Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

Ten years into his 12-year tenure as mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg and his then education chief, Joel Klein, kicked off a program that they hoped would transform education in the city by making schools “centres of innovation,” Bloomberg told the BBC back in 2011. Today that budget is $3.2

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iLearn Technology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

How to integrate Seesaw into the classroom: We’ve long used Evernote as our eportfolio of choice , because it was a simple (enough) entry point and gave students enough flexibility to show what they were working on. Teachers can approve peer feedback before it is seen by students or parents. Best of all: Seesaw is FREE!!!

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iLearn Technology

OCTOBER 12, 2015

What it is: You guys, the World Education Games is back again, taking place around the world October 13-15, 2015! The World Education Games includes World Literacy Day, World Math Day (which has been around since the first World Education Games), and World Science Day. Tips: Using an Android or iPads in the classroom?

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 19, 2017

We are in full on count down mode for our yearly education conference, 5Sigma. This year our theme is Using Agency to Empower Students: What is Sacred in Education. Each year we work to include educators who have inspired our work. I could not be more excited for our third annual conference! This year is no exception.

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iLearn Technology

DECEMBER 28, 2017

More to contribute to the changing landscape of education. I could not be more thrilled to announce the 4th annual 5Sigma Education Conference and the INCREDIBLE line up that we have. 5Sigma will help you consider how you can push beyond current constraints and truly see what is possible in education. But flourishing is bigger.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 12, 2021

How to integrate BombBomb into the classroom: During the pandemic, BombBomb has been an incredible way for us to communicate and keep connected to our students and their families. As a teacher in the classroom, BombBomb would be a great way to flip your classroom and send students videos tailored to what they are learning.

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iLearn Technology

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

How to integrate Be Internet Awesome into the classroom: With Be Internet Awesome , Google gives you a complete set of tools to empower you to encourage digital citizenship and safety online. Tips: The Be Internet Awesome Curriculum meets ISTE standards for students and ISTE standards for teachers.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 5, 2020

It was in 2010 that I invited educational bloggers to form an alliance with me (no need for secrecy). The goals were pretty humble in hindsight: To encourage educators in their blogging endeavors, whether they be new, established, or otherwise. I started hanging question marks on all those things I had taken for granted in education.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 11, 2021

How to integrate BombBomb into the classroom: During the pandemic, BombBomb has been an incredible way for us to communicate and keep connected to our students and their families. As a teacher in the classroom, BombBomb would be a great way to flip your classroom and send students videos tailored to what they are learning.

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iLearn Technology

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

How to integrate Dragon Box math apps into your classroom: The DragonBox math apps take advantage of a student’s innate curiosity through play and exploration of math concepts. If you have a 1:1 iPad classroom, use these apps daily! This is learning math through exploration. Review rules and make connections as a class.

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iLearn Technology

APRIL 24, 2018

Open source is basically the Golden Goose for education. How to integrate Inkscape into the classroom: Your students want to create. Inkscape can literally enhance any classroom. Which is pretty neat if you’re into that kind of thing. Inkscape is cross-platform so it’s easy to run on Windows, Mac, or Linux.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 5, 2020

It was in 2010 that I invited educational bloggers to form an alliance with me (no need for secrecy). The goals were pretty humble in hindsight: To encourage educators in their blogging endeavors, whether they be new, established, or otherwise. I started hanging question marks on all those things I had taken for granted in education.

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iLearn Technology

APRIL 24, 2018

Open source is basically the Golden Goose for education. How to integrate Inkscape into the classroom: Your students want to create. Inkscape can literally enhance any classroom. Which is pretty neat if you’re into that kind of thing. Inkscape is cross-platform so it’s easy to run on Windows, Mac, or Linux.

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iLearn Technology

DECEMBER 18, 2014

What it is: Prodigy is a fantastic way to differentiate math in your classroom. How to integrate Prodigy into your classroom: Prodigy is aligned to the Common Core Math standards and has over 300 math skills for students to master. Tips: Prodigy is completely free for you to use as an educator with your students.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 9, 2017

So often I see the same sentiment from educators involved in education dialogue, “Wouldn’t it be nice if a school were doing _. ” As an educator, I felt the same. What if we got rid of classrooms that looked like classrooms and used space differently? What if we had 1:1 technology? Kevin Croghan.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Today the fifth annual Global Education Conference kicks off. This is our free, five-day, online event that brings together educators and innovators from around the world, with sessions held around the clock to accommodate participant time zones. The Role of Open Educational Resources in Developing Globally Diverse Courses.

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iLearn Technology

JUNE 10, 2016

Perhaps the most disheartening outcome of the systematization of education is the way that it dehumanizes classrooms. Emboldened by being ‘the best,’ our education system has become blinded to the individual. May we, as educators, stand up and defend the humanity in our classrooms!

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 16, 2017

As an educator, StackUp immediately appealed to me for the way that it could capture my own learning. Though I don’t hold a degree in educational technology, my years of independent study should be captured! Students can engage in classroom reading challenges and see how their learning compares to their classmates.

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iLearn Technology

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

How to integrate Hello Ruby into your classroom: The Hello Ruby site has a special educator page to get started with Hello Ruby in your classroom. You’ll find lesson plans, educator stories, and resources to help you get started with learning and teaching programming yourself.

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iLearn Technology

JULY 10, 2015

I’m writing about SumBlox here anyway because technology led to the happy discovery of SumBlox and is a great reminder of why it is important to be a connected educator! ” How to use SumBlox in the classroom: These blocks allow students to visually represent and discover math relationships. These are going to be popular!

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 21, 2015

The problem with education reform is that we keep attempting to change surface level systems and hoping for deep systemic change as a result. If you’ve been involved in education for any amount of time, you begin to see a pattern emerge. That classrooms are places with desks, whiteboards, and paper/pencils.

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iLearn Technology

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

On February 19, Angela will be the keynote speaker for the 5Sigma Education Conference in Colorado. 5Sigma is unlike any education conference you’ve been to. At Anastasis, this message resonates with us. Angela is the perfect person to kick off a weekend of inspiration, learning, iterating, collaborating, and launching.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 6, 2016

In February, we want to energize you to make the rest of 2016 more awesome with the 5Sigma Education Conference. 5Sigma Education Conference is THE conference to attend if you are interested in: Innovative school models- Tour Anastasis Academy with our students. Ask questions, meet our team, and see education re-imagined.

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iLearn Technology

OCTOBER 26, 2015

But in education, we make a lot of decisions without these specific students-with-names in mind. When we talk about education, too often the focus is on learning all the right things, equipping kids with the right content and answers. It is about finding the educators who can draw students out, who can foster humanity and connection.

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iLearn Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

How to Integrate INVICTA Challenge in your classroom: These challenges are a fun and new way to foster literacy, history, and leadership skills in your classrooms. This challenge would be an excellent addition to your classroom library. The first challenge, Flash & Thunder lets students walk in the shoes of an American Hero.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 7, 2015

I reworked curriculum, assessment, structure of the day, the classroom space, the homework that would happen, the way parents and students would think of school. Beyond the inspiration, these are people who walk along side educators to help them use that inspiration to inform change. We’ve got artists who think like educators.

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iLearn Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

How to integrate My Simple Show into the classroom: My Simple Show is a fantastic option for digital storytelling. This type of video can be made over a few weeks using classroom devices as a writing center. My Simple Show could also be used for character education.

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iLearn Technology

APRIL 13, 2015

One of the major benefits of using technology in the classroom is the ability to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of every student in every lesson. Below you will find website suggestions that address the different learning styles in your classroom with the help of technology: Verbal-Linguistic. |Kelly Tenkely|.

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iLearn Technology

JULY 10, 2016

I’ve been somewhat hesitant to jump into digital badges world (despite knowing the digital badge ninja, @senorg) because I feared that digital badges were just one more way to categorize and label kids, another carrot to dangle in the classroom. An APS student spoke toward this reality as he described his own education.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 17, 2017

How to integrate Plan It Green, the Big Switch into the classroom: This game from National Geographic is a great way to help your students understand different kinds of energy, and think through the ways that the energy we rely on in our daily lives impact the environment.

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MindShift

JULY 29, 2015

Educators and students are quickly becoming more comfortable with classroom technology, allowing them to shift from thinking about the technical side of integrating a new tool to focusing on how it improves learning. The list of apps that educators favor this year shares some commonalities with last year’s favorites.

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iLearn Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

How to integrate YouCubed into your classroom: There are SO many resources that can transform your classroom! My favorite portion of YouCubed is the Week of iMath. There are 5 days of lessons, each one comes with a lesson plan, video, and list of materials needed.

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iLearn Technology

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

How to use Virtual Escape Room in your classroom: The Virtual Escape Room is a great way for your students to work in small groups to solve a mystery together using critical thinking and problem solving. Enter the virtual version! Before completing the room, discuss what makes a good team member.

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iLearn Technology

OCTOBER 19, 2016

How to integrate Watch the Debates in your classroom: Watch the Debates provides an excellent way for students to explore the evolution of a specific issue in the United States by watching debates from as far back as 1960. In addition to the ability to watch tonight’s debate live, students can also explore past presidential debates.

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iLearn Technology

AUGUST 4, 2016

It will change the ecosystem in your classroom! All of this information will make you a better guide in the learning. It will also allow your students to understand themselves as learners and their classmates as learners. Break free of the box. You have to break free of the boxed curriculum before you can truly experience a living curriculum.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 30, 2017

As an educator I know that when we take away all of the labels that we use to categorize each other, when we look each other in the eye and listen to each other’s stories, we find out that we are all human after all. The last week has been heartbreaking to watch unfold. The stripping away of humanity.

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iLearn Technology

DECEMBER 8, 2016

What it is: The Learning Genome Project started nearly 8 years ago in response to a sense of urgency to make education more about those it serves: students. In the process of building the Learning Genome, I came to a realization that even if this perfect tool existed, there wasn’t the infrastructure in schools to fully utilize it.

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