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Alan November (@GlobalLearner) opened up the inaugural EdTechTeacher Innovation Summit. An international leader in education technology, Alan began his career as an oceanography teacher and dorm counselor at an island […]
This Q&A With Tom Daccord and Justin Reich originally appeared on Learning Science International, publisher of their book iPads in the Classroom: From Consumption and Curation to Creation. LSI: What’s the backstory on […]
This guest post from Cathy Lannert (@cathyl4) first appeared on Daily Genius. I never thought the best part of my school year would be teaching computer coding to 5th graders. […]
This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers. The world of mobile teaching and learning seems to be getting smaller and smaller and Nearpod is no exception. Last week, […]
Join Beth Holland as she hosts Julie Wood (@TechnoTeaching) & Shaelynn Farnsworth (@shfarnsworth) Slides
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This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers. With the rise and prominence of eBooks have come a number of resources for educators and students to access free content […]
This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers. One of the most powerful tools available to students these days may be Microsoft’s note-taking app: OneNote. Unlike the rest of the […]
This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers. Desmos is a graphing calculator that allows you to plot functions, create tables, animate graphs, and more, all for free! In […]
This guest post from Courtney Pepe (@iPadQueen2012) first appeared on Daily Genius. Last month, Hour of Code took place all over the globe. Students from ages 3 to adult received […]
We will be hosted this webinar with ATLIS and ICG. Student Data & Privacy in the Cloud from Sarah Hanawald on Vimeo. Join this collaboratively planned conversation with other independent […]
This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers. In the last few years, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) has become a prominent language in American Classrooms. As learning Chinese requires […]
Our own Shawn McCusker (@shawnmccusker) joined educators Julie Wood and Nicole Ponsford for a “virtual cup of tea” and a chat about his teaching experience. He shares his story about […]
This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers. One of the greatest tools that educators have to act as advocates, models, and sources of inspiration for others is social […]
In case you missed any of this year’s blog posts from EdTechTeacher, here is a recap of the most popular articles from our Instructors, Presenters, and friends. We hope you will […]
This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers. One of the most challenging things to tackle in education today is the glut of information that is available to students […]
This post first appeared on Edutopia. This past year, iPads, Chromebooks, and laptops continued to flood classrooms. Schools increasingly adopted 1:1 or BYOD programs and constructed new learning spaces. So […]
This post first appeared on Daily Genius. If you’re unfamiliar with Google Books, it is a repository of books that Google has scanned and published digitally using Optical Character Recognition […]
This guest post from Ann Feldmann first appeared on Daily Genius. How can we craft learning environments that take advantage of technology to help students become independent, engaged, and reflective […]
This guest post from Courtney Pepe (@iPadQueen2012) first appeared on Daily Genius. As educators in the 21st Century, one of the most important values that we need to cultivate […]
Today marks the second EdTechTeacher Google Jamboree. Tom Daccord, Justin Reich, Greg Kulowiec and Richard Byrne kick off the day with Ignite talks – all LIVE blogged below. Monday/Someday Tom […]
This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers. Google Docs is a popular word processing tool. However, many people don’t realize that there are 4 great add-ons for Math […]
Beth Holland interviews leaders from the iPad Academy in Nebraska to discuss how to create student-centric learning. Slides
In the mobile era, what is the role of physical libraries and learning spaces when every student potentially has a global, virtual library in their pocket? How does ubiquitous access […]
Learning to code doesn’t have to begin with learning a programming language. With apps like Hopscotch and Scratch., learning to code becomes the by-product of creation process. In […]
This guest post from Debbie Carona (@debbiecarona) first appeared on Daily Genius. About one and a half years ago, I fell, broke my foot, and had surgery to repair it. […]
Thank you to all those who joined us at the iPad Summit in Boston. Here is a recap: [<a href=”//storify.com/EdTechTeacher21/an-ettipad-recap” target=”_blank”>View the story “An #ettipad recap” on Storify</a>]
Justin Reich is the co-founder of EdTechTeacher, the Richard L. Menschel HarvardX Research Fellow, a Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and a lecturer in the Scheller […]
Today, rather than LIVE blog every session, I experimented with note taking and creating media. Here are experiences from two fantastic sessions today. Design-Engage-Connect Student Designed Curriculum Jodie Deinhammer and […]
Larry, a humanities teacher at Roslyn High School, is in the 5th year of his 1:1 iPad program and an Apple Distinguished Educator. While his technology has been beneficial, he […]
Guy Kawasaki is the Chief Evangelist of Canva and an executive fellow at the Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley. As a former Chief Evangelist at Apple, he begins […]
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This guest post from Courtney Pepe (@iPadQueen2012) first appeared on Daily Genius. The first two months of the school are year are a very exciting time for students, parents, and […]
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From the US Embassy in Italy’s facebook page: Libraries and games have three critical capabilities in common: they bridge communities, encourage problem solving, and make learning fun! Games foster storytelling, […]
This post first appeared on Daily Genius. How many videos can you remember watching in school when you were a student? Though I know we watched dozens and dozens of […]
Learn something new with Beth Holland and Sabba QuidwaiBeth and Sabba check in to cover the newest features out there for conducting research in the classroom. Blog Posts from EdTechTeachersResearch […]
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Over the past two days, hundreds of teachers gathered for this year’s MASSCue/M.A.S.S Fall Conference at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA. According to the Conference website, this year’s theme was “Dare to Innovate” […]
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This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers. Present.me is a great tool that you can use to record your presentations. You can create a video recording of yourself, […]
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This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers. Timelines are an excellent way for students to organize information for their own understanding or to demonstrate their learning. Tiki-Toki allows […]
About our Google Jamborees Google Apps for Education (GAFE) is a core suite of productivity applications that Google offers to schools and educational institutions for FREE. These communication and collaboration apps […]
This is a guest post from Ann Feldmann (@AnnFeldmann1), District Instructional Technology Trainer, Apple Foundations Trainer, and iPad Innovation Coach for Bellevue Public Schools. It first appeared on Daily Genius. […]
This post first appeared on eSchool News. As I look back on the summer, one of the things that strikes me is how often my workshop followed a “technology training” […]
This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers. I was recently introduced to a new and innovative document annotation tool for the iPad. LiquidText allows you to import PDF files, web […]
This post first appeared on Daily Genius. In his blog post on Kidblog.org entitled, Top 3 Reasons I Have My Students Blog, Steve Kowalski says, “When it comes to writing, […]
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This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers. Students and teachers often operate on fast-moving, jam-packed schedules with lengthy to-do lists. Check out My Study Life, a free tool […]
This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers. Over the summer, I had an interesting conversation with a group of teachers in a writing workshop. When exploring ways to […]
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Learn something new with Greg Kulowiec and Beth Holland Beth and Greg check in to cover the newest features and capabilities of the iPad in the early Fall of 2015. […]
This post first appeared on Justin’s Education Week blog, EdTech Researcher. As part of my work with the new MIT Teaching Systems Lab and our partners, the Woodrow Wilson Academy […]
This guest post from Suzy Brooks (@SimplySuzy) first appeared on Daily Genius. This year, what if you could channel your inner Walt Disney for the betterment of student learning? Plussing […]
This guest post from Courtney Pepe (@iPadQueen2012) first appeared on Daily Genius. What does assessment look like in 21st Century education? With the rise of the Common Core and the […]
A conversation with Lisa Johnson and Kate Wilson Canva is both a web based tool and app that allows you to create graphics easily. It brings the power of image […]
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