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EduClipper Powers Presentation Portfolio

Tom Vander Ark

Sep 10, 2013

EduClipper is a free sharing tool perfect for clipping, curating and sharing content. Teachers will create Presentation Portfolios to share information with their class. Students will create Presentation Portfolios to lead parent-teacher conferences.

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Powerful Apps to Empower Powerful Writing

John Hardison

Sep 10, 2013

Who knows. If we work together, we may claim ourselves to be educators fit enough to carry a fifty-pound pencil, untether a shackled keyboard, or flip through an endless spiral notebook of blank paper…Or just powerful enough to introduce emerging writers to themselves.

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Midsize Innovators: Delivering Value at Scale

Tom Vander Ark

Sep 10, 2013

Education suffers from the missing middle--very few medium sized companies. Historically, there are a handful of large companies and thousands mom and pop operators, but given the distributed nature of the customer base it has been challenging to scale.

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5 Ways Twitter Can Help in Education

Guest Author

Sep 10, 2013

What if Twitter was more than just a way to dish about the amazing Caprese salad you had at lunch and actually a way to help students learn better? Here are 5 ways that Twitter may enhance learning . . .

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125 Top Blogs on Blended Learning

Katie Vander Ark

Sep 7, 2013

The 2012-13 was a big inflection point in blended learning--and we're seeing and hearing about almost twice as new models this year. We compiled a list of 125 blogs in what we hope are useful categories. Enjoy!

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EdTech 10: We Heart School

Carri Schneider

Sep 7, 2013

Speaking of that ever evolving world of education, here are the top ten happenings that caught our attention just this week.

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Top Tech Gear of 2013

Guest Author

Sep 5, 2013

2013 isn't quite over yet but we are approaching the busy season of new releases. Today, we are sharing this great infographic from FinancesOnline.com - a retrospective of the year, as well as a sneak peek into what we still have to look forward to, gadget wise.

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10 Free Apps To Jumpstart Your iPad Cart

Guest Author

Sep 4, 2013

I created a list of free apps that could get the teachers started right away. I only installed ten apps and set some great "number themed" wallpapers on them, courtesy of Tony Vincent's "Learning in Hand" blog.

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Latest Tools Added to edshelf

Guest Author

Sep 3, 2013

This past week we had quite a few notable educational tools added to edshelf by some impressive teams. Experienced entrepreneurs, former classroom teachers, academic researchers, and game designers.

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Alumni Engagement | Overcoming Obstacles

Guest Author

Sep 2, 2013

These cadres of 10+ Alumni of the program will strive to visit each of our partner high schools twice monthly, supporting our student influencers (senior Peer Leaders) and program participants as they traverse the college-going journey

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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