by Mike Agostinelli | Dec 16, 2014 | Common Core State Standards, Curriculum, Media, On Our Radar...
Jason and I are in Bellevue, Washington this week learning with Microsoft Innovative Educators. Becky Keene @beckykeene showed us TTribune, a great daily magazine by the Smithsonian showing current events rewritten for k-12 students. What is TTribune: TeenTribune,...
by Mike Agostinelli | Dec 2, 2014 | Announcements, Be Awesome!, Get your geek on!, Make!, On Our Radar...
The Hour of Code is a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify code and show that anybody can learn the basics. The Hour of Code is a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries. This year’s Hour of Code even...
by Mike Agostinelli | Oct 29, 2014 | Announcements, Ethics, On Our Radar..., Professional Development
Thursday, October 30 • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EST Connected Educators Webinar – ABCs of Advocacy: Making Our Voices Carry Election day is days away and advocating on behalf of education technology has never been more important. Gain a better understanding of the...
by Mike Agostinelli | Oct 28, 2014 | Be Awesome!, First Look, ISTE 2014 in Atlanta, On Our Radar...
Looking for a platform that works within Google Apps for Education and supports computers, iPads, Chromebooks, and Android tablets? You need to check out SMART Technologies latest platform: SMART amp. SMART graciously gave us a preview of this exciting new platform...
by Mike Agostinelli | Oct 21, 2014 | Conferences, On Our Radar..., Personal Learning Networks, Professional Learning Networks
As part of the K-12 Online Conference, Jeffery Bradbury (@teachercast) has shared a very powerful example of the power of having your own PLN: What happens when an educator starts educating outside of the classroom? Why do so many teachers spend their free time...
by Mike Agostinelli | Sep 9, 2014 | App Reviews, First Look, Make!, On Our Radar..., Reviews
Shutterfly is launching an amazing classroom resource called Shutterfly Photo Story. Most of us are familiar with the high quality and fast turn around Shutterfly offers for pictures, picture books, and calendars. Now, Shutterfly is taking their expertise to empower...
