EdNews Daily
DECEMBER 18, 2016
Guest Article by: Matthew Pietrafetta, Ph.D. Grit has been celebrated and critiqued by many in academic circles and the academic press, but the conversation has remained largely focused on the work and opinions of researchers. Less attention has been given to the day-to-day experiences of educators who are working to strengthen students’ grit and incorporate grit into classroom curricula.
EdTech4Beginners
DECEMBER 18, 2016
At university, I was lucky enough to have some amazing lecturers, including Steve Wheeler. Steve Wheeler is Associate Professor of Learning Technologies at the Plymouth Institute of Education where he chairs the Learning Futures group and leads the Computing and Science education teams. Steve was always keen to prepare us as teachers for the future and share the implications it might have on our practise.
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Edsurge
DECEMBER 18, 2016
Selling to schools is one of the hardest parts of building an edtech company. It is critical to have a well thought-out, go-to-market strategy in place to demonstrate the value of your edtech product. This means analyzing the classic 4 P’s of Marketing: place, price, product, and promotion. In some industries, these marketing functions can be separated from sales functions.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 18, 2016
College and university enrollment fell during the semester just coming to an end, marking a fifth straight year of decline. The Topic: College and university enrollment. Why It Matters: Declining enrollment is complicating efforts to turn out more degree-holders. Students over 24 represented the bulk of the dropoff, with for-profit institutions suffering the most, the figures , from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, show.
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MiddleWeb
DECEMBER 18, 2016
Some teaching practices help strengthen students’ self-efficacy, motivation and confidence, while others create learned helplessness. Author-consultant Sarah Tantillo identifies 17 common teaching actions that lead to student inertia and offers better alternatives.
Marketplace K-12
DECEMBER 18, 2016
The PARCC assessment consortium has outlined plans in an RFP for a major restructuring designed to make it easier for states to use its test content--and also to ensure its own long-term survival. The post An Inside Look at Plans to Overhaul the PARCC Testing Consortium appeared first on Market Brief.
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MindShift
DECEMBER 18, 2016
How math is taught in the United States and how our students perform on international math tests continue to be areas of intense debate. The most recent Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) results for 15-year-olds show a significant drop in math performance between 2012 and 2015 among U.S. students who now rank 40th out of the 73 countries tested.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
DECEMBER 18, 2016
December 18, 2016 Each year Google and Apple release lists of the best and most popular content in their stores. The lists cover things such as apps, games, songs, TV shows, podcasts, books, and.read more.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 18, 2016
[ Editor’s note: This story, originally published on September 26th of this year, was our #10 most popular story of the year. The countdown continues tomorrow with #9, so be sure to check back!]. Although the term “flipped learning” is almost universally recognized, teachers apply it in many forms, in all grades levels, and in various school environments.
Marketplace K-12
DECEMBER 18, 2016
Finalsite acquired School Website. Also, several education companies received funding from the investment community, including Osmo and MasteryConnect. The post K-12 Dealmaking: Finalsite Makes Acquisition; Osmo, MasteryConnect Raise Funds appeared first on Market Brief.
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
DECEMBER 18, 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. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. What’s It Like?
The Principal of Change
DECEMBER 18, 2016
Jon Corippo shared this awesome yet simple video that shows the power of “asking” from Steve Jobs. This is a message that my mom taught me as a kid. You never know until you ask, so you might as well do so. Yet how often do we assume that we can’t get or do something, because of our own unwillingness to ask in the first place. Many educators will share things such as, “My principal would never let me do this”, or “our school district would not be comfortable w
Learning with 'e's
DECEMBER 18, 2016
It was a distinct pleasure to sit down in conversation with Yves Punie at the 25th EDEN Conference in Budapest in June. Yves is Senior Scientist at the European Commission Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, and is an expert in digital competencies. I have worked with Yves before and greatly respect his thinking and views on education in general, and on digital competencies in particular.
The Innovative Educator
DECEMBER 18, 2016
This year the International Society of Tech Ed (ISTE) released its new standards for students. They provide a clear framework for how you can help our students think about if they are a digital age learner. Here are the seven standards. You can visit this link to download them. Want something to hang in your classroom? You can sign up to get a free download of the poster here.
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.
EmergingEdTech
DECEMBER 18, 2016
Inspiring, informative, useful, or just plain fun tweets posted on Twitter over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers. This week … has your school reached an ed tech. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
techlearning
DECEMBER 18, 2016
Looking for a resource that combines grammar and fun? Look no further. Wacky Web Tales uses parts of speech to create silly stories and can be extremely entertaining. Students will test their knowled.
MiddleWeb
DECEMBER 18, 2016
In Cheryl Mizerny's view, authentic "personalized education" would have skilled teachers navigating as students powered their own learning. It would be a practice and not the product being sold by digital LMS companies as an acceptable substitute for teacher talent.
A Principal's Reflections
DECEMBER 18, 2016
For every education professional, adversity is a constant reality: lack of time, not enough resources, outdated facilities, resistant staff, and a slew of mandates/directives, to name a few. It can be difficult at times to envision and implement progressive change when you feel buried by these challenges. I wish I could tell you that these daily demands will dissipate in the near future, but that would create an allure of false hope.
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The Jose Vilson
DECEMBER 18, 2016
I’ve been on a writing tear in the last week or so. The first is a piece I did for the Progressive, reflecting on the incoming President-elect. Here’s some of the post : Forget fear in classrooms. My students were texting their parents and siblings at home to make sure there’s a back-up plan in case of danger. My students, who come from different racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds, understand that there are no safe spaces.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 18, 2016
This is part nine of my annual review of the year in ed-tech. Facebook’s Plans to “Personalize” Education. Facebook, like many digital technology companies, promises that in exchange for collecting your personal data – your name, your age, your gender, your photos, metadata on your photos, your location, your preferences, your browsing and clicking habits, your friends’ names – it will deliver “personalization.” A personalized news feed, for exampl
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