Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 30, 2015

Johnson (2013), a PLN is: “a self-created set of experts, colleagues, and resources…that meet one’s daily learning needs.”. The engine of a PLN is social media. You reach out through Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, G+, forums, and discussion boards. refer to it in your social media. What is a PLN.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2024

Ted Cruz on social media. Boaler first drew fire from critics in 2005, when she presented new research claiming that students at a low-income school who were behind grade level had outperformed students at higher achieving schools when they were taught in classrooms that combined students of different math achievement levels.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Each finalist receives the opportunity to compete in the final event at the 3M Innovation Center in Minneapolis, MN – an interactive competition comprised of hands-on challenges, presentations, live judging, and more. 3M.com or on Twitter @3M or @3MNews. . Learn more about 3M’s creative solutions to global challenges at www.3M.com

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Today is day four of the 2013 Global Education Conference. Our free conference runs all week and is open to anyone to attend--spread the word with Twitter hashtag # globaled13. Information about certificates for volunteers, presenters, and attendees is here. Hard to believe we''re almost at the end!

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MARCH 10, 2015

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. Upcoming Events.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MARCH 10, 2015

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. Upcoming Events.

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The Innovative Educator

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Entry Pageviews One mistake presenters should never make and 8 str. Dec 7, 2014, 4237 Screentime Is Good For #Students + #StuVoice Dec 14, 2014, 2881 Student-Friendly Social Media Guidelines Make a Gr. Dec 21, 2014, 1817 Does Twitter have a minimum age requirement?

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The Innovative Educator

DECEMBER 6, 2014

Entry Pageviews Stop Letting Good Students Do Bad Presentations Nov 19, 2014, 3391 Does Twitter have a minimum age requirement? Jun 13, 2013, 2227 Interactive whiteboards: A Comparison + Some Alternatives. Nov 2, 2014, 1609 Conversation topics for educators in the age of social media. Here''s a Great R.

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 31, 2015

This could be something to applied the idea of educators using Twitter. With the Twitter now implementing video in the service, it will be something that people will not only be open to learn, but I am sure will do interesting and new things with. For those reasons Twitter will never connect all educators.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

You could use it to collect digital artifacts -- URLs, pictures, YouTube videos, social media posts -- and you could sequence these items to create a narrative in order to share with others. The creator of the Collection can choose various ways of presenting the materials, including a "Mood Board" option.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Speakers, presenters and public from all over the world talking, showing and listening about education. Jerry Blumengarten The 2013 Global Education Conference starts today! This free event runs all week and is open to anyone to attend: spread the word with Twitter hashtag # globaled13. The world is indeed flat." Martinez H.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 2, 2013

The Twitter-sphere was abuzz with compliments for the quality of the speakers for this event. We put a lot of responsbility on speakers, as you are well aware--having to learn the program, running your own session--but it pays off by allowing as many people as possible to present. To our speakers: great job! Conference is great.

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EdTechTeam

MARCH 16, 2017

I had the honor of presenting three times, two one hour break-out sessions and the keynote presentation. As a member of the presenter team I had the good fortune and honor of helping set the tone and the pace for discovery, discussion, dialogue and discourse with respect to provocative and replicable leadership tips, tricks, and ideas.

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EdTechSandyK

JANUARY 1, 2013

White Rocket Burst Used With Permission As the new year begins, I thought it would be interesting to start my 2013 postings by looking back on the five most popular posts on this blog from 2012. I posted my presentation slides to my blog, as I try to do with all of my professional presentations.

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 17, 2015

Entry Pageviews A Few of My Fav #EdTech Things in 2014 Dec 28, 2014, 3053 Student-Friendly Social Media Guidelines Make a Gr. Dec 21, 2014, 2432 Does Twitter have a minimum age requirement? Jun 13, 2013, 2428 A Sensible Way to Look At #EdTech Integration Jan 6, 2015, 1657 One mistake presenters should never make and 8 str.

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 10, 2015

Jul 8, 2012, 7416 A Few of My Fav #EdTech Things in 2014 Dec 28, 2014, 2961 Student-Friendly Social Media Guidelines Make a Gr. Dec 21, 2014, 2461 Does Twitter have a minimum age requirement? Jun 13, 2013, 2235 10 Reasons Cell Phones Should Be Allowed In School.

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edWeb.net

JULY 18, 2017

In “ Summer Reading 501: Helping Generation App Read This Summer ,” Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair, New Canaan High School, CT; and Jane Lofton, Teacher Librarian, presented creative ideas to get students excited about summer reading. About the Presenters. Follow her on Twitter @mluhtala. Join the Community.

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 4, 2015

Most of the popular posts focus on best practices for presenting and screentime. Post Comments Page Views Date 5 Ideas to Make Lectures and Presentations Interactive 52 5262 8/31/2014 Going #BYOD ? Post Page views Does Twitter have a minimum age requirement? Jun 13, 2013, 29746 Using Cell Phones to Support Student Engagement.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

This theory requires the student to passively accept information and knowledge as presented by the instructor (Pogue, 2009, para. users moved from just accessing information and content to being able to directly interact with the content through commenting, remixing, and sharing it via social networks. With Web 2.0, Similar to Web 2.0,

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EdTechnocation.com

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

This was a paid online event which used Google Hangouts on Air to host live and recorded keynotes and presentations. The Online Summit was only $40 and included a 1 year membership to the CUE organization, and gave attendees access to more than 40 keynotes and presentations, both live and recorded. Cheap & Free!

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The Principal of Change

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

I had the privilege of speaking to middle school and high school students on the notion of “ Digital Leadership”, which I wrote a definition for in 2013 : Using the vast reach of technology (especially the use of social media) to improve the lives, well-being, and circumstances of others.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Also remember to subscribe to this blog by RSS or email and follow me on twitter at mjgormans. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 24, 2013

Looking back through my reading notes, if I had to select 7 books that I suggest as “Must-Reads for the Summer of 2013” here’s those seven. With meditation practice as the core of mindfulness training, leaders can learn how to simply be more "present" as they engage in their daily jobs. Social media is here to stay.

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MSEDTechie

MARCH 12, 2014

I had the pleasure to attend and present at the Midwest Technology Conference in February. I co-presented two workshops this year. Fake twitter feeds. Now that things have settled a bit, I have finally had the time to debrief and organize all of the valuable information I received. Or pre annotate it.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 2, 2019

Since 2013, Jennifer Gonzales has been regularly blowing my mind with her thoughtful blend of effective classroom strategies and what’s new on the horizon that you can use in your classroom or library tomorrow. So explore the site, sign up for my weekly tips, or follow along on social media. by Jennifer Gonzales.

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TeacherCast

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

Twitter: @TechEdShow ([link]. Learn How to Create a Professional email signature that links to social media accounts. Quick Tweet for Multiple Twitter Accounts. Need a Presenter? Jeff Bradbury (@TeacherCast) is available as a Keynote Speaker, Presenter , or to Broadcast your conference LIVE!

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The Principal of Change

MAY 14, 2015

During the first part of the morning, I went and talked to the students and asked them on their thoughts about different things (should teachers use twitter with them, ideas on snapchat, what their learning looks like) and the conversation was so amazingly rich. The analogy that he used for the idea of social media was pretty profound.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 1, 2013

The 2013 School Leadership Summit, on March 28th, is a free one-day, online conference. proposal submissions until March 15th, and training sessions for presenters start next week (for information on training and session times, please go HERE ). Eric has emerged as an innovative leader in the use of social media and web 2.0

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Once this, and a series of other self-discovery exercises are complete, students build a digital portfolio across various social media sites like About.me , Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube. It was a fantastic idea and when the opportunity presented itself to create the curriculum even though they didn’t give me much time start.

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NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 9, 2016

Creators may bring in a variety of media types , including content from a wide array of social media–Twitter, Storify, Google Maps, Instagram, Flickr, Document Cloud and much more. If Timeline JS doesn’t recognize a media URL, it will use Embed.ly This presentation explains MyHistro’s features.

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techlearning

JUNE 1, 2018

I decided to make student voice part of my life’s work in 2013, at the start of my 6th year teaching Sophomore English. Slack , the massive communication company, had seen pictures of the stuff students were creating on Twitter. Every company is a tech company now, influenced by the pervasiveness of the internet and social media.

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The Principal of Change

JULY 5, 2015

And sometimes, the technology does come first, and changes the learning (I saw this on Twitter which for the first year I used this technology, I used it to keep up with Shaquille O’Neal and Ashton Kutcher). When I present, I am always surprised when people come up and talked about what “resonated” with them.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

According to Common Sense Media’s study “ Zero to Eight: Children’s Media Use in America ,” the percentage of children ages eight and under who’ve used a mobile device nearly doubled from 2011 to 2013, from 38 percent to 72 percent. What’s more, about two in five children under the age of two have used a mobile device.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 5, 2014

Volunteering to help moderate sessions is a great way to get to know the presenters and to get better connected with our online learning communities. Offering a small liberal-arts college atmosphere, students are respected as important participants by the faculty as they research issues, debate ideas, and present their work.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 28, 2015

A 2013 survey of teachers conducted by MetLife suggests that many educators share Rosner’s strain. Since then, Kipps-Vaughan has developed wellness programs for 10 other schools and has presented the program nationally; she shares it freely with interested schools. Sometimes I don’t feel prepared to do that.”.

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edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

In the midst of a deadly pandemic and a Presidential election, both of which are generating conflicting claims that may or may not be based on real data, teaching students to analyze the sources and presentation of online information has never been more important or timely. Understanding the Past and Present. About the Presenter.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2014

Don''t miss this terrific opportunity to present to or learn from others, and that will kick off a month of great ed tech events. You can connect with the Geo-Educator Community through a variety of online platforms including Twitter , Facebook and the secure educator site, Edmodo. Follow #TLChat on Twitter to participate.

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