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6 Ways Technology Can Reinvent Parent-Teacher Conferences

Edsurge

We’re about a third of the way into the school year and we know what that means: The dread of parent teacher conferences! But conferences would not make it on my Top Ten Reasons I Like to Teach list. the traditional parent teacher conference as it once was is both redundant and outdated. Skype your conference.

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This new tool makes the flipped classroom more social

eSchool News

During the 2016 Building Learning Communities (BLC) conference organized by education thought leader Alan November, Mazur unveiled a free tool that he and a team of colleagues developed to solve this problem.

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Laying the Foundation for Distance Learning Success

Digital Promise

We’ve been using distance learning tools for years. James Tiggeman Digital Learning Coordinator, Irving Independent School District. Our students already had the devices and data to continue their education, but more importantly, [they had] the experience of being in a flipped classroom and using online tools.

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Cash Awards Honor Faculty and Institutions for Innovative Use of Digital Tools

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Digital Learning Innovation Awards (DLIAwards) from the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) last November. The awards recognize educators’ and institutions’ innovative use of digital courseware to improve outcomes for students, especially underrepresented ones. The result? 2016 Faculty-Led Team Awards. Fisher College.

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29 Sessions to Watch During This Year's SXSW EDU

Edsurge

Every year in March the edtech world descends on Austin for SXSW EDU, a conference that’s become as much about classroom practice and implementation as entrepreneurship and tech innovation. Our goal: generate those “Aha!”

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How to Use iBeacons in the Classroom – Guest Post from Courtney Pepe

EdTechTeacher

Also in the “art zone,” iBeacon tech creates a flipped classroom environment in which the students learn specific art skills by watching customized video tutorials. Gavin Smart is the Assistant Director of Digital Learning at the Clevedon Learning Hub as well as a teacher of science for students ages 11-18.

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The School Leadership Summit Is March 28th - All Welcome! Plus, Call for Volunteers

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

TICAL (the Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership) is the founding partner of the conference. The conference schedule is kept current at [link] and during the conference will be viewable by specific world time zones. The Schedule : The current session schedule for the Summit is listed below. See you online!