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Instructor Spotlight: Tom Driscoll

EdTechTeacher

Following his graduate research at Columbia University, Tom began writing and speaking nationally about his practical experiences teaching and iterating blended learning models.

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10 Ways Google Certification Can Support Remote Learning – SULS063

Shake Up Learning

The post 10 Ways Google Certification Can Support Remote Learning – SULS063 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Sink or swim, teachers and educators across the globe have clung to tools like Google Classroom and Google Meet to survive school closures and remote learning. I don’t work for Google.

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4 lessons learned about AI in 2023

eSchool News

Jobs’ launch of the iPhone in 2007 led to a revolution in mobile computing. Traditionalists see this and immediately think that students are taking a shortcut, much like when Google became prevalent at the turn of the century and people guffawed at the fact that students didn’t use their Encyclopedia Britannica anymore.

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Need a Substitute Teacher? Try an ELF Instead

Edsurge

In 2007, a trio of Harvard researchers found that “even 10 days of teacher absences can have an impact.reducing, for example, students’ math achievement by 3.3 The ELF empowers students to set the pace and path of their own learning. This happens in a blended learning environment called the Independent Digital Learning Center (IDLC).

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Summer SuperHighway: Liliana Richter on Teaching for Social Justice

Education Superhighway

They also had smart boards, laptops, Google Classroom, and all sorts of subscriptions to student online resources. This school also has laptops available and Google Classroom, but not smart boards. Do you think of your students as digital natives? How comfortable are they using technology as a learning tool? (My

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Strategies for Closing the Digital Equity Gap

edWeb.net

According to Davis, Fuller, Jackson, Pittman, and Sweet (2007) , the definition of digital equity is “equal access and opportunity to digital tools, resources, and services to support an increase in digital knowledge, awareness, and skills.” Overcoming Barriers.

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What Happened to the ‘$100 Laptop’?

Edsurge

Listen to this week’s podcast on the Apple Podcast app , Overcast , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen, or in the player below. EdSurge recently connected with Ames to talk about the book and about her theory about the dangers of what she calls “charismatic technology.” It was all over the news.

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