Mon.Nov 07, 2016

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12 Websites that Explain Elections

Ask a Tech Teacher

I published this article in early October, but am republishing it as our American elections are upon us. I got a lot of good feedback from readers, as well as a few new sites, so the collection has increased from 8 to 12: In about half the world’s nations–such as those ruled by socialism, communism, dictators, and autocracies–law and order are decided by government agencies, often people placed in power by those already in power.

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Why Science?

Digital Promise

Amid STEM Enthusiasm, Stepping Back to Consider the Broader Purpose of Teaching and Learning Science. This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The push for STEM initiatives — coding workshops for elementary school children, or extended-day science experiments for middle school students — reigns at the forefront of the education conversation today.

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What Data Will Show That Edtech ‘Works’?

Edsurge

As schools and districts choose from a growing menu of online educational products and services, many educators seek evidence to inform their purchasing decisions. Of little use are hyperbolic marketing flyers and bubbly testimonials. They’re look for data—but which numbers are the most useful to collect and analyze? Too often, parents, educators and, yes, reporters, simply ask “What works?

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6 Very Good Music Creation Apps for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

November 8, 2016 Today’s collection features some interesting iPad apps for music teachers.They can be used with students to create and share beautiful songs and tracks. Think of them like simplified.read more.

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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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Google Forms Basics in 7 Steps [infographic]

Teacher Tech

Google Forms Basics in 7 Steps Here is how to quickly make a basic Google Form in 7 steps. Link to Infographic 7 Steps to Creating a Google Form forms.google.com Start by going to forms.google.com and choose to “Start a new form.” The Form is created in Google Drive. Google Forms can also be created […]. The post Google Forms Basics in 7 Steps [infographic] appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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8 New Educational Web Tools and Apps for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

November 7, 2016 We spent sometime sifting through the piles of new web tools and mobile apps featured in Product Hunt and selected for you the titles below. The purpose is twofold: keep you updated.read more.

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Finding the right parent-teacher communication app for your class

eSchool News

With a smartphone glued to 90 percent of the parent population’s hands, how is it that schools still depend on old methods such as sending notes home, newsletters, and emails to communicate with parents? A recent study by Gallup found only 1 in 5 parents are fully engaged with their child’s school, meaning 80 percent of parents are either indifferent to or actively disengaged from their kids’ school.

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Toward a Better Conference Badge

ProfHacker

We’ve regularly written about conferences and ways to improve one’s experience at them, but, as far as I can tell, we’ve never written about their most common feature: name tags or badges, the little bits of paper or plastic that let conference attendees figure out who they should try to talk to, and who they can safely ignore. Or, I guess, that let event staff figure out who should be allowed to peruse vendor booths, or sneak some cheese and crackers.

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A whole city vows to help its young people apply for college

The Hechinger Report

Mayor Tony Yarber proclaimed October through June “FAFSA Completion Season” in Jackson to help kids and adults interested in attending college apply for federal aid. Photo: Imani Khayyam. JACKSON — Like millions of high-school seniors nationwide, Murrah High School senior Desmond Jones, 17, is preparing to go to college next fall. Jones is interested in attending the University of Southern Mississippi and, like dozens of his classmates, filled out the FAFSA, or the Free Application f

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5 ways connected school buses are on the rise

eSchool News

As internet connectivity becomes a necessity for schools and students, there is a new call for the government to make school bus wi-fi eligible for federal E-rate funding. The trend is growing. More and more, school buses are equipped with wi-fi to give students connectivity while they are on their way to and from school and during travel to extra-curricular activities.

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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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7 Reasons Why Mobile Apps Are Great for Vocabulary Boosting

EmergingEdTech

Mobile Apps Can be a Highly Effective Way to Discover and Learn New Vocabulary Think about how lucky students are these days. They can use different technologies to access knowledge at any time. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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Donors Choose YOU - Top 10 Tips to Fund Your Project

EdTechTeam

In 2006 while waiting on a very late bus to pick up my first graders, my principal stopped by my room to tell me about this new website she had heard about from some admin colleagues. It was called donorschoose.org. “It’s what they call crowd-sourcing,” she said. What was that? I have never heard that word. Surely she is making this up ,I thought. The way she described it to me was basically like Disney World for teachers.

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The Unconference

Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

I have to admit, that I’ve avoided edcamps and unconfernces for a while, because they have felt to me like group hugs… warm and cozy, but not a lot about moving my learning forward. However, I participated in the Institute for Innovation in Education (iiE) conference at Vancouver Island University this pass weekend and the afternoon of day 2 happened to be a two-session ‘unconference’ On day 1, I presented with friend and mentor, Dave Sands on: Facilitating Successful L

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What Is The Electoral College? - Explainer Videos & Animated Infographics For All Ages

ASIDE

Source: Janet Cordahi On Tuesday, Americans will elect their next president. While a record 200 million citizens are now registered to vote, a majority do not understand the process for choosing the commander-in-chief. With a little conversation, the seemingly esoteric nature of the Electoral College is actually quite simple to grasp. Regardless, therefore, of the particular vitriol of this year's contest, teachers and students deserve to take a moment this week to learn about our Constitutional

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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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How to Get School Projects and Tasks “Unstuck”

MiddleWeb

In the busy world of school our well-intentioned plans grow dust. Loose ends are too numerous to count, and nothing seems to be moving forward. Welcome to Stuck Valley, says organizational expert Dr. Frank Buck. But take heart – he's here to get you back on track.

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Come See Me at ASHA 16!

SpeechTechie

I have an insanely busy few weeks.hope to see some of you at ASHA 16 in Philly! Here's the info: Presenter(s) (click the names to view bios and disclosures): Sean Sweeney , The Ely Ctr, LLC/SpeechTechie.com (presenting author) | View Advance Handout Instructional Level: Introductory Read more Abstract Type: Professional Education Read more Abstract: Another “sequel” to this presentation with installments at ASHA 2012-2015 brings all-new pairings of picture books and inexpensive, easy-to use apps

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9 Fun Discovery Toys To Encourage Tactile Learning

Fractus Learning

The term “discovery toys” encompasses a large range of toys that have a few things in common. They can be simple or elaborate, but they all encourage children to discover certain skills through hands-on tactile play. The skills range from the most basic motor skills like grasping and holding to more advanced skills like math and science.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Blames Miscues in Calif. ELA Adoption for Lower Market Share

Marketplace K-12

The global learning company will lose 3 to 4 percent market share as a result of the decision to enhance its existing reading program for California, rather than redo it. The post Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Blames Miscues in Calif. ELA Adoption for Lower Market Share appeared first on Market Brief.

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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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Just for me learning

Learning with 'e's

I took part in a very interesting panel discussion with several other keynote speakers during the Adult Learning Symposium last week, in Singapore. The theme of the conference was 'Future of Work, Future of Learning', which sent a clear message to delegates that the two are inseparable. One of the questions from our audience, largely made up of learning and development professionals, was about how we could optimise learning in organisations.

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K-12 Dealmaking: brightwheel Acquires MyChild; CollegeVine Raises $3.1 Million

Marketplace K-12

Brightwheel, which won "Shark Tank" funding from Mark Cuban and Chris Sacca earlier this year, has acquired the MyChild platform, while CollegeVine, a college application provider, gained $3.1 million in funding. The post K-12 Dealmaking: brightwheel Acquires MyChild; CollegeVine Raises $3.1 Million appeared first on Market Brief.

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Empathy—Is It A Product of Our Upbringing?

Fractus Learning

First We Didn’t Exist. Then came the first humans, barely scratching out a living in the world and surviving any way they could. Slowly they began to create and master tools and started to get the upper hand over other species. They learned to grow crops so small bands of basic family units became communities of various groups who intermarried and grew in number.

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A trend to watch: teaching classes from one campus to another

Bryan Alexander

How can colleges and universities share courses online? That is, can students at one institution take a class taught by faculty at another? The answer has been “yes” for some years, and I’m not talking about MOOCs or University of Phoenix. Instead, the trend I’m watching is a kind of peer teaching, when campuses share curriculum and teaching with each other.

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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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Three Ways to Use the Discover Feature in Snapchat – From Sabba Quidwai

EdTechTeacher

This post first appeared on Daily Genius. “Your job is not threatened by a machine, but by your coworker who knows more than you do about how to use the latest tools.”. This quote is from an article I read this morning from The Economist. I don’t subscribe to the publication. I don’t have it delivered to my home and even though I follow them on Twitter.

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My son’s only president: Obama let black children see their own possibilities

The Hechinger Report

Robeson Perry, 5, with President Barack Obama, at Trick or Treat at the White House, Oct. 31, 2016. Photo: Andre Perry. This past Halloween, my son Robeson met President Obama face to face at Trick or Treat at the White House. Ditching the mask of his Transformers costume, Roby approached Obama with waves and a wide gapped-tooth smile that exposed his glee inside.

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THE DOG ATE MY BALLOT! What kids learn if candidates mimic Trump’s tactics — for school board elections

The Hechinger Report

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump invites a group of children on stage during a campaign rally at the Freedom Hill Amphitheater November 6, 2016 in Sterling Heights, Michigan. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. “Stop the madness.” We need to fight to restore the “Clovis way of life.”. She “is old and crazy. Maybe she can wear some more scarves to hide her turkey neck and dress like a homeless lady.”. “ Raising the grade ,” we can make West Windsor-Plainsboro great again!