Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 18, 2016

For anyone who missed the April announcement, Twitter switched its app category from ‘social media’ (where it consistently ranked in the top ten with Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Pinterest) to ‘news’ (now ranked #1, ahead of apps like CNN, Fox News, and Reddit). As an educator, I am thrilled.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 20, 2013

In education, the common objective is usually to learn specific content, skills or competencies within defined areas. You could see where we might place formal learning using a VLE, or where students might meet to chat using Facebook, for example. MOOCs take learning even farther away from the classroom.

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The Innovative Educator

OCTOBER 27, 2012

Here’s the roundup of what''s been popular on The Innovative Educator blog this week. Dec 8, 2010, 1 comment 1624 Why Smartboards are a Dumb Initiative May 12, 2010, 67 comments 1491 Make your flipped classroom interactctive Oct 17, 2012, 2 comments 1475 9 Ideas for Using Twitter & Storify to analyze the. Schoening’s Firs.

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Turning Learning On Its Head

JANUARY 24, 2015

Your child's experience in a flipped classroom is probably different than your educational experience has been. Before you start to hear chatter about how the teacher "isn't teaching any more," arm yourselves with the following information: Flipping will increase student-teacher interaction. How should you respond?

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Turning Learning On Its Head

JANUARY 24, 2015

Your child’s experience in a flipped classroom is probably different than your educational experience has been. Before you start to hear chatter about how the teacher “isn’t teaching any more,” arm yourselves with the following information: Flipping will increase student-teacher interaction.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Next Tuesday and Wednesday, October 1st and 2nd, are the kickoff days for the 2013 Connected Educator Month (CEM). If you didn''t participate last year, this US Department of Education-sponsored month-long series of events focuses on the significant ways that online collaborative learning is playing in professional development.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Flipped classrooms are the bread and butter of e-learning and have defined the education landscape in the past few years or so. Educators have played with the flipped classroom and applied a lot of techniques and approaches to increase student engagement and interaction. Learning after all, is a continuum.

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Edsurge

JULY 18, 2016

After a Master’s degree, 120-plus credits, and 30 years in education, I now understand that whatever I do and wherever I go, I am happiest when I’m learning. My suggestions certainly aren’t exhaustive, but they illustrate the kinds of experiences that are readily available to educators across the country. Flippin g the Classroom.

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TeacherCast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

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. Teachers can use Canvas to create and manage a flipped classroom, affording students a place to interact with classwork while at home. Why consider Schoology?

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

Over the past weeks, readers have asked us many questions about the impact of the coronavirus on education in many different areas, from admissions to advice for young children, from salaries to student privacy and whether school closures actually work. You are entitled to know everything about the district’s plans.”

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The Electric Educator

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

On November 4-5, 2013, Brighton High School hosted the 2013 Michigan Google Education conference. Sessions on project based learning, the flipped classroom, Google Drive, Chromebooks, and more were offered. Follow the conference on Google+ or Facebook to receive updates about next year''s conference.

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MindShift

MARCH 24, 2020

WhatsApp is used around the globe and it doesn’t require as many GB as Facebook or Google. For example, KQED will begin broadcasting a California state standards-aligned educational television schedule, created by PBS SoCal/KCET and the Los Angeles Unified School District. – Lindsey Conway. Try USBs or DVDs .

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Nik Peachey

MAY 22, 2012

You can get a URL with a code to restrict entry or to make it quick and easy to share in presentations (Here's one on the flipped classroom. You can click on share after you create your poll and get a direct web link which you can share through social media, such as Twitter or Facebook etc. By all means give it a try.

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Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2017

Coursera sits somewhat awkwardly on the border between traditional higher education and the Silicon Valley-forces working to disrupt it. That word struck me, since many academics are worried that higher education is becoming too commercialized. One thing that I see a lot of interest in at colleges these days are flipped classrooms.

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Connecting 2 the World

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

This means my students are more prepared to extend themselves in class and go back after class if they got an answer wrong (fits well into a flipped classroom). Overall, I would strongly recommend Edmodo for anyone looking for a safe alternative to facebook but more user friendly access than many LMS''s provide.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

While the focus is on educational technology and lesson design as opposed to just writing instruction, I have always discovered innovative applications in my English classroom of tools and ideas gleaned from CUE Lead Learners. Orange County Department of Education Year-round, fees and stipends. Wait, what?

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MindShift

MARCH 26, 2020

” Sadie’s teacher reminds her that they’ll be using the educational software that she is already familiar with from her face-to-face classes at Ortega Elementary School: “It’s iReady, so we’ve got that. . “Yeah,” Sadie responds. “It’s kind of scary isn’t it?”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The sixth annual Global Education Conference , our free four-day online event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world, runs today Monday, November 16 through Thursday, November 19, 2015 (November 20th in some time zones). We invite all to attend! A full listing of sessions is below.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Vote and possibly win $4000 of technology from CDW – I recently supplied CDW a list of products that I thought would be great for a Podcasting/Webinar Production/Flip Classroom Studio. STEM Workshop – If you are at Pete and C in Hershey, Pennsylvania check out the STAR Educator Discovery Preconference Workshop.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 1, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Ever since I started Classroom 2.0 I''ve looked forward to holding an event specifically about Ed Tech in the classroom.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Global Education Conference Call For Proposals Opens May 1st! virtual and physical events and those of our over 200 partners.

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TeacherCast

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Facebook Audience. Facebook has a wall. You can look at my TeacherCast Facebook page and on the front of it are the last few posts that I have created over the last 4 months. Facebook is visual, but it’s also text driven. For most of us… our Facebook Audience is made up of our family and close relations.

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TeacherCast

JUNE 22, 2021

Let’s take a look at how you can use ScreenFlow in your digital classroom this year! 10 Features of ScreenFlow Educators Can’t Live Without Hide Desktop Icons One of the lessons that many educators learned this year was to keep their desktops clutter-free of anything that might not be needing to be seen by their students.

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TeacherCast

JUNE 22, 2021

Let’s take a look at how you can use ScreenFlow in your digital classroom this year! 10 Features of ScreenFlow Educators Can’t Live Without. One of the lessons that many educators learned this year was to keep their desktops clutter-free of anything that might not be needing to be seen by their students. Hide Desktop Icons.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 1, 2015

Educational Psychology. Sandberg is the chief operating officer of Facebook and is ranked on Fortune’s list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business and as one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. “It is often said that education and training are the keys to the future. They are in no particular order.

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MindShift

MARCH 16, 2020

As each passing day brings more school closures, educators and families scramble to respond to a situation that is uncertain and without precedent. The web offers countless best practice guides and curated tool inventories, but educators currently in triage mode are not in a position to craft ideal online learning programs.

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 31, 2021

But when it comes to classroom learning, your success with YouTube will depend a lot on how you use it. In addition, we'll share some information on how to find the best educational videos, as well as how you and your students can create and share your own video content on the platform. Is YouTube a social network?

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

It’s the fact that the education system beats most teachers down until there is no inspiration left. She writes tons about practical things you can do in your classroom to make a difference. And, while we’re at it, if I got to an education conference, why can’t at least one of the keynotes be an actual classroom teacher?

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. Facebook Argument : Students consider the relative strength of evidence that two users present in a Facebook exchange. Historical Thinking Chart.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

At the end of every year since I founded Hack Education in 2010, I’ve reviewed what I think are the most important and influential trends in education technology. This is about the stories we’re told about education, about technology, and about education technology. (No

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Wednesday, November 19th, is day three of the fifth annual Global Education Conference. Stella Maris Berdaxagar Connecting Students to Language and Culture through a Culture Cafe - Dr. Thomas Moncrief Flipped Classroom para la asignatura Informática - Mrs Silvana Salica ¿Informática sin computadoras? Pedro Néstor Ibáñez Lic.

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TeacherCast

MAY 27, 2019

In this post, we will be reviewing Telestream Screenflow and how it can be used by educators to create and produce educational podcasts. Screencasting simple How-to videos and creating standards-based flipped classroom videos is one of those skills that every teacher should have in their back pocket. ScreenFlow Homepage.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

I want to start this year’s review of education technology acknowledging grief. I want to start this year’s review of education technology sanctioning, if such a thing is necessary, our mourning. I want to start this year’s review of education recognizing what’s been lost. Mourn and Organize.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 7, 2013

The fourth annual Reform Symposium Free Online Conference (RSCON) starts this Friday, October 11th, running for three days and in conjunction with Connected Educator Month. Miguel Mendoza 3:00pm Educational Leadership: Creating the Conditions for Passion and Innovation - Chris Wejr Gamifying Your Class - Alfonso Gonzalez If you build it.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 24, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update June 24th, 2014 The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Oh yes, I’m sure you can come up with some rousing successes and some triumphant moments that made you thrilled about the 2010s and that give you hope for “the future of education.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

It’s time once again for my annual review of “the year in education technology,” something I’ve done since 2010. I’m feeling quite tentative about whether or not the insights that I might be able to glean about the year will have much relevance for the business and politics of education technology under Trump.

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