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ISTE 2017 Schedule #iste17

The CoolCatTeacher

They also bought Haiku Learning and have since created PowerSchool Learning, the best learning management system (in my opinion.). 9:15 – 10:15 am – Classroom of the Future Tour and Live Stream 207A We will stream on the PowerSchool Facebook page. . Tour Classroom of the Future (Live Stream from 207A).

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Pear Deck Raises $4M to Jazz Up Digital Presentations in the Classroom

Edsurge

A crop of startups have embarked on the laudable task of ridding the classroom of stale PowerPoint slides. The tool is also tightly integrated with Google tools—G Suite for Education and Google Classroom—which allows students to log in with their Google accounts. Haiku Learning, in turn, was bought by Powerschool in 2016.)

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5 Tech Tools, Innumerable Possibilities -- from the Hawaii #GafeSummit

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

PearDeck I learned about this very promising now-in-private-beta tool from +Chris Bell ''s demo slam. PearDeck is " an interactive presentation system for active classrooms ". It''s made especially for 1:1 Chromebook classrooms. edtech #gafesummit Eye-Fi GAFE Google Map Machine PearDeck Photo Sphere Tour Builder'

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From Tech Newbie to Ninja to Sensei

Teacher Reboot Camp

Send your student ninjas on learning missions with technology. You will need ninja learning community (a VLE/LMS ). Try Edmodo , Google Classroom , Schoology , Moodle, Edublogs , Haiku Learning, Wikis , or Google Apps for Education. Ninjas train other ninjas! Have a backup plan that doesn’t involve technology.

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36 Edtech Tools I’m Using Right Now in My Classroom and Life

The CoolCatTeacher

Here’s what I’m using all the time in my classroom right now. 36 Tools I’m Using Right Now in My Classroom and Life. She also has a Technology Jump Start Course with 8 modules to help get you comfortable with technology in the classroom.) Haiku Learning (my LMS). I highly recommend this book.

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PowerSchool Buys Chalkable, Tops $200 Million in Acquisition Spending

Edsurge

The once venerable publisher axed several high-profile (and profitable) businesses in the Financial Times and The Economist as part of efforts to transform itself into a digital learning business. Today, the Folsom, Calif.-based STI rebranded as Chalkable in March 2015.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

PowerSchool has acquired the LMS Haiku Learning for an undisclosed sum. “ Apple , Microsoft , Amazon and Google Are Fighting a War for the Classroom,” says Edutechnica , with a look at how many colleges have adopted their competing pseudo-LMSes. FoxConn will acquire SMART for $4.50 “ Seen ” cheating.