Tom Murray

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Simply digitizing past practice serves little instructional purpose and ultimately leads to low levels of learning. These types of practices have lead to a number of studies that have indicated that purchasing more technology does not increase student learning. An app is available for Chrome as well.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 26, 2015

Get your copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers or Learning to Go. Your students can also curate their research into digital boards with free tools like Educlipper , Blendspace , Pinterest , and Livebinders. ebook, Learning to Go , which has digital/mobile activities for any device and editable/printable handouts and rubrics.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JANUARY 15, 2019

Blendspace. Early in the project, students come to the library to learn about a tool called Blendspace. The goal for the students is to use Blendspace throughout the study of rocks to capture their learning and present in a way that might teach someone new what they have learned.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

To prepare students well for college and career means they must deeply learn the material and its application to their lives and future learning.That means assessing student knowledge authentically and accountably. Those approaches may be prescriptive, but they don’t measure results in a way that leverages learning.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 7, 2015

Welcome to a series of posts that are dedicated to going beyond the shine of technology by examining ways to use digital tools to engage students in real learning. In this fourth post you will discover how careful examination of the nouns and verbs in a standard can help you write learning targets that will point to valuable resources.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2014

Others will bypass weighty sessions at NewSchools Venture Fund summit altogether, preferring to tinker with dozens of new tools and products that promise to “transform teaching and learning.’’. I’m hoping this conference will also include views from the classroom along with CEO’s and their promotions staff.

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Class Tech Integrate

JANUARY 24, 2017

During the session Rachelle gave attendees several resources for flipping learning for students. Poth set the stage for the why she wanted flipped learning for her students. Poth even discussed the benefits of using these student made digital projects as resources for other students to learn from. Now, on to the tools!

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 31, 2018

The post 35 Google Classroom Resources That Will Make Your Day appeared first on Shake Up Learning. As you are adjusting to the new features inside Google Classroom that were released in August 2018, I thought it would be useful to put together a list of resources to help you do more, learn more, and engage more learners in your classroom.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2018

This year, Francisco Partners is following suit, buying two established brands in Discovery Education and Renaissance Learning. Blendspace was purchased by TES. Blendspace (TES Global). In 2017, private equity firms including BV Investment Partner and The Rise Fund poured hundreds of millions into acquiring edtech companies.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 11, 2016

But one thing all programs have in common: They’re popular with students because they’re how kids want to learn. A critical feature of the 21st Century student is they are engaged in their learning. Many school Learning Management Systems (LMS) include native class calendars (such as CanaryFlow and Otus ).

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Welcome to this second post in a series devoted to supporting student centered learning in the technology enhanced classroom. Remember that a classroom might be 1 to 1, or it may be using technology to leverage student centered learning. Technology Integration, 1 to 1, and Student Centered Learning… Ten Free Resources and Tools.

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Fractus Learning

JULY 20, 2015

Blendspace (web). Like Zaption, Blendspace allows teachers to develop interactive lessons using multimedia resources. But Blendspace also allows you to integrate documents, images, websites (pretty much anything that you can find on the web) in addition to videos.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 29, 2015

Welcome to post number three in a series devoted to formative learning (assessment). In this post I showcase some tools that can assist in both creating lessons that promote formative possibilities and resources that will allow educators to create videos that will enhance a students formative learning . OER Possibilities.

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Benchmark Education

DECEMBER 2, 2015

According to the Joyce Foundation, excellent teachers—approximately the top 25 percent—create vibrant learning communities where students achieve about a year and a half of learning in one grade level. So make learning personal for your students—check out sites like Benchmark Universe , Wonderopolis , and Blendspace.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 16, 2015

STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS. Blendspace. To ensure you do not miss a future valuable post or other resource covering PBL, Digital Curriculum, STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 20, 2015

Putting Technology At The Center Of Learning. Students become more active learners, engaging in vital 21 st century skills in communication , as they decide how to challenge ideas presented, and they learn that using initiative is a rewarding process, as they find and curate new knowledge that others use. by Paul Moss.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JANUARY 19, 2016

Hicks class, they have been extending their research of rocks and minerals to create their own Blendspace lessons to teach others facts about rocks and minerals. As a part of this Blendspace project, students started thinking about how they might design their own climbing wall for our school based on their research.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

Along with this series, be on the look out for another series I will be posting entitled the ABC’s of PBL and Deeper Learning. STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration, please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS. As always, I invite you to follow me on twitter ( @ mjgormans ).

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 1, 2016

Many people want to know how what blended learning and the personalization of student learning are and how they look in implementation. In a personalized learning environment, student needs drive the design of the learning. My classroom is a blended learning classroom and every student has a laptop.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 12, 2016

This affects their learning because they do not have the vocabulary and background knowledge needed to make connections to what we are learning in class. We’ve been observing them grow, learn to walk, and snuggle with mom. It’s a great way to learn about animal life cycles.

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EdTechTeacher

AUGUST 7, 2015

My original post was inspired by Suzy Brooks’ use of her SMART Board as a learning center. While many of the concepts from the original post are certainly still applicable, here are 10 new ideas for creating learning centers. ThingLink (or Padlet or Blendspace ) could be a great way to guide students through research.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

This webinar will address how edtech tools like Blendspace and TES can: Help you and your students become more transliterate Foster inquiry based learning Support standards-aligned approaches to 21st century learning SIGN UP FOR THE WEBINAR HERE (FREE) Laura Beltchenko is a 34-year veteran educator.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

We host a dynamic marketplace in which educators can discover, share, and sell original teaching materials; Blendspace, a lesson-building product where those resources can be freely integrated and implemented; and Wikispaces, an open classroom management platform that facilitates student-teacher communication and collaboration.

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Graphite Blog

JULY 3, 2015

Common Sense team members and certified educators presented on a range of practical and engaging ways to use specific technology tools for learning as well as our latest and greatest digital citizenship offerings. . Available online or as an app, learn how to use this new student-guided interactive with students.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 15, 2016

GLW is an opportunity for global education leaders to learn from one another and share effective principles in leadership, particularly within the context of an interconnected, global age. This event is brought to you by people and organizations who believe in the power of globally connected teaching and learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 8, 2016

Some great upcoming (and all free) Learning Revolution events are below. Join Neverware and The Learning Revolution to learn how CloudReady does exactly that on up to 8 year old laptops or desktops, extending their life along with making them run faster to help preserve budget. More information and sign up at [link].

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2016

to learn from one another and share effective principles in leadership, particularly within the context of an interconnected, global age. This event is brought to you by people and organizations who believe in the power of globally connected teaching and learning. Schell , Ed.D., Kramer , Ph.D.,

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

The professionals we spoke with described a process in which they began by collecting or gathering; moved to connecting content and resources for specific purposes and audiences; curated by adding value with context and commentary; and contributed by offering the community opportunities for collaboration, learning and growth.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Erica Magnusson, Content Analyst, TES Global Encounters: Connecting Classrooms to Address the World's Great Challenges.

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MindShift

MAY 21, 2015

Instead, technology should be used to enhance classroom learning in ways that wouldn’t be possible otherwise, including expanding learning beyond the classroom walls. As much as possible, she recommends using technology to allow students to create work that demonstrates their learning in engaging, fun ways.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Some great upcoming (and all free) Learning Revolution events are below. The third annual OZeLive online conference started today with an early keynote by Lucy Gray , "Going Global: Project-Based Learning with a Global Focus," which should already be available in recorded form. Feb 23rd - 28th: OZeLive. Register at [link].

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Learning in Hand

MAY 18, 2015

Learning in Hand Show #31 is about giving your learning centers or stations a makeover. Watch the video to learn about some of the websites and apps that can help you set the course of the center, provide content , support creativity , and capture responses. Video Transcript This is Learning in Hand!

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 2, 2018

The post 16 Curation Tools for Teachers and Students appeared first on Shake Up Learning. This post brings together a suggested list, a curated list if you will, of 16 curation tools for teachers and students from the Shake Up Learning community. Want to learn more about Google Keep? Want to learn more about Pinterest?

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The Electric Educator

JANUARY 8, 2018

How to break out of "the box" in your classroom: Use tools that don’t feel like paper (Video, Prezi, Google Drawing) Transform your paper worksheets using tools like Blendspace, EdPuzzle, or Quizlet If you use Google Docs, remember that you can change the size and color of your document to fit the project. There’s nothing special about 8.5

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Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Students are hungry for learning that matters. Project based learning has students involved in explaining their answers to real-life questions or challenges. Instead of traditional projects that come at the end of a unit of study, project-based learning has the project introduced at the beginning of the unit.

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techlearning

MAY 10, 2018

How to break out of "the box" in your classroom: Use tools that don’t feel like paper (Video, Prezi, Google Drawing) Transform your paper worksheets using tools like Blendspace, EdPuzzle, or Quizlet If you use Google Docs, remember that you can change the size and color of your document to fit the project. There’s nothing special about 8.5

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techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

Their success rate of companies is incredibly high as they helped start Class Dojo, Plickers, Remind, Padlet, Blendspace, Educreations, and a WHOLE host of others. Imagine K12 is a startup incubator out of California based on education. There is one big issue for most of them though: revenue. [

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