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Finishing Strong by Taking Chances?

Tech Helpful

What LMS does your district/school/coworker use? Edcamp Style Learning.I am a huge fan of the unconference model of professional development that the Edcamp model brought to education. This will be year four of my involvement with Edcamp Gigcity in Chattanooga, Tennessee. You aren't a Google school?

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Educational "Air Time"

Tech Helpful

And of course for me, I'm wondering if digital discussion boards in an LMS might be a solution to give the "quietest student a voice" a quote about technology I often requote from Jerry Blumengarten. You have to know who your students are to fill the needs.

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5 Innovative ways for teachers to connect with other teachers

Neo LMS

Collaboration is one of the most valued features of meeting with other teachers, and projects such as EdCamp have demonstrated how successful this informal style of unconference can be in inspiring and enabling teachers. 5 Innovative ways for teachers to connect with other teachers.

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Paperless Please

Hansen's Link to Tech

Start using an LMS (Learning Management System) such as Google Classroom , Schoology , Canvas , Edmodo , Moodle. Easy answer(s) is to contact your building/district coach, talk to your PLN, connect with a G+ Community, lurk or join Twitter Chat, attend a conference or edcamp. If you were excited for the idea of using new methods?

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A Framework for Blended PD (Part 2) – SULS072

Shake Up Learning

Our LMS platforms, like Google Classroom , would be perfect for this. The Edcamp model is a great way to offer teachers more ways to connect and learn together with very little planning. If you aren’t familiar with the Edcamp model, visit this page to learn more. Break into meaningful groups based on the pre-assessment.

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What Should First Year Teachers Know About Tech Integration?

Tech Helpful

Apps and websites like Kahoot, Socrative, Go Formative, or using school-based LMS quiz solutions allows for more knowledge based on individualized students. There are many different ways teachers can now easily ascertain in real time the learning happening in the classroom. I believe this is a game changer for education and can't be ignored.

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

NeverEndingSearch

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.