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Top 10 Digital Tools for the Classroom

Kitaboo on EdTech

As more and more teachers, students, and stakeholders experiment with technology, software developers are working day and night to bring them quality solutions. However, despite having so many options, users show a clear bias towards some platforms, software, or apps (read, digital tools) that they consider more user-friendly than others.

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Makerspace for Little or Nothing

The Daring Librarian

When we have testing in our Library, I put all our Makerspace stuff on an AV cart and roll it into our server room. Say you're trying for 50 or 100 - put a decorated cardboard box outside your Library or Classroom for donations! We all have damaged or out-of-date books that we’ve weeded from our library. Just like new!

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Makerspace Starter Kit Updated

The Daring Librarian

Three years ago I shared with you what I was buying to boost our Makerspace area using four empty Library study carrels that no longer held desktop Macs. Our MHMS Makerspace How it works: Kids can come in before school, during lunch, or when they've finished their work to explore, craft, and create in the Library Media Center.

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Memory Machines: Learning, Knowing, and Technological Change

Hack Education

These machines are all intertwined with how we imagine the future of intelligence and knowledge, along with the future of the institutions traditionally responsible for these things – namely schools, universities, libraries, museums. The creation of the library.)

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Workbench Education Expands Partnership with Baltimore City Public Schools

techlearning

This PD focused on educational technology hardware and software, including hands-on instruction on using the Workbench Education platform to manage classes and create standards-aligned PBL content. Future-ready skills ? Teaching with projects and hands-on learning ? Student engagement ? STEM/STEAM education ?

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Planning for the Total Cost of Edtech Initiatives

edWeb.net

Strategic planning for edtech is an endless journey—and not just because of constantly evolving hardware and software. Most educators look at the cost of their device and software, but what they need to understand is that the total cost includes PD, tech support, sustainability. Are they prepared to adapt to other systems?

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Using Data to Improve Student Outcomes and School District Management

edWeb.net

While educators and school district administrators have grown used to reviewing assessment results and other forms of student data, they may not yet be looking at newer and increasingly important metrics such as online engagement, trending use of apps, and the return on investments in software.