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5 tips to engage parents using technology they already use

eSchool News

Even if parents can and want to be involved, there are other barriers, like the fact that classrooms and teaching may no longer resemble what parents remember. Experiential learning, flipped classrooms, and new standards have turned the familiar to foreign, and this can be intimidating.

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False frontiers

Learning with 'e's

You could see where we might place formal learning using a VLE, or where students might meet to chat using Facebook, for example. With the increasing popularity of such movements as the Flipped Classroom , and Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs), other more radical formal learning space configurations are taking place.

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?3 Types of Summer PD That Won’t Sacrifice Your Vacation

Edsurge

If you’re looking for educators to follow, go no further than Educational Technology and Mobile Learning’s blog. If you spend hours flipping through albums at the local record shop for fun, I suggest you check out Pinterest for Teachers or Facebook for Educators ; the variety of quotes and visuals is infinite.

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Bending the rules of flipped classrooms

Neo LMS

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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Instant Opinion Polls in the Classroom

Nik Peachey

For a long time now I have been looking for a tool that enables instant polling in the classroom or in the lecture room. 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. By all means give it a try.

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Why I like Edmodo

Connecting 2 the World

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). My students LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the mobile app. The mobile app is great for the students but more limited for teachers. educational technology'

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14 Tips For Helping Students With Limited Internet Have Distance Learning

MindShift

Many providers are also waiving late fees for existing customers and increasing data caps for mobile hotspots. WhatsApp is used around the globe and it doesn’t require as many GB as Facebook or Google. Major internet providers like Spectrum and Comcast are giving students free WiFi for the next couple of months. Jen Clayton.