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Classroom prizes and grants available!

Educational Technology Guy

More than 340,000 students, educators and parents have “spoken” so far as part of this year’s Speak Up surveys about how they use – and how they would like to use – technology for learning. One of last year’s winners reported back, “I have been participating in the Speak Up survey ever since it started [in 2003].

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A Glimpse Into What's Possible

A Principal's Reflections

Fueled by social media, collaboration, and other online/offline learning endeavors, teachers and principals have quickly become the ambassadors for technology, initiating and catalyzing conversations in their buildings. Albrecht (2003) borrows two terms from physics - Entropy and Syntropy. New York: Amacon, 2003. Lets do this!

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Strategy, Serendipity, Sleepless Nights: 3 Edtech CEOs on ‘Great Exits’

Edsurge

Todd Brekhus learned a lesson in effective communication back in 2003. Brekhus’ story was just one shared from the main stage during the last day of the Software & Information Industry Association’s Ed Tech Industry Conference in San Francisco this week.

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The 9 Qualities of A Good Teacher

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

And since September 2003 the first time I stepped into a classroom as a teacher, a lot of things have changed in the field. Web technologies are now part and parcel of the teaching pedagogy and since the pandemic they have even taken center stage. I often think that teaching has come to me and not the other way around.

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How can teachers use VR in the classroom?

Neo LMS

These days, using multimedia tools is a foregone conclusion for the well-resourced teacher; technology is enabling greater interactivity and engagement between students as well as with the information they are required to learn. Teachers have a plethora of options when it comes to using technology in their lessons. Second Life.

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Parchment Merges with Credentials Solutions to Take On Transcripts and Certifications

Edsurge

Pittinsky also co-founded learning management services company Blackboard before co-founding Parchment in 2003. In this video from the 2014 ASU-GSV education conference, Matthew Pittinsky explains the thinking behind his company Parchment. Based in Scottsdale, Ariz.,

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Register Now for the Open Mini-Conference on Library "Expertise, Competencies, and Careers"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We're getting close to our Library 2.017 mini-conference: "Expertise, Competencies and Careers," which will be held online (and for free) March 29th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Additional information will be sent with the final conference information after registration.