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Interview with Noah Geisel, @SenorG: Motivate with Digital Badges!

Teacher Reboot Camp

In my new book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions , each mission is accompanied by a digital badge and also students complete a mission to design a badge to recognize their peers’ achievements or leadership. Noah also co-founded and hosts #BadgechatK12 on Mondays at 6:30p.m

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

And we're serving more and more students who are just learning English. Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. Yet these student growth gains are not reflected in most edtech implementations.

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Study: One-to-One Laptop Programs Improve Student Learning

Doug Levin

The post Study: One-to-One Laptop Programs Improve Student Learning appeared first on EdTech Strategies. Zheng and colleagues for a solid contribution to the emerging research base on the impact of technology in K-12 schools on student academic achievement.

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Helping Teachers Reach Every Student

EdNews Daily

Editor’s note: This is one in a series of profiles about the men and women who are creating today’s EdTech companies. Smith assumed his role at Reading Horizons in October 2001 and since has overseen steady sales growth and a multitude of improvements to their line of products. Kenna McHugh is a staff writer at the Learning Counsel.

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Two Edthena Partners Featured in National Broadband Imperative Report

Edthena

Here’s an excerpt: Cornerstone hired a blended learning director and implemented a 1-to-1 rotational-blended learning model that allows teachers to provide differentiated, small group instruction to all scholars. Watch Diane present about how St. Vrain uses Edthena.

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Shapegrams: Grab-and-Go Google Drawings Lessons

Shake Up Learning

Since 1998 I’ve been a pioneer in digital learning, having a classroom website before many classrooms even had internet access. In 2001 I had a one-to-one classroom with Palm Pilots, and in 2005 I started one of the first podcasts from an elementary school.

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