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Amazon Alexa in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Bill Selak @ billselak shares how he’s using Amazon’s Alexa via the Echo and Dot in the classroom. Bill Selak is the Director of Technology at Hillbrook School in Los Gatos, California. Bitter Vision Award recipient, ISTE 2013 Emerging Leader, and a Google Certified Innovator. The Amazon Echo in the classroom.

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As Technology Becomes Easier to Use, Our Depth of Learning Needs to Continue to Increase

The Principal of Change

If you have an iPhone, do you remember taking out the manual and going over how to use your new device? If you do, you are making up this experience in your head because the iPhone does not come with a manual. Technology is easier for this generation of students than it was for us. That is where I am struggling.

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Mobile Learning in ELT: Survey 2013

Nik Peachey

In 2010, after buying my first iPad I decided to do some research into how teachers were using mobile devices in their classrooms and their teaching. Mobile Learning in ELT 2013 Survey Many thanks for your help and participation. Mobile Learning in ELT 2013 Survey Many thanks for your help and participation.

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A Paradigm Shift

A Principal's Reflections

The world continues to change as a result of technological advances. It all began around 2003 when the smartphone wars started with Blackberry, but was quickly taken over by the Apple iPhone in 2007. Make no mistake about it; technology is shaping the world in ways that we could never have imagined.

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EdmodoCon Guest Post #1: L. Monge

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

Looking forward to going paperless, Laura will be piloting a BYOD 1:1 iPad 4/5 combo classroom this year. Some were educators, some technology specialists in their school districts, some Edmodo staff. I took notes on my iPhone as each speaker shared their amazing ideas for using Edmodo in the classroom. Like what you see?

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Why the State of Surveillance in Schools Might Lead to the Next Equifax Disaster

Edsurge

Bill Fitzgerald While Blaine is a fictional student, the technology that’s tracking him is real, and actually in use in some school systems, part of a growing set of tools that leave data trails about students throughout the day. Blaine scans his ID and enters the classroom. Other similar technologies include Kickboard and LiveSchool.

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Beware Edtech’s Equivalent of the Flashlight App

Edsurge

And with the sort of clarity that makes one feel a little dumb, it struck me: the great technology trend reversal of our times is hurtling at us. In June 2010, the iPhone 4—the first ever iPhone to have an LED flash—was released. In September 2013, iOS 7 was released, with a flashlight button in the Control Center.

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