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#ICE18: Redesigning a Classroom Is Not About Being “Pretty for Pinterest”

EdTech Magazine

#ICE18: Redesigning a Classroom Is Not About Being “Pretty for Pinterest”. Simply adding technology to a classroom doesn’t make it an innovative space. MURRAY: In the past decade or so, there’s been a growing understanding of the need to transform classrooms on many levels. Around this time, I first got on Twitter.

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CUE 2018: How IT Departments Can Minimize Downtime and Maximize Education

EdTech Magazine

When technology fails in the classroom, it takes away from valuable instructional time and hinders student learning. Lincoln and Nancy Greene, a technology support specialist in the district, discussed Chula Vista’s journey in a session at the Spring CUE 2018 conference. CDW VV2 Strategy. meghan.bogardu….

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6 Super Science Edtech Ideas: Using Technology to Level Up Science Classrooms

The CoolCatTeacher

Leah LaCrosse on episode 272 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Leah, today, we’re going to talk about how to use technology to make science more exciting and more effective. So, Leah, what’s your first idea for using technology to engage kids in science?

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Communicating Through Change: How a CA District Is Supporting Families in the Year Ahead

Edsurge

Those are still necessary, but it’s important to focus on productive two-way communication between families and school to establish a new type of relationship—one that supports student academic success as well as health and safety. Other Resources. Communicating About Reopening Measures with Families (The Parabola Project).

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This Teacher Started a Hands-On PD Lab That’s Sparking Change Across the District

Edsurge

The reality was that although technology had evolved rapidly since 2013, professional development offerings for computer science teachers—especially at the elementary level—hadn’t changed much. I became increasingly frustrated with the lack of technology support and PD opportunities in our district. The responses were jarring.

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9 Steps for Choosing a Device

Tom Murray

Work collaboratively to answer the question, “What do we want teaching and learning to look like in our classrooms in three to five years?”. During this step, school leaders across the district should collaborate to inventory what currently exists, from core curriculum and technology support resources, to types of devices already in place.

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Lingua Tweeta and other ideas

Learning with 'e's

I spend a lot of my time thinking through issues and challenges around technology supported learning. I try to come up with new ways to use technology that take learning into another place, or into new directions. I wrote a blog post in 2009 during the emergence of Twitter as a tool for teaching in formal settings.

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