{"id":16052,"date":"2020-12-06T10:15:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T16:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=16052"},"modified":"2020-12-06T10:15:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T16:15:46","slug":"12-apps-of-christmas-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/12-apps-of-christmas-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Apps of Christmas 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uofgdigitaled.com\/12-apps-of-christmas\/quick-access-to-the-12-apps\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.pixabay.com\/photo\/2016\/12\/15\/03\/27\/cocoa-1908020_1280.jpg?resize=576%2C384&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cookies with hot chocolate in a peppermint mug\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Last year the University of Glasgow's Digital Education Unit identified 12 apps they felt would be useful in teaching and learning for online and distance education. <\/p>\n<p>In the spirit of Christmas, I offer their list of apps for you to explore. Here's the list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uofgdigitaled.com\/12-apps-of-christmas\/day-1-2\/\">Day 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uofgdigitaled.com\/12-apps-of-christmas\/day-2\/\">Day 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uofgdigitaled.com\/12-apps-of-christmas\/day-3\/\">Day 3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uofgdigitaled.com\/12-apps-of-christmas\/day-4\/\">Day 4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uofgdigitaled.com\/12-apps-of-christmas\/day-5\/\">Day 5<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uofgdigitaled.com\/12-apps-of-christmas\/day-6\/\">Day 6<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uofgdigitaled.com\/12-apps-of-christmas\/day-7\/\">Day 7<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uofgdigitaled.com\/12-apps-of-christmas\/day-8\/\">Day 8<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uofgdigitaled.com\/12-apps-of-christmas\/day-11\/\">Day 9<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uofgdigitaled.com\/12-apps-of-christmas\/day-9\/\">Day 10<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uofgdigitaled.com\/12-apps-of-christmas\/day-10\/\">Day 11<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uofgdigitaled.com\/12-apps-of-christmas\/day-12\/\">Day 12<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hopefully this will give you some ideas for ways you may be able to use these apps in your teaching and learning. Remember don't use technology for technology's sake. Use technology with intention. The quickest way to become overwhelmed and\/or discouraged is to try too many new technologies at one time. I suggest you start small. Find one or two apps that are of interest to you and try using them. Once you master those apps, then try another one. The goal is for the app to help you to work smarter not harder.<\/p>\n<p><small>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/cocoa-hot-chocolate-candy-cane-mug-1908020\/\">image<\/a> by TerriC from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/service\/license\/\">Pixabay<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year the University of Glasgow's Digital Education Unit identified 12 apps they felt would be useful in teaching and learning for online and distance education. In the spirit of Christmas, I offer their list of apps for you to explore. Here's the list: Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/12-apps-of-christmas-2020\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"12 Apps of Christmas 2020\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[216,232,233],"class_list":{"0":"post-16052","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-online","7":"tag-mobile-apps","8":"tag-online-learning","9":"tag-online-teaching","10":"h-entry","11":"hentry","12":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-4aU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10372,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/12-apps-of-christmas-2016\/","url_meta":{"origin":16052,"position":0},"title":"12 Apps of Christmas 2016","author":"Janice Florent","date":"November 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"by Janice Florent The Learning, Teaching & Technology Centre at the Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin is conducting a professional development opportunity for persons interested in mobile learning, specifically the potential mobile apps hold for teaching and learning. 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