The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 9, 2017

Are these buzzwords or are they things that can be used to improve learning? Today Steven Anderson @web20classroom brings back the veil and helps us learn about these emerging technologies. Anderson is a learner, blogger, speaker, educational evangelist, author and Dad. Augmented reality and virtual reality. Listen Now.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2022

Silver Spring, MD (Tuesday, August 17, 2022) — Discovery Education —the worldwide edtech leader backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. The United Kingdom-based DoodleLearning’s Math and English Language Arts products create personalized learning experiences that help improve students’ academic achievement and confidence.

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Waterford

DECEMBER 1, 2020

As remote learning continues (or begins again) in classrooms around the country, many teachers are left with a decision. The answer is complex and depends on student needs, but it will essentially lead you to a choice between two strategies: asynchronous or synchronous learning. What Is Asynchronous Learning?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 31, 2022

If that isn't bad enough, UNESCO found that more than half of children and adolescents were not even learning worldwide. Furthermore, in September 2020, UNICEF reported that 1 billion children worldwide aren't learning at all. Once you learn to read, you will be forever free. What will you do with your learning?

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The 21st Century Principal

MARCH 6, 2011

How do we engage administrators more in using social media and in developing a Professional Learning Network? That was the question at the center of my presentation at the annual North Carolina Technology in Education Society’s (NCTIES) 2011 conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. What have I learned from using it?

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 19, 2011

Since that time so much has gone on in the world of Social Media in Education, I decided it needed some updating. Check out this short presentation from 2 of the best and most connected administrators in education. I orginially wrote this post back in 2009. School budgets are growing tighter and tighter.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2024

The Social Institute , whose mission is to empower millions of students to navigate their social world — including social media and technology — in positive, healthy, and high-character ways, released its 2024 Student Insights Report: How Social Media, Tech, and Current Events Impact Student Well-Being.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 2, 2012

Just my feelings from what I have been reading and seeing and what I believe will take a great hold in educational technology. If you still wanna learn more you can check out my Livebinder all about QR. More Social Networking- This all boiled down to the continued growth of using Social Media and social networks for learning.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

Welcome back to our insightful series on 21st century education. In this latest installment, we turn our focus back to a topic I last discussed in 2011: the characteristics of 21st-century teachers. It’s astounding to reflect on how much has changed in the intervening years in the world of education and teaching.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Everyone knows what bullying is — someone being taunted physically or mentally by others — and there are endless resources devoted to educating both students and teachers on how to combat bullying. Cyberbullying occurs on not just social media like Twitter, Facebook, and topical forums, but multiplayer games and school discussion boards.

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User Generated Education

AUGUST 12, 2017

I was painfully bored during my K-12 education. My undergraduate education, except for a few bright spots, was just an extension of my K-12 education including more grill and drill with sages on the stages (literally since I went to such a large university); taking notes and taking lots of multiple choice tests. I was wrong.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 1, 2014

Ivan Illich hoped for a time when the transmission model of education, or ''funnels'', would be replaced by ''educational webs'' - his notion of what we now recognise as social networks. I wrote a post about the contrast between educational funnels and webs in 2011. What would Illich have made of the social web?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Everyone knows what bullying is — someone being taunted physically or mentally by others — and there are endless resources devoted to educating both students and teachers on how to combat bullying. Cyberbullying occurs on not just social media like Twitter, Facebook, and topical forums, but multiplayer games and school discussion boards.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

In some hands, social media tools are blights on society, tools for bullies and misinformation campaigns. But it was also on Facebook where in 2011 Jivani, then in ninth grade, posted a video of her removing the wig. The company wants input from young people on how they like to learn, she said. “We

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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Social Media - Google+ , Twitter , and Facebook - Google+ is my go to for education and technology resources, connections and sharing. I also use Twitter for education and technology resource finding. Tech & Learning - great resource for educators and administrators on educational technology.

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SpeechTechie

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

Hi Folks, I am going to be offering a series of Friday sessions through Massachusetts Computer Using Educators (MASSCUE). The first is on a topic close to my heart, Personal Learning Networks. The day will also include a component on using social media tools with students at varying levels. Hope some of you can make it!

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Students these days are terrible at sorting true facts from misinformation online and on social media, many studies show. Caulfield, along with Stanford University emeritus education professor Sam Wineburg, set out to create that guidance for students — and anyone struggling to cope with today’s information landscape.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Achieving educational equity doesn’t just happen when schools change their expectations and goals in the classroom. While teachers and staff agree on the value of educational equity, they need a deeper understanding in order to combat it in the classroom. By Stacey Pusey. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Charlotte, NC — The Country Music Association and Discovery Education today announced a new virtual experience from their Working In Harmony: Every Voice is Instrumental educational initiative. Learn more here. We know educators are always looking for fun and relatable ways to connect what they teach to the real world.

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Waterford

JULY 21, 2022

One of the best ways to set up students for lifelong success is by involving their families in their educational journey. Learn why family engagement matters and how to encourage it in your classroom from the first day of school onward. Try to learn as much as you can about a student’s background and personal needs.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 8, 2014

Heck, our education system has become so good at maintaining the status quo and enforcing compliance throughout that we and many others have been brainwashed into thinking any other course of action would be foolish. If education is good for one thing it is making excuses not to move forward.

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The Web20Classroom

DECEMBER 22, 2011

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The Principal of Change

AUGUST 19, 2017

The term “world class education” has been something that I have heard several times this summer in my travels, and I appreciate so many teachers, schools, and districts setting the bar high for themselves. Organizations must not only open to learning from others but themselves as well. Any administrator can do the same.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 3, 2011

So here is my reflections on 2010 and my predictions for 2011. Here is an example I use a lot where I asked people to give me their thoughts on what a PLN (Personal Learning Network) means to them. Check out the Voicethread In Education wiki for some. More and more people started using the great education features.

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Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 20, 2015

Here are some great apps for Educational Administrators to use to improve communication, collaboration, efficiency, and organization. Social Media - Social Media is an excellent resource for administrators. These apps are all easy to learn and use, free, available on all platforms and very powerful.

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User Generated Education

MARCH 29, 2015

In a past post blog I discussed the idea that every educator has a story and that they should share those stories: Educators are doing amazing things with their learners in spite of the standards-based and accountability-driven movements. resources, ideas, success, challenges, ahas, student insights, anything education related.

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The Web20Classroom

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

It''s that time of year again, when bloggers from around the globe submit the best of the best in the education world from the previous year for the Edublog Awards. And we should honor everyone who works tirelessly in schools and in education everyday to make learning better for kids. This is always a tough spot for me.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

Over the last year, he’s helped Khan Academy manage a three-fold user increase, has grown and developed an online program geared toward early learners, and launched a new peer-to-peer tutoring platform to keep students connected and learning during the pandemic. The very week that the pandemic closed schools in the U.S.,

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

Last week, Pearson announced it paid $25 million to acquire Smart Sparrow’s technology, in a move that the publisher says will bolster the digital infrastructure that will soon support all its future higher-education offerings. The following year, Knewton was bought in a deal that has become a poster child for education technology hype.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 1, 2019

While older generations needed to learn how to use digital media, our children face a different task: managing and using screen time in healthy ways. Read on to learn all about types of screen time, how much screen time the experts recommend, and how to set healthy digital media habits at home. Ramirez, E.R., Norman, G.J.,

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The Electric Educator

MARCH 15, 2011

This week marks the 35th annual conference of the Michigan Association of Computer Users in Learning ( MACUL ). Ever since that first introduction I have found the MACUL organization to be a wonderful way to connect with brilliant Michigan educators. If you''re attending, perhaps I''ll see you in the Social Media Cafe.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Everyone knows what bullying is — someone being taunted physically or mentally by others — and there are endless resources devoted to educating both students and teachers on how to combat bullying. Cyberbullying occurs on not just social media like Twitter, Facebook, and topical forums, but multiplayer games and school discussion boards.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 20, 2015

The issues from our 2011 Iowa, Did You Know? Higher level thinkers don’t just magically emerge from lower level learning spaces. If we want student learning to change, we have to change teaching and schooling. there was statewide pressure from school districts on educator preparation programs to be more relevant?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Alexandra Spichtig, Reading Plus Using materials and methods comparable to a survey study conducted in 1960, researchers measured the comprehension-based silent reading efficiency of US students in grades 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 in 2011. The study found that students in 1960 and 2011 read at similar rates in second grade.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 28, 2011

I absolutely love to share what we are doing at New Milford High School through the lens that social media provides. Things got even better when I learned that I would be participating in the 2011 ASCD Conference Scholars Program. Once the conference began I hit the floor running.

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SpeechTechie

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The Edublog Awards were started about 7 years ago to counteract the trend of blocking social media in school districts and celebrate the educational power of these resources. Obviously social media has been transformative for me and my practice and I wanted to participate for that reason again this year.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2020

I got to know Cator in the early days of EdSurge when she was director of the office of educational technology at the Department of Education in the Obama administration. Even better: She saw how her students got excited when computers put them in charge of their own learning. “I Microcredentials? She was a fan.

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