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K–12 Leaders Get Creative to Make the Case for Network Upgrades

EdTech Magazine

Two years ago, IT Services Director AJ Phillips needed to persuade her school board to purchase new network infrastructure, so she tapped her prior experience as an elementary school teacher and presented a show-and-tell. Educate Stakeholders About Cost Comparisons and Success Stories. Thu, 06/20/2019 - 12:02. Public Schools.

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Blended Learning – How to Make it Work in the Classroom.

EdTech4Beginners

In comparison with a traditional classroom-based learning, a blended learning offers a teacher much more flexibility and shifts a teacher-centered classroom toward the student-centered one. As you see, the blending learning has a bunch of benefits, but only when it is applied wisely.

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Flip Grid: 6 Fun Ideas to Engage Learners in Conversation with Teryl Magee

The CoolCatTeacher

Episode 117 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. I’ve included a comparison matrix with features to help you figure out what system is best for you. I’ve included a comparison matrix with features to help you figure out what system is best for you.

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The Big List of STEM Board Games

MIND Research Institute

Families can discuss ideas such as: same, different, comparison, and checking each other’s solutions, as they play. STEM Games for Elementary (Ages 7+). The theme makes it more accessible and exciting to younger players than many abstract strategy games. There’s also Set Jr. Link to purchase. Link to purchase. Dragon Market.

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Experiences in Self-Determined Learning: Moving from Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0

User Generated Education

Philipp Schmidt (2007) provide an excellent comparison of how Education 1.0 users moved from just accessing information and content to being able to directly interact with the content through commenting, remixing, and sharing it via social networks. Education 1.0 can be compared to Web 1.0 Keats and J. is similar to Web 1.0.

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Resources from Miami Device

Learning in Hand

Bryan gives you a head to head comparison of all of the popular interactive response systems that work on your classroom''s mobile devices. However, what does that look like for early elementary grades (K-3)? Learn about creating various kinds of codes and access to lots of QR code activities for all subjects and grade levels.

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What happens when two separate and unequal school districts merge?

The Hechinger Report

There are pockets of poverty in the county that rival the Delta while Starkville is, by comparison, a wealthy town,” he said. In the year leading up to consolidation, the commission held town hall meetings in person and on Twitter to build community support for the new plan. This economic divide was mirrored in the school system.

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