Educational Technology Guy

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

I just recently posted an article with Free Computer Training Resources and another one with a Collection of free training resources for Windows, Office, Google Apps, and more as I''ve been collecting resources for our staff, faculty, and students. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 30, 2017

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. Google Cardboard.

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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 8, 2014

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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Learning With Lucie

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Yesterday I had the absolute privilege to join thousands of amazing educators learning and sharing their learning as part of the Google for Education on Air Event - If Takes A Teacher. I also learned preparing for my own session - Personalized Learning With Google Tools.

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Learning With Lucie

JUNE 7, 2015

Amongst several comments, one particularly struck a chord with me - "Yes, I see that you are humanizing technology". And although I did not use those words -- the fact that it humanized the technology was part of the reason I was excited about this form factor in a laptop. Feels pretty human to me!

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Edsurge

JULY 12, 2017

The organization made its mark in 2003 when they created the nation’s first county jail charter school. It was made possible by two unexpected Bay Area allies: the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency , who donated the bus, and Google, who shelled out $100,000 to make the project possible.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 31, 2015

“Every two days,” says former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, “we now create as much information as we did from the dawn of civilization up until 2003.” Avoiding worst-case technology scenarios through mindfulness. Today, in this era of Big Data, explosive can hardly describe the exponential rate of growth.

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The Thinking Stick

MARCH 8, 2020

I have had experience with “Going Virtual School” three times in my career and every time it was similar and yet different due to the technology we had. 2003 – In Saudi Arabia due to terrorism in the country, I helped my school set up and run Moodle to do Virtual School. Roughly 20 districts raised their hands. seize the moment!

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2020

Listen to this week’s podcast on Apple Podcasts , Overcast , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen, or use the player below. Sixth graders, from our data analysis, really are the epitome of the student learner today [as far as] leveraging the experiences that they have with technology.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Some of this is a result of an influx of Silicon Valley types in recent years — people with no ties to education or education technology who think that their ignorance and lack of expertise is a strength. In technology, all that matters is tomorrow." I mean forgetting what happened five, ten years ago.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 2, 2013

This is the third in a series of blog posts on the future of learning and technology. In my previous blog post I examined the debate about whether we are becoming more intelligent or less intelligent as a result of our prolonged and habituated uses of technology. But the digital divide will not stop the march of technology.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2018

Photo Credit: Jenny Abamu Despite a relatively new building, constructed in 2003 as part of a former superintendent’s turnaround project, Fisher has suffered from consistent low performance—falling far below state standards on exams and adjusted growth targets designed specifically for the school. Fisher Magnet Upper Academy.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Susan Gentz is a partner at K20Connect, a consulting consortium of experts focused on education leadership, technology and policy. She has also leveraged these skills to create employee onboarding and training programs at Apple, Facebook, Google and Uber. This article was modified and published by eSchool News. About the Presenters.

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NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 14, 2015

Founded in 2003, CyArk (for cyber archive), is an international nonprofit dedicated to enhancing accessibility to and digitally preserving heritage sites for future generations. You may also be interested in the Google Cultural Institute. The site also suggests a range of emerging career options.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University has been playing video games for four hours every day since 2003, solving puzzles and battling bosses in games such as Doom, Darksiders 2 and Uncharted 4. Gee: The first game I played was Adventures of the New Time Machine , in 2003.

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EdTechSandyK

JUNE 14, 2012

TeacherTrainingVideos.com - [link] Created by Russell Stannard, a specialist in the use of media and technology. TeachParentsTech.org - [link] This site is created by Google employees who want to help a more mature generation of tech users get their bearings in the world of technology.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

“Investors, particularly in China, are looking across the Pacific to check out innovative tools and models that they haven’t explored or implemented back home,” observes Victor Hu, Global Head of Education Technology and Services at Goldman Sachs’ investment banking division. Last year, at least 10 U.S.-based edtech startups.

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Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

Today, Gaggle provides our Safe Classroom Learning Management System and Safety Management products for Google Apps for Education or Office 365 to millions of students who are creating, collaborating and sharing in a safe environment. Our customers purchase these services because they offer real value. After all, “I’m the Gaggle Guy.”

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Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

Today, Gaggle provides our Safe Classroom Learning Management System and Safety Management products for Google Apps for Education or Office 365 to millions of students who are creating, collaborating and sharing in a safe environment. Our customers purchase these services because they offer real value. After all, “I’m the Gaggle Guy.”

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Brainscape

MAY 18, 2022

Get Brainscape Smart Flashcards: App Store | Google Play Some other (totally FREE) treats in Brainscape’s toolbox include: Brainscape’s Law Academy : a rich and valuable resource that’ll arm you with the right study techniques and mindset to take on law school and the mighty bar exam.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Nature reported that from 2003 to 2012, ASU’s federally funded research portfolio increased by 162 percent, surpassing the growth at other research institutions. He worries about whether innovations like online education or scaled technology strategies can help grow mature, responsible citizens. Seeing the good ideas.

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IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

For the past several years the Horizon Report has listed mobile learning, in one form or another, as an emerging educational technology (e.g. Mobile technologies have changed over the years: from the early PDAs, Blackberrys and feature phones with texting capability and cameras, to tablets and eReaders to the ubiquitous smartphones of today.

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The Electric Educator

JUNE 1, 2009

In 2003 Microsoft and the city of Philadelphia set out to build the " School of the Future." Technology is good, but only when it is implemented for a reason. You can find me on Twitter (@jrsowash), Google+, Linkedin (jrsowash), and YouTube (jrsowash). educational technology future of education' They didn''t."

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The Electric Educator

MAY 9, 2011

Vrasidas & Zembylas (2003 in Rice 2006) identified high quality materials and frequent teacher-student interaction as key components to student success. Journal of Research on Technology in Education 38.4 You can find me on Twitter (@jrsowash), Google+, Linkedin (jrsowash), and YouTube (jrsowash). 2006): 425-448.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 31, 2019

These stats come from a new, nationally representative survey of media use among children ages 8-18, by Common Sense Media, which has been tracking this since 2003. Just ask Ashley Mingo, a junior at the Hudson High School of Learning Technologies in New York City. “And I was like, this song sounds really cool! What is this from?

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EdTechSandyK

JUNE 24, 2011

When you are seen as a technology expert or specialist it may be difficult or embarrassing to admit when you don''t know how or why something technical works, but I think it''s highly important to share when you don''t know. After a few minutes of looking, realizing time was short, I asked for the keyboard and went to Google.

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The 21st Century Principal

MAY 26, 2019

The number of bibliographical entries or research articles does not automatically mean a 'valid technology.' Anyone with an APA manual and Google Scholar can make a bibliography. The problems we deal with in our schools are very often local contextual issues. English, F. Springfield: Charles C. Robinson, Ken.

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 21, 2016

To be successful in a knowledge economy, students will require the ability to complete non-routine tasks, solve unstructured problems, and employ technologies for communication, collaboration, and creation (Autor, & Price, 2013; Collet, Hine, & Plessis, 2015).

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EdTechTeacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

” The idea, though, that the kids had separated from technology was ridiculous as Justin shows a YouTube video on how to make a rainbow loom starbust bracelet that has been viewed over 30 million times! Technology plays an extraordinary role in developing these two key categories of skills. Design Thinking.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

The scientific research on reading goes back decades, from work psychologists were doing in the 1960s to more recent discoveries by neuroscientists using brain imaging technology. So in 2015, Butler and her colleagues decided to repeat the study they’d done in 2003. .” We are not born wired to read.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Karen Blumberg Technology Integrator The School at Columbia University BIO : Karen Blumberg is an educational technologist at The School at Columbia University working with faculty and students to integrate technology academically, respectfully, and responsibly. Our students are children of technology and the web.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

Of course, media literacy is always evolving as technology and culture shift, and there's no shortage of smart frameworks that each define it slightly differently. They also have handy guides and advice like student privacy settings for Chromebooks and Google/GAFE accounts. For more, check out our review.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2021

During the spring of 2020,” shared Tom Walker, Director of Technology for Massac Unit School District #1 in Illinois, “our focus was, because of all the inequity, making sure first and foremost that our students were fed.” Cultivate a mindset on using new tech apps, invaluable during the pandemic: Google Classroom, Google Drive, Kahoot!,

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

In 2005, Joan Didion published The Year of Magical Thinking , which chronicles her husband’s death in December 2003, shortly after their daughter had fallen into septic shock and been placed an induced coma. I want to start this year’s review of education technology acknowledging grief. Mourn and Organize. So many losses.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Her passion for smart entertainment has lead her around the world, speaking on the role of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics) programming on television. Since then she has served in various capacities including as a literacy coach, ed tech professional development manager and technology innovation manager.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 14, 2012

Join me Tuesday, May 15th, for live and interactive Future of Education conversation with Mark Bauerlein to talk about his new book, The Digital Divide: Arguments for and Against Facebook, Google, Texting, and the Age of Social Networking , and how this reflects our perspectives on teaching and learning. psid=2012-05-15.1018.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350

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Iterating Toward Openness

DECEMBER 3, 2015

The internet’s early designers were not trying to facilitate the creation of a Google, Facebook, Amazon, WordPress, Wikipedia, or OpenCourseWare. A few years later, Creative Commons entered the scene and on June 30, 2003 I officially shutdown the open licensing work I was doing.

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