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Sharing Tools for Measuring Impactful Technology Use

Digital Promise

Department of Education’s National Education Technology Plan (2017) calls for “thoughtful intervention and attention” to close this digital use divide, namely by enabling educators to “design highly engaging and relevant learning experiences through technology.” Preparing 21st century students for a global society. US Department of Education.

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8 Web Tools for Creating Multimedia Timelines

Teacher Reboot Camp

The following free web tools will help learners design multimedia timelines. Read Write Think walks students through the definition of a timeline and creating their own. Tiki-Toki is a web tool for creating beautifully animated 3D timelines with images, text, and colorful backgrounds. Create Timelines. Embed on a website.

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What is Blended Learning?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In this article, I cover a range of definitions of blended learning and discuss its advantages and disadvantages. Breen’s perspective broadens the scope of blended learning beyond the mere inclusion of electronic and digital tools in education. High engagement with screencasts and positive impact on course attitudes in Carol J.

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Helpful Tips to Integrate Media Literacy in Your Teaching

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

The purpose of this post is to introduce you to this concept, provide you with some definitions of what it is, and discuss some ways to integrate it in your instruction. Tools to use: Software like iMovie or Adobe Spark Video can make this a seamless process. How to implement: Assign students to read a specific article or blog post.

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K–12 Departments Work Collaboratively to Support New Pedagogies

EdTech Magazine

A 2017 Medium post from the Office of Educational Technology laments the lack of clarity about the term “personalized learning”: “The lack of a consistent definition and language for a relatively complex idea has hampered both understanding and effective ­implementation,” the article states. How do you get that done? Enter the silos.

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OEB 2017: Getting up close and personal(ized) with learning

Neo LMS

While there are some rather premature concerns that AI will someday replace teaching , it is a tool that we should now see in a positive way. Personalizing learning through the use of technology can improve the learning experience for every individual – both teachers and students – and that’s definitely a win, win situation!

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How to Boost Classroom Engagement With the Tech Tool That 'Always Works'

Edsurge

When she became the district’s first educational technology director in 2017, Briana Allen looked for a better solution. Stop by Booth 547 to learn how Vivi turns wireless screen mirroring into a powerful educational tool for the 21st-century classroom. There's no more running to the back of the room to change something.

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