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Microsoft Launches New Cloud Tool and Convertible Devices to Ease Classroom Tech Use

EdTech Magazine

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez New two-in-one devices — and an easier way to manage them — are on the table this year for the tech giant.

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What is the Aroma of Your Life?

The CoolCatTeacher

Living a life well lived From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This morning I was getting ready to hop in the shower. I had my cup of coffee on the bathroom counter and accidentally hit it! Coffee went everywhere. After washing hairbrushes and bottles and hairspray and everything, the coffee was gone. The bathroom smells very much like coffee, though.

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Completely free, downloadable, stock music.

EdTech4Beginners

Often, in lessons, I need free music for my class to include in videos or presentations. But it’s really difficult to find! You either have to watch adverts or sign in and then get spammed! Here are 3 great websites in which you can search for the type of music you want and then download it – no strings attached: 1. Free Music Archive (just search and instantly download). 2.

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8 Myths about online education debunked

Neo LMS

Online education, which has almost become synonymous with distance-learning, is a serious alternative to traditional education, not only in the US but also in other countries around the world. As per a recent survey , 5.8 million US students — which means one in four — are enrolled in at least one online course. There’s no disputing the fact that studying to earn a graduate or postgraduate degree via the web is fast growing as an option to the conventional classroom format of education.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

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.

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How Tech is Part of my Education, Through the Eyes of a Student

Ask a Tech Teacher

I had the pleasure of meeting Tyler, a fascinating and outgoing sophomore in Mitchell School District in Mitchell, South Dakota. He contacted me for help promoting his blog and I persuaded him to tell his story about the part technology has played in his education. I encourage all of you to read this, add your thoughts under comments, and then drop in on Tyler’s brand new blog to get him started.

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#17: Microsoft One Note: Useful Tips and Tricks for the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

10MT | A 10-Minute Teacher Interview with Dr. Tom Grissom From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Let’s learn about One Note with Dr. Tom Grissom. But perhaps to understand why I’m a Microsoft One Note fan, I’d like to tell you a story from several months a go. This past fall, I ran into my former student, Miller, at an away football game.

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How One Coding School Hopes to Teach Thousands of Students, Without Professors

Edsurge

When I first heard of the coding school 42 it sounded almost like a hoax. Tuition is free, for one thing, and some students even get free lodging in dorms. What’s the catch? To get a slot at this coding school, you have to go through an intense admissions process that involves a month-long coding challenge. For four weeks applicants show up to one of the institution’s campuses and work day and night, some even bring along air mattresses so they can get in as much time as possible.

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W.E.B. DuBois and Dual Consciousness For Teachers of Color

The Jose Vilson

In The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. DuBois posits: It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others, of measuring one’s soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity. One ever feels his two-ness,—an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.

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9 Very Good iPad Apps for Teaching Kids (American) Sign Language

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

February , 2017 Here is a collection of some good iPad apps for teaching kids and students sign language and American Sign Language (ASL). The collection which we have curated from iTunes App Store.read more.

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To Ease Transfer Hurdles, Colleges Share Data and Overhaul Curriculum

Edsurge

As far as college experiences go, Sarah Clymer’s was up there with the best. She was a business major, a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, had an internship, and was valedictorian of her class at Manor College —a two-year institution in the Philly suburbs. But when she decided to transfer to a four-year university and pursue her bachelor’s degree, Clymer’s experience went downhill.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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A Handy Chart Featuring YouTube Guidelines for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

February 21, 2017 Here is a handy chart we have prepared for teachers using YouTube in their instruction and for anyone else interested in learning more about how to use YouTube effectively. The.read more.

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Capstone Sells Digital Reading Platform, myON to Private Equity Firm

Edsurge

MyON , the Minneapolis-based developer behind a digital reading platform for students in grades preK-12, has been acquired by Francisco Partners , a private equity firm with offices in San Francisco and London. Terms of the deal, the first in the education sector for Francisco, were not disclosed. MyON was previously a division of Capstone , which formed in 1990 as a print publisher serving schools and libraries.

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An Excellent Tool for Taking Time-stamped Notes While Watching Videos

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

February 21, 2017 TurboNote is an excellent Chrome extension to use for taking notes on videos. It uses the same principle as Video.notes but has more interesting features which will enhance your.read more.

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Digital citizenship lessons from a 9-year-old with 18,000 Twitter followers

eSchool News

[ Editor’s note : This post by Alan November, written exclusively for eSchool Media, is part of a series of upcoming articles by this notable education thought leader. Check back later this month for the next must-read post!]. Olivia Van Ledtje might only be nine years old, but already she has a global following. She loves to read, and she records a video blog called LivBits in which she shares information about the books she has read and her observations about life in general.

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

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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Researching While Administrating

ProfHacker

Although at ProfHacker we tend to write from the point of view of faculty members, it’s also the case that many folks will move into an administrative, or at least quasi-administrative, role for some period in their career. (I’ve seen departments where everyone takes a turn being chair, for example.). It’s a mistake to think of a shift into administration as necessarily a death knell for one’s research, although obviously the pace or focus of that research might change.

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Why Do We Need to Learn This? A Holistic Approach to Education

Gaggle Speaks

When am I ever going to use it? Why do we need to learn this? These tiresome questions have bothered educators for years, especially teachers of math or the sciences. The facetious response is often: “Why of course! We have a test in six weeks.” Whether the question is answered or silenced, however, it’s rarely satisfactorily addressed, and students often have reservations about exerting themselves to learn these subjects.

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How Social Bias Can Transfer From One Generation To The Next

MindShift

From an early age, children are sensitive to social cues from adults, peers, media and their surrounding environment. A closer look at adults’ nonverbal signals — including their tone of voice, facial expression and body language — found that children can “catch bias” simply by observing adult actions, according to a new study out of the University of Washington.

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Empowerment: A Dirty Word or Needed?

Tech Helpful

EMPOWERMENT. The word itself sounds ominous and risky. In a session today I led on "Creating Technology Expectations for your Educators" I realized I kept saying the word "empower" often. Empower your innovators, empower your tech coaches, empower your students. But what does empowerment look like? What's that really saying? I think it means words like "trust," "freedom," "support," and "rights.

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

Managing a K-12 campus with constant pressure to meet performance metrics is challenging. And tardiness can significantly limit a school from reaching these goals. Learn more about why chronic lateness matters, and key strategies to address the following impacts: Data errors caused by manual processes Low attendance and graduation rates that affect a school’s reputation Classroom disruption, which leads to poor academic performance High staff attrition and “The Teacher Exodus” Unmet LCAP goals t

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Is dual-language education always the best course for English learners?

The Hechinger Report

Luis Antonio Hernandez reads a story about Cinco de Mayo to students in Christy Crotwell’s first grade class at Morton Elementary School. He reads each page twice — once in English, once in Spanish. Photo: Ben Stocking. Nearly 12 million children in the U.S. speak a language other than English at home. Across the country, public schools play a critical role in integrating them into American society and setting them up for long term success: By equipping them with English mastery.

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‘Read Brave’ Fosters Passionate Reading and Intergenerational Dialogue

Educator Innovator

Read Brave is a city-wide one book project in Saint Paul, Minnesota, facilitated by a small but passionate group from the Saint Paul Public Library’s Createch program , part of the YOUmedia Learning Labs Network. Marika Staloch, one of the facilitators, recently spoke with K-Fai Steele, of the YOUmedia Network and the National Writing Project. You can listen to the full interview below.

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Working on “Meaning”

The Principal of Change

While I am writing this, I am sitting outside in the beautiful city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, blogging. This is after reading articles on books, answering emails, and working on stuff for future presentations. People often will ask me, “Why don’t you go to the beach or explore or do something ‘fun’ while you are there??!?!” My short answer is I don’t want to.

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Just in Time! Global Collaboration in the Classoom

EdTechTeam

As a third grade student, I remember the excitement in the air the day we received our pen pal letters. We had waited for months to hear from kids in another state. It was our chance to exchange letters with someone else our age and have a voice as we shared with a “genuine audience” about our lives as 8 year olds. Even though we only exchanged letters a couple times throughout the school, this pen pal exchange offered me a chance to connect with students in another part of the country.

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

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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9 Stylish and State-of-the-Art School Supplies

Fractus Learning

When back-to-school season rolls around, every parent wants to make sure that they prepare their child for another successful year of learning. The list of “must-have” items seems to grow with each passing year—from one- to five-subject notebooks, specialized tools and specific brand-name supplies. But shopping for school supplies doesn’t have to be difficult—you can even do it from the comfort of your couch!

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Mississippi suspends pilot child care inspection program

The Hechinger Report

A pilot program that would have increased the number of inspections of child care centers in nine Mississippi counties, comprising one health district, has been suspended indefinitely as the state Department of Health reviews alternate options, according to an email sent to child care providers last week. The state is exploring ways to increase the number of inspections for child care centers, like this one in Jackson, statewide.

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Problem-based Science for the Common Good

MiddleWeb

Problem-based Science encourages students to develop a love of scientific thinking, math, and the creative use of technology as they learn through invention, design thinking, fixing and tinkering. Teacher-author Christa Flores demonstrates her hands-on PbS model.

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Missed TCEA? Here’s your ed-tech news recap

eSchool News

Tech-savvy educators know they must stay on top of the myriad changes and trends in education to learn how teaching and learning can best benefit from technology’s near-constant change. Check below for TCEA 2017 marketplace news to keep you up-to-date on product developments, teaching and learning initiatives, and new trends in education. TCEA.

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

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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Rock Your use of Video as a Teaching and Learning Tool With RooClick

EmergingEdTech

Math Teacher Shares the Benefits of Using RooClick to Better Engage Students Learning via Video By now, I’m sure you’ve either used video in your classroom yourself or know someone that has used it. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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An Update on What You Need to Know about ESSA

edWeb.net

In 2015, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was implemented, replacing the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Due to the rapid transition from NCLB to ESSA, it is important for educators and vendors to be aware of the key differences between the two. Steve Rowley, CEO of Acumen Partners, with Michael Campbell, Vice President of Acumen Partners, presented the latest updates on ESSA in the webinar, “ Making Sense of ESSA: What You Need to Know ,” co-hosted by edWeb.net and MCH Strategic Data.

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Mississippi legislators whittle down number of education bills

The Hechinger Report

Earlier this month, the Mississippi legislature allowed two bills to die that would have revamped the state’s school funding. Those bills were controversial and received much of the attention surrounding education legislation this year. But there are still several education bills alive that have passed either the House or Senate and have a chance of making it to the governor.

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3 Ways Savvy Teens Can Showcase Themselves Using Social Media

Graphite Blog

In a world filled with digital communication, how do we teach our digital citizens to use social media wisely? Parents are frequently nervous to talk to kids about online safety, relying on the schools to cover it. Teachers, therefore, are often the default catalysts for change as we educate teens on how to use social media: Educate them to become savvy social-media users.

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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the EdTech Industry: Assessing the Influence

AI-powered tools like virtual assistants and chatbots provide instant guidance and support, while data analytics offer valuable insights for educators and administrators.