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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

Edsurge

What was once the premier, must-go conference in the education technology industry is now going away. Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1. But the pandemic accelerated the decision.

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2017 Teachers Pay Teachers’ July Conference — Overview

Ask a Tech Teacher

This vibrant educator community hosts teacher-authors who wish to sell their original lessons and ideas to other teachers, district administrators, homeschoolers, and unschoolers. Since its start in 2006 by a former teacher, it’s grown to over 3.4 TpT 2017 Conference Observations. million teachers buying or selling over 2.7

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This YouTube Star Says AI Will Become a Creative ‘Collaborator’ With Students

Edsurge

She even hosted a travel show back in 2006 where she jetset around the world meeting friends she had made on MySpace, a precursor to Facebook. And she recently shared her latest predictions with educators at the ISTE Live conference in New Orleans in June.

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How Family Engagement Leads to Student Success

Waterford

It happens when families commit to making their child’s education a priority, and teachers commit to listening and collaborating with families. With involvement, teachers hold the primary responsibility to set educational goals. Children with families engaged in their education are more likely to: Earn higher grades and test scores[1].

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Using Blog Tools Since 2006

Learning With Lucie

I would have to say that my experience started in the late 90's when were first learned how to publish on the web using HTML and FTP, but in 2006 when I discovered blogging tool I quickly knew that a new digital portfolio platform had been born. In 2005 I did my first Inquiry Action Project taking a look at the roles of blogging in education.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

My journey is not the only long, twisty, bumpy one in higher education (and, unfortunately, we lose too many faculty along the way). I’d much rather be working with educators, creating new resources, or sharing and interacting with others. Some faculty members are like race horses out of the gate. I’m also grateful for all of you.

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Educators as Purveyors of Hope

User Generated Education

One of the most powerful learnings from my training as a counselor was a comment I heard at a conference, Counselors need to be purveyors of hope since many clients get in trouble and/or seek counseling due to a lack of hope. I believe that educators do more counseling of children and young people than any other profession.

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