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Words Matter: Let’s Talk About Learning, Not Technology

Digital Promise

I still remember the first time I held a voluntary workshop on Google Docs for a staff of 100 teachers. ” A week later, I held another workshop. When the car mechanic wanted to learn a new system, she didn’t say she was “exploring OERs through a blended, flipped approach.” ” Five people showed up.

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?Teachers Can Now Use IBM’s Watson to Search for Free Lesson Plans

Edsurge

Today marks the first time the new tool, called Teacher Advisor With Watson 1.0 , is open to the public after a lengthy beta testing period that sought input from state education commissioners, teachers unions, school board associations and more than 1,000 teachers. The real hook, however, is Watson's continuously evolving AI.

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Must-Have EdTech Tools for a First-Year Teacher

Graphite Blog

Technology can often seem like an afterthought, but if used wisely from the start, some edtech tools and resources can be a big help to a teacher who's just starting out. Teachers can use this simple and safe tool to quickly communicate via text -- which can be translated into many languages -- with both families and students.

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Showing #OpenGratitude for: Open Textbook Network

Iterating Toward Openness

They estimate that OER adoptions on their 600 member campuses have saved students over $8.5 Much of this savings is attributable to the workshops their incredible team of presenters offer. 45% of faculty who attend one of these workshops adopt OER for their course. OTN is a membership organization. million dollars.

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Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

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. Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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Part 3: Over 35 Formative Assessment Tools To Enhance Formative Learning Opportunities

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

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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Technology Integration, 1 to 1, and Student Centered Learning… Up To 20 Free Resources and Tools

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

In this post I wish share 10 more tools and resources to help build that student centered classroom. Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. OER Commons. Check out my Booking Page.