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What Really Engages Students

The CoolCatTeacher

She discovered some surprising trends that will impact how we teach teachers to teach and how we look at a school altogether. Heather is passionate about Project Based Learning and believes the Maker Movement for teachers is in curriculum design. Variety may not only be the spice of life but it may be the spice of learning!

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4 exciting trends that will define the 2018 education industry

eSchool News

On top of that, there is promise for continued education outside of the classroom; just look at Google’s recent $1B pledge over the next five years to help train Americans for jobs in technology. Let’s examine four key trends that are expected to shape the education industry this coming year: 1.

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The ‘Maker’ Movement: Understanding What the Research Says

Marketplace K-12

Few trends in K-12 ed tech are as hot–or as under-researched–as “Maker” education. The Maker Movement has its roots outside of school, in institutions such as science museums and in the informal activities that everyday people have taken part in for generations.

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‘Maker’ Movement Draws Attention at SXSWedu, and littleBits Shifts Into K-12

Marketplace K-12

See a video the company produced explaining its K-12 product: LittleBits is also the first kit the New York-based company has created that includes an entire STEAM professional development offering to help educators make use of the product in the classroom. Educators can also get ideas through a mobile app.

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Top 4 microtrends in e-learning

Neo LMS

My research revealed a couple more exciting trends and emergent ideas in e-learning, so I promised another four for this week. Let’s call them micro-trends as they are smaller in scale, but nonetheless likely to have an impact on how and what we learn. Last week I introduced three megatrends affecting e-learning. Microlearning.

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7 Hot Edtech Topics #iste19 #notatiste19

The CoolCatTeacher

Urkund: Today’s Sponsor Urkund is great as a plagiarism prevention tool and connects with most common Learning Management Systems like Google Classroom, Moodle, and Canvas or as a stand-alone web tool or by email. Listen to the Stacey Roshan talk about 7 edtech trends Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher Stream by clicking here.

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No Begging Required: Teachers Share 5 Creative Ways to Fund Classroom Technology

Edsurge

She is not alone, as educators around the United States get ready to start the 2017-18 school year, supplies—particularly technology—can cost classrooms hundreds of thousands of dollars. Ellen Goodman Luckily for educators, there are ways to get tech tools into the classrooms that don’t involve panhandling. This is a process.