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Big question for edtech: But how do we know what’s working?

The Hechinger Report

Participants can teach to student avatars in a virtual classroom, check out the Two Bit Circus or attend “Hour of Power,’’ sessions that promise to be “provocative, fun and interactive.”. I’m hoping this conference will also include views from the classroom along with CEO’s and their promotions staff.

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What a blended learning classroom really looks like: An urban teacher’s reboot

The Hechinger Report

My classroom is a blended learning classroom and every student has a laptop. I use programs such as i-ready , ST Math , Zearn Math , Blendspace by TES and EDpuzzle so that students are able to access content to build their conceptual, procedural and fluency understanding of various concepts.

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Curation Situations: Let us count the ways

NeverEndingSearch

When my colleagues and I wrote our Social Media Curation Library Technology Report for ALA, we struggled with a definition. ” Library Technology Reports 50.7 What’s curation? Curation is a funny word. School librarians create topic-specific guides support regular inquiry projects. “ Curation.” 2014): 27-36.

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Favorite Tech Tools For Social Studies Classes

MindShift

Educators are looking for ways to help students participate in a digital world, but the choices for digital engagement in the classroom can be overwhelming. ” She put together a list of favorite digital tools for the social studies classroom and shared them during an edWeb webinar.

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Investigating Authentic Questions

Learning in Hand

Dividing up the work and reporting back to the group has students working interdependently. Each student reports back his or her findings to the group, where everyone can piece together and interpret the findings. Ginger Lewman has lots of advice in her post 7 Reasons to Use Contracts in a PBL Classroom + Tips for Use.

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