Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

Every day at Digital Promise, we work with leading educators, researchers, and developers across the country to help close the Digital Learning Gap and improve learning for all. This year, Digital Promise has proposed a record 15 (!) Applying Research to Truly Personalize Learning. Let’s use VR for good.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 12, 2023

Mobile apps have made it super easy for kids to learn in fun and engaging ways, anywhere anytime. There are tons of learning apps for kids out there and the choices can sometimes be confusing. However, one of the effective ways to select a learning app for your kids is by considering their learning interests and needs.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 6, 2018

Jeff Bradbury on episode 267 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Advancement Courses has more than 200 graduate level online professional development courses for K-12 teachers. Why did you START podcasting? Listen Now. Stream by clicking here.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

Welcome to the third in this series of posts promting the idea of going to SAMR and beyond. A big shout out to EdTech Magazine for recognizing this blog on its 2017 Honor Roll. I especially appreciated the following quote, “On his blog, Gorman shares what he has learned with a focus on how tech enables project-based learning.”

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 1, 2015

Learning Culture. Based on twelve years of research, she argues that vulnerability is not weakness, but rather our clearest path to courage, engagement, and meaningful connection. There are a LOT of great books for teachers out there. Now all of these are exceptional reads. They are in no particular order. Educational Psychology.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 9, 2018

Meg Ormiston on episode 270 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In today’s show, Meg Ormiston gives us an idea for each of the 5 C’s: creativity, collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and computational thinking. She’s in a K-2 building?

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 29, 2018

Kasey Bell on episode 322 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. From stop motion to video controls and cool add-ins for formative assessment and graphics, learn about this Swiss Army Knife of Google tools – Google Slides. Listen Now. Enhanced Transcript.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 16, 2017

With a goal of encouraging creativity and meaningful communication without requiring a degree in graphic design, Adobe Spark allows users to integrate text, photos, original fonts, video, audio, professional themes, and icons into simple but professional projects that communicate ideas cohesively and quickly. How to get started.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 25, 2019

ANGELA: So I want to start with the subheading from your book that stood out to me the most because I don’t think I’ve ever seen it in a book for teachers before and it’s this: remember there is nothing to fix. I looked her up, and am SO grateful for the introduction because she is my people!

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Study Facebook Exercises Classroom 69

techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

New audiovisual tools are supporting next-level collaboration, soft skills development, and design thinking in K-12 schools. If you want to prepare for the future of educational technology, start by exploring the past. Here is a sample of case studies that illustrate how AV can turn K-12 spaces into student-driven hubs.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 21, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update May 20, 2014 Teaching is a strategic act of engagement. James Bellanca The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own "conference 2.0" virtual and physical events and those of our over 200 partners in the learning professions. Check it out at ISTEunplugged.com. Call for Proposals.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The Emergency Home Learning (& More) Summit is in its final week. For the next eight days we'll be publishing three special 30-minute video interviews each day with an amazing set of learning experts (see below), for a total of 24 interviews (and maybe a surprise bonus interview or two). See all of the speakers here.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The Consortium for School Networking, CoSN, has taken up the mantle for the K-12 version.

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