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25 tips for teaching with apps. Thought the idea of combining apps in instruction seems like such a simple idea, but I know that might not be used by all.

Provides a list of how technology has changed the classroom. Makes you think about the movement in teaching from using technology b/c you have to, to using technology b/c you need to.

Teach Thought is one of my PLN follows JB

With more than downloads to date, Minecraft is the best-selling computer game of all time; the game's free-form structure has made it popular with kids and adults alike. But little by little, teachers, parents, and students have discovered that the game can be used for educational purposes, too.

Learning in most academic institutions relies on the provision of library resources to both support and supplement what is being taught and researched. With the rapidly changing information landscape and the myriad ways in which users can search for information, the challenge of locating, accessing and searching for relevant and appropriate information resources for academic research is ever present.

Inquiry-based learning has been around in education circles for a long time, but many teachers and schools gradually moved away from it during the heyday of No Child Left Behind.

Thirty teachers from Edina just finished a Teaching & Technology Cohort through Hamline University. The Teaching & Technology cohort focused on improving their leadership and technology skills through four blended courses. The focus of the classes was to enhance practice of integrating technology into Edina's curriculum as well as build leadership skills in teachers in the field of technology and learning.

Teaching tech in isolation never works. When a reluctant tech user learns how to do something with a project about which they're personally passionate, they're gonna be instantly engaged, work hard at it, and feel super exultant when it works!

Here is a great sketchnote with much the same information about what staff and admininstrators are working toward.

I have been looking for a link to these ABC/numerical book order templates for a few weeks now. Great find! Use for teaching students how to find books on a shelf. Great skills practice and check!