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Digital Promise Brings Edcamps Into Its Tent

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For years, organizers of “ Edcamps ,” a popular brand of informal professional development gatherings for teachers, received a resource kit sent by their host organization, the Edcamp Foundation. Last week, Digital Promise announced it had acquired the assets and operations of the Edcamp Foundation. It began with a box.

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The Future’s Open Wide With These 60+ K-12 Education Technology Events in 2018-2019

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From local Edcamps in your backyard to glitzy conferences dotting the globe, these convenings showcase exciting changes happening in schools and classrooms (and humbling lessons learned along the way). We’ve compiled this shortlist of education technology events for the K-12 community happening across the world in 2018.

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About Wanda

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Twenty-­eight year educator Dr. Wanda Terral is the Director of Technology for the Lakeland School System (TN). Wanda is a member of ISTE, TETA, CUE, and TCEA as well being an organizer of EdCamp Memphis. When not spending time with her cats, she is coding, listening to audiobooks, or sketchnoting.

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Why innovation is Crucial in Education #Podcast

The Principal of Change

Innovation is about how you use technology. I believe that this happens because some technologies are deemed to be innovative, which can hold some truth. But innovation is a way of thinking, not merely the way we use technology. That being said, there are many ways that educators are innovative without using technology.

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#PottyPD: How to Make the Most of a Captive Audience (FREE TEMPLATE) – SULS043

Shake Up Learning

Just like planning for technology integration, you want to ask yourself, what’s the end goal? She is passionate about professional development, technology integration, and building a strong culture in schools. She has presented at FETC, the EdTechTeam Low Country Summit, and EdCamps. © Shake Up Learning 2019.

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How to Choose a Digital Assessment Strategy – SULS010

Shake Up Learning

11:51] – Carly talks about the kind of technology and devices that she has available to her students in her classroom. [14:46] One piece of content or skill that’s just hard to teach or doesn’t seem to work well with technology? © Shake Up Learning 2019. 14:46] – What’s going well in Carly’s classroom this year?

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Google Tips for Instructional Coaches and Tech Coaches

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As an Instructional or Technology Coach, we have a lot to do on a daily basis. . I hope you’ve found some valuable resources and ideas to help you get organized as an Instructional or Technology Coach! Resources for Instructional/Technology Coaches: PLC Communication Using Google Apps by Pam Hubler. © Shake Up Learning 2019.

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