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Are Smartphones in the Classroom a Smart Move?

The CoolCatTeacher

She authored Toys to Tools: Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education (published by ISTE in 2008), Cell Phones in the Classroom: A Practical Guide for the K-12 Educator (published by ISTE in 2011), Help Your Child Learn With Their Cell Phone and Web 2.0

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Whose Land? Understanding Indigenous Peoples Through Edtech

The CoolCatTeacher

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

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AI, Personalized Learning Are a Dynamic Duo for K–12 Classrooms

EdTech Magazine

AI, Personalized Learning Are a Dynamic Duo for K–12 Classrooms. New learning. However, educators need to tread carefully or run the risk of technology making teaching and learning less student-centered instead of more and failing to prepare our students to be successful adults. . Adaptive Software Refines Personalized Learning.

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How to Teach Divergent Thinking Skills in the Classroom

Waterford

Divergent thinking is defined here as a learning strategy that encourages students to come up with many different solutions to a problem.[9] 1] And according to neuroscience, creative thinking helps our brains learn new concepts by creating stronger neural connections.[17] Toca Magazine. What is Divergent Thinking? Goodman, S.

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Educational infographics: The good, the bad and the ugly

Neo LMS

We have recently been exploring how cognitive science and learning theory underpins effective digital learning tools such as video-based learning. Geological Time Spiral: Source: Wikicommons: Graham, Joseph, Newman, William, and Stacy, John, 2008, The geologic time spiral—A path to the past. Available online here.

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What Public School Teachers Want: Less Disruption

Edsurge

Since the 2008 Time magazine cover story on Washington, D.C. All of America’s children deserve to love learning and to develop creativity and critical thinking skills, not just rote memorization. That made fiscal and pedagogical sense. What’s wrong with the jargon?

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Learning First, Technology Second #motivationmonday

The CoolCatTeacher

Today Liz Kolb @lkolb talks about how we can put learning first and a very important reason technology should be second. In today’s show, Liz Kolb talks about the role of learning and technology: What is the role of technology in learning. How we can make technology improve learning and not distract from it.