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Seesaw in the Elementary Music Classroom with Amy Burns

The CoolCatTeacher

She is the recipient of the 2005 TI:ME Teacher of the Year, 2016 NJ Master Music Teacher, 2016 Governor’s Leader in Arts Education, and the 2017 NJ Nonpublic School Teacher of the Year Awards. She has presented many sessions on the topic, including four keynote addresses in Texas, Indiana, St. Maarten, and Australia.

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Merge Cube Mania in Middle School

The CoolCatTeacher

When you scan the cube with your mobile device — it will work with an iPhone, an iPad, and it works with Android, but you have to have the Merge Cube app on it. Engaging Kindergarteners with Technology: Augmented Reality, iPads, QR Codes and More. You’ve got a bunch of apps on your iPad. Those codes serve as a trigger.

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6 STEAM tinkering tools for the holidays

eSchool News

Best of all, they’ll help students focus on higher-order thinking skills as they make, design, create, and code their way into 2016. Designed for kids ages 5-13, this unique gaming accessory works with an iPad to offer interactive learning experiences through five games — Tangram , Words , Numbers , Newton , and Masterpiece.

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The Stories We've Been Told (in 2017) about Education Technology

Hack Education

Stories From Previous Years: Here are some of the stories that got us to where we are today: The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2016. The Maker Movement. You can receive updates from Hack Education via email if you prefer to read articles that way.). Wishful Thinking. The Politics of Education Technology. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012.

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Top Ed-Tech Trends: A Review

Hack Education

This year feels different too than the previous years in which I’ve written these reviews because education technology – as an industry – sort of floundered in 2016, as I think my series will show. The Maker Movement. Investment dollars were down, if nothing else. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012.

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What Would Dewey Do? Quotes…Ideas…Resources for Genuine Learning

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

As I prepare for ISTE 2016 I can’t help but think about the amazing thoughts and ideas that John Dewey has brought to education. While it was written with the iPad in mind, most of the apps cross over to the Windows and Chrome world. I am now almost booked through October and the rest of the 2016 calendar is filling fast.

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