User Generated Education

AUGUST 6, 2016

Too often teachers are passive recipients of professional development rather than being active agents of their own development and change. Several recent reports have indicated that teacher professional development, as it is being implemented in most schools, is ineffective and a waste of time and money. Several studies over the past few years that have found professional development to be largely ineffective or unhelpful for teachers.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 6, 2016

Three days after the launch of Pokemon Go here in the United States, a central office administrator told me that his superintendent had emailed the entire district leadership team, warning them about the game because “six teenagers already had been killed by wandering into traffic while playing the game.” The administrator with whom I spoke said that he was concerned and also curious about what I thought.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 6, 2016

In my last EdSurge article, “Computer Science Goes Beyond Coding ,” I wrote about the difference between coding and computer science, to help us understand what we mean by phrases like “Teach kids to code” and “Computer science for all.” In that article and in many other articles, there is another term that appears often: “Computational thinking.” Well, what is Computational Thinking (CT), and how does it differ from Coding and Computer Science—especially when it comes to classroom practice and

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 6, 2016

Below are some excellent Chrome apps to enhance students reading experience. The apps provide, among other things, a clutter free and reader-friendly interface and eliminate distractive.read more.

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 6, 2016

There has been a lot of interest in this graphic thanks to Dr Justin Tarte who recently shared it on Twitter. Justin is very influential on social media, and when he tweets something, it is usually shared again multiple times. There have been several comments and queries about the graphic, so I thought I would elaborate on its origins and my current thinking on its application.

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The Innovative Educator

AUGUST 6, 2016

Soaring to the top this week is a new post, Moving From Lecture to Learning , that can be essential for innovative educators looking forward to back-to-school strategies that go beyond the lecture. Following that are several additional posts with useful back-to-school strategies such as advice on Facebook Live, focusing on supporting students in asking good questions rather than focusing on simply finding answers, and two posts on Twitter.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 6, 2016

At this time of year, your to-do list is going to be a mile long, and you’re going to be working a lot of hours trying to get good systems in place for your new group of students. If you are feeling overwhelmed by all that needs to be done and exhausted not only by the long hours but also the physical labor of rearranging and setting up a classroom, please know that this is very normal, and it will get better.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2016

Students and counselors play a game of “gaga ball,” a bit like dodge ball, before dinner at Crook County’s spring outdoor school at an old summer camp in the Deschutes National Forest. Photo: Joe Kline. DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST, Ore. — It was early evening in late May. Dinner was done and caper crews of students — “caper” is camp-speak for “chore” — had stacked the firewood into wheelbarrows, swept the dining hall floor, and (eew!

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