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7 Great NonProfits Changing the Face of Professional Learning

Tom Murray

Many of the organizations, which are listed alphabetically, have free tools, research, case studies, and resources that can seamlessly be utilized and implemented at the district and school levels. EdCamp Foundation. All of these organizations are shifting the needle and rocking professional learning nationwide. URL: www.edcamp.org.

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5 Ways live streaming is going to change the future of education

Kitaboo on EdTech

Did you know more than 80% of internet and mobile audiences watched more live-videos in 2016 as compared to 2015, and streaming video accounts for more than two-thirds of all internet traffic and is expected to jump to 82% by 2020? Studies show that this is more conducive to learning as we learn more when we visualize.

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Digital Equity in Rural School Districts

edWeb.net

Pioneered by Google in partnership with Kajeet, rural districts in over a dozen states are using rolling study halls. Through a school library’s checkout program, these low-cost mobile devices provide students and households in need with secure, reliable, and safe access to the internet.

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The Greatest Challenge Facing School Leaders in a Digital World

Edsurge

As founding director of CASTLE (the Center for the Advanced Study of Tech­nology Leadership in Education), the nation’s only university center dedicated to the technology needs of school leaders, I have had the good fortune to work with administrators all over the world on digital leadership issues.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The Atlantic : “ DeVos Says There’s One Thing Her School-Safety Commission Won’t Be Studying: Guns.” If your marketing department thinks this is a good idea, if your media studies department thinks this is a good idea, tell them to read more. National) Education Politics.

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

NeverEndingSearch

Using everyday digital content, the COR paper and online assessments directly connect to the questions posed in SHEG’s study and engage learners in credibility decision-making around three COR Competencies: Who’s behind the information? Social studies teachers will adore these! What’s the evidence?

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13 Tips to Organize Your Google Drive

Shake Up Learning

Please note, these tips refer to the desktop version of Google Drive, but most tips will work similarly on mobile.). I have used hashtags for event files that have hashtags, like #edcamp. Our studies show most users only work with around 10–20 files at any given time. Use Consistent Naming Conventions.

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