been re-opened, during this time it necessitated another […]

Hello Adapted Physical Education lovers! I am proud to be bringing you a brand new episode of What's New in Adapted Physical Education. We have been off the air for a while but we are back and better then ever.This new episode had two panelist on the show to discuss the new APE app Exercise Buddy. Our two panelist were David Geslak, the creator and founder of Exercise Connection and the app Exercise Buddy, and Melissa Bittner, a fellow Texas Woman's University PhD candidate who is conducting research on the effectiveness of the Exercise Buddy with kids with Autism. Prior to creating the app, David had created a program specifically developed to empower students with Autism with physical activities. The program was called Exercise Connection. Here is a quick Youtube video on the program. As well as the app we also discuss the research that is being conducted with the Exercise Buddy and the use of different best practices that are embedded into the app. If you are interested in purchasing the app to encourage your own students to be more engaged in physical activity and get more out of exercise here is the website to purchase the Exercise Buddy. We are going to try and launch another podcast that will focus on games and activities for the winter time. Please email me or leave a comment on some of your favorite winter activities and we might mention it in the upcoming podcast!Happy Holidays,APE Man!

It’s Christmas break!!!!!!! Woohoo!!!! I’m sure many of you reading this post share in my enthusiasm for this wonderful time of the year. The two week period (give or take a snow day) during which we wear sweatpants all day, rock the just rolled out of bed hairdo, play with[Read more] The post Gamified Government: 1st Semester Reflections from My Gamification Experiment appeared first on Teaching with Technology.

I am so excited to share some awesome additions to a great educational game: Quizizz! I shared Quizizz, a game-based student response system, late last school year. As is the case when I review products, I tried it out with my students before sharing it with you…and the response was[Read more] The post Great Updates to Quizizz appeared first on Teaching with Technology.

‘Tis the Season to stop to reflect on all that has happened over the past year, and make time to thank those who have helped us along the way. When Robert and I finished a client whiteboard animation for a mobile sales scenario, I wondered how I might create an explainer video to show my gratitude. This is my very first solo animation, to see how far I could successfully blend work and play. It was a great deal of fun reminiscing about friends old and new as I painted the sketches and brought them to life. As an entrepreneur, it’s not always easy to justify taking time to make art. But as I get older, and realize there will be fewer days ahead than gone past, blending vocation with avocation needs to become more an imperative than a luxury. So, whether we are already colleagues or friends, or someone whose future paths are destined to cross, may you enjoy this holiday wish as much as I enjoyed animating it for you.     Of course, we whiteboard serious learning scenarios and explainer videos, too. Contact us to learn more! The post Whiteboard Greetings to You and Yours appeared first on Media 1.

Natalie Krayenvenger is 4th grade teacher from Maryland and the co-moderator of #EDbeat, a weekly inspirational Twitter chat that welcomes all educators and celebrates the positive in education.   Follow Natalie Krayenvenger   This episode of House of #EdTech is sponsored by:   Audible.com   Domain.com   Listeners Like You! Become a Patron...   (5:32) #EdTech Thought - No More WiFi In Schools?   (7:52) #EdTech Recommendation - Voxer for the Web   (9:56) Interview with Natalie Krayenvenger   (40:40) House of #EdTech VIP - Lauren Thomas-Paquin   Complete shownotes: http://www.chrisnesi.com/2015/12/edbeat-with-natalie-krayenvenger.html   -- FEEDBACK Call: (732) 903-4869 Voxer: mrnesi Email: feedback@chrisnesi.com Twitter: @mrnesi Send a voice message from http://www.chrisnesi.com

Here are all the exciting edtech recommendations contained in the 2nd annual House of #EdTech App Smackdown! Adam Schoenbart Awesome Table Derek Larson - edtechbabble.net Notebook and Pen Field Notes Brand Uniball Sigmo 207 Fisher Space Pen Jethro Jones - Transformative Principal Podcast - jethrojones.com @jethrojones  Overcast Lee Araoz - thegoldenageofeducation.com - @LeeAraoz SMORE.com Emily - Thank you for helping your Dad! Next year submit your own :-) Dani Kennis - Episode 48 Bitmoji Dan Gallagher - gallaghertech.edublogs.org ScreenCastify Derek Larson - Episode 22  InstaCast DownCast - iOS & Android Josh Allen - DadsInEd Podcast  Flipboard My Appearance on the podcast Mike Marotta - http://mmatp.com/ Snap and Read Universal Brent Warner - edtech.tv Scannable Daniel Bauer - Better Leaders Better Schools  Twitter Polls Screenflow Grammerly Word Swag HeadSpace Calm Evernote Eric Fieldman - @mrfieldmanchs  Slack Josh Hanlon - @HanlonJD  Wunderlist Paola - misspaolasclass.com  IF - from If This Then That Brent Warner  The Grading Game Derek Larson  Voxer Jamie Cook - West Windsor -   SeeSaw Stephanie Hesslein - @misshesslein  Video FX Live Brent Warner Trello Chrissy Romano Arrabito  Quizalize Jennifer Gonzalez - Cult of Pedagogy Podcast  Noisli Kimberly Howell Martin Shadow Puppet Explain Everything This episode of House of #EdTech is sponsored by:   Audible.com   Domain.com   Listeners Like You! Become a Patron...   Complete shownotes at: http://www.chrisnesi.com/2015/12/2015-house-of-edtech-app-smackdown.html   FEEDBACK Call: (732) 903-4869 Voxer: mrnesi Email: feedback@chrisnesi.com Twitter: @mrnesi Send a voice message from http://www.chrisnesi.com

Christmas is a time for giving. So to get into the spirit of things we’ve put together a selection of the best free online educational resources out there to use or share with friends, class-members, teachers and lovers of learning in general! 1. GoConqr If we’re starting off with the… Read More The post Awesome free education resources for teachers and students appeared first on ExamTime.