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Notes from Code Studio elementary coding training

Dangerously Irrelevant

Complete instructor handbook (PDF). Any PC, tablet, and also ‘unplugged’. Group breakouts. My notes from yesterday’s Code.org elementary coding workshop… Ben Schafer , University of Northern Iowa, Facilitator. Our agenda for the day. Ben’s slides (PPT). Iowa workshop schedule. – Mark Zuckerberg.

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How an LMS Can Solve Professional Learning's Challenges—and Keep Master Teachers Engaged

Edsurge

And because you can access them with your mobile devices—your phone, your tablet, your laptop—there’s a pervasiveness in the way you get to your courses. It was the first time we ever did this; they usually handed out 48-page paper handbooks. Lots of groups and districts are doing professional learning online.

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Tips for Implementing Design Challenges in Your Makerspace

edWeb.net

Students worked on projects through open exploration, consisting of mainly free time in the makerspace; workshops, in which students work in groups to learn new skills; and design challenges, in which a group of students focuses on a specific challenge directed by a prompt.

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What’s the Easiest-to-Use Cloud Storage Solution for Administrators and Educators?

The 21st Century Principal

What made me write about this topic today was a conversation I had with a group of teachers and administrators who did not know what Dropbox was. I can take a photo with my Android tablet, and place it in my Dropbox folder. This means I do not have to keep sending an updated copy of my Parent-Student Handbook to my teachers.

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The Ultimate Teacher Gift Guide 2017

Shake Up Learning

The Hyperdoc Handbook. The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution. All-New Fire HD 10 Tablet with Alexa Hands-Free, 10.1″ Lead Like a Pirate. Ditch That Homework: Practical Strategies to Help Make Homework Obsolete. Teaching Math with Google Apps. Shift This. Gamify Literacy.

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15 Non-librarian blog(ger)s too good to miss!

NeverEndingSearch

Check out Richard’s digital handbook for technology integration. Examples of recent posts include Alexa, Can you give girls a voice , and How Tablet Games can Teach Skills to Students with Visual Impairments. Check out the wealth of categorized reports and such recent posts as Designing Small Group Activities: A Resource Guide.

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The Ultimate Teacher Gift Guide 2016

Shake Up Learning

The Hyperdoc Handbook. The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution. Fire Tablet, 7″ Display, Wi-Fi, 8 GB. FREE eBook : The Guide to Google Certifications. FREE eBook: The Google Cheat Sheets eBook. 50 Things to Go Further with Google Classroom. Ozobot Bit 2.0. Amazon Echo.

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