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Parent/Educator EDU

My Island View

We need to engage Parents and educators in conversations about learning: What is it, and how do we get kids to attain it? Conversation is the best tool for collaboration, which is the basis for adult learning. All Edcamp topic sessions are based on conversation and not lecture. Anyone can pose a topic for discussion.

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Poor teachers: Who is to blame?

My Island View

I have addressed this in several earlier posts, but it needs to be re-stated until people finally begin to understand that there are differences in how adults effectively learn, andragogy, compared to the motivations in learning by children, which is pedagogy. It is how kids learn best. Collaboration vs. Lecture.

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Edtech Needs More Infrastructure, Educator Support in 2017

Edsurge

Initiatives like ConnectED are thus critically important to equip schools with high-speed internet so that all students can benefit from the latest learning innovations like media-rich, personalized content, live remote tutoring and mentoring, and content creation and publishing tools.

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Wahoo! The 2013 Global Education Conference - Still Time to Present + Plan to Attend!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Don Buckley Co-founder Tools At Schools Design and Maker Thinking - how can they be part of our Everyday in Education The focus of this presentation is to investigate the teaching and learning of design and maker thinking in schools. Should we be teaching these processes in our schools? How can this thinking we integrated into education?

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Understanding The Deep Fake: A Troubling Trend

The CoolCatTeacher

With respect to school change, he describes himself as a “catalyst for creative engagement and collaborative learning.” He is the author of several books on effectively using digital technologies to communicate and assess learning. He is an organizer for Oklahoma EdCamp and the PLAYDATE OKC professional development conferences.

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