Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Our students can create how-to videos to teach others how to use favorite web tools or to demonstrate a process. Students can use screencasting tools with whiteboards to show how to complete an equation, to create visual word problems, or explain a theory. Screencasting Web Tools and Apps. Screencast with your iPhone.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Plus, students can learn from a multitude of subject matter experts worldwide. Below are web tools and apps for teaching with videos. If you’d like to get your students to create their own video walkthroughs or tutorials then check out my book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 14, 2017

In my new book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions , I share several tips for integrating technology to allow every student to share their ideas and creativity. Get your copy of Hacking Digital Learning , The 30 Goals Challenge , or Learning to Go. Words need a voice.”

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Now, creating a digital magazine is much easier. With web tools, students can layout their writings, pick from hundreds of cool fonts, and add their own images or choose from a library of stock images. Some web tools allow students to embed video and audio. This post is part of my Digital Click and Learn Calendar.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 11, 2017

It is important we get our students to create digital avatars and reflect on their digital identities. I discuss this in my new book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions. Below, are free web tools and apps students can use to create avatars. Animated Avatars.

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ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Inside Higher Ed (IHE) recently issued their 2017 Survey of Faculty Attitudes on Technology and we were excited about the big initial finding that more faculty are teaching online and that more are finding that online learning can meet the same outcomes. The question was only posed to faculty and not to digital learning leaders.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 4, 2017

This is why the first mission in my new book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions , has students create video game walkthroughs for their peers. We can push the learning to a whole ‘nother level by getting students to design learning games for their peers. Digital Game Creators.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 23, 2017

Many free mobile apps and web tools allow students to digitally markup, highlight, and jot down quick thoughts about what they are reading. Getting students to inspect what they read habitually is one of the key topics in my new book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies with EdTech Missions.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Modern learning environments seamlessly integrate technology into spaces that are designed around teaching and learning , giving instructors and students the tools they need to succeed in a physical setting that promotes collaboration and supports multiple learning styles. by EdTech Staff. Fri, 02/16/2018 - 11:36.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

And as the Haw burbled in the background last Friday and Saturday, school administrators, teachers and edtech entrepreneurs gathered for thoughtful conversations and exchanges around how to use digital technology to support learning at the 30th EdSurge Tech for Schools Summit. Here’s what we learned. Led by Gov.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

By bringing these two solutions into PowerSchool’s unified portfolio, we are focusing on providing tools and insights that can help simplify, guide, and provide all the options they need to help with that journey.” But it has been actively expanding its portfolio, purchasing nearly a dozen edtech companies over the past five years.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 27, 2020

Public Schools has a backup plan in place: digital learning days. Since 2017, the district has been using digital tools to continue instruction and communication when inclement weather days, natural disasters and other emergencies force them to close their buildings.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

In the conversation around digital learning, there’s a sobering statistic that often goes overlooked: 74. It’s the percentage of students around the whole who lack consistent internet connectivity—and access to many of the tools and online courseware that some have hailed as the solution to education gaps.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 27, 2020

Public Schools has a backup plan in place: digital learning days. Since 2017, the district has been using digital tools to continue instruction and communication when inclement weather days, natural disasters and other emergencies force them to close their buildings.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 25, 2020

Public Schools has a backup plan in place: digital learning days. Since 2017, the district has been using digital tools to continue instruction and communication when inclement weather days, natural disasters and other emergencies force them to close their buildings.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

For some districts, the best way to attain massive amounts of money to pay for edtech purchases or initiatives is through bonds. Grants to Fund Small Teacher-Led Edtech Initiatives (<$10,000) Sometimes, teachers ask for a little bit of funding to do something tech-related in their classroom. Applications are due May 5, 2017.

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eSchool News

MARCH 3, 2022

Silver Spring, MD (Thursday, March 3, 2022) — Discovery Education and leading social impact partners are offering engaging, no-cost digital learning resources to students, teachers, and families to support Women’s History Month observances nationwide. Discovery Education is the worldwide?EdTech?leader

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Renaissance Learning will host SXSWedu’s kickoff bash with beverages at Buffalo Billiards from 7:30 p.m. Opinionated Products : There’s a word for the kinds of tools and products—like say, Google search results—which adapt to a user’s behavior: opinionated. continues to grow, how can edtech help serve this population?

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

Every day at Digital Promise, we work with leading educators, researchers, and developers across the country to help close the Digital Learning Gap and improve learning for all. Take a look below at our proposed sessions, and click each link to vote now through August 25, 2017.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 27, 2017

Today Kasey Bell @shakeuplearning sits down to talk about the hot trends at ISTE 2017 including lots of Google stuff, new AR news, Google Keep, touch Screen Chromebooks, and more news. I will be leading a panel discussion on 5 Key Trends Transforming Teaching Today at ISTE 2017 on Monday June 26, 2017 at 4pm in room 225 A and B.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

The 2018 Honor Roll: EdTech’s Must-Read K-12 IT Blogs. In the digital age, using your voice has taken on a whole new meaning. With powerful publication and distribution tools within reach, blogs remain one of the most potent ways to spread your ideas and thoughts. Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech. Pull Quote.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

To help overcome this, we have adopted the Future Ready Schools Framework , a systematic approach to scaling innovative digital learning practices while promoting long-term sustainability. The team’s primary goal was to develop a shared vision for deeper learning through innovative uses of digital technologies.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2022

She served on the leadership team for the EdTech Coaches Network of ISTE from 2015-2020, was a Future Ready Schools Instructional Coaches Thought Leader from 2017-2020, is a cohost of the Restart Recharge Podcast for coaches, and is a Google Certified Innovator, Coach, and Trainer. Lumio sponsored this episode. Katie finished her Ed.D.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The company says its tools are used by more than 30 million people across the education and corporate learning markets. Phil Hill, an edtech consultant who watches the LMS space closely, said the biggest question is just how much Instructure will separate Bridge from the rest of the company. Customers are indeed watching warily.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 5, 2022

Lumio is a digital learning tool that will transform your lessons into active, collaborative learning experiences. In reflecting back on the past few years with the changes education has seen due to the pandemic, Mike asks the question, “what tools have stuck?” Mike says he’s often asked, what’s the best tool?

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

So what else is next for the Salt Lake City-based edtech company? Previous expansion plans had been put on hold by a disappointing corporate learning product, activist investor interest and an acquisition that became messy at times. But it’s OK by Instructure and its new owner, Thoma Bravo. “To The company will not end the product.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 31, 2017

The post 10 Amazing Google Geo Tools for Your Classroom appeared first on Shake Up Learning. I had the privilege of attending the Google Geo Institute ( #CAGTI17 ) with approximately 90 other educators from around the world last week to learn more about Google’s Geo Tools ! 10 Amazing Google Geo Tools for Your Classroom.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Digital textbooks teach students how to self-direct their own learning by using note-taking and highlighting tools. Plus, they give students choices about how they want to learn about concepts. Digital textbooks give students a personalized pathway for learning. Learn more.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Insert iPads, PowerPoint, Kahoot, or any tool you may want to use in the blank.) Our goal is to plan a lesson using technology to enhance learning not take the place of teaching. Tips & Tools to Enhance Collaboration Between Tech & Curriculum ] So how can we accomplish this? There is a paradigm shift in learning.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 29, 2017

The post Don’t Mess with Google Classroom Conference (with Alice Keeler and Kasey Bell) appeared first on Shake Up Learning. October 21, 2017. Come learn from the Ah-mazing Alice Keeler and me at the Don’t Mess with Google Classroom Conference on October 21, 2017. 21, 2017 (8:30 – 3:30).

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Kasey Bell, a digital learning consultant and former Texas teacher, choose to go for the former: “AI [is] defined as machines with the ability or intelligence to complete tasks on their own and make intelligent decisions.” Not so fast argues Chris Gosselin, a Digital Learning Coach at Sanborn Elementary School.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

According to Davis, Fuller, Jackson, Pittman, and Sweet (2007) , the definition of digital equity is “equal access and opportunity to digital tools, resources, and services to support an increase in digital knowledge, awareness, and skills.” Honest Conversation. Overcoming Barriers. Sarah Thomas, Ph.D.

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techlearning

MAY 15, 2018

These include: More engaged students – Students are often more engaged when material is presented with digital tools. Lightweight new laptops and digital books can easily take the place of heavy, cumbersome books and notebooks. [ A simple text-to-speech tool, Voice Typing in Google Docs or the Chrome.

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techlearning

MAY 7, 2018

At the recent Tech & Learning Live in Boston , many school leaders took risks in the interest of professional development. I participated in my first EdTech #PoetrySlam. By taking this approach, edtech and curriculum leaders can share innovative ideas and become a cohort of learners, not two separate commodities.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Kahoot , an Oslo-based developer of a digital quiz tool popular with teachers, just started making money this year. In 2017, Kahoot joined the Disney Accelerator , a program run by the venture capital arm of the media juggernaut. This tool was offered for free for the first five years, and amassed a following.

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 16, 2016

Leading education conference SXSWedu 2017 doesn't start until March 6 -- but long before then, the con's Panel Picker will help decide which sessions will be presented there. Proposed Sessions What Can We Learn from 3,000 EdTech Reviews? Is the Best EdTech for ELLs Hiding in Plain Sight?

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 7, 2017

App Overkill: Going Beyond the Buzz Words SXSWedu 2017 Panel Jena Draper, CEO, CachOn Inc Carl Hooker, Director of Innovation & Digital Learning, Eanes ISD P.H. Freemium apps account for over 80% of apps and tools in schools today. It's important to build the WHY for using apps/digital resources.

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