eSchool News

JULY 6, 2016

Ten Dremel Idea Builder Ambassadors selected to document and share classroom 3D printing experiences during the 2016-17 school year. To recognize educators pioneering the maker movement in STEM education, Dremel , manufacturer of tools for life and learning, announces 10 Dremel Idea Builder Ambassadors for the 2016-17 school year.

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My Island View

DECEMBER 7, 2016

The flipped classroom, maker movement, project-based learning, blended learning, student centered learning, hour of code, collaboration, direct instruction, and lecture, there are passionate teacher advocates supporting each of these methods as the best way for kids to learn. The focus is targeting student learning.

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My Island View

DECEMBER 7, 2016

The flipped classroom, maker movement, project-based learning, blended learning, student centered learning, hour of code, collaboration, direct instruction, and lecture, there are passionate teacher advocates supporting each of these methods as the best way for kids to learn. The focus is targeting student learning.

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My Island View

DECEMBER 7, 2016

The flipped classroom, maker movement, project-based learning, blended learning, student centered learning, hour of code, collaboration, direct instruction, and lecture, there are passionate teacher advocates supporting each of these methods as the best way for kids to learn. The focus is targeting student learning.

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

And so, in today’s educational world, strong leadership is essential. This is a social media world, one of continual connectedness. Our leadership is dependent on our ability to use the digital tools available to us in order to communicate and model what we want to see in our classrooms. Google Apps for Education.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 23, 2018

We’re going to talk about Virtual Valentines and lots of other ways that you can connect and collaborate with other classrooms. Micah: Virtual Valentines are an amazing way for you to get yourself and your students plugged in with other classrooms around the world. Vicki: So what will classrooms be doing with the Virtual Valentines?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2018

I’ll be speaking with other amazing educators like Suzy Boss, Janet Zadina, Jay McTighe, Dr. Brendan Ozawa de Silva, Scott Sanchez, Dr. Ayanna M Howard and more. But there is really an easier way to do this in a classroom without all the funding or – quite frankly – the space to do it, and that is you can make model greenhouses and use them.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2018

Karen Bosch explains why Merge Cubes are so hot, how they are being used in classrooms, and how she’s using them to build critical thinking and creativity in her school. Thank you Karen for not only being an amazing educator but a kind, thoughtful person. Other Resources: Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in the Classroom.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 26, 2019

Ready to learn how to meaningfully and practically integrate technology into your classroom?! Let’s dig into a question: d oes your classroom offer one-and-done learning activities, or does the learning grow, inspire, and evolve throughout the year and beyond ? Beyond the classroom, beyond the walls, even beyond the due date.

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User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Below is an except – Chapter 5: The Role of the Educator as a Maker Educator. The process of bringing maker education into formal and informal educational settings involves different approaches and strategies than in a more traditional educational setting. Maker Educator as a Lead Learner.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 30, 2017

FutureFit aligns social emotional learning and character education with your traditional subjects of math, language arts, sciences and more for grades K-12. That’s always been really elevated in the upper grades, but I’m starting to see second grade and lower do some Project Based Learning in their classrooms. Carol: Yes!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. We''re really excited to have this amazing group of speakers participate at our fifth annual Global Education Conference.

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techlearning

JULY 17, 2018

Most compelling to me was the dialogue I saw unfold on social media between Elon Musk and the wider world. Despite the noise on social media, Mr. Musk is incredibly transparent in his conversations, allowing us all to learn, grow and even participate and contribute.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Librarian and maker Colleen Graves recaps a lively and learner-driven session on makerspaces and embracing making as teachers of writing at the 2016 NWP Annual Meeting. In our interactive session for “ Makerspace in the Library: What it means for your Classroom ,” we really let our participants drive the learning. Session Info.

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User Generated Education

JULY 2, 2017

Makerspaces, Maker Education, STEM, and STEAM are gaining lots of traction in Kindergarten though college level education. Articles, resources on social media, and conference presentations on these topics are proliferating at a rate that most educators are now familiar with maker education.

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Here he writes about the importance of journalism in the era of the 24 hour news cycle and social media. An educational consultant offers his reasons for opting his oldest child out of the state test in New York. Building poems, art, music, mathematical solutions and so on are all part of the ‘maker movement’ in my mind.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 26, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Brought to you by USC Rossier’s Doctor of Education online (EDd). This session is aimed at all teachers K-12.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 3, 2017

business teachers (my school recently added a Social Media Class!), Here are some resources to inspire you: Laura Fleming, World of Learning: Maker Education. Knowledge Quest maker posts. Stager, The Ultimate Guide to Bringing the Maker Movement to Your Classroom. robotics teachers (OMG!

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 1, 2015

Educational Psychology. “It is often said that education and training are the keys to the future. Remember the days of longing for the hands on the classroom clock to move faster? What happens to creativity and individuality as we pass through the educational system? They are in no particular order. Inspiration.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 7, 2015

Lightbot – Lightbot is an educational video game for learning software programming concepts. The Engineering Education Service Center is a great resource for a list of summer engineering camps happening across the U.S. Take a picture as you enjoy these activities with your children, and share it with us on social media!

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Aaron Maurer @ coffeechugbooks gives us five ways to improve STEAM education for kids. FutureFit aligns social emotional learning and character education with your traditional subjects of math, language arts, sciences and more for grades K-12. 5 Ways to Amp Up STEAM Learning in the Classroom. Enhanced Transcript.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 8, 2018

SMART wants to recognize educators across the globe who inspire greatness in their students, peers or community. Nominate your favorite educator at coolcatteacher.com/greatness. Each nominee and nominator will be entered to win a classroom technology package. Sometimes we’ll have Marketers doing something with social media.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom. ” What are some examples of disruptions in the classroom, then? I’ve listed some examples of disruption in education below, and ranked them (though obviously the ranking is entirely subjective and only useful as a crude reference point to start your own thinking).

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

The story offers a good example of how education is shifting as we wrap up two decades of the 21st century. Although some educators have grown weary of the term “21st century learning,” the drive to transform education “matters more today—a lot more—than when we started the conversation.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 11, 2014

CoSN is designed for education leaders to better understand their changing roles in creating the new face of learning, and it''s a great event with terrific history and high-powered speakers. I am in need of 10 participants who would be willing to discuss their experiences within Classroom 2.0 Register for Deep Dive Black Mountain.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The end of the day today is the final deadline to get in a proposal to speak at next week''s free and online 2013 Global STEMx Education Conference (STEMxCon.com) , September 19 - 21. Don Buckley - Co-Founder, Tools at Schools - "Is it Possible to Innovate in Education?" This is a great opportunity to share your work or ideas!

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 29, 2017

Does your classroom offer one-and-done types of learning activities, or does the learning grow, inspire, and evolve throughout the year and beyond? This concept alone should change the way you think about learning in general and change the way you facilitate learning in the classroom. We have no shortage of new ideas in educations.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

In the midst of all this enthusiasm, Apple has released a new resource for app developers—the ARKit—that has supercharged augmented reality for fields like entertainment, gaming, advertising and, of course, education. I found some incredible apps that blew the roof off of our classroom walls, as well as some that provided minimal benefit.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

At the end of every year since I founded Hack Education in 2010, I’ve reviewed what I think are the most important and influential trends in education technology. This is about the stories we’re told about education, about technology, and about education technology. (No

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 6, 2016

Each chapter provides rationale, research, and/or models for change, with comprehensive examples and resource links sprinkled throughout to highlight how these change have been done by today’s educators. Every school and every classroom can explore these ideas in order to build uncommon learning opportunities for all students in our schools.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 6, 2016

Each chapter provides rationale, research, and/or models for change, with comprehensive examples and resource links sprinkled throughout to highlight how these change have been done by today’s educators. Every school and every classroom can explore these ideas in order to build uncommon learning opportunities for all students in our schools.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 18, 2015

13 Ways Education Could Change In The Next 13 Years. Ed note: 2 Pieces for Context– 30 Incredible Ways Technology Will Change Education by 2028 and Curriculum is More Important Than Learning Technology. Math, science, social studies, and literacy have been the pillars of modern education for over a century.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

It’s time once again for my annual review of “the year in education technology,” something I’ve done since 2010. I’m feeling quite tentative about whether or not the insights that I might be able to glean about the year will have much relevance for the business and politics of education technology under Trump.

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