techlearning

JUNE 1, 2018

Slack , the massive communication company, had seen pictures of the stuff students were creating on Twitter. At the same time I started the Innovation Lab in 2016, I was invited to a gamification conference at UPenn. Every company is a tech company now, influenced by the pervasiveness of the internet and social media.

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Classroom Gamification Social Media BYOD 41

techlearning

JUNE 22, 2018

At ISTE this year, beyond attending sessions and trading ideas with other educators, I’ll be meeting with Ross Smith and other members of the Skype in the Classroom team. We feel that most students and kids don’t get this opportunity because most companies do not see the potential in kids. Our voices matter, too.

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Classroom BYOD Gamification Flipped Classroom 40

techlearning

APRIL 13, 2018

In the last five years of being the COO of the classroom, my students have remodeled their entire classroom , completed yearlong passion projects , turned a profit running real businesses , and worked with companies like Slack, Google, Microsoft, and Skype. Until Next Time, Here’s to a hundred more. Read more at Teched Up Teacher.

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Flipped Classroom Gamification BYOD Industry 44

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FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Start Up Bus is a hackathon where people meet for the first time on a bus that is headed to a pitchfest. My favorite company to come out of Start Up Bus was Course Align. For instance, A few months ago I listened to a great gimlet podcast about Start Up Bus. I’ve left a few out, but maybe I’ll be brave enough to post them one day.

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Gamification BYOD Google Flipped Classroom 43