Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 15, 2016
April 22nd is Earth Day. Celebrate it with your students by letting them visit these websites: Breathing earth– the environment. Breathing Earth YouTube Video –of CO2 use, population changes, and more. Conservation Game. Earth Day—NASA Ocean Currents. Earth Day Printables. Eco-friendly house. Ecotourism Simulation–for grades 4 and above. EekoWorld. Electrocity.
Waterford
APRIL 15, 2016
New research shows Waterford curriculum at the preschool level has positive longitudinal effects for children through 4 th grade. A recent independent study published by the Utah State Office of Education shows children who used Waterford UPSTART the year before kindergarten saw immediate positive gains and were still outperforming state averages on standardized tests in grades first through fourth across language arts, math and science.
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EdTech Magazine
APRIL 15, 2016
By D. Frank Smith From the Whip and Nae Nae to Wi-Fi on Wheels, this year’s CoSN conference brought fun as well as insightful lessons to the table.
Perry Hewitt
APRIL 15, 2016
We’ve all been hearing a lot about bots — but what are they? Facebook Messenger’s new release paves the way for more bot interaction, and Engadget has compiled a list of Facebook Messenger bots in the works. The lag time between interactions is odd — my early interactions showed early bots are rough, if not outright frustrating and useless.
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Marketplace K-12
APRIL 15, 2016
In 2015, spending on hardware for educational purposes amounted to $15 billion, an increase of 7 percent from 2014, according to Futuresource Consulting, a U.K.-based provider of ed-tech research. “Growth has been strong,” with $4.5 billion added since 2012, said Colin Messenger, senior analyst at Futuresource Consulting, in a release about the company’s most recent study, “Technology in Education: Global Trends, Universe Spend and Market Outlook.” The researchers found t
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
APRIL 15, 2016
April 15, 2016 If you are using Whiteboard in your teaching then you should definitely consider these free resources from Scholastic. ‘Interactive Whiteboard Activities’ is a section in.read more.
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
APRIL 15, 2016
March , 2016 Readwritethink is an excellent provider of free educational interactives to use with your students in class. We have already reviewed a number of these interactives in previous.read more.
Edutopia
APRIL 15, 2016
Photo credit: Kevin Jarrett via flickr (CC BY 2.0) Mary Beth Hertz Edcamps An Edcamp pioneer looks back at how the now-popular model remains free, noncommercial, spontaneous, organic, user-friendly, and open to all presenters and attendees.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
APRIL 15, 2016
April 15 , 2016 PDF Forms is an excellent iPad app that allows you to easily fill, sign and annotate Adobe PDF forms and documents. This app is free today and only for a limited period of time, its.read more.
eSchool News
APRIL 15, 2016
Second year of AdviseMI helping more low-income and first-generation students get into college. Sixty-two Michigan high schools were selected to host college advisers to help more students make it into college after being selected to join the Michigan College Access Network ’s AdviseMI program. This is the second year of the AdviseMI program, expanding by nine additional college advisers serving eleven new schools.
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.
Education Superhighway
APRIL 15, 2016
Standing in front of a classroom full of expectant students, waiting (and waiting) for students’ learning applications to load is a frustrating and time-consuming experience for any teacher and why robust and reliable classroom connectivity is critical for teachers and students. But finding broadband service for schools that’s both affordable and offers enough bandwidth can be difficult.
eSchool News
APRIL 15, 2016
New survey reveals how school leaders feel about policy, tech-supported learning. Catapult Learning, Inc. released the results of its Annual Education Leadership Survey. The overall results of the inaugural survey reflect school leaders’ focus on meeting individual student needs and building teacher and leadership capacity within schools. Catapult Learning, a provider of K–12 contracted instructional services in the U.S., developed the survey with the goal of better understanding school and dist
TeachThought - Learn better.
APRIL 15, 2016
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techieMusings
APRIL 15, 2016
When you think of Zaption , what do you think of? Most people would describe Zaption as a tool for teachers to embed questions into videos, primarily to be used to assign homework. But few teachers realize its potential for project-based learning. Zaption is an incredible student-creation tool and I want to highlight some examples here: Math Example: This lesson is an idea for how teachers can encourage their students to use Zaption to break down a math solution.
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.
eSchool News
APRIL 15, 2016
Chromebook sales see large boost in U.S. Futuresource Consulting has published its annual strategic technology in education report , delivering a comprehensive view of the global education landscape. “Total universe spending in the global education technology hardware market in 2015 increased 7 percent to $15 billion from 2014,” says Colin Messenger, senior analyst at Futuresource Consulting.
techieMusings
APRIL 15, 2016
When you think of Zaption , what do you think of? Most people would describe Zaption as a tool for teachers to embed questions into videos, primarily to be used to assign homework. But few teachers realize its potential for project-based learning. Zaption is an incredible student-creation tool and I want to highlight some examples here: Math Example: This lesson is an idea for how teachers can encourage their students to use Zaption to break down a math solution.
Kevin Corbett
APRIL 15, 2016
From where I sit, it feels like the study of the liberal arts and the culmination of that education—the liberal arts and sciences degrees—are being challenged like never before. State governors, top business executives, and parents are questioning the end products that come from liberal arts institutions. In a recent Washington Post article, a managing.
eSchool News
APRIL 15, 2016
Unions win a victory in a closely-watched California case. In a major victory for unions, a California appeals court reversed a lower court ruling that threw out tenure and other job protections for the state’s public school teachers. The case was being closely watched across the country because advocates argued allowing administrators to more easily fire bad teachers would improve schools and student performance.
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Bryan Alexander
APRIL 15, 2016
Last week we had Gardner Campbell on the Future Trends Forum , and the discussion hurtled along. Gardner, participants, and I explored pedagogy, the power of the hyperlink, data, instructors, institutions, eportfolios, language, students, assessment, a great card deck, our personal histories, and a lot more. Twitter activity started well, became excited, then spilled over past the event’s ending, which I Storified.
Learning with 'e's
APRIL 15, 2016
Over the next few weeks at Plymouth University we are running a module for our third year student teachers about the philosophy of education. In fact, it's more than just educational philosophy - it's about how they develop their personal visions and values of teaching and develop their professional identities too. During the sessions we will discuss social and political influences the curriculum, and explore many of the theories, practices and influences that have made school what it is today (
Bryan Alexander
APRIL 15, 2016
Last week we had Gardner Campbell on the Future Trends Forum , and the discussion hurtled along. Gardner, participants, and I explored pedagogy, the power of the hyperlink, data, instructors, institutions, eportfolios, language, students, assessment, a great card deck, our personal histories, and a lot more. Twitter activity started well, became excited, then spilled over past the event’s ending, which I Storified.
Fractus Learning
APRIL 15, 2016
Kids binoculars are a must have for your budding explorers outdoor expeditions. A pair of binos will add to their overall experience and help make them feel like a real scientist. There are a few thing to consider when choosing a pair of binoculars for your child. Your child’s age is an important factor; younger children may struggle to use ‘real’ binoculars.
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.
eSchool News
APRIL 15, 2016
Catch up on the most compelling K-12 news stories you may have missed this week. Every Friday, I’ll recap some of the most interesting and thought-provoking news developments that occurred over the week. I can’t fit all of this week’s news stories here, though, so feel free to visit eSchoolNews.com and read up on other news you may have missed.
TeachThought - Learn better.
APRIL 15, 2016
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The Principal of Change
APRIL 15, 2016
Here is a video I did for LearnTeachLead, discussing “Global Possibilities for Learning” In the video I discuss the simple notion of the “cup song”, made famous by the movie “Pitch Perfect” If you have never seen the movie, the main character played by Anna Kendrick, does a musical tryout with a “cup song” Seeing this, I was blown away and immediately went home and googled where she learned this from.
TeachThought - Learn better.
APRIL 15, 2016
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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.
Hansen's Link to Tech
APRIL 15, 2016
For years in the educational field I have observed and contributed to many school-wide forms. The problem that we continue to face with our traditional method is financial supplies, inefficiency, and linear methodology. The Common Occurrence. Student misbehaves, teacher stops instruction to locate form, fill out the form, and send the student to the office.
TeachThought - Learn better.
APRIL 15, 2016
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Class Tech Integrate
APRIL 15, 2016
Over the last 13 years, I have spent my career in education in the Springdale School District in Springdale, AR. The 3rd and 4th grade classrooms I have taught were at about a 75% or higher ELL (or ESL) population. As I have seen the boom in EdTech over the recent years in our district, I have really paid attention to the technology tools that are available to help our ELL students succeed.
ProfHacker
APRIL 15, 2016
This week, comics artist and scholar Nick Sousanis has drawn many into a creative comics-making activity that can be great for thinking about visual communication in and out of the classroom. Nick Sousanis is known for his incredible comic dissertation-turned-book, Unflattening , recently released from Harvard University Press. This exercise, “Grids and Gestures,” is a type of visual diary-making that encourages playful thinking and mark-making without trying to represent “thi
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