Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 31, 2017

I began the Teacher Reboot Camp blog in 2009. Not only am I excited about teaching but I feel as if I can always find solutions for any problem I experience in the classroom. It amazes me so many of you are still here as I continue to grow as an educator and learner. I also count many of you as friends.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 36 Edition). Someone with a high-profile brand, who's promising you a whole range of benefits and admiration that will never come your way in the classroom. " Tagged on: September 6, 2017 More Or Less Technology In The Classroom? Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 36 Edition). Someone with a high-profile brand, who's promising you a whole range of benefits and admiration that will never come your way in the classroom. " Tagged on: September 6, 2017 More Or Less Technology In The Classroom? Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2018

At the same time, enrollment in teacher education programs dropped from 691,000 to 451,000 between 2009 and 2014, LPI says. School districts are also relying heavily on substitute teachers to fill vacant positions and ensure classrooms are staffed. Both edtech providers and school districts have their own parts to play.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Now in your classrooms, you have augmented reality and virtual reality.”. Since 2009, 127 out of 150 of Kurzweil’s predictions have turned out to be true. . Kelly is a senior editor with EdTech: Focus on Higher Education. JOIN-THE-CONVERSATION: Follow @EdTech_K12 on Twitter for continued ICE 2019 coverage. by Kelly Konrad.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Upon getting on Twitter in 2009, I was not only baffled about how to use the social media site but also about all the symbols associated with it. education, #edtech, #pedagogy, #teaching). Create a unique hashtag for your classroom, school, district, or organization to communicate information and share your story.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 20, 2019

Teachers have many edtech resources in their toolbox now. Director of Digital Learning and Innovation at Milford Public Schools, MA, talked about why they wrangled their technology and how having a defined edtech toolbox improved teaching and learning overall. More important, are the tools of equal quality? Joseph, Ed.D.,

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

This case study was featured in Chapter 4 of EdSurge's "State of Edtech" report. During 2009, then-Superintendent Darwin Stiffler and Associate Superintendent Duane Sheppard of Yuma Elementary School District One in Arizona had just taken their positions and were trying to figure out how to meet students’ needs.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 15, 2018

When Dickerson was audited, she had to show files that were from 2008 and 2009, way before she started with the district. Catch all of our coverage of CoSN 2018 on EdTech ’s conference landing page. Jena Passut is the managing editor of EdTech: Focus on K–12. Cruzan suggested keeping a copy of the filtering invoice on hand.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Guidance on the Enhancing Education Through Technology (Ed Tech) Program: Funds Made Available Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (July 2009). FY 2009 $269,900,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). FY 2009 ( American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 special appropriation ): $650,000,000.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

Specifically, the bet is that formative assessments, which can be delivered in classrooms regularly throughout the school year, offer educators a better, timelier understanding of what students know (or don’t) than an end-of-year final test. K-12 market for classroom assessment tools is expected to reach $1.7 billion by 2020.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Digital learning is becoming increasingly popular, as seen by the decreasing number of k12 students who only study in classrooms since 2009. have increased from 2.2mn in 2009 to 10.46mn. We have recently discussed whether or not digital schools are the future of education. The total numbers of digital students in the U.S.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

My oldest son, who’s 12 now, was born in 2009, and he kind of grew up on it. Duck Duck Moose was the first company that could come up with really compelling apps that were good—arguably good—for kids, in 2009, 2010, 2011. It's not that a classroom is “good” or a classroom is “bad.”

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

K-12 education system by open educational resources (OER) since 2009, although my first exposure to the ideas and leaders of the movement stretch back to the launch of the MIT OpenCourseWare initiative. K-12 OER Movement appeared first on EdTech Strategies. K-12 education. The post David, Goliath, and the Future of the U.S.

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The Web20Classroom

APRIL 8, 2013

Did you know there are tons of ways to learn new concepts, techniques and ideas for both in the classroom and for you as an educator? Classroom 2.0 Live! ( [link] /) Classroom 2.0, one of the largest member communities for educators anywhere on the Internet, has been doing these Saturday live webinars since 2009.

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The Mobile Native

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

They will share many examples of how the students are using these devices inside and outside the classroom setting. Join Scott and Kyle on November 8th to learn how you can successfully implement mobile learning devices within your classroom setting. He has conducted mobile learning webinars for Classroom 2.0

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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2021

For millions of kids, it will be the first time they have stepped foot inside a classroom in more than a year. From 2009 to 2019, the percent of high school students who experienced persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness increased from 26 to 37 percent. On Monday, more than half of our nation’s children will return to school.

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ViewSonic Education

MAY 31, 2019

There’s no one-size-fits-all answer for ideal classroom display solutions. Most classrooms benefit (hugely) from at least one interactive touch screen display. Many find that more than one display is ideal for flexible classrooms that maximize active learning. EdTech provides abundant ways to create effective feedback.

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Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2018

Horton says other teachers in her district had been piloting TenMarks in their classrooms. Founded in 2009, TenMarks developed a web-based, adaptive K-12 math program that included lesson plans, curriculum and exercises. But the company gave no indication that it would close shop. It had raised about $4.8 education strategy.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 20, 2021

He climbed up the ladder and became its CEO in 2009. It also provides teacher training and the physical materials used in classrooms. Many companies in edtech take the Netflix approach. By the time he left to start Higher Ground seven years later, that network grew to 20 schools, largely through acquisitions.

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The Web20Classroom

JULY 18, 2013

These are short posts with tools, tips and resources for you to try something new this summer or something you can take to the classroom in the Fall. We had our first real chat in July 2009. The topics here center around everything Edtech and learning. This is the fourth post in my Summer Learning Series.

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The Web20Classroom

APRIL 27, 2017

I’ve had this blog since 2009. Not only to share the resources they find and use in and out of the classroom but to look back on our personal practices of both learning and growing as professional educators. Are you interested in Edtech? Blogging can be a highly reflective practice that more educators should do. Read those.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2018

In 2009, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation invested hundreds of millions to see whether “ value-added ” models could be used to evaluate, inform and improve teachers’ effectiveness in improving student outcomes. Some principals were not thoroughly trained in the rubrics used evaluate teachers used in classroom observations.

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Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2017

It raised the question: how exactly should schools balance blended and social-emotional learning in the 21st century classroom? That is certainly the case for Alex Kajitani, the 2009 California Teacher of the Year, who lead a session on “Creating a Culture of Compassion” at the conference. “SEL

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eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivational Orientations in the Classroom: Age Differences and Academic Correlates. Louis Abrahamson, Sukru Kaya, Hye Sook Shin & David Silver (2012) Classroom connectivity in Algebra I classrooms: results of a randomized control trial, Effective Education, 4 (2), 169-189, DOI: 10.1080/19415532.2013.841059.

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Tech Helpful

MAY 9, 2019

Simon Sinek originally published his book Start with the Why in 2009. It seemed we finally figured out the why but I will say even knowing that is a need, it is hard for educators to discern what that means to them and their classrooms. According to wikipedia, the first iPad was released on April 3, 2010 ( [link] ).

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eSpark

APRIL 18, 2016

Committed to reimagining learning to better meet the needs of all students, this cohort of visionary districts has a shared set of best practices for bringing purposeful technology into the classroom to transform learning. classroom technology] has really carried students to a different level.". Elizabeth Forward School District.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2020

Often distracted and easily bored, these students are also critical thinkers capable of thriving in the online classroom while learning 21st-century skills. In moving from classroom-based instruction to online instruction, the role of the faculty member changes from the content presenter to the facilitator of online learning.

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The Principal of Change

JULY 28, 2016

In his last post, he talks about the phenomenon of “Pokemon Go” , and how educators seem to be clamouring to embed into their classrooms this fall. Also, when talking about student engagement as a result of technology, it can be compared to one of the main reasons why punishment should not be used as a classroom management tool.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 3, 2011

I wrote a post on December 28, 2009 where I talked about tools that I thought would have a break out year. Think about it in a lower elementary classroom. Skype took off and more and more teachers are using it in the classroom. I think the bigger story here is the fact that social networking in the classroom really took off.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Tech4TeacherEd is a new edWeb.net community for pre-service teachers, college of education faculty, and inservice educators to share resources and ideas for integrating digital tools into the classroom. How to Survive an Online Class. They also discussed suggested technologies for both teacher ed candidates and professors.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

That said, I try to spend most of my time in classrooms and in school buildings. But for small, innovative edtech companies that can really hurt the bottom line. During his tenure as principal, the middle school was named a Pennsylvania Donald Eichhorn School to Watch in 2009 and 2012. I also have interactions with vendors.

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techlearning

JUNE 25, 2018

(June 25, 2018) – Discovery Education , the leading provider of digital content and professional learning for K-12 classrooms, today announced that upcoming enhancements to its award-winning Techbook series will help educators maximize instructional time by making engaging digital content even more accessible to teachers and students.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

LearnLaunch Institute , the Massachusetts Personalized Learning Edtech Consortium (MAPLE) functions as a professional learning community for 32 district members that aim to implement personalized learning. It implemented a 1:1 device-to-student model in its middle schools in 2009, and expanded that to high schools in 2013.

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The Web20Classroom

JULY 26, 2011

I will be there with my buddy Tom Whitby where we are going to talk about the effects we believe Educational Twitter Chats are having on making change in the classroom. kyraocity) – TED Fellow 2009. But now we have a focus on just education. There will be some other really great speakers there. Some of it may be streamed live.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Fluent City has 10 classrooms in its Brooklyn headquarters and rents spaces by the hour at its other locations. Back in 2009, President Obama made a nationwide commitment to improve STEM education through more than $260 million in investments. The company offers classes in Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2016

With headlines like “ Virtual Reality Learns How to Get Into Classroom ,” which The Wall Street Journal ran this February, the hype cycle around VR’s potential in education has returned. The search giant is also working with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a major education publisher, to create content and lesson plans for classrooms.

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