Fri.Apr 08, 2016

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23 Earth Day Activities, Resources, Web Sites, & Apps

Teacher Reboot Camp

“The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.”- Lady Bird Johnson. Earth Day is April 22nd and serves as an important reminder of how each of us needs to do our part to care for the planet we call home. Teachers can help their students begin to care about their impact on the environment and take action to minimize their impact on the Earth by making them aware of environmental issues.

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Four Signs It’s Time for Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

This post was co-authored by Center for Teaching Quality CEO Barnett Berry. . Studies suggest American schools invest $18 billion in teachers’ professional learning annually. But considerable evidence indicates that formal professional development often misses the mark. And while teachers are also learning in informal ways, existing systems don’t track or make the most of that growth. .

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3 Comic Creators That Will Wow Your Students

Ask a Tech Teacher

Comics are a robust medium for sharing empathy and perspective in a story. It’s equally appropriate for fiction and nonfiction and does a solid job of reinforcing Common Core standards related to writing in a fun, agile way that appeals to students. When your students write with comics, they’ll follow a few simple rules: Each panel includes detail to support the plot, characters, and setting.

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Q&A: Talking Tech and Mobility with CoSN's Marie Bjerede

EdTech Magazine

By Jena Passut Education advocate offers tips on preparing for the future of teaching and learning.

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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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My #GoDaddyNightmare

Ask a Tech Teacher

For those of you who are trying to visit my resource site, StructuredLearning.net , it’s down. I’ve talked with Go Daddy, addressed their issues. Money’s there, bank’s on my side, fault is somewhere besides me, everything’s straightened out, and still it may take them 24 hours to re-activate my site. F *. It’s not just me; it’s my entire group of cooperative teacher publishers.

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The #EduColor Movement Meets The National Board [Video]

The Jose Vilson

I spoke about the #EduColor movement and the importance of community at the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards / Teaching and Learning Conference 2016 with a host of other awesome folks. To watch the video, click here or watch below. Let me know what you think. And follow the movement at [link] or follow the hashtag on Twitter and Facebook with #educolor.

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Friday 5 — 4.8.2016

Perry Hewitt

Live video is becoming more popular from breaking news coverage to ordinary, slice-of-life broadcasts. Try this new Facebook Live map to see real-time videos now playing worldwide. Reddit has launched its first official apps for iOS and Android. Popular subreddit communities like /r/science already drive a fair amount of traffic to news and edu sites; reliable native mobile apps can only increase those numbers.

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This Time it’s Personal

Adjusting Course

Yesterday a package arrived in the mail. It was from my aunt who sent me some old photographs of my dad…along with a heartfelt note. My dad passed away almost eight years ago without warning, so receiving the pictures was like an instant connection to him. In the note my aunt mentioned that, “The memory of her brother (my dad) would forever live on in her heart,” and she thought I would appreciate having the pictures of him.

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Be Social With Social

Adam Welcome

Even though social media isn’t anything new, it’s definitely still not mainstream or widely adopted in our schools. I see more and more teachers, districts, Principals and schools creating social media accounts to share with their community, and I also have lots of those same people asking me why or to help those they work with. “How and why” is a question I get a lot, here are a few thoughts.

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Is Getting Students ‘College-and-Career’ Ready Just Empty Blather?

The 21st Century Principal

As is clear from a post by EdNC entitled “ Questions at the State Board on Quality of Graduation Rates,” the is some question about just how much our schools in North Carolina are successfully getting our students, especially poorer and minority students “College and Career Ready.” Our North Carolina State Board of Education, in a meeting this week, questioned North Carolina’s highest than ever graduation rate because although the state is graduating more students than ever, there are still seri

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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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5-Minute Film Festival: Taking Back PD with Edcamp

Edutopia

Photo credit: Kevin Jarrett via flickr (CC BY 2.0) Amy Erin Borovoy (aka VideoAmy) 5-Minute Film Festival Want to learn more about the Edcamp movement? This video collection will help you get started and involved in DIY professional development.

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Financial Literacy for All

Kathy Schrock

April is Financial Literacy Month. Financial literacy is one of the literacies our students need to succeed. Financial and economic literacy are about understanding the importance of making appropriate economic choices on a personal level, as well as understanding the connection that personal, business, and governmental decisions have on individuals, society, and the economy.

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Creating Meaningful Global Connections

Edutopia

Photo credit: Bridget Suvansri Bridget Suvansri Global Education U.S. middle-school students became video pen pals with their Pakistani counterparts, acquiring real-world communication skills, enhanced cultural perspective, and an awareness of their leadership skills.

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Blackboard launches New Learning Experience platform

eSchool News

Integrated platform enables personalized learning, streamlined communication with family and community engagement, and unified workflows. Blackboard has launched a new K-12 platform for districts and schools that brings together institutions, parents, teachers, and learners in an integrated approach that addresses fundamental requirements for student success including school safety and security, family and community engagement and personalized competency-based learning.

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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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Next Hot Job In Silicon Valley: POETS

Kevin Corbett

SAN FRANCISCO — Until recently, Robyn Ewing was a writer in Hollywood, developing TV scripts and pitching pilots to film studios. Now she’s applying her creative talents toward building the personality of a different type of character — a virtual assistant, animated by artifical intelligence, that interacts with sick patients. Ewing works with engineers on.

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Top Tips for Running an Awesome Group!

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In learning, there are few things as rewarding as working with other like-minded individuals who are eager to share their thoughts and ideas on topics that are of interest to you. Everyone benefits from hearing different opinions and getting multiple insights. But getting to this point requires some time. So here are a few tips to help speed up the process of putting together a Group that rocks!

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Why Teachers Shouldn’t Ignore Literature’s Emotional Lessons For Students

MindShift

Sometimes English class can seem like an endless litany of literary devices and structured argumentative essays. But that’s not why most English teachers love what they teach — they love the way art reflects real life in all its confusion, pain and difficulty. In fact, some argue that the emotional side of literature should be explicitly taught as part of the curriculum.

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Future Trends Forum #7 with Deanna Marcum: notes and video

Bryan Alexander

Deanna Marcum was our Future Trends Forum guest on March 21st , and offered excellent thoughts about the evolution of libraries. Let me summarize the discussion and share the video recording : THE FUTURE OF LIBRARIES. We began by discussing the evolution of public library services, inspired by Deborah Fallows’ recent article “ The Library Card ”.

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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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Ed-tech’s evolution in schools

eSchool News

Catch up on the most compelling K-12 news stories you may have missed this week. Every Friday, I’ll recap some of the most interesting and thought-provoking news developments that occurred over the week. I can’t fit all of this week’s news stories here, though, so feel free to visit eSchoolNews.com and read up on other news you may have missed.

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New App Helps Students Learn To Avoid Non-Consensual Sex

TeachThought - Learn better.

The post New App Helps Students Learn To Avoid Non-Consensual Sex appeared first on TeachThought.

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4 Ways To “Lead Up”

The Principal of Change

As the world around us constantly shifts, many schools and districts feel stuck. This is often times a direct result of “formal leadership”, as fear, politics, or a lack of vision (amongst a myriad of other reasons) can hold the entire community back. Many educators become frustrated with this, as they are ready to move forward faster than their leadership, and can become frustrated, to a point of subversiveness or leaving altogether.

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Recycle, Build, Play … and Repeat!

Educator Innovator

From now until Earth Day (April 22), our partner Imagination Foundation is holding the 2016 Earth Day cardboad challenge, a contest for youth to use recyclables to address environmental challenges. This spring, we invite kids of all ages everywhere to join the inaugural Earth Day Cardboard Challenge, presented in partnership with Time Warner Cable. Beginning on April 1 and culminating on Earth Day, April 22, the Earth Day Cardboard Challenge is an opportunity to celebrate ecological values throu

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

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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2016 Poem In Your Pocket Day 2

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

Today we wrapped up our 2016 Poem In Your Pocket poetry cafe with 13 more classes reading poetry into our open microphone. It was another day of many special moments. 5th graders wrote many original and powerful poems. 5th grade shares their poems. #barrowpoems "My mind is bold, like the Himalayas." By Beck Ramsay pic.twitter.com/aQ5gYHG7kJ. — Melissa Freeman (@TeachFreeman) April 8, 2016.

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Documenting Learning

User Generated Education

As I’ve discussed in numerous posts, I am an experiential educator. I believe in and promote learning-by-doing and hands-on learning. I approach experiential learning from a cycle of learning which includes reflecting on and analysis of things done through learning-by-doing. https://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2016/01/13/a-natural-and-experiential-cycle-of-learning/.