TGIF: Connecting Online Using Adobe Connect, FridayLive!

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Twenty-sixth issue, Volume Eight

TLT Group TGIF 2.24.15

From TLT Group World Headquarters

Members are invited to help us plan our first Spring 2015 book discussion. All are invited on FridayLive! to explore Adobe Connect features. See more information below. Support the TLT Group by becoming a member or donating to the TLT Group you will help us continue this work. DONATE,   JOIN US You can also support us indirectly by purchasing books from Amazon via links in our recommended reading list or shop using this AmazonSmile link. Amazon will then make a donation to the TLT Group.

News for "generations of autodidactic computer nerds" "YOU ARE NOT ALONE!"...or at least you don't have to be #TLTGroup

"She contemplated teaching herself, as generations of autodidactic computer nerds have done before her, and as her brother (a senior engineer at a major tech firm) recommended. But she doesn’t learn well in isolation, she said....."

The article suggests that many people might learn computer-related skills better in groups... perhaps even in courses!  See below for anecdotal explanation of why so many of us find this a shocking but welcome concept.

Excerpt above from "Can tech conservatories save the day?"  by Catherine Rampell, Opinion writer, February 17, 2015, The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/can-tech-conservatories-save-the-day/2015/02/17/bcca4104-b61e-11e4-9423-f3d0a1ec335c_story.html

TGIF: Adding Your Voice with Movenote on FridayLive!

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Twenty-fifth issue, Volume Eight

TLT Group TGIF 2.17.15

From TLT Group World Headquarters

On FridayLive! Robin Dewald will be back to help us add voice using Movenote. You may chose to watch the demonstration or follow along. There are some prerequisites, if you chose to follow along. You will need to do the following: GET a Movenote account, get yours here. GET your  web camera and microphone ready, in many cases these are built into your computer. CREATE a message for a particular audience, IDENTIFY or CREATE some images. REVIEW the "General Info and How To "document, COME early with any questions (1:30 PM ET) This link will further explain these prerequisite steps.  Register Here Support the TLT Group by becoming a member or donating to the TLT Group you will help us continue this work. DONATE,   JOIN US You can also support us indirectly by purchasing books from Amazon via links in our recommended reading list or shop using this AmazonSmile link. Amazon will then make a donation to the TLT Group.

TGIF: What Does Cognitive Science Says about Using Technology in the Classroom? on FridayLive!

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Twenty-forth issue, Volume Eight

TLT Group TGIF 2.10.15

From TLT Group World Headquarters

What Does Cognitive Science Say about Using Technology in the Classroom? Last week Penny Kuckkahn and Steve Kaufman helped us explore various apps for reinforcing learning principles in the book “Make It Stick.” This week on FridayLive!, Linda Nilson, will share information from recent studies that have found certain technologies to interfere with or impede students' attention, elaborative rehearsal,  encoding, and retrieval of material, while others facilitate these processes or can when properly managed.  It will be interesting to put these pieces together.  Join us at 2 PM ET. Register Here Support the TLT Group by becoming a member or donating to the TLT Group you will help us continue this work. DONATE,   JOIN US You can also support us indirectly by purchasing books from Amazon via links in our recommended reading list or shop using this AmazonSmile link. Amazon will then make a donation to the TLT Group.

2.3.2015 TGIF: Apps for Making it Stick on FridayLive!

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Twenty-third issue, Volume Eight

TLT Group TGIF 2.03.15

From TLT Group World Headquarters

A BIG Thank You to Cynthia Wilson, from the League for Innovation, and TLT Member panelists: David Parker, Denise Hyde, Irina Ivliyeva, Lisa Star, and Bonnie Mullinix. The conversation regarding student success and completion was outstanding. On FridayLive! this week, Apps for Making it Stick The authors of the book, Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning, organized learning strategies around four categories: retrieval, elaboration, generation, and reflection. Penny Kuckkahn and Stephen Kaufman will be recommending apps associated with those same categories. It will be a fun and high energy packed session. Register Here Support the TLT Group by becoming a member or donating to the TLT Group you will help us continue this work. DONATE,   JOIN US You can also support us indirectly by purchasing books from Amazon via links in our recommended reading list or shop using this AmazonSmile link. Amazon will then make a donation to the TLT Group.

TLTG Members Exchange: Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015 (3 PM ET)

Keeping Up - Semi-Stone Soup

TLT Group members, join us on Wednesday, February 4th at 3 PM ET, tlt.gs/membersonline

In this informal session, TLT Members are invited to participate in several different ways:

• Share something new you are experimenting with or have just discovered. (Beth plans to share a free webconferencing app, UberConference)
• Come with questions or challenges you are facing. We will brainstorm possible solutions together. (Beth would like some to say more about Goodreads and BooksWing)
• Come and listen.
  

You are invited to indicate what you plan to share or your burning question/challenge ahead of time. This is purely optional but if you would like to do so, this link will take you to a Google form.