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Here's what you missed at the MidWest Technology Conference 2014 #METC14

MSEDTechie

Social Studies: [link] - tons of resources on creating effective flipped videos. Fake twitter feeds. I co-presented two workshops this year. Have current events section to follow major news stories. Follow reputable news sources and journalists/reporters in the field.

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Top Tips, Tools and Techniques for Easy Formative Assessment

The CoolCatTeacher

a Talk with Tony Vincent From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. How can word clouds help you visualize data at the beginning of a unit of study? Poll Everywhere. A secret to great teaching is to understand what students know. How does formative assessment give every student voice?

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Forging Ahead With Change

A Principal's Reflections

It is not uncommon now for classes to be Skyping with students in other countries, using Twitter as a learning tool, constructing QR codes for artwork, blogging, or creating multimedia projects using a variety of interactive web tools that are blocked in many schools across the country.