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Best-in-Category Winners for 2017

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Over the last month, readers voted on which tools had the greatest impact on readers. has it become a beloved tool in your classes or a failed experiment. Here are the 2017 Best-in-Category and Honorable Mentions for the following Categories: Winners: Please grab your award from this page. Classroom Management Tool.

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With a New CEO, Can Edmodo Regain Its Ed Mojo?

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“What really drew me to Edmodo was the opportunity to use technology to provide a much better learning experience for everyone,” says Kim in an interview with EdSurge. In September, Kim took over as CEO of Edmodo , the San Mateo, Calif. based developer of a communication and collaboration tool popular among K-12 educators.

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Drinking, Smoking and Sugar: How Unsavory Ads Wound Up on Edmodo

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Beth Freeman logs in to her son’s Edmodo account from time to time to check on his homework assignments. edmodo so usually things don’t bother me but this is the ad that popped up in my 8th grade son’s social studies feed today. That the ad ever showed up on a student’s account was a mistake, Edmodo officials say.

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9 EdTech Ideas to Use Now

The CoolCatTeacher

My school uses Planboard with Chalk.com ’s curriculum planning tool. This powerful tool links with standards — and gives us the ability to do some timesaving, efficient reporting and tracking. I use a free program called Planboard for my lesson planning. ambassador for ?several several other learning communities.

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Powerful Language Learning in the 21st Century

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Rachelle’s favorite tech tools for language learning and how her students use them. Some fantastic new tools and features she’s using this week in her classroom. Recently, she was named the 2017 Outstanding Teacher of the Year by PAECT and had a chapter published in the Edumatch “Snapshot in Education” book and enjoys blogging.

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14 Education Advancements in a Year

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The past decade saw significant improvements in the application of technology to learning and 2017 became a tipping point where embedding technology into education finally moved from fringe to mainstream, remaking classrooms in the image of the future. In 2017, this was solved. Greater acceptance of technology as a tool.

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8th Annual EdmodoCon Connects Educators with Innovative Resources and Ideas from Around the Globe

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The local community is welcome to join Edmodo in watching speakers in person in San Mateo, CA, asking questions, accessing speaker handouts and resources, along with interacting with educators from around the world. Education impacts everyone and for students to succeed, teachers need support, comprehensive coaching, and effective tools.”

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