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Technology Makes or Breaks Esports Programs

EdTech Magazine

Esports Equipment Can Support Other School Initiatives. In competitive gaming, milliseconds matter , and the technology supporting students can make or break an esports venture. It was a group effort to say, here’s this awesome opportunity, here are teachers who are willing to jump into this. It was very exciting.” .

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Discovery Education Offers Educators New Resources Supporting Black History Month Observances 

eSchool News

The collection of dynamic, on-demand resources supports educators’ efforts to drive deeper student engagement by connecting classroom lessons to the real-world. Career profile videos show students a variety of STEM careers across software engineering, chemistry, and technology support.

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Communicating Through Change: How a CA District Is Supporting Families in the Year Ahead

Edsurge

ENGAGE EQUITABLY: Communication Resources for Schools at a Time of COVID-19 & Beyond (Brooklyn Lab Charter School/Donavan Group). For example, DC Public Schools hosts Twitter town halls that allow families to get answers to their at-home learning questions and hear important announcements from district leaders.

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Edublog 2010 Nominations

The Web20Classroom

Last year this blog was nominated in several categories and I won Twitterer of The Year and #Edchat won for Best Series of Tweets. The awards are a great way to find new blogs to follow, twitterers to follow and resources to discover. So be sure to check out all the nominations and check back on Dec. 15 to see who the winners are.

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Dazzling Classroom Creations with Google Draw!

EdTechTeam

Customize your Google slide decks with your very own self-created images in Draw, which can be easily grouped, copied, and pasted into Google Slides. Middle School Teacher & Technology Support. Twitter: @EmmaCottier. Trust me, you will be blown away by the high-level detailed visuals that are shared your way! .

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Role of Tech in Ed: Consideration #1

The Innovative Educator

More one on one and small group instruction can take place. He explains that young people have an advantage when asking adults for support and tells the story of himself picking up the phone at 12 years old and calling Bill Hewlett (of Hewlett Packard). There is more time for getting to know each student and build relationships.

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This Teacher Started a Hands-On PD Lab That’s Sparking Change Across the District

Edsurge

The reality was that although technology had evolved rapidly since 2013, professional development offerings for computer science teachers—especially at the elementary level—hadn’t changed much. I became increasingly frustrated with the lack of technology support and PD opportunities in our district.

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