Ed Tech from the Ground Up
JULY 19, 2016
Ever since Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck’s Mindset: The New Psychology of Success came out in 2006, terms like fixed and growth mindsets have become staple buzzwords in education. However, according to Dweck, parents and teachers often misuse growth mindset research , failing to instill the mentality most conducive to students’ success.
The CoolCatTeacher
JULY 19, 2016
Simple Updates to Your Classroom Procedures and Workflow sponsored by EdTech Software From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Technologies can transform; even simple technologies can make a significant impact. Here are eleven of the technologies that often affect classroom procedures and workflow. Use this checklist and infographic to make sure you’ve included the edtech essentials in your workflow this year.
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EdTech Magazine
JULY 19, 2016
By Meg Conlan A new digital resource platform gives teachers easy access to content and provides Amazon an open door to the education technology marketplace.
Teacher Reboot Camp
JULY 19, 2016
“The hashtag, that ubiquitous pound sign followed by a keyword, are part of the language of social media.”- Neil Patel, Forbes. Technology is vastly changing the way we communicate and learn. I find it fascinating and love seeing how educators use technology in innovative ways to transform their instructional practice and provide students with access to the world.
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Edsurge
JULY 19, 2016
In Spring 2016, faculty, support staff and administrators at Oregon State University met to candidly share their experiences with adaptive learning technology. One key theme emerged in their conversations: Institutions are looking for partners—not vendors—when it comes to implementing new solutions. We sat down with participants at OSU’s Adaptive Learning Open House to hear why they decided to hold this workshop, how they’re defining the product category, their experience with adaptive learning
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JULY 19, 2016
July 19, 2016 The digital storytelling wheel is a visual we created through Google Drawing based on a chart we have previously published here in EdTech and mLearning. The visual contains a number of.read more.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
eSchool News
JULY 19, 2016
For generations, most high schools have been designed with a cookie-cutter approach “that can be reproduced easily,” said Ashley Smith, who works with the architectural firm Smith Design Group. But that’s certainly not true of the new THINC College & Career Academy in LaGrange, Ga., which Smith helped design. Housed in a building on the campus of West Georgia Technical College , THINC looks nothing like a traditional high school.
Edsurge
JULY 19, 2016
Last week, the editorial team at EdSurge chose to write about issues in which we are hardly experts—namely issues of social justice. Our past public involvement in conversations surrounding race, bias and inequity has been modest: some articles both by us and by contributors, an occasional meetup. We wrote last week because we felt the collective pressure of recent events was so powerful that writing little or nothing seemed woefully inadequate.
eSchool News
JULY 19, 2016
In an effort to address the national need to guide more students to careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researchers are developing curriculum which introduces STEM principles during the formative preschool years. “The ability to apply STEM concepts to solve a variety of problems is key for students’ future success as well as the nation’s competitiveness in the global economy,” said Martha Cyr, principal investigator of Seeds o
My Paperless Classroom
JULY 19, 2016
Welcome to the TeacherCast Podcast. In this episode, Jeff sits down with Kevin Wang founder of the TEALS program. TEALS is an amazing partnership between high schools and industry professionals that creates a mentorship between student and mentor. The post Making Sure Every Student Has The Opportunity To Learn How To Code | @TEALSK12org appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.
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.
eSchool News
JULY 19, 2016
Being observed in the classroom can be a nerve-wracking experience for teachers. Yet, observations that paint a fair, accurate picture of teachers’ strengths and areas of need can play a crucial role in their professional growth. To make the observation experience easy and efficient for both observers and teachers, Performance Matters announces Truenorthlogic Observation.
My Paperless Classroom
JULY 19, 2016
This year at ISTE, I had the opportunity to sit down with Bert Bower from TCI to learn about the innovative ways their Science and Social Studies curriculum are helping students become 21st Century Learners. TCI offers a curriculum designed with online lesson plans, student handouts, digital assessment tools and other enrichment resources to help turn paper driven classrooms into advanced labs for learning.
eSchool News
JULY 19, 2016
Perris Union School District in Riverside, Calif., has partnered with Story2 , a company that teaches students to tell their stories out loud and write authentic admission essays, to use the Story2 EssayBuilder Plus platform to improve college access and readiness among its high school students. This partnership arrives just in time for the 2016-2017 College Admissions cycle.
EdTechTeacher
JULY 19, 2016
We love sharing FREE things for teachers and are thrilled to let you know about a NEWonline learning platform for teachers created by KQED – an NPR and PBS affiliate in Northern California. KQED Education engages with community and educational organizations to broaden and deepen the impact of their award-winning media and address the needs of educators in STEM , arts, and news by creating cutting-edge learning media, providing training in digital learning tools, and distributing public m
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
JULY 19, 2016
The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) is continually seeking effective ways to support educators as they work to help English language learners (ELLs) develop academic English fluency. Toward that end, the ADE, in cooperation with the Arizona State Board of Education, has embarked on an innovative, two-year pilot program to bring a technology-based language development and literacy intervention to ELLs in grades K-6.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 19, 2016
Superintendent Mark Edwards of Mooresville, N.C., who is leaving to join Discovery Education. Mooresville Graded School District, near Charlotte, North Carolina, has become a national leader over the last decade in using digital learning tools to improve student achievement. Use of classroom technology, such as providing every student in grades kindergarten through 12 with access to a laptop or tablet for home and school use, has been credited with helping to elevate graduation rates and close t
eSchool News
JULY 19, 2016
Connecting our nation’s schools, libraries, health clinics and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) to next generation high-speed broadband is an important national priority. In an effort to provide federal, state and local leaders with policy options to ensure that all anchor institutions have high-speed connections to the internet, the SHLB Coalition today is releasing “ Connecting Anchor Institutions: A Broadband Action Plan.”.
Gaggle Speaks
JULY 19, 2016
When technology departments begin to implement Office 365, they approach the question of whether or not to restrict student email communications to only users in the school or district. The decision is a prohibitive measure to protect both students and the school or district. But does prohibiting email use actually protect students? We’re convinced it doesn’t go far enough.
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eSchool News
JULY 19, 2016
The ability to communicate effectively is increasingly recognized as an important skill for students entering the workforce. Two new initiatives that guide educators – the College and Career Readiness Standards and the Framework for 21st Century Learning – identify communication and collaboration as key elements of student learning. The standards particularly describe the importance of students understanding the reasoning of others and engaging in meaningful conversations using criti
MiddleWeb
JULY 19, 2016
After many years teaching high school & college students, Lauren Brown re-entered a middle school classroom last fall as a full-time social studies teacher. She describes her delight with young adolescents who greeted history with enthusiasm and deep discussions.
Edutopia
JULY 19, 2016
Ben Johnson Education Trends As the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) roles out, there are three ripple effects that school leaders and teachers should be aware of in terms of teacher evaluation.
Fractus Learning
JULY 19, 2016
Boys love anything with a screen! What’s on the screen engages them, rewards them and keeps them coming back for more. Screens = pleasure. What boys don’t love, especially 9- to 14-year-old boys, is reading and carrying books around with them. Reading books = pain. The logical conclusion: encourage boys to read on digital devices (ebook readers, iPads, smartphones).
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
JULY 19, 2016
CLEVELAND— Cleveland Metropolitan School District has a countdown clock to Election Day on its website. When city residents head to the polls that day, they’ll be doing more than picking a president. They’ll be voting on whether the city should keep working on its ambitious overhaul of the school system. Convention coverage. During the Republican and Democratic conventions, The Hechinger Report will publish a new story each day, examining what the party proposals might mean for the future of edu
ASIDE
JULY 19, 2016
Source: 2016 DNCC , 2016 Republican National Convention The quadrennial political conventions of the Republican and Democratic parties offer a mix of serious-minded civics and high-octane pageantry. For students, teachers, and outside observers, the 2016 extravaganzas provide important forums to dissect the details of the delegates and to hear our nation's leaders speak directly to us.
Edutopia
JULY 19, 2016
Laura Fleming & Billy Krakower Maker Education Makerspaces can democratize learning, create a culture of participation, allow for teaching with visual cues, offer thematic planning opportunities, and facilitate differentiated instruction.
Adam Welcome
JULY 19, 2016
This post was co-written with Todd Schmidt. You can find his blog here. Speaking of the late Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey said, “She was there for me always, guiding me through some of the most important years of my life. Mentors are important, and I don’t think anybody makes it in the world without some form of mentorship.” There are very few relationships that are as powerful as the mentor-mentee relationship.
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.
MIND Research Institute
JULY 19, 2016
Many educators have experienced that lightbulb “aha!” moment about productive struggle—when we realized the truth about how our potential for growth and creativity is unleashed to the extent that we learn to persevere, figure things out on our own and bounce back from failure. We also know that one of the most important arenas to explore this truth is in our nation’s classrooms.
eSchool News
JULY 19, 2016
Off-the-shelf education technology platforms can often fall short when aligning with educators’ specific approaches to instruction. As a result, many school systems take matters into their own hands by developing custom software and tools only to find they lack the scale, revenue sources and expertise to do so successfully. In a new study, the Clayton Christensen Institute profiles two organizations that co-designed technology to help school leaders bridge the disconnect between instructional mo
TeachThought - Learn better.
JULY 19, 2016
The post Using Space To Influence Thinking appeared first on TeachThought.
eSchool News
JULY 19, 2016
A report released from the Illinois Education Research Council (IERC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, in partnership with the University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research (UChicago Consortium), assesses the progress of sweeping legislation to redesign the way school principals in Illinois are prepared, with the goal of improving schools statewide through higher quality leadership.
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