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How Hashtags Can Empower You in 2016

Teacher Reboot Camp

In August 2007, Chris Messina introduced hashtags (#) into Twitter’s code , which meant anyone using the platform could add a # sign front of any word(s) without spaces to make it a clickable link leading to a page where all tweets with this hashtag were aggregated. Create a hashtag to start a movement or Twitter chat!

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Integrating the Arts into Every Subject

The CoolCatTeacher

Catherine Davis-Hayes on episode 153 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. As 2007 State Teacher of the Year in Rhode Island, Catherine Davis-Hayes is passionate about helping every teacher use the arts in their classroom. Twitter: @cdhayes13.

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Digital Promise Research Map: A Starting Place for Exploring Research on Learning

Digital Promise

The new data visualization is based on over 100,000 peer-reviewed articles from 184 journals published between 2007 and 2016. Join the conversation using #researchatwork on Twitter (and join us for our next #researchatwork Twitter chat on June 21 at 3:00pm ET!). Shifts in the Learning Science Research Landscape. Explore the map.

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

Edsurge

Over the past seven years, we’ve continually developed and tweaked a seminar-style onboarding course to help all new employees, regardless of their background, catch up to speed on key issues in education and technology. Let us know in the comments or ping us on Twitter ! Read the updates too: parts one and two.

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14 Effective Self-Directed Learning Strategies

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Think about Twitter PLNs (Professional Learning Networks) or educational forums like this Educators Technology for tech-related stuff. A study by Rohrer and Taylor in 2007 validated this strategy. The post 14 Effective Self-Directed Learning Strategies appeared first on Educators Technology.

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Lexia Celebrates 40th Anniversary 

eSchool News

He founded Lexia with the help of technology expert Dr. Littleton Meeks and Dr. Edwin Cole, a noted neurologist, head of the Reading Clinic at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and founder of several schools for students with dyslexia. To learn more, visit www.cambiumlearning.com or follow Cambium on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

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Edchat Interactive - a new type of free, online PD that is relevant, timely, interactive and social

Educational Technology Guy

Edchat Interactive is a new type of free, online PD brought to you by some of the same folks who created #echat twitter discussions, including Tom Whitby and Steven Anderson , who are both friends of mine and in my Personal Learning Network and great educators. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy.