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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

Securly

However, it was the Chromebook (2011) that truly revolutionized 1:1. ” 2010 was also the year that the Common Core Standards Initiative was enacted in response to numerous indicators of low student academic performance. ” 1:1 + Common Core = $$$$$. All Common Core testing will be done online.

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My 2011 Edublog Award Nominations

The Web20Classroom

Just today there was a post about financial literacy, while yesterday there was a lesson on how to use TED talks to enhance the Common Core curriculum. Best Librarian/Library Blog : The VanMeter Voice The space that Shannon has put together here should be the standard for library blogs anywhere.

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How Genrefication Makes School Libraries More Like Bookstores

MindShift

For 12 years Jennifer Taylor watched kids come into the library at McCaffrey Middle School in Galt, California and struggle: “We’d have rows and rows of books, and they don’t know what to pick.” Little did Taylor know, she’d stumbled upon a hotbed of controversy in the world of library science. Leigh Collazo, otherwise known as “Mrs.

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Change is a Mindset

A Principal's Reflections

Even in the face of adversity in the form of education reform mandates, Common Core alignment, impending PARCC exams, new educator evaluation systems, loss of funding, and an aging infrastructure we have not only persevered, but proven that positive change can happen with the right mindset. Makerspace added to the library in 2013.

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Integration of Digital Badges to Acknowledge Professional Learning

A Principal's Reflections

As a 21st Century Library Media Specialist, part of what I strive to do is to serve as an instructional technology resource for both educators and learners. ?In The PGP, created by our principal Eric Sheninger, was launched in New Milford High School in September of 2011. Teachers must register to access all features of the site. ?

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Week of August 22nd, 2011 - Live and Interactive Webinars in Blackboard Collaborate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

link] The 2011 Worldwide Virtual Library Conference November 2 - 3, All Free, All Online in Blackboard Collaborate Submit to present or to be kept informed at [link] THE KNOWLEDGE SHARING PLACE (The Knowledge Sharing Place) Thu 25 Aug 07:00PM New York / Thu 25 Aug 11:00PM GMT / Fri 26 Aug 09:00AM Sydney Dean Mantz. link] CLASSROOM 2.0

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Sal Khan on Expanding Into Early Learning and Launching a Peer-to-Peer Tutoring Platform

Edsurge

Most people who are middle-income or better, the Common Core kindergarten standards almost seem ridiculously easy. Duck Duck Moose was the first company that could come up with really compelling apps that were good—arguably good—for kids, in 2009, 2010, 2011. Like, of course my kid knows how to do those things.