The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 10, 2019

Forrest has been an educator for 26 years and earned his Doctorate in Teacher Leadership. He teaches English at Mountain House High School in California, a 1:1 Chromebook blended learning school, where he received the 2015 Online Course Design Award from Blended Schools Network for his work on creating engaging online learning courses.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

In 2014, they were named a model for desegregation by the Center for Diversity and Equality in Education. In order to address these equity concerns, the district is increasingly turning to technology--in particular, blended learning--to allow all students to succeed. Embracing Blended Learning.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2019

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. He is currently the chief product officer of Renaissance Learning, which acquired myON in 2018. They were the most powerful companies in education. More broadly, I think the promise of data in education is still proving itself.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

The purposeful use of technology can innovate assessment, transform time frames around learning, increase collaboration, enable learning about information and research thanks to unprecedented access, and provide a level of student ownership like never before.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 14, 2021

27 Formative Assessment Tools for Your Classroom. In this post and podcast episode, you will find 27 Formative Assessment Tools for Your Classroom! This list has a wide variety of features and options to help you solidify your formative assessment strategies! Google Workspace for Education (and other updates you need to know!).

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

The easy tool educators are using every day From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This handy tool has opened up the doors of blended learning and collaborative classrooms like never before. (You All blog posts tagged GAFE on the Google for Education Blog. Assessment.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 5, 2019

Here are some common issues for teachers: Time: Educators spend a considerable amount of time designing general lesson plans, making it more difficult to design courses that are specifically meant to help underserved students, said Clark. The program covers blended learning and project-based learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

He also discusses how educators can join the innovators who are crafting and exploring this new education paradigm today. You can also use and create breakout educational experiences. VR as a new educational paradigm. Vicki: Virtual Reality is a new education paradigm. Students can program. Enhanced Transcript.

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The Shake Up Learning Blog

MAY 10, 2022

Nearpod is an interactive presentation and assessment tool. Insert Learning (Freemium). InsertLearning is a Chrome extension that lets you turn websites into interactive lessons, and it is the perfect companion to your blended learning lesson plans. Ready to Learn More About Google Classroom?

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 1, 2018

Education technology must enhance learning. They’re completing formative assessments. Bethany: Wow, EdPuzzle is just fabulous because you know you can embed that formative assessment right there in the video. In the classroom the formative assessment is extremely important, and those tools just make it fun.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Learn how she helps students learn and progress using technology. Today’s Sponsor: GradeCam is a web-based tool that lets you customize assessments with multiple choice, true/false, number grids, rubrics, and more. Leslie: We use both Chromebooks and iPads. Educators, I just want to encourage you. Vicki: Cool.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

With the help of educator friend, Jake Miller , teachers and students were given hands-on learning with the new recording equipment. Chris Nesi, another educator friend, and podcast producer took time to Google Meet with students and provide feedback. Consider how students might use a podcast as an assessment tool.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JULY 7, 2022

My first trip to an ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) conference was to San Diego a decade ago. I then made an acronym (because we all agree that education needs another one!): Optimally, the type of final product that demonstrates the learning is the choice of the student. STLP Gets a Shoutout!

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Learning how to effectively use and implement new classroom edtech requires educators to spend their most valuable currency: time. Time spent troubleshooting technology in the classroom is wasted, and it can make educators skeptical of new technology. Align edtech with school mission.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 16, 2017

Mari Venturino is a 7th-grade science and AVID teacher and Blended Learning Specialist at Mar Vista Academy in San Diego, CA. She is a Google For Education Certified Trainer and Innovator, a Google Certified Educator Levels 1 & 2, and is Leading Edge Certified in Online and Blended Instruction. Mari Venturino.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

Over 500 education technologists from companies and districts gathered last week in Denver for the IMS Learning Impact meeting , hosted by the IMS Global Consortium. That information about how much effort was made could inform educators to follow-up more appropriately. How Caliper Enables a Deeper Level of Data Sharing.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

In October, we will share a guide highlighting the trends, insights and challenges we've learned about while profiling five key players in the world of school redesign. Education Elements provides support for schools and districts as they transform their school models to personalize learning. Stay tuned!

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

She is also a part of the Shake Up Learning team. This was Susan’s first year presenting at FETC, the Future of Education Technology Conference. Burrus pointed out that education is in a state of change, and as educators, it’s essential to use the current trends to generate positive impacts and encourage forward thinking.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2016

Unfortunately, it is often challenging to design a feedback mechanism to understand if the new initiative – whether it be a new curriculum adoption, device rollout, or new assessments - will really work. The foundational technology pieces – Chromebooks, internet, assessment platforms – are stabilized at most Oakland schools.

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 20, 2018

Pear Deck is an active learning and formative assessment tool that makes your presentations completely interactive! Pear Deck is fully loaded with templates for each stage of the assessment process, vocabulary games, Google tool integration, and helps teachers engage students and create collaborative conversations. Classcraft.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 16, 2019

And Eric Curts @ ericcurts from Control Alt Achieve and co-leader of their higher Google Educators group has so many fantastic ideas. This blog post is being added to 100+ Great Google Classroom Resources for Educators. He is a co-leader of the Ohio Google Educator Group (GEG) at tiny.cc/geg-ohio

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eSpark

APRIL 12, 2022

Launching technology in the classroom can accomplish many goals; some tools are used to improve test scores and prepare students for postsecondary success, while others help educators to raise literacy rates and decrease the number of students reliant on RTI programs. Some products are simply designed to increase student engagement and joy.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The post Google Classroom + BookWidgets = Superpowered Digital Classroom – SULS0145 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode, Kasey chats with Educational Technologist and BookWidgets expert, Sheryl Place. She recently retired from Miami Dade and now works for BookWidgets as an Educational Technology Specialist.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 14, 2022

The post 20 Ways to Use Screencasting in the Classroom – SULS0162 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. She’s had early access to Google’s brand new Screencast app for Chromebooks. Boost your student engagement on any devices wherever learning needs to happen. Screencast for Chromebooks (New App from Google).

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

After that, a Surface device, then a Chromebook. Personalized learning is core to the model at Rogers Elementary, and Kristen Watkins, director of the personalized learning program at Dallas Independent School District, says that exposing students to multiple devices is an intentional part of the school’s approach.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 14, 2020

I have put together a Blended PD Framework that I hope will help us approach this problem with purpose. This episode is Part 1 in the series, where I will share some important steps in the planning process–the needs assessment, defining your goals, pre-assessment, and scheduling. Join a Shake Up Learning book study.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 15, 2021

Last year, she launched her YouTube Channel to support educators in Latin America. . Forms for Assessment and Fun. Google Forms is one of the easiest ways to collect learning data, whether that is in a world languages classroom or other disciplines. © Shake Up Learning 2021. She is a World Language Certified Teacher K-12.

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Saving Socrates

OCTOBER 1, 2014

I must admit, after spending years in education and believing I really had my "head to the ground" on the latest trends, I was dead wrong. When I went to Chapin, they had a "high end" computer lab back in the 80''s filled with IBM PCs where we learned computer programming with in BASIC and DOCS, and utilized Mavis Beacon to learn typing.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 25, 2017

As we wind down another year of chronicling education technology, we wondered: Which stories made the biggest impact? This year, you looked to trendsetting districts, thought leaders, tech giants and one very sage high school student to help make sense of rapid changes in education technology. One tip: stay far, far away from Hawaii.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 12, 2020

Fluency Tutor fosters independent reading practice, while helping educators provide personalized instruction and tracking of student progress throughout the school year. And because it’s web-based, it’s great for remote learning! . The Assessment Plan. Right now their assessments are formative.

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techlearning

AUGUST 29, 2018

Burlington, North Carolina, August 29, 2018 -- Carolina Science Online (CSO), a division of Carolina Biological Supply Company, launched a robust suite of digital education tools and content to enhance and extend the effectiveness of Carolina’s curriculum resources. Just place an order and receive an access code.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 12, 2020

Two months after the COVID-19 crisis forced educators across the United States to leave their classrooms and start teaching online, the scope of the changes and challenges have now become clear, and educational leaders have started to identify what’s working and what still needs improvement. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 12, 2017

What is the ideal blended learning environment? Many ask me what the best device is for learning. Sadly, I’ve even had educators argue this point with me in favor of one particular device. Good teaching and sound student-directed learning is not, and should not be, device dependent.

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Hansen's Link to Tech

MARCH 3, 2015

Think about apps like Snagit Thinglink , eduCanon , or EDpuzzle that provide interactive abilities and assessment. Apps Chromebook Cloud Google Apps for Education Google Chrome Google Classroom Google Drive' Poll your students to get immediate responses Daily attendance Be creative!

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 7, 2020

The post The Chromebook Infused Classroom – SULS070 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode, Kasey interviews Holly Clark about her new book, The Chromebook Infused Classroom. Learn all about the Infused Classroom model, using Hyperdocs for remote learning, and practical ways to go from analog to digital!

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 24, 2019

I have put together a list of the BEST and most popular Shake Up Learning blog posts from 2019. To all of my readers, thank you for helping me learn and grow as an educator! I learn so much from all of you! Shake Up Learning turned five in 2019, and now we are headed into our sixth year.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

One of the biggest issues facing the learning community today is creating diverse and equitable educational practices, tools and strategies. . His extensive work at the policy level led to his appointment as the California State Superintendent of Public Instruction’s Education Technology Taskforce. But first… Shoutout.

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