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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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! […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Great session to wrap up #lfl2014 with Beth Holland [View the story "What Should an iPad Classroom look like? with Beth Holland" on Storify]
[View the story "Collaborations and iPads with Greg Kulowiec" on Storify]
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 […]
[View the story "Social Media - Employing Tools That Will Change You & Your Schools w @patrickmlarkin" on Storify]
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 […]
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? […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]