The CoolCatTeacher
AUGUST 4, 2016
Start the School Year Right -- Sponsored by @BloomzApp From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Social media and technology have changed parent-teacher relationships. If you’re smart, you can harness their power. Today, educator Joe Mazza shares how you can overcome barriers to creating successful partnerships with parents.
EdTech4Beginners
AUGUST 4, 2016
Project Based Learning (PBL) is a teaching strategy in which students acquire knowledge by working over a longer period of time on a project. They may have to answer an in-depth question, undertake an investigation or complete a challenge. Image courtesy of emergingedtech.com. What is required of the educator during PBL? Assigning learning goals. Directing students to a meaningful point of study.
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Digital Promise
AUGUST 4, 2016
This article originally appeared on Edutopia. You should know right up front, I’m not a math guy. Left to my own devices, wandering the halls of just about any school, I gravitate to the social studies and art project rooms. It’s not that I’m afraid of mathematics, I just like the stuff I can grab onto. Math always seemed too intangible.
Neo LMS
AUGUST 4, 2016
From a very young age we are all being taught how to interact with others, how to act appropriately in certain social situations, and to respect everyone. In other words, all kids are taught how to be a good citizen: of their communities, of their countries, of the world. Don’t speak with your mouth full! Don’t throw your garbage on the street!
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Ask a Tech Teacher
AUGUST 4, 2016
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Ditch That Textbook
AUGUST 4, 2016
The beginning of the school year is such an invigorating time. It’s still so full of potential and possibility. Plus, there’s that joy that we teachers get from new school supplies (something I’m sure is not fully appreciated by most other professions!). As we gear up for the new school year (or have already begun [.].
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Edsurge
AUGUST 4, 2016
Students in Art Goldberg’s English composition classes at Miami-Dade College and Broward College have a different experience than their peers in most introductory college writing courses. They’re role-playing as junior staff writers in a fictional newsroom, creating content for an upcoming broadcast—all within a digital game that aims to make learning grammar more engaging than memorizing Strunk and White.
The Jose Vilson
AUGUST 4, 2016
I gave this speech at the Clinton School for Public Service in Little Rock, AR as part of Noble Impact’s NobleTalks series. For those who read the last post, I deviated from this text somewhat after my visit to Central High School. Special shouts to Chris Thinnes for hearing me say this aloud in the wee hours of the night. . Good evening, class.
Edsurge
AUGUST 4, 2016
Every new school year breathes new life into my professional career. After a summer of relaxation and self-directed professional development (which is the most important type of PD ), I’m ready to return to my classroom to help students discover and refine new skills. While that may be the case again this year, I also find myself becoming increasingly unsettled as my career progresses.
eSchool News
AUGUST 4, 2016
With so much talk about the Common Core standards and truly increasing our student’s argumentative powers and critical thinking skills, some teachers are starting to think critically themselves about how best to engage students in thoughtful debate and discussion around texts they need to analyze anyway. One method, called the Socratic seminar, challenges to students to formal discussions about a text based on open-ended questions.
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.
Edsurge
AUGUST 4, 2016
The open floor plan, Ikea-style furnishing and bubbly atmosphere feel more like a Silicon Valley coworking space than a world class humanities center. At the Stanford. Literary Lab , the desks might be littered with hefty tomes, but the laptops show strings of code. The Lit Lab is a stronghold of the Digital Humanities, a field that ties computing to humanistic research.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
AUGUST 4, 2016
Youtube is undoubtedly a great source of educational content to use in class with your students. It also hosts tons of channels that provide instructional tutorials specifically tailored for.read more.
EdTechTeacher
AUGUST 4, 2016
Looking for a quick tip before heading to the beach? Ben Sondgeroth has 4 great ways that you can boost your Google Apps knowledge in just two minutes ! For more information, you can read Ben’s post – 4 Ways to Practice with Google This Summer ! Ready for even more Google Fun?! Come join Ben and Google Certified Trainers from across the country for our November 2-4, Innovation Summit in Boston.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
AUGUST 4, 2016
Looking for tools to use on your Chromebook to create posters and infographics to share with your students? The apps below are good places to start with. Our favourite tool in this list is.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.
MIND Research Institute
AUGUST 4, 2016
“The greek mathematician Archimedes was inspired by nature in many of his mathematical discoveries. What kind of patterns do we see in the shell of a snail?”. A crowd of students, enrolled in the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Ana summer program, lean in around my colleague to examine the creature in question. Thanks to our partner Chevron , MIND Research Institute brought interactive mathematical experiences like "Math and Nature" to the Boys and Girls Club students.
Edutopia
AUGUST 4, 2016
Dr. Jennifer Davis Bowman Curriculum Planning While student input matters when creating curriculum, it's critical to manage their involvement and expectations in determining what and how they'll learn.
EmergingEdTech
AUGUST 4, 2016
(Image source) These (Mostly Free) Tools Make a Great Addition to Every Student’s Writing Resource ‘Tool Kit’ The new school year is almost upon us! Whether you are just entering a. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
Edutopia
AUGUST 4, 2016
Dr. Lori Desautels Social and Emotional Learning Joseph Campbell's monomyth of the Hero's Journey maps easily onto the annual cycle of growth, struggle, crisis, and opportunity faced by every teacher and student in every classroom.
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eSchool News
AUGUST 4, 2016
Course Hero, an online learning platform that empowers millions of students and educators to succeed, revealed that they have accumulated more than 60,000 educator accounts on their platform since February. The company, which now counts over 10 million students who use its platform to supplement their class work with course-specific study materials, also announced the release of Course Hero for Educators to help educators save time in preparing their courses.
The Principal of Change
AUGUST 4, 2016
My good friend AJ Juliani is about to start a Genius Hour Master Course. His passion for this topic and his ability to share his enthusiasm has made a significant difference with so many educators. As this is a paid course, you can sign up here , and he is also offering a 20% discount if you use the following code to sign up: 20GEORGE. Below is a blog that is reposted from his blog and is great for those schools already using Genius Hour, or those looking to dive in.
Gaggle Speaks
AUGUST 4, 2016
Many of my colleagues and I are extremely fortunate to meet passionate educators willing to share emotional stories with us at ISTE, Tech & Learning SchoolCIO Summits, K-12 Innovation Forums and other events. To be honest, these folks make our jobs a lot easier by retelling these stories to their peers about how, if not for Gaggle Safety Management, students’ lives would have been impacted forever.
iLearn Technology
AUGUST 4, 2016
Boxed curriculum does exactly that: it boxes in learning, narrows the scope of possibility, and leads kids to believe that learning is a chore. Living curriculum does the opposite: it unleashes learning, opens up possibility and adjacent possibility, and leaves kids excited to continue learning. Living curriculum grows and adapts for a richer, more meaningful learning experience. 3 Steps to a Living Curriculum: Know your students!
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.
techlearning
AUGUST 4, 2016
Explore poems by mood and theme with this eclectic digital library.
eSchool News
AUGUST 4, 2016
AT&T charged two Florida school districts some of the highest telecommunications rates in the state and will face a fine for violating federal law and the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) “lowest corresponding price” rule, the FCC said in a statement. The rule ensures that schools and libraries participating in the FCC’s E-rate program are able to obtain the best rates available by prohibiting E-rate service providers from charging them more than the lowest p
techlearning
AUGUST 4, 2016
Why An Enterprise LMS Is the Key To Successful K-12 Digital Transformation Why do some education technology implementations succeed while others fail? Effective change management is critical to the s.
Fractus Learning
AUGUST 4, 2016
Kids love to play outdoors when the sun is beating down outside. It is a chance to soak up some vitamin D and burn off a little energy. The hotter it is, the more appealing water is, which is why swimming pools are so popular in hot countries. However, if you don’t have a pool, or your kids want something a bit different, inflatable water slides are an excellent alternative.
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.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
AUGUST 4, 2016
Library 2.0 Presents: "Student Engagement Through Library-led Gamification" With: Tasha Squires Learning Resource Center Teacher at O’Neill Middle School Library Date + Time: Wednesday, August 17th 10am EST for one hour (Click on the time link to see the event time in your own time zone.) Sign-up Link: This is a free event, but you must register to attend and will be sent the event link.
MindShift
AUGUST 4, 2016
Excerpted from “ The ABCs of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches, How They Work, and When to Use Them ,” (c) 2016 by Daniel L. Schwartz, Jessica M. Tsang and Kristen P. Blair. Used with the permission of the publisher, W. W. Norton & Co. The following is from the chapter “L is for Listening and Sharing.” Learning more together than alone.
Fractus Learning
AUGUST 4, 2016
It’s election year in the US and everywhere in print and on the Internet we are having discussions. In our society, discussions are the forum where we as individuals can find mutual agreement on ideas, contrast and contradictions of theories and most importantly a common ground to voice our concerns and freedom of speech. Therefore, why wouldn’t we want to teach our students not only how to have a good democratic discussion that fosters and encourages all of the above, but most of all, learning.
MindShift
AUGUST 4, 2016
Institute of Play ’s founding executive director Katie SalenTekinbaş has taught courses on game design, interactivity, narrative of play, and more at the School of Design at DePaul University, and she was Director of Graduate Studies at Parsons, The New School for Design. Somewhat surprisingly, this expert in games and game design says a one-person play written by the legendary Anna Deavere Smith called Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities is her favorite book.
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