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Top 10 Reasons to Sign Up for Summer Learning with Ask a Tech Teacher

Ask a Tech Teacher

A secondary focus (but of significant interest with educators I polled) is technology as change agent in achieving Standards, enabling teachers to fulfill Common Core requirements without adding that ‘extra layer’ many teachers fear will take more time/knowledge/effort than they have available. Digital portfolios—via wikis.

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The Truly Flipped Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

A Shift in Pacing The vast majority of classrooms, especially at the secondary level, expect all students within a class to learn the given material in one set, standard amount of time. Whether through a podcast, individual blog, classroom wiki, or another Web 2.0 Here are three key areas in which such a shift can and should occur.

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Notes from the 2015 Iowa STEM Summit

Dangerously Irrelevant

Missed signals: The effect of ACT college-readiness measures on post-secondary decisions. instead of being openly accessible via a blog, web site, wiki, etc. How do we assess student growth / development? Our current assessments aren’t up to the task. Iowa’s 25th place math ranking shows we have work to do.

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Video Book Trailer Awards

The Daring Librarian

You''ll find an Assessment Rubric , among other resources, on the Reading-Active-and-Engaging wiki. Also helpful is the trailers and videos page of the incredibly rich bookleads wiki. There is a wealth of information available online. Book Trailers for Readers has an instructional video, tips, and links.

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10Q: Helen Keegan

Learning with 'e's

In the primary (elementary) and secondary (high) school sectors some can be conspicuous, because through various Teachmeets around the world, and also online during Twitter #edchats, they make their work known to the wider community. I changed the focus from VLEs to open blogs, wikis etc. What is your vision for the future of learning?

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Connecting 2 the World: Learning Theories: In support of Connectivism

Connecting 2 the World

What has changed is the fact that many of my students in their future careers will not have immediate contact with their audience (primary or secondary). No longer can speakers lump an audience together and assess their needs as a whole. Lost in translation What is appropriate to appropriate?

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Top 10 Reasons to Sign Up for Summer Learning with Ask a Tech Teacher

Ask a Tech Teacher

A secondary focus (but of significant interest with educators I polled) is technology as change agent in achieving Standards, enabling teachers to fulfill Common Core requirements without adding that ‘extra layer’ many teachers fear will take more time/knowledge/effort than they have available. Digital portfolios—via wikis.

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