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Global Focus: A world without borders is a boon for educator learning
09/25/2019
Topics: Global collaboration, ISTE Standards for Educators
There’s never been a more exciting time to be an educator. Thanks to technology, we live in an interconnected world that gives us immediate access to whatever we’re looking for. In this “world without borders…
Leaders must be the change they want to see
09/25/2019
Topics: ISTE Standards for Education Leaders
Last February, during a meeting with a group of middle school students, I was asked why I chose a career in education.
I shared that there was never a point in my education when I liked school, and that…
What Works: Sketchnoting engages students while building comprehension
09/25/2019
Topics: Learning sciences, Sketchnoting
Laura Steinbrink works hard to engage her students.
So it distressed her when two bright students in her high school literature class in Plato, Missouri, copped bad attitudes about having to study The…
Measuring what matters
09/25/2019
Topics: Assessment, Personalized Learning
As educators pursue more personalized, student-driven and inquiry-based approaches to learning, one obstacle that continues to rear its head is the inability of widely used assessment models to successfully measure student learning and growth.
Critics say traditional models simply can’t…
The power of storytelling
09/25/2019
Topics: Digital storytelling
The diagnosis hit hard. After a series of car accidents, Luis Perez discovered he had a visual impairment that could eventually leave him blind.
While losing the light was painful enough, it was the…
ISTE CEO: Shaping the future is in our DNA
09/25/2019
Topics: digital equity, ISTE Standards, Seal of Alignment
I recently came across the T-shirt I was given when I volunteered at the 30th ISTE conference. In case you’re wondering, it still fits, as does the role ISTE has played in helping me stay ahead of important…
Interview: Manoush Zomorodi on where technology is taking us
09/25/2019
Topics: podcasting
Journalist, author and entrepreneur Manoush Zomorodi says she found her true calling nearly six years ago when she became a podcast host. A former breaking news reporter for the BBC and business and tech…
All in! 4 leaders share how a districtwide vision led to transformation
06/17/2019
Topics: Education leadership, ISTE Standards for Education Leaders, Online learning
Too often, tech integration is driven by innovative teachers working alone in classrooms, tech directors and coordinators with too many teachers to adequately serve, or a single school that becomes the showcase…
Building AI: When student creators meet artificial intelligence, sparks fly
06/17/2019
Topics: Artificial intelligence, Coding & robotics
Gati Aher already has some ideas about how artificial intelligence could improve her after-school job.
It’s a small business with a heavy focus on marketing, where some employees spend hours each day…
Mike Walsh discusses AI, 5G networks and our relationship with tech
06/17/2019
Topics: Artificial intelligence, Digital & media literacy
When you want to know what the future holds for your students, Mike Walsh is the go-to guy.
Walsh is the CEO of the very appropriately named consultancy Tomorrow, but his description of his role is more…