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Why your young students love e-learning

Neo LMS

Social media channels provide the digital alternative for the “traditional” social life and support communication within online communities non-stop. They turn to other social media sites , like Instagram, Snapchat, Tumblr, Yik Yak, or Twitter. Gamification is all about data.

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Storms over liberal education: notes on the 2016 AAC&U conference

Bryan Alexander

Last week I participated in the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) 2016 conference. The event became much more dramatic than expected, once the hosting city, Washington DC, was clobbered by the great snowpocalyspe of 2016. Let me share some materials here, along with reflections on the conference.

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Taking Student Voice Beyond The Classroom

techlearning

It is 2016 and I’m just starting my current job at Fair Haven. FH Gizmos launched in May of 2016. The next school year, 2016-2017, we made about a $100, but FH Gizmos also got an amazing email. At the same time I started the Innovation Lab in 2016, I was invited to a gamification conference at UPenn.

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Trends to watch in 2015: education and technology

Bryan Alexander

What can we expect in 2016 from the intersection of technology and education? Unless the worm turns globally, I’d expect planet MOOC to keep growing in 2016. That should extend into 2016. The forthcoming Horizon Report thinks BYOD is one of the two major tech trends for 2016.

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The 2018 Honor Roll: EdTech’s Must-Read K-12 IT Blogs

EdTech Magazine

If you’d like to check out the Must-Read IT blogs from previous years, view our lists from 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 and 2013. He's a writer, technology enthusiast, social media lover and all-around digital guy. For five years, we’ve highlighted some of the best and brightest blogs within K—12 education. Over 1000 words.

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Georgia Model for Virtual Professional Learning: Supporting Educators During COVID

edWeb.net

The GaDOE Social Studies team had the foresight to launch professional learning communities on edWeb in 2016, so their programs were in place when the pandemic hit, creating a successful, sustainable solution for personalized PD before and during the pandemic, and beyond. Why did we start communities on edWeb virtually in 2016?

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Georgia Model for Virtual Professional Learning: Supporting Educators During COVID

edWeb.net

The GaDOE Social Studies team had the foresight to launch professional learning communities on edWeb in 2016, so their programs were in place when the pandemic hit, creating a successful, sustainable solution for personalized PD before and during the pandemic, and beyond. Why did we start communities on edWeb virtually in 2016?