Schoology for Educators
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John Galvin, vice president of the Sales and Marketing Group at Intel and general manager of Intel Education recently said:
"Learning platforms have quickly become one of the fastest growing segments in education technology and Schoology has emerged as a leader in this space and continues building the best-in-class platform for education."
So what exactly is Schoology?
Schoology is one of the world's leaning educational tools which is disrupting the educational space in the tens of thousands of schools who've adopted it. It's a Learning Management System (LMS) or VLE (Virtual Learning Environment) used daily by 20 million students including the whole country of Uruguay. But to us, teachers and learners, it's best described as an 'educational toolbox' which helps teachers to achieve four important outcomes:
- A social learning network
- A content curation application
- A curriculum delivery tool
- A communication platform
Why "Schoology for Educators"?
With more and more schools and universities heading towards the incorporation of LMSs to deliver their curriculum, it's vital for educators to understand and evaluate these disruptive technologies. "Schoology for Educators" is a detailed evaluation of the Schoology Learning Platform and suggests how it 'works with' the three overarching educational theories: instructivism, constructivism and connectivism. It's a helpful read for teachers, early adopters and technology activators in schools looking from a teachers perspective how to use an LMS in your classroom no mater which pedagogical persuasion you belong to.
The book is arranged in three main parts:
- Part One: Designing a digital toolbox
- Part Two: Mastering digital technologies
- Part Three: Evaluating digital platforms
and covers chapters such as:
- Chapter 6 - Direct instruction: why expert instruction still works
- Chapter 7 - Social learning: why students learn by working together
- Chapter 8 - Online networking: how to teach in a digital age