EdTech4Beginners

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Getting inspiration from the brilliant Adam Hill , I recently used Pokemon as a stimulus for a data handling unit in mathematics. It was the perfect topic because the pupils love the game and also there is so much information available to collect and interpret. Leaving the task quite open, the children could choose to survey the class (levels, opinions, achievements etc.) or alternatively use the raw data of different Pokemon characters.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

There’s something exciting going on over at Typing Tournament Online : The World Typeathon. This is a free event and allows students to pit their skills against typists from around the planet. Here are the details: When? Round 2 starts Monday Nov 14th 2016 and ends Sunday Dec 18th 2016. For the full-time table click here. Everyone can participate at any time.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

November 12, 2016 As you probably know by now, the new Google Sites is now available exclusively for G Suite (formerly Google Apps) customers. This new version of Google Sites that was introduced.read more.

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NeverEndingSearch

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

I make so many discoveries through my grad students’ Weekly Search News presentations. This week, Emma shared Universityvideos.org. The new free video library, created by the MicroSearch Corporation curates academic videos and the metadata from a vast array of Univerisity YouTube channels, as well as TED and TEDx talks, scientific and cultural institutions like NASA and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, hospitals, research institutions, and such respected broadcas

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

November 12, 2016 Formative assessment is an ongoing form of evaluation that teachers conduct concurrently with students learning in class with the explicit goal of assessing students comprehension,read more.

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

I find it interesting that for the course I am taking, Technology and School Leadership , I drive two hours round trip once a week to participate in the learning. Technically, we could facilitate the course through the learning management system (Canvas). Online collaborative tools such as Google Docs and Skype could be utilized to work on projects from afar.

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

I find it interesting that for the course I am currently Technology and School Leadership , I drive two hours round trip once a week to participate in the learning. Technically, we could facilitate the course through the learning management system (Canvas). Online collaborative tools such as Google Docs and Skype could be utilized to work on projects from afar.

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Learning Personal Learning Network Examples Analysis 33

The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Like many others, I was surprised about this week's election results. After doing some soul searching I realized my surprise was a result of believing what the smug American media was telling us. In fact I was primarily surrounded by, and a participant in, smug America liberalism. I was a part of Trump’s secret weapon and didn’t know it. I was living in a bubble.

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