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Whose Land? Understanding Indigenous Peoples Through Edtech

The CoolCatTeacher

In the past, he turned his interest in technology into several successful online companies, including MyDesktop.com, which sold to Internet.com in 1999. In 2008, he was named by Contribute Magazine as one of 10 Tech Revolutionaries Redefining the Power and Face of Philanthropy. Website: [link]. The post Whose Land?

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Three Ways That Rural States Can Become the Hotbeds for School Edtech Innovation

Edsurge

Technology has been a key component in the planting, fertilization, growth and eventually, the blossoming of new statewide initiatives including distance education and new professional learning opportunities for educators that have benefitted students in a variety of ways. The future of tech in schools isn’t suburban or urban.

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Not Just Buzzwords: How Teachers Bring Big Ideas, Innovative Practices to Life

Edsurge

As edtech buzzwords new and old swirl , it is easy for educators to get lost among the fads du jour, much less apply the principles behind lofty ideas to make meaningful progress for students. Sweat the school culture Culture matters more than technology.

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15 Non-librarian blog(ger)s too good to miss!

NeverEndingSearch

Monica is a Curriculum and EdTech Consultant and an Apple Distinguished Educator and Founder of ClassTechTips.com. As an EdTech consultant, I help educators leverage the power of technology in the classroom — strategically and with purpose. The EdTech Free Stuff tab offers a lovely array of downloadable ebook guides.

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Strategies and Tools to Improve Student Behavior and Engagement – SULS0175

Shake Up Learning

In 2008, there weren’t too many options for a digital platform to ask students to interact outside class. At a time when many teachers have been drowned in technology, Kasey asks why use an app to manage face-to-face relationships. Shawn explains that Classcraft is one of those technologies that exists and gets out of the way.

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Video, Apps, Newsletters and Portals—Four Ways Technology Can Boost Parent Engagement

Edsurge

A 2008 study , for example, found that parental involvement in middle school boosts both students’ engagement and performance. and Canada about the challenges of developing effective parent outreach—and how technology can help. K-12 Resources about ESSA, Edtech, and More. How to enable mobile learning.

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16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools

Tom Murray

Prior to my role as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools ® , I spent 14 years in a public school in Pennsylvania as an elementary and middle school teacher, middle school and elementary principal, and district level technology director. Organization: International Association of K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL).