The CoolCatTeacher
DECEMBER 15, 2016
How Words often Kill the Best Intentions From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. We have too many standards. Many of you will agree, they are too long. In fact, some teachers I know spend more time aligning standards than creating lesson plans. With this in mind, we must ask, are these well-intentioned standards keeping us from focusing on the main thing?
EdTech Magazine
DECEMBER 15, 2016
By Eric Patnoudes Online contractors help create video that highlights passion for education.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
DECEMBER 15, 2016
This week, I’ll share three holiday activities that will get your computers, technology, and social media ready for the new year. Here’s what you’ll get: Update Your Online Presence. Backup and Image your computer. 22 Ways to Speed Up Your Computer. A note: The links won’t work until the articles publish! Today: Update Your Online Presence.
EdTech4Beginners
DECEMBER 15, 2016
Based on our experiences as reading teachers and researchers, we designed Rhyme to Read as a program that would allow all students to be successful as beginning readers. Our experience taught us the importance of confidence to reading achievement. Students who are initially frustrated by or anxious about reading tasks lose their ability to focus on, to persevere with, and to draw generalizations about the complex task of reading.
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Ditch That Textbook
DECEMBER 15, 2016
Students and teachers are doing amazing things with Google tools in the classroom. They’re collaborating. They’re creating. They’re sharing. They’re doing things that would be pretty tough — or impossible — without those tools. Some people look at all that innovation and think, “That’s all well and good … but I can’t dream up all [.].
Digital Promise
DECEMBER 15, 2016
This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. There is increasing evidence that bilingualism can affect how the brain works. Older, lifelong bilinguals have demonstrated better cognitive skills in tasks that require increased cognitive control. These cognitive effects are most pronounced in bilingual people who speak two languages in their everyday life for many years, compared to those who speak a second language but don’t use it often.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Baker's B.Y.O.D.
DECEMBER 15, 2016
I realized that I was over complicating matters and making things too complex when it came to creating digital portfolios with my 9th grade ELA students. I am passionate about technology integration in my class, but I am mindful of how/why we use the technology. As I flip the learning in my class, it is easy to get inundated with the myriad of edtech tools and sites that are available.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 15, 2016
Editor’s Note: ‘Tis the season of giving, eating and reflecting, a time to look back on 2016 and to make bold predictions about what next year may hold. In our fourth year-end personal statement roundup, we’ve again asked thought leaders to share their outlooks on education, but with a twist. They have to frame their thoughts as a response to some of the finest college application essay prompts, inspired by the very same ones that high school seniors are feverishly working on now!
eSchool News
DECEMBER 15, 2016
According to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Education Technology, librarians are at the forefront of helping schools become future ready. However, too often librarians are left out of the planning process for infrastructure and devices, professional learning for teachers, and digital content strategies—areas where they often have expertise.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 15, 2016
This week in S’Cool Tools, we've got two free tools for you, chosen by the EdSurge team. If you’d like to be featured in our S’Cool Tools column, click here to leave your very own Teacher Case Study. Cignition ’s Fog Stone Isle. Free! This math game for middle schoolers was recently profiled on KQED for bringing neuroscience into its design. With a virtual world slightly reminiscent of Minecraft, Cignition’s initial activities focus on fractions (currently free to use, though future sections of
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
DECEMBER 15, 2016
Want to be an innovative teacher? There are literally hundreds, if not thousands of apps and online edtech tools for that! But which ones have the most potential for the New Year? Probably the ones that have already seen success in a number of schools and districts across the country. Information technology has already changed the way education is provided and it continues to make even more impact with new apps that are designed every week.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
DECEMBER 15, 2016
December 15, 2016 Nancie Atwell is one of the scholars that have prolifically contributed to the literature on teaching literacy. Nancie is best known for her classic book "In the Middle: New.read more.
The Electric Educator
DECEMBER 15, 2016
Note: this lesson idea is an excerpt from my book, The Chromebook Classroom. If you find this lesson helpful, you will enjoy the 40+ lessons from the book! Pick up a copy on Amazon or at chrmbook.com ! The best way to learn something is to teach it to someone else! For this activity, students who need to learn materials for an upcoming test will use the Ziteboard whiteboard extension to solve a math problem while recording their solution using Screencastify.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
DECEMBER 15, 2016
December 15, 2016 iMovie is an amazing video app to use in your instruction. It offers a wide variety of features that allow you to create and share professionally-designed videos without any major.read more.
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.
ProfHacker
DECEMBER 15, 2016
Because of the ways academic calendars are constructed, the dates for the end of fall term classes, exam period, and final grade entry at different colleges can be spread out from late November to late January. Regardless of where you are in that sequence of events, this can be a hectic time of year, particularly if you have travel or holiday plans coming up.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 15, 2016
Kiara Photo: Kyle Spencer. Latune and Kiara are bright and passionate teenagers. Latune is the more artistic of the two — she plans to become a professional fashion designer. Kiara is the more pragmatic one — she’s set on becoming an anesthesiologist. They both have career plans carefully laid out, and are determined to get to college and out of their neighborhoods.
The Principal of Change
DECEMBER 15, 2016
In a conversation with a group of educators, we discussed some of the challenges that we had with promoting “innovation” in their schools (the idea of doing new and better things). As one group started to share, they started with, “The problem we have…”, and quickly I said, “You mean…The opportunity we have…” The demeanour of the conversation changed immediately from negative to positive.
TeachThought - Learn better.
DECEMBER 15, 2016
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MiddleWeb
DECEMBER 15, 2016
Every Child a Super Reader can empower students to become lovers of reading who understand what they read. Teacher Linda Biondi says its lessons and resources will help students analyze a text, appreciate the craft, and become voracious consumers of the written word.
Fractus Learning
DECEMBER 15, 2016
Capturing exactly what you see during any underwater adventure can be tricky if you don’t have the right underwater camera. An underwater camera is specially designed to maintain quality of your photos and videos while you dive, swim or snorkel. Every camera is different and can be used in differing depths, water types and offer various features.
Gaggle Speaks
DECEMBER 15, 2016
Moving your student or staff email from one provider to another is inevitable. For example, you might be switching from Office 365 to G Suite (Google Apps) or vice versa. Along with this big project comes even greater concerns, such as who will do the work and when, how to reduce the amount of downtime and provide users uninterrupted access to email services, how to assure you retain inbox integrity, and training users on the new platform.
Fractus Learning
DECEMBER 15, 2016
As a Principal you are plopped down into a building tasked with one of two scenarios: maintain the status quo or upset that status quo. In order to accomplish your own goals within one of those two frameworks you must be able to influence your staff. From the very beginning of your tenure you must interweave at least three types of power to set your agenda. 1.
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.
MindShift
DECEMBER 15, 2016
Many students struggle with writing, and one of the most difficult parts of an analytical essay is the introduction. Some students may find it easier to wait to write the introduction until after honing in on a great thesis and backing up the argument with analysis. Only then will they have the clarity to craft an interesting, compelling introduction.
NspireD2
DECEMBER 15, 2016
I’ve started to follow Richard Byrne’s blog “Practical Ed Tech” and this week he has an article that lists Three Free Collaborative Whiteboard Tools. Online whiteboards let you share what you draw on the screen – diagrams, concept maps, graphs, and so on. The video below shows Richard’s demo of one of the tools, NotebookCast. […].
Tech Helpful
DECEMBER 15, 2016
According to Forbes, "Wearable Tech Market To Be Worth $34 Billion By 2020" ([link] Wrist-based devices can be found in schools everywhere. In fact, a friend of mine said she has twins in first grade at her school that have iWatches. Educational technology LMS platforms are spending much money and man hours on creating safeguards against plagiarism.
EdTechTeam
DECEMBER 15, 2016
Eminence, Kentucky is a small, rural school district about halfway between Lexington and Louisville. It’s small, about 2500 people live there altogether. It’s also where I teach 5th grade. So when I was given the opportunity to travel almost 3000 miles North to Yellowknife for a EdTechTeam Summit (in the Northwest Territories of Canada), I jumped at it.
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.
Education Superhighway
DECEMBER 15, 2016
On November 16, Governor Brownback and Education Commissioner Watson announced the launch of the Kansas Connect and Learn Initiative in partnership with EducationSuperHighway. We are excited to join together to support the work being done in Kansas to ensure every student and teacher in Kansas has the bandwidth they need for 21st century learning. To accomplish this goal, stakeholders across the state will work together to increase connectivity in Kansas schools.
MiddleWeb
DECEMBER 15, 2016
Ross W. Greene's Lost & Found: Helping Behaviorally Challenging Students (and, While You're At It, All the Others) can assist educators as they work with kids to build lagging skills and collaborate on unsolved problems, says reviewer Nicolette Lesniak.
Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous
DECEMBER 15, 2016
Every year that we have our Polar Express Day, I’m reminded of the power of community. School-wide events are so rewarding, but they take a lot of work to pull off. The library hosts multiple school-wide events every year. A team of special elves come together to make Polar Express Day a special event for every child in our school. It is often one of the big memories that students have about their year and their experience at Barrow.
MiddleWeb
DECEMBER 15, 2016
I, Me, You, We: Individuality Versus Conformity offers teachers intellectually challenging ELA and arts lessons for gifted middle schoolers. Educator Amy Cummings saw less emphasis on self understanding than expected but found almost unlimited ideas for her classroom.
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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