The Common Core Standards, the national academic standards for K-12 schools in the United States, have now been adopted by 47 of the 50 states in the U.S. This makes them the pre-eminent source of…
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You teach, which means you need to know what students do and don’t understand. Which means you need to assess. You teach in the 21st century, which means you use the internet and digital tools…
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When someone sent me this infographic earlier this week, I took a glance at it, then set it aside in a rush of meetings, research, and, well, daily stuff. But when I took a second…
34 Assistive Technology Apps From edshelf
by edshelf: Reviews & recommendations of tools for education Do you have students with disabilities or special needs? Then you may need an assistive technology: a technology used by an individual with a disability to perform a…
Dissolving Barriers To Adopting Technology In The Classroom
Dissolving Barriers To Adopting Technology In The Classroom How the Other Half Lives: A Report from the 2013 Highlander Institute Blended Learning Conference by Dawn Casey-Rowe, Social Studies & Educational Technology Last weekend, the Second…
Examining Blended Learning Models: Student To Teacher Interactions
In part 1 of this 6-part series, Thomas Stanley looked at an overview of blended learning, specifically the critical interactions of a blended learning model. In part 2, he looked specifically at student-to-student interaction, and the reality…
A 10th Grader Explains How Social Media Can Replace Textbooks
This article was written by Noa Gutow-Ellis, a high school sophomore in Houston, Texas. She’s passionate about all things related to the Arab Spring and 21st Century Education. As an 8th grader, Noa gave a TEDx talk about the…
25 Top Concept-Mapping Tools For Visual Learning
Concept-mapping–or mind-mapping, idea-mapping, or some other variation that makes sense to you–is the practice of demonstrating the relationship between ideas in a map-like form. Concept-mapping allows creators to articulate nuance, context, and interdependence between ideas…
The Definition Of Digital Citizenship
As more and more students interact digitally–with content, one another, and various communities–the concept of digital citizenship becomes increasingly important. Which begs the question: what is digital citizenship? Well, first citizenship, which is formally defined…
The Impact Of Technology Reading List: Identity & Media Consumption
An aggregated reading list of the best, in-depth thinking from around the web on the impact of technology and social media, curated by Nathan Jurgenson and Cyborgology. “On the whole, academia is quite anti-popular writing” “Mainstream sociology & history…
80 Interesting Ways To Use Google Forms In The Classroom
When you think of innovative, edgy, compelling uses of technology, Google Forms isn’t exactly the first thing that leaps to mind. While you’d probably prefer a piece of hardware that’s affordable, easy to use, and…
Examining Blended Learning Models: Student To Student Interactions
In part 1 of this 6-part series, Thomas Stanley looked at an overview of blended learning, specifically the critical interactions of a blended learning model. In part 2 below, Stanley looks specifically at student-to-student interaction,…
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