What in the EdTech?!?One-slide explanations of your session options. Vote for your top three in the survey link.

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Once a month, your favorite Digital Consultant will commandeer a Monday Meeting to discuss a current trend or overarching principle in education technology.

You get to pick the topics. Here are a few to get you started. Remember to use the survey link to vote for the ones that most interest you.

1. Bloom’s Taxonomy

Original framework created in 1956 by Benjamin Bloom to categorize educational goals. Revised to current version in 2001.

2. Common Core State Standards

Standards used by many states to help align learning across the country. Will discuss why the CCSS have become so polarized.

3. Competency Based Education

The idea that students progress through their course by proving mastery of a concept, which can happen at any time.

4. Charter Schools

A school that receives public funding, but is governed and run by a private organization. They are usually focused on meeting the needs of a particular group or demographic.

5. Coding & Hour of Code

With programs such as Scratch, many schools are adding basic coding to their curriculum. The annual Hour of Code event has increased awareness.

6. EdCamps

These free “unconferences” provide low-barrier professional development for educators, by educators. There are hundreds across the country each year.

7. Genius Hour/20% Time

Encourages students to learn about something they are interested in, and share with others what they’ve discovered.

8. Learning Theory/ Personalization & John Dewey

Learning should be rooted in the child’s interests and provide a better understanding of the world around them.

9. Learning Theory/ Constructivism & Jean Piaget

Children construct their knowledge based on their experiences, and they learn best when creating their own understanding.

10. Learning Theory/ Constructionism & Seymour Papert

Learning is most effective when built on what the child already knows, through an activity where the child is creating a meaningful product.

11. Minecraft

Minecraft is a sandbox-style game where users “mine” for materials and create items using blocks. Used in math, science and geography.

12. MOOCs

Massive Open Online Courses provide free access to university-level courses. Typically thousands enroll, a fraction actually complete.

13. Mystery Skype

Using a video conferencing platform, students connect with another classroom to discuss topics or just to discover where they are.

14. Project Based Learning

Also called Problem Based Learning, students learn by focusing on a solution or a larger goal. Often these are cross-curriculuar.

15. Robotics/Maker/STEM

Students apply their knowledge through engineering and computer science.

http://youtu.be/_Vzn6RGofVM

16. Twitter for PD

Educators are using Twitter to connect to teachers and ideas from around the world using Twitter chats and hashtags.

17. Augmented Reality in Education

Using apps and technology to supplement the learning environment with layers of digital information.

5. Game-Based Learning

With gaming, failure is expected. You are rewarded for learning parts and then have to apply it all in one final battle. This is not online worksheets.

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7. Khan Academy

Created in 2006, Khan Academy provides micro-lectures on a number of topics, perfect for supplementing most K12 curricula.

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14. Presentation tools

It more than just a pretty PowerPoint. Visually express ideas through Prezis, Haiku Deck and infographics.

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1. 3D Printing

3D printing allows students to create a design and have it printed immediately. Dovetails with experiential learning and Maker movement.

http://youtu.be/e0rYO5YI7kA

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