Chris, Jamie and Michael discuss the articles of the week and share their edtech tips.
Articles of the Week
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Derek Sivers: How to start a movement – YouTube youtube.comhttp://www.ted.com With help from some surprising footage, Derek Sivers explains how movements really get started. (Hint: it takes two.)
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Blended Learning Model Definitions | Christensen Institute christenseninstitute.orgI pay attention to Clayton Christensen Institute. This piece neatly defines and clarifies the spectrum of full brick-and-mortar to full online education.
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The Problem with SAMR | the spicy learning blog ~ education, technology, parenting, teaching, learning royanlee.comSAMR has been an incredibly useful framework for conversations around, and implementation of, educational technology in schools and districts. I mean, goodness, just look at a Google image search on the term. But there’s something about it, or rather, the way it is often promoted, that has always given me that feeling like a piece of food is stuck in the back of my teeth.
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In 1995 Apple made some promises to educators about the future of technology. Here’s what they got right.
Tech Tips
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Free Technology for Teachers: 5 Tools That Help Students Organize Research and Create Bibliographies freetech4teachers.comDavid Byrne is an impressive curator of content, and this article supports students doing crunchy research as they master argumentation and critical thinking.
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CGP Grey – YouTube youtube.comGreat youtube channel that has videos that explain a surprising things that you are wondering about like what is the difference between Great Britain, England and the United Kingdom.
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Top 60 WordPress Plugins of 2014 buzzblogger.comWP geeks will love this actually useful list of great WP plugins that you can use.
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