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EdTech Acronyms Explained

EdTech4Beginners

The amount of new acronyms in the educational technology world is staggering… and often overwhelming for educators. BYOD – Bring Your Own Device. BYOT – Bring Your Own Technology. CMS – Content Management System (a tool to build websites and apps). CREATE – Collaboartion, Resources, Educate, Apps, Technology, Enriching.

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You Don't Have to Marry It!

The Daring Librarian

Then.there''s all the new technology that you have to get, use, and master! It''s OK to date new technology (or teaching innovation) you don''t have to marry it! You can simply "pilot" and "beta test" new technologies and new teaching ideas. We''re not a 1:1 or total BYOD school. could go on! It''s EXHAUSTING!

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

NeverEndingSearch

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.