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10 edtech experts you should follow

Hapara

Website: [link] Twitter: [link] LinkedIn: [link] Facebook: [link]. After helping teachers transition to online learning during the pandemic, she began writing about her experiences, including a chapter on online learning in Like No Other School Year. The website offers strategies to help educators effectively use digital tools.

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Facebook helps makerspaces expand in the classroom

eSchool News

Now with the help of Facebook and the Ravenswood Education Foundation, he’s come close to reaching that goal. By the end of this week, five out of seven of the district’s public schools will have spaces filled with 3D printers, Legos, laptops, robots and more for hands-on learning.

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Discovery Education Adds Engaging New Content Supporting Social Studies, the Earth Sciences and More to Award-Winning Digital Services

techlearning

–Immersive New Content Empowers Educators to Create Dynamic Digital Learning Environments for All Students – Silver Spring, Md. The recently-added content empowers educators to create dynamic digital learning environments that support social studies, life and earth sciences, social and emotional learning, and more.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

I was inspired, I think, to select that topic because talk of “platforms” was incredibly popular in Silicon Valley – it had been for a while – as companies strove to become “the next Facebook.” Think Facebook. Arguably, one of the best candidates is the learning management system. .”

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Using Digital Media To Connect Inside and Outside of the Classroom

MSEDTechie

NASA has a Digital Learning Network, so you can sign up your classes to Skype with an astronaut or a member of NASA. They have a variety of topics from Food in Space to Robotics to Life on Mars. It''s a great way to have your students connect with experts. Skype with another classroom to share projects or become pen pals.

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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

The Hechinger Report

Related: Rethinking grade levels and school design for personalized learning. Students at ReNEW Schaumburg charter school in New Orleans write down their goals for Summit, a personalized learning platform designed with the help of Facebook engineers. Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report. Test scores were an issue as well.

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Events + News - #TLChat LIVE! - NMC Preview - Students in Charge - iSchool Initiative

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Stay tuned for all events at [link] , which also has Facebook event links for each activity. Diane Ravitch''s blog Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator "Screentime - It''s Quality, Not Quantity" Lego Mindstorms: A History of Educational Robots Educating Children or Training Circus Animals? Register for free today at [link].

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