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Join me virtually for a free webinar broadcast at the Badge Summit, Moving with Mobile Devices at 1pm Denver/2pmCT/3pmET/8pmUK. Lisa Dabbs, Tanya Avrith, and Erin Klein will be presenting about edtech tools, socialmedia in education, #NTChat, and connected classrooms. Team Mobile Learning Implementation Resources.
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I use socialmedia to share the things I've learned via blogs to help others, I've asked people to join me at educational events like Edcamp Gig City and CoffeeEDU, I've asked people to support me in my JDRF walks to find a cure for type 1 diabetes, and more recently I've reached out to an entire city to help me find my lost dog.
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Through a school library’s checkout program, these low-cost mobile devices provide students and households in need with secure, reliable, and safe access to the internet. Outside of the classroom, she is the lead organizer for Edcamp Suwannee and also co-moderates #FLedChat and #RuralEdChat each week on Twitter. About the Host.
We would argue our students read and write more now than they ever have before—between texting, socialmedia, gaming, and everything else they do in their digitally fueled, online lives. Consider posting podcasts on websites, blogs, or socialmedia so students can share their work with others around the world!
SocialMedia and Connected Learning. On Saturday morning, during the “Saved by Twitter” session, I watched complete strangers huddle in groups to discuss socialmedia, their use of Twitter, the challenges involved in using socialmedia and I witnessed a few people send their first tweet or use a hashtag for the first time.
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Beginning with a kickoff webinar on October 1 and culminating with Edcamp Online , Educator Innovator’s participation will focus on disseminating resources that highlight the critical importance of interest- and passion-driven work by young people.
Please note, these tips refer to the desktop version of Google Drive, but most tips will work similarly on mobile.). Another way to help organize your files and folders is to use hashtags as we use on socialmedia. I have used hashtags for event files that have hashtags, like #edcamp. Use Consistent Naming Conventions.
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