Neo LMS
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
A small thing can pass by unnoticed. But many small things can become the equivalent of a really large one. You may not notice — or give too much credit to — a typo that got its way into your written text. You may not care about where exactly you insert an image, as long as it’s on the right page. Your students may not notice or care about that either; except for those that always do.
The Journal
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
Educational technologists: listen to the teachers; they are asking you to help them to be more effective in creating and using digital curricula. In this blog post, then, we define the five functions that a blended learning platform must support — and challenge the ed tech community to build such a platform!
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The CoolCatTeacher
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
Level Up to Teach Classic Literature Like a Pro From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Classic literature can be exciting. You can teach classic literature like a pro with today’s insight from Starr Sackstein. What do Rodney Dangerfield, Alfred Hitchcock, and Harry Potter have to do with teaching students about classical literature?
Ditch That Textbook
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
In workshops I’ve run, I often ask teachers, “What are the hurdles to reaching your professional goals?” The most popular answer is always the same. Always. Time. So many of us educators feel overworked. We don’t have enough time to accomplish the important work that will have a huge impact on our students’ lives — [.].
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Ed Tech from the Ground Up
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
The end of summer has me saying goodbye to a crew of summer interns who helped Listenwise. Our interns came from New England colleges, Norway, and in one case, a local high school. It was definitely an eclectic bunch, giving me the opportunity to practice managing people from disparate backgrounds. I was an intern more than two decades ago, when not many college students even knew what an internship was.
Ask a Tech Teacher
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Some are edited and/or written by members of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew. Others, by tech teachers who work with the same publisher I do. All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
EdNews Daily
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
By Sarah Wallace. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. economy added 255,000 jobs in July, continuing a period of strong job creation. And, for the first time in more than eight years, the U.S. unemployment rate has remained below 5 percent for several consecutive months. This is good news for the 1.9 million students who graduated this past spring Also good news is the fact that employers are estimated to hire about 5 percent more graduates from the class of 2016 than 2015.
Education Elements
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
Last week, we released our third annual Impact Report, “The Positive Power of Personalized Learning.” In the report, we share the incredible work and positive outcomes of districts we work with across the nation, from those that are just launching personalized learning to those that are embarking on their fourth year of implementation. Since this is our third year sharing this report, I want to share three key takeaways from what we’re seeing (and celebrating) in the field.
Waterford
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
In 2014, Waterford won an $11.5 million federal Investing in Innovation (i3) grant to bring our curriculum to Utah’s rural children. Eighteen rural school districts joined the effort, and approximately 1,000 rural preschool-aged children participated in UPSTART, a Waterford kindergarten readiness program. The children will continue to use Waterford curriculum during the summer after kindergarten, first and second grade as part of a long-term research program aimed at closing gaps early and
Education Elements
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
It seems like everyone’s priority in education is to become a 1:1 district with ubiquitous access to technology and internet connectivity both at school and home. The new E-Rate program will certainly move us in that direction, and the new Every Student Success Act (ESSA) should provide guidance and accountability. But will all this make a difference, and are we using the proper approach to prepare our next generation of learners?
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.
Waterford
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
In 2014, Waterford won an $11.5 million federal Investing in Innovation (i3) grant to bring our curriculum to Utah’s rural children. Eighteen rural school districts joined the effort, and approximately 1,000 rural preschool-aged children participated in UPSTART, a Waterford kindergarten readiness program. The children will continue to use Waterford curriculum during the summer after kindergarten, first and second grade as part of a long-term research program aimed at closing gaps early and
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
James Paul Gee is living many teenager’s dream. (Or mine, at least.) The Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University has been playing video games for four hours every day since 2003, solving puzzles and battling bosses in games such as Doom, Darksiders 2 and Uncharted 4. Gee lives on a small farm, and when he’s not busy feeding donkeys or mashing buttons, he’s writing about what he’s learning about learning from video games.
MiddleWeb
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
Ultimately, teachers have the final say in the classroom. But when they share some ownership with students, they create a true community of learners and reap benefits for themselves. Expert Barbara Blackburn shares three ideas about building student ownership.
Gaggle Speaks
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
You can manage instances of cyberbullying at your school or district if the right practices and policies are in place. Here are four exercises that can help you prevent, manage and respond to cyberbullying during the new school year. Be aware. This might seem like the most obvious tip, but using exercising good attentiveness is difficult to master.
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.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
Below are two great resources for teachers professional development. Both of these platforms have been featured in separate posts in the past. Teachers can use them to access a wide variety of.read more.
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
U.S. education can migrate to a system that supports teaching, drives learning, and gives all students a strong foundation, according to a new report from the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future (NCTAF). Key points. The new vision is one in which: Teachers will have more agency and new roles and leadership opportunities and will, in turn, be supported by a system of aligned resources and supports.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
Thirty-two. That’s how many years John Deasy has spent in education as a teacher, high school principal, and superintendent in four different districts across three states. Of all these roles, his stint at the Los Angeles Unified School District may be the most memorable—and controversial. As superintendent, he led one of the largest and most highly-critiqued 1:1 device deployments in the country—one that that led to a frenzy of media reporting , and a number of columnists from L.A.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
Google Plus has recently introduced an interesting new feature called Collections which is basically a curating tool that resembles Pinterest. You can easily create collections where you can organize.read more.
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eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
As the school year gets underway across the nation, many schools and districts are launching new technology initiatives and programs designed to improve teaching and learning. Educators love to share their successes, learn from the success of other schools and districts, and they also love to share lessons they learned along their journey. eSchool Media and Xirrus have teamed up on the Innovate to Educate Awards to give a national platform for educators to share what they’re most proud of
MIND Research Institute
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
The K-12 Game-a-thon challenges students to design, build and share a game that features creative and unusual solutions to mathematical problems. Teams of one or more students, along with a teacher or parent in a coordinator role, invented card games, board games, apps, and outdoor games that addressed one or more mathematical topics. Throughout the process, students developed critical thinking, problem-solving, collaboration skills and more.
ProfHacker
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
Last week, my colleague Kris Shaffer launched the Alpha version of a website publishing platform, Peasy (as in easy peasy). I’ll let him explain why he developed Peasy: Peasy is relatively easy-to-install and easy-to-use platform for building simple websites. There is no “back-end” to fuss with, no database to administer, just a simple web site that you can edit live while you’re logged in.
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
Education.com , an online education destination for teachers, parents, and homeschoolers looking to help their kids succeed in school, announced a new guided curriculum that changes the way they help their preschool and elementary children develop essential skills. The new skills-focused curriculum combines 30,000 expert-created resources from the industry’s most comprehensive learning library with step-by-step guided lessons mapped to specific skills, to more easily and effectively strengthen t
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
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
EdPuzzle is Truly an Awesome Free Tool. See how Easy it is to use in our Newest 3 Minute TOOL-torial. EdPuzzle is a powerful free application that makes it a breeze to embed questions in YouTube and. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
Ed. note : App of the Week picks are now being curated by the editors of Common Sense Education , which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. Click here to read the full app review. MobyMax. What’s It Like?
Marketplace K-12
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
In this week’s dealmaking news, early childhood education app donated itself to Khan Academy while Canadian online tutoring platform GradeSlam raised $1.6 million. Khan Academy Acquires Duck Duck Moose: Nonprofit educational content provider Khan Academy has acquired Duck Duck Moose , a developer of educational apps for preschool children, according to a statement from Khan Academy.
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
ClassFlow Moments , a new free app for teacher-parent communication, is the latest addition to Promethean ’s collaborative learning software ClassFlow. With the ClassFlow Moments app, teachers can easily share classroom assignments, announcements, and awards with parents so they can proactively engage with their students’ learning. ClassFlow Moments is free for parents. “Most parents can identify with asking their children about school and receiving a one-word answer,” said Vincent Young,
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.
MindShift
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
When Michael Stone was considering a job at the STEM School Chattanooga he was a little skeptical at first. He had been a successful traditional high school calculus teacher and he wasn’t totally sure he bought into the project-based learning model. Proponents always described it to him as though students should do all the work with no help from him — something he couldn’t imagine in calculus.
TeachThought - Learn better.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
The post Instead Of A Book Report, My Students ‘Wrote’ A Video appeared first on TeachThought.
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
Kensington , a worldwide provider of desktop productivity and mobility solutions for IT, business and home office professionals, has released three new products for the education industry: Kensington LS510 Portfolio for 11.6” Chromebook™, Tablet Projection Stand, and BlackBelt™ 2nd Degree Rugged Case with Screen Protector for iPad Air® 2. Educators and students alike can use these desktop and mobile accessories to enhance their productivity and provide protection for their learning tools.
EdTechTeam
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
Lisa Thumann Director of Professional Learning EdTechTeam 8,000 is the number of educators we reached this month! Though we're ready for September, everyone at EdTechTeam is looking back at August thinking about all the teachers we worked with. We hosted 67 events for almost 8,000 educators! Though most of what we do is Summits , Certification Bootcamps and customized professional development , we also work with districts to customize summits for their staff such as what we produced in Maumelle,
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