About Danielle

Social Media Director for ^IfMine and creator of EcoScrapbook.com. Visit my Google+ Profile to learn more: http://gplus.to/daniellehunter

Do classrooms need an online incubator?

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Danielle

“The best of MOOCs should be able to bring together ideal, heterogeneous groupings of students based on their profiles and past performance, and also create ample opportunities for them to engage with one another in the spirit of learning.” -Douglas Rushkoff

When teachers engage with their students, learning happens. This is true in both traditional classrooms and virtual ones.

We know students also learn from each other in a regular classroom, but what happens when those interactions are taken away in an online class? Where can educators and students go to discuss ideas and solutions? And what’s an online incubator?

The answers to each of those questions lie within a place called ^IfMine. Now, we ask another question. What is ^IfMine?

^IfMine is…

a meeting place for students and educators.
an online incubator to grow ideas.
a website to build eportfolios.
a tool for receiving feedback.
where students collaborate on group projects.
where teachers can mentor and evaluate their students.
where critical thinking takes place.
for success in education.

Are you ready for an online incubator? Join us at ^IfMine.com.

Photo source: Tony Crider (Flickr)

Learn more:

10 Ways Students Can Use ^IfMine

The Evolution of Project Management: Feedback is the Natural Selection

Evolve It: Move Your Project to the Next Stage of Development

We’re Headed to SXSW!

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Danielle

Austin, Texas…Here we come! We’re publicly launching ^IfMine.com during the South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festival March 8-12, 2013. You’ll find us out on the streets of Austin, chatting with conference goers and passing out freebies.

If you’re attending, look for Brian Scavo – He’s taking over our social media for the week and wants to snap a photo of you in an ^IfMine t-shirt!

Need live updates during SXSW? Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Google+.

Don’t get lost in the crowd! Register for ^IfMine today by using your Facebook or email account.

There’s no more waiting! We’re out of beta testing!

Read more about ^IfMine’s launch in our first press release: Project Mentorship Platform ^IfMine Gears up for Website Launch at SXSW.

Evolve It: Move Your Project to the Next Stage of Development

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Danielle

Evolve It. Once, twice, a hundred times. It’s your project and you can move it to the next stage of development when you’re ready.

The Evolve It function at ^IfMine allows you to enhance the projects you create without losing your initial ideas. A project’s title, description, photos and comments stay with each Evolution.

^IfMine Project: EcoScrapbooking Evolution 1

When it’s time to Evolve It to the second Evolution, you have the option of changing the title, cover photo and synopsis or make no changes at all. Know that your first entry, along with all the comments from Collaborators, Mentors and Followers are safe in Evolution 1.

^IfMine Project: EcoScrapbooking Evolution 2

You continue the process with each subsequent Evolution and change your project as needed without losing any details, attachments or comments from previous Evolutions.