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4 ways to teach students to find the gems in YouTube's perilous terrain
07/25/2017
Topics: Standards
Today’s students constantly seek help from the all-seeing, all-knowing YouTube oracle, much like Dorothy did in the Wizard of Oz. Therefore you, the teacher, are no longer seen as the ultimate subject-matter expert. YouTube is.
And that’s not necessarily a bad thing.…
Epic LEGO wall allows anytime tinkering
06/14/2017
Topics: Advocacy, Assessment, Corporate innovation, Education leadership, Makerspaces, professional learning, Standards
What if making wasn’t something students did only at certain times of the day?
What if, instead, it was built into the fabric of their lives — or even the very walls of their school?
Employees at innovative companies like Google use tinkering to recharge their…
3 tips for developing a digital content plan for maximum impact
06/03/2017
Topics: Advocacy, Assessment, Assistive and adaptive technologies, Corporate innovation, Education leadership, Mobile learning, professional learning, Standards
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The research is in, and it’s clear that…
Uncommon core: Refining key practices through STEM
05/01/2017
Topics: Robotics, Standards, STEM & STEAM
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Leonardo da Vinci once said that “simplicity is the…
When students become teachers
04/27/2017
Topics: Advocacy, Assessment, Corporate innovation, Education leadership, professional learning, Standards
Students in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District (KPBSD) in Alaska were familiar with videoconferencing. After all, distance learning via videoconferencing technology (VCT) had become a regular event in their remote rural schools, connecting them to professionals and other students…
11 hot edtech trends to watch
03/23/2017
Topics: 1:1, Augmented reality, Coding & robotics, Computational Thinking, Curriculum, Makerspaces, Standards
Find the hottest topics of 2018 here.
We wanted to know which topics are shaping up to be this year's hottest in edtech, so we combed through thousands of educator-created sessions in…
3 types of questions to boost higher-order thinking
03/10/2017
Topics: Standards
In Julie Jaeger’s experience, enhancing students’ creativity and critical thinking doesn’t come from having all the right answers. It comes from asking more questions.
Jaeger, a gifted education teacher for Minot Public Schools in North Dakota, finds that when you create an…
What full-scale change looks like and how to get there
01/01/2017
It was a searing message from its own students that awakened a transformation using technology in one Alaskan school district.
“A few years ago,” says Superintendent Mary Wegner of the Sitka School District, “high school students approached the school board and said they…
Top 7 edtech posts for education leaders
12/21/2016
Topics: Digital Citizenship, Mobile learning, Standards, Technology infrastructure
Student-driven learning isn’t just good for students. When we give students control of how they learn, when they learn and even what they learn, they become more…
5 tech tools that complement ISTE Standards
12/13/2016
Topics: Standards
Like many teachers, I’m always searching for ways to adapt my teaching and learning to the digital age. When used according to the ISTE Standards, the right technology tools can help every…