Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 20, 2016

Just a quick shout out for anyone looking for an easy and affordable way to try videoconferencing. The folks over at EZTalks are having an Easter special. You can find out more about it here.

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Battelle for Kids

MARCH 20, 2016

Volume 3, Issue 3, Number 9. This two part post describes the critical features that have made this P21 Exemplar School one of the best STEM Schools in the nation. It serves a diverse population, but also models what it takes to transform a school into a deeper learning community for all students. Driving Question: What systems and features are needed to sustain a successful STEM Academy that serves a diverse, high-needs population?

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The Jose Vilson

MARCH 20, 2016

For years, I’ve traversed the country, pushing education spaces to become more intersectional, more inclusive of the people most affected by education reform. A short list includes any ed-tech conferences, colleges and universities, union spaces, pro-public education spaces, and even the US Department of Education. In any and all of those spaces, inclusion means creating spaces for any and all members of a given community to feel like they’re a part of that space, especially those wh

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TeacherCast

MARCH 20, 2016

Jeff sits down with Matt Niemitz from Adobe Education to discuss Adobe Education Exchange, a free resource for teachers to learn how to enhance their curriculum using Adobe solutions. Jeff sits down with Matt Niemitz from Adobe Education to discuss Adobe Education Exchange, a free resource for teachers to learn how to enhance their curriculum using Adobe solutions.

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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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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 20, 2016

The post Adjusting Your Teaching To Increasingly Powerful Technology appeared first on TeachThought.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 20, 2016

March 20, 2016 Map games can be a great way to help students develop their geo-literacy. Students get to engage with learning activities specifically designed to challenge their geography.read more.

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Turning Learning On Its Head

MARCH 20, 2016

Recently I have been helping a number of teachers move from a flipped classroom to the Flipped Mastery classroom. A mastery classroom is difficult to implement because students are not all learning the same thing at the same time. The logistics of some students working on one objective and others on a different one, and still others on another can overwhelm teachers.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 20, 2016

March 20, 2016 Where are living in an era where ‘informational obesity’ is the norm. We are surrounded by information that comes in multiple digital forms and from different sources. The ability to.read more.

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Teacher Tech

MARCH 20, 2016

This is an updated writing journal from my previous blog post. Taking advantage of the new outline tool in Google Docs by including headers within the document. This makes it easy to jump to the current journal entry of a student. Unlike the table of contents, the outline in the left margin of the screen updates […]. The post Google Docs Writing Journal appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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MiddleWeb

MARCH 20, 2016

Education leaders Ruth Ash and Pat Hodge examine how middle level principals, working with teachers and students, are creating high performing learning cultures using five key leadership practices. It's not magic, they say, but method, logic, perseverance, and heart.

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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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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 20, 2016

The post 5 Ways To Help Students Ask Better Questions appeared first on TeachThought.

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MARCH 20, 2016

Wordles are everywhere, in every color and size. Middle grades teacher and Scholastic author Marilyn Pryle shows 10 ways word clouds made with Wordle and Tagxedo can be crafted into powerful literacy teaching tools, using the right prompts and directions.

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The Innovative Educator

MARCH 20, 2016

The New York Times this week covers a new documentary called “Screenagers” which takes a look at the tired story of children who can’t resist the pull of electronic devices, and their parents who don’t know what to do about it. I nnovative educators who spend time with these screenagers aren’t so worried.

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EmergingEdTech

MARCH 20, 2016

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 in the wrap … apps that let students show. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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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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techlearning

MARCH 20, 2016

Once students see how Shakespeare lives in modern language and thought, they may be quick to point out examples they find as they read his plays.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 20, 2016

The post Ep. 38 Scaling Project Based Learning Online appeared first on TeachThought.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 20, 2016

For the second time in a few days I was back in Paris this week, where I experienced a sense of deja vu (surprisingly, the French have no word for this.)* I had been invited to speak at the American Research Society's International Conference on Education and Information Technology ( ICEIT 2016 ). It was a small but knowledgeable gathering of academics from many countries inside and outside of Europe including the Philippines, Japan, India, China, Morocco, Iran, UAE, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Bang

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The Daring Librarian

MARCH 20, 2016

I've blogged about Speed Dating With Books before - but I really fell in LOVE with this activity - it was a new take on it! I don't let just anyone guest blog here - they have to be someone I know, admire, & like! (So stop asking me start-ups & companies!) But Mary Reilley-Clark aka @SEMSLibraryLady is indeed a personal friend of mine, and her latest activity was something that I wanted join in on and to share with you!

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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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The Principal of Change

MARCH 20, 2016

On Twitter, I asked for a great video on “Forward Thinking Leadership”, and Christina Carlin (thank you!), shared this great video: The quote at the end resonated; When Kennedy said, that we would put a man on the moon, it’s about the fact that he said,”We don’t know how to do this yet, but we are going to do this anyway.” And that sends chills up everybody’s spine, because if that happens, what couldn’t we do?

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MindShift

MARCH 20, 2016

Round 2. What is the best game-based tool for learning? In the spirit of March Madness, join us for the Tech Tool Tourney, hosted by Common Sense Graphite and KQED MindShift. This 32-game bracket-style competition is a teacher-fueled smackdown of learning games thoroughly vetted by Graphite. Your votes determine the winners of each round! If you aren’t familiar with a game, take a look at the Graphite review to learn more, or download it and give it a whirl.

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techlearning

MARCH 20, 2016

Virtual pattern blocks with some extra useful teaching tools.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 20, 2016

"The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things." - Ronald Reagan Lately I have really been focused on what true leadership actually is. Many times when I come across the word leader I see the word follower attached. In my opinion, leadership is not about attracting others to follow.

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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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