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10 edtech experts you should follow

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Luckily there are edtech experts who are sharing strategies and tools through blog posts, social media, books, courses and podcasts. Here are 10 edtech experts every educator should follow. Website: [link] Twitter: [link] LinkedIn: [link] Facebook: [link]. Lindy has several edtech certifications. Lindy Hockenbary.

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‘Dear Mr. Zuckerberg’: Students Take Summit Learning Protests Directly to Facebook Chief

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On Thursday, hoping to send a stronger message, they took it all the way to the top, with a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Students at the Secondary School for Journalism in Brooklyn had become increasingly frustrated with Summit Learning. Below is the full text of the email the students sent to Facebook’s chief executive.

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Classroom Travels with Twitter: An Evolution

Ask a Tech Teacher

The discussion was based on the research of primary and secondary documents and was quite creative. When my students would ask me how many followers I had on my Facebook account and Twitter, I stated I did not know. I would note I had no idea on my Facebook account, but maybe 500 on my Twitter account, and most of them are teachers. .

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‘Students Are Lonely:’ What Happens When Coronavirus Forces Schools Online

Edsurge

Another educator started a burgeoning Facebook group for international educators to trade tips, and another began a detailed list of helpful online tools, including the digital portfolio platform Seesaw and the ebook library Epic. One enterprising principal she knows created a Google folder for schools to share their virtual learning plans.

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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

Prior to that, they completed their Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education – Science at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania from 1990 to 1993. For more from Vicki Davis, follow her on Facebook, X.com, TikTok, Threads, Instagram, Blue Sky, and YouTube at CoolCatTeacher. Thank you for listening.

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The Great Learning Management System Debate: Featuring Canvas, Schoology and Google Classroom

TeacherCast

Schoology is an LMS that has the visual appeal of a social media application like Facebook, which provides students with a platform they are comfortable in. This turns everyday assignments into interactive lessons with students able to interact with the edtech tool directly without clicking a link to go to the apps site.

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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

edWeb.net

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund follows the same formula as Title I, so it can be used to help bridge the digital divide for students from low-income families. Arati Nagaraj is an education consultant, edtech advisor and school board trustee in the San Francisco Bay Area. Join the Community.

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