A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

In a previous post I discussed in detail strategies to help ensure the effective use of technology to improve learning outcomes. You don’t have to be a fan of technology, but you do need to understand that it’s a catalyst for some exciting pedagogical changes. Just using it to access information is also not a sound use.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 29, 2020

See what you think: Bold School: Old School Wisdom + New School Technologies = Blended Learning That Works. In Bold School, Kieschnick lays out an effective, workable education framework that blends common sense with technology while reminding teachers that tech is a useful tool for achieving pedagogic goals, not the opposite.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The goal of this blog has always been to provide teachers with digital learning resources, tips, and tricks, and help teachers find ways to integrate technology meaningfully in the classroom. I share this tip often during presentations, and just talking about it doesn’t do it justice. © Shake Up Learning 2021.

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 10, 2021

Are you using Chromebooks with Students? Be sure to learn about Chrome Apps that can save you time and frustration, especially with littles. Chrome Apps (Chromebook only) are shortcuts to websites and your favorite web tools. Learn more: jamboard.google.com. Explore the Dynamic Learning Framework. Take a Workshop.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Tom has been kind enough to share ideas from his TCEA conference presentation with us. No TCEA FOMO for Shake Up Learning readers! It also has App Smashing that solves a persistent problem: Students have too many tabs open on 11-inch Chromebooks. Students can also edit a collaborative Slide presentation in a FigJam.

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The Shake Up Learning Blog

MAY 10, 2022

Combine text, video, quizzes, and interactive widgets to let students learn and practice at their own pace. Nearpod is an interactive presentation and assessment tool. Insert Learning (Freemium). Learn more about his super cool extension here: 4 Ways to Blend Learning with Insert Learning.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

In my last blog, I focused on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principle of representation. I described how blended and online learning can help educators provide opportunities for students to perceived and engage with information presented in multiple modalities. Check out my self-paced online course.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Susan shares some awesome feedback tools from her own presentation, a little inspiration from the opening keynote, a new novel app, and some important AI thoughts. Come learn with us and get FETC takeaways! Susan Vincentz is a technology integration specialist from Kentucky. She is also a part of the Shake Up Learning team.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

Each nominee and nominator will be entered to win a classroom technology package. The winning nominator and his or her nominee each win a $20,000 package including one 7000 series SMART Board and SMART Document Camera, 30 Chromebooks, and SMART training and implementation. Vicki: Awesome, so then they share what they learned.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JULY 7, 2022

My first trip to an ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) conference was to San Diego a decade ago. The presentation Slides linked above have some templates and examples of Explore Boards.) I then made an acronym (because we all agree that education needs another one!):

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 31, 2022

Education technology has good uses, but as we’ve moved through the pandemic, sometimes it may have been mis-implemented or implemented without teacher PD. He shares observations on where education technology is and where it is going in the future. What we've got is we've got this accelerated focus of, we need to adopt technology.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 19, 2021

They have tutorials and eLearning resources for teachers here and are also Chromebook-compatible. These tools have revolutionized the way educators present content and foster group problem-solving. One of their apps — Microsoft Whiteboard — is built for interaction and tactile learning. XP-Pen’s Deco mini7W ($59.99)is

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 1, 2018

Education technology must enhance learning. Today’s guest, Bethany Petty gives us pointers and shares a common pitfall of those implementing new technology in the classroom. Vicki: Using technology to enhance learning. Is the focus of the tool to enhance student learning? How do we use technology to do that?

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 3, 2021

Optimize access to tools and assistive technology. . That packs a powerful punch to student learning! Choice boards, or learning menus, can look like several different replicas of real-life documents. However it’s presented the basic concepts are the same. . Start with the learning goal.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Her job is to help teachers to use technology to meet the needs of their students. . Students can present their learning on any topic without having to write it all out or record with their faces being displayed. They simply plug into a computer or Chromebook with a USB. Interview with Jennifer Conti. Click To Tweet. .

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

They are examples of things he is using and that he has presented about virtual reality. Enrique Chachafeiro @ @8bitbiologist is an amazing presenter. She saw Enrique present in Second Life recently about how we can really change things using Virtual Reality. Chromebooks only run stuff that’s on browsers. Re-create that.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 16, 2019

link] A lot of times we think of Google slides as the presentation tool, which of course it is, and there’s nothing wrong with that, please don’t get me wrong. It’s fantastic for kids to just do a presentation. So lots of real fun things that you could do with slides besides just a traditional presentation.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 14, 2022

The post 20 Ways to Use Screencasting in the Classroom – SULS0162 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. She’s had early access to Google’s brand new Screencast app for Chromebooks. Screencast for Chromebooks (New App from Google). Voiceover Presentation. Kasey has been keeping a secret!

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Edthena

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Earlier this month, the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) released their report, The Broadband Imperative II: Equitable Access for Learning. In it, education leaders advocate strongly for policymakers to increase broadband internet access in support of student learning. Cornerstone Academy.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 20, 2020

These are two fantastic STEM education projects that will encourage design thinking, sustainability, and computational thinking as well as video-related presentation skills. Both challenges have students designing STEM or STEAM solutions to our world’s problems and submitting their solutions via video and an online application form.

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EdTechTeam

MARCH 14, 2018

Read about Angela Barnett ’s journey with technology as she moved from unsure to a confident teacher after being a part of the Summer Online Teacher Leader Cohort in 2017. Last year I was moved from 2nd to 3rd grade AND with a chrome cart (1:1 Chromebooks) – There was no real training or PD provided for this new tool. .

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 18, 2019

Tune in today to learn more about The Learning Mixologist – # ISTE19 (FREE Preview) with Holly Clark. We first presented this information at FETC and the information provided is from both of our books and learning frameworks! We are so excited to chat more about the Learning Mixologist ideologies and templates.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 7, 2023

Blended Learning Whether you record your lessons for distance learning or like to have a recording for absent students, ScreenPal can help make that happen. In today’s world of social videos, our students are so used to communicating in this mode. This can become a very personal option to reach your students.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 9, 2018

Luckily, augmented and virtual reality tools (often abbreviated AR and VR respectively) are becoming readily accessible to anyone with a smartphone, tablet or even a Chromebook. The technology giants of the world have found ways so that the average person can create their own AR and VR worlds with very little training or gear.

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EdTechTeam

OCTOBER 28, 2016

During a Summit, students work with world class educators learning to how to utilize technology in the classroom. Scheduled for a full day or entire week, Students Summits expose students and teachers to educational technology experiences. Temple High School is a 1:1 Chromebook campus.

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 13, 2018

Designing and implementing a personalized learning model requires more than technology—it requires a cultural shift. We recently visited Pickerington Local School District in Ohio, and I had a chance to sit down with Pickerington Director of Instructional Technology Brian Seymour. Sound Curriculum Framework.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 25, 2017

As we wind down another year of chronicling education technology, we wondered: Which stories made the biggest impact? This year, you looked to trendsetting districts, thought leaders, tech giants and one very sage high school student to help make sense of rapid changes in education technology. One tip: stay far, far away from Hawaii.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 15, 2021

The post Using Google Tools in the World Languages Classroom – SULS0114 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. in Technology. It’s not just a presentation tool any longer. However, when you need students to show what they have learned, Carolina explains how Slides can be a collaborative class presentation.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 29, 2018

See their presentation: [link]. Katie @ MrsKBradford is a former middle school Language Arts teacher and Project-Based Learning facilitator with a passion for transformative learning experiences! I am Brett, @ bmiller_fsts an Innovative Learning Specialist for Five-Star Technology in Southern Indiana.

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 20, 2018

Pear Deck is an active learning and formative assessment tool that makes your presentations completely interactive! Learn more about Padlet. Nearpod is an interactive presentation and assessment tool. Learn more about CoSpaces. . Learn more about Buncee. Learn more about OneNote. Click To Tweet.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 12, 2020

Overall, the panelists are optimistic that the transition to online learning will hasten the adaptation of technologies and teaching methods that will better prepare students for 21 st century careers. The integration of new technologies in schools has been an ongoing process that sometimes seems to take longer than it should.

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

30hands Storyteller for Chromebook, Mac or PC free 30 day trial here ! 30hands Learning is the excellent company for creating an innovative LMS (Learning Management System) as well as the popular mobile iOS apps that are ideal for digital storytelling ( 30hands Starter (free), 30hands Pro (paid)).

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Technology Tidbits

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

30hands Storyteller for Chromebook, Mac or PC free 30 day trial here ! 30hands Learning is the excellent company for creating an innovative LMS (Learning Management System) as well as the popular mobile iOS apps that are ideal for digital storytelling ( 30hands Starter (free), 30hands Pro (paid)).

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 23, 2016

Email me at Kasey@ShakeUpLearning.com , or submit this PD request form to bring Shake Up Learning to your 2016 event. Below are just a few of the keynote presentations and workshops that I deliver across the country: Change is the New Black: Embrace the Digital Learning Revolution (keynote). presentation).

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Gaggle Speaks

JULY 22, 2016

Most educators have thought about integrating a robust technology program if they haven’t rolled devices out to students already. For example, Google Chromebooks are sold for less than $200 and do not require the purchase of additional accessories like keyboards for iPads, which sell for $379 per device and $30-100 for keyboards.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 24, 2019

The goal of this blog has always been to provide teachers with educational technology resources, tips, and tricks, and help teachers find ways to integrate technology meaningfully in the classroom. Learn how you can insert audio files into your Google Slides presentations. 60 Tools to Inspire Students with Chromebooks.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 14, 2020

Blended/Hybrid PD : Educators engage in professional learning in a combination of environments, including face-to-face, on-campus, online, digital, paper-based, or hands-on. Implementation goals (like going 1-to-1 with Chromebooks). Avoid Zoom fatigue so the learning will stick.) © Shake Up Learning 2020.

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