21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 29, 2015

In this post I showcase some tools that can assist in both creating lessons that promote formative possibilities and resources that will allow educators to create videos that will enhance a students formative learning . Do you have some formative tools to share… please let me know and I will share them in an upcoming post.

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Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2020

Tim Carson, Skilled Trades and OER Advocate First, allow me to tell you why I don’t typically read books about online learning. What I recall about it now is that he didn’t make use of a bunch of different tools. I’ve ordered your book as well.

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Online Learning Learning OER Course 184

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 14, 2015

In this post I wish share 10 more tools and resources to help build that student centered classroom. Before reading, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. In this post I wish to add to the ten tools I had shared in the last post. OER Commons.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

Smart Sparrow , which provides course-authoring tools for faculty and instructional designers to build adaptive courseware, has found a new home in a much bigger nest. Its accounts on Facebook and Twitter are no longer active, as an education industry analyst noticed. Called Aero , the platform has been in the works since 2017.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

Before reading, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS, and also give me a follow… on Twitter at mjgormans. That’s right, the identified nouns can give you keywords that will allow you to search a wonderful world of OER (Open Education Resources) on the internet. Best of all, they are free and contain quality resources.

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Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

Districts having success in this area have comprehensive refresh plans, work with high quality partners, build relationships with local businesses, work diligently to receive grants, and leverage a variety of open educational resources (OERs). Commit to Personalized Professional Learning.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

And it’s also about instruction and modeling for learners what it looks like to organize content and tools to manage our digital lives as information citizens. Curating OER. It often refers to the gathering and contextualizing of OER to replace expensive traditional texts and to include them in learning management systems.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Please spread the word and tell people about the Summit forward this email , or post on social media Hashtag: #homelearningsummit Twitter: @homelearnsummit Facebook: @homelearningsummit Instagram: homelearningsummit HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOPICS WE ARE WORKING TO COVER IN THE SUMMIT TALKS, INTERVIEWS, AND OPEN-CHAT TIMES : ADHD and Learning ?

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 20, 2018

With our renewed focus on designing, validating, and scaling effective innovation to advance equity and excellence for every student, we have had an exciting year that included launching new tools and programs, welcoming new members, hosting convenings, and sharing stories. Take a look at our Year in Review! 5 Challenge Collaboratives.

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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. As always, I invite you to follow me on twitter ( @mjgormans ). Link: Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 21, 2019

Before investigating these resources, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. Geogebra – Get this free online math tools for graphing, geometry, 3D, and more! Students find that math is a tool to explore the world around us. You can even make your own.

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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. As always, I invite you to follow me on twitter ( @mjgormans ). Link: Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources.

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Blended Learning Technology OER Digital Citizenship 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

First, please take a moment to subscribe to this blog by RSS or email and join me on twitter at mjgormans . BIE Tools – PBL Project Search – Here you will find a collection of 450 proven lesson plans to set any PBL desire into action. You will also be amazed at the engaging teacher tools for the 21st-century classroom.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 18, 2015

Follow @edwebnet on Twitter to find us at the conference. Learn more here about their Marriott Lightning Sessions and raffle and follow @commonsenseedu & @graphite on Twitter. Check out Metiri’s Facebook page or follow @MetiriGroup on Twitter. Learn about how to use open educational resources (OER) in your classroom!

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Before investigating these resources, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. What a wonderful place for educators to find quality teaching tools, interactive, podcasts, and hands-on activities, and best of all… it’s free! This post is dedicated to Science. Mike Gorman.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 1, 2019

First, know that the folks who were #NotatISTE or #NotatISTE19 and those who love them, shared quite a bit using the Twitter hashtags. I was honored to join several esteemed colleagues to present on the panel: Leading the Charge: Leveraging Librarian Leadership to Support the OER Journey. Here are our slides.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. Sometimes an LMS discussion will help and other times integrating with another tool can be beneficial. Look for Part 2 of this post soon, with tech tools for PBL in a blended learning environment. Welcome to the Future!

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Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 21, 2017

As I continue to ponder the Twitter conversations with Mike, Robin, Maha, and others, as well as what’s been written on blogs like those by Clint (which came before mine) and Jim (which came after), it appears that what is happening is that the “open” in open education is colliding with the “open” in open web. Here’s one.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Webinars can also be used to explore a variety of topics and initiatives that some teachers may not be familiar with, like autism instruction, OER (open educational resources), and the latest tech tools for iPads. Follow him on Twitter @newteacherhelp.

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Professional Learning OER Strategy Meeting 40

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

Before reading, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS, and also give me a follow-on Twitter at mjgormans. OER Commons – A great place for open and free content aligned to the standards. Resources for Assessment in PBL – Looking for tools and strategies for effective assessment in project-based learning?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

The next posts will include 16 sweet tools that are a must for that student centered classroom. Before reading, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. I often wonder what John Dewey would think if he could see the tools we have available to us today.

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Technology Flipped Classroom Learning STEM 60

Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. This includes legislation and regulations relating to open educational resources (OER), textbook costs, and digital course materials across all levels of education.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 28, 2016

As always, I invite you to follow me on twitter ( @ mjgormans ). Fast forward to 2016 and one will find many schools replacing their analog tools of the past with a new digital device. The excitement grows and the shine becomes brighter until it is soon discovered that this amazing new tool is really only… a device.

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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. As always, I invite you to follow me on twitter ( @ mjgormans ). The nouns could point to numerous OER (Open Educational Resource) sites available on the internet.

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Technology STEM OER Conference 60

Bryan Alexander

MAY 27, 2016

Some discussion on Twitter occurred as well, along with several good questions, which you can examine in this Storify. After discussion via chat and Twitter we settled on professional development. However, most people remain unaware of OER. It also has more tools for collaboration + project-based learning.

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Trends MOOC Coursera Education 42

NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 29, 2016

We continue to evolve and lead as the tools of the information and communication landscapes emerge and evolve. With our classroom teacher partners, we build instruction; we build projects and assessments that focus on creativity and knowledge building using the information tools and strategies of our time. twitter: @joycevalenza.

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Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 12, 2015

10 Free Learning Websites for Kids 51 Great Tools for educators and students to use [link] Richland School District Two 1TWO1 Digital Starter Kit [link] Excellent collection of web apps, sorted by category, with lots of information and ideas for using the web apps in class. You can also share your clipboards via different social networks.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 26, 2017

Episode 114 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This means that you can write your own textbooks, share them, or use them as you would any other OER or open education resource. What makes Expii unique?

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I was there for a few reasons, starting with having the fine opportunity to lead a pre conference workshop, followed by presenting on two panels, helping out with a Twitter component, and reconnecting with dozens of friends and colleagues. On Twitter several people, on site and out of country, praised open as a business model.

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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. As always, I invite you to follow me on twitter ( @mjgormans ). Link: Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources.

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Resources Technology Examples STEM 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 29, 2015

Saturday, May 30th at 12pm CR20 LIVE Weekly Show - Letia Cooper: Connect, Create and Collaborate with Science Websites, Web Tools, and Apps , Classroom 2.0 You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20. You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20. Follow #TLChat on Twitter to participate. More information here.

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Libraries Digital Citizenship Future Ready Conference 28

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

Remember you can follow me on Twitter at @mjgormans. If you are at the conference, feel free to look me up with a PM at Twitter ( @mjgormans ) or email (mjgormans@gmail.com). OER Commons – Take a look at these results from a search I did for STEAM based activities. Since it is OER (Open Education Resources) it is free.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. Folks on Reddit and Twitter had some interesting thoughts on the piece.

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. Folks on Reddit and Twitter had some interesting thoughts on the piece.

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. Perhaps you are an experienced PBL facilitator but are looking for some ideas, information, or tools that you can add to your toolbox. They include some tools, information, ideas, articles, and concepts. Mike Gorman ( [link] ).

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

First, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. OER Commons – Take a look at these results from a search I did for STEAM based activities. Since it is OER (Open Education Resources) it is free. As always, I invite you to follow me on twitter ( mjgormans ).

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 21, 2016

The Next Step in Global Collaboration From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. A toolkit for teachers will be made available at the end of the 2015-2016 school year as an OER (open education resources), allowing other teachers across the world to follow this method of quad engineering. “So

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