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2017 Teachers Pay Teachers’ July Conference — Overview

Ask a Tech Teacher

Since its start in 2006 by a former teacher, it’s grown to over 3.4 Seminar Overview. Each of the seminars I attended (a handful of roughly five dozen offered) was filled with pithy ideas, how-tos, and problem-solving. Seminars I attended included: using social media to spread the word. building an email list.

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Future Trends Forum #8, with Jim Groom: full recording, notes, and Storify

Bryan Alexander

Twitter activity during the hour was also very energetic, so I Storified it. For more background on containers Jim recommended Marc Levinson’s book The Box (2006). One mentioned that their institution used to host WordPress locally, but is now exploring externally hosted social media (Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc).

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Future Trends Forum #8, with Jim Groom: full recording, notes, and Storify

Bryan Alexander

Twitter activity during the hour was also very energetic, so I Storified it. For more background on containers Jim recommended Marc Levinson’s book The Box (2006). One mentioned that their institution used to host WordPress locally, but is now exploring externally hosted social media (Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc).

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PROOF POINTS: Does growth mindset matter? The debate heats up

The Hechinger Report

Scholars have been debating the conflicting claims by email and on Twitter. The theory of growth mindset was developed by Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck over decades, and it exploded onto the education scene with her 2006 best-selling book, “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success.” They’re struggling.

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7 Key Characteristics Of Better Learning Feedback

TeachThought - Learn better.

And, in terms of improving discussion or Socratic Seminar, video can be transformative: when students see snippets of tape of their prior discussions they are fascinated to study it and surprised by how much gets missed in the fast flow of conversation. Harvard Business School Press, Giving Feedback (2006). McGraw Hill. W W Norton.

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Going on the Offensive: Cyber Security Strategies for Schools

edWeb.net

Many schools still rely on the once-a-year cyber security seminar or focus on too narrowly on a specific issue, like not posting student info online. You are invited to connect with him on Twitter and share your favorite leadership book at @pj_aiken. They offered key strategies for going on the offensive against hackers.