Future of Education Technology Conference Takeaways - 2016

FETC 2016
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Three important themes discussed at FETC were:
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Developing reading, writing, and critical thinking skills are all
underlying factors related to these themes...
Effective
technology
integration in
education
Building a
welcoming
community for
all learners
Creative
instructional
practices for
developing 21st
century skills

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★ Apply close reading and critical
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Kids have to see the value in
school and must want to be there.
There is no other option.
Tim Yocum
@Tim_Yocum
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Instead of doing something brand
new, do something better.
- Dwight Carter
Tyler Hart
@trockr11
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PD idea - Recess for teachers! A
day where teachers can come in
during their breaks and play on
the new apps and websites.
Jennifer Brown
@TechIsForGirls
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We are at a time when we can
MAKE education what it needs to
be again.
- Adam Bellow
Lori Lisai
@lorilisai
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The most amazing thing at #FETC
is YOU.
- Adam Bellow
Dr. James Beeghley
@beeghleytech
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Learning is about people and
communities that believe in the
value of education and the
pursuit of making the world a
better place.
Tim Yocum
@Tim_Yocum
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It is ok to fail, when a community
of people believes in kids, great
things happen!
- Leland Melvin
Jennifer Womble
@JenWomble
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There's is so much pressure on
kids to succeed, we need to let
them to know failure isn't the
end.
- Leland Melvin
Georgia Omer
@georgiaomer
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Anything we do can be a
teaching moment.
- Leland Melvin
Christina Liu
@christinalaoshi
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The only reason this was possible
was because I had a community
who believed in me.
Nancy White
@nancyw
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Having a community that believes
in you can help you live your
dreams.
- Leland Melvin
Christine Baker
@CMBPensacola
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Everyone who changes the world
was once a little kid in a
classroom making mistakes.
Samantha Murray
@samanthahmurray
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Without the right teachers, you
can have students with really cool
tools who aren't learning anything.
Ruth Okoye
@moreruckus2
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‘Tasks before apps.’ Think of what
tools meet needs of learners.
- Monica Burns
Bryn Hafemeister
@eCeleratedLearn
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We recorded our demonstration of Scholar at
FETC on Periscope. Check it out below!
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We want places for parents and
students to be hanging out,
geeking out, and messing around.
Make our maker spaces open to
families.
Jeanine Gottko
@JeanineGottko
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With any technology integration,
don't just do it to do it. Focus on
your learning target.
#AugmentedReality
Bryn Hafemeister
@eCeleratedLearn
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When you get out in the world,
you learn that there are lots of
kinds of smart. Must change our
def. of success in schools.
- Sylvia LibowMartinez
Rachel Thompson
@RachelT_ASD
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When you have honest convos with
Students & act on their suggestions
amazing things can happen in your
school!
- Eric Sheninger
Jennifer Casa-Todd
@JCasaTodd
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"Technology connects students
with the outside world."
- Sean McComb
FETC
@fetc
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There are no apps to fix the real
EduProblems.
Adam Bellow
@AdamBellow
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