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Edutech for Teachers: Favorite Cool Tools of 2012

Edutech for Teachers: Favorite Cool Tools of 2012 | learning21andbeyond | Scoop.it

As I reflect upon the last year in terms of educational technology and the impact it continues to have on student learning and achievement, I thought I would compile a list of my favorite web tools—those that have transformed reading, writing, critical thinking, collaborating and creating in my classroom.

Check out my 2012 collection of “Cool Tools” here!


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Katie Frank's curator insight, December 28, 2012 7:26 PM
Cool Tools of 2012!
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Love this...thanks for all you share!
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Free Technology for Teachers: 5 Benefits of Using Backchannels In Your Classroom

Free Technology for Teachers: 5 Benefits of Using Backchannels In Your Classroom | learning21andbeyond | Scoop.it
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I just introduced the idea ofg backchannels at school as an idea for student feedback and /or discussion. I am interested more in the formative and alternative assessment option, but the ideas about continueing the conversation is pretty cool too! Great thing is you don't need email necessarily to invite students either.

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Eight Ways of Looking at Intelligence | MindShift

Eight Ways of Looking at Intelligence | MindShift | learning21andbeyond | Scoop.it
The science of learning can offer some surprising and useful perspectives on how we guide and educate young people.
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I can't read enough about the brain. so darn fascinating and important background to know as we educate our students and ourselves.

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25 Critical Thinking Strategies For The Modern Learner

25 Critical Thinking Strategies For The Modern Learner | learning21andbeyond | Scoop.it
25 Critical Thinking Strategies For The Modern Learner
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Great article. & visual to use for PD

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The 7 Characteristics of Teachers Who Use Technology Effectively ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

The 7 Characteristics of Teachers Who Use Technology Effectively ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning | learning21andbeyond | Scoop.it
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Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: 4 Ways to Provoke Change In Our Education System

Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: 4 Ways to Provoke Change In Our Education System | learning21andbeyond | Scoop.it
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Some great reflections and ideas in response to sir  Ken Robinson's latest TEd talk. Could inspire some great ideas for the next school year.

Ivon Prefontaine's curator insight, May 24, 7:03 PM

OK. I agree with the concepts. What I wonder about is will the political mandarins and their bureaucratic minions allow civil disobedience? Innovation and real change occur on the fringes and not in the mainstream.

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Teaching Students Better Online Research Skills

Teaching Students Better Online Research Skills | learning21andbeyond | Scoop.it
Many educators are explicitly teaching such skills as how to evaluate a website's credibility, how to use precise keywords, and how to better mine search engines.
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This article emphasis the importance of digital literacy as a skill that needs to be taught and modeled for students.

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Getting Ready for Scratch 2.0 Webinar | ScratchEd

Getting Ready for Scratch 2.0 Webinar | ScratchEd | learning21andbeyond | Scoop.it
Nancy Jones's curator insight, May 23, 9:00 AM

Link from a webinar about the new changes that resulted in Scratch 2.0

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Free Teaching Resources, Tools | Intel Education

Free Teaching Resources, Tools | Intel Education | learning21andbeyond | Scoop.it

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"Free Tools and Resources to Help Students Develop 21st Century Skills

Our online tools create active learning environments where students can engage in discussions, analyze information, pursue investigations, and solve problems. You’ll also find teaching resources, including lesson plans, assessment strategies, and technology-enriched project ideas for all K–12 subjects."


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Jim Lerman's curator insight, May 21, 12:25 PM

Intel has just updated its popular Visual Ranking Tool for use on iOS and Android devices. Lots of good material here for higher order thinking.

Ajaan Rob Hatfield's curator insight, May 21, 6:58 PM

Thanks for sharing Jim.

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The Future of Tablets in Education: Potential Vs. Reality of Consuming Media | MindShift

The Future of Tablets in Education: Potential Vs. Reality of Consuming Media | MindShift | learning21andbeyond | Scoop.it
By Justin Reich The Someday/Monday dichotomy captures one of the core challenges in teacher professional development around education technology. One the one
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This is the first in the series of 4 articles about the steps to changing pedagogy and the portential that tablests have to be much more than just either a pencil or a tool of consumption.

Nancy Jones's curator insight, May 9, 8:59 AM

It is not about the machine, but the pedagogy . This article discusses the way we as teachers need to adapt to get full benefits of learning for our students embracing the potential of all tablets can allow us to do.

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A Must Have List of Resources on Digital Citizenship for Teachers ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

A Must Have List of Resources on Digital Citizenship for Teachers ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning | learning21andbeyond | Scoop.it
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This is a good place to begin as we need to educate teachers, students and parents with the ubiquity of digital devices.

Ivon Prefontaine's curator insight, May 4, 12:30 PM

I am glad to see people are spending time suggesting digital citizenship and all issues related to it are important.

Francesca Beltrami's curator insight, May 21, 4:26 PM

Educazione alla cittadinanza digitale, Netiquette, prevenzone del bullismo e del cyberbullismo, sicurezza in rete

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New: Free social writing platform for teachers and students | eSchool News

A free resource for social writing and online learning offers new tools for students and teachers who want to use safe social networking, group learning projects, and real-time formative assessments.
Nancy Jones's curator insight, May 1, 9:12 AM

This is an interesting option to use that will allow more of a "facebook" type assignment for students while being able to use a variety of tools to limit what can be done, all while keeping it pretty much " in house"

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Awesome Digital Citizenship Graphic for your Classroom ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Awesome Digital Citizenship Graphic for your Classroom ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning | learning21andbeyond | Scoop.it
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I love that this is all verb oriented. The skills we want them to develop are really actions.

Nancy Jones's curator insight, April 27, 12:50 PM

Verbs! The wary it SHOULD be!

Bonnie Bracey Sutton's comment, May 5, 7:48 PM
thanks!
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6 Great Tech Question Charts for The 21st Century Teacher and Student ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

6 Great Tech Question Charts for The 21st Century Teacher and Student ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning | learning21andbeyond | Scoop.it
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A great jumping off point for considering assessments of 21st century skills, expecially as they realte to core subjects. Pdf link is included as well as an interesting link to the creator's blog.

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How Apple Just Made Me Care Less About Technology - Edudemic

How Apple Just Made Me Care Less About Technology - Edudemic | learning21andbeyond | Scoop.it
All the updates today from Apple are exciting. But the exciting thing I just found was buried in the Apple website and got me thinking.
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It's just a tool ...says it all

Nancy Jones's curator insight, June 11, 10:54 AM

The perfect article at the perfect time with end of the year tech talks etc.

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12 Ways To Integrate (Not Just Use) Technology In Education

12 Ways To Integrate (Not Just Use) Technology In Education | learning21andbeyond | Scoop.it
If you run a classroom, school, district, or country, you need to know how to properly integrate technology in education. This should help.

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43 Great Free Tools for Teachers From edshelf

43 Great Free Tools for Teachers From edshelf | learning21andbeyond | Scoop.it

A curated list of recommended free tools, websites & mobile apps for teachers, such as Google Docs, Prezi, Wordle, ClassDojo, TED, Quizlet, YouTube, etc.


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sarah's curator insight, May 29, 3:30 AM

Très intéressant. Merci,John Evans, pour partager cet article avec nous.

sarah's comment, May 29, 3:32 AM
Ttrès intéressant. Merci, John Evans, pour parteger cet article avec nous.
Mer St.'s curator insight, June 7, 8:12 PM

A lot of info here excelent!

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Teaching Respect and Responsibility — Even to Digital Natives | MindShift

Teaching Respect and Responsibility — Even to Digital Natives | MindShift | learning21andbeyond | Scoop.it
As with any behavior involving kids, mistakes will be made with online behavior -- and that’s a vital part of the learning process.
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This article quote, "A digital native does not necessarily mean a food digital citizen," helps explain the importance of an obligation to teach students ( and their parents) the bah avoids necessary to avoid developing bad habits.

Ivon Prefontaine's curator insight, May 25, 11:19 AM

We need to provide learning along these lines for adults and children alike.

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10 Creative Ways To Use Google Tools To Maximize Learning - Edudemic

10 Creative Ways To Use Google Tools To Maximize Learning - Edudemic | learning21andbeyond | Scoop.it
While there are hundreds of tools and devices available, we have found 10 creative ways to use Google tools and services to help improve learning.
Nancy Jones's curator insight, May 24, 1:19 PM

some great ideas and information about a number of the new apps and features that are avaialbe through Google as they get even more aggressive about pursuing the education market.

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The Teacher of Tomorrow – What makes a 21st Century Educator?

The Teacher of Tomorrow – What makes a 21st Century Educator? | learning21andbeyond | Scoop.it
Technology makes the tools, but what are the general characteristics that make an effective educator a 21st century educator?

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Cathleen Nardi's curator insight, May 23, 5:58 PM

The ability to adapt and the ability to encourage one's students to do the same.

Jane Sowter-Maranion's curator insight, May 23, 7:12 PM

Being a 21st Century educator is creating a learning environment that is social, collaborative and project based. Teachers, nor anyone else for that matter, will ever be able to keep up with all new technologies. The trick is to focus on digital technologies that facilitate student collaboration.

Michael MacNeil's comment, May 28, 10:23 AM
What makes 21 st Century learning so interesting is the rapid rate of thechnological change. Who knows what new learning tools will arrive on the scene tomorrow.
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17 iPad Apps We Explored Using With High School Post-Graduates

17 iPad Apps We Explored Using With High School Post-Graduates | learning21andbeyond | Scoop.it
Last week I spent a day working with teachers at Bridgton Academy in Bridgton, Maine. Bridgton Academy is a private boarding school serving male students who have completed high school, but are spe...
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There are some grat recoomendations here for tools that allow students to organize and save their materials. In addition, these tools would be equally valuable for teachers. Great resource!

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10 startups that are shaping the future of education

10 startups that are shaping the future of education | learning21andbeyond | Scoop.it
These ten startups are making big waves in the education space.
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Things really are moving fast. Some very interesting options for online learning, creating your own textonline as well as learning about programming. The future begins now.

Ivon Prefontaine's curator insight, May 16, 8:42 PM

Will need a bit of exploring, but has good links and challenging questions. What does all this mean for education?

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Exactly What The Common Core Standards Say About Technology

Exactly What The Common Core Standards Say About Technology | learning21andbeyond | Scoop.it
What exactly do the Common Core standards say about technology?
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Interesting connections by subject area and a valuable list of verb descriptors as well.

Pam Colburn Harland's curator insight, May 9, 7:37 AM

Great list of teacher takeaways.

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A Flow Chart that Describes SAMR

A Flow Chart that Describes SAMR | learning21andbeyond | Scoop.it
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I cannot tell you how many tech opportunites i have been to where they talk about the power of Dr. Puentedura's model.

Beth Dichter's curator insight, April 29, 8:54 PM

"SAMR is a great framework for thinking about technology and how it can best be used in a teaching environment to bring about transformational learning opportunities that wouldn't have been possible without the technology."

If SAMR is new to you the letters stand for:
Substitution

Augmentation

Modification

Redefinition 

This visual from Mark Anderson does a great job providing an overview of SAMR as well as transformative level activities. To go the actual link pdf: http://ictevangelist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/SAMR-flow-chart.pdf.

Sue Alexander's curator insight, May 3, 9:33 AM

As our schools move to 1:1, BYOD, flipped or hybrid digital learning environments, this model gives clear guidance on the different levels of integration. Thanks to Beth Dichter's timely Scoop, I will begin my 1:1 journey with a clear pathway to success.

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Benefits of Teaching Kids To Code That No One Is Talking About

Benefits of Teaching Kids To Code That No One Is Talking About | learning21andbeyond | Scoop.it
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Now that digital devices are becoming more ubiquitous, this is the new frontier we should consider for our students.

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5 Features Technology Must Have Before Classroom Use - Edudemic

5 Features Technology Must Have Before Classroom Use - Edudemic | learning21andbeyond | Scoop.it
There are a few important criteria that education technology must satisfy before being used in education. Otherwise, we have a problem.
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It is about the Why versus the with what.

Ivon Prefontaine's curator insight, April 23, 7:10 PM

"Almost like a demigod, the education industry seeks the golden bullet that will solve the problem of providing an engaging personalized learning experience for every child and we assume it will have a USB port." With failed leadership do not expect this to change. I do like the first point: Make the teacher's life easier.