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Interoperability Boosts the Speed of School Communications

EdTech Magazine

As K–12 institutions digitally progress, slow data sharing between parents, teachers and administrators is leaving all players increasingly frustrated as they are forced to wait for important information sent through what is quickly becoming an outdated system. This is not just a hypothetical example.

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Blended Teaching: How Plagiarism Detection Software can Help Educators

Educational Technology Guy

Accessing a wide range of sources If you plan on checking a student’s submission for plagiarism, googling suspicious parts from the paper won’t do the trick. The reason is, you need to have access to various online resources, such as articles, blog posts, publications in journals, etc. Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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People Make the Difference

A Principal's Reflections

Being on an isolated island in terms of access to information had a real negative impact on my ability to move my school forward during my first two years as principal. It started with Twitter and eventually led to the use of virtually every major social media tool available with the sole goal of improving professional practice.

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The Impact of Ethnicity on Startup Investment

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

EdConnective was founded with a desire to impact the education system, especially for people of color. The event provided access to investors, industry stakeholders, and mentors who provided feedback. After a quick Google search I learned that in comparison, 83 percent of venture capital backed founders are Caucasian.

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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. Go to www.coolcatteacher.com/bloomz to find out why Bloomz is the best parent-teacher communication system out there. Today Teryl Magee @teryl_magee gives us five ways to use Flipgrid. Listen Now.

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

EdTech4Beginners

Today teachers have a variety of blended learning models and education tools at their disposal, including Learning Management Systems (LMSs) to manage online and offline learning environments. As you see, the blending learning has a bunch of benefits, but only when it is applied wisely.

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The Big 3's War Over EDU: A Comparison of Apple, Google, and Microsoft

techlearning

The collaborative nature of tools and the access to the Drive App Store gives Chromebooks a level of collaborative creation that is good enough for most. Read his blog at bigguyinabowtie.com and follow him on Twitter @bigguyinabowtie. Google users can control accounts, apps, and devices all from the same administrative panel.