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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

As educators, there are many new options opening up to us that will help improve our classrooms and make our professional development more accessible and available via our mobile devices. Furthermore, in May 2013, they obtained a certification in Gamification through Coursera Course Certificates. Spot a mistake in this transcript?

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Ideas for Promoting Digital Diversity

Teacher Reboot Camp

The National Association of Women in Technology reported 26% of the computing workforce in 2013 were women (5% Asian women, 3% African American women, and 2% Hispanic women) and there was a 64% decline in the number of first-year undergraduate women interested in majoring in Computer Science between 2000 and 2012.

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Ideas for Promoting Digital Diversity

Teacher Reboot Camp

The National Association of Women in Technology reported 26% of the computing workforce in 2013 were women (5% Asian women, 3% African American women, and 2% Hispanic women) and there was a 64% decline in the number of first-year undergraduate women interested in majoring in Computer Science between 2000 and 2012.

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Can Marketing Automation Bring College Enrollment Numbers Up?

Edsurge

From January to July 2013, Marketo had 28 such customers, according to a Marketo spokeswoman. And increasingly, colleges are shifting to digital marketing strategies, social media outreach and mobile platforms. Others like Adobe Campaign and Oracle Eloqua are contenders and niche players.

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Just Another Typical Day

A Principal's Reflections

As a result, she has started to create her own online learning modules, using the software Adobe Captivate. For her Biology class, the students worked with partners using the computers in class and their mobile learning to conduct an investigation to identify who first coined the term ''cells'' and what aided this discovery.

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Addressing the CCSS with the Use of Infographics

Kathy Schrock

First published in the AWSA Update Bulletin , October 16, 2013. There are commercial packages, such as Adobe Photoshop Elements as well as online and downloadable tools that allow this layer-based editing. Some information has been updated below. Overview Infographics are everywhere!

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How a Network of Support for Educators Is Unlocking Creativity in the Classroom

Edsurge

In 2013, Fulton set out to answer those questions by launching their Vanguard Team , a group of 25 passionate educators who were on the forefront of technology integration and innovation. Adobe Spark allowed us to design, collaborate and get feedback easily among our group. They LOVED sharing what they learned using Adobe Spark!

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