This post first appeared on eSchool News. As I look back on the summer, one of the things that strikes me is how often a workshop I’ve given has 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 […]
This fall, as part of our #ETTchat series, Communications Editor James Daley will be chatting with our EdTechTeacher instructors about some of their favorite tools, apps, and strategies for the classroom. In this first post, he interviews Director, Tom Daccord, about App Smashing with Book Creator. Tom Daccord is Director of EdTech Teacher, a professional learning organization […]
This post first appeared on Daily Genius. Many teachers know that Google Docs serves as a great platform for providing feedback on student writing, but may not have an efficient system that encourages both student critical thinking and ownership of the editing process. Here are three simple but powerful ways of providing efficient feedback to […]
This post is the second in a series exploring AppSmashing with a core set of Evergreen Apps on eSchoolNews from EdTechTeacher Director, Tom Daccord. The articles focus on the ability of students to create multimedia content that showcases their learning through a performance or demonstration of understanding. Powerful Evergreen Apps strike a great balance between […]
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 […]
EdTechTeacher Co-Founder kicks off the 2016 South African iPad Summit with his keynote, Building the iPad Teacher: Thinking Beyond the Device. Tom begins by telling a story about going on a game drive after the last iPad Summit and how it evoked a desire to explore South Africa even more. In fact, he asks the first question […]
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 […]
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 Daccord, Director of EdTechTeacher, kicks off the event with the Monday/Someday dichotomy. Someday is your vision, your view of what may be possible. To start […]
This post first appeared on eSchool News. Putting iPads in the service of learning, in our view, means putting technology in the service of preparing students to solve unstructured problems and communicate persuasively and with deep understanding. That’s our vision of what great schools do. As we approach the challenge of creating powerful learning environments […]
Happy 4th of July! Given the soggy conditions here in the North East, we decided to post our weekly resources a bit early. This week, Greg Kulowiec kicked off another Full Year Professional Development Program in Waltham, MA. Shawn McCusker led another successful Advanced iPad Classroom workshop in Cambridge (there are two more scheduled for Austin and […]
