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4 Ways To Grow Your Personal Learning Network This Week

The Web20Classroom

I said that way back on September 17, 2013 and yet I think it is even more true today than even back then. Social media allows us to connect, to learn, to grow and to reflect not only within ourselves but with each other. “Alone we are smart, but together we are brilliant. All I wanted to do was improve and I felt stuck.

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#04: Simple Ways to Find Your Teaching Blindspots in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

” Get your 45-day free Trial of Smart Lab for Game-Based Learning. In 2013, our school was named a National Blue Ribbon School. You may also enter with a social media posting on Instagram or Twitter linking to the show using the hashtag #10MT. Listen on iTunes. Stream by clicking here.

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@Quizizz : Say Goodbye to Worksheets and Crosswords

The CoolCatTeacher

Jon keynotes, leads and designs Professional Learning experiences all over the country. Jon’s core PL skills are focused on 1:1 deployment, Common Core, Project Based Learning, social media skills and Lesson Design.

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Learning Revolution Free Events - Hack Education with Audrey Watters - Common Sense Media's Graphite - @coolcatteacher Vicki Davis

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Learn about SAMR, see examples of classroom activities, and learn about some new digital tools you can put in your “app pack.” Share your experience with game-based learning with an audience of game developers and peer educators! Please see the conference strands and consider submitting your proposal soon!

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Learning Revolution Events - AltEdFilmFest - Homeschool+ - Gaming in Ed Call for Proposals - Open Letter from a Highly Creative Child

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Conference strands include Game-Based Learning: How to Use Games in Educational Settings, Games & Assessment, Connecting Educators With Game Developers: Make Your Voices Heard, Students as Content Creators & Game Designers, Research on Game-Based Learning, and Professional Development.

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5 Reasons Teachers Using Tech are Super Heroes with Kecia Ray

The CoolCatTeacher

Jane McGonigal spoke at ISTE in 2013. Check out her TED Talk here on how gaming can make a better world. This is not necessarily something you might teach in a classroom, but it’s certainly something that’s relevant to every student and every teacher in our schools, and that’s social media. It’s in Australia.

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8 Tried and True Edtech Tools to Try in 2018

The CoolCatTeacher

The National School Board Association named him one of 2010’s “Twenty to Watch,” a list honoring individuals finding innovative ways to use technology to increase classroom learning. In 2013 he began serving the Skokie/Morton Grove District 69 as a member of the School Board. Blog: [link]. Twitter: @teach42.

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