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Looking Back At 2010 And Looking Forward To 2011.

The Web20Classroom

So here is my reflections on 2010 and my predictions for 2011. Think about it in a lower elementary classroom. Skype took off and more and more teachers are using it in the classroom. Even Skype itself got in the game late in the year and created a place for teachers to sign-up to connected with other classrooms.

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5 Blogs to Read in 2011

The Electric Educator

The Blended Classroom ( Jonathan Bergman ) One of the "founding fathers" of reverse instruction , Jon Bergman has some innovative ideas that are spreading like wildfire around the country. He is currently working on a book along with his partner, Aaron Sams, fleshing out the benefits of flipping the classroom. It''s quite a list!

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Closing Session - TCEA 2011 Google Academy

EdTechSandyK

Notes from the closing session of the TCEA 2011 Google Academy Professional Development for Becoming A Google Apps Certified Trainer - both in person at TCEA, webinars, and on your own options. Young people don''t say "Not another version of the iPhone!) google google academy google apps tcea tcea 2011'

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When Education Giants Stumbled and Data Ruled

Edsurge

Ten years ago, the iPhone was already out, but the iPad had not been released yet. The company that I started, myON , helped to transform literacy in the classroom with unlimited books, and it continues to deliver on its promise. Renaissance just acquired Schoolzilla , which was launched in 2011, for this reason.

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Technology in Education and Opportunity Cost

Reading By Example

My administrative career began in 2011 which is around the time that iPhones started to come into prominence. Today, every educator seems to have a different perspective on the use of technology during classroom instruction. I empathized, as a former junior high school assistant principal. Each one of us seems to have….

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Using first gen iPads in the classroom

Kathy Schrock

I received a note today from a teacher who wound up with a classroom set of iPad 1''s for her classroom, and she was looking for lesson ideas that would work with that "older" device. I searched Web pages that were put up from January 27, 2010-March 2, 2011. (Of Sock Puppets only needs iOS 4.3

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Virtual School Tips and Recommendations

The Thinking Stick

2011 – I worked with Senators and the State Department in Washington DC to help fund a global Virtual School installment for International Schools to use in case of an emergency. For example, the iPhone was only 3 years old and smartphones were just taking off in 2010. Lessons Learned: 1. Every assignment must be rethought.

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