Are You an Epic Leader?
ISTE 2013 will feature a unique event and strand aimed at superintendents, principals, CTOs, technology coordinators and other leaders to address emerging leadership topics. Epic Leadership: Beyond the...
View ArticleLeaders Get Their Game On at Epic Leadership Event
Education leaders experience the power of games as they collaborate to build a tower with marshmallows at the Epic Leadership event. When most people hear the word gamer, they don’t think of school...
View ArticleHow to Create Super-Empowered, Hopeful Individuals
ISTE keynote speaker Jane McGonigal demonstrates thumb wrestling. What does it take to get 6,500 people who are packed together in a darkened room feeling positive emotions, such as excitement, love,...
View ArticleGamification = Good Teaching Practice
It was another amazing day at #ISTE13 yesterday with the opening ignite speeches and first keynote of the conference. There was a buzz in the air as everyone waited in the lines for the two sessions,...
View ArticleImplementing Gaming and Design Thinking into the Classroom
Steven Johnson talks about where good ideas come from at the Tuesday Keynote. With so many valuable ideas at my fingertips during ISTE 2013, it was hard to decide which to tackle first. However, I was...
View ArticleTeach Kids to Find the Math in Video Games
Imagine: Students take turns bowling a frame on the Nintendo Wii. The teacher then asks how the score can be represented as a fraction. As a class, they discuss what each digit in the fraction...
View Article5 topics to explore at ISTE 2014
So much to learn, so little time. How does a person even begin to whittle down a selection of more than 900 sessions and activities into a mere four-day schedule? Every educator approaches the ISTE...
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