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Digital Tools to Mobilize a Community to a Goal

Tech Helpful

In our world that values collaboration and growing together I believe it means not just becoming fat babies off all the information on the internet but also exercising our right and responsibility to add to that environment as well. On one side I immediately swiped it under the doormat when the words "crowdsource" and "crowdfund" appeared.

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What Schools Can Learn From a Science Museum That Makes Learning Irresistible for Kids

Edsurge

Douglas Moore In 2010, Tesoriero and her colleague Amanda Solarsh, a middle school science teacher, stumbled across an opportunity to write curriculum at NYSCI. “We want to know what you find compelling; what problem you think is worth solving; what you want to do or make. And then provide a space where that can happen.” .

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’15 The Year of Wearable

The Thinking Stick

2010: The Year of the Mobile Web (iPad, Android, iPhone do I need to say more?). 2012: Mobile and Integration (Chromebooks, iPads, laptops, tablets, phablets, phones…yeah the list goes on and on). Health and exercise is a personal thing and we know that forming good health habits young leads to good health habits later in life.

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Helping Others Along – Motivation Theory and the SAMR Model

techlearning

When we take the time to persuade our colleagues about adoption we are providing them with context-based application effective action which makes them more likely to mobilize greater effort than those who are not persuaded, but told. Create variety (different kinds of examples, models, exercises, and presentation modalities).

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Global Education Conference 2017 #globaled17

The CoolCatTeacher

The first year was 2010. In her consulting life, she has led CoSN’s Leadership for Mobile Learning initiative, developed strategic plans and content for companies, provided professional development coaching to school districts, and presented at numerous conferences. It started eight years ago.

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What Kids Need for Optimal Health and School Engagement

MindShift

For all ages, research suggests that play—especially when it is freely chosen, unstructured, and kid-directed—is linked to a wide variety of positive outcomes including increased cognitive skills, physical health, self-regulation, language abilities, and social skills (Alliance for Childhood, 2010; Barker et al., Courtesy of Denise Pope.

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8 Tried and True Edtech Tools to Try in 2018

The CoolCatTeacher

Well, the first thing to keep in mind is… I love doing this exercise during a presentation… I ask people to just raise their hands if they feel like they’re behind the technology curve. Dembo was also a featured panelist at Nokia Open Labs as an expert on mobile device integration in education. Inspiration for Overwhelmed Teachers.

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