Fri.Dec 16, 2016

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Chromebooks and G Suite for Education Boost Student Engagement and Learning

EdTech Magazine

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Google surveys examine the impact of their products and apps in K–12 education.

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Happy Holiday!

Ask a Tech Teacher

I’ll be taking a week (or so) off–until after the New Year–to edit/format my website, work on writing projects with a deadline, prioritize life, and wish my two adult military children could come home to visit. I may drop in on you-all as you enjoy your holidays, but mostly I’ll be regenerating. I wish you a wonderful season, safe and filled with family.

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Critical Thinking Means Finding Nuggets of Truth in Mountains of Misinformation

Edsurge

Editor’s Note: ‘Tis the season of giving, eating and reflecting, a time to look back on 2016 and to make bold predictions about what next year may hold. In our fourth year-end personal statement roundup, we’ve again asked thought leaders to share their outlooks on education, but with a twist. They have to frame their thoughts as a response to some of the finest college application essay prompts, inspired by the very same ones that high school seniors are feverishly working on now!

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Every School Is A Think Tank

TeachThought - Learn better.

Author information. Terry Heick. Director at TeachThought. Founder & Director of TeachThought, humanist, technologist, futurist, failed philosopher, macro thinker extraordinaire. | Twitter | Facebook | Google+ |. The post Every School Is A Think Tank appeared first on TeachThought.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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Pearson Bets One Small Step for Research Is a Leap for Learning Design

Edsurge

Pearson Education did something it’s never done before. This week the London-based publishing and assessment giant released a set of learning design principles that anyone can use to develop edtech products. While there’s nothing new in the 102-page public document —everyone knows that giving feedback and inquiry-based learning methods have benefits—the effort signals how research and industry can be tied more closely.

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Working Over “Break”

ProfHacker

Since early November, I’ve spoken with many fellow academics who have been mentioned a decline in productivity and focus. This is always an overwhelming time of year, between the end of the semester crunch, deadlines, various holidays and family obligations, and an increase in administrative burdens with the ticking clock of the coming new year looming over everything.

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“I Assign Stupid Homework”

Teacher Tech

“I Assign Stupid Homework” One argument I frequently hear in response to the argument that homework is oftentimes of marginal academic benefit, busy work or stupid is “We should assign better homework.” Exactly which teacher thinks they are assigning stupid homework or busy work? I teach pre-service teachers and I will sometimes ask them “What percent […].

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Carol Dweck Explains The “False” Growth Mindset That Worries Her

MindShift

Carol Dweck has become the closest thing to an education celebrity because of her work on growth mindset. Her research shows that children who have a growth mindset welcome challenges as opportunities to improve, believing that their abilities can change with focused effort. Kids with fixed mindsets, on the other hand, believe they have a finite amount of talent that can’t be altered and shy away from challenges that might reveal their inabilities.

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4 Non-Negotiables for Schools

The Principal of Change

As my daughter just passed her fourth month in this world, it is amazing to see how curious she is about the world. Her wide eyes seemingly notice everything around her, and watching her try new things, the notion that children are born curious and learners, has only been re-emphasized in watching her development. This has made me think a lot about what I want school to be for her, and for all students right now.

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Friday 5 — 12.16.2016

Perry Hewitt

Google released its 2016 year in search, with a pretty nifty user experience. Pokémon Go was the top term globally, but you can explore by type of search as well as other facets like geography and volume. Handy eye candy as the search engine comes under fire for some terrible fake news results. This week in live video: now you can video call on Slack, including group features, and livestream directly from Twitter’s mobile app (no Periscope required).

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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.

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Apple's Best 10 Games of 2016

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

December 17, 2016 Below is a list featuring the best 10 games in the iTune store according to Apple. From solving challenging puzzles to playing soccer and building teams, the collection embeds a.read more.

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See you in 2017!

ProfHacker

Okay, faithful ProfHacker readers, that’s a wrap for 2016! We’ll see you in the new year. We hope that you have a good winter break! [ CC-licensed Flickr photo by Ted Van Pelt ].

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Top 10 Podcasts in 2016 According to Apple

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

December 16, 2016 Apple has recently released its 'Best of 2016' lists featuring top content in iTunes. The lists cover a wide variety of content including: apps, games, TV shows, podcasts, songs,read more.

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Visual Literacy: Bringing Arts Education into the ELA Classroom

EdTechTeam

While attending the Northern Virginia GAFE Summit , I was introduced to Google Art and Culture. This was such a revelation for me as someone who grew up without access to a museum or gallery nearby, and only 1 art teacher for 6 schools. Access to see fine works of art was all but impossible and therefore I found no one to nurture my interest and desire to learn more about creating and sharing my own artwork.

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

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.

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Thank you!

NspireD2

2016 has been the most active year for NspireD2 since the blog started in 2009! We hit the milestone of half a million lifetime views last week, and well over one thousand people now subscribe through WordPress or Feedly, follow on Twitter or Facebook, and keep up by other means. We’re glad you find the information here useful, and we’re grateful for your support. […].

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Becoming a First Time Mom, I Should Have Read About Crisis Management!

Fractus Learning

I am a geek. This means I study everything. Before I see, hear, eat or participate in anything I try to find out as much about it as I can. This has always been my way of dealing with the unknown and it has worked well for me. Until I became a mother. I read lot of books about being pregnant and being a first-time Mom, but there were still enormous gaps in my knowledge.

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Things might be looking up for online language learning

eSchool News

A recent report notes that a decline in U.S. foreign language learning could have negative impacts on the U.S. workforce, but new forecasts indicate the demand for online language learning tools could increase thanks to the prevalence of mobile devices. Technavio analysts forecast the online language learning market in the U.S. to grow by almost 9 percent during the 2017-2021 forecast period, according to the firm’s latest report.

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9 Advent Calendar Ideas for the Christmas Season

Fractus Learning

The Christmas season is finally here, with all of the favorite family traditions that go along with it. Reading by the fireplace, drinking hot cocoa and decorating the tree are all activities that warm the heart when the weather is cold. To keep the Christmas spirit alive, many families focus on giving during the holiday season, from volunteering to picking out the perfect gift for loved ones.

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

Managing a K-12 campus with constant pressure to meet performance metrics is challenging. And tardiness can significantly limit a school from reaching these goals. Learn more about why chronic lateness matters, and key strategies to address the following impacts: Data errors caused by manual processes Low attendance and graduation rates that affect a school’s reputation Classroom disruption, which leads to poor academic performance High staff attrition and “The Teacher Exodus” Unmet LCAP goals t

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Self fulfilling prophecies

Learning with 'e's

This is number 36 in my continuing series of blog posts about learning theories. Psychology has contributed much to our understanding of how people learn, and listed alphabetically below are all of the previous theories I have featured in this series. My most recent post featured locus of control theory, and today's post is about the Pygmalion Effect in education.

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Will Trump Try to Dismantle ‘Net Neutrality?’

Marketplace K-12

Consumer and K-12 advocates see reason to worry that the president-elect’s advisers want to roll back policies that protect a free and open internet. The post Will Trump Try to Dismantle ‘Net Neutrality?’ appeared first on Market Brief.

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Education Technology and Data Insecurity

Hack Education

This is part eight of my annual review of the year in ed-tech. Pokémon Go, a free augmented reality game developed by Niantic (a company spun out of Google in 2015), became the most popular mobile game in US history this year. The game was launched in July and despite mixed reviews, was downloaded some 10 million times the first week it was released.

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