Blog, EdTech and Professional Learning

US Edtech Policy Conversations Amidst Coronavirus Concerns with Tom Murray

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter What is happening at the US policy level with the coronavirus health crisis? Listen to Tom Murray Talk about US Education Policy in the Coronavirus Health Crisis Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher Stream by clicking here. About Thomas C.

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How Edtech for Teachers Helps Collaboration and Professional Learning

Edthena

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

There are plenty of reasons and ways to use edtech with students in the classroom, but what about edtech for teachers? Our recent chat with Monica Burns reminded us not to forget about teachers using technology for themselves. Edtech for teachers bridges the gaps to more collaboration.

Professional Learning

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How Are Educators Continuing Powerful Professional Learning Online?

Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2021

The Edcamp Community supports educators to organize and participate in participant-driven professional learning designed by and for educators. However, with educators pivoting to distance learning, organizers have developed virtual Edcamps to continue creating opportunities for voice and choice in their professional learning.

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Four Questions Education Leaders are Asking to Find the Best Edtech

Digital Promise

MAY 10, 2021

After a year of fast-paced, high-pressure decision making, you’re now called on to figure out which edtech products will support your learners and educators. Should you continue to use the products you implemented before the rush to distance learning? Which learning goals might edtech support? How is this tool different?

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5 Ways To Bring SEL Into Edtech Classroom Use

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 27, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Mark Sparvell cites current research about what students really want in their classroom and how social-emotional learning relates to education technology. Mark has taught both pre-service and post-graduate studies.

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Edtech Trends From 2020 And Beyond

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 18, 2021

So, in this article, I’m going to share my thoughts and experience about the technologies and solutions that reshape the educational industry and the way we learn in 2020 and beyond. 6 Edtech Trends to Keep an Eye On. Talking about educational technology trends, we all know that there is a lot to digest and improve.

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How to Build Strong Relationships During the Edtech Purchasing Process

Digital Promise

AUGUST 27, 2019

This blog post is the first of a two-part series discussing relationship building in edtech selection and purchasing. In this first blog post, we’ll address how educators can build and maintain good working relationships with edtech developers. The request for new edtech] doesn’t just come from a want or a wish.”

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10 key CoSN back-to-school resources for edtech leaders

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Editor’s note : This story on 10 back-to-school resources for edtech leaders originally appeared on CoSN’s blog and is reposted here with permission. To learn more about how school districts and communities can effectively employ the dashboard, explore CoSN’s informative video tutorials.

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10 key CoSN back-to-school resources for edtech leaders

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Editor’s note : This story on 10 back-to-school resources for edtech leaders originally appeared on CoSN’s blog and is reposted here with permission. To learn more about how school districts and communities can effectively employ the dashboard, explore CoSN’s informative video tutorials.

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edWeb Wins EdTech Digest Award for Professional Development Learning Solution

edWeb.net

APRIL 2, 2024

edWeb.net has won the 2024 EdTech Award from EdTech Digest for Professional Development Learning Solution. All the winners and finalists for The EdTech Awards 2024 were announced on March 28th. Cool Tool, Leadership, and Trendsetter honorees span the K-12, Higher Ed, and Skills & Workforce sectors.

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“Shaking Up Teacher Professional Learning”: How the AI Coach Platform Supports Teachers (Language Magazine)

Edthena

MARCH 10, 2022

What innovation is “shaking up teacher professional learning?” Language Magazine provides news and resources for language learners, educators, and professionals and recently wrote about the AI Coach platform. And, check out this blog post for more on the AI Coach platform.

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Using Rapid-Cycle Evaluation to Stop the Edtech Bloat

edWeb.net

JUNE 6, 2023

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast Post-pandemic, districts are looking to eliminate the edtech bloat and determine which products they should keep and which ones to scale back. But what about how the programs are impacting current students? Blog post by Stacey Pusey , based on this edLeader Panel.

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Discovery Education’s EdTech News Roundup – May 15

Discovery Education

MAY 14, 2023

Check out what’s trending in EdTech news! For this edition of the DE EdTech News Roundup, we’ll cover: Appreciating Teachers The "Tech" in EdTech Insights from Education Leaders Appreciating Teachers In case you missed it, May 8 – 12 was Teacher Appreciation Week! But EdTech is really two topics: education and technology.

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How Online Tutoring Can Fulfill the Promise of Edtech

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast Both IEPs and edtech share a similar promise: helping deliver personalized learning so that every child reaches their potential. But while IEPs focus on reaching kids who have already experienced difficulties, edtech is supposed to level the field before students have issues.

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4 Creative Projects to Make Using Google Tools

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 24, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Eric Curts shares how we can use docs, sheets, drawings, and slides with creative classroom projects. Listen to Eric Curts Talk about Creative Projects with Google Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher Stream by clicking here.

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#PLN: Using Twitter to Impact Your Professional Learning

Class Tech Integrate

JUNE 20, 2018

This post is week 2 of 8 in the 8 Weeks of Summer Blog Challenge for educators from HotLunchTray.com. Find out more about this challenge by clicking here. The most important/impactful professional learning I have ever participated in was developing my own Personal Learning Network (PLN) through Twitter.

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Learning and growing as educators

Neo LMS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Finding time to engage in professional learning can present a challenge for educators. So how can educators engage in professional learning and find time to connect with other educators, when schedules and responsibilities make finding extra time difficult? How I have found time to connect and grow as an educator.

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Free, On-demand Videos on PLtogether.org Feature Interviews with Education Leaders About Topics Ranging From Professional Development to Teacher Wellness

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Educators can access the free, on-demand “Lounge Talks” video series to hear about and learn effective strategies for a number of timely topics ranging from professional development to teacher wellness. To learn more about PLtogether, visit [link]. About Edthena. Watch here.

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edWeb.net Wins 2 SIIA CODiE Awards for Professional Learning and Collaboration

edWeb.net

JUNE 14, 2022

edWeb.net Wins 2022 SIIA CODiE Award for Best Professional Learning Solution for Educators and Best Collaborative Solution for Teachers. edWeb.net was named the winner of two 2022 SIIA CODiE Awards for the categories: Best Professional Learning Solution for Educators and the Best Collaborative Solution for Teachers.

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3 Benefits to Earning a Product Certification

Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2021

For educators, finding high-quality products in an enormous edtech market is challenging. Educators’ plates are already full, which can make the time-consuming task of vetting edtech tools feel overwhelming. Product companies need third-party, external validators to be trusted by edtech decision makers, purchasers, and users.

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7 Great NonProfits Changing the Face of Professional Learning

Tom Murray

AUGUST 28, 2016

As mentioned in my previous post 16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools , prior to my role as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools, I spent 14 years in a public school in Pennsylvania as an elementary and middle school teacher, middle school and elementary principal, and district level technology director.

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How Micro-Credentials Support Professional Learning

edWeb.net

AUGUST 7, 2019

All educators are lifelong learners, whether they’re figuring out how to incorporate the latest edtech device into their lessons or researching bios on NBA players to help a reluctant reader. About the Presenter. Odelia is an equity champion and practitioner and dreams of new ways to bring about the promises of education.

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Crowdsourcing Your K-12 Innovations: Three Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

This 3-part blog series, featuring guest authors from Michigan Virtual , describes the formation of the Learning Continuity Workgroup and how it has supported their edtech procurement and decision-making processes. But we quickly realized that we needed to prioritize the most pressing issues.

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Flipsnack: A fun way to make interactive online magazines #edtech

The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Mandy Froehlich on episode 192 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Mandy Froehlich talks about a tool she uses in her classroom, Flipsnack. Learn how she uses this tool. Flipsnack: A fun way to make interactive online magazines #edtech.

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Are Curriculum Specialists in Edtech Denial?

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Curriculum is the what, education technology (aka edtech) is the how. They have to be developed together in order for a student's learning experience to be engaging, effective, and relevant. Edtech Defined Recently I was asked to define edtech. Learning what constitutes effective edtech is essential.

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Why being in a Professional Learning Network (PLN) is essential for the growth of a 21st century teacher.

Linways Technologies

JANUARY 9, 2019

A community, in this sense, would be a Professional Learning Network (PLN) for teachers. It is a community that exists on mutual share and learn of information. It is based on reciprocity and a level of trust in knowing that everyone is trying to learn and is searching for value-added information from each other.

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How Kristen Swanson Applies Her Classroom Experience to Lead ‘Professional Learning’ at Slack

Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2017

What’s a typical day like for the director of learning at Slack, the fast-growing messaging app that aims to eliminate the need for e-mail? These days, it involves spending time thinking about Choose Your Own Adventure books. Before she landed at Slack, Swanson was already a well-known figure in edtech. Pull Learning'.

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The Future is Now: Preparing Our Youngest Scholars for a Digital World

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Early exposure to technology can help children develop digital literacy skills. With over 70% of US parents concerned about too much screen time for littles, they have a valid concern. And especially with littles, the time should be limited.

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A Year to Remember, A Year to Reflect: Pandemic Instruction

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 12, 2021

Canvas’s ability to allow for Learning Tool Interoperability (LTI) with applications such as Flipgrid, EdPuzzle, Google Drive, Quizizz made by decision quite easy. Time and time again I heard parents complain about their children having to use four to five different applications and getting lost in the process.

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From Ed to Edtech or in Pursuit of It

RafranzDavis.com

MARCH 16, 2022

When I think of my career in education and what I accomplished in school edtech, I still feel joy in that reflection. I loved the way that technology constantly changed, even if how we approached it in professional learning was always at least 5 years behind the curve. …and I found this creator through youtube.

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15 Non-librarian blog(ger)s too good to miss!

NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 2, 2019

It occurs to me that so many of my best ideas come from the blogs of others. As often as not, those blogs live outside of the school library world. In no particular order, here’s a very personal selection of blogs/bloggers I couldn’t live without. Cult of Pedagogy is far more than a blog.

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10 Ways to provide differentiation in professional development for teachers

Neo LMS

MAY 17, 2022

Differentiation in PD changes professional development into continuous professional learning, with teachers training at their own pace while collaborating with their peers at different levels of expertise. Read more: How edtech supports teacher work-life balance and wellbeing. Use microlearning .

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The Importance of the Right Technology in Schools

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Education Specialist, Digital Teaching & Learning, Utah State Board of Education; Nancy Mangum, Director of Learning Partnerships, Leading EDge Learning; Theresa Gibson, Director of Operations, Leading EDge Learning; and Darren Hudgins, Founder and CEO, Think Do Thrive.

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Looking for Good Reads? Here are 10 of the Greatest Hits from the Edthena Blog

Edthena

AUGUST 11, 2021

It’s our 10th anniversary, which means the Edthena blog is also turning the big 1-0. Curious about our greatest blog hits from over the past decade? Whether you’re new to the blog and wanted a list of our must-sees or just needed some good refreshers and re-reads, enjoy! Hint: It’s All About Feedback!

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@Quizizz : Say Goodbye to Worksheets and Crosswords

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

A conversation with Jon Corippo on episode 92 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today Jon Corippo @jcorippo talks about one of his favorite tools, Quizizz. Listen to Jennifer Gonzalez talk about 5 tech tools every educator should try in 2017.

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Edtech Data Improves Purchases and Student Performance

edWeb.net

MARCH 1, 2020

Administrators selecting educational technology programs for their schools or districts face big decisions due to the time and money at stake, so having accurate and relevant information about the programs’ impact on student performance elsewhere should be a critical part of the decision-making process. Putting Good Data to Good Use.

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Websites that add sparkle to spring

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 1, 2021

Last year was a boom year for edtech web tools. I would discover what seemed to be a fantastic tool (most likely discovered in FreeTech4Teachers , Alice Keeler , or one of the other tech ed blogs I follow), give it about five minutes to prove itself, and then, depending upon that quick review, either dig deeper or move on.

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6 Manageable ways to participate in PD this summer

Neo LMS

JUNE 24, 2021

Thankfully, we have technology that enables us to find a way that meets our specific preferences, and that enables us to be able to see and hear each other, engage in conversations, and learn together. Now we have to think about the type of learning that we need to be best prepared for the new school year. PLNs and PLCs.

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Organizing the Edtech Toolbox

edWeb.net

MARCH 20, 2019

Teachers have many edtech resources in their toolbox now. During the edWebinar, “ Transform Learning: Track Results for Chromebooks, Google Suite, and Every Application,” presenters Kyle Berger, Chief Technology Officer at Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, TX, and Matthew X. About the Presenters. Joseph, Ed.D.,

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Data Driven Instruction: How Student Data Guides Formative Assessments

EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2018

MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out opportunities for schools to apply for personalized learning funding! For example, if an individual student’s summative assessment is significantly different from previous test data, a teacher may want to look for underlying issues or problems,” Monica Fuglei writes for education blog Room 241.

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The Growing Importance of Digital Citizenship

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Digital citizenship is about far more than just helping kids be safe online; it’s about empowering them to use technology to solve real-world problems, to know how to balance their time between a variety of online and offline activities, to be curious learners and to use digital tools to deepen their relationships with their family and friends.

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Tips for Designing a Future-Focused EdTech Mindset

edWeb.net

MAY 14, 2020

He prescribes five tips for designing a student-centered, future-focused edtech mindset. About the Presenter. Aglio has been a keynote speaker and presenter at a variety of conferences across the country including ASCD, ISTE, FETC, PLearn, OETC, AIM Institute for Learning and Research, and MASS Customization Mid-Atlantic Summit.

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20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic]

The Shake Up Learning Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

This powerful tool can provide a space for teacher-to-teacher collaboration, professional learning and support, parent communication, and even special projects and enrichment classes for students. I have also included details for each of the twenty ways in this blog post. Consider these 20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom.

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How Micro-Credentials Boost Career Pathways in Rural Communities

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Blog post by Stacey Pusey based on this edLeader Panel. What happens when a state has a professional learning mandate for teachers but no funding to offer them? Or taking any professional learning seminar requires hours of travel with no viable substitutes to cover the class? About the Presenters.

Professional Learning

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US Edtech Policy Conversations Amidst Coronavirus Concerns with Tom Murray

How Edtech for Teachers Helps Collaboration and Professional Learning

Trending Sources

How Are Educators Continuing Powerful Professional Learning Online?

Four Questions Education Leaders are Asking to Find the Best Edtech

5 Ways To Bring SEL Into Edtech Classroom Use

Edtech Trends From 2020 And Beyond

How to Build Strong Relationships During the Edtech Purchasing Process

10 key CoSN back-to-school resources for edtech leaders

10 key CoSN back-to-school resources for edtech leaders

edWeb Wins EdTech Digest Award for Professional Development Learning Solution

“Shaking Up Teacher Professional Learning”: How the AI Coach Platform Supports Teachers (Language Magazine)

Using Rapid-Cycle Evaluation to Stop the Edtech Bloat

Discovery Education’s EdTech News Roundup – May 15

How Online Tutoring Can Fulfill the Promise of Edtech

4 Creative Projects to Make Using Google Tools

#PLN: Using Twitter to Impact Your Professional Learning

Learning and growing as educators

Free, On-demand Videos on PLtogether.org Feature Interviews with Education Leaders About Topics Ranging From Professional Development to Teacher Wellness

edWeb.net Wins 2 SIIA CODiE Awards for Professional Learning and Collaboration

3 Benefits to Earning a Product Certification

7 Great NonProfits Changing the Face of Professional Learning

How Micro-Credentials Support Professional Learning

Crowdsourcing Your K-12 Innovations: Three Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Flipsnack: A fun way to make interactive online magazines #edtech

Are Curriculum Specialists in Edtech Denial?

Why being in a Professional Learning Network (PLN) is essential for the growth of a 21st century teacher.

How Kristen Swanson Applies Her Classroom Experience to Lead ‘Professional Learning’ at Slack

The Future is Now: Preparing Our Youngest Scholars for a Digital World

A Year to Remember, A Year to Reflect: Pandemic Instruction

From Ed to Edtech or in Pursuit of It

15 Non-librarian blog(ger)s too good to miss!

10 Ways to provide differentiation in professional development for teachers

The Importance of the Right Technology in Schools

Looking for Good Reads? Here are 10 of the Greatest Hits from the Edthena Blog

@Quizizz : Say Goodbye to Worksheets and Crosswords

Edtech Data Improves Purchases and Student Performance

Websites that add sparkle to spring

6 Manageable ways to participate in PD this summer

Organizing the Edtech Toolbox

Data Driven Instruction: How Student Data Guides Formative Assessments

The Growing Importance of Digital Citizenship

Tips for Designing a Future-Focused EdTech Mindset

20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic]

How Micro-Credentials Boost Career Pathways in Rural Communities

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