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Khan Academy: Friend or Foe?

A Principal's Reflections

He officially started Khan Academy in 2009 knowing that quality videos would withstand test of time. As the site increased in popularity it caught the eye of Bill Gates and Google with an end result being over 4 million in funding. Change education reform educational technology Flipped Classroom Khan Academy Opinion'

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Change is a Mindset

A Principal's Reflections

Luckily change came in the form of a little blue bird that gave me the kick in the butt that I desperately needed back in 2009. Google Apps For Education (GAFE) implemented in 2012 empowering students and staff to learn collaboratively in the cloud. Flipped classroom and instructional model implemented in 2012.

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PD for Writing Teachers: STEM Workshops, Rockstar Camps, Twitter and More!

Edsurge

While the focus is on educational technology and lesson design as opposed to just writing instruction, I have always discovered innovative applications in my English classroom of tools and ideas gleaned from CUE Lead Learners. We began examining the details of the Common Core State Standards years before their rollout in school districts.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The Flipped Classroom". It was probably Sal Khan’s 2011 TED Talk “Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education” and the flurry of media he received over the course of the following year or so that introduced the idea of the “flipped classroom” to most people. Google Reader. It is fair, however, to blame “Montessori 2.0”

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