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Ed Tech Vocab: Keeping Up with Trends in Education

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Think of it as a cheat sheet to help you learn all you need to know about technology in the classroom! Blended learning combines traditional, in-person learning with digital learning, so that students can experience both forms. MOOC refers to a massive online open course, a type of distance learning.

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Why Flipped and Blended Learning are Making Waves in education

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If a problem seems confusing or the application of a concept seems blurred, a student can get prompt assistance in a flipped classroom. The resources provided as a part of flipped learning can mostly be paused and replayed. Flipped classrooms overcome this issue with efficiency. References: [link].

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Ed Tech Vocab: Keeping Up with Trends in Education

eSpark

Think of it as a cheat sheet to help you learn all you need to know about technology in the classroom! Blended learning combines traditional, in-person learning with digital learning, so that students can experience both forms. MOOC refers to a massive online open course, a type of distance learning.

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Top 10 Reasons to Sign Up for Summer Learning with Ask a Tech Teacher

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Digital portfolios—via wikis. Flipped Classroom—attendees learn in a ‘flipped classroom’ environment. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. Just as they tell students, it’s OK.

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35 Take-aways from Summer 2016 Professional Development

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We experimented with some of the hottest tech tools available for the classroom such as Google Apps, differentiation tools, digital storytelling, visual learning, Twitter, blogs, Common Core and tech, digital citizenship, and formative assessment options. They were connected educators.

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15 Take-aways from Online Grad School Classes

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Sessions were run like a flipped classroom where attendees accessed daily topics, read/watched materials, tested their knowledge, and experimented with projects. Often, I heard ‘Now I know how my students feel’–in reference to trying a tool that just wouldn’t do what it was supposed to.

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10 Ways to Use Twitter in Class

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Twitter doesn’t have a lower age limit, but does reference ‘thirteen’ as a suggested minimum age. This is especially useful in flipped classrooms where students review videos to prepare for class. Teach digital citizenship. Use Twitter to teach students how to behave in the digital world.

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