Digital Promise

JANUARY 8, 2019

Most Americans agree that education is a national priority. Yet, despite efforts over the last 20 years to improve the performance of our schools, the U.S. public education system falls in the middle of international quality rankings. But let’s be clear: the problem with education in America is not lack of excellence. It’s lack of equity. There are pockets of excellence across the country that outshine the best of the best around the world.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 8, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Virtual reality (VR) in the classroom isn’t just a headset you grab and start using. As many educators start using virtual reality, they are discovering the issues relating to classroom management, safety, and good health that should impact how we use these devices.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 8, 2019

As technology continues to sprint forward, it’s up to educational institutions to keep pace or risk falling behind. While traditional teaching methods have served us well until now, the huge opportunities presented to us by technology cannot be ignored — whether in a college or pre-K environment. And as a new generation of digital natives enters the education system, it’s important that the tools they encounter reflect the outside world — and technology plays a key role in delivering this.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2019

Data Interoperability Looms Large as Districts Pursue Innovation and IT Savings. eli.zimmerman_9856. Tue, 01/08/2019 - 16:29. Until now, data integration at Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools required IT staff to manage point-to-point data integrations, with 40 data extracts to schedule and run each night. . One of those extracts goes to the district’s ­middleware product, which then ­connects it to close to 100 separate learning applications, says Lance Lott, MNPS executive director of techn

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 8, 2019

Since we at Ask a Tech Teacher started this blog eight years ago, we’ve had over 5.3 million visitors to the 2,112 articles on integrating technology into the classroom. This includes tech tips, website/app reviews, tech-in-ed pedagogy, how-tos, videos, and more. We have regular features like: Weekly Websites and Tech Tips ( sign up for the newsletter ).

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2019

Every educator knows that children, especially those 4 to 7, learn a great deal through play. Harnessing that power for classroom learning can be tricky, though. Teachers may, for example, hesitate to let go of control and allow students to follow their own learning paths; they may worry that the learning that takes place during play will be difficult to assess.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2019

For the past decade, the most esteemed business plan competition for edtech entrepreneurs has been held by the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and sponsored by Milken Family Foundation. The 2019 competition opens January 8 and will accept applications until February 13. Even better, this year, the program aims to crank up the value that it provides to entrepreneurs.

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Teacher Tech

JANUARY 8, 2019

Make Your Own Stickers A Guest Post by Sonya Schkabla With only a few minutes and some sticker labels, you can create stickers to share with your students featuring your own Bitmoji. Order Labels The first step is to get your labels. I used Avery 22805 sticker paper labels. They are 1.5 inch squares and […]. The post Bitmoji Stickers for the Win!

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2019

There are endless distractions for kids these days—from games to music and social media. Some are serious and hurtful, too, like bullying. And all of this is amplified online. Ana Homayoun , an author, speaker and school consultant, works with teenagers on organization, time management and overall wellness. And as technology platforms have accelerated over the years, her job has increasingly involved keeping up with the ways young people use social media, and advising parents, teachers and even

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eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2019

An average child today will have played 10,000 hours of video games before the age of 21. If playing games is part of our culture, even part of our identities, then it stands to reason that students can be highly motivated by game-based learning opportunities. So what if we make classrooms the game? Gamification means using game-design principles such as cooperation, competition, character development, and point scoring in a non-gaming context.

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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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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2019

Harvard University’s famed business school has an announcement to make: Forget HBX. From now on the school will instead refer to its online offerings under a more straightforward banner, Harvard Business School Online. Harvard’s business school launched its first online courses in 2013 in a unit it called HBX. That was at the height of the buzz around MOOCs, and about a year after the start of edX, the online course platform founded by Harvard and MIT.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 8, 2019

Below are some important resources from Google safety Centre to help parents keep their kids safe while browsing the online world. The resources include: online safety tips, how to find appropriate.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2019

Integrating edtech isn’t always easy, but it doesn’t have to be overwhelming, either. Planning is essential to any ed-tech program’s success–without proper planning, entire initiatives can flop. A new resource from mobile hotspot provider Kajeet outlines some of the biggest steps to take in planning for edtech. 1. Show us the edtech funding.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2019

Coding bootcamps have been quick to adopt income-share agreements, or ISAs, as they work to figure out funding models amid a fast-changing industry. The model typically entails students paying back a portion of their salary after completing a program and landing a job, rather than paying tuition up front. And even as questions remain about whether or not this unregulated financing model will work in the long run, more alternative education providers schools—and even some universities—are giving

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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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TeacherCast

JANUARY 8, 2019

In this episode of Educational Podcasting Today, Jeff sits down with Danny “Sunshine” Bauer to discuss the importance of building a community around your website, brand, and podcast. Danny is the author of the book and with his podcast under the same name, he has certainly grown quite an educational community where he teachers educators how to be better leaders.

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Gaggle Speaks

JANUARY 8, 2019

Are there steps schools can take to intervene and help prevent violence? The answer to this question is yes. As recently as early December 2018, a school shooter was blocked at an Indiana school thanks to a tip made to local police. As noted in this article from EdWeek , “effective prevention efforts and cooperation between schools and law enforcement are best practices for school safety.”.

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 8, 2019

In this episode of Educational Podcasting Today, Jeff sits down with Danny “Sunshine” Bauer to discuss the importance of building a community around your website, brand, and podcast. Danny is the author of the book and with his podcast under the same name, he has certainly grown quite an educational community where he teachers educators how to be better leaders.

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Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 8, 2019

The energy, retail, pharmaceutical, and transportation industries and many other sectors outranked the education industry in terms of having strong cyber-protections. The post U.S. Education Industry’s Cybersecurity Lags Behind 16 Other Sectors appeared first on Market Brief.

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SecurEdge

JANUARY 8, 2019

Commercial Voice over IP (VoIP) is nothing new, tracing its roots back to 2004. And VoIP’s underlying packet voice and packet network interconnection technology dates back to the early 1970s when IEEE published a related research paper.

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Education Superhighway

JANUARY 8, 2019

In addition to celebrating school districts nationwide, this year our blog will feature a new Broadband Leaders series. Over the coming months, we will showcase the people who make district upgrades possible, whether through their day-to-day work, cross-functional collaborations, policy, or other means. . Meet Gary Davis. He is the chief information officer of Carroll County Schools in Maryland and leader of the Maryland K12 Technology Leadership Forum.

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 8, 2019

I recently shared this image on Twitter : This was written in my book “ The Innovator’s Mindset ,” and since then, my thoughts have evolved on the question. I will get to that in a minute. Here is one of the challenges I received on the question: I believe all 3 are key to success. Without compliance, there’s no opportunity to develop the disciplined mind for engagement and empowerment.

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Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 8, 2019

State education commissioner Candice McQueen said the state has already taken a series of steps to address shortcomings raised in the comptroller's report. The post Tennessee Report Faults Testing Vendor and State for Assessment Problems Last Year appeared first on Market Brief.

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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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MiddleWeb

JANUARY 8, 2019

As the new year (and 2nd semester) unfolds, coach Elizabeth Stein suggests forgoing resolutions in favor of a set of reflective questions than can strengthen your co-teaching effectiveness. Stein uses the story of teacher "Joan" to illustrate and suggest some solutions.

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MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 8, 2019

The greatest holiday present that MIND receives from our learners is their hard work.even when on winter break! This kid worked hard over break to be out first @STMath finisher! @FJDugan pic.twitter.com/htefOvfeG6 — Jennifer McAuliffe (@mrsjmcauliffe). January 2, 2019. Here are some of the ST Math usage highlights from Christmas day, 2018. 10,843 students at 2,235 schools in 599 districts (located in 47 states plus DC) logged into ST Math on Christmas day.

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techlearning

JANUARY 8, 2019

The new year is a wonderful time to inspire your students to set goals and plan for academic and personal success.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 8, 2019

Los periodistas de Hechinger han estado en New Orleans por más de seis años, compartiendo historias sobre los grandes cambios que están sucediendo en las escuelas allí. En este proyecto queremos escuchar las experiencias de los estudiantes latinos, una población que ha estado creciendo rápidamente en la ciudad. ¿Las escuelas sirven bien a los estudiantes latinos?

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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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techlearning

JANUARY 8, 2019

IDZ Digital Pvt. Ltd., developer of KidloLand as well as multiple educational apps for kids, announced today the expansion of the KidloLand app with new additions which will provide educational games for kids from 5 to 8 years old.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 8, 2019

“While we (teachers) are not always comfortable with technology, we need to think about students first and work through our challenges to make things better for them,” said Sharon Plante, Director of Technology for the Southport School, Southport, CT, during a recent edWebinar. She emphasizes that meeting the needs of students with learning disabilities through the use of technology “can make reading instruction a multi-sensory process that is engaging and explicit while maintaining

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techlearning

JANUARY 8, 2019

This annual contest recognizes one middle school, high school, or college educator with a prize valued at $5,500 for innovatively using Vernier technology to introduce engineering concepts or practices to their students.

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Buncee

JANUARY 8, 2019

This time of the year everywhere you turn, you hear about New Year’s Resolutions. Most of them center on losing weight or quitting some bad habit, but I think a resolution should be inspiring. So, for my New Year’s Resolution, I’ve been inspired by the incredible technology tool Buncee and resolve to utilize it in more powerful ways in both life in my classroom as well as in my personal life.

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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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