EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2017

By Jena Passut The former Reading Rainbow host shares the power of storytelling in his life and beyond.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 12, 2017

The educational system as we know it needs a revamp. Actually, a revamp is not enough. The educational system needs to be restructured. A lot of things need to change, and the sooner that happens, the better. Too many students drop out of school, and this isn’t the way to get successful citizens to lead their country forward. There are many reasons behind high dropout rates , but many seem to stream from the same sources.

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Ditch That Textbook

JANUARY 12, 2017

One huge drawback of using Google Classroom has beenthe inflexibility of creating assignments. Everything you assigned had to go to every student. Deliver assignments to small groups? Ha! Differentiate to subsets of students? Nah. Until now. Google announced a few changes to Google Classroom, and this one was the bombshell: assign activities to small groups [.].

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JANUARY 12, 2017

Listening to customers about how they use your product is critical when making decisions for the future. The post Product Feedback Can Change Your Startup Route appeared first on Market Brief.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 12, 2017

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to so many daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip #15–Save Early Save Often.

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EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 12, 2017

Our class topic was ‘Coasts’ and the students certainly enjoyed learning all about them. I was really happy that a student, in his own time, used an online game to further his knowledge and creativity. At home, the pupil used the game ‘ The Sandbox ‘ to make his own coastlines, complete with different features he had learnt about.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2017

By John Breeden II Epson latest projector incorporates video capabilities — smartly.

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JANUARY 12, 2017

Find out how schools can utilize web filtering to protect students of all ages, and optimize the digital classroom. The post Web Filtering: Beneficial for Toddlers, Teens, and All in Between appeared first on Blog.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2017

By John Breeden II Epson latest projector incorporates video capabilities — smartly.

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Securly

JANUARY 12, 2017

Web filtering is required by law, as long as schools wish to receive e-rate funding to supply their digital classrooms. The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) requires that schools “block Internet access to pictures that are (a) obscene (b) child pornography or (c) harmful to minors.” CIPA also requires schools to monitor student online activity and provide training for responsible technology use.

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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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Ditch That Textbook

JANUARY 12, 2017

I have a confession to make. I’m heavily invested in Google, being a Google Certified Innovator, using Google tools all the time and suggesting them to teachers. (No, that’s not the confession yet …) I’ve had great things to say about so many Google products over the years. Except one: Google Sites. I think “despise” [.].

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2017

Athina G. is a student at Brooklyn Middle School in New York. She’s also an award-winning audio producer. “Racism is a form of prejudice from one people to another,” she explains in an audio story submitted alongside team members Marley, Gladys and Randy, who collectively entered NYC’s youth innovation showcase, Emoti-Con. The group took home the event’s Social Impact Award.

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Teacher Tech

JANUARY 12, 2017

Google Classroom – Late Work Notifications Google Classroom once again released some new features yesterday! Now when students submit an assignment late you will receive a notification on your phone if you have them enabled. You will also receive an email that says “Submitted late.” Late Work Sometimes students turn things in after the due date, […].

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2017

November's election surfaced the angry divide between urban and rural America, and education is one of these tension points. Ashmore, Illinois is a rural town of 800 residents in central Illinois, the heartland of the United States. Each spring, about three hundred or so pre-K through 12th grade students wrap up the school year, running out into the parks and fields across the community to play.

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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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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 12, 2017

In her article Digital Portfolios: The Art of Reflection , Beth Holland points out that when students reflect on their learning experiences, “they become more aware of the processes and strategies that make them successful, allowing them to learn from their successes as well as their challenges or failures.” Thus, a reflection journal that also includes video screencasts not only provides students with the opportunity to look back and reflect on their work, but also facilitates a med

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2017

When one of today’s hottest edtech companies was founded, Intel Corp., the kingpin of computer chip companies, was barely a year old, and the microprocessor had not yet been invented. This week, Curriculum Associates, in North Billerica, Mass., pulled off another intriguing move: Creating a way to support a public university without losing its edge as a private company.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 12, 2017

January 12, 2017 Microsoft Classroom is a virtual space where you can manage all of your classes. It allows you to create and grade assignments, design different class sections, provide personalized.read more.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2017

This month’s election surfaced the angry divide between urban and rural America, and education is one of these tension points. Ashmore, Illinois is a rural town of 800 residents in central Illinois, the heartland of the United States. Each spring, about three hundred or so pre-K through 12th grade students wrap up the school year, running out into the parks and fields across the community to play.

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MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 12, 2017

How do you measure the positive effects of student engagement and motivation for learning? For this diverse, coastal school district in Mississippi, student engagement has made all the difference, particularly in math. In response to changing state standards, Gulfport School District knew they needed to bring a deeper level of conceptual understanding and critical thinking into their math classrooms.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2017

Did you miss our top S’Cool Tools of 2016 ? Check it out—then check back here. As we start 2017, here’s what a couple of educators across the interwebs are stoked about. If you’d like to be featured in our S’Cool Tools column, click here to leave your very own Teacher Case Study. DoodleMaths Freemium! DoodleMaths : Neil Jarrett, a year 6 teacher and math coordinator in Bangkok, Thailand, inspired us to include this tool this week after listing it as one of his favorite adaptive learning apps.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2017

Computer science skills are becoming a larger part of mainstream education with the emergence of Computer Science Education Week and efforts to introduce students to coding and programming. Part of those efforts focus on actions states can take to ensure that computer science education is a priority year-round. After all, many of the jobs today’s students will hold in the future will require computer science and IT knowledge.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 12, 2017

January 12, 2017 Pages is an excellent word processor for iOS users. It offers a wide variety of powerful features that allow you to create beautiful resumes, reports, and documents. You can choose.read more.

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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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ProfHacker

JANUARY 12, 2017

I’ve made note before (in December 2015 and last June ) about the open review process for the Modern Language Association’s project, Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities: Concepts, Models, and Experiments , “a curated collection of reusable and remixable pedagogical artifacts for humanities scholars.” There’s a new batch of keywords open for review, and they’re pretty great: Augusta Rohrbach on “Authorship” Anne B.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2017

November's election surfaced the angry divide between urban and rural America, and education is one of these tension points. Ashmore, Illinois is a rural town of 800 residents in central Illinois, the heartland of the United States. Each spring, about three hundred or so pre-K through 12th grade students wrap up the school year, running out into the parks and fields across the community to play.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2017

Kids gravitate to technology in the classroom, so it makes sense for teachers to utilize digital projectors—that is, unless no one can see the lessons they display. This was our situation a couple of years ago at Northwest Elementary School in Chatsworth, Ga., in the summer of 2014. We were having challenges with the technology in our learning environments: Our digital projectors were eight years old, so the projections weren’t very bright anymore, and it was difficult for our students to see th

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Tech Helpful

JANUARY 12, 2017

Often, as educators, we wish we could quickly label things for students in a photo very quickly to share details or we want our students to label things for us.parts of a flower, parts of speech, circling right angles, etc. With the latest iOS update those of us that have iPads or iPhones in the classroom now have that ability. The above video is a HOW TO of works.happy annotating!

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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.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 12, 2017

What is the ideal blended learning environment? I have had a lot of noneducators talk to me about technology in the classroom. Most don’t have informed opinions (so I’m happy to share mine with them). Many ask me what the best device is for learning. Sadly, I’ve even had educators argue this point with me in favor of one particular device. Good teaching and sound student-directed learning is not, and should not be, device dependent.

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EmergingEdTech

JANUARY 12, 2017

So this one is a little off topic (i.e. not edtech), but … working in a career focused college myself, I get excited by stories of college students who innovate new business ideas while pursing. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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EdTechTeam

JANUARY 12, 2017

This interview is part of a larger series profiling thought leaders within the EdTechTeam community and brought to you by Soundtrap - A Collaborative Tool for the Modern Classroom. Guest- Dr. Michah Shippee Dr. Micah Shippee is an out-of-the-box-doer, a social studies teacher and a technology trainer. He regularly explores ways to improve motivation in the classroom and leverages emergent technology to achieve educational goals.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 12, 2017

Ever dreamed of becoming a director? Of capturing dramatic landscapes from above? Or of tracking your own skateboarding, biking, or climbing adventures in swooping HD video? Just a few years ago, only Hollywood directors could afford to do these things. But with a camera drone, you don’t need a helicopter and a filming crew—you have a whole movie studio in your hands.

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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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