EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2017

By Tim Kridel Hybrid devices, which combine the convenience, flexibility of notebooks and tablets, are taking off in schools.

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EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 10, 2017

Binumi is a great tool for everyone to create videos on any device, anywhere and at anytime. Users get everything they need to create amazing videos: royalty-free footage, editing tools and publishing ability. What do the outcomes look like? Some of the things that students create are pretty wonderful and leave students feeling proud and accomplished.

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Education Elements

JANUARY 10, 2017

It was so exciting for me to visit South Carolina for the first time last month. What was most exciting was that I got to join the Ed Elements team at our partner Horry County Schools (HCS), South Carolina’s third largest district. HCS has 54 schools, 2,700 teachers and more than 40,000 K-12 students.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JANUARY 10, 2017

Every startup has a long list of the features they want to build and create. With limitations on time and money, tradeoffs have to be made. The post Prioritizing the Development of Startup Features appeared first on Market Brief.

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JANUARY 10, 2017

When something is hard to believe or comprehend usually it needs to be demonstrated. For example, when a new technology is introduced on the market it is usually presented to the public through a demonstration of its functions and usability. Sometimes, to truly understand the logic behind a phenomenon or a concept, people need to see not just the result; they have to understand the functions and process that caused the observable result.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2017

By Gretchen Salois Breakthrough ink prints moving objects, takes inspiration from nature.

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Education Elements

JANUARY 10, 2017

Nearly every state in the United States is reporting a teacher shortage. Various states have taken action to address this shortfall by changing teacher requirements. Utah has loosened teacher qualifications to include candidates with no formal teacher training; Hawaii just called for 1,600 teachers to live and work on the island ; and last year, Clark County in Las Vegas, the fifth largest district in the nation, launched a "Call for Heroes" as they scrambled to fill positions.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

Choice can be a powerful thing —provided you can evaluate, and act on, the options available to you. For decades, Chicago parents have been able to apply to send their kids to their school of choice—and they can put as many as 20 schools on their wish list. Unfortunately, only about 25 percent of Chicago parents wind up sending their children to better schools than their neighborhood option.

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 10, 2017

When employing Design Thinking in the classroom, documenting each step in the process presents a challenge to teachers as well as students. However, with the multimedia capabilities of Book Creator – which will soon be available on ALL devices including Chromebooks – one app offers up a robust solution to this problem. First, with Book Creator, students can use a variety of media to document their work.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

Venture capital for U.S. education technology startups ebbed in 2016, dipping roughly 30 percent in deal volume and value from the previous year. Also missing were blockbuster exits, such as LinkedIn’s $1.5 billion purchase of Lynda.com and Instructure’s initial public offering, both of which took place in 2015. These statistics offer a somber reminder that the edtech industry does not produce quick, home run hits.

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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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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2017

Smartphones, tablets and other technology tools have tons of potential to help students learn–if they’re used properly. And when properly implemented, those tools can help students build the collaboration skills they need to reach success in school and the workforce. Most 21st-century learning models include collaboration as a necessary educational outcome.

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ProfHacker

JANUARY 10, 2017

A good number of us here at ProfHacker prefer to avoid paper whenever possible. When I teach my writing course each fall, I have my students use Google Documents so that it’s easy to see an essay’s development over time. For classes where it’s not essential that I see a student’s revisions, I prefer that essays be submitted in PDF format, so that I can comment on essays using my iPad.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

Saya made headlines and history at her first substitute teaching gig, but she's no ordinary teacher. She is a remotely controlled robot. Saya was first introduced to Japanese students in 2014 and has since been programmed with facial expressions, responses and minor movements. Though social robots, like Saya, have been greeted with enthusiasm by students, researchers are taking a more critical stance regarding the ethics of introducing them as teachers.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 10, 2017

January 10, 2017 Below is a handy infographic we designed specially for language teachers and anyone else keen on improving their writing skills. The visual is based on Paul Silvia’s popular book.read more.

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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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MindShift

JANUARY 10, 2017

Too often, when students produce school work, they turn it into a teacher for a grade and move on. And after the teacher spends time evaluating the student’s work, many students never look at the feedback, a cycle that frustrates both parties and isn’t the most effective way to learn. Several schools are trying a different model — one that takes more time but also helps students feel more ownership over the quality of their work.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 10, 2017

January 11, 2017 Looking for some good digital storytelling resources to use with your students in class? The chart below has you covered. It features what we think are some of the best digital.read more.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 10, 2017

The post How to Pass the Google Certified Educator Exams (12 Tips!) appeared first on Shake Up Learning. 12 Tips to Pass the Google Certified Educator Exams. Becoming a Google Certified Educator can be intimidating and confusing. The program has grown, evolved, and changed over the last couple years. So to be sure you have the most accurate information, and that you know what to expect, I have put together these twelve tips to help you pass the Google Certified Educator Exams.

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EmergingEdTech

JANUARY 10, 2017

Jessica Meacham built a robust worksheet and did a lot of research to find the parent-teacher app that best fit her requirements. Teacher Gets Serious About Comparing Apps to Find the Right one for. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 10, 2017

What it is: Grmr.me is a great site for middle school and high school English teachers (and anyone else who edits student writing). This site was built by, and for, English teachers to help students learn how to fix the most common grammar and punctuation errors found in writing. Topics include: Pronoun disagreement, subject verb agreement, pronouns with compound word groups, commas and clauses, comma splices, direct address, usage of words, passive voice, literary present tense, iambic pentamet

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2017

Tech-savvy educators know they must stay on top of the myriad changes and trends in education to learn how teaching and learning can best benefit from technology’s near-constant change. Check below for the latest marketplace news to keep you up-to-date on product developments, teaching and learning initiatives, and new trends in education. Stand Up To Cancer and PBS LearningMedia announced the opening of applications for the second year of The Emperor Science Award program, an initiative d

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MindShift

JANUARY 10, 2017

PITTSBURGH — At Forest Grove Elementary School, along the Ohio River just northwest of Pittsburgh, the Rust Belt is giving way to educational innovation. In a windowless room in the library, first- and second-graders experiment with a strange teaching device that’s half computer and half wooden play table. A giant computer screen looms over the table, and a touch-screen tablet is built into the table’s surface.

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 10, 2017

Katie Martin and I have become very good friends over the past few years. We seem to be passionate about many of the same things, yet we both push and support one another. You need those type of people in your life; people who know when to be a “cheerleader”, but also a critical friend. Katie is one of those people to me, and I try to return the favour to her.

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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.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 10, 2017

I recently had a small administrative problem with an institution I sometimes teach for, that ultimately made me realize for the first time why I feel uncomfortable with the term “Progress Test” For some time now, I have generally avoided using the term Progress Test, favoring instead something more general like “Midterm” or “Module/Unit Assessment”, but I have never really known why.

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MiddleWeb

JANUARY 10, 2017

Why use a PBL approach when designing STEM lessons and programs? The answer may be obvious to PBL champions but for the rest of us, Christa Flores' exploration of science and STEM teaching in a "making" classroom is a valuable resource, says STEM expert Anne Jolly.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 10, 2017

Google Docs is a free word processing program that does 99% of everything a student will ever need to do when writing. What isn’t included as part of the Google Docs program tool can be augmented with mostly free third-party add-ons, extensions, and apps. It operates in the cloud so there’re no download foibles, pesky maintenance, or expensive yearly upgrades.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

A fifth grader works on a digital lesson as part of a blended learning program. Photo: Meghan E. Murphy. By design, some students go through two years of kindergarten in Middletown, New York. People associate repeating grades with disastrous consequences. But in the Middletown City School District, the kindergarten repeaters often end up ahead of their peers in later grades — standout students who avoided getting forever labeled as performing “below expectations.

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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.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 10, 2017

STEM activities are a fun way to get children interested in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics and many schools around the world have introduced it into their curriculum. But what is it? STEM is a problem-based approach to learning that combines knowledge in four areas: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. I get annoyed when I see articles or hear people referring to it as a recent trend or a hot topic because it has actually been around since 1957.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2017

Seminole County Public Schools (SCPS) ranks among the largest public education systems in the U.S., with 67,000 students across 67 schools—and we’re continuing to grow, adding nearly 1,000 new students a year. While our large size may seem daunting, we’ve been recognized at every level, from state governments all the way to the White House, for our leading role in transforming education through technology.

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EdTechTeam

JANUARY 10, 2017

Wouldn't it be great to create a flexible, collaborative and free Curriculum Mapping solution for unit planning and horizontal and vertical articulations using G Suite? It's now possible! Richard Anderson and Fanny Passeport have been working on this project for about 2 years now and have created a Google+ Community to share tutorials on how to integrate various G Suite Apps, Add-ons and Scripts to make this possible.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

Donald Trump is about to take office, and big change is likely for federal education policy. To find out what that could mean, we checked in with Richard Culatta, who served as director of the education department’s Office of Educational Technology in the Obama Administration. It’s the first episode on our rebooted. EdSurge on Air Podcast , which will feature insightful conversations about edtech and the future of learning ( subscribe on iTunes or your favorite podcasting app).

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AI-powered tools like virtual assistants and chatbots provide instant guidance and support, while data analytics offer valuable insights for educators and administrators.

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