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Are We Talking Technology or Are We Talking Learning

More Verbs

More and more, educators are recognizing that the true value of technology isn’t learning how to use the tools and devices, but rather using the tools and devices to learn (see here , here , here , and here ). Even a recent meta analysis of the research on 1to1 learning environments shows that when the studies focused simply on the presence of technology, there was no real improvement in learning.

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One Simple Way to Eliminate All Classroom Discipline Problems

Brilliant or Insane

Brilliant or Insane. I once told a principal that our in-school detention room was an inefficient method of school discipline. When he asked me what I would do to improve it, I told him to remove all of the chairs and force the offending students to stand and stare at the wall. That was one of the saddest […]. The post One Simple Way to Eliminate All Classroom Discipline Problems appeared first on Brilliant or Insane.

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What's Hidden in You?

A Principal's Reflections

I really had quite the fixed mindset early on as a young school leader. Success was defined by how well I performed my daily routine. In my opinion I worked hard, but really didn’t push myself outside my comfort zone. The reason being that in my mind there were just certain things I couldn’t do…nor had to. I didn’t have the “talent”, pre-disposition, personality, or character to do certain things.

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Learning About Ormiboard-Part 1

The Web20Classroom

When I began to introduce Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) to my former district one of the questions (albeit anxiety filled) from teachers was with all these devices in the classroom how will we make sure students are doing what we need them to be doing? We spent a great deal of time with them talking about pedagogy and why designing lessons that were highly engaging was critical in an environment where every student has a device.

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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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MLTI Fall 2016 Update Notes

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Here are notes and useful links related to the DOE MLTI Update for Fall 2016. New Staff Members. We are excited to have added Amanda Nguyen and Sean Malone to the Learning Through Technology Team. Each is a Maine native, a veteran educator, and a leader in learning technology. As Digital Learning Specialists Amanda and Sean will be involved with designing and implementing our programs, with tech support to schools, and with professional development.

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From Silos to Sharing: Why Are Open Educational Resources Still So Hard to Find?

Edsurge

For over a decade, plenty of time and dollars have been poured into encouraging the use of open educational resources (OER). In 2007 the Hewlett Foundation’s funding helped create OER Commons. Last year, the U.S. Department of Education spearheaded the #GoOpen movement, a collection of efforts to spur educators, publishers and technologists to make OER more available and easily accessible.

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Commander-in-Coolness Hosts White House Fest

Edsurge

So the White House is getting hip now? (Oh, we could have used this earlier!) . On Monday, October 3, the White House will playfully host the "first-ever South by South Lawn (SXSL)" event. The feds are calling it "a festival to celebrate the spirit of innovation and bring together creative thinkers and entrepreneurs.". The event kicked off with a glorious centerpiece on Sunday--the 3rd Annual White House Student Film Festival, celebrating the work of some of the 700 K-12 students who submitted s

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How to fight disillusionment when the school year isn’t going as planned

The Cornerstone for Teachers

The first roadblock of discouragement tends to hit a little sooner than most teachers are expecting. When you’re new to the profession, you assume disillusionment is something you won’t have to deal with until you’ve been in the classroom for years, so when you realize on day 3 of your career that the reality of teaching isn’t going to even remotely align with your expectations, you might experience a horrible moment of panic where you’re suddenly questioning all of your life choices.

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9 Good iPad Apps to Enhance Kids Mathematical Thinking

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Below is a set of good iPad apps that you can use with your kids and students to enhance their mathematical thinking. These apps are meant for young learners and are specifically useful when.read more.

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What happens when two separate and unequal school districts merge?

The Hechinger Report

Students warm up in choir, one of the many extracurricular classes offered at Starkville High Photo: Nicole Lewis. This story is the second in an ongoing series about the last days of desegregation. STARKVILLE, Miss. — When the news first broke that two neighboring school districts in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi had to consolidate, parents, teachers, and students on both sides of the district lines buzzed with anxiety.

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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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4 Easy Ways to Effectively Integrate Technology in Education

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In an earlier post we shared here a few months ago, we talked about the differences between technology use and technology integration and we argued that integrating technology in.read more.

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How to Flip Your Class for Students with Little Access To Technology

Turning Learning On Its Head

Students with limited technology is often cited as a reason why a teacher or school should not adopt the flipped classroom approach. Watch this short video which explains how to flip your class if your students have limited access to technology at home. If you have flipped your class in a limited technology school, how have you solved this problem?

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5 Promises Instructional Coaches Need to Keep

MiddleWeb

Rose-colored glasses are a key accessory for instructional coaches, writes Rita Platt in her first article for MiddleWeb. Platt shares five promises that she makes to herself and her collaborating teachers to keep things positive, appreciative and ever-improving.

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Social Media Becomes Key to Forming An Educator Learning Community #CDEtop30

The Innovative Educator

A problem can be the inspiration for innovation. When I started my career in education as a school librarian my problem was that I was an island unto myself. While the library was a wonderful place to work, I longed for a community with which I could share ideas and learn. That was one of the problems that became the inspiration for the work I do now which was recognized by the Center for Digital Education who recently selected me as a Top 30 Technologists, Transformers and Trailblazers.

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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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Get That One Character You Missed When Highlighting

Teacher Tech

Get That One Character You Missed When Highlighting This morning I was highlighting, selecting, a URL. I missed it by one character (always!). This is an easy fix!! Hold down the Shift key and use the arrow keys to highlight one character at a time. Shift Left Arrow Shift left arrow will select one character […]. The post Get That One Character You Missed When Highlighting appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Education and Technology Tweet Wrap, w/e 10-01-16

EmergingEdTech

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 we start off with Bryan Alexander’s. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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Exploiting Infographics for Digital Literacy and Critical Thinking

Nik Peachey

This is just a short post to anounce the publication of my new ebook ' Exploiting Infographics for Digital Literacy and Critical Thinking '. Exploiting Infographics follows on from 10 Lessons in Digital Literacy , which is a collection of lesson plans based around infographics, and looks in more depth at the genre and how infographics can be used as both sources of information and as creative learning tasks for students.

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Launching a New Design Process for Students

MiddleWeb

Kevin Hodgson talks with teacher and innovator John Spencer about LAUNCH, an acronym representing a kid-friendly reinterpretation of the design process that can spark the creative urge in K-12 learners and guide teachers in making, researching, and much more.

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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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NASA StarChild: A Song for All Seasons

techlearning

Developed by two ambitious middle grade teachers with the help of the astrophysics center of NASA, A Song For All Seasons is an activity which pairs the work of Italian composer, Antonio Vivaldi with a lesson on the earth's relationship to the sun.

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A Brief Introduction to the New Google Sites

Hansen's Link to Tech

Over the past few months, Google Sites has transformed into modern and material designed masterpiece. Not only is it visual appealing, it’s very user friendly for all learners. Over the past couple months I had early access and thoroughly enjoyed using the new platform with some minor exceptions (I’m assuming will be rolling out in the near future).

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Practice Writing and Drawing with Fun Monsters

techlearning

Draw, get descriptive with fun, kooky monster-based writing project.

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When Schools Take Safety Too Far: The Origins of Zero-Tolerance Discipline

MindShift

Most teachers, principals and even students will say a well-run classroom is crucial for learning to take place. But at the same time, school leaders are taking a hard look at their discipline data, too often finding that in an effort to keep “order” they are disproportionately suspending and expelling students of color. Black students are suspended or expelled at three times the rate of white students, according to the US Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights.

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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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Taking Advantage of a Blank Slate

The Principal of Change

Anxiety can be high when you have a new superintendent, principal, or boss in general. The thoughts of, “What changes will this person do while they are here? What will this new person mean for my context? Will I get along with them or not?” Understandably a new person entering our lives, especially one with authority, can be unsettling.

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The anonymous town that was the model of desegregation in the Civil Rights era

The Hechinger Report

Ninety-eight percent of Greenville’s 5,300 public school students are black and 94 percent live in poverty. Resources are scarce; qualified teachers are hard to recruit and retain. Photo: Jacob Carroll. This story is the first in an ongoing series about the last days of desegregation. GREENVILLE, Miss. — They called it “River City,” singled out half a century ago as a beacon of hope for school integration in the South.

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