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6 Super Science Edtech Ideas: Using Technology to Level Up Science Classrooms

The CoolCatTeacher

Leah LaCrosse shares six edtech ideas science teachers can start using today to improve learning and excite students about science. 6 Super Science Edtech Ideas. Leah, today, we’re going to talk about how to use technology to make science more exciting and more effective. Is technology a distraction? Enhanced Transcript.

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Futurizing the Stacks: How Makerspaces Can Modernize College Libraries

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According to a recent Pew Research Report , millennials are most likely to have visited a public library in the past year compared to any other generation. In a report that analyzed the state of the maker movement in 40 U.S. Cut through edtech market noise by crowd-sourcing Concept?

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Learning Revolution Free PD - It's All About the GEC (GlobalEdCon) - Amazing Keynotes - Announcing the Student Technology Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Announcing the 2015 Student Technology Conference. We are excited to announce the 2015 Student Technology Conference , a student-directed global conversation about technology in education. The Call for Proposals will open November 15th, and we will begin accepting presentations as early as December 1st. Learn more at [link].

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?How Should We Measure the Impact of Makerspaces?

Edsurge

Two years ago I attended an edtech conference focused on the then up-and-coming trend of makerspaces. 21st Century Skills The World Economic Forum recently released their Future Jobs Report, predicting the top 10 skills needed to thrive in the workforce in 2020. So what is the “right way” when it comes to using makerspaces?

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Making Better Videos and Movies with Students

The CoolCatTeacher

They’re at a desk like you see on the nightly news, and then they go to a reporter on the street. I guess there’s a little aspect of a book report in there. I also have two green walls in my studio technology office area. The use a little green screen. They could be in an earthquake. They could be in a flood.

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The Classroom or Library as a Maker Space

User Generated Education

Articles, resources on social media, and conference presentations on these topics are proliferating at a rate that most educators are now familiar with maker education. Second, the regular classroom teacher or librarian may be intimidated with these advanced tools and technologies. A Place and Space That Supports Chaos and Messiness.

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#EdTechTidBits of the Week (May 18, 2015)

EdTechnocation.com

The survey, " Parent's Attitudes Towards Educational Technology " was conducted by Lieberman Research Worldwide on behalf of MarketPlace, which has been studying the impact of technology in education for the past year. Here is the full report in PDF and here is a handy infographic. Data privacy is still a major concern.