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Teaching Fireworks: Why Zest Simmons Loves Teaching #LoveTeaching

The CoolCatTeacher

Zest Simmons on episode 626 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Zest Simmons is an award-winning AP English recognized for how she helps diverse students achieve excellence. If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. In this episode, she tells her story for #LoveTeaching week.

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The Skinny on Hashtags

A Principal's Reflections

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. Before Twitter I referred to this as the “pound sign” on the telephone and only used it as such. Don’t just put your eggs in the Twitter basket. One of them was the hashtag (#).

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Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

10MT | #29 Steven Anderson talks technology trends From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Twitter handle: @web20classroom. Google Cardboard [link]. Ellis Island Google Cardboard Activity [link]. Google Cardboard Community – [link]. Blog: www.web20classroom.org.

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ICE 2019: Will K–12 Students Be Ready for the Technology of the Future?

EdTech Magazine

JOIN-THE-CONVERSATION: Follow @EdTech_K12 on Twitter for continued ICE 2019 coverage. Patnoudes pointed to a few of Google futurist Ray Kurzweil’s predictions to give some clarity on what kinds of technology can be expected in the coming years. Since 2009, 127 out of 150 of Kurzweil’s predictions have turned out to be true. .

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Evernote - new and improved and a great app for Education (and more)

Educational Technology Guy

I started using Evernote back in 2009, have been an Evernote trainer, used the beta of Evernote for Education with my students in 2011, and am an Evernote Expert. You can also Connect Evernote and Google Calendar to make your day even more organized and efficient. Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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Get Google Certified this Summer!

The Electric Educator

Becoming Google Certified changed my life. Being Google Certified gave me a unique purpose in the classroom (I was a HS science teacher), introduced me to new people and ideas, gave me the insight to publish my first book, and allows me to financially support my family while helping improve education. And I am not exaggerating!

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The Most Popular Post in 2009.

The Web20Classroom

As 2009 comes to a close I wanted to take a look back and see what post did people visit the most. Each week after an Edchat (held on Twitter each Tuesday at 7pm EST) I do a post where I attempt to summarize the discussion and add some thoughts of my own. Image from Google CC Image Search. 2009 Most Popular Post edchat'

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