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The 10 Most Important Emerging Instructional and Education Technologies and...
The 2013 Update to our Annual Look at the Technologies, Tools, and Techniques That Today’s Educators Should be Aware of. Each year I refresh this list, sharing my current perspective on those emerging...
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5 Top Online Bachelor’s Degree Programs and What Makes Them Successful
Top notch technology and professional development are some of the key elements in thriving online programs U.S. News & World Report released their report of the top online bachelor’s degree...
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Teaching Creativity – The Case for Mind Mapping
Mind Mapping tools can go a long way towards helping students make the connections that lead to deeper learning If thinking is about making connections between pieces of information, then creative...
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Flipping the Classroom Facilitates Active Learning Methods – Experiential,...
No study can deny this – freeing up class time enables teachers and students to pursue Active Learning. In a recent exchange in the media, the USA Today news site sensationalized a study under way at...
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21st Century Technology Skills Are a Core Competency for Today’s Graduates
Our students need to be comfortable with the information technologies that are inextricably linked to the 21st century skills the work place requires, and teachers need to help pave the way. A May,...
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Student Created Content is an Exciting and Inspiring Learning Tool that...
The Possibilities for Student Created Content to Play a Powerful Role in Education have Never Been Greater This last Friday and Saturday at the Teaching and Learning with the iPad Conference, I had the...
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10 Reasons Why Edmodo is an Excellent (and Hugely Popular) Digital Learning...
Edmodo is a Premier Online Learning Tool for K-12, for Good Reason. Do you Know Edmodo? I’ve been aware of Edmodo and respected its capabilities and popularity for a few years now, but recently my...
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7 Excellent Free Blended Learning Resources – Understanding the Whys and Hows...
A set of Powerful Resources and Tools to Help Educators Understand Why Blended Learning is Vital and How to Develop or Improve Your Approach to it. “Blended Learning” has many definitions. Here’s one I...
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Sharing Student-Created Presentations About the Importance of 21st Century...
One of the Most Rewarding Moments as a Teacher is Seeing the Pride in Student’s Faces When They Present Something They Have Created. In the Emerging Information Technologies class I taught at The...
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Emerging Education Technology’s Greatest Hits of 2013 – Marking a Year of...
2013 saw Many Educators Move From Asking “Why Should I use Tech in the Classroom?” to “How can I use Technology Tools to Help my Students Learn?” It was my impression that 2013 bought a marked decrease...
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8 Exciting Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning Approaches That Teachers...
The Future of Technology Integration in Instruction Lies in Engaging and Empowering Teaching Methods Like These. As we head into this new year I’m excited about the many instructional means and methods...
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Flipped Classroom – The Movie
The Flipped Classroom was a Hot Topic in 2013, for Good Reason The Flipped Classroom got a lot of attention in the media during 2013, and this shows no sign of abating as we move into 2014. And why...
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Class Charts – Control Your Classroom and Improve Assessment Results
Seating Charts can be a Very Useful and Effective Classroom Tool Seating charts make a real difference to the classroom learning environment in terms of teacher effectiveness and student attainment. By...
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20 Warning Signs That you are Behind the Times with Instructional Uses of...
Worried That You’re Not in Touch with Today’s Technological Tools in the Classroom? Do some of These Describe you? Okay, so some of these are tongue-in-cheek, but some of them are quite serious. It can...
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Ed Tech Thought Leader Interview: Innovative CIO Phil Komarny (Part 1 of 2)
CIO Phil Komarny has spent many years at the intersection of education and technology. Here, in the first of a new series of education technology thought leadership interviews, Komarny shares his...
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Flipped Classroom Presentations at Upcoming Ed Tech Conferences – See You There!
This year’s “Flipped Classroom Presentation Tour” starts next month! This spring and summer I will be traveling to a number of different conferences where I will be delivering different presentations...
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Can the Inspiration for Learning be Captured and Empowered Through Technology?
Great Teachers Inspire Learning, but so do Ideas. How Can we Better Leverage Technology to Facilitate That? Encouraged by Audrey Watter’s recent post, The History of the Future of Ed-Tech, I just...
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Vocabulary Learning Goes Mobile with Teacher Recommended Smartphone Apps
Teaching and Learning can be More Productive With the Aid of Today’s Smartphone Empowered Education Applications. Vocabulary building is perhaps the single-most essential aspect of language learning....
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Is Competency Based Education the Next Game Changer on the Horizon? Can it...
This Innovate Model has Exciting Potential and is Gaining Momentum, but it Requires Embracing Change in Order to Succeed Many educators (myself included) are exciting about the possibilities that...
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Competency Based Education (the Next Game Changer) – Can it Succeed on a...
Competency, Proficiency, Mastery … by any Name These Programs Offer Exciting Potential for Education. In Sunday’s article, we briefly considered the exciting potential of Competency Based Education and...
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