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Are You a Critical Consumer?

A Principal's Reflections

As we explored moving towards Bring Your Own Device ( BYOD ) in 2010, I was able to glean powerful insights and evidence of efficacy from the Forsyth County School District in Georgia. Going BYOD sounded like a great idea based on what I had either read or saw online. Case in point. Some of were too “fluffy” or not practical.

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Twitter for Professional Learning

EdTechSandyK

On Wednesday, February 8th, I am presenting a workshop on Twitter for Professional Learning at the 2012 TCEA Convention. It''s my first ever LiveBinder, and first ever BYOD session. pln presentation tcea TCEA2012 twitter' Embedded below is a LiveBinder containing all of the resources for my presentation.

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2 Simple Ways Improve a Lesson Plan

The CoolCatTeacher

Practical Tips for Rigor, Fun, and Retention From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. But with Airplay and also a cool tool called LightCast, every single device in my BYOD classroom can broadcast to the Jtouch display at the front of my classroom. Learn about JTouch. Who is Laura Candler?

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Why #Edcamp Is So Awesome

The Web20Classroom

There was a Twitter chat before EdcampElon to help prepare folks before they came and to get ideas on what folks wanted to talk about. So while I was in an amazing session on digital leadership (which you should really check out the notes for) I could watch the notes for the BYOD or Twitter chats session.

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10 Tips to help educators break into paid gigs

The Innovative Educator

A workshop presenter that your school or district hired? 2 - Engage on Twitter Find other people doing your work and who are the audience that would invite you to speak. For example, if #BYOD (bring your own device) ) is your thing, use that in your bio. Have you ever wondered how that could be you some day?

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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. They will get this.

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How to Decode a Tweet

EdTechSandyK

When you first start using Twitter, one of the things you have to figure out is how to decode Tweets. Below is a Tweet as it might be displayed on the Twitter website when viewed on a computer. Twitter has a habit of rearranging these things once in a while!) Twitter Username/Handle - The name a person is known by on Twitter.

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