The educational technology landscape in 2013 has grown in depth and breadth. Present in this webinar are 6 influential thought leaders sharing their favorite products as well as tips and best practices.

Product demonstrations led by the following educators and disciplines:

Jen Donnalley, Math Teacher at Greenwich Country Day School | DyKnow
Lauren Bierman, English Teacher at Greenwich Country Day School | Blogging
Andy Fernandez, French Teacher at Greenwich Country Day School | Class Dojo
Rob Waller, History Teacher at Friends Academy | Edmodo
Jason Lewis, Science Teacher at Chase Collegiate | SMART Boards, Document Cameras + Tablet PCs

 April showers bring … an extraordinarily high readership from our online EdTech community!

Within the first 10 days of the month we had more clicks on the articles we shared than in any other complete month. Wow! Check out these superstar resources and be sure to share with a friend or two.

• Gamestar Mechanic: Gamification Made Easy by Andrew R. Proto
• Math, PBL & 21st Century Learning for All Students by Jason Ravitz
• 10 Ways to Teach Innovation by Thom Markham
• How to Inspire Students to Design, Invent & Make an Impact by MindShift
• Tools for Teaching: Ditching the Deficit Model by Rebecca Alber
• School Leaders: Guiding Teachers into the Digital Age by Anne O’Brien
• How To Make Your Classroom a Thinking Space by Suzie Boss
• Authentic Assessment in Action by Mark Wilbert 
• Verbling: Virtual Language Classes 
• 1:1 Study by Brian Abeling
• Autonomy Brings Change by Eric Sheninger

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 3:15pm EDT (US)
Moderated by Jen Donnalley
Math Teacher, Greenwich Country Day School

Register now! The educational technology landscape in 2013 has grown in depth and breadth. We are bringing 6 influential thought leaders together to share their favorite products as well as tips and best practices with you!

Join us for a lively discussion as we breeze through 5 different EdTech tools in less then 60 minutes! You won’t want to miss this webinar!

Product demonstrations led by the following educators and disciplines:

• Jen Donnalley- Math
• Lauren Bierman- English
• Andy Fernandez- French
• Rob Waller- History
• To Be Announced!- Science
• Tom Hart- Director of Technology, Greenwich Country Day

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We’ve consolidated our resources into 1 location with endless possibilities. The Support Center is helpful, intuitive, and will continue to improve with active, participatory use.

Check out this brief presentation to learn more about what you can do and how to do it.
We think you’re really going to like it!

WHY WE BUILT IT

We can deliver our outstanding, dependable support with even more value to you. We’ve doubled the number of resources available for you to quickly resolve issues and learn new tricks. When you ask us a question, Support Center directs your ticket to the best member of our team. Which means you can get answers faster than ever.

HOW IT HELPS YOU

The suggested search feature in our Knowledge Base will intelligently propose a solution to your questions. If you need to submit a ticket, you can check back anytime to see what progress we’ve made or to update it yourself. You can even close a ticket to indicate the issue has been resolved!

FIND YOUR ANSWERS

Getting in touch with our knowledgeable Support Team and outstanding resources is easier than ever!

• Search our Knowledge Base
• Create a Ticket
• Email support [at] dyknow [dot] com
• Tweet @DyKnow
• Click the Support tab on the website (look to your left!)
• Call +1 888 839-5669

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We are excited to release information on our updates to DyKnow Vision and Monitor (5.x).
Here are details of the 5.6 release:

Available May 22, 2013 for imaging!

New Features:

SECURITY- We designed an improved security model around DyKnow Monitor. Because of this, moving to HTTPS is highly recommended! Please contact your Customer Success Manager or create a ticket with DyKnow Support if you have additional questions.

ADMINISTRATION CONSOLE- By customer request, we improved the search ability to find users and classes by external person / course key.

VIRTUAL DESKTOP BLOCKING- The emergence of a few new virtual desktop applications presented the opportunity for us to update our monitor technologies and block access to them

Windows 7 & 8:

DyKnow 5.6 will support Windows 7 and 8. DyKnow 5.6 and Windows 8 ties together the desktop and modern experiences through push notifications. 
In DyKnow Monitor 5.6, instructors:

• Can lock students out of access to modern (tiled) environment
• Can launch desktop applications with modern environment access and application blocking still applied
• Can apply attention messages in both desktop and modern environments (black screen overlay)
• Can view student screens in both desktop and modern environments
• Can block app snapping
• Cannot launch modern applications for students

*Note: We currently have no compatibility plans for Windows RT or Windows To Go

Windows XP & Vista:
DyKnow 5.6 will no longer support Windows Vista. Microsoft no longer supports the ability to install .NET 4.5. As a result, DyKnow can no longer offer support for devices running Windows XP. Due to our security updates, the following support statements apply:

• 5.5 instructors cannot start Monitor on a 5.6 server
• 5.6 instructors shouldn’t start Monitor on a 5.5 server, but may be able to
• 5.5 students can be monitored on a 5.6 server
• 5.6 students can be monitored from a 5.5 server

Server:
DyKnow 5.6 adds support for Windows Server 2012 and SQL Server 2012.

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• 8 Things to Look for in Today’s Classroom by George Couros
• Highlighting is a Waste of Time: Best and Worst Learning Techniques by Annie Murphy Paul
• How Teachers Can Sell Love of Learning to Students by Jennie Rose
• Why Aren’t Teachers More Innovative? by John Spencer
• Digital Leaders: Why Do You Need Them In Your School? by Daniel Edwards
• 7 Essential Principles of Innovative Learning by Katrina Schwartz
• How Are You Connecting Your Students With The World? by Suzie Boss
• Aspiring Teachers Ill Prepared To Use EdTech Effectively by Dennis Pierce
• 5 Essential Tips to Help Integrate EdTech Into Your School by Daniel Edwards
• 10 Tough Questions for Digital Learning Day by Justin Reich
• The Use and Abuse of Technology in the Classroom by Kathy Cassidy
• What Does ‘Design Thinking’ Look Like in Schools? by Katrina Schwartz
• Free Tools to Incorporate Game-Based Learning by Andrew Miller
• Using Google Hangouts for Teacher Development by Ben Johnson

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Extra credit points will be assigned to those innovative educators who share, re-share, email, tweet, re-tweet, post and otherwise provide feedback to this post!

Notable and Quotable:

“The absolute wrong way to deal with educational technology is to look at a tool and try to build a lesson around it” -Nicholas Provenzano, @thenerdyteacher

“Having books in my classroom does not ensure my students will learn to read. In the same way, having technology in my classroom does not mean that my students will discover how to use it as a learning tool” -Kathy Cassidy

• Evaluating Technology Use in the Classroom by Jeff Utecht (over 1800 EdTech tweeters read this with us!)
• Case Studies: How Teachers Use Tech to Support Learning by Tina Barseghian
• Challenging the Model of 1:1 With BYOD by Amanda Paquette
• How Tablets are Invading the Classroom by Simon Hill
• Using Technology in the Classroom The Right Way by Nicholas Provenzano
• iPad Mini – A Teacher’s Perspective by Daniel Edwards
• Making BYOD Work in Schools by Kelly Walsh
• How To Get Parent Support for Tech Use in Class by Jennifer Carey
• What is an EdTech Leader? by Nicholas Provenzano
• 7 Steps to Flipped Professional Development by Laura Conley
• 10 Things I’ve Learned About Leadership by Justin Tarte
• The Use & Abuse of Technology in the Classroom by Kathy Cassidy
• 4 Free Assessment Apps for 1:1 Classrooms by Monica Burns
• Here Comes 2013: The Big Themes in Learning by Annie Muphy Paul
• How Teachers Can Sell Love of Learning to Students by Jennie Rose

“Your efforts to engage students and develop important 21st century skills can become the scapegoat explanation for problems that have nothing to do with tech. So, how do we as educators get these parents into our corner?” -Jennifer Carey

If you enjoyed this post we also recommend:

• Twitter Buzz Blog Series
• The Best of 2011: EdTech Resources
• 5 Key Factors for One-to-One Success [Free eBook]

What do you think of this year’s list? What articles would you have included? What trends did I miss? Comment below and be sure to share with a friend or two.

“Technology should be like oxygen: ubiquitous, necessary and invisible”-Terence Carty

Teaching + Professional Development:

• One Size Fits All Doesn’t Work for Students or Teachers by Katrina Stevens
• 8 Tips for Teachers to Enhance the Use of Technology in the Classroom by Brianna Davis
• Theft is the Best Form of Professional Development by Abbey Sullivan
• Open Letter to the Teacher Who Said ‘I Hate Technology’ by Patrick Higgins
• An Open Letter to Techy Teachers by Nicholas Provenzano
• Are Kids Really Motivated by Technology? by Bill Ferriter
• To Make Blended Learning Work, Teachers Try Different Tactics by Katrina Schwartz (via Mind/Shift)

“Human beings don’t naturally all learn the same material at the same pace and in the same way.  One-to-one technology allows teachers to differentiate their content delivery and student assignments to meet the needs of all students.” -Mark Pullen

Learning + 21st Century Skills:

• Cutting Edge Classroom: Teacher & Technology by Sarah Kehoe
• Students Want Personalized Learning, Mobile Technology by Laura Devaney
• Technology Can Make Students More Intellectual by Christina Yu
• Beyond Technology, How to Spark Kids’ Passions by Tina Barseghian
• Teaching Innovation is About More Than iPads in the Classroom by Aran Levasseur
• 5 Ways to Bring Innovation Into the Classroom by Tina Barseghian 
• Why ‘Googling It’ Isn’t Enough by Annie Murphy Paul 

“I get very excited about what is happening in our classrooms when I visit and I see students highly engaged in non-traditional instruction.” -Dr. Daniel L. Frazier

One-to-One + BYOD Deployments:

• Challenging the Model of 1:1 with BYOD by Amanda Paquette 
• One-to-One or BYOD? Districts Explain Thinking Behind Student Computing Initiatives by Wylie Wong 
• What Are Your Learning Goals? by Abbey Sullivan 
• Where to Go With 1-1 Laptop Learning by Dr. Daniel L. Frazier
• Common Misconceptions of Educators Who Fear EdTech by Eric Sheninger 
• Why Every Student Should Be in a 1:1 Classroom by Kelly Walsh
• Are Schools Prepared to Let Students BYOD? by Peter DeWitt 

“It is no longer optimal to have everyone do the same thing, at the same time, in the same way.” -Amanda Paquette

EdTech Device + Deployment Management:

• Security Considerations: Mobile & BYOD Networks by Abbey Sullivan 
• 5 Strategies to Deliver EdTech Access to Every Student by Tom Vander Ark 
• The 7 Golden Rules of Using Technology in Schools by Tina Barseghian 
• Evaluating Technology Use in the Classroom by Jeff Utecht
• 10 Real World Tips for Using iPads in Education by Jeff Dunn
• 26 Internet Safety Talking Points by Scott McLeod 
• The Future of Education Technology by Abbey Sulilvan
• The Teacher’s Guide to Digital Citizenship by Jeff Dunn 
• Why Tablets Are Important for Educating Our Children by GeekDad Rewind
• Integrate THAT Technology Into Your Classroom by Daniel Edwards

“Anytime, anywhere access is accepted, demanded and anticipated. So what are you going to do about it?” -Ernest Staats

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If you liked this post, you might also enjoy:

• The Best of 2011: EdTech Resources
• Twitter Buzz Blog Series
• 5 Key Factors for One-to-One Success [Free eBook]