Catlin Tucker

JUNE 24, 2016

Social media offers educators the perfect avenue to stay connected, continue learning, and be inspired, however, getting started can be daunting. Some educators love Twitter while others prefer Facebook or Pinterest. USC Rossier Online has created The Guide to Pinterest for Educators to help educators get started. There are tips for curating content, organizing your Pinterest boards, collaborating with other educators, and even connecting with students online.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 26, 2016

By Jena Passut The theoretical physicist says a fourth wave of technology is about to begin, and educators must prepare students to thrive in the new landscape.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 22, 2016

Dear Otto is an occasional column where I answer questions I get from readers about teaching tech. If you have a question, please contact me at askatechteacher at gmail dot com and I’ll answer it here. . I got this question from a teacher. It’s becoming more common as students start life on iPads: Do you have any suggestions for kids who have developed substitute patterns for using home row keys?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 10, 2016

A sample Cool Cat Teacher newsletter From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Happy 5 idea Friday! Today is the day I send my newsletter subscribers the ideas to help them be better teachers. Right now, I’m actually sending 10 ideas — five for teachers in school and five for teachers out -of-school.

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This white paper examines and proposes revisions to the "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" introduced by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson in 1987 for today's technology-driven world.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JUNE 27, 2016

When it comes to integrating ed-tech into middle and high school classrooms, it’s not enough to create software “that works.” Instead, creating effective personalized learning solutions is just the first step. To remain relevant and have impact on a large scale, classroom integration must retain a profound concern with how to empower schools and teachers to educate students of widely differing abilities.

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The Journal

JUNE 20, 2016

OER – open education resources are a boon to K-12. But OER is a start, not an end. As K-12 moves to fully 1-to-1 and blended learning, K-12 needs to go beyond digitized versions of paper-based lessons (and proprietary formats) and develop an open standard for the "deeply digital lesson.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 27, 2016

By Meg Conlan Online tools give educators the ability to assess students, find and share video content, and collect multimedia presentations from students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 24, 2016

Teaching kids keyboarding isn’t about finding the perfect online website or downloaded software and setting students lose on a year-long self-directed journey of progressive lessons hoping their speed and accuracy improves. That might work for adults, but it’s a prescription for boredom and failure with K-8 students. They require a mixture of activities, only one of which is drill.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 29, 2016

Slides and Resources From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Sketchnoting is a fascination for me. So, ISTE was a dream for me. What if we got some of the best in sketchnoting together to share their secrets and how this applies to education? Well, we submitted and it is happening today!Today, June 29 at 8:30 am at the ISTE 2016 conference, I’ll be moderating.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 21, 2016

We are thrilled to announce our winners for the Deeper Learning Micro-credential Challenge and spotlight their journeys into educating college- and career-ready learners. Our 1st Place team winner comes from Ypsilanti Community Schools in Ypsilanti, MI, and both our 2nd and 3rd Place team winners come from Kettle Moraine School District in Wales, WI.

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EdTech4Beginners

JUNE 29, 2016

Recently I asked my students to design a new app. I kept the explanation brief and just told them that it would need to be useful or entertaining. They began by researching ideas in teams. After, they discussed their ideas and came up with a final concept. Finally, I printed a template and the students created a user interface. Here’s the template I used: Iphone Template .

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 22, 2016

“Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners.” – John Holt. Unlike many other technologies, mobile devices can support physical health along with learning. With a mobile device students can create, problem solve, critical think, and engage with the world around them. In my digital book, Learning to Go , you’ll find rubrics, handouts, and lesson plans for some of the activities listed below.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 22, 2016

By Tommy Peterson Districts offer advice on how to integrate technology with an emphasis on coaching teachers first.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 29, 2016

Map skills borrow concepts from many different disciplines, including Math, Art, Language and of course Geography. Map skills should be basic to student education early in their journey and then used often to measure distances, calculate routes, preview field trip locations, explore historic sites, and more. For many of you, I’m not saying anything you don’t already know — but have you tried to personalize a map?

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Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 27, 2016

Presentation from the panel Monday, July 27 at 8:30 am From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This morning at ISTE Tom Arnett, Jon Bergmann, Mike Gwaltney, Aaron Sams, Stephanie Sandifer, and Jerry Obermyer all did an incredible job discussing blended and flipped learning. Shell Terrell shared the session on Periscope. ( watch here ).

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Digital Promise

JUNE 29, 2016

In March 2016, Digital Promise and Maker Ed issued a call-to-action for school leaders around the country to commit to growing the next generation of American makers. Over 1,400 U.S. school leaders have answered the call by signing the Maker Promise. For many members of the League of Innovative Schools , a network of the nation’s most forward-thinking superintendents, this is just an acknowledgement of the work they have long championed.

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The Web20Classroom

JUNE 21, 2016

Snapchat Facebook Instagram Vine Twitter What do you think about when you hear those words? Maybe you think about social media in general and how it’s continuing to grow. Or maybe you think about how those can be used as platforms to connect with others. Or maybe you think they are all a waste of time. What do you think kids think about when they hear the names of those apps?

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 23, 2016

Louisiana just passed a law mandating that all students learn cursive in grades 3 through 12. That’s right – all the way through high school. Not computer science. Cursive… Beth Mizell, the state senator who sponsored the bill, said that she wanted people to have a signature. Perhaps she was so busy sealing her scrolls with wax that she missed the signal fire message that electronic signatures are now legally valid , even in Louisiana ?

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Speaker: Amanda Davis, Chief Experience Officer and Liam O'Malley, VP of Association Solutions

The "new normal" is now a little less new, a little more normal. Does that mean your current LMS strategy is in need of a refresh? Is your organization or association leaning into the always-evolving eLearning environment to ensure you have the tools and content to remain relevant through all this change? There are many complex decision-making processes within your learning & development strategy and LMS lifecycle management, including: Selection.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 28, 2016

By Meg Conlan Expert Jason Ohler offers his thoughts on major technological trends that impact teachers and students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 20, 2016

Here are the top 9 nine Google Apps tips according to Ask a Tech Teacher readers: Embed a File from Google Drive. Google Apps lesson plan. 8 Google Apps Tricks Every Teacher Should Know. Google Hangouts–Are You Using Them Yet? How to Embed Student Work into Digital Portfolios. Book Review: Google Apps Meets Common Core. Dear Otto: How do I teach Google Drive to K/1?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 29, 2016

Presentation Resources From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. The third panel I’ll be moderating this ISTE is full of some of the best in the business of people who are making and inventing. As with the sketchnoting slides I shared earlier, it will be best to see this in person, but so many of you can’t be here at ISTE 2016 in Denver!

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Tom Murray

JUNE 27, 2016

This post is sponsored by Samsung. However, all thoughts and opinions are my own. Over the past decade, most school budgets have remained stagnant, yet spending in educational technology has climbed to record levels, with no sign of slowing in the near future. In a report entitled, “ Technology in Education: Global Trends, Universe Spend and Market Outlook , “ FutureSource consulting projected that edtech spending worldwide will hit $19 billion dollars by 2018, up from $13 billion when measured

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EdTech4Beginners

JUNE 26, 2016

Slow motion (slowmo) is a video effect in which time appears to be slowed down. To create a slowmo video, simply record something and then apply the effect. When you watch it back, the movie will be reduced in speed automatically. A slowmo t00l is available on newer iPads (a pre-loaded option in the standard video recorder), or alternatively there are many slowmo apps – just search slow motion in your favourite app store.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 25, 2016

Two years ago this fall, Jose Vilson launched EduColor. It’s a website, it’s a hashtag, it’s an email newsletter, it’s a weekly chat, it’s a call for social justice. Most of all, as he and the other organizers say, it’s ‘a movement, not a moment.’ Many of us haven’t paid too much attention to EduColor. Maybe it’s because we’ve never heard of it (now you have).

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 27, 2016

By Meg Conlan New functions and product releases from Google bring lessons to life in new ways, and make it easier for teachers to engage students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 23, 2016

What is ‘writing’? If you look it up in the Free Dictionary, you find this definition: The act or process of producing and recording words in a form that can be read and understood. This focuses on recording words that are then communicated to others. In fact, if you ask students (and too often, teachers), to define ‘writing’, they probably agree with the Free Dictionary, adding that writing uses a pencil and paper (maybe a word processing program), requires language sk

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Speaker: Aaron Webb, Jamf

Apple empowers educators and students by design. Whether using Macs, iPads, or Apple TV, Apple devices encourage creativity and can simplify teaching with apps to make the classroom more flexible, collaborative and personalized for each student. To unleash the full potential of the technology and create the best learning environment, you need to understand the tools and resources available, and develop an education-focused, comprehensive plan, from equipment purchase to deployment, management an

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 20, 2016

What has to happen before you can make your classroom better From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. We have a problem in the hearts and minds of many educators everywhere. I’m guilty of it sometimes, too. Sometimes my momentum is not moving forward. I can wish for something that never will be and not do what is right in front of me.

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Securly

JUNE 27, 2016

Kids spending too much time on their school issued devices? With our new mobile app, parents can now shut off internet activity with a single tap. It’s really that simple. Perfect for parents who want more control over their kids’ screen time on school owned devices. It’s impossible for parents to keep an eye on their children 24/7. Many parents we’ve encountered fear their child is spending too much time online, using their school-owned devices for online gaming and other time sinks.

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EdTech4Beginners

JUNE 21, 2016

Paper 53 is a brilliant app which combines drawings, notes, photos and sketches. It is available on the Appstore. The app is simple and user-friendly; just use your finger (or a stylus) to draw, paint, select colours, erase and lots more. How does it work? Click below to watch my video tutorial: How could I use it in lessons? It is perfect for when you are painting and doing line drawings.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 27, 2016

I was given ISTE’s Award for Outstanding Leadership this afternoon. That was fun. . Today was a great day for Iowa at ISTE. In addition to myself… . Leka DeGroot was given the Kay L. Bitter Vision Award for outstanding PK-2 educator. . Leslie Pralle Keehn was named as an Emerging Leader. . Denise Schmidt-Crawford received the Award for Excellence in Teacher Education. .

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This whitepaper explores integrating the PowerTeaching pedagogical approach within a HyFlex (Hybrid Flexible) educational model, focusing on employing cooperative learning strategies and efficient classroom management techniques.

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