The CoolCatTeacher
JUNE 20, 2016
What has to happen before you can make your classroom better From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. We have a problem in the hearts and minds of many educators everywhere. I’m guilty of it sometimes, too. Sometimes my momentum is not moving forward. I can wish for something that never will be and not do what is right in front of me.
The Journal
JUNE 20, 2016
OER – open education resources are a boon to K-12. But OER is a start, not an end. As K-12 moves to fully 1-to-1 and blended learning, K-12 needs to go beyond digitized versions of paper-based lessons (and proprietary formats) and develop an open standard for the "deeply digital lesson.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
JUNE 20, 2016
Here are the top 9 nine Google Apps tips according to Ask a Tech Teacher readers: Embed a File from Google Drive. Google Apps lesson plan. 8 Google Apps Tricks Every Teacher Should Know. Google Hangouts–Are You Using Them Yet? How to Embed Student Work into Digital Portfolios. Book Review: Google Apps Meets Common Core. Dear Otto: How do I teach Google Drive to K/1?
EdTech Magazine
JUNE 20, 2016
By Meg Conlan Between hands-on workshops, faire attendees learned how one Virginia school district brought makerspaces to all 26 of its schools.
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Battelle for Kids
JUNE 20, 2016
Volume 3, Issue 5, Number 8. Driving Question: How can students show work experiences are more than a grade? Restructuring high school through a career cluster framework requires school leaders who are willing to engage the business community in a direct and meaningful way with the school's academic programs. In our district-wide Career Pathways Program, we want students to leave our high schools not just meeting traditional academic requirements, but with what we call a Diploma Plus.
Educational Technology Guy
JUNE 20, 2016
ISTE 2016 is only a week away! There are so many great sessions to attend throughout the conference, but I wanted to share a few here, including two that I am doing. These sessions are geared at educators and administrators and will offer some great information and resources. Presenters are former educators and educational technology specialists (and a CIO).
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JUNE 20, 2016
June 20, 2016 Over the last couple of years, we have reviewed a wide variety of educational web tools to use to create digitally based quizzes. Below is a collection of some of the most popular.read more.
ProfHacker
JUNE 20, 2016
As a professor at the University of Central Florida, I was glued to Twitter on Sunday following the tragic aftermath of the Orlando shooting during Latinx night at popular gay / GLBTQ nightclub Pulse. Several students and graduates from colleges around the area are on the list of dead, and local campuses (including mine) have been hosting blood drives and vigils in the wake.
eSchool News
JUNE 20, 2016
Teaching students the skills they need to become leaders and innovators is more important than ever. When you think of imparting entrepreneurship skills to students, most educators will likely go the obvious route — how can we teach students to build successful businesses that will help them in their post-graduation careers. But there are also a host of skills that successful business leaders use every day that can help students no matter what path they choose.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 20, 2016
Even proponents of educational technology admit that a lot of software sold to schools isn’t very good. But they often highlight the promise of so-called “adaptive learning” software, in which complex algorithms react to how a student answers questions, and tailor instruction to each student. The computer recommends different lessons to different students, based upon what they already know and what they still need to work on.
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.
EdTechTeacher
JUNE 20, 2016
This post first appeared on Daily Genius. As long as I can remember, I have loved attending workshops. When I was a new teacher, I loved learning new ideas that I could implement with students. As I got further into my teaching career, I loved feeling revitalized after a workshop. I always felt a renewed sense of passion about teaching after attending a workshop or seminar.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 20, 2016
Principal Damon Holmes talks to junior Latifah Hinds. Photo: Nick Chiles. Newark, N.J. — It wasn’t long into Damon Holmes’ tenure as new principal of Malcolm X Shabazz High School this fall that Sharon Cook, an administrator at Shabazz, knew the school and students were going to be okay under the new guy. Cook was having a meeting with Holmes in the principal’s office when he suddenly stopped talking.
eSchool News
JUNE 20, 2016
New site aims to help students envision return on investment for higher education choices. A series of state-specific websites, grounded in work conducted by the American Institutes for Research (AIR), will offer students a new way to plan for life after high school. Its interactive features show the potential return on investment for a wide array of higher education choices.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 20, 2016
Pamela Lewis. Meeka’s teachers used to always tell her that staring at the clock would only make time move slower. Now grown up and a teacher herself, Meeka couldn’t help glaring at it as if it were responsible for how bored she was listening to Mrs. Brown painstakingly review the senseless rubric her group would be assessed with. Seemed like white teachers needed a manual to even breathe.
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.
MiddleWeb
JUNE 20, 2016
Your First Year is a perfect book for the newbie, says NBCT Amber Chandler, with differentiated strategies teachers at any level can implement. Todd, Katherine & Madeline Whitaker's common-sense advice can both inspire novices and keep them on the right track.
Edutopia
JUNE 20, 2016
Elena Aguilar Parent Partnership Check out these tips for parents who are educators on navigating their child's education and advocating when necessary.
eSchool News
JUNE 20, 2016
The Saginaw School District aims to improve leadership and data literacy skills among building leaders. As part of an ongoing effort to improve school performance, Saginaw School District (Mich.) has recently turned its focus to principals, providing them with additional professional development in the areas of leadership and data literacy. With this support, principals can emerge as stronger leaders and decision-makers in managing ongoing school improvement initiatives.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 20, 2016
Dennis’ Barber Shop in New Orleans. Photo: Tabitha Bethune. “I see my child about to die every day.”. That’s what one despondent mother told me when she phoned looking for help for her teenage boy; all she wanted was for her son to get out of the drug game. Tattoos, the smoke-blackened lips and sagging pants were the in-the-face reality experienced by this mother.
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eSchool News
JUNE 20, 2016
Ed. note: App of the Week picks are now being curated with help from the editors of Graphite.org , a free service from Common Sense Education. Click here to read the full app review. Playground Physics. What’s It Like? Playground Physics is part of the New York Hall of Science’s (NYSCI) “Noticing Tools” suite of apps. Students use the iPad to shoot video of any motion they’d like, whether it’s their friends running around or playing on playground equipment, t
TeachThought - Learn better.
JUNE 20, 2016
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Fractus Learning
JUNE 20, 2016
Sitting very comfortably in the ‘Goldilocks zone’ of document cameras, the AVer F17HD ( Amazon ) finds the perfect balance between rich interactive features and excellent value for money. With a 5MP camera, 32x zoom and both remote and onboard controls, the camera gives real flexibility (both figuratively and literally) while stepping a delightfully small footprint on your classroom space.
MindShift
JUNE 20, 2016
Librarians often talk about stocking the shelves with books that offer both mirrors and windows for children. When one child picks up a book, he might see a character who looks like him and experiences life the way he does, but another child reading the same book could experience the story as a window into a new culture or life experience. The goal is for all children to read books that provide both mirrors and windows so they subconsciously build an image of who and what they could be, while bu
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.
EmergingEdTech
JUNE 20, 2016
Helping Other Educators Find Their Footing Can be a Rewarding Part of the Trip! Matthew Moore is presenting two sessions at FlipCon16 in Allen, Texas this July. The conference is the 19th – [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
Fractus Learning
JUNE 20, 2016
LEGO, Duplo and other well-known brands of building bricks are a classic children’s toy. Most homes have at least one set of building bricks. Kids love them and parents do too, until they accidentally step on a LEGO brick late at night. A LEGO table and a bucket of small, colored bricks will keep a small child happy for hours. Sure, lots of kids are quick to pick up an iPad when they are bored, but construction toys offer a number of educational benefits.
Reflections
JUNE 20, 2016
It's our last week of school and I found myself at a nearby shopping center this evening, weaving in and out of stores looking for some end of the year presents. I knew I had to find something for a teacher I can't bear to lose but am losing for reasons outside my control. Somehow, I am hoping this sentimental card and gift remind her of the work she has done here and how much I will always believe in her.
GoConqr
JUNE 20, 2016
For Sam Magar, a teacher at AIC in Perth, Australia, it began as an experiment. Just something new to try out away from the classroom. But before long it changed everything inside the classroom too – and for the better. Einstein once said that insanity was repeating the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. If the means don’t change, then the ends won’t change either.
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.
Marketplace K-12
JUNE 20, 2016
In recent dealmaking news, the social learning organization Brainly acquired the platform OpenStudy, while ed-tech companies Knowledgemtion and Flocubulary gained investments. Brainly Acquires OpenStudy: The Krakow, Poland-based social learning community for students has acquired OpenStudy , a peer-to-peer study help platform. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Graphite Blog
JUNE 20, 2016
Do you want to capture your students’ hearts and heads and increase achievement dramatically? Of course you do, and you can through gamified classrooms! Gamification is a hot trend, but it’s more than that -- it’s tapping into students' interests in order to give them the opportunity to explore, problem-solve, and build social skills while connecting with curriculum-based skills and concepts.
MiddleWeb
JUNE 20, 2016
Getting ready to involve students in real STEM learning experiences this fall? Then you’ll soon begin to examine, revise, and beef up your STEM education knowledge and skills. Expert Anne Jolly brings together ideas and information to answer five key questions.
Hubbli
JUNE 20, 2016
As much as most of us don’t want to admit it, we’re all fairly active on social media. According to recent statistics , as many as 65% of adults use social media—which is only up 7% from the previous year—yet that figure has increased almost tenfold over the past ten years. Social media has become a part of our everyday lives. Most of us check it before we start our day, during our lunch break, in between soccer matches, after a long day at work, and sometimes just before bed.
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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