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PD for Writing Teachers: STEM Workshops, Rockstar Camps, Twitter and More!

Edsurge

One of my favorite PD experiences ever was as one of the few English teachers at a STEM workshop. One of my favorite PD experiences ever was as one of the few English teachers at a STEM workshop sponsored with stipends by my county department of education at Urban Workshop. Many interesting groups have presences on Facebook, too.

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Part 4: 20 Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Writing Engagement

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. 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.

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

NeverEndingSearch

Facebook Argument : Students consider the relative strength of evidence that two users present in a Facebook exchange. News on Facebook : Students identify the blue checkmark that distinguishes a verified Facebook account from a fake one.

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The Stories We've Been Told (in 2017) about Education Technology

Hack Education

The Flipped Classroom. STEM Education’s “Sputnik Moment” The Higher Education Bubble. The Battle for “Open” What Counts “For Credit” The Business of Ed-tech. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012. The Business of Ed-tech. The Maker Movement. Learning to Code. The Battle to Open Textbooks.

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Connected Educator Month Kickoff Details! PLUS Library 2.013 Proposals Deadline

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

From Twitter to Facebook and Pinterest to Vine (hey--what about Classroom 2.0 ?!), link] "Innovating STEM and Literacy" Panel October 1 , 9-10:30 PM ET What are the latest innovations in these two education pillars, what are their overlaps and reinforcements, and what do these fields have to offer each other?

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Top Ed-Tech Trends: A Review

Hack Education

Here we are with a President-Elect – a reality TV star – who has been supported by white nationalists, the KKK, Wikileaks, trolls, and Peter Thiel, who election was facilitated through a massive misinformation campaign spread virally through Facebook. The Flipped Classroom. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. The Flipped Classroom". He didn’t invent the idea of video-taping instruction to watch at home and doing “homework” in the classroom instead; but history don’t matter in Silicon Valley.

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