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CHALLENGE: Ask Students to Share What They’ve Learned From You

The CoolCatTeacher

You might just be surprised. From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This week my students are preparing for a visitor. My good friend Dr. Frank Buck ( he’s been on the show to talk about his organization book for school leaders) is coming in town along with his lovely wife. My students are going to be giving an overview of their learning for this year and are practicing today.

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Designing for Adult Learning with Research in Mind

Digital Promise

Patti is the Director of Adult Learning Initiatives at Digital Promise. You can follow her on Twitter at @patticonstan. We see more and more evidence that technology use in K-12 education is expanding to include adult learners as well — namely the 36 million learners who have low literacy, numeracy, and job skills. For instance, we see a game from Learning Games Studio that uses simulations of real life social interactions to help adults learn English; we see EdReady , a product that incor

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Digital Poets! Web Tools, Apps, & Lesson Ideas

Teacher Reboot Camp

“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” – Robert Frost. April is around the corner and when we are encouraged to inspire learners to celebrate National Poetry month. No matter what subject you teach, poetry can engage learners or stir their creative juices. Use shape, acrostic, haikus or short poems as a lesson introduction for science, math, history, or any other subject.

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20 St. Patrick’s Day Sites For Students

Ask a Tech Teacher

Getting ready for St. Patrick’s Day? Try these fun websites: Color the shamrock. Color the Pot-o-gold. Color the leprechaun. Games–St. Pat’s games and activities. Puzzle–St. Pat’s Puzzle. Puzzle–St. Pat’s puzzle II. Puzzle–St. Pat’s drag-and-drop puzzle. Puzzle–St. Pat’s slide puzzle. Puzzle–St. Pat’s slide puzzle II. Puzzle–Leprechaun jigsaw puzzle.

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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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Transforming the Classroom with Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

Pat Deklotz is Superintendent of the Kettle Moraine School District in Wales, Wisconsin. She was recently named Wisconsin Superintendent of the Year. Across our nation and our world, new developments are transforming the way students learn. Whether in rural or urban settings, or on small or large campuses, digital tools are enhancing learning and allowing educators to personalize instruction.

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Make Assessment a Learning Experience

Voyager Sopris Learning

An Innovative Approach to Meaningful Embedded Assessment. In recent years, assessment has gotten a bad rap because of overuse and misapplication of mandated accountability tests. All of us involved in education, however, know that meaningful assessment is an important aspect of the learning cycle. We are particularly grateful that, in a time of frustration over isolated testing, embedded assessment is finally getting the attention it deserves.

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Relationships deal with purpose, people and pathways [podcast]

Fidelis Education

A stack of books with a red apple on top in front of an out of focus chalkboard. Back to school or education concept. Vintage effect with vignette added. Recently, our CEO and Co-Founder Gunnar Counselman was featured in Epiphany Learning’s podcast #iamME. He spoke about the value of developing purpose, people, and pathway for all students to ensure their success and personalize their learning in school.

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Transforming the Classroom with Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

Pat Deklotz is Superintendent of the Kettle Moraine School District in Wales, Wisconsin. She was recently named Wisconsin Superintendent of the Year. Across our nation and our world, new developments are transforming the way students learn. Whether in rural or urban settings, or on small or large campuses, digital tools are enhancing learning and allowing educators to personalize instruction.

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The biggest indictment of our schools is not their failure to raise test scores

Dangerously Irrelevant

The latest results are available from the annual Gallup poll of middle and high school students. Over 920,000 students participated last fall. Here are a couple of key charts that I made from the data: . [ download a larger version of this image ]. . [ download a larger version of this image ]. The biggest indictment of our schools is not their failure to raise test scores above some politically-determined line of ‘proficiency.’ It’s that – day in and day out – they routinely

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Sitting in their Seats: Reflections on the Shadow a Student Challenge

Education Elements

This is not the blog post I intended to write. When I heard about the Shadow a Student Challenge I was excited. Last year I was among the many educators that read a teacher’s account of what it was like to be a student for a day and felt despair rather than hope, and I’m pretty sure by 3rd period despair was high on the emotion list of that teacher and all of her “classmates” as well.

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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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The Robot Productions: Programming in Kindergarten

Battelle for Kids

Volume 3, Issue 3, Number 8. Driving Question: How Can Kindergarteners Tell A Story with Robots? This past fall, I helped Mrs. Bryant's and Ms. Brown's kindergarten classes explore the question: How might we tell a story with robots? We ended the projects with videos that showed the results of their work with technology, collaboration, creative thinking, reading and writing.

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[Guest post] Announcing the Lexington Education Leadership Award (LELA) Fellowships Third Cohort

Education Elements

We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for the third class of Lexington Education Leadership Award (LELA) Fellows. Applications are online here and will remain open through April 10 th. The LELA fellowship remains the only national initiative designed specifically to support public school district leaders in whole-district personalized learning implementation.

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A Great Big Expression of Happiness (On #TLConf2016)

The Jose Vilson

Add a little sugar, honeysuckle and. A great big expression of happiness. Boy, you couldn’t miss with a dozen roses. Such would astound you. The joy of children laughing around you. These are all the makings of you. “… and since we’re about 2% of the teaching profession, with the 40 of us here, we are the 1%.” Jokes ensued, but I was almost not joking.

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Learn Why @ModRobotics Are A Great Solution To Teaching Robotics In Your Classroom

TeacherCast

Jeff sits down with Eric Schweikardt of Modular Robotics to talk about STEM education in todays classrooms. Learn how your students can learn programming skills through Modular Robotics interlocking Cubelets to create amazing robotic projects. About Modular Robotics Modular Robotics is home to more than 50 people who design, engineer and manufacture tiny robots.

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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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Which Content Is Most Important? The 40/40/40 Rule

TeachThought - Learn better.

The post Which Content Is Most Important? The 40/40/40 Rule appeared first on TeachThought.

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Teach Your Students About Acronyms using @StoryboardThat

TeacherCast

Acronym Analysis Activities Acronyms can help you remember things for both identification purposes and steps to follow. Acronyms are powerful ways to make associations to aid memory. When learning the notes of the treble clef, many people are taught that the four spaces spell “FACE”.

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Dept. of Ed launches makerspace design challenge with $200,000 in prizes

eSchool News

White House competition is giving schools the chance to design and realize the perfect makerspace. A new Department of Education-sponsored challenge is letting high school students design the makerspace of their dreams — with $200,000 going to as many as 10 winning schools to help turn their plans into reality. The competition, called the Career Technical Education (CTE) Makeover Challenge , was recently announced by Acting Education Secretary John B.

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Cloud Based Learning With Microsoft OneNote | @MSOneNote

TeacherCast

In this episode of the TechEducator Podcast, we discuss Microsoft OneNote with our special guest Ari Schorr. The TechEducator Podcast is a weekly round table discussion about current topics in educational technology. For more information, please visit www.techeducatorpodcast.com. TechEducatorPodcast.com Follow us Live on Video: [link] Leave a Voice Mail: [link] Email: feedback@Teachercast.net Twitter: @TechEdShow Hashtag:… In this episode of the TechEducator Podcast, we discuss Microsoft O

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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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Some More Resources for Science Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

March 16, 2016 Learning A-Z, the popular provider of literacy-focused products, has recently added some interesting resources to its Science A-Z section. These are interactive learning.read more.

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Urban Prep and the Fight for Black Boys

Edutopia

Photo credit: Edutopia Tim King School Climate With a culture emphasizing respect, responsibility, ritual, and relationships, Chicago's Urban Prep Charter Academy provides young men with a supportive community for learning academic and life skills.

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Some Very Good New EdTech Tools for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

March 16, 2016 Here are this week’s new EdTech tools we want to bring to your attention. You may want to give them a try and see if they work for you. Some of the things you can perform with these.read more.

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Waiting is the Hardest (and Best) Part

Edutopia

Photo credit: Neil Finney Neil Finney Teaching Strategies Enhance your teaching and students' learning by waiting for student responses, waiting for mastery, waiting for the "spark," waiting for conflict resolution, and waiting for individual struggle.

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

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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NearPod for Class/Workshop Polling

ProfHacker

Last week, Amy Cavendar wrote about using Google Forms for polling. I agree with the general direction of moving away from “clickers” that need dedicated hardware and instead using software that allows students to use their own mobile devices (phones, tablets, laptops) to respond. However, I use polling often in my classes and workshops I give to faculty, and I prefer NearPod.

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Urban Prep: High School Support Through College

Edutopia

Photo credit: Edutopia Troy Boyd Jr College Readiness Urban Prep Charter Academy ensures college success for their alumni through support, resources, and advocacy to help these young men navigate their post-secondary academic careers.

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20 Great Books (and Eposters!) to Celebrate Women’s History Month with Your Students

Benchmark Education

Benchmark Education Company praises the contributions of women who shaped the world we live in today. Let their courage, commitment to excellence, compassion, and irrepressible drive inspire your students to achieve their own greatness. These remarkable women represent all walks of life: an aviator, a Civil War soldier, a refugee, a novelist, two activists, an abolitionist, two astronauts, four women Supreme Court Justices, two First Ladies, an archaeologist, a Native American guide, a painter,

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Common Core Writing and ELLs

Edutopia

Photo credit: Rick Filipkowski via flickr (CC BY 2.0) Larry Ferlazzo Literacy Learn about what it means to apply three key elements of the CCSS writing standards -- argument, informative/explanatory, and narrative -- when teaching English-language learners.

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

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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7 Creative Apps That Allow Students To Show What They Know

TeachThought - Learn better.

The post 7 Creative Apps That Allow Students To Show What They Know appeared first on TeachThought.

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Lightspeed Systems releases updated school web filter

eSchool News

Version 3 of Rocket Web Filter features increased speed, live reports, easy SSL traffic handling. Ed-tech solution provider Lightspeed Systems announced the release of version 3 of Rocket Web Filter for content filtering in K-12 schools. The release features a new user interface as well as a variety of new features to simplify school network management.

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Collaboration, Tools, and Add-Ons. Oh My. Using G-Docs to Improve Student Writing

The Innovative Educator

When students have access to Google Docs it’s like having a personal tutor by their side as they write. Innovative educators who empower their students to use these tools can support students in strengthening their writing skills even without the support of a teacher. This is important for innovative educators who take seriously, our job to develop independent learners.

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7 Qualities That Promote Teacher Leadership in Schools

MindShift

There’s a growing consensus among students, parents, teachers and education leaders that the current education system isn’t appropriately preparing young people for the future. Many districts are looking toward technology to patch the disconnect, but several recent reports indicate that technology alone cannot fix the ailing system. High-quality teachers are essential to learning environments that consider each student as a unique, individual learner, but very few schools have good systems in p

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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the EdTech Industry: Assessing the Influence

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