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Balance the Delivery

Ask a Tech Teacher

Unaccounted time for social media and gaming usage. Years ago, I took the lead in writing a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy for my school site, which was later adopted by my district. This can be done relatively quickly with the help of a form to gather data. Four to six hours in front of a computer for instruction.

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Digital Citizenship & Data Collection

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

This topic came up in last night''s #engchat on Twitter about college admissions essays. Students tracking their digital footprint could make for a horrifying or surprising project and very relevant in this world where social media puts one''s actions on full display. Tagxedo collects the tweets and creates the word cloud.

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Bucking the Trend

A Principal's Reflections

The following is a guest post by Michael Warren , a Social Studies Teacher at Hasbrouck Heights High School in NJ. You can follow him on Twitter at @mrwarren29. Like anyone who has followed this rockstar principal on social media (and he knows he’s a rockstar despite his humble protests) there is something happening at NMHS.

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5 Ways Teachers Can Encourage Deeper Learning With Personal Devices

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Here are 5 ways to get to curate that practice by making your class a BYOD zone. Your students may not be old enough for social media; it’s also likely banned at your school, but there are other synchronous ways to keep students engaged in real-time learning.

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Notes from Leadership for the Digital Age with Alan November - Day 2

EdTechSandyK

Good apps for creating tutorials: Explain Everything, Screen Chomp, Educreations District #2 : Revisiting their BYOD initiative. They brought in a panel of students to ask about their experience with BYOD. District #5 : Kindergarten teachers started class Twitter accounts! Here is Mrs. Cook''s Twitter.

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Discovering the “Ultimate Classroom”: A Student Led Project Based Learning Inquiry

EdTechTeam

While some studied robotics and social media, others dived into different learning disabilities and schools around the world. We had speakers to talk about building libraries , collecting data about learning technology , school design , our future elementary school, learning styles , color selection , and creating a unique workspace.

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Taking Student Voice Beyond The Classroom

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Slack , the massive communication company, had seen pictures of the stuff students were creating on Twitter. Every company is a tech company now, influenced by the pervasiveness of the internet and social media. Just as importantly, the internet and social media provides a platform for students to drive change.