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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

So many people ask me how to respond to Artificial Intelligence and my response is always, that we need to shift our pedagogical practices into the classroom to the time-tested research-based best practices. Robert obtained their Master of Science degree in Engineering from Boise State University between 2002 and 2005.

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Don’t Rely on Cute Apps and Games to Teach Coding. Turn to Your Students Instead.

Edsurge

In 2002, I founded a summer coding camp, SummerTech, located on the campus of Purchase College, SUNY. Identify local college computer-science programs and hire students who know how to code. Early coding can be done on any computer more powerful than a Chromebook. This, I learned the hard way. The kids had plenty of fun.

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Dave Eggers on Finding Creative Refuge From the ‘Lunacy’ of Technology

Edsurge

But the increasingly sophisticated technologies that people have come to rely on should not absolve personal responsibility for learning how to spell, write or communicate, says Dave Eggers. That’s a spirit that is very much a part of 826, a network of elaborately whimsical tutoring and writing centers that Eggers helped launch in 2002.

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5 Augmented and Virtual Reality Creation Tools for Students

Shake Up Learning

Luckily, augmented and virtual reality tools (often abbreviated AR and VR respectively) are becoming readily accessible to anyone with a smartphone, tablet or even a Chromebook. The tools listed are in no particular order and are tools that are readily accessible with smartphones, tablets, Chromebooks or even desktop computers.

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From Testing to Transformational Change with Pam Moran

The CoolCatTeacher

Screencastify is the screencasting tool I recommend for Google Chrome and Chromebooks. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive. They flipped to one-to-one sometime around 2002. How to Get Buy-in For Transformational Change from Teachers. You go to Henrico County?

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@Quizizz : Say Goodbye to Worksheets and Crosswords

The CoolCatTeacher

So I’m going to take you back in my way back machine, in the year 2002; I’m minding my own business, teaching sixth grade, doing Latin roots. So I taught my kids how to self-correct. The kids come in, I say, get out your phones, or get out your Chromebooks or your iPads; boom, we’re going to do the test. What grade?

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Back to School with Applied Digital Skills

EdTechTeam

Their website is easy to navigate and gives students and teachers voice and choice in how to learn and share their knowledge for each lesson. This blog post takes you through how to make your first Applied Digital Skills class. I have taught science since 1999 and have been a district technology leader since 2002. cauthersj.