Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

As quoted in: Cavanagh, Sean. “ Sony Vows to Bring ‘Blockchain’ Tech to Education. Will It Take Hold in K-12? ” EdWeek Market Brief. 25 February 2016. Conceivably, if blockchain were to help students keep track of and share records of their academic experiences – in brick-and-mortar schools, virtual classes, from other sources – it could add detail and sophistication to efforts to “personalize” education, said Doug Levin, the president of EdTech Strategies LLC, a consulting organization, in an i

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FEBRUARY 27, 2016

The Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) was not designed to be primarily an equity of access to technology program (although that was part of it). And it wasn’t designed to be primarily a program by which students could develop technology skills (although that was part of it). MLTI was designed to be primarily a learning initiative. It was designed so that teachers could design lessons for their own content area that created powerful learning experiences for learners and leveraged

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TeacherCast

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

I promise this won't be a rant on the podcasting world. I promise this will not be negative sounding in any way. I do promise that if you are interested in taking your podcast to the next level, you will need to seriously consider some of these points as sage advice from a guy who has recorded literally hundreds of podcasts.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

February 28, 2016 Learning math doesn’t have to be always boring. Kids can enjoy learning math through the use of a wide variety of game-based learning strategies. Some of these come in the form of.read more.

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EdTechTeacher

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

Patrick Larkin writes regularly on his Education Week blog, Reinventing K-12 Learning. He first published this post on February 18th. As someone who is a big proponent of Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc. as tools to communicate, connect, and learn, I often get asked about the downside of social media use for educators. My honest answer is that I really don’t see a downside for educators in using social media tools for the purposes I mention above.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

February, 2016 Below are two popular math apps that have gone free today and only for a limited period of time. Both of these apps are designed for kids in their early grades to help them learn and.read more.

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The 21st Century Principal

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

“Empower” is another slippery word, used with good intentions, but when we really break it down, it can have a very negative connotation." Mark Adams, Courageous Conflict: Leading with Integrity and Authenticity What does it really mean that we have empowered those in our schools and those who are followers? Lately, you hear this word "empowerment" a great deal in educational leadership discourse.

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Bryan Alexander

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

The American state of Illinois continues to experience a political deadlock, and that crisis has claimed another campus. Running out of money thanks to the state’s paralysis, Western Illinois University is preparing for a harsh set of cuts and other measures. On the human side, that means cutting 100 people, “(faculty and staff) across divisions” I can’t find any information about which units and departments are being hit.

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The Innovative Educator

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

This week's top post took the number one spot in one week. The topic strategies to brand your school. If you want your school to tell it's own story, check out that post. The posts honoring Deven Black, an award-winning librarian who was violently murdered, remain at the top. Many found the post about attendance procedures had helpful time saving tips.

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Teacher Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

This is my 1000th blog post on alicekeeler.com. I started blogging years ago in response to helping other teachers on my campus with their tech questions. At first I would reply to the entire staff to reduce having to answer the same question repeatedly. This evolved into creating a website to post answers to questions. […].

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Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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