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You can also read this post on Jen’s blog. It’s time to kick off the iPad Summit! This year’s keynote speaker is David Weinberger, Ph.D., Co-Director of the Harvard Library Innovation Lab and Senior […]
This post first appeared on Edudemic. As I look for entry points in working with school leaders just getting their feet wet with digital tools, I sometimes struggle to pinpoint […]
It’s hard to believe that iPad Summit Boston kicks off next week! Over 1000 educators from around the world will converge in Boston for three days of hands-on workshops, keynotes, […]
This post first appeared on Edudemic. There have been some questions that have been bugging me (again) recently. What is the relevance of the skills and content we teach; and […]
What a week! We wrapped up our Connected Educator Month webinar series, continued to do workshops with schools, and SOLD OUT the Boston iPad Summit! Limited space is still available […]
This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers. Computers, and the digital tools on those computers, brought video editing to the classroom years ago. As those tools became easier […]
This post first appeared on Edudemic. “I’ve gone paperless!” The transition to the 1:1 classroom regularly goes hand in hand with a call for teachers to go paperless. The idea […]
iMovie just got a major overhaul for iOS7. The interface is much cleaner in the new version, all of the editing options are much more visible, everything is possible with […]
We had a busy week of conferences and presentations. On Monday, Tom Daccord, Beth Holland, and Samantha Morra all presented at CECA. Tuesday and Wednesday found more of the team […]
This post first appeared on Edudemic. There is a new digital divide on the horizon. It is not based around who has devices and who does not, but instead the […]
We had a week of webinars and conferences. In addition to our Connected Educator Month webinar, we started meeting synchronously with several of our T21 participants. On Thursday, Beth Holland […]
This post first appeared on Edudemic. Do you ever think an idea is just terrible, but you are forced to do it? Like this whole trend in education with all […]
We had a great week here at EdTechTeacher. Our team led workshops on both coasts! We also had our second Connected Educator Month webinar, with more to come in the […]
This post originally appeared on Free Technology for Teachers What is AirDrop: One of the most exciting new features available with iOS7 is the ability to AirDrop files from one […]
This post first appeared on Edudemic. As I write this blog, I am sitting next to an older woman on a plane. She is happily reading a newspaper, while I […]
Today kicks off the second week of Connected Educator Month. I find great value in being a connected educator, regularly tapping into the information and social aspects of using the […]
This post first appeared on Edudemic. Digital Citizenship is one of the hot educational buzz terms this year. But what is Digital Citizenship really? In short, it covers topics such […]
It’s hard to believe that this is the last weekend in September! The month has flown by, and October promises to be just as exciting. Registration is open for our […]
This post originally appeared on Edudemic. Do you remember the days when you had to pay to get online access at places like Starbucks? Well those days are over, and […]
We had a marathon session this week going through all of the amazing submissions to the iPad Summit Boston Call for Proposals. Concurrent session titles and descriptions will be posted […]
It’s amazing what technology can do for us. We can instantly see people in different parts of the world . We can share information in 140 characters or less. We […]
This post first appeared on Edudemic. A couple of weeks ago I wrote a tongue-in-cheek albeit thought-provoking post about the death of the student desk. I was inspired by new […]
Wow! The Call for Proposals for the iPad Summit Boston closed at midnight last night. We received over 150 submissions from around the world. Thank you to everyone who shared […]
This post first appeared on Edudemic. When was the last time your students said “Wow, that worksheet changed my life”? Can you even remember a similar cookie cutter classroom activity […]
It’s hard to believe that just about everyone is now back in school! We had a relatively quiet week, and spent the time preparing for the start of our T21 […]
Tellagami, a free iOS app that lets you create short animated movies called “Gamis,” is one of my new favorite animation apps to explore. Although the site promotes the app […]
This article first appeared on Edudemic. So it’s the beginning of school, and if you’re worth your salt (and you have access), you’ve probably already been in your classroom setting […]
It’s hard to believe that this is the last weekend of summer! By this time next week, just about everyone will be back in school. However, we do have a […]
This time of year is always hectic for us. Some schools are well into the second or third week of school while others are just getting ready for students to […]
This post, co-authored by Holly Clark & Tanya Avrith, first appeared on Edudemic Digital citizenship is not a one time discussion. It is an ongoing process that needs to be […]
It’s been another busy week at EdTechTeacher. Tom Daccord, Greg Kulowiec, Samantha Morra, Shawn McCusker, and Beth Holland led workshops in Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Texas, and Virginia. All of that […]
This post, co-authored by Beth Holland and Samantha Morra, first appeared on Edudemic. Have you been thinking about flipping your classroom this fall? Flipping can let you make the most […]
We’ve had a great week of learning. Tom Daccord, Greg Kulowiec, Samantha Morra, and Shawn McCusker ran workshops in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York, and Illinois. Our Connected Learning webinar […]
This post first appeared on Edudemic. So you finally got a class set of iPads and you are not sure what to do next and where to start? Here is […]
It’s hard to believe that August has arrived! We wrapped up our summer workshop series this past week in Boston and jump straight into back-to-school professional development in the next […]
This post first appeared on Edudemic and was adapted from a talk that I gave at the iPad Summit in Atlanta. The Boston iPad Summit 2013 is now accepting proposals and […]
It’s hard to believe that next week is our LAST week of Summer Workshops. Since mid-June, our team of instructors have run over 20 workshops in 3 cities to more […]
“Ms. Clark, when are we going to do that again?” Nothing makes me happier as an educator than hearing those words – and lately, I have been hearing them a […]
It has been a HOT week in New England. Our final iPad Classroom workshop of the summer may have ended, but we still have room in the remainder of our sessions. […]
This post first appeared on Edudemic. For some, the technology rich classroom is easy to justify. Once you have made the transition and seen the benefits, it is easy to […]
This post first appeared on A Platform for Good – a new project from the Family Online Safety Institute. When I was still in the classroom, my fourth graders engaged […]
It’s hard to believe that we are already into July. This week, we have some news as well as resources and articles for your summer learning. Welcome Holly! We are […]
This post first appeared on Edudemic. With all of the iPads flooding into schools these days, many other classroom systems have come under scrutiny. In particular, the following questions re […]
Being 1:1 is fantastic, and if you are fortunate enough to have constant access to your own device in the classroom, then the benefits – especially in terms of efficiency […]
This post was co-authored by EdTechTeacher’s Beth Holland and Vincent Day – Director of Technology Engagement & Professional Learning Coordinator at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia, PA. Like many great […]
It’s been another hectic week for the EdTechTeacher team between ISTE, the Shrewsbury Summer Institute, and the start of our Boston Summer Workshops. There are still spaces available in some […]
I’ve had the good fortune of attending the last 5 ISTE conferences, and this one was by far the most dynamic and personalized. The session line-up really addressed the needs […]
If you are still at ISTE, make sure you keep an eye out for our EdTechTeacher team members: Jen Carey, Carl Hooker, and Don Orth. Here are there Carl’s thoughts and reflections from […]
If you are still at ISTE, make sure you keep an eye out for our EdTechTeacher team members: Jen Carey, Carl Hooker, and Don Orth. Here are there Jen’s thoughts and reflections from […]
If you are still at ISTE, make sure you keep an eye out for our EdTechTeacher team members: Jen Carey, Carl Hooker, and Don Orth. Here are there Carl’s thoughts […]
Wow! It’s been a busy week! Between our Chicago Summer Workshop Series as well as onsite sessions at schools in New York, NY, Tacoma, WA, Providence, RI, Andover, MA, and Kingston, […]
This post first appeared on Edudemic. It’s the summertime! This is when educators, free from the daily schedule of a classroom, can focus on professional development. More specifically, summer is […]
There continues to be a lot of difficult conversations taking place in schools surrounding social media. While I understand the default solution for individuals who have any formal legal training […]
This post, from Patrick Larkin, first appeared on Edudemic. I have always contended that the term “Professional Development” is an oxymoron for most educators. Let’s face it, most people do […]
We’ve had a busy start to June, and wrap up our week of Atlanta workshops today. In case you missed out June Newsletter, we have further expanded our EdTechTeacher Team […]
Happy June 1st! Summer is in full swing here in the North East, and we are getting ready to kick off our Summer Workshop Series. A bit of news on […]
Stories bring us together, encourage us to understand and empathize, and help us to communicate. Long before paper and books were common and affordable, information passed from generation to generation […]
It’s hard to believe that it’s already Memorial Day Weekend. For those of you who are already out of school, congratulations! In the North East, we still have a few […]
The following post was co-authored by EdTechTeacher’s Beth Holland & Tracy Sockalosky and first appeared on Edudemic. When we think about the tools and resources that benefit all learners, certain […]
This past week, we have seen an influx of resources for our July 25-26 All Things Google workshop thanks to news from the Google I/O Keynote. We also uncovered new tools and […]