Edsurge

JULY 25, 2019

That's something that hasn't really been knowable, since no one's been able to collect every syllabus out there and analyze the reading lists on them to see what pops as the top ranked. But this month, a new tool came out that starts to make it possible to answer questions like this.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

A decade ago, I was a high school English teacher blissfully naive to what radical changes were coming thanks to edtech. Recently I wrote " What If Your Co-Teacher is a Computer? I imagined such a day was far, far into the future. That was back in October.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Regardless of your districts approach, now is a time to facilitate the student centered learning that Project Based Learning makes possible. In this series I will provide thoughts and free resources to help you make Blended and eLearning with of course face to face a PBL possibility. Check out my Booking Page . Thanks so much.

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Tom Murray

MARCH 16, 2017

This post is dedicated to the five people that lost their lives and the many that were affected by the events at the Fort Lauderdale airport on January 6, 2017. Authorities searching for a possible second shooter in Fort Lauderdale.”. January 6th began like so many other travel days for me. Shooter at the Fort Lauderdale airport.”.

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2019

Ventilla was formerly a Google executive (after selling his social-search startup to the internet giant) who left in 2013 to learn about the education landscape. This morning, the San Francisco-based company announced a series of “sweeping changes” that includes a new name—Altitude Learning—and new leadership.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 22, 2020

There’s a gazillion free and paid resources being shared and it’s taking me hours to comb through them and I keep questioning myself because I have no idea what I’m doing and every new strategy I see makes me think what I’m doing isn’t good enough and then I get overwhelmed by all of it and just think, this is never going to work.”.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2017

That’s what Google dreamed of doing when it embarked on its ambitious book-digitizing project in 2002. A settlement that would have created a Book Rights Registry and made it possible to access the Google Books corpus through public-library terminals ultimately died, rejected by a federal judge in 2011.

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N2Y

MAY 20, 2021

What might happen to your sense of security? What Is Deaf‑Blindness? Some people who are Deaf‑blind may have lost one or both senses due to an accident or illness, but most are born with the condition because of hereditary syndromes, prenatal complications, or prematurity. Hearing Loss. Development. Visual Learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Matthew Young, a tech writer and gadget enthusiast, has put together a nice summary of what’s included in Windows 10 Education Edition as well as some of the known known issues. I’m still on the fence. So often early adopters are the guinea pigs for problems that are later fixed. Who is Windows 10 Education designed for?

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SpeechTechie

JANUARY 15, 2022

I thought I would share a few photos here, and later--this blog won't become a blog about Jeopardy but one more post--an entry about how tech helped me to prepare, if I was prepared, haha. Your positive and congratulatory messages and comments have kept me ebullient through what has been a thrilling time.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

As a way of digesting some of the highlights of their announcements, I thought I'd blog! So make sure you check directly with Google (like using the link to the Google Education blog entry above) to verify pricing and other details. What are the differences? Hard to believe Docs and Drive started back in 2008. And it hasn't yet.at

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 23, 2022

But as the years get further away from infancy and clear-cut 6 months vs 9-month goalposts, it becomes difficult to say what this 10 year old child *should* be doing. What about when an entire class of 10 year olds seems to be “not normal” or “not on pace”? How do you manage a classroom where “average” feels like it’s lost meaning?

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N2Y

JULY 23, 2020

For a situation like coronavirus, it can mean that whole classrooms full of children who have had their worlds upended by difficult schedules, confusing rules, and lost loved ones are still able to show up and positively engage with school. Prevalence and Impact of Childhood Trauma. Childhood trauma is widespread. Aggression.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 17, 2020

But I wanted to address what’s happening and hopefully bring some comfort to those of you who are anxious and stressed. So, I’ve scrapped the planned episodes and am taking this week by week, based on what I feel is most pressing to address given the state of the world at that moment. No one does.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 31, 2021

This post/podcast episode is just a little peek into what’s been going on with me over the last few months, and some reflections on what’s to come. Here’s what I’ll share below: My struggle with depression and anxiety. Where my train metaphorically derailed and I lost sight of the destination.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Gone are the days of creating multiple versions of a document every time it’s saved, or saving important work to a flash drive that must be taken everywhere and is at risk of being left, stolen, or lost. Some of them are still emerging, and some of them are controversial, but they all have great potential for teaching and learning.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The focus of the roundtable was to share strategies for addressing digital equity in their districts, specifically what has worked best for districts as they seek to close the equity gap for gender, economics, and diverse student communities. Dugan’s educators were there to learn and tried to copy much of what Leyden was already doing.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 9, 2017

As I left them, I challenged them to ensure that they do not create an “old school in a new building”. After sharing some ideas with them, I ask them to share their name, position, what they want to learn on this day, and any big questions they have, but openly in a google form. It is a simple activity.

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 5, 2017

What is Networked Narratives, also known as NetNarr? Second, NetNarr is a process of worldbuilding, and the participants have in fact built a world with its own histories and mysteries, meaning that newcomers to the website may feel rather lost. This is a tricky question to answer for several reasons.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

From practicing counting by fives or comparing similarities and differences via Skype, to writing for a worldwide audience, to making and sharing videos of social studies concepts on our blogs, we connect and invite the world to learn with us and to help us learn. It is the way we do our curriculum. You begin to care.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 3, 2012

I wondered what would make a school even venture this request in our social media saturated society. What is going on here? Here are some possible outcomes I envision: A tool has been removed, but the underlying behavior patterns have not been dealt with. (The You and I can sympathize.

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 11, 2016

I would find a note on my desk or on the board that the student had stopped by, but, infuriatingly, I had no way to respond, and the student was left without answers to his questions. Once I started noticing what I began thinking of as a "disconnect," I could see the negative impact it had on my students -- and on me.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Simona Johnes, editor-in-chief of Science and Literacy , an educational blog for teachers and parents, did some research into a topic that is of growing concern to my fellow teachers: Robots in the classrom. I will explain more about what robots can help with throughout the article as well as explain why human teachers are still a necessity.

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The Daring Librarian

JANUARY 1, 2013

LOL) So, even though it''s super easy to carry around & save stuff in a pinch, you wanna give yourself a chance to get it back if lost. I''ve blogged about Dropbox before, but this past year after getting 3 new computers & a new mini iPad proves to me how vital having Dropbox is. Twitter would be H@PPyZ0mbiesEat25TWEET etc.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 30, 2017

The poster looks like the image to the left (minus the border). Or, they would claim it got lost in their locker, backpack, or it was a home. Guess what, when it’s digital and stored in the cloud, it doesn’t get lost! Guess what, when it’s digital and stored in the cloud, it doesn’t get lost!

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The Daring Librarian

DECEMBER 29, 2011

LOL) So, even though it''s super easy to carry around & save stuff in a pinch, you wanna give yourself a chance to get it back if lost. Consider what you share and who you share it with. Comic Tutorial to create a really super new password for every website.don''t worry, there''s a trick! Don''t have Dropbox?

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 11, 2015

REMINDER: Only a few hours left to join the 40 Hour Teacher Workweek Club ! My fabulous and hilarious friend Roxanna Elden , who’s a high school teacher in Miami and author of the book See Me After Class , was one of the first people I’ve heard address what she calls The October Blues.

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The Daring Librarian

AUGUST 29, 2010

Here''s an example of what I do for my teachers.Every year I create a new PPT Slidedeck to give out to my teachers & staff to make their getting ready for Back to School Night easier. And as the blog post title says New School Year & YAY New Books & Toys! I knew I had to blog about it on our MHMS Media Book Blog!

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 13, 2016

I wrote an article called Classroom clutter–what to keep and what to toss awhile back, in which I told the story of how for my first six years in the classroom, I refused to throw anything out because I might need it one day. It wasn’t until I moved from Washington D.C. I don’t keep things I don’t really need.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 5, 2015

You’ll learn strategies for deciding what to keep and what to toss out, and how to be more selective about the materials you allow into your classroom. I release a new episode each Sunday and feature it here on the blog to help you get energized and motivated for the week ahead. Thank you, GoNoodle, for sponsoring this episode.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 26, 2020

He gives concrete examples of people and organizations that have gone “upstream” to identify what’s creating havoc and fix things there BEFORE the problems come to them downstream. ” That, in a nutshell, is what this book is about. Dan explains why we spend more time and resources fixing problems than preventing them.

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Graphite Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

I can't tell you what it is, but if you cut it in half and add 5, you get 9," and even before you continue to, "What's the mystery number?" With all the handwringing over standards and curricula, we've perhaps lost sight of the forest for the trees.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 25, 2019

Although the edtech discovery process looks different for everyone, the quest should always be driven by the same question: What will this allow my students to do that otherwise would not be possible? What’s the cost? It’s the way of today’s world and a constant in education. A newer, shinier tool or program is introduced.

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Mark Smithers

AUGUST 24, 2015

What did we get right? We’ve found out a lot about how people learn in higher education and the technology has allowed us to try things that just weren’t possible before. What did we get wrong? Well a lot of people have done many good things. There are many others as well that I could mention. I was wrong.

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Mark Smithers

AUGUST 24, 2015

What did we get right? We’ve found out a lot about how people learn in higher education and the technology has allowed us to try things that just weren’t possible before. What did we get wrong? Well a lot of people have done many good things. There are many others as well that I could mention. I was wrong.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Given a desired outcome, feedback is what tells me if I should continue on or change course. To that end, a former colleague of mine when I was a young teacher asked students every Friday to fill out a big index card with “what worked for you and didn’t work for you this week.” I told a joke – why? To get a hit.

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Brainscape

DECEMBER 11, 2023

To hike this beast, you’re going to need a full rucksack of study tips and resources so that your approach can be as efficient and effective as possible , but also fun because you chose this direction for a reason: for the love of wine.

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