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Technology Training.In Pictures

The Web20Classroom

These are not meant to replace the face-to-face training that I do or the other resources I create. This is a great training resource out of the University of South Florida that provides some really basic information for teachers on how to do everything from burning CD''s to using email to hardware/software troubleshooting.

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

Support and training to promote continual professional learning. Schools that foster trust among parents, teachers, and school leaders are more likely to see academic improvement than schools that do little or fail to foster trust ( Bryk and Schneider, 2003 ). A safe and cooperative climate for learning.

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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

Edsurge

million (Seed) 2016 TAL Education Wonder Workshop $20 million (B) 2016 Sinovation Ventures, WI Harper Group Source: EdSurge, Crunchbase Where Business Booms. Wonder Workshop , which develops robot toys that teach kids how to code. 2014 TAL Education, Yongjin Group, ZhenFund One Month $1.9 An emerging giant in China is the.

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Webinar Tomorrow + Additional Speakers - "Responding to an Active Shooter in the Library"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DR. STEVE ALBRECHT For the past 17 years, Dr. Steve Albrecht has made himself well-known to library training audiences around the country. His fast and empowering workshops focus on library safety and security issues; patron behavioral problems; customer service tools; and facility security improvements. We have 2 sons, ages 15 and 11.

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Do You Make Your Learning Transparent to Others?

EdTechSandyK

Here are three recent examples from my life: Example One: During a workshop I was leading on Teaching with Multimedia/Digital Storytelling, I could not remember for the life of me how to export PowerPoint slides to.jpg files so they could be imported into Microsoft PhotoStory. Example Two: This one also comes in a workshop setting.

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Tonight - A True History of the MOOC

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The pivotal moment of his career happened when he was teaching at Hannam University in South Korea in 2003 surrounded by the papers of 275 writing students and wondering if he had them all. For me MOOCs are an ideal way for organizing expert knowledge exchange, community strengthening and train-the-trainer options.

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Helping Others Along – Motivation Theory and the SAMR Model

techlearning

When planning a training session there are a few things from the ARCS model to consider… Attention: arouse interest and curiosity Described: Stimulate perceptions (surprise, uncertainty, novelty, juxtapositions). Workshop and other in-service events are magnified by collaborative, shared-experiences. New York: Free, 2003.