"Time is a valuable commodity in today's education world. This blog can save you a little as we highlight the top 20 blog posts from TCEA in the past year.
With all of the amazing information that's currently available to each of us on the internet, it can sometimes be very hard to find the real gems. To assist with that, I'd like to share what tens of thousands of educational blog readers thought was most valuable via our Top 20 Blog Posts list. See if any of these resources resonate with you!"
"We haven't figured out how to leverage Web 2.0 yet" in schools, Bower said. Instead of pushers and producers of content knowledge, he added, teachers must become pullers and directors.
"When an administrator says, ‘Show me the proof,' just point at the current state of schools," Bower said. "If we're not engaging these kids, they're not learning.
TCEA panel says Web 2.0 marks a complete shift from the old models of instruction ... and schools need to shift accordingly
"With more than 500,000 apps available for use on the iPad, which ones are best for education? TCEA (Texas Computer Education Association) helps by testing and recommending great apps for the classroom. They regularly try out new apps and list those that make the grade in the shared document available here for iPad. Apps are categorized into 46 different subject areas and 14 different personal use areas. Apps that are free are listed in white.
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TCEA is a huge educational technology conference and the latest and
greatest technology was front and center. However, the common theme in the
hundreds of presentations is great teaching matters.
"he growth of artificial intelligence the past few years has led to the creation of bots that are growing in use today. A bot is an automated program that runs over the internet. Some bots run automatically while others operate only when given a specific input.
The largest number of bots currently working are in the social media area. These include bots for Facebook Messenger and chats. Bots have also been created though for devices like Amazon's Alexis and for Slack ad Skype. Even LEGO has a bot running on their Facebook page. Eventually, bots will make their way into education. But until then, here are some that you might want to learn more about."