Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 4, 2015

Here are his thoughts on ‘the Maker Movement': With so much of the emphasis in today’s education world focusing on the need for education reform, it can be easy to forget just what this means.

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Maker Movement Robotics Education STEM 150

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

I try to focus in on the standards of the writing curriculum I’m using — augmented with Common Core or whatever other standards I’m using — and focus on those, rather than sitting there with a paper and pencil and doing it that way. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

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Technology eBook Twitter Chromebook 186

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 21, 2017

Aligns to content area, instruction, and Common Core Next Generation Science Standards. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. What can any teacher do to add sustainable practices to their school? Vicki: Wow!

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

This leads to the “innovator’s dilemma,” described recently in The Economist as “the difficult choice an established company faces when it has to choose between holding onto an existing market by doing the same thing a bit better, or capturing new markets by embracing new technologies and adopting new business models.”

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Examples Classroom Maker Movement Social Media 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

I’ve called this “the Top Ed-Tech Trends,” but this has never been an SEO-optimized list of products that the ed-tech industry wants schools or parents or companies to buy (or that it claims schools and parents and companies are buying). The Common Core State Standards. The Maker Movement.

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Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 58

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Each month, I calculate all the venture capital investment that’s gone into education technology, noting who’s invested, the type of company, and so on. The Common Core State Standards. The Maker Movement. It’s from these weekly and monthly reports that I start to build my analysis. The Indie Web.

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