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Building Good Relationships with Your Students’ Parents

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Today’s parents like a different kind of communication. Mike Daugherty, a Director of Technology in Ohio, has been studying this topic and experimenting for the last several years to find optimal ways to communicate with today’s parents.

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Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

A big shout out to EdTech Magazine for recognizing this blog on its 2017 Honor Roll. I especially appreciated the following quote, “On his blog, Gorman shares what he has learned with a focus on how tech enables project-based learning.” Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards. “We

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Closing the Digital Learning Gap

Digital Promise

And, accessibility technologies support learner variability and people with disabilities by ensuring navigation and information display is available in multiple ways. However, even as technology has evolved to more effectively support learning, our education system faces another great divide: the Digital Learning Gap.

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The role of technology in the PYP

EdTech4Beginners

In addition to these general uses, PYP teachers should also use technology to aid the development of international mindedness, support inquiry learning and to help students to reach deeper understandings. How does technology support the development of international mindedness? How does technology support inquiry?

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K-12 Blueprint site updated - resources for planning and implementing EdTech

Educational Technology Guy

Whether you are launching a one-to-one or BYO program, moving from print textbooks to digital content, revamping the curriculum to improve STEM learning, rethinking assessment, or embarking on (or continuing to support) any other ambitious technology-supported initiative, Intel’s Blueprint model can help.

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What is Learning Sciences and Why Does It Matter?

Digital Promise

Designs innovative approaches to learning and assessment, often taking into account a social, collaborative view of learning and using technology creatively. Seeks improvement at scale by explicitly studying implementation and other challenges of scaling up as part of the scientific work.

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5 Home and Smart Phone Filtering Options for Parents

The CoolCatTeacher

Mike Daugherty on episode 245 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Mike Daugherty is a husband, father, author, technology director, Google Innovator, and possible Starbucks addict. Blog: [link]. Twitter: @MoreThanATech.