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From EdCamps to Google, 11 Professional Development Offerings for Teachers This Summer

Edsurge

Grab Your Tents: Time to Go Ed-Camping Okay, so for most of these edcamp events you probably won’t need a tent, but they are often full of multi-day events (so pack snacks). For all you technology enthusiasts in California, CUE, an association that supports educators in the use of technology, has both free and paid events this summer.

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Interesting idea - Chromebook + Nexus 7 instead of just an iPad

Educational Technology Guy

Related: New Chromebooks and Chrome OS - great for education Google for Education Resources Android for Education Resources On device apps/software vs. web apps - which is better for schools? This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy. Android chromebooks edcamp google Chrome OS Google for Educators iPad'

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

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

At CORE we believe that new technologies are the most exciting way to engage 21st century learners across all education and training sectors. 6 Mistakes You Might Be Making with Technology Integration What Students Will Learn In The Future Minecraft’s virtual worlds can teach real U.S. For more information, click here.

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The Chasm Grows: Public versus Private

Tech Helpful

The desire to mend this chasm started working on me thanks to Edcamp Gigcity. Greg Bagby, the coordinator for educational technology for Hamilton County, Tennessee schools has always been a friend and resource for me. For instance, I stand amazed at what private schools can do with so little money."

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8 Secrets To Providing Amazing EdTech Customer Service that Directly Affects Students and Classrooms

My Paperless Classroom

Look for Edcamps and offer support. Edcamps will be happy to hand out information about an app to participants, but companies should not miss out on the rich opportunity to join the education conversation. Please set aside a small fund each year to help sponsor food at an event for teachers, but more than that go to an Edcamp.

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Edtech Needs More Infrastructure, Educator Support in 2017

Edsurge

education technology agenda. Much work remains to be done to realize the full potential of education technology. Help Schools Identify What Works As more schools get connected to high-speed internet, it is imperative that the most effective technology solutions get implemented. What do you say?

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Flipsnack: A fun way to make interactive online magazines #edtech

The CoolCatTeacher

Also, people have used it to create, like we’ve had a summer technology institute, and we’ve created our schedules for that institute within FlipSnack and then shared the FlipSnack book out. Along the bottom, it has all your pages and it looks like another other kind of presentation type software you have used. Try FlipSnack!

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