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5 Tips That Foster Collaborative Professional Learning

EdTech Magazine

A few years ago, a group at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte received a grant from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction that paid for notebooks and software for creating a professional development program for elementary school teachers. Please join the discussion on Twitter by using the #ConnectIT hashtag. .

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An Educator's Challenge! iPads in an Elementary Classroom

MSEDTechie

Ten years ago we did not have facebook, instagram, or twitter, but now corporations pay big bucks using social media to market their products. Each year, I am seeing more and more students entering elementary school with technology knowledge greater than ever before. Not sure how to get started?

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iPad Basic Training for Teachers

EdTechSandyK

This is why we had been reading everything we could via Twitter and blogs and attending every session we could at professional events about mobile learning and iPads for the past three years. Additionally, a principal at one of our elementaries had secured funding to purchase an iPad for each of his teachers.

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Notes from Leadership for the Digital Age with Alan November - Day 2

EdTechSandyK

Distict #1 : Principal of an elementary school shared that as part of their 1:1 initiative, they want to create a bank of lessons created by students based on [link] which Alan shared last time. Good apps for creating tutorials: Explain Everything, Screen Chomp, Educreations District #2 : Revisiting their BYOD initiative.

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