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JANUARY 17, 2022

I began using Twitter in my classroom soon after its introduction in 2006. The discussion was based on the research of primary and secondary documents and was quite creative. I found creative uses for it in my history teaching, even at that time. What a great resource.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Now, if my child asks me a question about anything, we can Google it on my phone from wherever we happen to be. But the idea of the flipped classroom is credited to Jonathan Bergman and Aaron Sams in 2006. We learned what we could from the books we had access to and memorized facts to regurgitate on tests.

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techlearning

JANUARY 24, 2019

It started with an idea in 2006: what if we bring Google’s suite of productivity tools to schools? 40 million students and educators rely on Google Classroom to stay organized and support creative teaching techniques, and 30 million use Chromebooks to open up a world of possibilities both inside and outside the classroom.

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EdTechTeam

JULY 14, 2017

I learned that it is possible to become a Certified Google Educator and thought, “I love to use Google tools for Education. My ego was quickly deflated when I learned that the Google Certification test was 3 hours long and notoriously challenging. I should take and ace this test right now to get my certification!”

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 2, 2020

Since it’s now 2020, I thought it would be fun to revisit Karl Fisch’s video from 2006, titled 2020 Vision. Google buys Logitech and a whole host of media companies and university lectures. Google buys Ford, Apple, and AMD, allowing it to make breakthroughs in solar energy, battery technology, and quantum computing.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

Her previous experiences include being a classroom business teacher at the high school and post-secondary levels, assistant director of a vocational cooperative, principal at East Noble High School, and assistant superintendent at East Noble School Corporation. Ann earned her bachelors, masters, and Ed.S.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

Her previous experiences include being a classroom business teacher at the high school and post-secondary levels, assistant director of a vocational cooperative, principal at East Noble High School, and assistant superintendent at East Noble School Corporation. Ann earned her bachelors, masters, and Ed.S.

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