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One of the most common questions we get is, “But where do we find the time to use all this new technology?” To answer that question, we developed this infographic – A Day in the Life of a Connected Educator to show that using social media in your classroom and in your life can be integrated, easy, and fun.

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Standardized tests are not what's best for learning. Not only are they not best for learning, but they have become an insurmountable obstacle for innovative educators like me to do my work in schools because helping kids become good and filling in bubbles on a piece of paper is anything but innovative!

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SchoolTube, a network aimed at providing valuable content to the K-12 classroom, announced today the launch of SchoolTube Channels, which will allow its K-12 community of educators to claim a unique and personalized channel where they can showcase their videos.

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I know it’s nothing new any more. If you’re reading this blog you are probably part of a community of connected educators. We read blogs. We write blogs. We share resources and ideas via Twitter. We meet at online conferences. We collaborate via Googledocs and wikis and Skype.

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I just learned today from 12 Most writer Becky Gaylord McDonald that Visual.ly has been coming up with some really cool tools to let you graphically represent selected data using Facebook or Twitter hashtags.  This can be a wonderful tool for learning.  For instance, you can create a hashtag for a class research project and make an infographic when you are done. You can explore a topic you're interested in by creating an infographic of the hashtag for that topic.

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The internet abound with videos for educators, some contextual and benefit educators in particular situations  at a particular time (e.g. tools tutorials) while others are timeless by focusing on what really matters in education.

Below are 10 videos that every educator should watch and reflect on his teaching context.

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Why I Use Google's Products as an Educator

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So as expected, Apple announced their new textbooks for the iPad. Looking over the specs and what is possible to create with the iPad, it doesn't look like they've offered a complete set of features for their book, but buried in their authoring features is the ability to embed HTML widgets into pages. There are some things I'd like to see improved about their digital textbook, but most schools will find the fact that they can subscribe to multiple textbook publishing companies through the same system pretty attractice.

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Knocked Out of My Orbit: Becoming a 21st Century Educator

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The Innovative Educator’s Guide to Getting Started with Unschooling

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Should the goal of schools be to prepare students for jobs when they complete school? The answer to this question seems to be obviously yes to many people, but this naive answer is problematic for a few reasons.

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Kids love having the opportunity to learn online but it’s not merely the medium or the technology that students enjoy. At the recent iNacol Virtual Schools Symposium I listened to high school students who have experience learning this way as well as teachers who have experience with these students, share some advice for making this type of learning even better.

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The Q&A Community for Educators

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The Connected Educator: Learning and Leading in a Digital Age

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The 21st Century Educator
“Pedagogy for the contemporary educator”

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In this latest STAR (School Technology Action Report), “Education’s Guide to Mobile Devices: Everything You Need to Know About Mobile Tech and Your Schools,” the editors of eSchool Media, Inc.—with support from Kaseya–highlight what every school needs to know about the benefits of mobile devices, why they’ve become a game-changer, and best practices concerning implementation and Acceptable Use Policies

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A good reference point for those who are looking for assists for students.

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Learning disabilities manifest themselves in countless ways, varying in severity from the very mild to the debilitating and those that impact different elements of education.

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Does your digital footprint convey the message you want? If you don't know you should spend time figuring this out. In the 21st century our digital footprint conveys an important image and people should know what that is.  Below are ideas that will enable you to explore and consider if your digital footprint conveys the message you want to share with the world.  It will also give you ideas for activities you can do with your students so they can do the same.

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This is an explanation of what a personal Learning Network is.

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