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Measuring success of online education

Neo LMS

Success. What a fine idea. Everyone wants to be successful. Yet when you ask people to define success, you get a gazillion of different answers. Success just means different things to different people: be a good student, graduate all levels of school, travel the world, find your dream job, your dream house, build a family, have kids that are good students, and so on.

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6 steps to transition to digital

Ditch That Textbook

The “paperless classroom” is a buzzword that flies around education and edtech discussions a lot. It’s for good reason, too. A paperless classroom can … promote discussions at any time in any place. bring in information, perspectives and experiences from all over the world. give classrooms great efficiency. boost the creativity factor in new ways. help [.].

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6 Student Suggestions to Improve Web Filtering

Securly

The following are real student responses from an international survey we conducted during Summer 2015. We asked students what changes would improve the web filtering experience. Note: our survey participants included both Securly and non-Securly users. 1. Quick Whitelisting. “At school, I would appreciate the ability for teachers or someone to quickly unblock a website for us if it was blocked wrongly or if it was needed for schoolwork.

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9 case studies reveal secrets of successful blended, online learning programs

eSchool News

Evergreen Education Group details academic outcomes of nine different programs using Fuel Education. Successful online and blended learning programs in a recent survey are those that prioritized better teacher-student relationships, used an online curriculum as a primary instructional source, and used a combination of in-person and virtual instructional support.

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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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In Texas, new math standards look a whole lot like Common Core

The Hechinger Report

Third grade math teacher Karen Demore says her students at New Frontiers Charter School need to understand math as a journey, not just a series of right or wrong answers. Photo: Sarah Garland. SAN ANTONIO — Karen Demore booms. She stomps. She makes a mess. She’s one of those teachers kids can’t get enough of. On a recent Tuesday, she stood at the back of her cluttered third-grade math classroom, presiding over a set of scales weighed down on one side with two textbooks — 1 kilogram total.

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FREE FOR THE SUMMER: Fluency Tutor for Google

Teacher Tech

Fluency Tutor I have been impressed with the company Texthelp and their products to help students with reading You may be familiar with their Chrome extension Read&Write for Google Chrome. Read&Write helps students to read and write. This extension is free for teachers (teachers need to sign up for the free premium version). Texthelp’s other product, […].

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Synchronous Online Classes–With a Little Help From My Friends

ProfHacker

[ This is a guest post by Rebecca J. Hogue ( @rjhogue ), a multi-affiliated (aka adjunct/contingent) online lecturer (University of Massachusetts-Boston, Brock University) and avid blogger. She teaches Digital Citizenship and Instructional Design online. In addition, she works as a consultant helping to develop and produce self-published eBooks. Her research and innovation interests are in the areas of online collaboration, social media, and ePatient blogging.

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New Upgrade to Pixelmator Strengthens Case for it being the Best Photo Editing App on the Mac.

TeacherCast

For the last 5 years, Pixelmator has been my go-to application for all of the graphic work on TeacherCast. The post New Upgrade to Pixelmator Strengthens Case for it being the Best Photo Editing App on the Mac. appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.

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Braeden the Puppet Maker, Artist, Writer and Now Performer

RafranzDavis.com

A few weeks ago, I was in a meeting and missed a ton of calls from my nephew. He finally sent this message… “I called to see if you could cut one of the songs or basically all of them because we only have 3 minutes & I need the music so I will know how much to I have for each scene. Call me I need to start scripting.” After viewing the three youtube links that he sent, I replied with this… “If you ever need to download a file from youtube to convert to mp3 cli

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3 ways to revamp lessons for the interactive learner

eSchool News

To connect with today’s interactive learner, look to these innovative strategies. Today’s students are a uniquely interactive group. Most of the 80 million Americans who are part of the millennial generation—a group that comprises the lion’s share of today’s student population—can’t remember a time when they didn’t have instant access to the internet.

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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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LinkedIn for Students: Find or Be Found – from Sabba

EdTechTeacher

This post first appeared on Daily Genius. “Find and be found.” This should be the mantra for every student in secondary and postsecondary education. When David Theriault , an English teacher at Fountain Valley High School in California, asked his students to put their resume together in a creative format and began talking to students about the importance of a digital portfolio, I’m sure Beverly Pham would not have predicted how this assignment would change her life.

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A Handy Poster Featuring 10 Essential iPad Activities for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

May 26, 2016 Below is a handy poster we have been working on over the last few days. The poster features what we think are basic and essential activities every teacher using iPad in their classroom.read more.

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Transition Resources for Parents, Teachers, and Administrators

Edutopia

Photo credit: ©Gable Denims/500px Matt Davis Family Engagement Matt Davis has highlighted resources for parents, teachers, and administrators that can help students make the transition into elementary, middle, and high school -- and beyond.

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A New Cool Tool to Easily Create A Website from Your Social Media Posts

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

May 26, 2016 Swite is a new website we have recently discovered through Product Hunt. Swite provides you with a simple and intuitive platform to create a website with the content (e.g posts, photos.read more.

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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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Quality of pre-K varies in New York, data shows

The Hechinger Report

Four-year-olds pretend they are growing tall, like plants, in a science lesson that involves a rich vocabulary, hands-on learning and student engagement. Photo: Kathleen Lucadamo. BROOKLYN, N.Y. — At the Audrey Johnson Day Care one sunny April morning, preschoolers were discussing how seeds grow into plants when the teacher asked them, “Is the sun natural light or artificial light?

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3 Great iPad Apps to Use in Multimedia Projects in Class

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

May 27, 2016 Below are three awesome and relatively new iPad apps from adobe which you can use with your students to create a wide variety of multimedia projects. The apps are free (they include.read more.

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Why don’t more teachers like the edTPA?

The Hechinger Report

Teachers participate in a Common Core training session in Kingsport, Tenn. A new test known as edTPA, meant to better gauge if teachers are prepared for the classroom, is still getting mixed reviews, according to a pair of studies out this month. While many teacher recruits like aspects of the test, for which they have to submit a portfolio that includes lesson plans, student assessments and videos of their teaching, they aren’t totally sold, according to a new study that surveyed teaching candi

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Interactive Writing in the Middle Grades

MiddleWeb

Interactive writing can help teachers to differentiate and integrate. In "Interactive Writing Across Grades" Kate Roth and Joan Dabrowski detail effective ways to use a familiar K-3 writing strategy in grades 4-6, says reviewer and literacy coach Pam Hamilton.

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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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6 Technology Integration Ideas For Any Content Area And Grade Level

TeachThought - Learn better.

The post 6 Technology Integration Ideas For Any Content Area And Grade Level appeared first on TeachThought.

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Easing the Stress of Evaluations for Teachers

Edutopia

Photo credit: ©Gable Denims/500px Ben Johnson Teacher Development Teachers approaching their summative evaluations with a growth mindset will bridge the divide and diminish the adversarial relationship with the administrator, who is on their side.

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Zeducation! A New Way to Get Kids Excited About Science, Museums, & Learning

EmergingEdTech

“We now know that kids today learn differently than we did, and it’s because of a fundamental difference in the their lives compared to ours at their age … “ When I was young it was. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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Role-Plays Can Enliven ELA & Social Studies

MiddleWeb

Though David Sherrin's lessons and examples are especially helpful to English and social studies classes, any teacher wanting to try the engaging strategy of role playing will appreciate his book full of how-to ideas, says 7th grade teacher Emily Prissel.

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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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14 Books That Connect Students with Valuable Scientists’ Struggles

MindShift

Teens who read about the personal and intellectual struggles of scientists feel more motivated to learn science. That was the finding of a recent study out of Teachers College, Columbia University and the University of Washington. Why? Many high school students view scientific ability as a fixed trait that is not responsive to effort. As the researchers wrote: “When students struggle in science classes, they may misperceive their struggle as an indication that they are not good at science and w

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The Scarcity of Sleep in Our School System

Fractus Learning

Despite the countless detrimental effects of sleep deprivation, the school system continues to implement this damaging structure, whereby students (specifically high school students) wake up at six in the morning, are expected to be wide awake and actively participating from 7:20 a.m, and continue to engage in school until 2:30 p.m. After classes end, students still have endless amounts of homework and other chores to worry about, troubling their minds unhealthily.

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Interview with Hechinger: Will the candidates’ proposals for free or cheaper college work?

The Hechinger Report

Hechinger Report higher-education editor Jon Marcus appeared on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show to speak about whether cost is keeping people from higher educations at a time when some presidential candidates have proposed making college free. Several callers also gave accounts of how they or their relatives or friends had been thwarted by the cost of college.

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Bloomz secures $2.3 Million for parent-teacher message app

eSchool News

New funding will go towards further innovation on its app and to expand its user base. The pre-K–8 community and messaging app Bloomz has secured $2.3 million in capital investment. Investors in this round include 8VC, ff Venture Capital, Founder’s Co-op, CorrelationVC, Wisemont Capital, Acequia Capital, and individuals such as Chris Liddell and Charlie Songhurst.

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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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User-Friendly iPhoto Brings A Wealth of Tools to the Classroom

techlearning

Easily and elegantly edit, organize, and share photos on mobile devices.

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Connecting the Education Community with Research on Learning

Educator Innovator

The Digital Promise Map connects education leaders and product developers with research from thousands of articles in education and the learning sciences, in addition to summaries on some of the most relevant findings in key research topics. Digital Promise is an Educator Innovator partner. “Although thousands of academic articles are published every year, busy education leaders and product developers often don’t know where to start, or don’t have time to sift through and find studies that

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The Rough Beasts of Ed-Tech

Hack Education

This keynote was delivered today at the Irish Learning Technology Association's annual conference, EdTech2016, in Dublin. The full slidedeck is available here. When I was first approached about speaking to you here today, I was immediately intrigued by the provocations packed into the conference’s theme: “Reconstituting Technology-Enhanced Learning: Rising to the Challenge.” And as I’ve stewed about how to offer you some provocations in return – that is the job, I b