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edWeb Supports Edcamp Phoenix

edWeb.net

Edcamps are a great way for educators to meet with peers in their area and share great ideas. edWeb was pleased to be able to support our friends Peggy George and Deirdre Shetler with EdCamp Phoenix. Edcamp Phoenix has come and gone, and what an event it was! After-School STEM clubs. Makerspaces. Digital Portfolios.

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How Teachers Can Learn From One Another at Unconferences, Meet-ups and Edcamps

MindShift

One teacher went to a “STEM/STEAM” session but was disappointed that the discussion was so “general and theoretical,” while he was looking for something more specific and practical. In fact, once you start a legitimate event, the Edcamp Foundation is willing to send you materials and funding to help with the organization, such as breakfast.

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Meet Six Educators We All Can Learn From

Digital Promise

Millibeth Currie , winner of the Community Counts award, encourages her middle school girls to pursue STEM education opportunities in the local community, from scrubbing in with female surgeons to working with researchers to save an endangered local plant.

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Three Ways That Rural States Can Become the Hotbeds for School Edtech Innovation

Edsurge

2016 Wyoming Google Summit. Lachelle Brant) Creating Guidelines for Distance Education The Problem: Sometimes, the greatest solution stems from the greatest need. Wyoming educators get up and stretch in the middle of a PD Day.

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7 Ways to Spark Innovation and Collaboration In Your School

MSEDTechie

Code.org resources are available 365 days a year, and many schools are focusing on ways to go beyond just the hour of code through simple programs like Google CS First , and coding programs geared towards girls like Made with Code. These games can be adapted to any grade level, and any content area—whether STEM or otherwise.

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Rethinking Professional Development So It Actually Improves Teaching

The CoolCatTeacher

Jarod: The happenings of it and the surroundings of it sort of stem from a particular kind of planning session that I had with a technology planning team. So they were kind of setting up what I would call “ala carte” PD, where they were kind of thinking, “OK, we need some Google Suite things. They love that autonomy.”.

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Understanding The Deep Fake: A Troubling Trend

The CoolCatTeacher

If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. In 2013-2015 he taught 4th and 5th grade STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) at Independence Elementary in Yukon Public Schools in Oklahoma. He is an organizer for Oklahoma EdCamp and the PLAYDATE OKC professional development conferences.

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