Impactful Classroom Solutions – for the here and now!

October 6, 2011

As school administrators consider where and how to implement cloud strategies some of their teachers are already ahead of the curve. More and more, educators are moving to the cloud by leveraging cloud-based tools, and in doing so are adding 21st century skills to student learning! Former senior education consultant from the University of Montana, [...]

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10 Real Ways to Model Technology

October 5, 2011

Teaching veteran Heather Wolper-Gawron touches upon the latest news in education, curriculum design, educational policy and moreon her blog TweenTeacher. More recently, she wrote about “modeling” technology within the classroom versus “using” technology in the classroom. ClassLink thought this model of how to teach technology to students for interactive academic development was useful and worthy of sharing, but first, [...]

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ClassLink Webinar Leadership Series – Upcoming Event!

September 29, 2011

Join us on October 6th at 1p.m. for a free webinar as ClassLink gathers subject matter experts in the Instructional Technology field to analyze the topic of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). Our focus will be on, How will we make them into essential tools?   Many schools today are encouraging tech devices as learning tools in the [...]

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The Value of Tech-centric Classrooms

September 22, 2011

Let’s resume our discussion from Tuesday, shall we? In Small steps, Big moves  we relayed the concerns put forth by this TNYT article In Classroom of Future, Stagnant Scores, which posed questions of technology’s true value as it continues to advance within schools. This piece referenced the high cost of technology, stating that there is [...]

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Small steps, Big moves

September 20, 2011

As of late, it seems many teachers are vouching for a technology-centric classroom – allowing their students to work in group laptop sessions, blogging about an article they’ve read, or inserting new and interesting ways to bolster academic development, such as rap renditions (as mentioned a recent ClassLink blog, Alternative Teaching Methods). It’s no surprise that 7th [...]

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