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Building Good Relationships with Your Students’ Parents

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Today’s parents like a different kind of communication. Mike Daugherty, a Director of Technology in Ohio, has been studying this topic and experimenting for the last several years to find optimal ways to communicate with today’s parents.

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Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Before reading, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS, and also give me a follow… on Twitter at mjgormans. A big shout out to EdTech Magazine for recognizing this blog on its 2017 Honor Roll. Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards. “We Mike Gorman ( [link] / ).

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The role of technology in the PYP

EdTech4Beginners

In addition to these general uses, PYP teachers should also use technology to aid the development of international mindedness, support inquiry learning and to help students to reach deeper understandings. How does technology support the development of international mindedness? How does technology support inquiry?

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5 Home and Smart Phone Filtering Options for Parents

The CoolCatTeacher

Mike Daugherty on episode 245 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Mike Daugherty is a husband, father, author, technology director, Google Innovator, and possible Starbucks addict. Blog: [link]. Twitter: @MoreThanATech.

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5 Technology Workflows Your School Needs

Vizor

Therefore, in this blog, we are going to review 5 technology workflows your school needs before getting Chromebooks. Retrieved from Kelly Stephens Twitter Feed. PRO TIP: Make it easy for students and parents to get the technological support they need 24/7. This is ideal to get right BEFORE getting the Chromebooks.

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K-12 Blueprint site updated - resources for planning and implementing EdTech

Educational Technology Guy

Whether you are launching a one-to-one or BYO program, moving from print textbooks to digital content, revamping the curriculum to improve STEM learning, rethinking assessment, or embarking on (or continuing to support) any other ambitious technology-supported initiative, Intel’s Blueprint model can help.

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#ICE18: Redesigning a Classroom Is Not About Being “Pretty for Pinterest”

EdTech Magazine

I had to adjust my mindset about how technology fit into the lives of my students and in the classroom. Around this time, I first got on Twitter. The best way to think about it is through this quote from Michael Fullan, “pedagogy is the driver, technology is the accelerator.” This incident really struck me. Buying Cycle.

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