The CoolCatTeacher
JULY 20, 2016
How to Mix Problems, Passion, and Projects to Excite Kids From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Implementing a STEAM Lab Program can be a challenge. (STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math.) Today’s guest, Alicia Roberts has navigated this process several times and gives us five steps to make it happen.
Battelle for Kids
JULY 20, 2016
Volume 3, Issue 6, Number 8. Driving Question: How can personal experiences with inquiry develop deeper learning about global education? My home country of Australia is a melting pot of cultures. That nation's global perspective started me on my 21st Century professional educator's journey and made it personally enriching. Now, from my place in the U.S, also a great melting pot, I can trace my learning journey in global educations.
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Education Elements
JULY 20, 2016
For anyone who attended the Education Elements Personalized Learning Summit this May, you had a chance to attend a workshop focusing on the Core Four. While districts across the country are using the Core Four of personalized learning to focus instructional habits as they make the shift to personalized learning, some of them are doing it with a bit more fidelity and spirit than others.
Edsurge
JULY 20, 2016
During the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama and his team pioneered the use of social media as a powerful campaign tool. It’s easy to forget, given how commonplace the use of social media is today, that back in 2008. sending out reminders and raising money on Twitter while interacting with people on Facebook was a huge deal. Both Twitter and the iPhone were less than a year old.
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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.
TeacherCast
JULY 20, 2016
Are you ready to shave not just minutes. but HOURS off of your work week? ClassTag provides educators with the perfect platform to form a partnership between teachers and parents. The post Turning Parents into Partners | Learn Why You Should Check Out @ClassTagMe Today! appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network. Are you ready to shave not just minutes. but HOURS off of your work week?
The Hechinger Report
JULY 20, 2016
Marc Tucker. Why do American students suck at math? Because their elementary school teachers do too, says Marc Tucker, president of the National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE), a policy institute that studies what America can learn from the world’s best-performing education systems. Tucker describes a vicious cycle. “We are mainly recruiting teacher candidates from the bottom half of the kids who go to college,” said Tucker.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
The Jose Vilson
JULY 20, 2016
This weekend, I had the pleasure of attending Twitter Math Camp 2016 , a conference organized by the collective known as MTBoS. As the name suggests, this set of social-media-connected math teachers created a conference where they could network, have deep conversations, and share ideas about pedagogy, curriculum, and content. Even though I’m technically part of this collective as a veteran math teacher who’s been on Twitter since June 2008, I’ve felt disconnected from this comm
Edsurge
JULY 20, 2016
Students hold a lot of useful information that you can use to find out all kinds of things. Assess school climate or student engagement. Identify teaching strategies kids like best. Measure health behaviors and attitudes. Learn more about student interests. If you can gather this information, it can help you make better decisions about students. Do you want to find out whether students feel their teachers are doing a good job of teaching?
eSchool News
JULY 20, 2016
In Neshaminy School District, northeast of Philadelphia, nearly 20 percent of our struggling K–2 students spend 30 minutes a day, five days a week in small-group reading intervention. To limit the time these students spend in intervention programs, we have an “all hands on deck” approach: With parental involvement and our blended learning model, Neshaminy educators identify and build upon students’ strengths to lay the foundation for reading success.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JULY 20, 2016
July 17, 2016 Here is a new infographic from Zapier featuring a number of practical tips and tricks to help you conduct effective Google searches. We are adding it to the resources we have compiled.read more.
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.
eSchool News
JULY 20, 2016
Back-to-school is getting closer and closer, and as it approaches, stakeholders and ed-tech vendors are working to create research and products that identify educational needs and truly improve teaching and learning in the classroom. But what does it take to improve learning for all student populations, support positive school environments, and ensure school leaders at all levels are equipped with the skills and tools they need to maintain successful learning environments?
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JULY 20, 2016
July 20, 2016 Tinycards is a new app from the popular language learning platform Duolingo. The app uses the concept of flashcards to help users learn new things covering different topics from.read more.
Edsurge
JULY 20, 2016
Last week the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) announced seven universities will receive grants to use adaptive courseware in an effort to achieve higher completion rates at lower costs. Over three years, each institution will receive $515,000 “to adopt, implement and scale use of adaptive courseware in high-enrollment, blended learning courses in multiple departments and programs to improve student success,” according to Meaghan Duff, executive director of APLU’s Persona
The Hechinger Report
JULY 20, 2016
Jodi Gold of New York City uses the Bedtime Math app with her children. Photo: Bedtime Math Foundation. For many families, reading is as much a part of summer as cookouts and camp. But as the weather warms, math is often banished along with mittens and sweaters. And that’s a problem. Studies of “summer math loss” find that the average kid forgets more than two months of math over the break.
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.
Baker's B.Y.O.D.
JULY 20, 2016
While I couldn't be at Flipcon16 in Allen, Texas in person, I was able to converse with flipped learning pioneer Aaron Sams, Flipcon keynote speaker Tyler DeWitt, Flipped Learning Network Board Charman Ken Bauer, and flipped educator and author April Gudenrath via a Google Hangout about nonlinear learning in today's classroom.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 20, 2016
Alyssa Auck. In the world of early learning policy, the disconnect between pre-K and K-3 policy is a popular topic of discussion. Birth to age 8 represents a critically important window of opportunity to develop a child’s full potential and to shape key academic, social, emotional and cognitive skills. A child’s experiences during these years can set them up for future success, or for failure, thereby exacerbating the achievement gap.
Edutopia
JULY 20, 2016
Brian Sztabnik Teacher Development Despite the pressure to teach for measurable results like assessment and accountability standards, don't lose sight of core virtues like cooperation, honor, and hospitality.
ASIDE
JULY 20, 2016
Source: Alexey Zakharov Educators have always sought to add visual interest to their lessons, to support learning modalities and to provide illustrative examples of the topics under consideration. From postcards to prints, from filmstrips to YouTube, the power of pictures and movies to aid learning is undeniable. Now, various digital tools and editing applications are enlivening "flat" images in thrilling fashion.
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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
The Cornerstone for Teachers
JULY 20, 2016
Looking to renew your teaching license but can’t handle the time commitment or cost? Teacher’s Learning Center (TLC) might be the solution for you. Busy teachers can now complete courses for license renewal and pay scale increase at their own pace (and at affordable price). Teacher’s Learning Center (TLC) offers accredited graduate courses that cover a wide variety of topics.
The Mobile Native
JULY 20, 2016
As I write this post, I am sitting at Firestone getting my tire fixed. While waiting, I think to myself that if I didn’t have bad luck, I would have no luck at all. I am on my way to the beach to soak up the sun and celebrate my 15 th anniversary with my wife. The problem is that this is the second flat tire I have gotten in two weeks. This is definitely not the best way to celebrate my 15 th anniversary!
Edutopia
JULY 20, 2016
Nicol R. Howard, PhD & Sarah Thomas Edcamps When teachers choose their own professional learning opportunities (such as Edcamps), many feel more support in their jobs and better prepared to support their students' learning.
The Innovative Educator
JULY 20, 2016
At this year's annual #NYCSchoolsTech Summit we are trying something new. We are going to have a Twitter Scavenger hunt inspired by the NYSCATE conference I attended where @Spiffwhitfield , @JenLaubscher , and @ransomtech manned the social media booth. Scavenger hunts serve many purposes. Here are just some of the benefits of conducting a Twitter Scavenger Hunt at your next conference, event, or celebration.
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.
Edutopia
JULY 20, 2016
Joshua Block Student Voice High school teacher Josh Block interviews a graduating student to examine the complex dynamic of collaboration and supporting someone else through the creative and intellectual processes.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 20, 2016
Ninth grade students at High Tech High School organize nuts and bolts the day after their end-of-the-year showcase in which they flew their school-made drones for parents and visitors. Photo: Andra Cernavskis. There’s a big push on right now to improve U.S. high schools, with everyone from politicians to educators and foundations and corporations weighing in.
Fractus Learning
JULY 20, 2016
A good sleep is incredibly important for health. In fact, it is just as important as eating healthy and exercising. Unfortunately, natural sleeping patterns are being interfered with, especially for college students. Research shows that students who sleep more perform better academically than those who do not get get enough sleep. Vista College’s ‘5 Tips to Help You Sleep Your Way to a Higher GPA’ shows a better and more practicable way to get enough sleep and still maintain hi
MindShift
JULY 20, 2016
By Erin Wilkey Oh, Common Sense Education . As the debate over U.S. immigration policy continues to divide voters across the country, more and more online resources are popping up to help us understand this complex, emotionally charged issue. For young people without a personal connection to an immigration story, these websites, games, multimedia news pieces, and more, can help put a human face on an abstract debate.
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.
Fractus Learning
JULY 20, 2016
Pokémon has been around for more than 15 years, but unlike other video game creations, Pokémon has stood the test of time. The recent release of the cult Pokémon Go game is surely testament to that! With so much publicity surrounding Pokémon Go, no doubt your kids are clamoring for Pokémon in every shape and form. There are certainly plenty to choose from, including video games and action figure sets.
TeachThought - Learn better.
JULY 20, 2016
The post Might Teachers Work On-Demand In The Future? appeared first on TeachThought.
Technology Tidbits
JULY 20, 2016
Seesaw the wonderful free site/app (Android, iOS, etc) for students making digital portfolios has just released their biggest update so far. Version 4.0 allows users to. view all class activity in one place smarter push and email notifications simpler printing for sharing and conferences NEW Seesaw Plus - includes advances assessment tools I highly recommend checking out Seesaw by clicking here !!
Reading By Example
JULY 20, 2016
For many learners, young and old, there still seems to be a level of mental separation regarding the act of writing online. If we put it down on paper, that’s writing. If we write a post or tweet, that’s blogging. There’s really little difference anymore. What we used to know as writing vaguely resembles what it is today. Students so often fail to connect their social media engagement and real literacy.
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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