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How to Evaluate Programs You’ve Never Used in Less Than Seven Minutes

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If you’re like me, you spent the summer attending webinars, seminars, and conferences. I’ll never forget my first experience with Moodle. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020

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Much like how social media giants Facebook and Twitter are utilizing our digital footprints to better understand consumer behavior, teachers are also turning to data analytics to learn more about their students. With more educational institutions adopting virtual learning management systems (such as Moodle, Edmodo, etc.),

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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A couple of years ago, I was part of a year-end webinar with MindWires’ Consulting’s Phil Hill and Michael Feldstein and one or other of them – I don’t remember now – predicted that 2016 would be a big year for the LMS. Google launched a “ Be Internet Awesome ” digital citizenship campaign in June.