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Is a teacher's non-use of technology an excuse to be demoted? 27 Aug 2013 | 03:59 pm
And thus school has begun. I have a mysterious little bird - always writing these messages on my board. I know who the bird is but turn my back and let it happen. But I thought of it this morning as I...
Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 08/24/2013 24 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
Get started with Hangouts On Air - Google+ Help If you want to record your Google hangouts and post to your YouTube channel, you need to get started with "Hangouts on Air." HEre's the page to get you...
Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 08/22/2013 22 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
40 Ways to Use Google Apps in the Classroom - Google Drive Great ideas for using Google Drive, calendar, docs, forms, groups, and more in the classroom. A nice, public, presentation. tags: news goog...
5 Ways to Resolve Social Media Misunderstandings and a conversation with @swpax 21 Aug 2013 | 04:12 pm
English: Infographic on how Social Media are being used, and how everything is changed by them. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Misunderstandings happen. They happen on Twitter. They happen on Facebook. Th...
Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 08/20/2013 20 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
I Am Leaving Social Media - Joel Comm - JoelComm.com I read Joel Comm's book Twitter Power and it has been one of my longtime favorites on the topic. Here he talks brutally about the negatives of soc...
3 Essential Elements of an effective Task Management System 19 Aug 2013 | 04:03 pm
Systematic planning and organizing is the hallmark of many successful people I know. The system can be simple or complex. But if it doesn't work for you, it is useless. That is one problem with some ...
Simple ways to use mood music in your classroom to amp up learning 16 Aug 2013 | 04:03 pm
Music has so many uses in the classroom. After being jolted awake by Dave Burgess' Teach Like a Pirate wisdom - I realized that there are so many aspects of the mood I need to use in my classroom. Mu...
Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 08/16/2013 16 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
To Foster Productivity and Creativity in Class, Ditch the Desks! | MindShift Erin Klein has great ideas for redesigning the classroom. I'm interviewing her this week for my online show (to be posted ...
Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 08/15/2013 15 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
UK To Teach Programming Starting At Age 5 | Fluency21 – Committed Sardine Blog Watch out Silicon Valley. You may just need to relocate to... you might guess it.. Ok - maybe not -- the UNITED KINGDOM....
Sylvia Martinez and The Maker Movement: Invent to Learn, Tinker to Teach! #makered #makerspace 14 Aug 2013 | 04:10 pm
The Maker Movement is here. Invent to Learn by Sylvia Martinez and Gary Stager is the definitive book on the Maker Movement in Schools What do 3D printers, Rasberry pi programing units, scrapbooks ....
