User Generated Education
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
Many kids and teens are spending a lot of their time doing solitary screen-related activities. This most often occurs at home with their own devices. We are also living in an age where practically any and all content can be found via the Internet. The educator is no longer the gatekeeper to information. Internet resources can present and teach content better than a lecturing educator.
A Principal's Reflections
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
Jargon in education is nothing new. Luckily there are so many resources available to make sense of it as it applies to our professional practice. Just check the Dictionary of Educational Jargon to get some clarity, then have some fun with the Educational Jargon Generator. Words are always flying around in education circles. Whether it is in person at events and workshops or in social media spaces, I routinely see conversations play out where educators take a certain stance on the meaning of spec
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The CoolCatTeacher
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
What has teachers talking? From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. When looking at the top posts of the over 3,500 blog posts here, a theme jumps forward for February 2016. Hope, stress, encouragement, growth, and trying to improve education. I see struggle and persistence all over the pieces that you are sharing this month.
Battelle for Kids
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
Volume 3, Issue 2, Number 12. Communication is complex, and tricky these days. And as important to our lives as the air we breathe. Let's look at air for a moment --it is all around us, 24/7, no matter where we are or what we are doing. It is essential for our survival and for our success. In addition air must be of the highest quality - have the right combination of oxygen and hydrogen and little or no pollutants - in order to be most beneficial to us.
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How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.
21st Century Educational Technology and Learning
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
Welcome to the fifth post in a series designed to support the use of technology for differentiated learning… in and beyond the PBL classroom. Before reading, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans.
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
Not all successful one-to-one programs are alike. But they do share some common ground. As more and more schools and districts set goals to provide one-to-one access to technology to students to meet teaching and learning goals, district and school leaders are faced with the task of planning and implementing technology resources at levels that they might not have experienced in the past.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Tech Helpful
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
The Internet of Things ( IoT ) is the network of physical objects—devices, vehicles, buildings and other items embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and network connectivity—that enables these objects to collect and exchange data. - Wikipedia I've been hesitant to write this post because I know it could open Pandora's box and quite frankly I don't know if I have it in me right now to deal with the fact that people think this is what I think education should be like.
The Innovative Educator
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
There is mistrust around innovative educators these days because of how technology is being used (or misused) in some schools and districts. By now you’ve heard the stories of tech replacing caring teachers. You’ve heard how class sizes are being increased and students are left to learn by staring at screens rather than interacting with classmates and teachers.
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
Ed. note: App of the Week picks are now being curated with help from Graphite by Common Sense Media. Click here to read the full app review. Newsela. What’s It Like? Newsela is an online news-as-literacy platform that features current articles in seven categories: War & Peace, Science, Health, Kids, Money, Law, and Arts. Content is updated daily, with stories from a wide range of sources (from the Associated Press to Scientific American to the Washington Post ) in both English and Span
TeachThought - Learn better.
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
The post 10 Dos & Don’ts For Teaching Vocabulary In Any Content Area appeared first on TeachThought.
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.
NeverEndingSearch
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
At the #GoOpen Exchange on Friday, everyone was talking about OER and the need to curate. The Twiter feed shows the buzz around the trending event and it shows school librarians were at the table. As the initiative moves forward, it is critical for us to choose to be at the head of this particular table. Hosted at the beautiful Skywalker Ranch, Friday’s #GoOpen Exchange engaged major players in education from the White House and the DOE, as well as state officials, leaders of non-profit
TeachThought - Learn better.
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
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MiddleWeb
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
How should the next generation of STEM teachers be prepared? Anne Jolly reports on the innovative UABTeach program at the University of Alabama Birmingham where undergrads can earn full teacher certification plus a math, science or engineering degree. What's your superpower?
Teacher Tech
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
To share your class code for Google Classroom I created a template in Google Draw. Make a copy of the template and type the class code at the bottom of the badge. Template tinyurl.com/gcbadge Feel free to use or modify this graphic, no attribution required. Download After entering the class code into the drawing, use […].
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.
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
EdGaming math competitions can be a driver for engaging students. Educational games developer DimensionU has launched the 2016 Spring Tournament Season for its DimensionU Math Video Game Competitions in partnership with a variety of local education agencies and STEM Outreach organizations. Math-based video game competitions provide a compelling environment to support student learning across a broad range of skill levels, offering the opportunity, regardless of academic background, for students t
EmergingEdTech
FEBRUARY 28, 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 … explore what the next few years hold. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
The Daring Librarian
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
Tips to a Super Twitter Profile After re-vamping my blog header header ( Teaching Good: Branding Evil ) I took a serious look at my Twitter profile and changed it, too! Though, I admit - I'm still not used to it but I'm giving it a whirl! I changed my Twitter profile. Added my real name & I decided to break from my fav avatar & use my real photo.
MiddleWeb
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
Make the most of your digital Contacts app. In Part 3 of a productivity series for school leaders, organization consultant and former principal Frank Buck explains how to maximize such useful resources as contact notes, special ringtones, syncing, and more.
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TeachThought - Learn better.
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
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techlearning
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
Excellent interactive science resource that can work for students who have a range of reading abilities.
The Principal of Change
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
People know that my mom and dad are amazing cooks, and they will often tell me how much they leave Greek food. I will always say to them, “Do you know what we call ‘Greek’ food in my house? Food.” Maybe the analogy doesn’t connect, but I feel the same way about the term “blended learning”, in which many of our students might just simply call “learning” To me, it would be the equivalent of referring to “reading a book” to “p
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
Florida Senate votes to consider coding a foreign language for graduation requirements. State senators in Florida overwhelmingly approved a proposal to allow high school students to count computer coding as a foreign language course, although questions linger about whether the two subjects should be considered one and the same. The state Senate passed the bill by Democratic Sen.
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