EdTech4Beginners
JUNE 7, 2016
Usually when we ask our students to take notes, they use bullet points and text only. Sketch notes are different. They are unique because they combine writing with images and symbols. They are very visual and are often much easier to read and far more memorable. In a recent history lesson, I taught my students how to sketch note, first by showing them examples and then discussing their effectiveness.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JUNE 7, 2016
In about a month, I’ll be starting a new series of tech tips. These will be from my upcoming ebook, 169 Real-World Ways to Put Tech Into Your Class Now (expected publication date: August 2016) where I provide 1) an overview of the tech topics most important to your teaching, and 2) practical strategies to address common classroom tech problems.
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Ed Tech from the Ground Up
JUNE 7, 2016
This time of year most students and teachers are eyeing the calendar with glee. School is almost out (or already out in some parts of the country). This is when administrators can catch up or do long range planning in the front office and teachers can take a moment to recharge. For an ed-tech company leader like myself, I’m eyeing the “summer slump” with dread.
User Generated Education
JUNE 7, 2016
A flexible and risk-taking mindset rather than a fixed one will benefit all stakeholders in an educator’s realm: the educator’s learners, colleagues, her or his learners’ families, the community, the field of education-at-large, and of course, the educator him-or herself. Mindset is defined as “a set of assumptions, methods, or notations held by one or more people or groups of people that is so established that it creates a powerful incentive within these people or groups
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EdTech Magazine
JUNE 7, 2016
By Eric Patnoudes Conference offers chance for educators to collaborate, innovate on professional development practices.
Brilliant or Insane
JUNE 7, 2016
Brilliant or Insane. We are living in an age when what we can achieve in one day is becoming more and more important. The rise of technology has helped spur productivity to heights never previously seen. In the not-too-distant future, people may even be using 3D printers in their homes to make household goods and clothing. Schools also […]. The post 12 Productivity Tools for Tech-Savvy Teachers appeared first on Brilliant or Insane.
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Turning Learning On Its Head
JUNE 7, 2016
Part 6 and the last episode in the Flipped-Mastery Series: Learn how Jon was able to create thousands of versions of the same test for his unit exams. Part 6 and the last episode in the Flipped-Mastery Series: Learn how Jon was able to create thousands of versions of the same test for his unit exams.
ProfHacker
JUNE 7, 2016
I started writing this post as the toddler behind me (who, perhaps understandably, is not a believer in seat belts) has once again started pounding on the back of my seat. My knees are at an odd angle, and I had to contort strangely to even begin to recover my laptop from the “personal item” wedged under the seat in front of me. My fairly small and portable laptop is still too wide for the tray table, rendering the possibility of the mouse moot, and the $5 wi-fi charge for basic internet still s
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JUNE 7, 2016
June 7, 2016 VideoAnt is a good tool for adding annotations and comments to web-hosted videos. It supports annotation of different video files as well as YouTube videos. VideoAnt has its own specific.read more.
eSchool News
JUNE 7, 2016
Students spend more time playing around with presentation software than you might think. Shouldn’t they be using that time on the material itself? Imagine if there was presentation software that could give students and teachers what they want, while reducing time and energy spent on aspects of the task that don’t impact the final grade. Imagine software that eliminated most of the design and technical knowledge while still producing a professional product — with a minimal learning cu
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.
Edutopia
JUNE 7, 2016
Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher Teaching Strategies Give your students a year-end send-off that celebrates their learning. Ideas include Top 10 lists, party-themed exams, symbolic toasts, and heartfelt letters.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 7, 2016
Best Buy employees tend to customers in Minnetonka, Minn. Photo: AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn. It was when a loyal employee named Amber told him she was quitting that Philip Smith, the owner of a Chick-fil-A franchise in Weatherford, Texas, got cooking. At a time when low unemployment is making it tough to find good workers, Amber said she was leaving for a job at Best Buy solely because of its tuition reimbursement benefit that would help her pay for a college degree.
techieMusings
JUNE 7, 2016
At Bullis, all our first year International students take an English Intensive course. This year, teacher Andrea Martin and I worked together to create a culminating activity for her class to allow students to showcase their public speaking and presentation skills while providing a way for them to reflect and look back on lessons learned from the year.
eSchool News
JUNE 7, 2016
Plan to develop adaptive learning products and platform for use at home and in schools. Sesame Workshop and IBM announced a collaboration to use IBM Watson’s cognitive computing technology and Sesame’s early childhood expertise to help advance preschool education around the world. As part of a three-year agreement, Sesame Workshop and IBM will collaborate to develop educational platforms and products that will be designed to adapt to the learning preferences and aptitude levels of individual pre
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.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 7, 2016
ARLINGTON, Mass.—As rain poured outside on the chilly evening of February 24, a group of Arlington elementary school parents was imagining a sunnier place — Dorothy’s trip down the yellow brick road. “Today you will read and think about the passages ‘Rescue the Tin Woodman’ and ‘Arriving at Emerald City’ from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” read a PowerPoint slide projected in the Thompson School gym, where the group had gathered.
MiddleWeb
JUNE 7, 2016
Believing that real-world student projects are "essential for deeper learning and investigation," MS lead teacher Sandy Wisneski secured funding for a sustainable hydroponics program. Learn about the development process and the PBL activity's first-year results.
Kathy Schrock
JUNE 7, 2016
Because I am a "gadget geek", and purchase new tech as soon as it is released, I am always very careful with my current devices so I can sell them when new models come out. I am never without screen protection for any device, and, when Tech Armor asked me to review the screen protection products they offered for the devices I currently owned, I jumped at the chance!
EmergingEdTech
JUNE 7, 2016
Part 1 of 2 Suggesting an Improved Approach to Accountability and Testing I recently had an informative discussion with Stuart Kahl, founding principal of Measured Progess. Stuart has been at the. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
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eSchool News
JUNE 7, 2016
‘Happy Birthday, Your Majesty’ features a tour of Windsor Castle and discussion of the British Monarchy. To celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday, Discovery Education is hosting a free virtual field trip for students around the world for an exploration of the life of the U.K.’s longest-reigning sovereign. The event, called ‘Happy Birthday, Your Majesty,’ will take place on June 10 at 9:30 A.M.
MindShift
JUNE 7, 2016
Have you ever seen a school data wall? In a struggling Newark, N.J., public school, I’ve seen bulletin boards showing the test scores of each grade compared with state averages. And in one in affluent Silicon Valley, I’ve seen smartboards that track individual students’ math responses in real time. These kinds of public displays send a message: This school cares about student performance by the numbers.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 7, 2016
A math program that offers computer-based, bespoke lessons for students could, with teacher support, help them learn more math, according to a study released last week. The report , from the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University, found encouraging, but mixed, results for a California-based charter school network and a Maryland school district that used this math program, made by DreamBox Learning.
Reflections
JUNE 7, 2016
I've said it before but I feel the need to say it again, to put it into print. Sometimes, the bravest thing we can do is to get right back up the next day and go right back in. Little of our work is easy. But, all of it is worth it. The tough days sometimes outshine the other days. I know better leaders don't admit defeat as we've been taught that's not what (good) leaders do.
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.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 7, 2016
Who designs the state tests that spread a blanket of silence across the hallways and classrooms of Massachusetts schools each spring as students scratch away at paper with No. 2 pencils? A) A phalanx of drill sergeants who would ban recess if they could. B) A coven of witches who feed on the sweat and tears of small children. C) Dozens of PhDs and former teachers who spend their days in cubicles in Dover, New Hampshire.
Fractus Learning
JUNE 7, 2016
By Alexandra Newmarch , Provisional Psychologist and Chiu Lau , Principal Psychologist. What Is Play Therapy? Play Therapy is a specialist form of, or approach to, therapy that has been specially designed for working with kids. It is built upon two principles: Play is the natural language of children. Play has enormous therapeutic value. It can be difficult to get a direct answer to a question around the child’s worries, fears, or frustrations – sometimes because the child doesn’t have the word
Bryan Alexander
JUNE 7, 2016
Let me share some stories about higher education from this week. These aren’t technology stories, not futuristic accounts. Instead each anecdote illustrates the enormous financial pressures squeezing most of American colleges and universities. None of them are unusually dramatic: no closures in this post, no queen sacrifices. Just the steady ratcheting up towards crisis.
Graphite Blog
JUNE 7, 2016
Summer's right around the corner, and many kids are anticipating their first day of camp. A type of camp that's seen a huge spike in interest in recent years has been tech camps -- especially ones focused on coding. Kids headed to coding camps will get to build things they can actually enjoy and use, like robots, computer games, and iOS apps.
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.
Fractus Learning
JUNE 7, 2016
Looking for a surefire way to get your kids to turn off their tablet games and do something fun and creative instead? The timeless classic Spirograph has the ability to draw them in – and get their cogs turning ! Many of you will have happy memories of playing with Spirograph when you were a child – the joy and magic of making such intricate patterns, the wonder at how it works, the pride in your work.
SETDA Says
JUNE 7, 2016
The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA), the principal membership association representing U.S. state and territorial digital learning leaders released the following statement expressing. read more.
Technology Tidbits
JUNE 7, 2016
LessonPix is a nice site for creating custom learning materials as well as, cards, clipart/images, educational resources and more. This is a great place to find templates or customize your own learning materials, and best of all a user can share their resources w/ other educators online. I highly recommend checking out LessonPix by clicking here !! Below is a brief demo video.
techlearning
JUNE 7, 2016
Expansive ebook library meets video chat to promote shared reading.
AI-powered tools like virtual assistants and chatbots provide instant guidance and support, while data analytics offer valuable insights for educators and administrators.
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