My Paperless Classroom

MARCH 27, 2018

Whether you are a teacher trying to figure out how to invest your limited class resource budget, or an edtech company trying to secure your place in the market, customer service is something to look at closely. I clearly remember the first company I chatted with on Twitter. Look for Edcamps and offer support.

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TeacherCast

JULY 18, 2022

Step 3: Diversify Your Portfolio The other day, I was having a planning meeting with a company about a future project. In the early part of 2012, I attended my first edCamp in Philadelphia. Step 4: Your Brand Belongs to YOU… not EdTech A similar lesson to the one above but on a much more professional note. They want YOU.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2016

While device penetration is increasing and edtech products are proliferating, adequate infrastructure in schools lags behind. Continue Efforts to Improve Connectivity In Schools Just last week, one of my portfolio company founders was excited to pilot a new literacy tool in a school in Richmond, Calif.,

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Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2017

The parallels between the early days of the world wide web and today’s edtech scene are surreal. Companies] are trying to cut and paste solutions they built for one industry and sell them to teachers and administrators because they feel the market is hot. In the nineties, this included. This approach won’t work.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 6, 2018

It had Dan Callahan on from — at that time, he was kind of working with the EdCamp Foundation and founders, and we just did a show on, “What Is EdCamp?”. Six months later, I got an email from this random person that said, “Hey, I just wanted to let you know… We’re here at EdCamp Buffalo. Vicki: (agrees).

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 23, 2016

If you are in Denver, I’d love the chance to meet you face-to-face and if not we can still enjoy each other’s company virtually. Lisa Dabbs, Tanya Avrith, and Erin Klein will be presenting about edtech tools, social media in education, #NTChat, and connected classrooms. Below are the places we can run into each other.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2016

I argue that rural states are where edtech companies, investors, and media outlets should be looking to to see truly innovative implementation of technology. But is there a place that these initiatives are taking hold more strongly than others? I’ve got some experience with this from the past eight years. 2016 Wyoming Google Summit.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Before she landed at Slack, Swanson was already a well-known figure in edtech. But she’s probably best known as founder of the Edcamp Foundation, which helps teachers run free, grassroots professional-development workshops. “I Companies are seeing the impact that a strong culture can have,” she adds. Pull Learning'.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The Edcamp movement is another example of educators organizing themselves for the simple purpose of sharing practices, successes, and miscues. Edcamp events are free, generally locally organized “unconference” meetings where the agenda is decided by those in attendance.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 7, 2017

There's a huge gap between what's being designed by edtech companies and what is happening in classrooms and what classrooms need. Good resources for finding quality digital resources and apps: Students EdCamp PLN on Twitter Educator Blogs When selecting tools and resources: Ask what the core functionality of the app is.

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MindShift

JANUARY 8, 2017

In order to stay relevant to the changing demands of the consumer, companies and organizations invest in research and development. There are schools where administrators are experimenting with models of teacher-led professional development like EdCamps. An version of this post appeared on Education Week’s EdTech Researcher.

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Philly Teacher

DECEMBER 31, 2013

” May also brought the 3rd annual Edcamp Philly unconference , which I helped organize. We had an amazing group of girls who came up with some really great companies and did some inspiring presentations. End of the School Year/Summer 2013. ” After the blur of the wedding, we were off to Hawaii for 10 days. Winter 2013.

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Philly Teacher

DECEMBER 31, 2013

” May also brought the 3rd annual Edcamp Philly unconference , which I helped organize. We had an amazing group of girls who came up with some really great companies and did some inspiring presentations. End of the School Year/Summer 2013. ” After the blur of the wedding, we were off to Hawaii for 10 days. Winter 2013.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 20, 2017

Often a life coach doesn’t even work for the company of the person they are coaching. However, with a few exceptions, edtech seems to dominate the teaching videos available on YouTube. Many teachers love Teachers Pay Teachers while others frown on the resources because they prefer traditional textbook companies.

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MSEDTechie

MARCH 3, 2016

Although the academy was held in Mountain View at Google Headquarters, and Google is a tech company, this academy was very little about tech, in fact it was more about mindset. We are the first cohort to experience the new certified innovator program , so it was quite an honor. however, I did get to experiment with a ricoh theta 360 camera).

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There is no box

OCTOBER 3, 2015

Prior to my arrival, they had been contracting with a local tech services company for their onsite break/fix tech needs. While local IT services companies may do an ok job of break/fix, contracting with them is a ticket to status quo at best and sometimes serious frustration at worst. However, there is hope.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 15, 2019

He is an organizer for Oklahoma EdCamp and the PLAYDATE OKC professional development conferences. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

In the past, he turned his interest in technology into several successful online companies, including MyDesktop.com, which sold to Internet.com in 1999. And we also organized India''s first edcamp, EdcampMumbai. In 2008, he was named by Contribute Magazine as one of 10 Tech Revolutionaries Redefining the Power and Face of Philanthropy.

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

“Is Your Edtech Product a Refrigerator or Washing Machine?” Via CMX : “ How Edcamp Scaled Up 1,500 Community Events Connecting Educators All Over the World.” “Why Fixing the Pipeline Alone Won’t End Edtech’s Diversity Problem ,” says Edsurge. Upgrades and Downgrades. million total.

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Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

” Via The New York Times : “ Edcamps : The ‘Unconferences,’ Where Teachers Teach Themselves.” Via the Getting Smart blog : “Incubating EdTech: AT&T Announces 4th Aspire Accelerator Class.” See also, from the press release : “ ETS and LearnLaunch to Fund Edtech Startups.”

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