Ditch That Textbook
MARCH 15, 2016
Maps are a fundamental part of everyday life. Even if we don’t pull paper maps out of our car glove compartments anymore, we still rely on GPS and digital directions. Without maps, we’re lost. With maps, we can clearly see how widespread or concentrated our data and content is. Maps touch practically every content area [.].
EdTech Magazine
MARCH 15, 2016
By Eric Patnoudes Without quality professional development, technology will have little to no impact on learning.
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User Generated Education
MARCH 15, 2016
As I’ve mentioned in other posts, I come from a background in Experiential Education (yes, it is a specific professional discipline). I’ve also discussed reflecting on the activities to increase the chances of extracting learning as well as transferable skills and knowledge from the activities which is an integral part of experiential education – see my previous posts, Where is reflection in the learning process?
The Web20Classroom
MARCH 15, 2016
This post is sponsored by Samsung. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Science Technology Engineering Math STEM. I had the honor of being both a Middle School Math and Science teacher. Those were some of my fondest times in the classroom, blowing things up (it happened once!) while at the same time being able to connect the math to the science we were doing.
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TeachThought - Learn better.
MARCH 15, 2016
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MiddleWeb
MARCH 15, 2016
Literacy expert Sarah Tantillo shares teacher Jamison Fort's engaging multi-day lesson that helps student writers sort through multiple claims in the case of Sandra the Orangutan and identify the best evidence to support arguments. Graphic organizer included!
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
eSchool News
MARCH 15, 2016
Hiring in today’s tech-driven schools requires a careful resculpting. Are you asking candidates the right questions? Just as a sculptor can take a rough block of granite and turn it into a piece of art, the leader of a 21st century organization must take a 20th century organization and sculpt it into its modern equivalent — an organization prepared to leverage technology to enhance education.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MARCH 15, 2016
March 15, 2016 Augmented reality is making some huge inroads in the field of education. More and more teachers are incorporating this relatively new technology in their classrooms. Augmented reality.read more.
Marketplace K-12
MARCH 15, 2016
A new nonprofit organization has set out to help districts compare the prices they pay for education technology and examine the fairness and logic of procurement practices and contracts with vendors. That organization, the Technology for Education Consortium , has come out of the gate with an ambitious project–having released data that questions the prices that Apple is charging districts for a popular model of iPads.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MARCH 15, 2016
March 15, 2016 While the net provides us with endless reading opportunities, online reading does not come with no price and in most cases the price is our attention and focus. Web pages are full of.read more.
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.
Teacher Tech
MARCH 15, 2016
I commissioned the creation of a Chrome extension that will open 20 Google Drive files all at once. Why might you ask? When providing feedback on student work, double clicking on 20 files can be time-consuming. Since feedback faster is my mantra, Drive20 can help me do that. Chrome Extension tinyurl.com/drive20 Click the Icon To […]. The post Drive20 Chrome Extension appeared first on Teacher Tech.
ProfHacker
MARCH 15, 2016
Over the last two decades, the field of personal and professional coaching has grown and diversified. Today, the International Coaching Federation website offers a directory of coaches specializing in everything from ADD to leadership to spiritual development. In the corporate world, coaches are frequently employed within organizations as well as hired as outside consultants.
Teacher Tech
MARCH 15, 2016
Google Classroom allows for teachers to easily engage students of all ages with digital tools. Sometimes I am asked if Google Classroom can be used when teaching young kids. YES! There are many Kinder and 1st grade teachers using Google Classroom with their students. Consistently using the same tool to pass out and collect makes […]. The post Google Classroom in Transitional Kindergarten appeared first on Teacher Tech.
Edutopia
MARCH 15, 2016
Photo credit: Matthew Allen Hecht via flickr Dr. Lori Desautels Social and Emotional Learning In her second post about the film "Inside Out," Lori Desautels suggests creating positive academic core memories by respecting your classroom's emotional climate and engaging students' curiosity and anticipation.
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.
My Island View
MARCH 15, 2016
I was afforded a great opportunity yesterday. After a large local education conference, I attended a get together of a number of people who had gone through or are presently participating in the same masters program for educational technology that I had completed in 1991 from Long Island University. It was a social gathering but the topic of every conversation was of course education.
eSchool News
MARCH 15, 2016
Partnership will highlight approaches contributing to college and career readiness. Tennessee’s Maury County Public Schools announced a new partnership with Discovery Education focused on building challenging, problem-based learning (PBL) environments districtwide that help support students’ college and career readiness. To aid this effort, the district is providing educators across the school system access to dynamic digital content from Discovery Education Streaming Plus, a comprehensive digit
EmergingEdTech
MARCH 15, 2016
These Suggestions Will Help You Make Awesome Images That Really Help Students Learn Have you ever used infographics with your students? Chances are you have without even realizing it. Infographics. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
Graphite Blog
MARCH 15, 2016
All our kids need and deserve great teachers. School districts across the country, however, are struggling with shortages of K–12 teachers, particularly in math, science, and special education. The problem is especially acute in California, where the supply of new teachers is at a 12-year low and enrollment in teacher-preparation programs has dropped by more than 70 percent over the last decade.
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My Island View
MARCH 15, 2016
I was afforded a great opportunity yesterday. After a large local education conference, I attended a get together of a number of people who had gone through or are presently participating in the same masters program for educational technology that I had completed in 1991 from Long Island University. It was a social gathering but the topic of every conversation was of course education.
eSchool News
MARCH 15, 2016
New app release enables direct uploading from mobile devices. A new iOS app from Edthena , a video coaching platform for classroom observation, lets teachers upload video of classroom instruction directly from mobile devices. “Our new app now makes it possible to have a video uploaded before the class period is finished,” said Adam Geller, founder and CEO of Edthena.
My Island View
MARCH 15, 2016
I was afforded a great opportunity yesterday. After a large local education conference, I attended a get together of a number of people who had gone through or are presently participating in the same masters program for educational technology that I had completed in 1991 from Long Island University. It was a social gathering but the topic of every conversation was of course education.
MiddleWeb
MARCH 15, 2016
With Spring comes the opportunity to take another crack at co-teaching barriers that keep students from reaching their learning potential. Elizabeth Stein invites co-teachers to drop shoulders, flex legs, and push those barriers aside! Coaching tips included.
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
MARCH 15, 2016
Productive Struggle for Deeper Learning This white paper will explain the concept of productive struggle, identify learning strategies that promote productive struggle, and discuss ways in which Wagg.
iLearn Technology
MARCH 15, 2016
What it is: Find Your Pi Day is a simple site from Wolfram where students can type in any number (like a birth date) and the site will tell you where that number falls within the Pi sequence. All dates fall somewhere within the first 10 million digits in the sequence. The place in the sequence is depicted by a spiral that goes in and out to display the beginnings and ends of such long digit sequences.
The Principal of Change
MARCH 15, 2016
About seven years ago, I was at a table with educators from many different places, with different experiences. As I was talking about my passion for creating schools to be more focused on meaningful learning for our students, one gentleman, probably in his late 60’s started shaking his head. I asked him directly what he was thinking, and he said, “We have been talking about this forever in education yet we never seem to get to the place we want to be.” It was not the comment
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
MARCH 15, 2016
Global Leadership Week (GLW) is a weeklong celebration of leadership through global action in K-20 education taking place April 25-29, 2016. GLW is an opportunity for global education leaders to learn from one another and share effective principles in leadership, particularly within the context of an interconnected, global age. During Global Leadership Week , leaders in schools, universities, non-profit organizations, and corporations will design and host virtual events to showcase thought leade
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.
MindShift
MARCH 15, 2016
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.
Technology Tidbits
MARCH 15, 2016
Learnteria is a new site for finding educational resources, reviews, sites, and more, that I just found out about from Tech Learning's blog. This is a great place for educators to rate and review resources as well as find a wide variety on resources such as: STEM, sites, books, etc. I highly recommend checking out Learnteria by clicking here !!! For my Pinterest board on Educational Resources click here.
MindShift
MARCH 15, 2016
April Fool’s Day pranks at school are often the projects of students who are looking to have a good time and impress their friends. At World Language High School in Chicago, teachers Al Julius and Alex Fernandez had some ideas of their own to ring in April Fool’s Day a couple of years ago. The joke started when Mr. Julius hid Mr. Fernandez’s laptop from him.
Tom Murray
MARCH 15, 2016
This post is sponsored by Samsung. However, all thoughts and opinions are my own. Over the past few years, as most school budgets have remained stagnant, spending in educational technology has continued to climb. In a report enti tled, “ Technology in Education: Global Trends, Universe Spend and Market Outlook , “ F utureSource consulting projected that edtech spending worldwide will hit $19 billion dollars by 2018, up from $13 billion when measured in 2013.
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