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10 Essential Online Learning Best Practices – Free Webinar

The CoolCatTeacher

I also know that that I too have a lot to learn, even though I’ve been teaching online since 2006 and have collaborated globally for years. So, last week I called one of my major sponsors – a distance learning professional development company – Advancement Courses.

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4 Ways to Teach With Play

The CoolCatTeacher

Winner of the ISTE Online Learning Award 2006 and Best Talk Show Host in Education 2014 and many Best Teacher Blog awards, Vicki seeks to shine a spotlight on what works in education wherever it happens in the world. Host: Vicki Davis. Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher is a full-time classroom teacher in Camilla, Georgia.

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Theories for the digital age: The digital natives discourse

Learning with 'e's

It could be argued that these theories stem back to the seminal claim of Marshall McLuhan (1964) that ‘we shape our tools and thereafter, our tools shape us.’ 2006) Homo Zappiens: Growing up in a Digital Age London: Network Continuum Education. 2011) Visitorsand Residents: A new typology for online engagement. Tapscott, D.

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To fight teacher shortages, schools turn to custodians, bus drivers and aides 

The Hechinger Report

Reach began in 2006 as a certification program for entry-level teachers who had a degree but still needed a credential. Some states have staffing shortages only in specific areas, like special education, STEM or elementary ed. One of the challenges is that the programs rarely target the specific needs of schools, he said.

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Theories for the digital age: The digital natives discourse

Learning with 'e's

It could be argued that these theories stem back to the seminal claim of Marshall McLuhan (1964) that ‘we shape our tools and thereafter, our tools shape us.’ 2006) Homo Zappiens: Growing up in a Digital Age London: Network Continuum Education. 2011) Visitorsand Residents: A new typology for online engagement. Tapscott, D.

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The Long Tail of Education

The Electric Educator

The title of Anderson''s book stems from the graphic below (click to enlarge) which shows that while a large portion of consumers are condensed at the front of the tail, an equal number of consumers are positioned within the infinitely long end of the tail. This represents a 47% increase since 2005-2006. Choice is good.

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MAD about Mattering: A New Global Collaborative App Project #steam

The CoolCatTeacher

“So far, many students have collaboratively written, researched, created video, and even built virtual worlds, but now it is time to engineer together,” says Vicki Davis, author of the award winning Cool Cat Teacher Blog and an original founder of the Flat Classroom Project, winner of the ISTE 2006 Online Learning Award.

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