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6 Edtech New Year’s Resolutions

Tom Murray

With the new year now upon us, listed below are six edtech resolutions for 2016. Districts having success in this area have comprehensive refresh plans, work with high quality partners, build relationships with local businesses, work diligently to receive grants, and leverage a variety of open educational resources (OERs).

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Interview with André Spang, @Tastenspieler: Remix the Textbook!

Teacher Reboot Camp

Each mission in my new book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions in Your Classroom , shares an example of the Mission in Action by a teacher I admire. You can chat with him on Twitter this Saturday as he hosts #SATChat , 7:30amEST/11:30amUTC. I met André several years ago on #Edchat.

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Join the edWeb Team at ISTE 2015

edWeb.net

Follow @edwebnet on Twitter to find us at the conference. At ISTE 2015, Common Sense Education will provide a sneak preview of the latest version of Graphite, designed to help educators learn fundamental edtech teaching skills. Connect with CDW*G during ISTE 2015. Below are a few offers from our partners. See you there!

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 33 Edition)

Doug Levin

(Mostly) back from my August hiatus, I’m pleased to offer up the next edition of A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 33 Edition). No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Preview: Books I’ll Be Reading This Summer

ProfHacker

The book includes two chapters by Audrey Watters, one of the “The history of the future of EdTech” and one on “Un-fathomable: the hidden history of EdTech” It also has chapters by people known for their critical approaches to edtech, such as Martin Weller, Lesley Gourlay, Jeremy Knox, Richard Hall and Neil Selwyn.

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Does Ownership of Instructional Materials Matter?

Doug Levin

Given the rise of OER (of which I am a fan ), an increasing array of business models, questions about the degree of alignment to state standards and assessments, claims of effectiveness, and interoperability concerns, the instructional materials procurement decisions facing school districts have never been more complicated. Image credits.

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Events + News - K12 Online Call for Proposals - Library 2.0 Spring Summit Recordings - Starting to Homeschool Webinar Today

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

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. You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20. You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20.