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Three Sides of a Three-Sided Coin: Differentiation (Part 1)

A Principal's Reflections

This is the first guest post in a series on Response to Intervention (RTI) by Dr. Chris Weber , a Senior Fellow and Thought Leader on the topic with the International Center for Leadership in Education. Differentiation, special education, and response to intervention (RTI) are interrelated and interdependent; or, they should be. In my opinion and experiences schools can more successfully implement these critical, research-based initiatives.

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What You Might Have Missed in April

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here are the most-read posts for the month of April: 31Websites for Poetry Month. 67 K-8 Hour of Code Suggestions–by Grade Level. 23 Great Websites and Apps for Earth Day. Do You Miss Kerpoof? Try These 31 Alternatives. 16 Great Research Websites for Kids. 17 Ways to Add Tech to your Lessons Without Adding Time to Your Day. 7 Authentic Assessment Tools.

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What is the Power of Play?

Battelle for Kids

Volume 3, Issue 4, Number 1. Driving Question: How does play impact students' learning? Last month, I visited my grandson in Sydney, Australia. As the sun rose over the Pacific (That is the way in happens there) each day, I had a chance to observe this almost 7 year old Aussie-American's first morning hour. I would wake and see him hunched on the floor either building free form with his LEGOs, attaching elements of a circuit board to propel a miniature car, or most usually, trying to roll marble

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The Danger of Coloring Outside The Lines (Guest Post)

The Jose Vilson

Our last guest post comes from someone who’s been doing “the work” for kids in Colorado, not only as an educator to Latin@ / Chican@ children, but also as a teacher leader. Please give your warmest reception to Jozette Martinez-Griffin. I remember what happened last year when there were other targets, fragmented conversations taking place in whispered corners of the empty school library, the eye rolls shared among administrators and in-the-loop teachers when “those” teachers sp

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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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Critical Thinking Explained for Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

May 1, 2016 Critical thinking is an essential skill for the 21st century students. Not that it was not essential before but in a digitally focused world where there is an exceeding.read more.

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Top 10 STEM Educators To Follow on Twitter

TeacherCast

Here is a non sequential list of 10 of todays best STEM resources. Please take a moment this week to listen to their shows and follow them on Twitter. | TeacherCast.net. The post Top 10 STEM Educators To Follow on Twitter appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.

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Learn How To Be a Raspberry Pi Expert Through These Great new Resources from @RaspberryFanClub

TeacherCast

Learn how you can become a Raspberry Pi expert in your school by attending Picademy | TeacherCast.net. The post Learn How To Be a Raspberry Pi Expert Through These Great new Resources from @RaspberryFanClub appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.

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Exploring the Potential of Digital Portfolios

MiddleWeb

This year Kevin Hodgson is moving away from overstuffed 3-ring binders and into the realm of digital portfolios to collect evidence of progress toward goals. And he's taking his 6th graders along; they're using Google Apps to create online repositories of writing.

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Here Is A Great Website for STEM Teachers and Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

May 1, 2016 NOVA, one of the popular American TV series that produces in-depth science programming in the form of documentaries and short videos, has this excellent resource called NOVA.read more.

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My journey from teacher to teacherpreneur

The Cornerstone for Teachers

I’ve been meaning to share this story for years, because I get asked a LOT about my journey and how long it took me to get where I’m at right now. . The short version is this: I’m a National Board Certified Teacher with 11 years of classroom experience. In 2009, I turned my passion for helping other teachers into a career as an educational consultant based in Fort Lauderdale, FL, and Brooklyn, NY.

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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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Here Is A Good App to Wirelessly Mirror Your Chromebook to Any Computer

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

April 30, 2016 Mirroring360 Sender is a good application for teachers using Chromebooks with their students. It is also ideal for 1:1 or BYOD classrooms. Mirroring360 allows you to mirror your.read more.

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End-of-Year Learning Can Be Meaningful & Fun

MiddleWeb

The last weeks of school are a time when a little hard work and lots of organization can pay big dividends in a learning experience that is smooth, structured, and fun for all, says middle grades educator Elyse Scott, who shares a dozen end-of-year activities.

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Chicago State University lays off one third of its staff, 300+ people

Bryan Alexander

The Illinois budget crisis caused more casualties this week, as Chicago State University laid off more than 300 people, one third of its staff. CSU has been heading towards the financial edge during 2016 , and these cuts indicate that even a last-minute state aid package hasn’t halted that flight. Which staff are suffering? [Chicago State President Thomas Calhoun Jr.] said the cuts will touch every area of the university — from associate vice presidents to police officers, counselors and

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Digital Geometry App Offers Excellent Tutorials

techlearning

Title : isosceles+ : geometry sketchpad Summary : Digital tool for exploring and constructing lines, angles, shapes Pros: Tutorials are excellent for reviewing concepts and assessing knowledge either.

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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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Chicago State University lays off one third of its staff, 300+ people

Bryan Alexander

The Illinois budget crisis caused more casualties this week, as Chicago State University laid off more than 300 people, one third of its staff. CSU has been heading towards the financial edge during 2016 , and these cuts indicate that even a last-minute state aid package hasn’t halted that flight. Which staff are suffering? [Chicago State President Thomas Calhoun Jr.] said the cuts will touch every area of the university — from associate vice presidents to police officers, counselors and

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Teaching and Tech Tweet Wrap, Week Ending 04-30-16

EmergingEdTech

Inspiring, informative, useful, or just plain fun tweets posted on Twitter over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers. This week … writing notes by hand is better for. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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5 Easy Ways to Move Beyond Traditional Q & A in the Classroom

The Innovative Educator

Innovative educators often are not fans of traditional teaching dominated by sage on the stage lecturing from the front of the classroom, occasionally pausing to ask a question and point to a child whose hand is raised. While direct instruction has its place, in general innovative educators strive for more of them (students) and less of us (educators).

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Permission to Fail at #Picademy

Learning With Lucie

This weekend, the second cadre of #PICADEMY USA participants is getting introduced to the the wonderful pedagogical practices of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Watching the #Picademy hashtag on Twitter throughout the weekend, brought back memories of my experience in Mountain View just a few months ago at the first Picademy USA. When I think back about that weekend for me, I vividly remember Carrie Anne Philbin unveiling the weekend agenda.

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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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Standing Still is Falling Behind

The Principal of Change

You have two teachers in a hiring process and one of them does some amazing things and the other one is doing really good things. At this point, “teacher A” is stronger than “teacher B” Which one would you take? Well some people would obviously choose “teacher A” is better, but what they need to realize is that they are better now.

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Bowie, Prince and teacher legacy

Learning with 'e's

So far, 2016 has been a very bad year for celebrities. It has been called 'the year the music died'. With only a third of the year gone, the world of entertainment has already said final farewells to several iconic musicians, including my own personal favourites David Bowie , Prince Rogers Nelson and Eagles front man Glen Frey. Many others, giants in their own genres of entertainment, are also gone.