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How to Create Apps in the Classroom and Inspire Design Thinking

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Students can build apps and collaboration skills at the same time. Today's episode features my friend Alefiya Master, the CEO of MAD-Learn, and the sponsor of today's show. For more information, visit MAD-Learn's website.

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Summer Learning Series-Starting A Classroom or School Twitter Account

The Web20Classroom

These are short posts with tools, tips and resources for you to try something new this summer or something you can take to the classroom in the Fall. First was Collaborative Learning With Edmodo and then we followed up with Learning With Hashtags. We moved on to Twitter chats. Then we looked at TED Talks.

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How to build your global classroom in 4 steps

Neo LMS

We live in an age where global issues that affect us all are pushing us to collaborate and to understand different perspectives. Growth comes from stepping out of our comfort zones, which classrooms can become quite easily. Collaborating online allows your students to connect with other students from all around the world.

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Summer Learning Series-Twitter Chats For Learning

The Web20Classroom

These are short posts with tools, tips and resources for you to try something new this summer or something you can take to the classroom in the Fall. First was Collaborative Learning With Edmodo and then we followed up with Learning With Hashtags. What is a Twitter chat? Twitter Summer Learning Series'

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How K–12 Schools Can Create Flexible Seating in the Classroom

EdTech Magazine

How K–12 Schools Can Create Flexible Seating in the Classroom. Ideas about teaching are changing, and classrooms are starting to change along with them. New K–12 pedagogies that focus on collaborative work and learner-centered education require schools to redesign their classrooms with the aim of encouraging these new curricula.

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Virtual Classrooms and VR Help Schools Get Qualified Teachers

EdTech Magazine

Virtual Classrooms and VR Help Schools Get Qualified Teachers. VR Preps Teachers for the Classroom. Researchers at the University at Buffalo created a VR platform that simulates difficult student behaviors in the classroom to give future teachers opportunities to react in a safe setting. meghan.bogardu…. Wed, 03/07/2018 - 10:00.

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10 Tips for Instructional Technology Coaches

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Through her Innovator project, she developed Classroom Bridges, a site to connect educators to other educators around the world to develop global collaboration experiences for students. Blog: [link] Twitter: @Katie_M_Ritter.