EdTechTeam

MAY 7, 2019

Invite colleagues to join your classroom for feedback for yourself and ideas that you can share with others. Not only do you come away with a plethora of strategies you can use in your classroom on Monday, you also walk away with a Professional Learning Family for life. On a budget? Get specialized.

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Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2017

My job is to interview and survey the pioneers, investors and stakeholders who drive technological change, share their stories, and collaborate with very smart people to build and distribute tools that help everyone else get involved. Badging, micro-credentials and curation technologies are making this a reality.

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My Island View

OCTOBER 22, 2019

That seems to be the strategy to protect most bureaucracies, but that being said, there are still many good things happening within the education system. The best example I can think of is the Edcamp movement. That PD can be general to education or specific to a subject area, or a technology.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 3, 2017

Listen to Felicia Casto talk about her awesome elementary math classroom. Kitty Tripp, @ kitty_tripp an innovative educator with 19 years in the field of education has experience not only as a teacher and district office administrator, but also in a wide variety of experiences integrating technology into the classroom.

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2017

Technology and new theories of learning have led to groundbreaking shifts in how we define and support great teaching, with educators themselves leading the charge. Perhaps it’s no surprise that the model has gained traction among educators in recent years. One such event is EdCampPGH —perhaps the ultimate example of peer-led PD.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 11, 2020

Providing families with used school-issued Chromebooks, adding access points outside the school buildings, and collaborating with community partners on projects such as youth centers and public libraries are providing students and the entire community with access to technology.

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Tech Helpful

MAY 17, 2017

Over the last couple of weeks I have really started looking more deeply at the way technology can enhance different learning theories and instructional practice. I know there are strategies for pulling in the outliers but do we use them? High school did not feel relational to me for the most part. Is it a perceived intelligence issue?

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 13, 2020

Much like the K12 classroom, we have to rethink everything–planning, delivery, and followup. We’re experiencing a shift in education right now, which has forced educators to use technology creatively to continue to do our jobs. Since they are not classroom teachers, I needed to focus on more clerical skills.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2019

We are talking about some alternative ways to share professional learning tips and strategies through what has been dubbed as #PottyPD. I am not the first one to use this strategy; there are many different versions out there. Just like planning for technology integration, you want to ask yourself, what’s the end goal?

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 3, 2015

Great group shot of #edcampusdoed w/ @arneduncan pic.twitter.com/oex1G4cNcg — Zac Chase (@MrChase) May 29, 2015 #EdCampUSA On Friday, May 29, I had the privilege to attend #EdCampUSA (aka EdCamp DOED) in Washington D.C. This was no ordinary EdCamp. This EdCamp was held at the U.S. Oh, and the U.S.

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MSEDTechie

MAY 18, 2016

Whether you are attending a conference like ISTE , or creating your own personalized learning experience, utilizing this “break” to explore new tools and strategies that help expand your teaching toolbox can be very rewarding. How can you expand the four walls of your classroom to develop lifelong learners, producers, and publishers?

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Philly Teacher

MARCH 17, 2014

In addition, there were more sessions this year focused around topics like integrating technology, digital citizenship, mobile learners, technology and critical thinking and others. conference edcamp PBL reflection social media technology' Student-Centered, Project Based Learning.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

As founding director of CASTLE (the Center for the Advanced Study of Tech­nology Leadership in Education), the nation’s only university center dedicated to the technology needs of school leaders, I have had the good fortune to work with administrators all over the world on digital leadership issues.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 22, 2019

As an Instructional or Technology Coach, we have a lot to do on a daily basis. . It’s not more or less than a classroom teacher, it’s just different. This strategy has worked well for me so far. I’m tying her planning strategy with GSuite tools for the purpose of increasing our productivity. I like to use Ms.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2017

I had heard about Breakout EDU back in 2015 when it first hit the EdCamp scene in New Jersey. Breakout EDU is an immersive learning game platform where players use teamwork and critical thinking to solve a series of challenging puzzles in order to open a locked box. I bought a Breakout box and had it ready to go but never used it.

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MSEDTechie

MAY 23, 2015

Whether you are attending a conference like ISTE , or creating your own personalized learning experience, utilizing this “break” to explore new technologies and strategies that help expand your teaching toolbox can be very rewarding. What does a digital age classroom really look like? Not sure where to start? Need some ideas?

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The Daring Librarian

AUGUST 4, 2014

Teacher Librarians.what are our classrooms? I also like to call my Daring School Library Media Center an Information Learning Commons.because it''s beyond a classroom! As a new English teacher I remember getting into my classroom for the first time. The Classroom Cribs Challenge - Starts Aug 14! Our libraries, of course!

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

The Alliance for Excellent Education is holding the event to c elebrate effective teaching and learning practices powered by technology as part of Digital Learning Day. Find out what teachers want most for their classrooms before allocating grant money to devices and programs that won’t be fully utilized.

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 7, 2015

We firmly believe this ought to be the new norm in the modern classroom. Our vision must evolve to incorporate a new approach to literacy instruction, one in which technology becomes an accelerator to personalize and create meaningful learning contexts. BookTrack Classroom. eduCanon & EDpuzzle. Podcasting.

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MindShift

JANUARY 8, 2017

When schools try to innovate, they often take a traditional top-down approach: devise a strategy, roll it out to teachers and support a high-fidelity implementation. The second practice is classroom observation and instructional rounds. One of the largest untapped resources for innovation in schools are students.

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Philly Teacher

MARCH 17, 2014

In addition, there were more sessions this year focused around topics like integrating technology, digital citizenship, mobile learners, technology and critical thinking and others. Student-Centered, Project Based Learning. Another bright spot was the increased number of sessions referring to project or problem-based learning.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 8, 2016

Last week I enjoyed the great variety of edCamp Global sessions across a variety of platforms–Periscope, Twitter chats, and Google+ Hangouts. from teachers use during handwriting practice, they can listen, an ambient way to bring science into the classroom without devoting specific time. . Lindsay shared.

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MSEDTechie

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

One of the worst experiences is listening to a non-educator telling a teacher what they should and should not do in their classroom. Trainer using outdated technology to present, or presenting on a topic that is obsolete and not needed. One PL strategy that seems to work well are Edcamps. and no particular order….

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EdTechTeam

AUGUST 15, 2016

The reason behind that was to build capacity within our teachers and ensure that they were equipped with the tools necessary to have a purposeful integration of technology. We are always trying to get ahead of the game on new technology and more importantly, finding new technology that will benefit our students, parents, and staff.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 12, 2016

That alone has helped schools launch Google Sites in K12 schools across the globe, using Sites for e-portfolios, teacher websites, campus websites, edcamp websites, training websites, and much more. It hasn’t been pretty, but many have developed strategies to make it so. Some of us have even nerded out a little hacking the platform.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

“Why is it that when young people use technology on adult terms, they are praised as 21st century learners, but when they use technology on their OWN terms, they are castigated as deviant rule-breakers?” ” -Elena Aguilar, The Art of Coaching: Effective Strategies for School Transformation.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 21, 2020

In this series, I’m sharing ideas for planning Blended PD, assessments, strategies, activities, and more. In this podcast series, I will share ideas for planning, scheduling, strategies, modeling, facilitating, and everything else that I can think of to help schools make the most of the situation. A Framework for Blended PD.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2018

But these conferences are not like an edcamp or an unstructured unconference of the kind you may have heard of. Can we leverage technology to connect across state lines and learn from each other’s experiences?

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

We also invest in digital technology that we believe can engage students, as well as make the teacher’s job more enjoyable. With over 1,000 students, it’s not always easy, but we take pride in the fact that although the lines are long, students come every single day looking forward to the magical moments our classrooms offer.

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There is no box

OCTOBER 3, 2015

The high school district was fortunate enough to recognize that to make forward progress with technology, they had to make a change. Local IT service companies tend to be business focused, just like school IT shops of old, and are not well versed in the unique edtech challenges facing classrooms today. So what’s our secret sauce?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

It is designed to significantly increase opportunities for connecting classrooms while supporting cultural awareness and recognition of diversity and educational access for all. Karen earned her BA in Mathematics from Bryn Mawr College and her MA in Instructional Technology and New Media from Teachers College, Columbia University.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Of course, keep this in mind when you assign files in Google Classroom since Google Classroom will name each student’s file the same and append their name to the end of the title. Tip: You can use this idea in Google Classroom as well! I have used hashtags for event files that have hashtags, like #edcamp.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. SHEG also offers two other fabulous portals filled with resources to help classroom teachers and teacher librarians inquiry and historical analysis. You can now find out. But wait, there’s more! .

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