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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 & 29 Editions)

Doug Levin

" Tagged on: July 23, 2017 Education Division Strategic Plan | National Governors Association → NGA's Education Division has a new strategic plan (2017-2020), which includes a focus on personalized learning. Tagged on: July 20, 2017 Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores? I think the latter."

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Flipsnack: A fun way to make interactive online magazines #edtech

The CoolCatTeacher

You get most of the pro features for free but it is limited to a class of ten students. And then also from an elementary standpoint, I had a teacher use it in lieu of … she used to have her students write personal narratives and then they would bind the book together as a classroom set and put it in the library.

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Learning Revolution Shows This Week: "Teaching by Heart," "Connected Classroom," "Exceptional Learners," "Thrive in EDU," and "REINVENTING.SCHOOL" #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

This week we're encouraging the group to watch a special webinar, one in a series presented by Catalyst @ Penn GSE featuring winners of the Harold W. 4:00 PM - Thrive in EDU - Special Guest Mandy Froehlich. Host Rebecca Muller, Special Educator and Advocate, Collingswood High School. McGraw, Jr. Prize for Education. See you "online!"

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Learning Revolution Shows Today and Tomorrow: "Connected Classroom," "Exceptional Learners," 2 x "Thrive in EDU," and "REINVENTING.SCHOOL" #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We have five Learning Revolution shows this week ("Teaching by Heart" is on hiatus, "Thrive in EDU is doing two back-to-back!). 3:00 PM - Thrive in EDU with Rachelle Dene Poth - "Focus on the Focus" with Dave Schmittou. 4:00 PM - Thrive in EDU with Rachelle Dene Poth - Back to School Innovation Tips with Dr. Justin Aglioin.

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AhaSlides- Create Engaging Presentations Using Live Quizzes, Polls, and Q&A

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

It makes use of numerous interactive features such as live quizzes, polls, Q&A, scale ratings, word clouds, and spinner wheels to engage participants and creating immersive learning experiences. Below is a quick overview of some of the interactive features provided by AhaSlides: 1.

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Ed Tech News, a New Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

ANNOUNCEMENTS The Library 2.011 worldwide virtual conference is almost here! Huge thanks to the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science , the founding sponsor of the conference. iOS 5 contains a number of new features, including better notifications, wireless syncing, and Twitter integration.

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What’s New: New Tools for Schools

techlearning

Software & Online CAPSTONE PEBBLEGO SPANISH DATABASE FOR K-12 STUDENTS ( www.capstonepub.com/library/digital/whats-new/ ) Capstone is pleased to announce its most popular PebbleGo databases are now available in Spanish. SONIC FOUNDRY MEDIASITE SEARCH & TRANSLATION FEATURES ( www.sonicfoundry.com ) Sonic Foundry, Inc.

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