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How Is Cloud Computing Revolutionizing the Education Industry?

Ask a Tech Teacher

According to statistics published by Gartner analyst Thomas Bittman, only 4% of the school and education system was interested in cloud computing in 2009. Many renowned names in the game, such as Blackboard and Google, are now offering their own cloud-based virtual classroom suites.

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10 Myths about Teaching with Tech

Ask a Tech Teacher

No, it won’t, despite the 2009 robot who taught a Tokyo class and Elias, the Finnish primary school robot. Thanks to tech tools like Google Forms and Flubaroo (and many more), chunks of grading can be automated (like spelling tests and multiple choice), giving teachers more time for the parts of teaching that are more critical.

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The Intersection of Project Share, BYOD, and PBL #SXSWedu

EdTechSandyK

In 2009 Rockdale focused on new learning goals and worked to get buy-in from leadership and parents. Note for Region XIII ESC - they can provide Symbaloo training,) Google Apps for Education - new to Rockdale. Focuses on digital citizenship. Used a visioning document by TASA. AUP - Over the summer this was rewritten.

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Their Space: Educating Digitally Ethical Teens #sxswedu #theirspace

EdTechSandyK

2009 - Meeting of the Minds - important work from Common Sense Media on perceptions of social media ethics. de Haan found a video via a Google Alert of a video shot on a school field trip of students setting a bush on fire, including students jumping over and through it. We latch on to what we recognize.

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Change Your Leadership: Introducing One-One Devices into Our School

Fractus Learning

At the time of our adoption of one-to-one devices, Google Apps were limited, particularly with our preferred device, namely the iPad, chosen because of its portability and battery life—and most importantly, its built in camera. Rather we integrated our digital citizenship programme into our lessons. Reeves, D (2009).

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

I’d love to provide a link but Andreessen deleted his blog in 2009. To believe that would require, of course, that we overlook the role that the major technology platforms – Google, Facebook, and Amazon – play in education. Google launched a “ Be Internet Awesome ” digital citizenship campaign in June.

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The newly reimagined Empire State Information Fluency Continuum

NeverEndingSearch

Barbara Stripling, Professor Emerita, Syracuse University, and former ALA President, describes the history and goals of the project that builds on an earlier version developed by school librarians in 2009 under the auspices of the Office of Library Services and its former Director, Dr. Stripling.