7 Ways To Remove The Gamification In Your Classroom
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MAY 18, 2016
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TeachThought - Learn better.
MAY 18, 2016
The post 7 Ways To Remove The Gamification In Your Classroom appeared first on TeachThought.
Marketplace K-12
MAY 18, 2016
Cross-posted from the Digital Education blog. The number of American teachers using games in classrooms–particularly with younger students–has doubled over the past six years, according to a large survey released last week that measures national ed-tech use. In 2015, 47 percent of K-12 teachers and almost two-thirds of K-5 teachers reported using game-based learning environments in their classes, up from 23 percent of K-12 teachers in 2010.
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EdTech Magazine
MAY 18, 2016
By Meg Conlan The new partnership will combine Sesame Street programming with Watson technology to reimagine early childhood education.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 18, 2016
Here are twelve of the top slideshow tips and free lesson plans, as ranked by Ask a Tech Teacher readers: Slideshow apps. Tech Tip #54: How to Auto Forward a PowerPoint Slideshow. #47: Tour the World—with a PowerPoint Slideshow. Dear Otto: What Can I Use Besides PowerPoint? Dear Otto: PowerPoint or Publisher? Intro to PowerPoint–with KidPix Pictures.
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Battelle for Kids
MAY 18, 2016
Volume 3, Issue 4, Number 12. Driving Question: How Can I Create a More Playful Learning Environment with High School Students? Part I: Seven Starter Strategies "Play in my English class? You have to be kidding!" "Play is what my kindergarten children do. I have too much content to cover." "Science is serious stuff. Play in a biology lab? Hah!".
Education Elements
MAY 18, 2016
“Spray & Pray,” “Sit & Get,” and “Drive-by”: these are some names commonly used by educators to describe professional development lasting less than forty hours. Generally, a school system will bring in a BIG NAME who has the “wow” factor and has good ideas but knows little-to-nothing about the climate in which he or she is speaking. Following the big performance, teachers have the “finally, we’re done” experience and meander back to their classrooms, where little--if anything--changes.
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The Jose Vilson
MAY 18, 2016
62 years after Brown vs. Board of Education, we’re still having a passive-aggressive argument over whether every school-aged child deserves equitable funding for their school. Three-score and two years ago, the legendary Thurgood Marshall led one of the most influential civil rights cases in the nation in BvB, a case whose promise has yet to be delivered in full.
TeacherCast
MAY 18, 2016
By teaching through Project Based Learning, you are creating far more motivation for the students to care about the project. | TeacherCast.net The post 5 Strategies for Teaching Project Based Learning appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.
Teacher Tech
MAY 18, 2016
“The only difference between “I’m techie” and “I’m not techie” is the willingness to click on stuff and see what happens.” Techie How did I become good at using technology? I click on everything. When faced with a new product I click on EVERYTHING, try to make it explode. I don’t try to make something functional, […].
TeacherCast
MAY 18, 2016
When you are working on learning about sequence in programming, have the students build small sequences of steps to create a dance. The post Teach Programming Skills To Students Through the Art of Dance appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network. In this episode, Sam Patterson Ed.D. shares his secrets for designing amazing, programming-rich learning experiences for prereaders.
Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape
The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 18, 2016
Triumphant members of La Raza and the University of Texas-Austin Class of 2014 pause for a photo. Left to right: Arinda Rodriguez, Zarina Moreno, Xenia Garcia, Perla de la O (Class of ’15), Jericho Park and Julieta Hinojosa. Photo: Courtesy of Perla de la O.). AUSTIN, Tex. — Most of the people who grow up in Roma, Texas — a small ranching town on the Mexican border — don’t go to an elite four-year college.
ProfHacker
MAY 18, 2016
[ This is a guest post by Janine Utell, who is a Professor of English at Widener University in Pennsylvania. She teaches composition and 19th and 20th century British literature; she has also facilitated a number of on- and off-campus workshops on writing, critical thinking, and general education. Previously at ProfHacker, she's written on "Practical Wisdom and Professional Life" , "How to Study Your Own Teaching (And Why You Might Want To)," "Visualizing Your Promotion Portfolio with Cmap," and
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MAY 18, 2016
May 19, 2016 LEGO games are widely used among young learners to help them develop key learning skills. More and more primary teachers are using them in their classrooms to help with skill.read more.
Edutopia
MAY 18, 2016
Photo credit: City Year via flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) William Parrett and Kathleen Budge Education Equity High-poverty schools can involve students' families through home visits and by joining the community's safety net to provide social and medical services for those in need.
This white paper examines and proposes revisions to the "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" introduced by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson in 1987 for today's technology-driven world.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MAY 18, 2016
May 19, 2016 Alphabet Organizer (from Read Write Think) is an excellent interactive web tool and iPad app that you can use with young learners to help them build their phonemic awareness.read more.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 18, 2016
In spite of a gradual economic recovery and improving revenues, most states are spending dramatically less on public higher education, a new report says. The Topic: Reduced spending by state governments on higher education. Why It Matters: More students must pay higher prices as public colleges raise tuition to make up for lower state aid. States are collectively investing 17 percent less in their public colleges and universities, or $1,525 less per student, since 2007, according to the left-lea
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MAY 18, 2016
May 18, 2016 After we have seen how to create video presentations using Movenote, we are introducing you today to another important educational web tool that will enable you to create and share video.read more.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 18, 2016
Marcie Craig Post. The statistics on worldwide illiteracy are overwhelming — nearly 800 million people (or roughly one in five worldwide) are considered illiterate, according to UNESCO. In the United States alone , 45 million people are functionally illiterate and read below a fifth grade level, with 32 million of those unable to read at all. The world is facing a literacy crisis.
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Edutopia
MAY 18, 2016
Photo credit: mederndepe via flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Stacey Goodman Arts Integration Putting the A in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) is often treated as an afterthought. Yet, art has always played a major role in helping us expand and appreciate new science technologies.
eSchool News
MAY 18, 2016
First-ever Nation’s Report Card for Technology and Engineering Literacy measures how eighth graders solve real-world problems using innovative scenario-based tasks on computers. White and black female students outperformed their male peers in technology and engineering literacy, according to the first-ever nationally representative assessment of technology and engineering literacy from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
The Principal of Change
MAY 18, 2016
This was an awesome idea from Emily Day Harrison , and I wanted to build upon it. As many people are going through the interview process right now, I have drafted some questions that may help display “The Innovator’s Mindset” in potential candidates, or could even be potential blog posts for those not applying for jobs at this point.
eSpark
MAY 18, 2016
In Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance , Angela Duckworth explores the accessibility of achievement, arguing that anyone can be a high performer with the right motivation, hard work, and support. In recent months, Dr. Duckworth’s findings have been the subject of debate amongst educators. During her talk at the Loyola Law School, Dr. Duckworth clarified a few key points in her work.
This whitepaper explores integrating the PowerTeaching pedagogical approach within a HyFlex (Hybrid Flexible) educational model, focusing on employing cooperative learning strategies and efficient classroom management techniques.
eSchool News
MAY 18, 2016
After the Chromebooks and iPads are distributed, admins and IT teams must keep asking the tough questions. If there’s one thing schools have learned from the multiple one-to-Kone mobile device implementations that have rolled out during the last few years, it’s that they’re hardly “set it and forget it” projects. Purchasing and handing out the iPads, Chromebooks, or laptops are just the first steps on a long path that must also incorporate ongoing professional development for teachers and traini
The Thinking Stick
MAY 18, 2016
“We have a choice, They don’t”. I’m stealing this quote directly from Ben Sheridan. Not sure if he’s the one that came up with it however that’s who I heard say it so he gets the credit. flickr photo by Zach Frailey (Uprooted Photographer) shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) license. It’s a good way to frame and point out where we are in these generation gaps.
Marketplace K-12
MAY 18, 2016
Pearson has been awarded a contract worth about $18.5 million for scoring 2015-16 assessments in Tennessee after the state terminated a contract in April with Measurement Inc. over glitches in implementing the test, the state department of education announced this week. The new seven-month contract with Pearson was finalized using an emergency procurement process after the education department collaborated with the state’s central procurement office, according to a “Frequently Asked
The Thinking Stick
MAY 18, 2016
I always look forward to Google’s I/O conference to see where the future of technology and innovation is headed and today, once again, didn’t disappoint. This was the 10th I/O conference for Google. This is where Google shares what it’s working on so developers know where the platform is headed… and what they see as the future of technology.
Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions
There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.
The Innovative Educator
MAY 18, 2016
How are you getting feedback that helps you be the best you can be in your job? Many employees simply rely on existing structures to receive feedback. This can be a problem; in some cases there are no structures and in others the formal evaluations or performance reviews do not solicit constructive, useful advice. That’s because often with formal structures, the methods used can be sterile, inauthentic, and unhelpful.
eSchool News
MAY 18, 2016
Dremel 3D printing mobile app for iOS and Android enables educators and students to select, build and monitor 3D models remotely. As schools expand “making” beyond traditional interactive technologies, Dremel, manufacturer of tools for life and learning, introduces the Dremel 3D mobile application. The app equips students with anytime, anywhere modeling and printing as a part of the classroom makerspace toolkit.
EmergingEdTech
MAY 18, 2016
(Image Source) Big Data is Touching our Lives More Than Most Realize, and Every Industry will be Looking for Big Data Analysis Skills This week we’ve been exploring the book THE INDUSTRIES OF. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
Graphite Blog
MAY 18, 2016
Tired of reading student essays? Do your students' projects seem to lack creativity? Do you wish for better-quality projects? What if I told you you can have it all? That there is a way to achieve creative and assessment-worthy student projects? Yes, it's possible, thanks to the arts! "But wait -- I'm not an art or a music teacher," you may say.
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