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 join us in 2016 at any of our Conferences or Summer Workshops to learn more!
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How to Craft a Learner-Centered Classroom – Guest Post from Ann Feldmann
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 of their work? Having technology is just one important piece. Knowing how …
4 Math Add ons for Google Docs – from Jennifer Carey
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 that allow teachers and students to harness the power of Google. You …
5 Tips to Increase Parental Engagement in the 21st Century Classroom – From Courtney Pepe
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 teachers. One of the most exciting times for me as a school …
How to Engage, Examine & Extend Student Learning Through Videos – From Suzy Brooks
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 movies (and FILMSTRIPS!!), I can only remember two. TWO! One of them …
Why Your Tech PD Might Be All Wrong – From Tom Daccord
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 …
Coordinate Back-to-School with Choice Eliminator and Google Forms – From Kate Wilson
This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers. Google Forms can be one of the best tools in the classroom for data collection and assessment as well as a great resources for teachers to use in order to get information from …
Making the Most of Google Keep – from Avra Robinson
This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers. Google Keep is a program that allows users to quickly and easily create, access and organize information such as notes and lists. Before discovering Keep, I’d been using a different note-making app on my …
How To Integrate iPads With The New Google Classroom – from Greg Kulowiec
This post first appeared on Edudemic. With the recent announcement that Google Classroom will be available to all Google Apps for Education schools by the week of August 11th, schools that have also adopted iPads are interested in exploring the platform to …
Use the Four Gamer Types to Help Your Students Collaborate – from Douglas Kiang on Edudemic
This post first appeared on Edudemic. “You are a liar and I will never, ever, trust you again!” The student rose to his feet at the conclusion of a role-playing simulation in our negotiation class, pointing across the room at another student …
Unleashing Creativity: Greg Kulowiec App Smashing – from Beth Holland
Greg Kulowiec begins his session by asking, “Why limit our students to one tool at one time?” With App Smashing, students can create content with a variety of apps and then publish it to the web – don’t let content “die on your …