Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 27, 2015

Summer PD 2015 just ended. Many teachers noted that it was as important to them to validate their approach to teaching technology in their classroom as it was to extend their learning. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years. Failed and tried again. Asked questions.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 14, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Digital Citizenship Week. Library 2.014 on YouTube. The great majority of these events are free to attend.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 30, 2021

Presenting with them were Dr. Cathy Collins, a technology teacher and librarian at Sharon Middle School, Dr. James Stancil, Academic Support Specialist at Prairie View A&M University, and Jeff Kaufman, a computer science teacher at a Title 1 School. She was a member of the state’s literacy, social studies, and technology leadership teams.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

For the past decade, schools have invested millions of dollars in technology. Why lug around half a dozen heavy books in a backpack that too often is left behind on a sports field or at the library? It’s no wonder proponents of digital books are pushing for change. Tech That Won’t Survive 2018. The Tech-infused Classroom.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 29, 2015

May 29th - June 8th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Learning Revolution Blog | Partner Spotlight | Daily Education Quotes and Commentary To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. And, of course, we hope you'll join us to continue the conversation at Library 2.015 in October!

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2014

On March 2nd, 2015, they are lifting their cell phone ban and empowering schools to make instructional decisions regarding the use of personal devices for learning. Individual schools can decide whether they want to incorporate students’ personal technology into classroom learning and can implement a "bring your own device" (BYOD) program.

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Gaggle Speaks

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Our story as a mother-son digital citizenship team began long before we created our combined @CurranCentral account almost a year ago. As an associate professor and the faculty member on record for a university’s educational technology program, my toddler was always an integral part of my teaching. Curran, Ph.D. Marialice B.F.X.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 24, 2015

March 23rd - April 6th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Partner Spotlight To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. These interactive sessions on future technology trends will present key issues faced by information professionals and educators. Register for free today at [link].

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2017

If you don’t “get” why technology is important, or know people who don’t, take a listen to understand and learn about transformative practices that work in education. I wanted to talk today about why I think Teachers Using Technology are Super Heroes. Today’s sponsor is Kids Discover Online. Vicki: Awesome!

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Once again, the Rutgers University Master of Information Program and The Center for Int ernational Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL) sponsor a day celebrating our profession ! . Join us on Monday, October 19th 2015 from 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT /1:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT for Teacher Librarian Day.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 9, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Updates Partner Spotlight Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings NMC Navigator Top Stories Updates OZeLive 2015.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 27, 2016

The Alliance for Excellent Education (the Alliance) launched its Future Ready Schools (FRS) initiative in October 2014 with the aim of leveraging technology and connectivity to personalize and transform learning. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology, expanded FRS to position school librarians as leaders in this effort.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2015

April 20th - May 4th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Learning Revolution Blog | Partner Spotlight To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. These interactive sessions on future technology trends will present key issues faced by information professionals and educators.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

This is part one of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Last year, I started this series – my annual review of the year in education technology – with an article on wishful thinking. The Pew survey shows dramatic downward shifts in Republicans’ opinions on higher ed just since 2015.)

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Gaggle Speaks

OCTOBER 14, 2015

.” Diana Graber, co-founder of Cyberwise, an online resource for adults seeking to help kids be safe and productive online, started the webcast with some statistics and information about her middle school digital citizenship media literacy program called Cyber Civics. “We want to guide them to be better digital citizens.”

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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. During a read aloud, teachers can sign up to read a book of their choice at the public library.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Are any education technologies, for that matter? Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. platforms are digital infrastructures that enable two or more groups to interact. One might ask, I suppose, if LMSes are platforms. They’re amazing.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

February 2nd - February 16th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Partner Spotlight To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. Learn about Common Sense Media’s free K-12 digital citizenship curriculum and resources. Please share this newsletter with your friends and colleagues!

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

AUGUST 31, 2015

— Andy Plemmons (@plemmonsa) August 24, 2015. The third grade teachers chatted with me about digital leadership and digital citizenship and we thought about what would be the most important thing to explore next. Based on our discussions, I decided to focus on our digital snapshots. What is ok to share?

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NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

The American Library Association (ALA)’s Office of Intellectual F reedom is the best list collector for Banned Books Week. It occurred to me on my way to the S chool Library Journal Leadership Summit that this was a perfect project to crowd source. Accessed September 25, 2015. September 24, 2015. ” GoodReads.

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NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) designated the Wednesday of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Banned Books Week as Banned Websites Awareness Day (BWAD, pronounced bee-wad ). Establish a digital repository of Internet filtering studies. Digital Citizenship Curriculum by Common Sense Education.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. This virtual conference will be hosted in Adobe Connect and registration is free for librarians and leaders of libraries.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 20, 2015

March 20th - March 30th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Partner Spotlight To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. These interactive sessions on future technology trends will present key issues faced by information professionals and educators. Register for free today at [link].

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

AUGUST 17, 2015

I really wrestled with exactly what I wanted to do as students come to get their device from the library. Should I just check it out and do digital citizenship lessons later? I want students to leave our library with their personal learning device feeling like they are digital leaders and changemakers.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 27, 2015

April 27th - May 11th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Learning Revolution Blog | Partner Spotlight To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. These interactive sessions on future technology trends will present key issues faced by information professionals and educators.

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eSpark

MAY 2, 2016

In 2015, the bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act signaled the end of one-size-fits-all instruction. Many students find research that occurs outside of their classroom, library, or computer screen to be especially meaningful. 3) Authenticity.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 25, 2016

This piece was co-authored by Lisa Guernsey , director of the Early Education Initiative and the Learning Technologies Project in the Education Policy Program at New America and Michael H. Recent research is fueling debate about the role that digital media may play in strengthening educational opportunities for all students.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 25, 2016

This piece was co-authored by Lisa Guernsey , director of the Early Education Initiative and the Learning Technologies Project in the Education Policy Program at New America and Michael H. Recent research is fueling debate about the role that digital media may play in strengthening educational opportunities for all students.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 4, 2015

At the event, Carolyn Sykora , Senior Director of the ISTE Standards Program, shared that the 1998 standards described a landscape in which we were learning to use technology. The 2007 standards described a landscape in which we were using technology to learn. My library was open 24/7 since 1996.). ISTELIB on Twitter.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. We''re about to announce three additional conferences for 2015: Maker Education, Reinventing Higher Ed, and Digital Citizenship.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 20, 2015

First, to ensure you do not miss a valuable post or other resources covering PBL, Digital Curriculum, Web 2.0, STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration, please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS. I am almost booked through August and fall dates for 2015 are now over half full. Check out my Booking Page.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Sessions are free to watch for five days, then become part of the Home Learning Summit library. Digital Citizenship ? Educational Technology ? Libraries and Librarians ? We have several sessions each day, with (lots) more coming ( and that could include you! ). A current list is below. Alternative Education ?

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 19, 2015

As we enter the 2015/16 school year, I suspect we’ll see a bounty of resources to aid in the teaching of civic engagement and media literacy. Intensely political years present rich opportunities for teaching and learning.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 8, 2015

It is essentially a chat room, with everyone sharing and talking and hanging out virtually—discussing learning strategies, classroom management techniques, and technology. The motivated, technology-enthusiasts will jump at the chance to learn about the next big thing from their peers—-and will genuinely pursue new ideas.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 18, 2015

Differentiation: How Technology Makes Differentiation Fast and Easy. Next class: August 10, 2015. The Tech-infused Teacher: The 21st Century Digitally-infused Teacher. Next class: July 27th, 2015. 21st, 2015. Next class: September, 2015. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 13, 2016

You’re technophobic, but lately feel like teaching without technology is like looking at a landscape through a straw. Technology in education is the greatest show on earth. ” Education’s fix requires technology. More about Summer PD: 17 Takeaways from 2015 Summer PD. You want to change that.

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