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Digital Tools to Mobilize a Community to a Goal

Tech Helpful

I use social media to share the things I've learned via blogs to help others, I've asked people to join me at educational events like Edcamp Gig City and CoffeeEDU, I've asked people to support me in my JDRF walks to find a cure for type 1 diabetes, and more recently I've reached out to an entire city to help me find my lost dog.

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Participate.com: Your toolbelt for professional learning

NeverEndingSearch

The ISTE Report shared the importance of educators retooling their own learning experiences: Technology has made our world more interconnected than ever, which is why students must learn how to use digital tools in appropriate ways. The tabs on the redesigned dashboard represent the realm of learning opportunities. .

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Educators as Empowered Citizens (Unpacking the ISTE Standards for Educators)

Tech Helpful

ISTE Standards for Educators 2017) Part of using technology in the classroom is both modeling and creating opportunities for ourselves and our students to be a productive part of the digital landscape. Modeling this active use of technology to grow myself is important to me. Teaching our students how to do the same is also important.

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9 Ways to Upgrade Professional Learning in Your District

Tom Murray

A comparison in the philosophies of today’s school districts yields results that falls across a continuum of who controls the learning. Social media and technology tools offer global networks of educators looking to connect and grow professionally. This post is sponsored by Samsung. However, all thoughts and opinions are my own.

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Understanding The Deep Fake: A Troubling Trend

The CoolCatTeacher

You can take courses on helpful topics like classroom management, teacher wellness, education technology, special education classes and more. He is the Director of Technology for the Casady School in Oklahoma City. He is the author of several books on effectively using digital technologies to communicate and assess learning.

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

NeverEndingSearch

However, at each level—middle school, high school, and college—these variations paled in comparison to a stunning and dismaying consistency. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations. That was certainly the case in our experience.