COD - 5/15/2012 - Understoodit [Tools]

With understoodit, teachers can get student feedback in real-time allowing them to make "in-game" changes during classes to help students better understand difficult topics.

Understoodit allows students to anonymously, and immediately, inform their instructor that they are confused or that they understand. 

Understoodit can be used on devices that teachers and students already own: smartphones, tablets, netbooks, and laptops.

Watch a video introduction to understoodit

Understoodit can be a good alternative to expensive classroom "clicker" systems. You can sign up with your email address to create a free understoodit beta account.

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Spark Supports Creative Kids In The Pittsburgh Region

Spark, a program of The Sprout Fund, creates a sustainable support structure for the Kids+Creativity Network, a group of people in the Pittsburgh region working together across disciplines to provide all young people with opportunities to learn and be creative.

Spark provides catalytic support, technical assistance, knowledge sharing, and enhanced communications to the Kids+Creativity Network. The goal is to "spark" more relevant and imaginative learning opportunities that make compelling use of technology, media, and the arts.

Spark serves two distinct groups:

• Kids and adolescents aged 18 and younger, as well as their families and caregivers
• Educators, technologists, media producers, researchers, grantmakers, entrepreneurs, cultural leaders, and other professions serving youth

Watch Pittsburgh: Building a Regional Learning Network

Spark hopes to build greater awareness of and access to exceptional learning experiences for children, youth, and families in the Pittsburgh region.

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COD - 5/14/2012 - Faculty Project [Online Learning]

The Faculty Project brings together the best professors from the world's leading universities to teach online for free.

The vision of Faculty Project is a series of free online courses taught by instructors who have been recognized for their excellence in teaching or have shown a talent for educating, that will dynamically engage millions of learners around the world who do not have access to the world's great institutions of higher learning, but do have an Internet connection.

Faculty Project launched early this year with courses taught through online video, PowerPoint, PDF, and articles on Udemy.com. Learners can interact with each other and the instructor via a course discussion board. 

Faculty Project promises content will be available for free, forever, to anyone who wishes to use it.

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The Rearview Mirror 5/12/2012

For those of you who may have missed a Catch of the Day or who didn't have the opportunity to look at some of them during this past week, here's a second chance.

Monday

Wolfram is well known as the maker of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha, and the Wolfram Demonstrations Project, some of the most dynamic math teaching and learning tools available. The Wolfram Education Portal opens the door to the best of all of their technologies in one place.

Tuesday

ReadCube is a tool designed to help researchers be organized and save time, while discovering more.

Wednesday

GoGeometry from the Land of the Incas offers a large variety of resources for teaching and learning about geometry that mix dynamic geometry, animations, science, and Incan history in order to increase student interest in Euclidean geometry.

Thursday

Musicardsis an ever-growing collection of highly-customizable online music theory flash cards.

COD - 5/10/2012 - Musicards [Music]

Musicards is an ever-growing collection of highly-customizable online music theory flash cards.

Musicards can be used by both beginning music students who are becoming acquainted with key rudiments of music, as well as intermediate and advanced students who want to fill in gaps in their existing knowledge or increase their music fluency.

Musicards are grouped in eight categories: Note Names, Key Signatures, Intervals, Triads, Piano Note Names, Reading Piano Notes, Guitar Note Names, and Reading Guitar Notes.

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