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Blended Learning: Building a Playlist

Catlin Tucker

At the start of a virtual workshop last week, a teacher sent me a note in the chat saying that she wanted to quit. My doctoral research focused on the multidimensional motivational construct of teacher engagement in blended learning environments. Need more support getting started with blended learning or online learning?

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Information Sharing at the 2019 Nonprofit Technology Conference

Digital Promise

Recently, I attended the 2019 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in Portland, Oregon, hosted by NTEN , to catch up on the newest trends in educational technology (edtech) and learn about cutting-edge tools that may be integrated to boost adult learning and workforce development initiatives at Digital Promise. Google Draw (free).

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Vendors Must Hone in on Successful Models for Educator PD

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

When I was a reporter in public radio, I rarely received professional development. The only training or workshops I attended were those I got a grant for, applying on my own. According to a report by TNTP schools spend $18,000 per teacher each year on professional development. I think about PD very differently.

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Kids code their own 3D creations with new blocks-based design program

The Hechinger Report

Adam Green, an instructor at Einstein’s Workshop, shows 3D printers to students learning BlocksCAD, a free 3D-design software developed at the Workshop. Subscribe to our Blended Learning newsletter. Even among the CAD novices at Einstein’s Workshop, there was plenty of variation. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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Come for the computers, stay for the books

The Hechinger Report

That effort began by having Vancouver’s librarians get trained in new software purchased by the district, so that they could train their school colleagues in turn. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. The post Come for the computers, stay for the books appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Five-year olds and laser cutters—perfect together? Welcome to the first early childhood fab lab

The Hechinger Report

That was also the primary question in January 2015, when Jan Morrison, president and CEO of TIES ( Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM ), invited BADM staff along with other early childhood experts, software developers and representatives from MIT’s Fab Foundation to meet in Washington, D.C. That worked; Jack beamed.

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How can schools protect student data without training teachers in privacy basics?

The Hechinger Report

Privacy and data-security themes are also woven into Raytown’s professional development workshops, curriculum planning sessions and even parent-teacher conferences. Most people want to solve this the way you would any technical issue: You buy the software and fix the glitch,” said Fitzgerald.