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Edtech Tools for SPED, Math, and Reading

A Principal's Reflections

Co-Teaching Pear Deck (formative and targeted assessment)* Nearpod (formative and targeted assessment)* Padle t (cooperative learning, closure, checks for understanding) Linoit (cooperative learning, closure, checks for understanding, annotation) Flipgrid (video creation for closure, checks for understanding, blended learning) Newsela (assign current (..)

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5 Apps to Transform Teaching and Personalize Learning

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Photo credit: Ann Feldmann Ann Feldmann Apps With digital tools like Nearpod, Classkick, Educreations, Explain Everything, and Seesaw, teachers can leverage student-centered, personalized learning in whole-group instruction, guided and independent practice, and reflection.

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Autonomy Breeds Change

A Principal's Reflections

They desperately sought time during the school day to engage in professional growth opportunities, learn how to integrate Web 2.0 tools, and develop their own Personal Learning Networks (PLN’s). Math teacher Jeff Fiscina learned how to create engaging learning activities using Educreations.

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Differentiating with Personalized Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

Personalized learning is the latest buzzword in an education environment bursting with new ideas but this one is impressive. In a sentence, personalized learning: “tailors instruction, expression of learning, and assessment to each student’s unique needs and preferences.” ” — ISTE.

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13 Digital Tools to Empower Active Use

Tom Murray

Having worked with over thousands of school leaders in the past two years, I’ve compiled a list of favorites; those tools that support teachers in creating authentic, personal learning experiences.

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How to Craft a Learner-Centered Classroom – Guest Post from Ann Feldmann

EdTechTeacher

In constructivist classrooms, students are active and reflective, and effectively leveraging the technology tools to craft this environment is crucial in creating personalized learning. Meagan also creates screencasts of actual math worksheets using Educreations – a great app for creating screencasts. Educreations.

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We Might Be at the End of the Free Ed Tech Era

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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. [