Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 25, 2016

Two years ago this fall, Jose Vilson launched EduColor. It’s a website, it’s a hashtag, it’s an email newsletter, it’s a weekly chat, it’s a call for social justice. Most of all, as he and the other organizers say, it’s ‘a movement, not a moment.’ Many of us haven’t paid too much attention to EduColor. Maybe it’s because we’ve never heard of it (now you have).

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2016

Want to hear the full interview? Check out Episode 68 of the EdSurge on Air Podcast here. It’s not easy being a game designer in college. Justin Couchot and Spencer Humphries, creators of “ Brobot Beatdown ,” refashioned their entire game—almost five months worth of work—in just four weeks before the College Gaming Competition at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3).

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JUNE 25, 2016

June 25, 2016 Below is a collection of some good iPad apps that are free today and only for a limited period of time. This deal is valid at least in the Canadian and American iTunes App Store.read more.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 25, 2016

Fostering innovation and creativity? Check. Encouraging active participation and student collaboration? Check. Being recognized as an exceptional website for inquiry-based teaching and learning? Check and check. That's right: Digital Compass is being named one of the American Association of School Librarians ' (AASL) 2016 Best Websites for Teaching & Learning.

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The Innovative Educator

JUNE 25, 2016

This week’s hottest post is the hottest post ever on The Innovative Educator garnering more than 17,000 views in one week. The post shares secrets to success for getting your principal to say yes from former @NYCSchools Principal Jason Levy ( @Levy_Jason ), who now advises principals and superintendents on how to develop a compelling vision and strategies to succeed with educational technology.

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 25, 2016

At this point in my travel career, I’ve learned a bit about how to do library conferences with fewer pain poi nts. On the plane to ALA Orlando 2016, and at lunch in the hotel before I got my room, I shared my tips with a few friends who offered additional crowd-sourced advice. If conference travel is on your agenda, I hope you find the resulting Library Conference Survival Tips infographic helpful.

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Reading By Example

JUNE 25, 2016

Because my session proposal was declined. That’s the big reason. I submitted a proposal regarding digital portfolios for students with someone else, and it didn’t get accepted. The rest of this post contains secondary rationale for why I am not attending the International Society for Technology in Education convention in Denver this weekend.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2016

Seven. That’s the magic number. Why? In the report published last week by the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education , Professor Linda Darling-Hammond and I summarized research findings about the conditions and practices that support positive outcomes of technology use and digital learning experiences for underserved, under-resourced, and underprepared students.

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Reading By Example

JUNE 25, 2016

Because my session proposal was declined. That’s the big reason. I submitted a proposal regarding digital portfolios for students with someone else, and it didn’t get accepted. The rest of this post contains secondary rationale for why I am not attending the International Society for Technology in Education convention in Denver this weekend.

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