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Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Before reading, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS, and also give me a follow… on Twitter at mjgormans. Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards. “We Teachers can start from scratch or build from anything in the FlexBooks library.

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5 Technology Workflows Your School Needs

Vizor

Are you using a library system? Retrieved from Kelly Stephens Twitter Feed. That’s where this technology workflow comes in. Are you going to use a library system? PRO TIP: Make it easy for students and parents to get the technological support they need 24/7. Unfortunately, that’s not the reality.

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#ICE18: Redesigning a Classroom Is Not About Being “Pretty for Pinterest”

EdTech Magazine

I had to adjust my mindset about how technology fit into the lives of my students and in the classroom. Around this time, I first got on Twitter. It can be a common area, a library or a space with flexibility. How does the technology actually improve on what we’ve done in the past? This incident really struck me.

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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. Terri Collins.

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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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Innovative Educators named Bammy Awards finalists!

The Innovative Educator

For his students, he made a difference by taking over a library that had become moribund, out of date, anachronistic, completely disorganized and with no technology. In two years he turned it into a much more modern, way more up-to-date, fully automated functioning library that circulates 200 books a week.

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8 Tips for the Care & Feeding of the Reluctant Tech User

The Daring Librarian

LOL) I asked my PLN on Twitter their thoughts, advice, & tips to encourage the reluctant tech user and I''m going to include their tips throughout this post: Beth Redford ? I found sharing shared reading interactive lessons to be helpful Some teachers don''t want to come to the library or computer lab to learn with a group of others.