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25 Websites for Lesson Planning

Ask a Tech Teacher

BlendSpace –blend a variety of digital materials into one canvas for students. Google Education—l esson plans, more. Hello Ruby –lesson plans on technology. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Alma –create standards-based lessons and gradebook, with analytics. Educreations. Get Lesson Plans.

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Reach Capital’s Newest Education Technology Investment Fund Closes at $82 Million

Edsurge

And now that Reach Capital is done fundraising, it will return its focus to evaluating pitches from education entrepreneurs, all vying for a piece of Reach’s new $82 million fund. based firm has established itself as a familiar name within the education technology industry. In total, this first fund supported 35 investments.

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Best-in-Category Winners for 2017

Ask a Tech Teacher

do educators like it (fairly subjective, but there you have it). Winner: TesTeach (Blendspace). Honorable Mention: Adobe Education. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 25 years. Then we looked for the following qualities: how dependable is it. how versatile is it for time-strapped teachers.

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13 Digital Tools to Empower Active Use

Tom Murray

Today’s digital world is littered with drill and kill technology, much of it no different than a digital version of the worksheets of years past. These types of practices have lead to a number of studies that have indicated that purchasing more technology does not increase student learning. An app is available for Chrome as well.

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Part 4… Beyond the Technology Shine… Learning Targets plus 10 great Lesson Plan Resources

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Welcome to a series of posts that are dedicated to going beyond the shine of technology by examining ways to use digital tools to engage students in real learning. Be on the lookout for future posts entitled the ABC’s of PBL and Deeper Learning and also 40 great education sites to discover in 2015. Check out my Booking Page.

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Technology Integration, 1 to 1, and Student Centered Learning… Ten Free Resources and Tools

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Welcome to this second post in a series devoted to supporting student centered learning in the technology enhanced classroom. In this post I wish to begin pointing out some tools and resources to help as an educator builds that students centered classroom. Technology Integration Is A Step by Step Process. Blendspace.

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Part 1: Forty Educational Websites For Your Summer 2015 Toolkit

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

They include ones that I feel educators might want to be a little more aware of. STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. Blendspace.