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Whatever it takes: How this district pivoted with the pandemic

eSchool News

When speaking with Andrew Wallace, Director of Technology, South Portland Maine Schools , two classic marketing slogans come to mind: “Think Different” and “Just Do It.”. AW : We’ve been doing 1-to-1 in Maine since 2003 at a couple of grade levels.

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Free computer training resources and courses

Educational Technology Guy

As technology changes and schools upgrade software, add new apps, change hardware or operating systems, and more, faculty, staff and students need training and support. The Office 2010 course is great and I am sharing it with our users to help them transition from Office 2003 to Office 2010 because of the different menu system.

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Why Do Some Schools Get Better Quickly and Others Get Stuck?

Edsurge

Justin Reich now teaches digital media at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but his first job was teaching a short wilderness medicine course. EdSurge: Many schools have looked to bring in technology to help improve teaching. How well have you seen that approach go? And they would often say, ‘Well, I don't know.’

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Humanizing technology

Learning With Lucie

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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The Progression of our Lower School Technology Integration

Tech Helpful

This is the progression of technology integration at CCS lower school since I came on staff in January of 2004 as a part-time related arts computer teacher. I graduated with a Masters in Instructional Technology in 2007. I wanted them to learn that technology was a tool for their learning. We've come a long way baby!

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How to Transform Teaching with Tablets – From Tom Daccord & Justin Reich

EdTechTeacher

Getting computing devices into schools is relatively easy; changing classroom practice with technology is really, really hard. With every generation of computing technology, a small group of educators has been able to use new tools in transformative ways, but on the whole, classroom practices have proven stubbornly resistant to change.

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Use Design Thinking to Develop Critical Skills for a Global Economy

EdTechTeacher

After being handed a folder of case studies and escorted to the first classroom, I pulled out my iPad and prepared to take notes. Next, I formed a dozen arguments for why I should be allowed to use my iPad. Finally, I took a deep breath, politely asked if I could please borrow a pen, and put my phone and iPad away. References.