EdTech 10: Thank You For Coming Back

As schools across the country open their doors to students for a new school year, we want to send out a big thank you to all of the teachers who came back for another year.
For every study session you host, every club you lead, every sport you coach, every school supply you buy with your own money, every game you show up and cheer at – thank you for choosing to come back and teach children. Here are 10 edtech stories about tools and resources we hope will help you out a bit this year so you want to continue coming back and dedicating your time, energy and passion to the growth of our students.

Blended Schools & Tools

1. TLA Practices

Why’d we launch #TLApractices? We will move faster & farther together by sharing ideas as openly as possible. https://t.co/UNHDRYulGL

— Beth Rabbitt (@BethRabbitt) August 22, 2016

2. A Big Tiny Fellowship

4.0 Schools is supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs and leaders. Tiny Fellowship apps due by 9/12 https://t.co/NjYkGpTlGQ
— ED Innovation (@ED_OII) August 22, 2016

3. Google Classroom Updates

New school year, new #GoogleEdu tools made for students, teachers & guardians. https://t.co/jK9wrCydqr #BacktoSchool pic.twitter.com/Hvr4hhmj18

— Google For Education (@GoogleForEdu) August 17, 2016

Smart Parents

4. U.S. DOE Back-to-School Advice

#BackToSchool Advice for #Parents from @usedgov https://t.co/S00xDxmtHQ #smartparents #parenting
— Carri Schneider (@CarriSchneider) August 23, 2016

We also have some back-to-school advice: check out this infographic to determine if a school is student-centered and be sure to sign up to get your free copy of Smart Parents in celebration of the book’s one year anniversary!

Digital Developments

5. New Haiku

Haiku Deck Classroom Brings Haiku Deck Presentations to Students and Teachers https://t.co/aIb26ztxKo Video: https://t.co/N6hrMqj5Qd

— Leslie Fisher (@lesliefisher) August 19, 2016

Dollars & Deals

6. $1.7 M to Rhode Island School

.@HighlanderInst gets $1.7M #BlendedLearning grant https://t.co/AHsUqPEefI @shawnrubin #RI
— Tom Vander Ark (@tvanderark) August 23, 2016

Stem Gems

7. Special Needs Student STEM

Special needs students are learning about microgravity and more thanks to NASA’s EarthKAM https://t.co/xi2hNbrJYE #edtech #STEM

— DigitalJLearning (@DigitalJLearn) August 23, 2016

Higher, Deeper, Further, Faster Learning

8. College Readiness

A solution as obvious as it is rare: Making high school graduates ready for college – https://t.co/jdPvpim1RZ
— The Hechinger Report (@hechingerreport) August 18, 2016

We’ve also been discussing the issue of readiness, from rethinking high school graduation requirements to sharing how superintendents are redefining ready to urging the need to develop minds ready for the innovation economy.

9. MIT Offers MITx Online

.@MIT, @edXonline Extend Reach to 1.7 Million Online Students https://t.co/LKumpoPb1x via @EdNewsorg #edtech #highered
— Carri Schneider (@CarriSchneider) August 23, 2016

Teachers & Tech-ers

10. Edmodo Discussions

5 New Ways To Get The Most From @edmodo Discussions https://t.co/RaVfZbFnQ5 #edtech
— Tom Vander Ark (@tvanderark) August 22, 2016