Gaggle Speaks

AUGUST 24, 2015

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Jessica Sanders. Conversations about technology in education always seem to be focused on the reasons why students need this or that technology. It’s rare when anyone considers the other—and perhaps more important—angle: Students want to learn with technology.

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Bryan Alexander

JUNE 22, 2015

Short form: I’ve listened to around a dozen short stories in podcast form ( some of what I listen to ), and read perhaps one hundred articles and blog posts, plus some number of social media updates (Twitter and Facebook primarily, plus Google+ and LinkedIn). Spme of my reading technologies in 2015. Let me explain.

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 23, 2016

The post Using Google Apps to Support Reading and Writing in the Classroom (Recorded Webinar) appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Using Google Apps to Support Reading and Writing in the Classroom. Below is a webinar that I gave on August 2, 2016, with Texthelp, the makers of Read & Write for Google and Fluency Tutor.

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Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Felix Jacomino , the school’s Director of Technology, managed to lead a team that pulled off an incredible learning event. Create Multimedia eBooks in a 1 iPad Classroom by Wesley Fryer Enhanced eBooks on iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches can include audio, video, and interactive animations in addition to digital text, images and links.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 2, 2019

As an EdTech consultant, I help educators leverage the power of technology in the classroom — strategically and with purpose. The EdTech Free Stuff tab offers a lovely array of downloadable ebook guides. Check out Richard’s digital handbook for technology integration. Kasey Bell’s Shake Up Learning.

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2018

I spent years working at Google, and the skills that were critical to my success may surprise you. I spent years working at Google, and the skills that were critical to my success may surprise you. In a rigorous analysis of employee performance, Google found STEM skills have the lowest impact on employee success.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 23, 2015

“The number one benefit of educational technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. Byte Size Potential 2015 Workshop from Shelly Sanchez Terrell. Searching a hashtag on Google will often produce better resources than keywords. You need to get parents on board with your technology integration.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 22, 2018

The SAMR model (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition) and TPACK model (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge) can help schools as they transition to using more digital tools. Students can also highlight text, make annotations, and save these to Google Drive.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 18, 2017

Apps bring technology, functionality, and creativity into your school library program. Michelle uses Buffer to link many different social media accounts including the school’s Twitter and Facebook, and the library’s Facebook, Instagram, and Google Plus. First, students submit their bibliographies via a Google Form.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2016

In high school math teacher Joe Sowinski’s classes, technology has changed class structure. The district is in the midst of navigating another drastic shift: rolling out custom, teacher-curated curriculum designed with free, openly licensed material, district technology director Ed Eimiller said.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The sixth annual Global Education Conference , our free four-day online event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world, runs today Monday, November 16 through Thursday, November 19, 2015 (November 20th in some time zones). Our social media page is HERE with links to Facebook , Google+ , Twitter , and more.

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edWeb.net

JULY 18, 2017

Michelle Luhtala is the Library Department Chair at New Canaan High School in Connecticut and was one of five school librarians named as a “Mover and Shaker” by Library Journal in 2015. She is a Google for Education Certified Innovator and Trainer. Join the Community. About the Sponsor.

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NeverEndingSearch

JANUARY 11, 2016

They present teacher librarians and classroom teachers opportunities to design innovative digital ebooks and instruction. Compare the photos from the 1911 Fifth Avenue from Start to Finish collection with 2015’s Google Street View. and offer students rich opportunities to create with primary sources.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

— Andy Plemmons (@plemmonsa) November 9, 2015. Students will continue working on this project in writing workshop in the classroom before they come back to me to digitize the work and add it to the collaborative Google slide ebook. — Andy Plemmons (@plemmonsa) November 10, 2015. After the library visit, Ms.

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

I n a world where smartphones are transforming into all-purpose devices, not surprisingly, an October 2015 Pew study found a sizable decline in e-book reader ownership. It’s possible that digital may not be the best container for all physical books.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

Schools Improvement (@SchoolsImprove) February 10, 2015. The tech-wielding entrepreneurial dad and the avante garde, life-hacking mom team-up (you have to) to lead the learning of their own three children using a combination of their personalized attention, and the growth of technology. Google Earth. Like school, then?

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edWeb.net

APRIL 16, 2020

This isn’t a new concept—people used to gather together to read books and share stories, and teachers often have kids read aloud to each other in school—but, technology adds a new dimension to the process for authors and readers. Shared annotations: Students can read the same version of an eBook and share their comments and notes.

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TeacherCast

MAY 8, 2019

Perhaps you wrote a post about an upcoming conference that happened in 2015. For many, these posts might need little to no editing, however in the case of much of the content on TeacherCast, Evergreen posts about technology might stand to be updated to accomodate for new features of the applications. Google Analytics Rankings.

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EdTechTeam

JANUARY 4, 2017

EdTechTeam is a Google for Education Professional Development Partner and the global leader in Google for Education Certification. Across all programs, EdTechTeam hired over 200 Google Certified Trainers ( 23 of them full-time employees) to deliver 438 events totalling 4568 hours of professional development in 2016.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 25, 2015

But in the here and now, the reality is less romantic, and as we head towards the 2015-2016 school year, it’s just might be that teaching is more difficult than it’s ever been before. Curriculum will be fluid and ever changing as resources evolve with new technology. Everything is scripted, planned, pushed, and monitored.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Educational Technology ? Balancing Home and School ? Blended Learning ? Brain-based Learning ? Classroom 2.0 ? College Admissions ? Connections ? Creativity ? Defining Success ? Digital Citizenship ? Elementary Years ? Engagement ? Family & Parenting ? Future of Eduction ? Gap Years & Family Sabbaticals ? Global Collaborations ?

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Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 25, 2015

Humans find their own uses for technology, too, which can send trends sideways. There’s also the problem of long-term trends, with our tendency to underestimate long-term effects, and the way some developments can take a long, long time to arrive (cf ebooks). Mobile is where Google and Apple continue their bitter struggle.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2016

In the case of Teachscape, one of the rare edtech startups that’s stuck around for over a decade, its acquisition by Frontline Technologies marked the end of the road. The White House and Michelle Obama Release $250M ‘Open eBooks’ App for Title I and Special Education Teachers. expandings its Basecamp network. A big difference?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Or, with its penchant for amnesia , has education technology already forgotten? Google)’s biotech company, Calico. I want to point out that education technology investment is not interested in “free and open” when it comes to higher education. It is interested in new markets to profit from.

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