User Generated Education
JUNE 14, 2016
Maker education is currently a major trend in education. But just saying that one is doing Maker Education really doesn’t define the teaching practices that an educator is using to facilitate it. Maker education takes on many forms. This post provides an overview of how maker education is being implemented based on the teaching practices as defined by the Pedagogy, Andragogy, Heutagogy (PAH) continuum.
The CoolCatTeacher
JUNE 14, 2016
with Barbara Bray and Kathleen McClaskey From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Barbara Bray and Kathleen McClaskey share five very important concepts in today’s show. In their book, Make Learning Personal, they talk about how you enlist the support of learners beneath their own process of learning. Listen to this show on: BAM Radio Network | iTunes | Stitcher (this show isn’t showing on the Stitcher feed, not sure why, if you like Stitcher,
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EdTech4Beginners
JUNE 14, 2016
This week, it’s been ‘move-up morning’ in my school, in which the children went to meet their new teacher. How do you engage the children whilst getting to know them? I found the perfect tech tools. Firstly we played a few ‘get to know you’ games: Two truths and a lie: Each pupil has to say 2 truths and 1 lie about themselves.
The CoolCatTeacher
JUNE 14, 2016
Tips and Tricks for Educators Establishing a Personal Brand From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Websites crash all the time. It is a common problem for everyone from schools to teachers to businesses to anyone who has a website. Here are some tools that I recommend to help figure out why your website is crashing or just to double check to make sure it is configured properly.
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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.
EdTech Magazine
JUNE 14, 2016
By Meg Conlan Are you headed to the conference later this month? Don't miss our rundown of what to expect at the show.
Digital Promise
JUNE 14, 2016
Representing 73 districts, 33 states, and 3.2 million students, the League of Innovative Schools is a coalition of education leaders use their collective voice to advance positive change in public education, as exhibited by a powerful series of TED talks delivered this April. Every speaker who took the stage talked about how students in this country deserve the highest quality education, rich with learning experiences that challenge them and opportunities to develop skills that prepare them for
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
The Web20Classroom
JUNE 14, 2016
This post is the result of a collaboration between myself and my good friend Shaelynn Farnsworth. I always enjoy learning about new tools and the place they possibly could have in the classroom. When my friend Shaelynn reached out to me to record a video with her for a project on Connected Educators I jumped at the chance because she was going to introduce me to a new platform.
Iterating Toward Openness
JUNE 14, 2016
In case you didn’t see it elsewhere, I’m republishing the press release from Achieving the Dream about the incredibly exciting OER Degrees work that launched today. It’s really happening! Achieving the Dream Launches Major National Initiative to Help 38 Community Colleges in 13 States Develop New Degree Programs Using Open Educational Resources.
eSchool News
JUNE 14, 2016
Blogging with students can lead to some powerful and unexpected outcomes. Student blogging is one of the best ways to implement writing across all areas of curriculum. From reading response to explanation of math lessons, you can have your students blog in virtually any subject area. And guess what? They’ll like it a lot more than answering multiple choice questions on a worksheet, which will lead to deeper thinking and higher quality work.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 14, 2016
In this Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014 photo, teacher Joy Burke surprises her students with homemade cookies as they leave their fifth grade class at John Hay Elementary school in Seattle. Photo: AP Photo/Elaine Thompson. Cookies and math tend to go together in an elementary school classroom. And not always as reward for a correct answer. Teachers use them as conceptual props to explain an operation like division.
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.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JUNE 14, 2016
June 14, 2016 Below are five good Chrome extensions students can use for different writing purposes. Some of the features offered by add-ons include: The ability to easily and quickly play back the.read more.
MiddleWeb
JUNE 14, 2016
NBCT Amber Chandler looks at three factors that might be holding teachers back from pursuing National Board Certification – finding time, covering the cost, or "already being a good teacher" – and offers her reasons why you should move beyond all three obstacles.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JUNE 14, 2016
June 15, 2016 MyScript Calculator is a very good calculator that allows you to perform mathematical operations using your handwriting. You simply handwrite symbols and numbers on your device’s screen.read more.
Edutopia
JUNE 14, 2016
Matt Davis Mental Health When tragedies happen, it can be difficult for young people to process their emotions and manage stress. Here are a few resources from around the web to help teachers, administrators, and parents respond.
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.
ProfHacker
JUNE 14, 2016
A common frustration in academic life is being so fully-stocked with meetings that there is no time or energy to. actually do work. Or, to just idly contemplate things, which is often such an important precursor to work. In a post that surveys a variety of “time management essentials for researchers,” Eva Lantsoght offers a some advice for just this problem: Concept: Don’t plan more than 75% of your time.
Marketplace K-12
JUNE 14, 2016
Many companies trying to find a market in K-12 schools face a question that fills them with anxiety, if not outright dread: How much technology can teachers handle? That question can prove critical to whether an ed-tech provider will succeed or fail. If technology is seamless and easy for educators to manage, it can clear the path for a digital provider.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 14, 2016
Last month, a few hand-sized, hexagonal robots took over a third-grade classroom in Southborough, Massachusetts. They climbed a whiteboard and drew all over it while flashing multicolored LEDs and chirping musically. All the while, they were teaching kids to code. Meet Root — a robot being beta-tested by its creators at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering.
Hack Education
JUNE 14, 2016
I was invited to speak this evening to Alec Couros and Katia Hildebrandt’s class on current ed-tech issues, #ECI830. As part of the course, students are engaging in a “Great Ed-Tech Debate,” arguing one side or another of a variety of topics: that technology enhances learning, that technology is a force for equity, that social media is ruining childhood, and so on.
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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
TeachThought - Learn better.
JUNE 14, 2016
The post “You Get Summers Off” & Other Damaging Myths About Teaching appeared first on TeachThought.
The 21st Century Principal
JUNE 14, 2016
I agree wholeheartedly with Ken Robinson when he writes: "Great teachers are the heart of great schools." Ken Robinson, Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That's Transforming Education Too often there's this undying faith in educational leadership literature that if the right school leader is found, then the problems of the school will be resolved.
eSchool News
JUNE 14, 2016
Educators receive network membership to foster best practices, research-based solutions for at-risk youth. In an effort to help increase high school graduation rates, Edgenuity , a provider of online and blended learning solutions, has announced a partnership with the National Dropout Prevention Network (NDPN). The partnership builds on Edgenuity’s work over the last two decades with thousands of schools to keep at-risk students engaged and enable them to graduate on time with the use of technol
Edutopia
JUNE 14, 2016
Janice D. Lombardi Education Equity Raise your underserved students' expectations by raising your own, and create a series of reachable, data-based goals, scaffolding your instruction and mitigating their fear of failure.
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.
MSEDTechie
JUNE 14, 2016
I have had the opportunity to attend ISTE four times, and each time I attend, I discover new ways to make the most out of this wonderful experience. Each year, ISTE invites dynamic keynote speakers , conference presenters, and a huge exhibitor hall. Attending this conference connects visitors to educators, technology leaders, innovators, and edtech products from around the globe.
Edutopia
JUNE 14, 2016
Jazmin Greenwood Advisory Embedded in study halls, Trinidad Garza Early College High School counselors support their students to succeed through scaffolded academic and social-emotional supports.
eSchool News
JUNE 14, 2016
Created to assist executives and curriculum and technology directors in guiding the transition to digital curriculum and content, the survey also offers schools the chance win national awards. The Learning Counsel’s 2016 Digital Curriculum Strategy Survey and Assessment Tool is now available online. The survey tool was created to assist executives and curriculum and technology directors in assessing their readiness for a greater transition to digital curriculum and content.
techlearning
JUNE 14, 2016
We’ve all learned that variety can be the spice of life, but there are more reasons to consider mixing up the kaleidoscope of colors in the classroom: using vibrant colors can increase learning effic.
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.
EmergingEdTech
JUNE 14, 2016
Image Source These Books Would Make Outstanding Additions to Every Educator’s Book Shelf Books have been one of the enablers of lifelong learning that have existed since long before the Web. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
Tech Helpful
JUNE 14, 2016
iOS 10 will change the landscape of education technology dramatically. Many schools like my own jumped on the iPad bandwagon early. Because of that, I have 3 carts of iPads in my elementary school that are iPad 2s and 3s. The next operating system update from Apple will not support these iPads. What does this mean? The iPad won't become a brick but as apps adapt to the newer iOS updates these iPads will not be able to do that.
The Innovative Educator
JUNE 14, 2016
This week I am in Florida where I was horrified to learn when I awoke Sunday morning, was home to a tragic mass shooting at Pulse, a popular #LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Educators will undoubtedly have students discussing what took place. Jared Fox , the New York City Department of Education’s (NYCDOE) full-time #LGBTQ liaison has put together a helpful list of crisis response and emotional support resources.
eSchool News
JUNE 14, 2016
Large touch screen displays and more. NEC Display , a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, announced today a robust set of 4K, data analytics and kiosk solutions on display with its strategic partners at InfoComm16. With partner True Definition Network, NEC Display will demonstrate solutions with Moving Murals Ultra High-Definition 4K content on NEC UHD large screen displays, ranging from 55 inches to 98 inches.
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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