EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez From interactive quizzes to virtual field trips, the latest Office 365 updates have a lot to offer.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Guest post by Deena Seifert, co-founder of Communication APPtitude. How hard can it be to create an app? That’s the question my startup co-founder and I asked ourselves when we reconnected at an apps conference for speech language pathologists in 2012. The iPad had been out for almost two years and the App Store was flooded with apps aimed at the pre-k students and those in the lower elementary grades.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Op-Ed Contribution. Dr. Stanley Fields, President of Morton College, Cicero, Illinois. It’s the beginning of another school year, with another class of students, and another year of quality education. And while this may sound routine or uneventful, as the second-oldest community college in Illinois, we know this is anything but ordinary. In fact, this is an extraordinary time at Morton College.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

In response to the President’s call for commitments to computer science education for all , 37 school district across the country — from Vermont to Alaska — ­have committed to offering high­ quality computer science (CS) and computational thinking curriculum to over one million students. Committing to scale computer science and computational thinking looks different in every community.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I love hearing from colleagues about tools they discover that make a difference in their classroom. Last week, I got an email from new efriend, Dr. Robert Cleary, an adjunct instructor for various business courses at several universities. In addition, Dr. Cleary is a key member of the campus learning center at Keiser University, an active member of the Miami-Dade school system STEM advisory board, as well as a member of the Doral Chamber of Commerce.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

What event can bring together the likes of Jill Biden, MC Hammer, Geoffrey Canada, Nancy Pelosi, and a crowd of educators, students and investors? The official announcement of winners of the XQ: Super School Project. In September 2015, Laurene Powell Jobs and the nonprofit Emerson Collective challenged the country to redesign the American high school with the launch of the XQ: Super School Project.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Our most recent adventure began with an invitation and morphed into a book. Along the way, as we spoke to hundreds of educators and administrators and entrepreneurs and students, we had some powerful “ah ha” moments about leadership, and we believe that they cut across the work of all types of leaders in these digitally inflected days, from education leaders to business leaders to athletic coaches to students running clubs.

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My Paperless Classroom

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Microsoft Education and TeacherCast are proud to present a brand new podcast series, the Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert: Spotlight Series featuring innovative educators from around the world. The post Introducing the Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert: Spotlight Series Podcast | @Microsoft_EDU @OneNoteEDU appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Not even this summer’s NBA Finals, featuring the Golden State Warriors, could distract Bay Area sports fan Brian Grey from taking this meeting. Back in June, the former CEO of Bleacher Report agreed to have coffee with Brett and David Kopf, the co-founders of Remind. They made an offer he couldn’t refuse: take the reins of the popular school communication startup.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Take a casual flip through this year’s trend-predicting Horizon Report, released today, and you’ll find plenty to get excited about. The end of the report is stuffed with tantalizing promise about how future learners will engage with robots, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and wearable tech (think data-collecting headbands, and skill-tracking sensors) that could explode into classrooms in as little as four to five years.

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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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

A screencast, also known as video screen capture, is a great way for teachers to create and share instructional videos and explanatory step-by-step tutorials with students. regardless of the purposes.read more.

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ProfHacker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I’ve always been kind of ambivalent about LibGuides (and similar tools for helping people navigate topics in the library). If you’re not already familiar with LibGuides, here’s a quick definition courtesy of the Library Success wiki : “A LibGuide is a content management and publishing system created by SpringShare. Libraries may use LibGuides to create subject guides, course guides, information portals, or research help pages to name a few.” You can find many exampl

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Below is a collection of some very good sources for digital textbooks. These are websites that provide access to a wide range of free and premium e-Textbooks and educational resources to use in your.read more.

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My Paperless Classroom

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I’m Sam Patterson and Welcome to MyPaperless Classroom, this is part 3 of a 3 part discussion of my Makerspace curriculum. What follows is a grade by grade description of our plan for skill building and design thinking work in inquiry and innovation time grades Pre K through sixth grade. IN the description of the […]. The post Pre K- 6 Scope and Sequence for Design Thnking Class by @SamPatue appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.

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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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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Maria Cantu (l.) doesn’t want her daughter Janeth (r.) to go too far from the mobile home park where she’s grown up in Conover, North Carolina, when she goes to college. Photo: Jesse Pratt. Janeth Barrera Cantu has spent most of her 18 years living in a cramped trailer in rural North Carolina with her three siblings and parents. Eight years ago, her father was deported to Mexico, where he was shot and killed, a crime that remains unsolved.

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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

A lawsuit focused on licensing, royalties, and photo-copying has potentially big implications for the use of “open” educational resources in schools. The curriculum and content provider Great Minds is suing FedEx in federal court in New York, saying the nationwide office and printing company needs to compensate the education organization for the money FedEx makes from requests from schools to copy materials that Great Minds has created on an open license.

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EdTechTeam

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Laurie Guyon Integration Specialist Schuylerville Central Schools Schuylerville, NY Twitter: @guyonsmile What makes a student remember or have a favorite teacher? They remember those that are passionate, engaged, and inspirational. The new Apple Teacher program helps teachers learn how to use the iPad in exciting and innovative ways that allow the teachers to be one that students will remember because they learned invaluable lessons in creative ways.

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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

A decline in personal computer sales in the worldwide K-12 education market may be linked to faltering economies in other countries, particularly Latin America, a new report finds. The total volume of PC sales in that market fell by 12 percent in the first half of 2016, compared to the same period in 2015, despite solid numbers in the U.S. market, according to a report from Futuresource Consulting, a London-based market research firm.

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EmergingEdTech

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Company is Helping Over 5,000 Schools Improve Outcomes by Making Better use of Five Million Student Records. Here’s How. EmergingEdTech recently spoke with IO Education’s CEO, Michael. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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Fractus Learning

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I’m never going to use this in real life! Every student has made this claim at least once before. As students make their way through their academic career, they often question the importance and applicability of their lessons. It is not only evident in this common statement, but also in the many blank stares and falling heads as students fall asleep.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Jackie Gerstein is an experienced educator who has been working as a classroom teacher and pre-service teacher trainer for years. With a background in experiential learning, Gerstein is excited about current trends in education that have more people excited to try project-based learning, maker education and other approaches that let students get hands-on with their learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

It’s now Thursday in the South Pacific--and that means Global Collaboration Day has arrived! One day, September 15th, all around the world = 48 actual hours to share. Over the next two of days, students, classrooms, teachers, administrators, parents and organizations will be either attending and/or hosting events online that are designed to showcase and promote global collaboration.

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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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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

The owners of an architectural company have sued the Denver school system in federal court, alleging that the district’s process for selecting contractors for school construction discriminates against minority businesses. The suit was filed by Ron and Mike Roybal, Hispanic brothers who co-own Roybal Corporation Architects. According to the lawsuit filed in late July, the district is still neglecting to award contracts to minority and women-owned contractors even after recent efforts to sel

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Fractus Learning

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Even with all of the toy space ships, drones, and futuristic tech toys, there’s just something about trains that continues to capture the imaginations of young and old alike. Thomas The Train and his friends on the Island of Sodor are favorites for many little engineers, especially toddlers. Whether your family is new to Thomas or you already have a full world of Thomas toys, books, and games in your household, these interactive Thomas toys will encourage active play and engage your child&

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The Principal of Change

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Starting “ The Innovator’s Mindset ” MOOC this week ( #IMMOOC ), a lot of people are jumping into blogging, and many people are reluctant and nervous. Rightfully so. It can be a daunting task. But as you are doing it, think of this image created by my brother years ago: Image by Alec Couros. Many people focus on the technologies on the outside.

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Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Graham Attwell over at Pontydysgu (Bridge to Learning) has challenged me to take five pictures that depict my working space as a learning space. For me, my working space has always been my learning space (well, ever since I became involved in education anyway). This is because I consider myself to be a professional learner. I get paid to teach and research at Plymouth University , but this all comes about through my own personal learning.

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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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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Register now for our free Library 2.016 online mini-conference, " Libraries of the Future " on October 6th, and we'll send you the information on how to either attend the live sessions or watch the recordings afterwards. PLUS we'll immediately send you our curated resource conference reading packet: 10 websites, 11 downloadable reports and tool-kits, 18 articles, and a YouTube video playlist --all focused on key ideas and trends for libraries of the future.

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Bryan Alexander

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

This week the Future Trends Forum explores the idea of turning educational technology into an academic discipline. On Thursday, September 15th, from 2-3 pm EDT, I’ll be joined by professor Edward Maloney, from Georgetown University’s Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship. An English professor, Eddie is also spearheading a drive to rethink academic computing as a new field, one infused by design principles and relying on the new science of learning.

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There is no box

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I’m stepping into a new role this year and I’ve already found myself getting pulled into the Binder Planning Model. You know the one, where the entire year is laid out in the binder, and you’re just turning the pages. To me, it’s a metaphor for school planning in general. In schools, we like to organize our thinking around binders.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Comprehensive tools for curriculum mapping, organizing assessments, networking, and tracking student progress on standards.

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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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