Valuable Tools For The Learners (Students) AND Teachers (Educators, Instructors) For Preparation

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Introduction For Courses-Different Tools Applied-Preparation

Before starting a course it is very important to make a GOOD preparation. First the preparation of the educators, teachers, instructors for themselves to acquire the necessary knowledge and/or to update their existing knowledge for the given topic and THEN the preparation for THEIR learners (students) preparation; THE WAY how the course will get given and ALSO some HELP for the learners. HELP for the learners (students)!? YES! WHY and HOW?

Learners (students) NEED to know WHAT will get taught, WHY is it necessary to learn it?, WHAT are the “EdTech Tools” used?, how many time will be necessary for that course?, are the used tools necessary for the 21st Century workforce?, will I need these tools for my eSkills portfolio?…

Learn more:

• https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/07/28/how-to-prepare-for-giving-a-good-course/

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Some quotes about preparation: Well begun is half done. [Aristotle], “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” ― Abraham Lincoln, “A man prepared has half fought the battle.”, “The beginning is half of the whole.” [Hesoid] ,

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Knowing Everything From Start To Destination, Intermediate Stations Included

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.It is important THAT the learners (students) know the how-to about the course from Start to destination, intermediate stations included. I suggest (advice) ALSO to give THEM up from the beginning of the course(s) (or even when You announce a NEW course weeks before…) the necessary links WHERE the learners could download and/or create an account online (in case of an online platform). Play the “curiosity” card 😉 Some (most?) will try it out already before the course(s) start and so having ALREADY some knowledge and skills, more easy for the course; YOU will save time which YOU could spend for deeper learning later 😉

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.More about “Curiosity“, good to know:

• http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=curiosity
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Valuable Tools For The Learners (Students) AND Teachers (Educators, Instructors) For Preparation

First of all, let me tell YOU that I still use handwritten preparation first before I use an EdTech tool later. I advice YOU to do the same (NOT mandatory…). WHY!? As YOU start with an idea in YOUR head, let it GO, let it FLOW. AND THAT goes BEST while using a pen and a piece of paper; NO need to concentrate about the how-to with the EdTech tool, just writing and drawing and/or sketching. YES, sketching or “Sketchnoting” are wonderful “tools” for preparation and for bringing down ideas on cold print. THEY boost ALSO and/or amplify creativity thinking! WE will discover now, below, WHAT different tools WE could use.

• Sketchnoting
• Rubrics
  • Rubrics-2
  • eSkills-Collaboration-Coaching
• Mindmaps
  • Mindmaps-2
• Badges
• FlowCharts
• Webquests
• [DK] Dan Kirsch’s Draggo ==> More Resources for EDU! 

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Gust MEES’s Tools Selection		Best HTML Tutorials & TIPS		Web Resources
RGB COLOR CHART … TABLEMAKER TABLEMAKER 2 COLORMATCH COLORLAB eSkills-Collaboration-Coaching		W3SCHOOLS LEARNing The Basics Of HTML To Use In Blogs | Creating FAQ’s PracTICE: BETTER Ways To Say “I DON’T know” In The Classroom BRAVENET ENTHEOSWEB …		Curiosity Talented, gifted kids Coding Challenges Social Media and its influence Twitter …

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Dan KIRSCH’s Tools Selection		Best HTML Tutorials & TIPS		Web Resources
Pixton Tagxedo (word-cloud) Kahoot Dipity Twiducate Chalkup Voki ClassBadges For WordPress		… … … Code Tutorials BRAVENET ENTHEOSWEB …		Curiosity Talented, gifted kids Coding Challenges Social Media and its influence Twitter …

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 Some tools to enrich your blog

While creating your blog you certainly need images, FREE and without a copyright on them as well as tools to make look your blog more creative and professional, here my selection:

• Wordle
  • The first image on my blog is created with WORDLE.
• https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/howto-find-license-free-images-with-google-search/
• http://openiconlibrary.sourceforge.net/

 

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L’auteur Gust MEES est Formateur andragogique / pédagogique TIC, membre du “Comité Conseil” de “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), appelé maintenant BEESECURE, partenaire officiel (consultant) du Ministère de l’éducation au Luxembourg du projet  ”MySecureIT“, partenaire officiel du Ministère du Commerce au Luxembourg du projet ”CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure). The author Gust MEES is ICT Course Instructor, ”Member of the Advisory Board” from “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), BEESECURE, Official Partner (Consultant) from the Ministry of Education in Luxembourg, project “MySecureIT“, Official Partner from the Ministry of Commerce in Luxembourg, project “CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure).

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. The author Dan KIRSCH teaches courses in Information/Communications & Technology (ICT) and Career/Technical Education (CTE) for students in grades 6-8 at Patrick Henry Middle School in South Dakota, USA.  Students in his classes focus on Social Media, Educational Technology, and most importantly Digital Citizenship. . You can find me also on: mrkirsch.edublogs.org (ICT Class edublog) coachpanther.wordpress.com (Collaboration Blog)

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Keywords necessary for me to create this blog post (my Leitfaden): badges, design of badges, design of FlowCharts, deisgn of mindmaps, mindmaps, rubrics, Synthesizing Mind, using different tools to reach the goal, how to reward the learners as a motivation, sketchnoting, webquests,

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Stay tuned for next blog post(s) 😉

 

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