#ettChat with Tom Daccord: How do I move my faculty along with tech integration?
#ettChat with Tom Daccord: Where do you begin when making a tech implementation plan?
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Each week EdTechTeacher will bring you a new, short video (10-15 minutes) by one of the staff exploring an app, web tool or idea in the world of educational technology centered around a new theme each month. This month, we explore Leadership, and ask Tom Daccord, Director of EdTechTeacher, what the top questions he gets asked […]
#ettChat with Tom Daccord: Why do some technology programs succeed while others falter?
#ettChatBlogLeadershipTom Daccord
Each week EdTechTeacher will bring you a new, short video (10-15 minutes) by one of the staff exploring an app, web tool or idea in the world of educational technology centered around a new theme each month. This month, we explore Leadership, and ask Tom Daccord, Director of EdTechTeacher, what the top questions he gets asked […]
AppSmash These 2 Apps to Create Endless Multimedia Possibilities from Tom Daccord
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This post originally appeared on eSchool News. With just 2 apps students can create books that come to life AppSmashing — the process of combining multiple apps to create new multimedia content — encourages more creative use of mobile devices and allows teachers to gain insights into student thinking and understanding. When students make their […]
Interview with our Co-Founders, Tom Daccord & Justin Reich
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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 how this book came into focus? How did you become interested in the topic of using technology in classrooms? TD: In 1999, I was a high […]
Why Your Tech PD Might Be All Wrong – From Tom Daccord
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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” at a school. In other words, faculty had already received tech training on the particular platform, device or tool I was asked to address. Sometimes […]
Is Your 1:1 Program Destined to Fail? – From Tom Daccord
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This post first appeared on eSchoolNews. If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll never know when you’ve arrived. A defining trait of effective leadership in successful school technology programs is a well-defined vision of technology-aided teaching and learning that is shared with various constituents: administration, faculty, staff, parents, and students. A well-defined vision communicated […]
Five Chrome Apps and Extensions to Make Thinking More Visible – from Tom Daccord & Avra Robinson
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This post, co-authored by Tom Daccord and Avra Robinson, first appeared on Daily Genius. One of the biggest benefits of using technology in the classroom is that it can help us reach all learners. The more we understand how students think, the more effective we can be as educators. Technology creates a wide range of opportunities […]
How to Transform Teaching with Tablets – From Tom Daccord & Justin Reich
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This article was first published in the May Edition of Educational Leadership from ASCD. Getting computing devices into schools is relatively easy; changing classroom practice with technology is really, really hard. Over the past century, radio, television, video cassette recorders, desktop computers, laptop computers, handheld devices, tablets, and cell phones have all been heralded as potentially […]
Improve Teacher Development Using a Challenge-Based Model – from Tom Daccord
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This article first appeared on eSchoolNews. … I could start my workshops by showing teachers how to find and do everything. I could lead them through a step-by-step, do-what-I-do tutorial of various apps —“point here, click there”—and teachers could simply watch what I do and then repeat what I do. But the problem with that approach […]