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What Are Education Innovation Clusters, and What Were They Up To in 2017?

Digital Promise

They are piloting new tools and evaluating their impact. To really take stock of EdClusters in 2017, we first need to revisit the foundation and origin of Education Innovation Clusters — what they are, how they work, and how they are progressing. They are designing solutions to local challenges and sharing them across regions.

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An Excellent Tool to Document Students Learning

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

May 29, 2017 One effective way to engage and motivate students is by helping them document their learning. Digital portfolios is the best way to do this. We have already reviewed several web tools.read more.

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8 Web Tools for Creating Multimedia Timelines

Teacher Reboot Camp

Learners can also create timelines to document their lives, family history, or examine a famous person’s life. The following free web tools will help learners design multimedia timelines. Tiki-Toki is a web tool for creating beautifully animated 3D timelines with images, text, and colorful backgrounds. Embed on a website.

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An Easy Way to Convert PDFs to Microsoft Word Documents Using Google Drive

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

May 28, 2017 There are different ways to convert PDF files to Word documents. A quick search in Google brings up a number of web tools some of which are free. We tried out some of these tools.read more.

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9 Web Tools and Apps for Communicating More Effectively with Parents

Teacher Reboot Camp

The following free web tools and apps help teachers communicate with parents quickly and often will translate messages into several different languages. Parent Communication Tools. Class Tag offers a variety of tools to communicate with parents via text messages or the phone. Translate messages into more than 70 languages.

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12 Great Tools to Create Engaging Activities Around Primary Source Documents

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

September 8, 2017 DocsTeach is a great website that provides teachers and students access to thousands of primary sources that include things such as maps, videos, photographs, census records, draft.read more.

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Better Feedback for Deeper Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Hattie and Timperley (2017) shared the following. Have students keep this log in a binder or online document and have them reflect on what they have done to incorporate the feedback. Best of all, they can serve as an empowerment tool to help kids exert more ownership over their learning. All feedback isn’t created equal.

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