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How Educators are Using the Exclusive Social Media App Clubhouse

Edsurge

With the feel of an in-person conference and the energy of an Edcamp, educators are finding this audio app is a new place to connect with educators from around the world. I began hearing the buzz around Clubhouse this fall and downloaded the app to my iPhone (it’s iOS only for now). What is Clubhouse?

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10 Years and 200 Episodes … What Have I Learned as an Instructional Coach?

TeacherCast

I had been podcasting for about a year already supporting the Apple community as one more podcaster talking weekly about their iPhones and favorite apps. I was just reaching out to random strangers on Twitter to introduce myself and they gave me a chance. In the early part of 2012, I attended my first edCamp in Philadelphia.

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10 Years and 200 Episodes … What Have I Learned as an Instructional Coach?

TeacherCast

I had been podcasting for about a year already supporting the Apple community as one more podcaster talking weekly about their iPhones and favorite apps. I was just reaching out to random strangers on Twitter to introduce myself and they gave me a chance. In the early part of 2012, I attended my first edCamp in Philadelphia.

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Learning Revolution Newsletter - Weekly Free Event Calendar - Conference Keynotes Update - Edcamp USDOE - Digital Citizenship

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Friday, June 6th at 8am - 3pm in Washington, DC Edcamp US Department of Education: Leading, Learning, Listening , Edcamp US DOE will be an intimate gathering of teacher leaders and policy leaders in order to discuss the most important issues in education. Second Monday of each month is the Teacher Librarian Twitter Chat.

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To Android or not to Android

There is no box

Ever since I upgraded my iPhone 5 to iOS 9, I’ve been frustrated by my daily phone experience. My old iPhone 5 also took a performance hit with iOS 9 and the tiny 4″ screen was causing feelings of inadequacy at meetings where everyone was touting their 5.7″ ″ monster phones. They both just work.

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5 Simple Ways to Improve Teacher Professional Development

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. I use a Swivl and my iPhone. The most popular form of the unconference is the Edcamp , but many conferences are scheduling an “unconference” day with this same format. So, what we have doesn’t seem to be working. It is free.

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

NeverEndingSearch

Claims on Twitter : Students read a tweet and explain why it might or might not be a useful source of information. News on Twitter : Students consider tweets and determine which is the most trustworthy. Claims on YouTube: Students watch a short video and explain why they might not trust a video that makes a contentious claim. .