EdTech4Beginners

APRIL 2, 2017

The amount of new acronyms in the educational technology world is staggering… and often overwhelming for educators. BYOT – Bring Your Own Technology. CREATE – Collaboartion, Resources, Educate, Apps, Technology, Enriching. ICT – Information Communications Technology. STEAM – Science, Technology, Art, Engineering, Maths.

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EdTech VLE CMS OER 189

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The first goal was to create an environmental scan of the digital learning environment in higher education with a focus on adaptive technology. The primary trends identified by the team were: adaptive learning, open education resources (OER), gamification and game-based learning, MOOCs, LMS and interoperability, mobile devices, and design.

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Trends Digital Learning Learning Secondary 203

Digital Promise

JANUARY 22, 2019

In this series we explore Powerful Learning, a set of principles to guide educators designing learning experiences that engage the hearts and minds of learners, and incorporate technology in ways that contribute to closing the Digital Learning Gap. Use technology for collaboration to Support Student Learning in a Digital Learning Environment.

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Learning OER Digital Learning Analysis 303

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 7, 2015

Welcome to a series of posts that are dedicated to going beyond the shine of technology by examining ways to use digital tools to engage students in real learning. STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration, please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS. Please give this post a retweet and pass it on.

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Blendspace Resources OER Technology 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 29, 2015

Welcome to a series of posts that are dedicated to going beyond the shine of technology by examining ways to use digital tools to engage students in real learning. In this third post you will discover how careful examination of the verbs in a standard can help you find resources to assist in proper technology integration.

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Blended Learning Technology OER Digital Citizenship 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration, please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. OER Commons – What a wonderful place to find open educational resources.

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Study Classroom OER Education 166

Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2016

Back in February, an EdWeek Market brief reported that Amazon Education was starting to beta-test a new platform with educators, helping teachers navigate the jungles of open educational resources (or OERs, for short). Tory Patterson, co-founder of Owl Ventures As far as calling itself an OER platform, that is somewhat correct.

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OER Resources Education Software 113

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Welcome to this third post in a series devoted to supporting student centered learning in the technology enhanced classroom. In the first post I provided some reflection on major ideas to support technology and student centered learning. OER Commons. The next post contained my first 10 resource ideas. Check out my Booking Page.

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Resources Tools Technology OER 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 28, 2016

Welcome to a post that I feel is a must read when it comes to instructional technology in the classroom of the 21st century! In fact, in this article I integrate curriculum, PD, and technology together in a way that makes so much sense. The Curriculum Meets Educational Technology… Avoiding Tech Shine. What comes next?

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Meeting Technology Education STEM 60

Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2016

After learning about open educational resources (OER) at the HEeD Think Tank last spring (now. Eventually, I was able to find all but three of my 11 textbooks for my master’s degree in educational technology freely available on the library website, not to mention plenty of other materials (e.g., University’s Role.

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OER Libraries Dropout Case Study 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Welcome to this first in a series of posts devoted to student centered learning in the technology enhanced classroom. This classroom might be 1 to 1, or might be using technology to leverage student centered learning. I have five powerful ideas on facilitating student centered learning with technology in this post. ▪Celebrate.

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Technology Flipped Classroom Learning STEM 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 12, 2015

Welcome to a series of posts that are dedicated to going beyond the shine of technology by examining ways to use digital tools to engage students in real learning. In this particular post you will discover how careful examination of the standard is essential in proper technology integration. Check out my Booking Page. What comes next?

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Technology STEM OER Conference 60

Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Part of the reason for this is scale: a school with fewer students and teachers can’t always provide high-level language and STEM classes. The decision to be an early adopter of OER put the one-school district on the map, earning a visit in 2015 from then-U.S. Technology is also helping with teacher recruitment.

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OER Laptops STEM Meeting 53

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

For some folks in higher ed, the very idea of using open educational resources (OER) sparks dread. The right OER provides professors opportunities to teach the latest research and even make areas like math and science more inclusive. EdSurge: Why are you such a proponent of OER in higher ed? Here’s how I look at it.

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OER STEM Course Libraries 164

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

I have often wondered what John Dewey would do in today’s educational setting with our vast amount of knowledge from research and our rapid growth of technology. I have some great posts coming your way involving PBL, STEM, tech integration, and a continuing series on Professional Learning Communities! Hope to see you there!

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Resources OER Learning STEM 105

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

With the advent of each new technology—like AI, automation, VR/AR, and nanotechnology—comes economic shifts that demand different skills from employees and creates new challenges for both employers and educators. We can’t walk away from technology use—not when it’s a mainstay of students’ daily lives and futures.

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Video Learning OER Gamification 135

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Back in late 2013, Barack Obama and the White House launched the ConnectED Initiative , an effort to bring almost $2 billion worth of high-quality broadband, technology and professional development to schools and districts across the U.S. In February of 2014, Obama rounded up technology donations worth more than a $1 billion from U.S.

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Adobe Broadband E-rate Future Ready 60

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2019

Wrangling technology can be maddening even in optimally designed classrooms. When she became the district’s first educational technology director in 2017, Briana Allen looked for a better solution. Is the technology easy to use? That was the seller for me. It's been such a timesaver.

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Tools How To Classroom OER 130

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

Over 40 STEAM Resources… Creative Thinking, STEM, and PBL at FETC 2020. It actually is quite obvious that the Arts should be included in STEM education. The next concept involves “getting real about STEM. Pink stressed that STEM must include the Arts because students must be taught to see.

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STEM Resources OER Conference 207

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 10, 2015

Welcome to a series of posts that are dedicated to going beyond the shine of technology by examining ways to use digital tools to engage students in real learning. In this fifth post you will discover how careful examination of the verbs in a standard can help you find resources to assist in proper technology integration.

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Resources Technology Examples STEM 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. We must allow our students to use their gifts and skills to make and create using technology the teacher may not even be familiar with. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Each year, K-12 schools and districts that have leveraged technology to dramatically improve the educational experiences and achievements of their students are honored through SETDA’s Student Voices program. She is scheduled to graduate with a PhD in Instructional Psychology and Technology from Brigham Young University next year.

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OER Tools E-rate Blackboard 40

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 29, 2015

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. In the world of formative learning technology offers possibilities that were never before available. OER Possibilities. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Control… Or No.

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Assessment Tools LMS OER 60

Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 20, 2015

Students might not be getting the technology skills they need either. we utilized hands-on, engaging STEM activities more often in core math and science courses, not just in electives or extracurricular programs? Students are bored and disengaged. The issues from our 2011 Iowa, Did You Know? video still persist. Bottom line.

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Education OER Future Ready Blended Learning 100

Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

The 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform: Digital Learning , which offers my sense of what those interested in K-12 educational technology can and should take away from this annual polling about schools. Tagged on: August 18, 2017 Is classroom technology good for learning or wasting time? Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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EdTech Social Media Data Policies 150

Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2016

“It’s rare that you have the ability to to take consumer technology and offer it to schools,” he said. Back in February, an EdWeek brief reported that Amazon Education was beta-testing a new platform with educators, helping teachers navigate the jungles of open educational resources (OER). And then, there’s Amazon.

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Microsoft OER Digital Citizenship EdTech 112

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

adaptive technology. I spoke with biology instructor Kathy Watkins and Associate Dean of STEM Bruce Johnson about how CPCC is hoping to transform a biology survey class using adaptive technology. Manuela Ekowo: What made CPCC begin using adaptive technology? One new category of tool schools are experimenting with is.

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Learning OER Software Course 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

Last, there are a few other C’s to mention such as Citizenship (including digital), Character, and Cyber (Technology). OER Commons – A great place for open and free content aligned to the standards. B is for Blended with Technology. Many times these verbs entail those important 21st century skills. A is for Authentic.

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Assessment Conference Learning E-rate 99

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Esther Wojcicki : Educator, journalist, IT & OER consultant. Wednesday, October 23 "Innovating STEM and Literacy" Yovel Badash : Author of No Child Held Back Jim Vanides : Global Social Innovation Program Manager @hp; #edtech blogger [link] , #STEM advocate, educator, technologist, & avid photographer.

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Meeting Sony OER Adobe 54

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Welcome to a post that recognizes that the Arts must be in STEM! I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, Makerspace, Inquiry, Computational Thinking, and the 4 C’s. 35 Resources for the STEAM Classroom… Putting the Arts in STEM by Michael Gorman at [link].

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STEM Resources Classroom OER 164

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

In an interview, George Otte, CUNY’s director of academic technology, described the “bottleneck” created by course shortages. There are plans to add web-based registration, orientation, attendance services, and a more expansive OER library before 2020. According to. According to.

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Course OER Comparison Survey 60

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 1, 2019

I was honored to join several esteemed colleagues to present on the panel: Leading the Charge: Leveraging Librarian Leadership to Support the OER Journey. And here is the sketchnote Margaret Sisler created during the session: #oer and teacher librarians! Technological Darwinism. Here are our slides. it’s an interesting trend.

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Social Media Libraries Conference OER 105

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 9, 2015

TESS101x: Enhancing Teacher Education Through OER. INQ101x: Teaching With Technology and Inquiry: An Open Course For Teachers. Tinkering Fundamentals: A Constructionist Approach to STEM Learning. Emerging Trends & Technologies in the Virtual K-12 Classroom. Instructional Ideas and Technology Tools for Online Success.

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Coursera Course MOOC OER 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Korczak - Ruty Hotzen The positive impact of digital exchanges around the globe - Quratulain Hussain 5:00 am My Identity, Your Identity Culture Project: Global Online Collaboration in Action - Nicolle Boujaber-Diederichs, Said Belgra, Asma Albriki 6:00 am Free research-based educational material from Finland - Marianne Juntunen, Ph.

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Conference OER Education eBook 45

techlearning

OCTOBER 3, 2018

It actually is quite obvious that the Arts should be included in STEM education. The very first time I heard the idea of integrating the Arts into STEM education was while watching a keynote made by Daniel Pink at the NECC Conference in Washington DC… yes prior to ISTE Conferences!

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STEM Resources Classroom OER 87

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2017

Peak Mathematics uses Pearson’s MyMathTest, an online homework tool that has adaptive technology that personalizes the content and pacing for each student. So he struck up a partnership with Cengage Learning, a Boston-based education technology and information company. 2016 Faculty-Led Team Awards.

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Tools Outcomes Flipped Classroom E-rate 92

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 14, 2016

Welcome to this fourth post in a series that brings STEM, STEAM, and Maker Space together with Project Based Learning and proper technology integration in the classroom. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. Check out my Booking Page.

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STEM Resources OER Conference 60