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EdTechTeacher Director, Tom Daccord, will be leading this year’s Teaching Foreign Languages with Technology workshop in Menlo Park. Top Ten Reasons to take an ETT Foreign Language Workshop: 10. Discover tools that motivate kids to speak a foreign language. 9. Make it easy for kids to practice a foreign language anywhere, anytime. 8. Explore great apps for building language skills. 7. Learn in beautiful and historic Harvard Yard! 6. Create interactive stories and professional movie trailers in a foreign language. 5. Explore versatile tools for formative & summative assessment. 4. Find great world language blogs full of tremendous ideas. 3. Develop…
This post first appeared on Edudemic. As more and more Chromebooks hit the classroom, redefining instruction and instructional practices is getting easier and easier – you just have to know where to start. One step in the process is to rethink the way you gather crucial information about each student and their journey towards mastery of a concept. There can be real power in the formative assessment process. To understand the richness of these new tools, you first need to understand formative assessment. This process is meant to measure where students are in the learning process by applying a diagnostic…
At EdTechTeacher, all of us have been in the classroom, so we know the challenges of May: warm weather, end of year pressure, and the allure of summer! This week, we have some great articles, resources, and ideas to help you through the last weeks of school. Creation & Collaboration Tools for the BYOD Classroom Lisa Johnson and Samantha Morra did a fantastic job in this week’s webinar, offering up some great suggestions for tools that work in any classroom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYADLBery5I For even more BYOD, creation, and collaboration ideas, come get inspired at the ETT Summit in July. Articles from the EdTechTeacher…
This year, Douglas Kiang (@dkiang) will lead our first Learning through Games workshop July 24-25 in Cambridge. Come discover how to transform your class through games and gamification. Top Ten Reasons to Attend a Learning Through Games Workshop 10. Discover why games have serious value in education 9. Find out how marketers use the top five most powerful game dynamics to influence behavior 8. Find out how you can use games in your classroom without playing games in your classroom 7. Play games and call it work 6. See how your kids can play games and call it work 5. Learn about…
This year marks our inaugural Summer Workshop Series in Austin, Texas. August 4-8, come join Carl Hooker (@mrhooker) and Lisa Johnson (@TechChef4U) for The iPad Classroom and The Advanced iPad Classroom. Top ten reasons to attend an iPad workshop in Texas 10. Learn from educators that have been in 1:1 iPad classrooms for several years. 9. See the geek chic jewelry that @techchef4u wears. 8. Discover new apps and how to integrate them into your classroom. 7. Listen to @mrhooker and his mad DJ skillz. 6. Enjoy the cool August temps in Austin. The room will be air conditioned! 5. Create a Thinglink about the best…
Ever wonder what makes our workshops so different from all of the other offerings? On top of the fact that we have Shawn McCusker and Greg Kulowiec leading our history workshops, take a look at this top 10 list and then come join them June 19-20 in Chicago or July 7-9 in Cambridge. Ten Reasons to attend a Teaching History with Technology Workshop! 10. You deserve a technology course that is specific to your subject area. 9. Come find and explore the best online history resources available. 8. Whether you attend in Cambridge or Chicago, your conference will be in a…
Once again, EdTechTeacher co-founders – Tom Daccord and Justin Reich – will be running a seminar for school leaders. This year, the focus is on Leading, Implementing, & Evaluating 1:1 Classroom Learning. Here are 10 reasons why you should come join them July 10-11 in Cambridge. Top Ten Reasons to Attend a Leadership in 1-1 Schools Workshop 10. Meet colleagues from around the country facing the same challenges. 9. Learn with renowned experts who have seen 1:1 programs around the world. 8. Enjoy spending two days learning in buildings within Harvard Yard. 7. Explore using social media to role-model lifelong learning with…
This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers. Google just announced new apps for Google Drive. Earlier this month, I wrote about how Google Drive is one of the Two Free Google Apps that Bring Out the Best in an iPad. As much as I like the Drive app, I have been hoping for some more features when working in Docs and sheets – like the Research tool. When I heard that Google had created some new apps, I just had to check them out. With these new apps, Google split parts of Google Drive into individual apps: Docs,…
Welcome to May! It’s the home stretch to summer, and we have some great resources for these final weeks of the school year. Games are Good for you! Minecraft, Hopscotch, and the Wolves of Isle Royale… Douglas Kiang, Maggie Keeler, and Kate Wilson gave us some great resources for thinking about What Games Teach Us About STEM & Learning. http://youtu.be/_J94dOkVSJA To learn more, we have some great opportunities this summer in Cambridge, MA. Learning through Games, July 24-25 Enhancing STEM Curriculum with Technology, July 28-30 ETT Summit Posts We have an incredible line up of speakers for our inaugural EdTechTeacher Summit in Chicago…
This post first appeared on Edudemic. In March 2014, I was selected as a Google Glass Explorer to beta test the product in my class. It was exciting, because we are already in our third year of a 1 to 1 iPad initiative with over 2,000 students. Immediately, I began my experiment 60 Days of Google Glass in the Class. Here are five important take-a ways or “glassroom” tips that my students and I have learned about in the first 20 days of implementation. Glassroom Tip #1 – Google Glass allows you to differentiate work process + it changes classroom…
This post first appeared on Jodie’s blog – Guitars and Fireflies. 1. Ask students what they want to learn and fit your curriculum around their interests. Do a survey during the first week of school and find ways to tie into what they actually want to learn in your class. When we feel our thoughts and interests are respected, we listen and learn more. Here is what I got when I just said, “What do you want to learn this year in Anatomy and Physiology?” Google Moderator – Anatomy 2013 2. Take what they want to learn and ask how we…
It’s hard to believe that this is the last weekend in April. This week, we have some great new resources to carry you into May and get you excited about summer. Teaching Humanities with Technology Tom Daccord, Greg Kulowiec, Shawn McCusker, and Beth Holland gave some great project ideas and tools for English, History, and Foreign Language classes. If you missed the webinar, you can watch below or check out our archives. http://youtu.be/EmPvhW0aw6M For more great ideas, check out some of our Summer Workshop opportunities for humanities teachers. Teaching History with Technology – Chicago with Shawn McCusker Teaching History with…
This post first appeared on Edudemic. As we near the completion of our third year of being a 1:1 tablet school in Burlington, I continue to ponder what is the next step. Glancing in the rearview mirror, it is hard to believe that nearly three years have passed since we distributed mobile devices to over 1,000 high school students in a school that had previously policies in place against mobile phones and MP3 players just two years earlier. In fact, the integration of iPads into classrooms went so well that we expanded down to our middle school the following year…
This post first appeared on Edudemic. What is a backchannel you ask? A backchannel is a conversation that takes place alongside an activity or event. In most cases, this happens using a digital or mobile device. There are many different ways you can backchannel. You could use Twitter, Today’s Meet, or Google Moderator just to name a few. Having a backchannel is a great way to open up a conversation to all students in class and expand on any discussion. Benefits of a Backchannel It can provide quieter students with a place to ask questions without having to raise their hand in class. Teachers can share…
At EdTechTeacher, we have some amazing leaders on our team and this week’s webinar really let them shine! If you missed it on Tuesday night, you can watch the recording below. http://youtu.be/_AFt4y2I7S0 You can also access the chat transcript and additional resources on our web site. Upcoming Leadership Events Come join us this summer! Leading, Implementing, & Evaluating 1:1 Classroom Learning – Cambridge, July 10-11 This workshop, led by Tom Daccord and Justin Reich, is designed for school leaders working to make a 1:1 technology environment and 21st Century Learning essential elements of school culture and intellectual life. Leading towards Learning…
This post first appeared on Edudemic. I would like you to concentrate on the first image that comes to mind. Ready? Here is the question: What does learning look like? Did you picture a classroom? Was there a teacher? What were students doing? Were they working quietly and individually? Or were they noisily collaborating? Were they sitting passively and listening? Or were they actively constructing something? When I pose this question to groups of educators, I’m struck by the diversity of learning visions. For some, there is no teacher with the students, and the students are learning entirely on their own. For others, there is not even a…
It’s a beautiful spring weekend here in New England! To celebrate, we have some new articles and resources for you. This week, we are continuing our All Things Google theme. Did you know that we are offering Google Chromebook & The Google Infused Classroom workshops in Berkeley, Chicago, Cambridge, & Los Angeles this summer? We also have some fantastic sessions already confirmed for the ETT Summit that address Chromebooks, collaborating with Google Apps, and even Google Glass! All Things Google Webinar Greg Kulowiec and Samantha Morra did a fantastic webinar this past Tuesday, providing a Speed Tour Through “All Things Google.” http://youtu.be/vilxIJiNmPQ They covered…
Week 2 Rydell High Webinars Today we will cover the reasons what is Grease Lightning and why Sandra D is so lousy with virginity. Introduce yourself and discuss the webinar! Today we will cover the reasons what is Grease Lightning and why Sandra D is so lousy with virginity.
Rydell High Webinars Welcome to the first week of Webinars. Today we will cover how Sandy and Danny met last summer. There will be a sing a long. Introduce yourself below and chat away!
April is National Poetry Month, so we thought it only fitting to share a few ideas from our team. Barbaric Yawp in the 21st Century: Using Tech to Engage Budding Poets – from Beth Holland on Edutopia “… given our students’ inclination to use technology, consider the potential if we leveraged that desire to help them better identify with poetry,” suggested Beth. She then provides three project ideas for incorporating technology. Uncovering Poetry in Primary Sources – using Lauren Putman’s (@PutmanLauren) blackout poems as an example, Beth explains how students highlighted and manipulated text to extrapolate poetry from The Battle of Salomis by blacking out the remaining…
This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers. Many of us using technology in the classroom find ourselves caught between two worlds: Apple and Google. Apple’s iPad is a fantastic tool in the classroom which provides students with various opportunities to consume, create, and communicate. Similar to a swiss-army knife, it is only limited by how we choose to use it. At the same time, Google apps provide students with cloud-based services, from search to document creation and sharing, that work seamlessly on iPad. So, what are some of the best ways to experience Google on the iPad? Let’s…
We’ve had a great start to the new month! When the call for proposals for the EdTechTeacher Summit closed on Monday night, we had over 100 submissions. We then kicked off the month with an outstanding webinar thanks to Shawn McCusker, Samantha Morra, and Carl Hooker. April is setting up to be full of news from the EdTechTeacher team between webinars, summer workshop preparations, and plans for the ETT Summit. We are also completely redesigning our web site and blog, so look forward to plenty of new features and resources! Spring Webinars We had a great conversation this week about iPads…
This post first appeared on Edudemic. I am a teacher, a developer, a parent, and a techie. I love technology in all its forms. Part of my role at my school is to ask, what is the benefit of technology in the classroom? The more I ask this question, the more I realize that it is not about the technology at all. For example, what’s the benefit of scuba gear? When you take a scuba course, you learn the basics: how to put it on, how to adjust it, how to keep yourself safe. But then, relatively quickly, you jump…
Kristen Wideen (@MrsWideen) has been a fabulous instructor with us at the past two iPad Summits, so we’re thrilled to help her promote her new global project. This post first appeared on her blog. Are you interested in participating in a collaborative global project? Do you have to cover the changes plants undergo in a complete life cycle, identify the parts used to produce specific products, and or describe how these products are produced in your curriculum? If your answer is yes, this is the project for you! The idea behind the project is to have your students collaborating with other classes, documenting and…
This post first appeared on Edudemic. Social media pervades all aspects of modern society, particularly with the rapid influx of mobile devices. If used in meaningful and appropriate ways, it can transform a student’s learning experience, improve communication with parents and community members, as well as support professional growth. However, teachers and administrators also confront the realities of opening up students to a global audience, and address real concerns about security, screentime, inappropriate behavior, and acceptable use. While the first instinct in schools and districts is often to block services such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and even some blogging platforms,…
This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers. Publishing student video that is created with iPads can be a challenging process, especially with younger students. Even schools that are Google Apps typically decide to turn off YouTube uploads to the student accounts. However, with the use of a handful of free applications, students can create video content on iPad, share their creation with a teacher, and then have the teacher upload to their YouTube channel or a class YouTube channel. For the creation process, students can use any video creation app that allows the final product to be exported…
Welcome to the official start of spring! We had another busy week with workshops and presentations in multiple states as well as the continuation of our Spring Webinar Series. Proposals have started flooding in for the EdTechTeacher Summit in July. The deadline is March 31st, so submit your ideas soon! From Spring to Summer! Our Spring Webinar Series is a great way to get to know many of the instructors for our Summer Workshops. This week, we had two great events that coincide with some of our NEW sessions for 2014 Google is the new resume. On Tuesday, Greg Kulowiec,…
Webinar Resources Chat Transcript April 29, 2014: What can we learn from games? Come explore the many ways that you can use game dynamics and gamification to increase learning and boost engagement in your STEM classroom. Discover how popular games such as Minecraft and SimCity provide playgrounds for creativity and robust opportunities for collaboration and critical thinking in the classroom. Finally, learn about the many opportunities for coding and computer science that are embedded in the process of having kids designing and programming games as a demonstration of their learning. Time: 7:00pm EST/ 4:00pm PST/ 1:00pm HSTSpeakers: Maggie Keeler (@KeelerMS), Douglas Kiang (@dkiang), and…
April 24, 2014 Whether you teach English, History, or Foreign Language, incorporating technology into your curriculum can help students to make deeper connections with content, engage with authentic materials, and create new learning artifacts. Come learn a few new tools, apps, and ideas to enhance your curriculum.Time: 5:00pm EST/ 2:00pm PSTSpeakers: Tom Daccord (@thomasdaccord), Beth Holland (@brholland), and Shawn McCusker (@shawnmccusker) Webinar Resources Chat Transcript
April 15, 2014: As a school leader, how do you help to transform 1:1 classrooms from assembly lines within a factory model to creative agency classrooms, where students are empowered to create and explore? In this webinar, we dive into the essential topics of making the case for 1:1 instruction, envisioning and enacting 1:1 learning, and monitoring school progress towards 1:1 learning goals.Time: 7:00pm EST/ 4:00pm PSTSpeakers: Tom Daccord (@thomasdaccord), Carl Hooker (@mrhooker), Patrick Larkin (@patrickmlarkin), and Justin Reich (@bjfr) Webinar Resources Chat Transcript
April 8, 2014: Google Apps, Chrome, and Drive – use one of these Google tools, or all of them, and endless possibilities open up for creation, communication, and collaboration. In just one hour, we’ll give you a speed tour through “all things Google” to give you some ideas for how you can bring these tools into your classroom.Time: 7:00pm EST/ 4:00pm PSTSpeakers: Greg Kulowiec (@gregkulowiec) and Samantha Morra (@sammorra) Webinar Resources Chat Transcript
April 1, 2014: Creating with iPads doesn’t have to exclusively digital. In this webinar, we’ll explore ways that students can combine digital tools with physical artifacts to create new multimedia projects.Time: 7:00pm EST/ 4:00pm PSTSpeakers: Carl Hooker (@mrhooker), Greg Kulowiec (@gregkulowiec), Samantha Morra (@sammorra), and Shawn McCusker (@shawnmccusker) Webinar Resources Chat Transcript
March 27, 2014: Whether your students have access to iPads, Chromebooks, laptops, or a computer lab, technology can empower even the youngest learners. In this webinar, we will explore a few tools and apps that nurture essential K-5 developmental and learning skills that you can use this springTime: 5:00pm EST/ 2:00pm PSTSpeakers: Suzy Brooks (@SimplySuzy), Brenda Doucette (@doucetteb), Beth Holland (@brholland), and Samantha Morra (@sammorra) Webinar Resources Chat Transcript
March 20, 2014: In this webinar, Joe Dale will showcase some of the innovative ways language teachers are using iPads to create new opportunities for personalised collaborative learning in and out of the classroom. He will also discuss the rise of the MFL Twitterati, a group of language professionals in the UK who are dedicated to raising the standards in teaching and learning.Time: 4:00pm EST (Boston, USA) / 8:00pm (Isle of Wight, UK)Speakers: Samantha Morra (@samanthamorra) with guest Joe Dale (@joedale) Webinar Resources Chat Transcript About guest speaker Joe Dale (@JoeDale) is an independent consultant who works with a range of organisations such as…
March 18, 2014: Rather than crafting and honing the perfect document to represent yourself. In the future, people will search you to see the types of artifacts, communications, and information you have added to the global community. We will talk about how you can start building your own “Google resume” as well as how you can help your students start constructing theirs.Time: 7:00pm EST/ 4:00pm PSTSpeakers: Tanya Avrith (@edtechschools), Holly Clark (@HollyClarkEdu), Greg Kulowiec (@gregkulowiec), and Samantha Morra (@sammorra) Webinar Resources Chat Transcript
March 11, 2014: Sometimes, the smallest of changes can have the largest impact on helping our students to connect to content, demonstrate their understanding, and become more independent in their learning. Come learn tools and strategies to support your students.Time: 5:00pm EST/ 2:00pm PSTSpeakers: Brenda Doucette (@doucetteb), Beth Holland (@brholland), and Samantha Morra (@sammorra) Webinar Resources Chat Transcript
This post, co-authored by Greg Kulowiec & Beth Holland, first appeared on Edudemic. Lately, when talking with teachers about bringing mobile devices into their classrooms, a common concern has surfaced – that connections to the physical world are being sacrificed by over-emphasizing the digital. These thoughtful educators have raised excellent questions about screen time, losing tangible developmental opportunities, and the need to encourage face to face interaction. While the dichotomy between the physical and digital seemed more obvious when working between a classroom and computer lab, the lines have blurred as iPads, Chromebooks, and other mobile devices entered classrooms. As…
This week, you may have seen us in one of 6 states or online! It’s been a busy one, and we have plenty to share. Hopefully, many of you are in the sharing mood as the Call for Proposals for the Learning Futures Summit is still open! In case you missed the Leading Future Learning conference last week, Beth Holland and Kate Wilson LIVE blogged a number of the sessions. Live Blog: Leading Future Learning Keynote George Couros Carl Hooker Keynote from Leading Future Learning What Should an iPad Classroom look like? with Beth Holland Collaborations and iPads with Greg…
This post first appeared on Edudemic. When adopting technology in the classroom, one of the key concerns for teachers and administrators is classroom management. I am often asked if there is a way to “lock down an iPad screen” or “ensure that students cannot go to inappropriate websites” (e.g. Social Media). In other words, how do we keep students on task and ensure that they are not distracted by the novelty of gadgets or communicating with friends via texting or social media? Often, teachers will take up devices (such as mobile phones) to avoid the issue of students texting or…
Great session to wrap up #lfl2014 with Beth Holland [View the story “What Should an iPad Classroom look like? with Beth Holland” on Storify]
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What – How – Where – When are we learning??? From #selfies to parent concerns, Carl Hooker began his keynote by talking about what happens when learning happens outside of the box. It’s no longer about “here’s the learning” but about “what we’re learning.” How we’re learning has also changed now that learning can be accessed anytime and from a variety of sources. Carl tells about how his 2-year old can Chromecast a video, so how does that impact the perception of learning with regard to how content is distributed. In a traditional setting, the teacher is the dispenser of…
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Sam opened by telling how she got involved with technology and led up to the idea of flipping her classroom. She led up to modern day and described how digital tools have changed our social and informational landscape. Think about how information used to be remote and expensive – libraries and encyclopedias. Now, information is instantaneous, everywhere, and free. We need to look at ourselves as learners and how we develop our students as learners. We know that we can create meaningful learning experiences for our learners while also addressing the tools that will shape our students futures. In fact, we…
What does Google Apps for Education bring to a school and a classroom. Google’s motto is to share and collaborate, so how do we leverage this capacity to transform curriculum? Beyond using Google to search and to word process, Holly wants us to think about the other tools available within the suite – like Google Hangouts. As an administrator, when I walk past a classroom, should I see an environment that would prepare students for 1980 or 2030? The New Digital Divide – “Those who know how to think about search vs those who don’t.” “Those who know how to validate information…
George Couros (@gcouros and georgecouros.ca) kicks off the MassC.U.E./ EdTechTeacher Leading Future Learning Conference . As I start off this blog, George is sitting next to me as Tom Daccord introduces him stalking me stalk him online as I glance over his blog, twitter, and presentation materials. He just asked me how to pronounce Woooosta and if this is Boston. Don’t hold it against him, he’s Canadian and Lakers fan… George’s talk is Leading Innovation Change and he starts off with: “the smartest person in the room, is the room.” He encourages folks to get out their device and get on twitter…
This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers. Subtext and Tellagami are two amazing free apps that can expand the way you discover information about each student’s reading comprehension. By using their combined power, students can produce and publish valuable information about their reading comprehension to help their teachers better understand them as learners. First, begin with the Subtext App. Subtext is a collaborative reading app – also available a online at Subtext.com – that allows students to collaboratively read together. After you have downloaded the app, sign in using either a Gmail or Edmodo account. Once inside the…
Aside from the multiple iPad Summits, EdTechTeacher has hosted conferences about the future of learning and leading in education. Leading. Learning. The Future!- March 4-5, 2013 During this EdTechTeacher Leadership Conference, EdTechTeacher joined forces with MassCUE, MASCD and The Reynolds Center for Teaching, Learning, & Creativity to bring together education leaders for a two-day event of presentations, workshops, hands-on sessions, and informal gatherings to address exciting and critical topics that will shape our classrooms of the future. EdTechTeacher2012 – Leading Change in Changing Times The inaugural EdTechTeacher Winter Leadership Conference brought together school leaders from throughout New England to discuss…
Augmented Reality (AR) allows teachers and students to extend the physical world with a virtual overlay. Whether you have iPad, Android, or a smartphone, scanning a trigger in the physical world with an AR app allows a new layer of information to appear. This information could be a link to a web site, a video, an audio recording, or even a 3D model. Read on to learn more about how to use augmented reality in education. The two most popular tools for creating Augmented Reality, Layar and Aurasma, work with both iOS and Android devices. Using either of these tools,…
Welcome to March! We consider this to be the start of spring – though there’s snow in the forecast, and it feels like winter here in the North East. Keep an eye out for our March Newsletter on Tuesday as it will announce our Spring Webinar Series. We have a great line up of FREE, live events to give you some new ideas for the last part of the school year. These events will also be a great way to meet many of our Summer Workshop instructors as well as our Learning Futures Summit presenters. NEW from the ETT Team!…
This post first appeared on Greg’s blog – The History 2.0 Classroom If you read this blog, it comes as no surprise that I often use and find Explain Everything to be the most remarkable and powerful application that can be used with an iPad. What can be created with this tool is nearly limitless, and I think that I may have uncovered the most powerful role yet that this app can play in developing strong student writers and thinkers: “Embedded Video Reflections.” With Google Apps and Google Drive in place in a growing number of schools, it is becoming…
Leading the Future of Education As technology and globalization transform our civic and economic spheres, educators must confront the challenge of preparing students for an ever more complex and cognitively demanding world. School leaders face both challenges and opportunities in encouraging classroom innovation and instructional progress while upholding academic rigor and student performance. We bring together education leaders for a one-day conference full of presentations, workshops, hands-on sessions, and informal gatherings to address exciting and critical topics that will shape our classrooms of the future. LFL 2016: March 11, 2016 For the fourth year in a row, EdTechTeacher and MassCUE…
About the Innovation Summit At EdTechTeacher, we pride ourselves on asking “what’s next.” Whether it be iPads, Chromebooks, Google Apps, or other mobile devices, we challenge participants in all of our workshops and conferences to think about how to truly transform student learning.Our first Innovation Summit in the Summer of 2014, in Chicago brought together leaders in educational technology and now we continue to seek to bring together all of our learning communities to address the challenge of how to best innovate education. This Innovation Summit features one day of hands-on Pre Conference Workshops followed by 2 days of concurrent sessions, innovation labs,…
Summer workshops for teachers from coast to coast 2016 brings our 14th Annual Teaching With Technology Summer Workshops, and we have built an incredible program on a diverse set of topics. This year, we are returning to Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco for a number of exciting NEW topics to compliment many of our favorites from previous summers AND we are headed to new cities: Baltimore, Maryland and Boca Raton, Florida. Each summer, we bring together some of the best educators in the country to lead our workshops. All of our instructors have classroom experience and value high quality professional…
From sunny San Diego to sensational snowstorms, it has been a wild month! On the one hand, it still feels as though iPad Summit San Diego just ended last week. On the other hand, we are hard at work getting ready for our Spring Webinar Series (to be announced in our March newsletter), Summer Workshops, and our new EdTechTeacher Learning Futures Summit. However, that doesn’t mean we don’t have some new resources! NEW from the EdTechTeacher Team Why It’s Time To Change How Students Cite Their Work When writing a paper, it’s an expectation for students to cite their work. However, what…
This post first appeared on Edudemic. When students write a paper, it goes without saying that they must cite the sources that they use in creating it. For generations, students have created note cards to document and organize these resources and/or submitted a bibliography page with their finished work. In the modern classroom, student research and creation has taken on a new look. Before, when students created a poster, and then separately handed in a bibliography page to the teacher, justice was done and fair credit was given for the ideas used. However, as widespread sharing of these projects becomes…
February has flown by for all of us at EdTechTeacher. On the 1st, the entire team migrated to San Diego for our inaugural West Coast event – iPad Summit San Diego. This past week, the team ran workshops from coast-to-coast, covering all four time zones and seven states and included the start of our first California T21 program. In case you missed the announcement either at the iPad Summit, in our February Newsletter, or on Twitter, we are thrilled to announce The Learning Futures Summit at Chicago’s Navy Pier in July! iPad Summit San Diego Re-Cap While many thanks go…
Augmented Reality (AR) blurs the line between the physical and digital world. Using cues or triggers, apps and websites can “augment” the physical experience with digital content such as audio, video and simulations. There are many benefits to using AR in education such as giving students opportunities to interact with items in ways that spark inquiry, experimentation, and creativity. There are a quite a few apps and sites working on AR and its application in education. Elements4D, an AR app from Daqri, allows students to explore chemical elements in a fun way while learning about real-life chemistry. To get started,…
This blog was first posted on Jen Carey’s blog. The last session that I’m attending is “Getting Meta: Augmented Media for Creativity & Critical Thinking” with Amy Burvell. You can explore the topic and join in the conversation by joining her G+ community. Her community includes the slides as well as a list of activities. Word Cloud of my Facebook activity. One of the most prominent terms that we hear today is “meta” – metadata, metacognition, etc. Meta means “above, beyond, or about.” Amy wants to explore different ways to get students to “get meta” with their projects. Meta is very powerful…