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The Social Learning Summit Is Tomorrow - Online and Free

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

All sessions will be publicly available to attend through the online Blackboard Collaborate platform, and every session will be recorded and made available immediately following the conference. The conference theme is the use of social media and Web 2.0 in teaching and learning, and the URL for attending is [link].

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5 Reasons Teachers Using Tech are Super Heroes with Kecia Ray

The CoolCatTeacher

This fun, visual tool lets students explore 150 different science and social studies units for elementary and middle school learners. This is not necessarily something you might teach in a classroom, but it’s certainly something that’s relevant to every student and every teacher in our schools, and that’s social media.

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October 24 - Ed Tech News, Our Weekly Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

I''m also a proposed panelist for "Education2.0 - Social Media Drives Student Success" being hosted by Jennifer Openshaw. The Library 2.011 worldwide virtual conference starts in just over a week! November 2 - 4, all online, all free. of Text-Messaging at School A Big Step for Gesture-Based Learning?

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Global Education Conference 2017 #globaled17

The CoolCatTeacher

Steve: Lucy’s our social media guru… Lucy: Yes there is. Currently an education consultant advising a variety of organizations, Lucy Gray previously taught elementary grade levels in Chicago Public Schools and middle school computer science at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. Vicki: Is there a hashtag for it?

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6 ways teachers can use the Pomodoro Technique to beat procrastination & reduce time wasters

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Social media: If you find it hard to get started on tasks that seem overwhelming or find yourself checking your email twenty times each day and still end up with an overflowing inbox, you might be in need of the Pomodoro Technique! Hint: stay off social media!). For time-sucking social media apps.

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Inside a Student’s Hunt for His Own Learning Data

Edsurge

That job was with the Digital Tattoo Project , which is run out of the Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology at the UBC Library. I should say that all this is to do with their old learning management system at UBC, which was Blackboard Connect. In that job we were empowering students to take control of their digital identities.

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STEMxCon - Today Is the Final Deadline for Proposals; Great Keynotes + Sessions; Need Volunteers!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MP3 and MP4 versions will be available as well as the full Blackboard Collaborate recordings, although they take some days to process. Gary Bass Meaningful STEM-Based Learning in a University/Elementary School Partnership - Maria D. Be sure to come sign up on the conference website to be notified of recording availability.

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