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From Playgrounds to Programmers: How Sharing Shapes Schools

Edsurge

Whether we’re typing an address into our GPS or sending a text message or setting an alarm clock or reading the paper on an iPad or uploading an image to a course management system or making a reservation. Edcamp events are free, generally locally organized “unconference” meetings where the agenda is decided by those in attendance.

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Rethinking Professional Development So It Actually Improves Teaching

The CoolCatTeacher

Jarod Bormann on episode 269 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. I’ve talked to some administrators who say, “Hey, we did an EdCamp last month, and the teachers loved it. Twitter: @jbormann3. They love that autonomy.”. And I say, “Excellent!

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2016 EdTechTeam Impact Report

EdTechTeam

Now an Apple Professional Learning Provider as well, EdTechTeam offers experiences focused on supporting the new Apple Teacher program, which is designed to celebrate educators and help them make the most of Mac, iPad and built-in apps to enhance student learning. as a separate company.

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Disintermediating IT: The Secret Sauce To Small School EdTech Success

There is no box

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. That’s a hard proposition in isolation.

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Understanding The Deep Fake: A Troubling Trend

The CoolCatTeacher

Wesley Fryer on episode 572 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Deep fake videos are now possible. He is an organizer for Oklahoma EdCamp and the PLAYDATE OKC professional development conferences.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via KPCC : “ LAUSD may try again to give an iPad or computer to every student.” ” Via Motherboard : “ Twitter Is Banning Anyone Whose Date of Birth Says They Joined Before They Were 13.” ” Via The New York Times : “ Edcamps : The ‘Unconferences,’ Where Teachers Teach Themselves.”