Archive: 2016
EdTech
3 Factors to Consider on Your Back-to-School EdTech Hunt
By: Marie Mérouze. Three factors to keep in mind to ensure you’re investing in the best edtech products available to meet your classroom’s needs.
Leadership
Place-Based Professional Learning in the New Tech Network
By: Julia McBride. Many recognize the power of place-based for students, but what about creating these types of professional learning opportunities for teachers?
Personalized Learning
Does the Classroom Prepare Students for the Real World or Just More Testing?
As a new teacher, I was introduced early on to alternative forms of testing that may help transform school learned information from technical facts to applicable knowledge, such as Integrated Performance Assessment.
EdTech
How To Determine The Need to Renew Online Material Subscriptions
By: Jackie Lain. Here is a helpful two-step process for teachers and administrators to determine whether online instructional materials are fueling students’ success or undermining it.
Leadership
5 Ways To Get Parents Involved in Student Learning Beyond Homework
By: Vlada Lotkina. Research shows U.S. schools assign a lot of homework, especially in lower grades. However, getting parents involved in their student's learning can help alleviate this growing issue, and here are five ways teachers suggest doing this.
Leadership
MakerEd Micro-Credentialing: Teachers Want to Play, Too!
By: Jennifer Pieratt. Micro-credentialing could be one of the answers to empowering and providing more personalized learning for our teachers. Here are more details on teachers earning the "first of its kind" makered badge.
EdTech
Edmodo Adds Enterprise Tools
By: C.M. Rubin. Resource-sharing collaborations and projects between like-minded educators on networks like Edmodo are known to spark deeper learning engagement for students and provide opportunities for learning at a global scale.
EdTech
The Generational Gap in EdTech Perception With Gen Z
By: Dayton Uttinger. Gen Z’s relationship with tech differs from any generation before. It has become deeply ingrained in all aspects of their lives, especially when it comes to school. So how do educators balance this in the classroom?
Marketing & Communication
5 Ways to Create a Hip and Happening Podcast
By: Sofia Cabrera. Looking for a way to improve your podcast? Here are 5 tips on how to grow your listenership and get people interested! Check it out from a millennial's point of view on what people like to hear.
Difference Making
Building Your Personal Brand Through Social Impact
By: Jeff Edmondson. There are so many ways for an individual to express their individuality, so I encourage #GenDIYers to really set themselves apart and build their personal brand through collective impact in their community.