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My Edublog Awards Nominations for 2011

SpeechTechie

The Edublog Awards were started about 7 years ago to counteract the trend of blocking social media in school districts and celebrate the educational power of these resources. It''s that time already. Obviously social media has been transformative for me and my practice and I wanted to participate for that reason again this year.

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Flipgrid for every classroom

iLearn Technology

In the history/social studies classroom students can: do living history exercises where they take on the persona of a historical character, reflect on an era or connective topic like: “what are contributing factors to revolutions,” conduct interviews, explore perspectives, reflect on and discuss current events, create a video timeline of (..)

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “ Coursera More than Doubles Number of Degrees on Its Platform,” says Campus Technology. ” Perhaps protest Stanford’s Persuasive Technology Lab ? National) Education Politics. Vive la MOOC révolution.