Sat.Jul 09, 2016

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3 Great Grading Add-ons for Google Docs

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

July 3, 2016 Below are two Google Docs add-ons that you can use to grade students assignments and provide written feedback to them. The apps will absolutely facilitate your grading and save you some.read more.

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Google Forms: Turn On Quiz Features

Teacher Tech

Google Forms Quizzes Google has realized that there are many of us who are using their survey tool for formative assessment quizzes. They have now added features that allow you to treat your Form as a quiz, set an answer key on multiple choice questions, and have it automatically graded. Google Forms and multiple choice […]. The post Google Forms: Turn On Quiz Features appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Join the Unshakeable book club July 17-August 5th

The Cornerstone for Teachers

When: July 17th-August 5th. Where: Online via a private, closed Facebook group. Cost: Free. This is an online book club for my latest book, Unshakeable: 20 Ways to Enjoy Teaching Every Day…No Matter What. We’ll be exploring 20 ways to enjoy teaching every day, no matter what. It’s a great way to get yourself excited and motivated for the new school year, and connect with other teachers who want to love what they do even more.

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An Excellent Collection of Educational Rubrics to Help You Integrate Technology in Your Teaching

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

July 9, 2016 Rubrics are integral to the teaching and learning process taking place inside the classroom. ‘Rubrics are scoring charts used to assess and evaluate a particular learning or teaching.read more.

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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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Are the Concepts of 'Grit' and 'Mindset' Attempts to Erase Importance of Social Justice & Equity?

The 21st Century Principal

While reading an essay entitled "Foucault, Power, and Organizations" by Stewart Clegg, I have begun to write and congeal thoughts about the new embrace by educationalists of the ideas of teaching students about "grit" and "mindsets." More and more books you pick up on educational methods and teaching practices seem to increasingly refere to Carol Dweck's ideas about "mindsets" and their role in success.

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Do We Need Hashtags Just to Implement Best Practices or Nahh?

RafranzDavis.com

Someone sent me a “hyperdoc” the other day. I’ve been staring at it since trying to figure out what makes it a “hyperdoc” vs a normal google doc. You know…a normal document where you build in spaces (tables or shapes) within the document to organize ideas, share information, ask questions and often leaving room for more questions…student centered and inquiry focused.

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The Hottest Post Ever That Everybody's Commenting On: Should Teachers Sell or Share?

The Innovative Educator

I recently shared the hottest post ever that everyone was reading on The Innovative Educator which garnered more than 17,000 views in one week. That post shared secrets to success for getting your principal to say yes from former @NYCSchools Principal Jason Levy ( @Levy_Jason ). This week's hottest post, makes it to the top for the number of comments generated in a week.

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How—and Why—We Can Improve the Future of Mobile Learning

Edsurge

When Massive Open Online Courses (or MOOCs) were first introduced, people quickly realized these platforms could help students learn more effectively at their own pace on their own schedule. “Formal” education was no longer constrained to traditional classroom hours, if it ever was. This development, combined with tremendous growth in mobile device usage due to improved technology, naturally led to a shift in mobile learning patterns.