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The Daily Roundup - October 24th, 2013

10/24/2013

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Welcome back!  And, as always, happy Friday-eve!  In case you missed our podcast last night, you can check it out here. Our guest was Marcie Dunham and she raised some wonderful points on EdTech in ESOL education.  Today, we start at Teach Thought with a new post on "Making Twitter a Mainstream Tool for School Improvement."  If you're a big fan of Twitter in education (like me), give it a read!


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Free Tech for Teachers has four new posts to check out:
  • A Search Engine for SMART Notebook Files
  • A Fun Twist on Name Tags - Ice Breaker Tags
  • Spach Math - Math Lessons from NASA
  • Automatically Close Google Forms at Specified Times


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Next up, the always excellent Lisa Nielsen at The Innovative Educator shares some "Ideas for Supporting #TeacherEffectiveness with #EdTech - Domain 3."  The article is part three of her four part series on incorporating teacher evaluations based on the Danielson Framework.  I've included her Prezi below:


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Josh Ward at Emerging EdTech has a new post entitled, "A Further Look at the Emergence of Virtual High School." In the article, Ward discusses the growing variety of virtual high school options, how they work, and the audience they are best suited for.  Ward also discusses several specific virtual schools across the states.


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Educational Technology has five new posts up:
  • How to Embed Facebook Posts into a Class Blog
  • 90 Google+ Accounts for Teachers to Follow
  • More Tips on How to Use Google Forms
  • 8 iPad Twitter Apps you Never Heard of
  • 8 Art Resources for Teahcers and Students


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And, since no Roundup would be complete without at least mentioning the Common Core Standards at least once, we've got a new post from EdTech Magazine,"Common Core Readiness Check: What Schools Have Done or Are Doing."  One of the big focuses of schools preparing for the Common Core?  Having enough computers to test their students.  For more, check out the article!


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The EdReach Network has five new podcasts to hit up:
  • aRTs Roundtable: Out of Our Comfort Zone
  • MacReach Show: It's All Covered Now
  • Flipped Learning: AR with Drew Minock
  • EdCeptional: 50, Finally!
  • EdAdmin: Writing Across Content Areas


The Lightning Round...

  • Edutopia shares 6 Things We Know for Sure with iPads in School
  • Edudemic has a new graphic on Effective Apps and Web Tools for BYOD Classrooms
  • Getting Smart reviews LightSide Essay Scoring Engine
  • Edudemic covers 4 Apps and Web Tools Perfect for Digital Art Class

And there you have it, another day in EdTech!  Thanks for reading!  We'll end with a great presentation fromShelly Terrell (via Edudemic) entitled Survival Tips for Integrating Technology in Classes.  Have a great weekend and we'll be back on Monday!

-Mike


Survival Tips for Integrating Technology in Classes from Shelly Terrell
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