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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

In the USA, Veterans Day annually falls on November 11. This day is the anniversary of the signing of the armistice, which ended the World War I hostilities between the Allied nations and Germany in 1918. Veterans are thanked for their services to the United States on Veterans Day. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curric

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Brilliant or Insane

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Brilliant or Insane. Mental Floss and 13 More EdTech Tools to Engage Learners By Joan Selby Sometimes students are too bored to complete in-class or out-of-class activities, but teachers continue to hammer away with lecture, textbooks, and worksheets. Want to engage all learners? Try less old-school and a little more EdTech. 14 EdTech tools that engage learners daily BrainPump The website features interesting […].

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Authors’ note: There are multiple voices within this article. Pay close attention to the voice that sounds the least like your own. Change within the education system begins to take form once a level of discomfort is reached. But in order for this change to take place, it is the responsibility of the educator and student to start a conversation that includes all voices within the classroom.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

November 11, 2016 GarageBand is probably one of the most popular music apps out there. Several teachers are using it with their students in class. Recently, Apple Education released a new interactive.read more.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

A majority of young adults already play video games, so using them in courses seems like a natural fit. But building World of Warcraft or a similar blockbuster game requires massive production teams and millions of dollars. For higher education, with smaller potential audiences and student outcomes at stake, companies are debating whether return on investment is there for game-based learning experiences.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

November 11, 2016 As an important literacy skill, reading has been widely amplified in the digital era especially with the proliferation and widespread of digital texts. The web is teeming with all.read more.

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Teacher Tech

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Are The Students THINKING? I am a fan of Robert Kaplinsky who has some great blog posts on Depth of Knowledge (DOK). Check out his new post ” Is Problem Solving Complex or Complicated?” We sometimes give students strategies to tackle problems, but then we risk the students focusing on the tricks/tips/strategy rather than really […].

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ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

I recently came across a solid teaching and learning resource devoted to giving designers, developers, and writers a better grounding in creating accessible content. The “ Teach Access Portal ” is a new-to-me tutorial that provides interactive lessons, much in the same way that Codecademy does. It’s a product of the Teach Access project, which (I have to admit) I don’t know much about.

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Perry Hewitt

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Gmail just got way faster (and prettier) on your iPhone with their new app release. Download for features like the critical undo send, a better swiping experience, and spell-corrected search. A great push notification is three things: timely, personal, and actionable. Apps are competing for our attention, and push notifications are a means to a touchpoint even outside time in-app.

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

As a teacher, my biggest questions has always been, “How do I get them to think?” This is something I have struggled and struggled with. I teach 8th grade math. As Dan Meyer has put it, I am selling a product to customers that do not want it, but by law have to buy it. I am a firm believer in relating everything to the REAL, real world as much as possible.

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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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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Parents and teachers don’t always consider craft supplies to be a significant part of their educational tool arsenal, but rather a fun supplement to learning. However, arts and crafts activities are more valuable than their final products—they’re not just about making a pretty picture to hang on the fridge or a handwoven basket. The process of creating art provides children with opportunities to build problem solving and critical thinking skills.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Every class has students who excel and those who don’t. The reasons behind academic performance are myriad, but when Douglas Barton and his team at Elevate Education set out to study and benchmark the most effective practices used by top students in Australia, the U.K., South Africa and the U.S. they found three common practices. The company has used its findings to coach students on the most effective study strategies.

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There is no box

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

What does Good Instructional Leadership look like? It’s a question that has come up often in the past year. As a leadership team in our district we’re reading through Hacking Leadership by Joe Sanfelippo ( #gocrickets ) and Tony Sinanis , which has great practical ideas for education leaders. But what does that look like when applied to instruction?

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Addressing the role of community partnerships in solving educators’ greatest challenge.

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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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There is no box

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

What does Good Instructional Leadership look like? It’s a question that has come up often in the past year. As a leadership team in our district we’re reading through Hacking Leadership by Joe Sanfelippo ( #gocrickets ) and Tony Sinanis , which has great practical ideas for education leaders. But what does that look like when applied to instruction?

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Fractus Learning

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

It sucks. Before everybody starts accusing me of being a bad mother, let me make it very clear that I do NOT mean the kids suck. Quite the contrary. Having been an autism Mom for six years now, I can say with full confidence and plenty of experience that these kids are truly amazing. Let me explain why I started the way I did. Why does it suck? The first reason is because finding out you are an autism parent, like any other piece of bad news which overwhelms you with fear and panic, is not easy

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

The post How to Choose a Virtual Reality Device for Your Classroom appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Choosing a VR Headset and Smart Device for Your Classroom – Part 3. *This post is sponsored by Samsung. All thoughts and opinions are my own.*. Now that we have covered virtual reality and Google Expeditions in Part 1 of this series, and how to apply these ideas to the classroom in Part 2 , let’s explore the actual devices that you need.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Frank Tuitt, professor at the University of Denver and organizer for the Making Black Lives Matter in Higher Education event address the crowd of more than 250 people. Photo: Andre Perry. The National Interest: Once a month, this column is tackling broader questions about what the country should do about gaps in achievement and opportunity, especially for boys of color, in a partnership with The Root.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

The shocking election of Donald Trump as our next president has yielded a number of immediate winners who have been “on the outs” under the Obama Administration. Pharmaceutical companies and banks have done well. Fossil fuel stocks have risen. So have for-profit colleges. Stocks like DeVry, Capella and Career Education are up 10 percent or more. Investors are speculating that new regulations like Borrower Defense to Repayment and Gainful Employment that looked as though they were going to strang

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