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MLTI is not a Tech Buy or Commodity. It’s a Learning Initiative.

More Verbs

The Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) has been around since 2001, providing 7th & 8th Grade students and teachers with devices and more. Recently a new piece of “Concept Draft” legislation popped up: LD 137: An Act To Make the Maine Learning Technology Initiative More Cost-effective.

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Power of Teachers with iPads to Transform Teaching and Learning

The 21st Century Principal

Back in 2001, Ted McCain and Ian Jukes said this about technology in general: "We need to rethink what is really important in the use of technology. One thing I notice immediately in this classroom is the emphasis on what students are doing with the iPads, and not the iPads themselves. Any teacher can get kids to do that.

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Merge Cube Mania in Middle School

The CoolCatTeacher

When you scan the cube with your mobile device — it will work with an iPhone, an iPad, and it works with Android, but you have to have the Merge Cube app on it. Engaging Kindergarteners with Technology: Augmented Reality, iPads, QR Codes and More. You’ve got a bunch of apps on your iPad. Those codes serve as a trigger.

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Shapegrams: Grab-and-Go Google Drawings Lessons

Shake Up Learning

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. Over the years, I have authored books, produced videos, developed an iPad app, and blogged about learning and technology—all in an effort to support great teaching and deeper learning.

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Want More Innovation? Try Connecting the Dots Between Engineering and Humanities

Digital Promise

And in 2001, the engineering accreditation body ABET added a new criterion so as to ensure that students get “the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.”.

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#ETTChat: Kathy Schrock

EdTechTeacher

This summer and fall, we want to introduce you to some our EdTechTeacher Instructors and iPad Summit Boston Presenters and in a series called #ETTchat. Q: What is the #1 piece of advice you have for teachers looking to bring iPads and other devices into their classrooms? Kathy Schrock. This week we interview Kathy Schrock.

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

A perfect example of the device-before-pedagogy practice is the now-infamous 2011 Los Angeles Unified School District edtech initiative, which involved the purchase of more than 100,000 iPads for its classrooms to the tune of $500 million without any return on investment in terms of student outcomes. So, what can be done?

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