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APRIL 13, 2020

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Tools Khan Academy Learning Adobe 98

The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 24, 2015

Something that could adapt with the ever changing knowledge base educators and students could pull from along with being more personal. All the content is Common Core aligned so you can be sure its high-quality and timely. If you doing BYOD, 1:1, or some other digital initiative, CK12 can be a great addition to your classroom.

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BYOD Common Core Instructional Materials Android 100

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

‘Technology in education’ has become the buzz phrase for cutting edge classes that are plugged into the latest education trends. When you start at a new school (or classroom, or teacher), it’s important to understand the part technology will take to improve educational experiences for your child.

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Technology Digital Citizenship Common Core iPad 150

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

The final project can be completed on paper, using word processing skills and completed using a student''s BYOD device. The Final Product Students type up an outline for their case and is an individual grade assessing ability to follow directions, craft a legitimate argument and demonstrate understanding of outline format.

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BYOD Edmodo Common Core Digital Citizenship 97

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. The free assessments include Google Docs assessments to copy and digital rubrics to download. That was certainly the case in our experience.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2015

Accomplishing this so it serves educational goals isn’t as much about knowing how to use the tools as constructing knowledge in an organic, scalable way. This makes the end-of-year assessments–in a format students have never-before seen–a simple application of knowledge they’ve already learned.

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Digital Citizenship Social Media Wiki BYOD 150

Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

I had a great time encouraging educators to give students as much ownership over their devices and learning as possible. Sketchnoting is helping make your thinking visible and shareable as you are reading a professional book, watching a movie clip, reading an educational blog post or article or listening to a lecture of conference keynote.

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Resources iPad Mobility eBook 91

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

Rod Federwisch & Karen Goss Assessing and Developing Modern Language Fluency For Global Communication - Harry Tuttle, Ed.D. Revathi Viswanathan Improved Reporting Triples Educators’ Accuracy When Analyzing Data - Jenny Grant Rankin, Ph.D. Yildiz, Teacher Educator 2:00pm Edmodo – An Asynchronous Métier - Ms.

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Common Core Conference Blackboard Digital Citizenship 71

Fractus Learning

JULY 23, 2015

Google Apps for Education, Learning Management System (LMS), Student Information System (SIS), online education sites… For online education sites, do you have all usernames and passwords ? – Fast and fun game-based formative assessment. Hopefully, this was already done last school year. Is the timer working?

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EdTech Laptops Tablets BYOD 40

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

The products below were selected by an anonymous panel of educator judges, who scoured the exhibit hall floor during the conference in Chicago. The line supports up to 8th Generation Intel Core processors, up to 16GB of DDR4 memory, many storage options, and more. ACHIEVE3000 PRO ( WWW.ACHIEVE3000.COM AVER INFORMATION INC.

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Robotics Chromebook Edmentum Mobility 42

TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Purpose: Improving our chance for a common language in discussing existing and emerging learning trends, model, and technology in hopes of innovation in classrooms, and collectively, education at large. Audience: K-12 & higher ed educators, researchers, institutions, and organizations globally. Google Apps for Education.

Technology 40

Technology Learning BYOD Digital Citizenship 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 5, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. What does the type of education we receive say about the world it prepares us to enter?

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eBook Conference Libraries Game-Based Learning 48

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 7, 2016

For all intensive purposes most of these students could care less about the curriculum, Common Core Standards, or standardized tests (i.e. This was true for many of our change efforts including BYOD, blended learning, and virtual learning. The key takeaway that I want educators to leave with is a focus on open-ended exploration.

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Maker Movement BYOD Common Core Outcomes 150