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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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How to Teach Divergent Thinking Skills in the Classroom

Waterford

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 2008, 2(2), 93–96. Toca Magazine. tocaboca.com/magazine/creativity-issue_imaginary-play/. Goodman, S. Fuel Creativity in the Classroom With Divergent Thinking. March 2014. Hadani, H.S. Nelson-Danley, K.

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Educational infographics: The good, the bad and the ugly

Neo LMS

Geological Time Spiral: Source: Wikicommons: Graham, Joseph, Newman, William, and Stacy, John, 2008, The geologic time spiral—A path to the past. Source: Valerio Pellegrin for Wired Magazine UK. Many infographics, such as the Time Spiral example below, could easily decorate a wall, as a permanent item of interest.

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What Public School Teachers Want: Less Disruption

Edsurge

Since the 2008 Time magazine cover story on Washington, D.C. That made fiscal and pedagogical sense. Under the ed reform push to get public money in private hands, some very powerful people want teachers to shut up and do as we are told.

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

EdTech Magazine

AI Tools and Personalized Learning Are a Powerful Pair. There is no argument that the world has changed in the last 10 years.

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A Gullible Population Is a National Security Issue

The CoolCatTeacher

He asserts that the Chinese hacked the both the Obama and McCain campaigns in the 2008 election cycle. When talking about the 3,500+ ads, Wired Magazine says, “What made these ads so deceptive is they rarely looked like traditional political ads. For those upset about a foreign entity meddling in U.S. Source: Wired.