Catlin Tucker

MARCH 2, 2016

According to a Gallup Student Poll (2015) of public school children, 47% report being “disengaged” at school. Unfortunately, this statistic doesn’t shock me. Too many classrooms are not set up with the intention of engaging students. Student engagement is “ the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion that students show when they are learning or being taught.” As a teacher, it’s my job to engage student curiosity, interest and passion in

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 2, 2016

By Amy Brown Tablets, notebooks and, yes, even smartphones can improve learning outcomes, but only if schools plan deployment carefully.

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More Verbs

MARCH 2, 2016

Creating a shared vision is a critical step in school improvement efforts. This post is the continuation of an effective process for creating such a shared vision. In the previous post, we discussed the background of the process, who to invite, and some of the set up. This portion focuses on how to arrive at the preferred future we have for students we care about.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 2, 2016

By D. Frank Smith A classroom simulator platform operating out of UCF is breaking new ground for how teachers hone their craft.

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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.

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Battelle for Kids

MARCH 2, 2016

Volume 3, Issue 3, Number 2. Driving Question: What if 2nd graders learned significant reading content through meaningful project work and shared their learning with others? 2nd graders at Katherine Smith School, a Project Based Learning School, in San Jose, California recently finished a PBL about We read about whales. We thought about whales. We asked questions about whales.

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Voyager Sopris Learning

MARCH 2, 2016

Among the recent trends in education, few are as notable (for the right reasons) as the growth mindset. This belief is, fortunately, very simple to understand. Mental abilities and other talents can be developed through dedication and hard work. The opposite of the growth mindset is kind of a downer. It’s called the fixed mindset, and it suggests that intelligence, talent, and other abilities are more or less fixed at birth.

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Education Elements

MARCH 2, 2016

The success of your virtual school may very well depend on how you implement technology and how well you engage your community. Technology is a critical part of your virtual school’s success. Depending on your school model, your virtual school may be entirely run online. It is perhaps obvious, then, that technology is a critical component, but the importance of people and community might be less clear.

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Educational Technology Guy

MARCH 2, 2016

One of the things I do in my role as a K-12 Education Strategist is work on resources for schools to use. I've been working on a resource document that has resoures on Assistive Technology and Accessibility and thought I would share it here: Related: More Accessibility Resources Google Accessibility Features and Resources -. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy.

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Education Elements

MARCH 2, 2016

I lost 50 lbs in one year following this diet plan, utilizing this personalized learning framework I developed. It works for diets, but it also works for learning. I didn’t know where to start with my diet. I’d never done one before. So I spent a lot of time reading everything I could about diets. I soon realized that there was too much information and there were no silver bullets.

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Edutopia

MARCH 2, 2016

Photo credit: World Literature Today via flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Shelby Scoffield Literacy With the station rotation model, secondary students can focus on language arts skills such as analysis, structure, and academic writing while improving their overall writing quality.

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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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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 2, 2016

After years of questioning the accessibility of Amazon’s Kindle e-reader , the National Federation of the Blind today announced that it will work with the online retailer to improve reading experiences for blind, low-vision, and deaf-blind students. In a statement, the federation indicated it will “collaborate on improvements to Amazon’s education content, platforms, and applications.” It added that representatives from Amazon and the Baltimore-based federation will meet on an ongoing basi

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2016

How innovative districts are exposing more students to coding and closing the participation gap. Recently, President Barack Obama announced his administration’s commitment to provide computer science education for all students. Endorsement by the White House is valuable to those new to introducing computer science (CS) in the classroom, as well as others, like members of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools , who have championed CS for years.

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Edutopia

MARCH 2, 2016

Jayne Clare Literacy Here are seven apps to help special needs students toward reading readiness, touchscreen games that engage children through play with colors, shapes, animation, alphabet sequencing, and sentence structure.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 2, 2016

March 2, 2016 Here are three important Chrome extensions students can use to clip web content. These are particularly helpful when doing research. They allow you to take quick screenshots, record.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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ProfHacker

MARCH 2, 2016

This week, the people who brought you the Open Access Button have released the beta version of their new “Open Data Button,” a browser add-on with a simple but powerful purpose : Download the Open Data Button for your browser. Next time you’re reading a research paper and you want to investigate the data behind it, push the Open Data Button. The Open Data Button will try to find you the data you need.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 2, 2016

March , 2016 Traditional scrapbooking as we have known it is loosing ground for digital scrapbooking. There are now several web tools and mobile apps that make it easy for anyone to create and share.read more.

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The Innovative Educator

MARCH 2, 2016

Teachers must update their practice by removing notetaking from the work their students do. I don't just preach this idea. I practice it. In every class I am responsible for, students are given all teacher notes, slides, videos (with transcript) and materials. When students have the notes, rather than worrying about recording what the teacher says, they can make meaning of what the teacher says.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 2, 2016

February, 2016 Google Sheets announced yesterday the release of a new handy feature that allows you to easily convert text to columns. This is especially helpful when pasting delimited data ( data.read more.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 2, 2016

The post The Problem With Evidence-Led Innovation appeared first on TeachThought.

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Learning With Lucie

MARCH 2, 2016

This is Part 3 of a blog post series from the first #Picademy USA in MountainView this past weekend - including this Video Summary. You can also check out Part 1 and Part 2 #Picademy USA Day 2 Several us managed to get a drive by glimpse of GooglePlex before we started Day 2 of #Picademy USA. Upon arriving at the Computer History Museum, we were once again greeted with warm smiles, coffee, fruit, pastries, and a packed agenda.

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MindShift

MARCH 2, 2016

Hear that change jingling in my pocket? Good. I have two little questions for you. I have a quarter, a dime and a nickel. How much money DO I have? I have three coins. How much money COULD I have? The first question is a basic arithmetic problem with one and only one right answer. You might find it on a multiple-choice test. The second is an open-ended question with a number of different possible correct answers.

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The Electric Educator

MARCH 2, 2016

I am fortunate to be able to work with thousands of educators at hundreds of schools each year. Occasionally, I have the opportunity to help a school build something really cool. My first project of 2016 was to help Kingsley elementary school , a small school in northern Michigan, build an elementary book report machine. Writing reflectively is a key component of the common core standards ( example ).

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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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MiddleWeb

MARCH 2, 2016

Each lesson in Rozlyn Linder's "The Big Book of Details" can be quickly implemented by busy teachers as they grab a tool from this practical writing kit, says teacher Sandy Wisneski. Activities and real-world examples guide students as they enrich their prose.

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Fractus Learning

MARCH 2, 2016

Teacher : “Please open your textbook to page 131. Let’s read the introduction paragraph together, then you will read the rest of the chapter to yourself, answering the questions on page 135 on your own sheet of paper.”. Student A: “Do we have to? It is so boring!”. Teacher: “Yes. This chapter has important vocabulary you will need to know for your test at the end of the week.

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2016

New PXW-Z150 with 1.0 type sensor delivers low-light performance and networking features for fast turn-around, high-quality workflows. Sony’s newest 4K camcorder, the PXW-Z150, combines enhanced low-light performance and multiple file transfer options in a compact design for professionals who need to quickly and easily shoot, edit and deliver broadcast-quality content.

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Teacher Tech

MARCH 2, 2016

I like to use randomlistofnames.com to create sample students. This comes in handy quite often. This gives me a list of first and last names. Oftentimes I want the first and last names separated. You can also do this with your actual student names. Copy your roster of students and paste into a Google Sheets […].

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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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EdTechTeam

MARCH 2, 2016

Lisa Thumann Director of Professional Learning EdTechTeam Despite it being the shortest month of the year, February was jam-packed with Googley-Goodness in all shapes and sizes over the globe. Last month, EdTechTeam hosted 25 events in 7 countries! The events ranged from our six Summits featuring Google in Education in places like India , Missouri and Argentina to our new Certification Bootcamps and in-district customized professional development in Oklahoma and Florida , and a student summit in

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Fractus Learning

MARCH 2, 2016

Hunting for treasure will keep kids entertained for hours. With a kids metal detector your child can explore in the garden, on the beach, in the local park and all sorts of healthy outdoor locations. If they’re lucky, they may even uncover old coins or valuable relics. And regardless of how successful their prospecting is, a spot of treasure hunting should be enough to spark a passionate interest in history and the environment.

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Bryan Alexander

MARCH 2, 2016

On Thursday Will Richardson and I will take the Future Trends Forum stage to explore what’s coming next for education, focusing on K-12 and technology. Will ( blog , Twitter ) is an expert in technology and secondary education, being one of the first great edubloggers and a passionate, experienced teacher. He’s become a prolific writer , a consultant, and a speaker.

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The Principal of Change

MARCH 2, 2016

“You don’t need technology to learn.” I have heard this statement a ton from educators, and although there is truth to it, we have to realize that technology brings in opportunities for learning that we never had as kids. For example…living in a small town in Canada, if I wanted to learn to play the violin as a kid, it was imperative that we would have a violin teacher living in the area.

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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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