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#Internet4schools: Make Your Voice Heard

A Principal's Reflections

Back in 2009 when we began to transform teaching and learning at New Milford High School we were extremely fortunate at the time to have wireless Internet access throughout the school. Access to the Internet allowed us and our students to harness and leverage thousands of free tools to support teaching and learning as described above.

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How schools can keep students safe, and on Facebook

eSchool News

In a BYOD world, managing access to popular social media sites has become critical. As K-12 organizations embrace a more mobile environment, security necessarily becomes a top priority in keeping students and networks safe, while providing access to educational tools and resources online. Allow, but monitor.

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5 Ways Adobe Premiere Rush Encourages Creativity in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

To access these features, just toggle from Auto to Pro. It is good for beginners, perfect for a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) school like mine, and the projects sync between all devices. BYOD FRIENDLY WITH CLOUD SYNC In addition, students can start by filming on their phones and house the content in Adobe Premiere Rush.

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7 PROs and CONs of m-learning in the classroom

Neo LMS

Cost: Bring Your Own Device ( BYOD ) is proving to be a practical strategy for schools seeking to develop online content and curricula, without the significant cost and logistics of providing school-owned devices.

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A Few of My Fav #EdTech Things in 2014

The Innovative Educator

1) Google Apps Never worry about accessing or backing up your work with Google Apps.Whether you’re creating a doc, slides, spreadsheet, Google Apps provide the best collaboration and sharing tool out there for your work. Favorite hastags are #BYOD #BYOTchat #StuVoice #TLChat #EdChat. Check em out and share yours. Technology tools'

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EdmodoCon Guest Post #3: M.Valois

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

If you aren''t familiar, Edmodo is a social learning platform for schools, often called the "Facebook" for schools because its format is similar. It''s a great, safe place for teachers and students to connect; students can post questions, submit assignments, create projects, access notes, join discussion groups, and much more.

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The future of education in 2016, from the sharing economy to BYOD: my Future Trends Forum recording and materials

Bryan Alexander

When the crowd gets above 40 (I think) Shindig breaks people up into multiple rooms accessible through a Mingle Bar on the bottom of the screen, like so: . Speaking of MOOCs, we discussed the use of Facebook to support better sociability in MOOCs. I also had a significant slide deck this time, as mentioned above.

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