My Paperless Classroom

MARCH 27, 2018

Whether you are a teacher trying to figure out how to invest your limited class resource budget, or an edtech company trying to secure your place in the market, customer service is something to look at closely. Obotix , the company behind Sphero and Ollie, is committed to supporting their robots in the classroom. Deliver on Promises.

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TeacherCast

JUNE 7, 2015

Whether you are a teacher trying to figure out how to invest your limited class resource budget, or an edtech company trying to secure your place in the market, customer service is something to look at closely. Obotix , the company behind Sphero and Ollie, is committed to supporting their robots in the classroom. Deliver on Promises.

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TeacherCast

JULY 18, 2022

In the early part of 2012, I attended my first edCamp in Philadelphia. From that point forward, we started an adventure to create edCamp New Jersey which topped out at over 1,000 educators one year and was visited by the local cops because of the overflow of parking at the school building. Step 5: Family First … EdTech Second.

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 3, 2016

What are your EdTech Resolutions for 2016? Perhaps you are looking to go paperless or use a new tool in your classroom. EdSurge Post/List of 2016 EdTech Conferences. Find or organize an EdCamp. What are your EdTech Resolutions for 2016? Perhaps you are looking to go paperless or use a new tool in your classroom.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

With the feel of an in-person conference and the energy of an Edcamp, educators are finding this audio app is a new place to connect with educators from around the world. Infused Classroom series author Holly Clark (@holllyclarkedu on CH) describes it as, “an interactive podcast. What is Clubhouse? I can interact or I can just listen.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2016

While device penetration is increasing and edtech products are proliferating, adequate infrastructure in schools lags behind. What if we could provide all schools with affordable consultants and researchers to aid in the edtech selection process? Much work remains to be done to realize the full potential of education technology.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JANUARY 29, 2016

We recently started talking on Twitter about how our kids could collaborate both synchronously and asynchronously, and we were looped in to a conversation about EdCamp Global. — edcamp Global (@edcampGlobal) January 23, 2016. I wish I had clued in to EdCamp Global sooner because it was an amazing opportunity.

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

We held the first Edcamp in Philadelphia in May, 2010. People tweeted about it and around the country and the world; people began to follow #edcamp! The energy in that place gave birth to a movement that has grown in under five years from a single, initial Edcamp to over 600 events around the world. Image credit: Rob Rowe.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 15, 2019

You can take courses on helpful topics like classroom management, teacher wellness, education technology, special education classes and more. Advancement Courses is flexible and lets you work at your own pace to create things to improve your classroom. That’s just $120 per graduate credit hour or $160 for 50 clock hours.

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The Electric Educator

JANUARY 8, 2015

There are a LOT of EdTech events. From EdCamps to state technology conferences to Google summits, there is always something going on! The EdTech community is awesome; caring, sharing, and fun! To help you get started, I created and am now maintaining a calendar of EdTech events in the United States.

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TeacherCast

JULY 18, 2022

In the early part of 2012, I attended my first edCamp in Philadelphia. From that point forward, we started an adventure to create edCamp New Jersey which topped out at over 1,000 educators one year and was visited by the local cops because of the overflow of parking at the school building. Once the trend goes away so could your brand.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Photo Credit: Kevin Jarrett High & Low-tech for Optimal Learning Not only teachers able to share ways to integrate technology in the classroom, but I also learned some low-tech techniques as well. Keep those eyes peeled at Edcamp-- resources can be found anywhere! Here are additional links on how to run an Edcamp.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 20, 2017

Coming back from GAETC 2015, I realized that I had been to the conference before but my classroom was unchanged. I would steadily learn about those things until I integrated them into my classroom. Jones has me helping her with a classroom management problem.” sometimes they may not be as relevant as a classroom teacher.

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Edsurge

JULY 3, 2018

From local Edcamps in your backyard to glitzy conferences dotting the globe, these convenings showcase exciting changes happening in schools and classrooms (and humbling lessons learned along the way). There are also recurring events—such as EdCamp and Maker Faire—that take place year-round across the country.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 23, 2016

Lisa Dabbs, Tanya Avrith, and Erin Klein will be presenting about edtech tools, social media in education, #NTChat, and connected classrooms. Join me Tuesday night, June 28th for fun at Edtech Karaoke. We will also be periscoping this event. Other Free Events.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 17, 2019

Effective Educators and CTE doesn't stop at the classroom with teachers. Even reading blog posts, articles in trade publications, books, or attending Edcamps, they want to constantly be examining their own practices, realizing opportunities for improvement and capitalizing on all that learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 6, 2018

They are practical courses that have teachers developing tangible resources to use in their classrooms immediately. It had Dan Callahan on from — at that time, he was kind of working with the EdCamp Foundation and founders, and we just did a show on, “What Is EdCamp?”. With this coupon, a 3 grad credit course is only $359.

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The Web20Classroom

MAY 29, 2016

He is engaging in the classroom, works very hard to meet the needs of all his students and regularly reflects on his teaching to understand his strengths and weaknesses. You can also visit the list of the Top 50 Must Read Edtech blogs and take a look at the Edublogs Awards Nominated blogs. Edcamps can help fill that void.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Before she landed at Slack, Swanson was already a well-known figure in edtech. But she’s probably best known as founder of the Edcamp Foundation, which helps teachers run free, grassroots professional-development workshops. What’s a classroom memory that sticks with her?

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Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2017

The parallels between the early days of the world wide web and today’s edtech scene are surreal. There is a lot of noise in edtech today, mostly coming from technology and consumer marketing-oriented companies. In the nineties, this included. Badging, micro-credentials and curation technologies are making this a reality. Participate.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

JULY 20, 2013

I remember attending my first Edcamp in November and being awed by the session board: its masking taped grid on a cement block school wall and the giant post it notes used for session creation; the organizers on laptops furiously copying the schedule to a Google spreadsheet. edcamp #edtech collaboration edcamp gobstopper Google'

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

OCTOBER 27, 2013

Sounds redundant, "professional educator," but really it isn''t--everything I have been doing has been outside of the classroom, yet still grounded in my teaching practice. edcamp #edtech #flipclass #njed assignments collaboration edcamp edmodo edmodocon' I constantly get asked, "When do you sleep?

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Tom Murray

AUGUST 28, 2016

As mentioned in my previous post 16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools , prior to my role as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools, I spent 14 years in a public school in Pennsylvania as an elementary and middle school teacher, middle school and elementary principal, and district level technology director.

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2020

Kristin Harrington, EdTech coach for Flagler County School District in Palm Coast, FL, knows what it’s like to shift from a live, on-site classroom, where she and her learners are always moving and interacting with each, other to sitting in front of a screen teaching students from afar. She is also the co-founder of Edcamp St.

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The Web20Classroom

MARCH 22, 2017

Educators today can no longer just walk into the classroom, shut their door and teach. The Classroom 2.0 Edchat, #edtech, #makered, and #pbl are just a very small part of the much larger educational hashtag community. Sharing is how we all learn from each other, finetune our craft and invite others into our classroom.

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2017

For us, it was at EdFoo 2017 , an un-conference of teachers, edtech gurus, funders and others gathered at Google’s Silicon Valley headquarters for three days of spontaneous learning. When was the last time you walked into a conference without an agenda? Or, for that matter, without the slightest idea of what you might learn?

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There is no box

OCTOBER 3, 2015

Local IT service companies tend to be business focused, just like school IT shops of old, and are not well versed in the unique edtech challenges facing classrooms today. Successful implementation of technology integration requires new ways of thinking and looking at what is really needed to provide tech services to the classroom.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 21, 2020

We want teachers actively engaged in solving the problems they face in the classroom. Our LMS platforms, like Google Classroom , would be perfect for this. Create a class in Google Classroom for each group. The Edcamp model is a great way to offer teachers more ways to connect and learn together with very little planning.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 7, 2017

There's a huge gap between what's being designed by edtech companies and what is happening in classrooms and what classrooms need. In classroom use cases and research is of paramount importance. Data should be used to improve the apps and the classroom experience. Or what do they need to help them implement better.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Try finding an established meetup with BrewCUE , CoffeeCUE , or EdCamp , or even create one in your own area. But with a PLN, you can improve your classroom, school, district, career, but most importantly, yourself. Justin McKean Justin McKean ( @JMcKeanK12 ) is an EdTech leader and co-host of the Perspectives in Education podcast.

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TeacherCast

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Let us face it, these motivational tricks also work well in the classroom to motivate students to learn. Using broad brush strokes, professional development could be an online course, Edcamp Conference, graduate course or by simply working with an Instructional Coach on a lesson. What is professional development? Example: Kahoot).

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TeacherCast

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Let us face it, these motivational tricks also work well in the classroom to motivate students to learn. Using broad brush strokes, professional development could be an online course, Edcamp Conference, graduate course or by simply working with an Instructional Coach on a lesson. What is professional development?

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SpeechTechie

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

Best EdTech/Resource Sharing Blog- Learning in Hand not only offers a guide to implementing mobile technologies in education, but also is a great resource on doing so in a manner that fosters critical thinking. Best open PD / unconference / webinar series- Edcamp ! The recent episode on the "PD 2.0 Well, that''s it.

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Tech Helpful

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

I had 17 unique educators notice the tweets and respond- three of them were superintendent level educators, a few were edtech edus, at least three were principals or assistant principals and the majority seem to be classroom teachers but I do not know for sure. So what were the results? Many in the room wanted it to happen.

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MSEDTechie

MAY 23, 2015

What does a digital age classroom really look like? Does it include students and teachers working collaboratively, creating learning spaces & opportunities in unlikely places, like bringing augmented reality into a classroom art show ? EdTech Magazine created a list of Must Read Educator Blogs. Or are they just consumers?

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Kitaboo on EdTech

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Interactivity – Interactivity is one of the strongest points of live streaming as it allows interaction above and beyond the classroom experience. This will allow educators to tailor courses as per students’ needs. With live streaming, teachers and students can have face-to-face interactions, irrespective of their geographical location.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 6, 2016

If you are a classroom teacher, the following learning paths or opportunities may be ideal for you. Common Sense Education provides many valuable resources focused on helping teachers identify how they can use tools and technology to assess learning in the classroom. This is when I turn to the EdTech Quick Take videos.

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