Neo LMS

AUGUST 2, 2016

I was strolling in a park the other day and just when I got distracted by a colorful ice cream truck and was wondering if I should resist the sweet temptation, a sudden pain pulled me right back into the harsh reality. Someone stepped on my foot! “Aaaauch!” “Excuse me, didn’t mean to, sorry ’bout that!” And he wooshed in the direction of the ice cream truck with his nose stuck in his phone, without seemingly noticing the colorful vehicle and the loud kids surr

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2016

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Smartphones can help deepen and extend relationships beyond the scheduled parent-teacher conferences.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 2, 2016

Here are the most-read posts for the month of July: Padlet: A Versatile Classroom Tool y in the Classroom. 4 Ways to Use Podcasts in the Classroom. Tech Ed Resources for your Class–Digital Citizenship Curriculum. 10 Reasons to Screencast in Your Class and 7 Best-in-class Tools. Why is the Supreme Court So Important — and How to Explain That to Students.

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 2, 2016

For me, the beginning of the school year was the best time of year. I always enjoyed getting back into my classroom, setting things up and getting pumped for the journey ahead with my students. The beginning of the year was a good reset. I could reflect back on the previous year, examine what I had learned over the summer and plan for a better year coming up.

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Ascend Math

AUGUST 2, 2016

Education Week just released a highly informative article summarizing what has been learned from a decade of federally funded research into math instruction. I enjoyed reviewing these findings again. The research has been very advantageous. At Ascend Education, we developed 80 new math lessons over the past two years taking advantage of these findings bringing our total objective count to over 600.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2016

Want to hear the whole interview? Check out our Q&A with Jahana Hayes on the EdSurge On Air podcast. Jahana Hayes, the 2016 National Teacher of the Year , knows what it takes to be a good teacher. In fact, she’s been in the game for twelve years, currently serving as a history teacher at John F. Kennedy High School in Waterbury, Connecticut. But she also believes that not everyone is cut out for the profession, especially if they aren’t willing to change with the times—times that have broug

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Nik Peachey

AUGUST 2, 2016

I recently revisited Phraseum , an app which I first discovered and reviewed in March 2014. I’m glad to see that the tool is still around, has gathered a loyal following and has developed both in terms of design and functionality since that first review. In this article I’d like to show you some of the new features and also share some ideas for how you can use it.

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Learning in Hand

AUGUST 2, 2016

I love to share tech tips! Sometimes one little piece of information can make a difference for teachers and students. Social media is a great place to share my tips. I use Twitter ( @tonyvincent ) to post weekly tips on Tuesdays. After three years, that's 150+ tips. Those same tips also appear on the Learning in Hand Facebook page. Meanwhile, on Instagram ( @learninginhand ) I post a few visual tech tips each week.

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Edutopia

AUGUST 2, 2016

Erin Klein Learning Environments Since light, space, and room layout impact physical and physiological well-being, enhance the quality of learning by decluttering your classroom, letting in natural light, and ditching the desks.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 2, 2016

Looking for new ideas and ways to use technology in your instruction? The guides below are definitely worth your consideration. These are free short eBooks available for free download from iTunes.read more.

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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.

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Gaggle Speaks

AUGUST 2, 2016

Teachers have plenty of places to go to enhance pedagogy. Sometimes, having too many choices can make the task of finding online resources a bit challenging. We’ve done some curation for you and picked out our top websites for elementary school educators. Illuminations. This website is managed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Some of the resources available include brain teasers (which are incredibly addicting), online games and lesson plans.

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EdTechTeacher

AUGUST 2, 2016

This is part two of a five part series addressing what teachers should know about iOS 9.3 that first appeared on Daily Genius. Read part 1 here. What is Apple School Manager? If we start at the top level of the new iOS 9.3 update, the major release concerning administrators is Apple School Manager. Prior to School Manager, Apple schools would have many different websites and portals to visit in order to make changes to their technical iPad environment.

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MIND Research Institute

AUGUST 2, 2016

Math is all about numbers, right? It sure seems like it. We learn about whole numbers, then we build in those pesky fractions. Don’t even get me started on negative numbers (they always have bad attitudes). But, wait. What in the world is algebra all about? Ever heard this one? “I was good at math until they started using letters. You can’t do math with letters.”.

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My Paperless Classroom

AUGUST 2, 2016

13 years and 145 issues of every gamers favorite magazine has just been released for all to read. for FREE. The post Think your students aren’t interested in reading? Check out all 13 years worth of Nintendo Power … FREE! appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.

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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.

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SpeechTechie

AUGUST 2, 2016

The apps featuring Fiete, a fun little German sailor, are simple but elegant, and just this week I discovered Fiete Sports , which was featured in Apple's Best New Apps (also take a look at Fiete Farm , which has an interesting interface promoting temporal concepts around farming activities). Fiete Sports ($2.99) is a nice engaging activity to pair with current events news around the Rio Olympics (hopefully the press will turn a bit more positive) or picture books about sports or sportsmanship (

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EmergingEdTech

AUGUST 2, 2016

Bringing Learning to Life with Interactive Visual Models This weekend I took at look at the LifeLiqe app. LifeLiqe is an app for iOS or Windows that provides over 1,000 content models for K-12 STEM. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2016

Dr. Jaime Aquino, left, Deputy Superintendent of Instruction with Los Angeles Unified School District gives a”high five” to Hillcrest Elementary School teacher Rhonda Marie Smith on her new iPad as teachers attend a training class after being issued an Apple iPad as The Los Angeles Unified School District began to hand out the iPad’s to teachers from various schools in the district at Theodore Roosevelt High School in 2013.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2016

Pearson is expanding the power of digital technology to help students build strong writing skills. Now, Pearson Writer digital writing resources are integrated with Microsoft Word, providing students access to support for improving their writing skills. According to the 2016 Workforce-Skills Preparedness Report created by Payscale, 44 percent of hiring managers feel writing proficiency is the hard skill most lacking among recent college graduates.

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Edutopia

AUGUST 2, 2016

John McCarthy Game-Based Learning Harness the immersive game Pokemon Go to engage your students in the skills required for collaboration, inquiry, written communication, and building culture.

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My Paperless Classroom

AUGUST 2, 2016

Did you know that there are powers inside of your Gmail application that can control the fate of your career and ultimately change the course of time and history completely? The post Intro to Gmail: Learning how to “UnSend” a message (it could save your career ya know) appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 2, 2016

The post 4 Strategies For Implementing Learning Stations In Your Classroom appeared first on TeachThought.

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SpeechTechie

AUGUST 2, 2016

The apps featuring Fiete, a fun little German sailor, are simple but elegant, and just this week I discovered Fiete Sports , which was featured in Apple's Best New Apps (also take a look at Fiete Farm , which has an interesting interface promoting temporal concepts around farming activities). Fiete Sports (Free!) is a nice engaging activity to pair with current events news around the Rio Olympics (hopefully the press will turn a bit more positive) or picture books about sports or sportsmanship (

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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.

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BYOT Network

AUGUST 2, 2016

This post is part of a series about the Building Blocks for Personalized Learning. It is necessary for teachers to nurture the development of a Community within their classrooms in order to facilitate personalized learning. Each student needs to feel empowered within the learning environment to explore individual interests and passions. Consider the type of community in which you would thrive.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2016

In a major move, online and blended learning solutions provider Edgenuity has acquired education software company Compass Learning , creating a suite of digital curriculum products. The acquisition that will expand Edgenuity’s reach across the entire K-12 educational spectrum – empowering schools to achieve their academic goals and improve outcomes for all students.

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BYOT Network

AUGUST 2, 2016

This post is part of a series about the Building Blocks for Personalized Learning. It is necessary for teachers to nurture the development of a Community within their classrooms in order to facilitate personalized learning. Each student needs to feel empowered within the learning environment to explore individual interests and passions. When you consider what type of a community where you would want to thrive, how would you describe that environment?

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MindShift

AUGUST 2, 2016

When Jacqui Young studied pre-calculus as a high school junior, she found the experience unexpectedly fulfilling. She didn’t consider herself a “math person,” but pre-calc came more easily to her than it did to most of her peers, and she spent a lot of time helping fellow students grasp the concepts. “It felt good to be able to understand something and then be able to walk someone else through it,” she said.

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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.

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ProfHacker

AUGUST 2, 2016

As punishment for my various parenting sins, I now find myself in a specific Dunkin Donuts about five hours a week, while my son’s at practice. And so the ability to work remotely has skyrocketed in importance. And whether I’m using my phone as a hotspot or using the Dunkin wifi (with a VPN, of course! ), sometimes connections on the road aren’t as robust as one might like.

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Tech Helpful

AUGUST 2, 2016

I always seem to be starting the new year wondering if I'm adding "the last straw" to overwhelmed teachers as they face the new school year with different expectations and a need to learn something quickly. I hold my breath as I plan how to share what this year will entail and I pray that I'm setting them up for success with the scaffolding and planning I've prepped.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2016

ClassFlow , provider of collaboration software for interactive classrooms, has announced a new feature that allows teachers to earn extra cash during the upcoming school year. The new ClassFlow Marketplace is an open community where teachers may buy and sell original teaching resources such as digital lessons, unit plans, assessments, teaching guides, worksheets, and more.

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MiddleWeb

AUGUST 2, 2016

When you walk into your own classroom for the first time, options (and stressors) abound. Keying in on essentials and asking for help can help new teachers build a vibrant learning space. Veteran teacher trainer Laura Robb shares newbie tips to use or adapt.

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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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