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What's Really Getting in the Way of Teachers Embracing Edtech?

Edsurge

a math teacher and instructional coach at Brashier Middle College Charter High School in Simpsonville, South Carolina, has more than two decades of experience and spends a lot of time thinking about edtech. Amy Ballard, Ph.D., Ballard understands that better than most.

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How Districts Can Inform EdTech Companies to Make Better Products

Education Elements

Innovation often requires leading, not following, in technology advancement. I was involved in two important decisions in 2007 while serving as the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction at Maine Township High School District 20 in Illinois.

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An Onboarding Course to Help Your New Edtech Hires Empathize With Educators

Edsurge

The most effective educational tools and services are ones developed and informed by those with firsthand experience in schools. But the reality is that there are not enough people with this background in the edtech industry. The journey into the edtech industry is different for everyone. Read the updates too: parts one and two.

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Edtech and Social Emotional Learning #sel

The CoolCatTeacher

Today Dr. Michelle Zimmerman @mrzphd talks about social emotional learning and education technology. With insights on everything from Minecraft, to digital inking, to common mistakes made with technology and SEL, Michelle gives us an important overview of two things often not discussed together. Edtech and Social Emotional Learning.

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How to Improve Checks for Understanding

A Principal's Reflections

It clarifies the purpose of the learning, can be leveraged as a mechanism for feedback and can provide valuable information that can be used to modify the lesson. Hattie and Timperley (2007) identified these phases as feed-up, feedback, and feed-forward. Purchase desks or tables that have a dry-erase surface Use available technology.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. Department of Education’s national educational technology plans.).

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14 Effective Self-Directed Learning Strategies

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

” for foundational insights and the “Self-Directed Learning Books” list to stock up your reading shelf with resources that are as enjoyable as they are informative. Resourcefulness and Information Literacy Being resourceful means knowing where to look for information and how to vet it. So, here we go.

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