21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 16, 2019

I will be at Alan November’s BLC19 in Boston (July) presenting workshops and sessions to support educators and students. Checkout my conference half day workshops : Making Makers Mainstream and Project Based Learning Quick Start. Robot Basketball – This lesson comes from Try Engineering. Check out my Booking Page.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 17, 2018

Booking Info – Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. s of workshops and presentations. I have done 100?s Check out my Booking Page.

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

The debate really centers around the how and why implementing technology can help our students. How do we use, integrate, and engage learning with the newest technology? Our students from kindergarten on up are creating new book covers, creative presentations, augmented reality images, and so much more.

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EdTechTeam

JANUARY 6, 2018

The biggest question I get after a workshop or training session is how did our iPad roll-out have so much success both in my classroom and for our school. No teacher has ever said, “I don’t want to do what is best for my students.” With student engagement and voice on the rise, I caught the technology bug and dove deeper.

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 21, 2017

Makerspaces play a great host to events such as parent coffee mornings, student conferences, parent teacher meetings, parent workshops and professional development session for educators. For more technology focused makerspace the following list of resources might be useful. Finally, which ways to keep student engagement ongoing?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

From facial-recognition cameras to web and social media filtering software, surveillance technologies are finding their foothold in schools across America. But how much surveillance is acceptable, and what are the implications for students’ privacy rights? Ostensibly these tools are for the greater good—keeping kids safe. 4:00 p.m.

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eSpark

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Challenging schools to host one hour sessions on computer science and programming, the Hour of Code project has successfully reached tens of millions of students in over 180 countries. They asked many questions,” Simenson said, “especially about the robots and supercomputers— they wanted to know everything!”.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Tech-savvy educators know they must stay on top of the myriad changes and trends in education to learn how teaching and learning can best benefit from technology’s near-constant change. million “Best Technology for Schools” grant program.

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Edsurge

JULY 5, 2017

Students like Fernanda are the reason STEAM Box exists: to empower the disengaged and disenfranchised. STEAM Box is a youth-led nonprofit designed to allow students to explore their passions through science, technology, engineering, art and math projects. The key, however, is student ownership.

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techlearning

AUGUST 21, 2018

All entries to the 2018 School Librarian of the Year Awards were judged based on criteria including creativity in programming and use of content; demonstrated student engagement; outreach to families; and exemplary use of technology tools.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 2, 2018

Part of ensuring the reach and impact of digital technology-enhanced learning in our ecosystem is about building the kinds of cross-sector collaborations and systems that help us assess what is working and what isn’t. LEAP Innovations shared their newly developed framework for personalized learning practice. EDTECH EFFICACY.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation , organizer of the world’s largest robotics competition and leader in STEM education, is doing a careful examination of gender diversity. As education, technology and nonprofit leaders, we must adopt successful strategies, prioritize and move forward.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

The software takes advantage of Casio’s Natural Display technology for input and output of mathematical expressions. ClassPad.net helps kids brush up on their math skills all year-round by offering digital scratch paper students can use to help them solve problems. has joined the ENA family of companies.

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ViewSonic Education

AUGUST 10, 2023

While technology has opened a world of learning opportunities for students beyond the classroom, many teachers lack access to these resources and the know-how to integrate them effectively. Or learn more about technology in classrooms here. Using block-based coding, students would guide the robot through the maze.

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eSpark

APRIL 6, 2016

Districts use the Genius Hour to give students a break from the structure of a typical class day, allowing them to work on a project in an area that aligns with their interests or background. Collaboration can increase creativity and many students create stronger, more purposeful work when given an audience.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Though coding and robotics is new to almost all of the students coming into my workshops and classes, storytelling is something they’re familiar with. As the manager of educational programs for KID Museum in Maryland, I use narrative to help teach young students how to code and program robots.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2020

Whether educators need to learn how to use edtech tools, analyze student data or implement Common Core standards, online PD can offer educators support when and where they need it. Our online PD courses improve teacher pedagogy and student engagement on all levels, whether instruction is taking place in the classroom or remotely.

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Marketplace K-12

APRIL 27, 2016

Some fear the corporatization of Maker education, particularly as schools and policymakers have embraced the movement as a way to promote STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education and workforce preparation. There is growing interest in whether Maker education can help boost student learning outcomes, including test scores.

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techlearning

JULY 12, 2018

In August 2017, Workbench began its initial pilot phase with a multi-day Professional Development (PD) workshop for teachers from Wildwood Elementary/Middle School (formerly Lyndhurst Elementary/Middle School). An emphasis was placed on using these products to provide students with a hands-on, PBL learning experience.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Karen Blumberg Technology Integrator The School at Columbia University BIO : Karen Blumberg is an educational technologist at The School at Columbia University working with faculty and students to integrate technology academically, respectfully, and responsibly. Our students are children of technology and the web.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

” “ Education Technology Under Trump : A Syllabus.” ” “How will the presidential election results influence education technology in schools?” ” And from MIT Technology Review : “Is the Gig Economy Rigged?”). Trump” by Roger Schank. ” asks The Hechinger Report.

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