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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

Robert obtained their Master of Science degree in Engineering from Boise State University between 2002 and 2005. Research Quest: Free Middle School Science Project-Based Learning Unboxing the Lenovo Flex 5i: The Best Chromebook. Robert Letcher has a solid education background with a focus on instructional and performance technologies.

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Seesaw in the Elementary Music Classroom with Amy Burns

The CoolCatTeacher

She is the recipient of the 2005 TI:ME Teacher of the Year, 2016 NJ Master Music Teacher, 2016 Governor’s Leader in Arts Education, and the 2017 NJ Nonpublic School Teacher of the Year Awards. She has authored three books on how to integrate technology into the elementary music classroom. Maarten, and Australia. Blog: amymburns.com .

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What Happened to the ‘$100 Laptop’?

Edsurge

Back in 2005, one of the biggest stories in tech was a project by a group of MIT professors to build a $100 laptop and give them to children in schools around the world. Today there are a whole bunch of teachers out there using Chromebooks, and you'll see these maybe even in some universities too, which are these very low-end devices.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Tablets, laptops, and Chromebooks have become as commonplace as notebooks, enabling students to access a vast reservoir of information and educational resources at their fingertips. Through my journey in the EdTech world, I have seen first hand the transformative power of educational technology and its vast impact on students learning.

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Do You Teach With a Paper-Based Mindset?

techlearning

Google Docs was developed in 2005 by Sam Schillace. John is the author of The Chromebook Classroom and founder of the Google Certification Academy. Paper was invented around 100 BC in China. While Google Docs is designed to look like paper, It isn't an improved version of paper - it's something different entirely.

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The TeacherCast Ultimate Guide To Podcasting

TeacherCast

However, if you are looking to carve out a niche teaching about the most innovative ways you can use an edtech product, then maybe you should be considering using YouTube and your blog as a vehicle for promoting your content. Audio Technica 2005 USB Microphone. These cables are for the 2005's as well as the MOVO Lav mics.

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Newsletter: Used PCs to Chromebooks (Today), New "Privacy Con" Speakers, More GlobalEd.TV, Quotes + News

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Of particular note are the special "turn your old pcs into Chromebooks" event today, the pretty amazing new speakers we have for "Privacy Con" (the Library 2.106 event next week), and new library events in June and October ("Library as Classroom" and "Libraries of the Future"). Receive a special 15% discount at the end just by attending!