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Welcome to Eduspire Insights, our new, semi-regular online publication to keep you informed! Insights features news and announcements, events, interesting new course offerings, updates from our software division (Eduspire Solutions), links to our blog posts, instructor highlights, and more!
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This Week's News
Keep reading to learn what's new with Eduspire
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We know being a teacher can be exhausting. And we know it's worth it. So thank you, teachers, for all you do, and for joining us on a journey to improve the education landscape by exploring new ways to tech up your teaching. As the "Hooray, school's out" exhaustion gives way to motivation for developing your fall content, plan your summer PD with Eduspire; we've got a lot to offer. Welcome to summer!
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Eduspire Blog: Alice in Cyberland Part II
Managing Digital Resources
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Theresa Bartholomew, a 12-year teacher, tech enthusiast, and level 2 Google Certified Educator, has guest-written this excellent two-part blog post for Eduspire.
Part I
provides a glimpse into the lives of today's librarians. In
Part II
, Theresa shares how she helps her students and staff manage digital resources.
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Check Out ShakeUp Learning's Educational Hashtag Database
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With 121 different threads ranging from location and district-specific to various EdTech topics, there are some really neat EdChats that you can join. If a particular subject interests you, consider joining the chat by using the applicable hashtag (note that some are only at certain dates and times). Some of these may be a natural fit with your summer PD topics or things you'd like to implement in your classroom in the fall!
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Check out these great NEW online courses, available this summer! Registration is now OPEN!
Browse our list of courses, both online and locally offered, beginning June 5th.
And check back regularly, as additional courses are always being added!
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Digital Information Fluency July 10
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Understanding how to manage digital information is a requisite skill for educators of all kinds. Recognizing information needs, locating and evaluating appropriate resources and using digital resources ethically and effectively ensures that teachers can, in turn, nurture these critical skills in their learners.
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Other new courses starting this summer:
Click below to see a complete summer course listing
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Eduspire is again sponsoring the KTI STARs summit!
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The 2017 Keystone Technology Innovator Summit takes place July 24-28, 2017 on the Shippensburg University campus.
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Eduspire Instructor,
Dianne Krause
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Instructor Spotlight: Dianne Krause
Get to know us better: Eduspire's top-notch instructors combine experience, skill, insight, and a passion for education. This week's interview features Dianne Krause
—
click here
to read her instructor spotlight profile and learn her favorite ed-tech app and ice cream flavor!
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We're Looking for Guest Bloggers!
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We want our blog to be a place you visit for interesting, relevant, current, and informative content. In order to help us better cater to our readers and audience of education professionals, we invite you to submit ideas for blog topics that you'd like to see the Eduspire team write about.
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Feel free to submit more than one idea with your response. Topics can range from the latest ed-tech news and developments, to new apps you've begun to use in your classroom, to common experiences faced by educators that you'd like to see your peers weigh in on. We may write about your suggested topic and highlight it in an upcoming newsletter, so keep an eye on your inbox — and our blog!
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Whether you'd like to bring a course to your district, learn about becoming an instructor, make a suggestion, or just let us know how we're doing, we'd love to hear from you!
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Keep your friends informed!
Share this link with any colleagues not already subscribed to our newsletter or course emails,
for the love of ed-tech.
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