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Commitment to Community
The Today Foundation continues it’s long-standing commitment to the community and was recognized in September of 2019 at the SMU Football game. Warrie Birdwell and John Henderson of Origin Bank present the Origin Bank Community Hero award to Dick Collins of the Today Foundation and Charles Haley of Tackle Tomorrow.
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EdTech 2019 CEO of the Year
EdTech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies and solutions in the global education technology market selected Istation co-founder and CEO Richard Collins as the winner of the EdTech CEO of the Year award for 2019.
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Being A Good Parent
Being a Good Parent By Richard H. Collins Be there. Go to the ballet recitals, soccer games, birthday parties, football games. Find out what aptitudes your child has and focus their education in those subjects. Make sure the school is right for your child. Make sure the teacher is right for your child. If they…
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Lessons in Life
People ask me what lessons I have learned in my life. The most important one is to tell the truth. People make up convoluted stories unnecessarily to boost their image or hide their behavior. I thought I had seen every type of crazy scheme out there, then another new and wilder one happens. True…
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EdTechWorks: Steven Anderson
With more than one hundred thousand followers on Twitter, Steven Anderson knows what he’s talking about when it comes to social media. He joined us for an EdTech Works Podcast to offer school administrators and classroom teachers some tips on getting and staying connected.
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EdTech Works Podcast: A Small Campus That’s Big On Tech!
When I was at the TCEA conference in early February, I met so many educators who are passionate about technology in the classroom. Nicole Hicks of Celeste ISD in Texas is one of them. She was even a finalist for TCEA Teacher of the Year in 2014. She deserves praise because, even in a rural…
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EdTechWorks: Jacob Elmhorst
If the way we teach children is changing, shouldn’t the way we teach teachers also change? Professional development should not be boring, and thanks to a digital transformation, it doesn’t have to be. Our newest EdTech Works Podcast features conversation with a technology coordinator from Aldine, Texas, who is sharing ideas about a new approach…
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EdTech Works Podcast: How to Go 1:1
Past generations remember a time when there weren’t enough textbooks for every student to have his or her own. Now some districts are going so far as to issue every student a computer. At the Texas Computer Education Association Convention, we had an in-depth discussion about how school districts are accomplishing this. It’s the subject…
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EdTechWorks: Todd Nelsoney and Aaron Marvel
I had the pleasure of talking with Todd Nesloney a little more than a year ago. My, how quickly his star rose! Todd is now viewed as a leader among educators using social media and technology. Todd came back to join us for another EdTech Works podcast at the Texas Computer Education Association Convention in…
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Teacher2Teacher Podcast with Fredi Lajvardi
I recently had the great pleasure of attending the Texas Computer Education Association convention in Austin, Texas. I met so many inspirational teachers who are using technology in their classrooms in innovative ways. The Istation booth at the event attracted a lot of attention as we recorded several video podcasts. Istation’s Sabrina Jones was a…
