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The Future is Now: Preparing Our Youngest Scholars for a Digital World

The CoolCatTeacher

X.com (Formerly Twitter): @ TannenbaumTech Notes Hosts, Guests & Featured People: Debbie Tannenbaum, Tannenbaum Tech Vicki Davis , Host, Cool Cat Teacher Blog Pana Asavavatana's @PanaAsavavatana episode on How she helps her students using iPads that Debbie said helped her understand how to use icon literacy to teach littles.

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Celebrating Standouts in Verizon Innovative Learning schools

Digital Promise

DuBois Academy—all started strong out of the gate in their first year as Verizon Innovative Learning schools. Under the leadership of Pierre and principal Shondula Whitfield, Atwell put new systems in place for the second semester, incorporating Verizon Innovative Learning schools goals into the school’s goals.

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DCSS Launches First-of-Its-Kind Initiative to Bring Apple Products and Innovation to Students, Teachers and Staff

eSchool News

This collaboration embeds a full-time Apple Professional Learning Specialist in our community to build capacity among our teachers, instructional coaches and others.”. “I The initiative will expose DCSS students to coding and app development using iPad and Mac together with Apple’s Everyone Can Code and Everyone Can Create curricula.

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How Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Impacted Entire School Districts During COVID

Digital Promise

“I think [Verizon Innovative Learning Schools teachers] became early adopters and trailblazers for the rest of the district,” she said. Dr. Cecilia Maes, superintendent of Alhambra Elementary School District in Phoenix, Arizona, agreed. Dr. Ekchian also raved about the professional learning opportunities the program provided.

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AI in the Classroom — Educators Share Their Personal Challenges and Successes

Edsurge

Through professional learning opportunities for educators, the program is designed to prepare today’s students for tomorrow’s AI careers. Recently, we spoke with three participants of the AI Explorations program to learn about its impact in K-12 classrooms. Not every school has a Mac or iPad for every student.

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Savvy #ISTE17 Interviews: BYOD ISTE Sessions for Tuesday

Teacher Reboot Camp

Leveraging Learning Trajectories and Diagnostics for Personalization in 6-8 Math (B304). Professional Learning with SeeSaw (B302). Adding Interactivity to Google Slides for Customized Learning (B307). iPad Art & ‘Tra-Dgital’ Approaches to Learning in Hands-On Creative Classrooms (B306).

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#07: Getting Started Using Twitter for Educational Excellence

The CoolCatTeacher

Listen to last week’s tech tools show about iPads in the Elementary Classroom with Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen. see rules at the bottom of this post and instructions on how to leave a review: iPhone/iPad or PC/Mac instructions ) : SMART Learning Suite (today’s sponsor). Today’s Give Away Contests!

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