Neo LMS
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Whenever my mom made cookies when I was a little kid, I could barely wait for them to come out of the oven. My mom’s cookies were simply delicious. She had a magic ingredient she kept in a small recipient, and its location between two cookie-baking sessions was top secret. She always added that magic ingredient, and the cookies were always delicious because of it.
Catlin Tucker
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
The new school year has ushered in some exciting new features in some of my favorite tools! Here are some of the fresh new features offered this year… StudySync . One of my favorite features in StudySync are the Blasts ! Blasts focus on real issues that matter to kids. They provide background on the topic, include research links, and allow students to engage in a Twitter-like (140 character) conversation with their peers about a wide range of topics.
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EdTech Magazine
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Online learning program offers interactive activities and databases to teach data analytics across all grade levels.
Ask a Tech Teacher
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Here are ten of the top image tips according to Ask a Tech Teacher readers: Photos For Class–Robust, Student-safe with built in citations. Quick Search for Plagiarized Images. What Online Images are Free? Where Can I Find Kid-safe Images? 5 Image Apps for your Classroom. My Picture’s a TIFF and the Program Needs a JPG. Wrap Text Around an Image. How to Move Pics Around in Documents.
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Schools face increasing challenges as technology becomes integral to education. Efficient device management is essential for maximizing technology use and safeguarding investments. Our article discusses the importance of tracking devices, outlines current challenges, and suggests modern solutions that go beyond traditional methods like Excel. Learn how advanced tracking systems can streamline operations, improve maintenance, and offer real-time updates for better resource allocation.
Education Elements
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Time and again we have seen that assumptions or misconceptions can get in the way of progress and success. Personalized learning is no exception; misconceptions about it often lead educators away from strategies and practices that could help students succeed. Sometimes, misconceptions represent more than small gaps in knowledge--they can be ingrained into industry-wide best practices, with disastrous results.
Educational Technology Guy
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Mojo Networks Introduces Mojo Enforce for the K-12 Education Marketplace Mojo Enforce is the First Cloud Managed WiFi Feature to Integrate Directly Into Google for Education to Automatically Enact Policies on the School’s WiFi Network This is a great option for schools to control access to their wireless networks and works with Chromebooks. Mountain View, CA, September 7, 2016 – Many K-12 schools and districts have challenges in controlling what devices connect to their WiFi networks because of
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Educational Technology Guy
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Planning for the first month of school can take on average 16 hours of prep, research, practice and refinement for every one hour of actual teaching time. In the hopes of giving teachers some hours back this month, here are 5 digital tools that teachers can use to lifehack their course planning. #1 BRAINSTORM IN THE CLOUD: Always forgetting great coursework planning ideas you have outside of class?
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Linda Darling-Hammond is something of a ninja in education policy. She founded and currently leads the Learning Policy Institute at Stanford University, where she is a professor emeritus of education. She also founded the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education and helped redesign the Stanford Teacher Education Program. After President Barack Obama was elected, she headed the transition team on education policy.
EdTech4Beginners
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
I recently wrote an article for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) about my daily life as a teacher at an international school in Bangkok. Click here for the full article. Tagged: Bangkok , education , international school , international teachers , international teaching , teacher life , teachers , teaching , teaching in Bangkok , teaching in Thailand , Thailand.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
You can’t walk around any college campus, school district or company without hearing the word “innovation.” Organizations of all sorts display front and center the innovative ideas and innovative ways they build and sell products to change teaching and learning, from Netflix-like adaptive algorithms to augmented reality experiences. Is there a limit or consensus to what innovation actually means?
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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.
The Jose Vilson
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Last night, in a fit of angst, I sent off a series of tweets: It’s hard telling kids to pledge allegiance to a flag when its representatives barely represent us. #TerenceCrutcher. — Jose Vilson (@TheJLV) September 20, 2016. Without hesitation, someone decided to reply with “ Why not move to a country where there isn’t white oppressors then?
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Last week, the organizers of "XQ: The Super School Project" announced the ten winners of its competition to reimagine the American high school. Each winner took home $10 million to help turn its design into reality. I think the idea is appealing. I wholly agree with the premise that high school needs to be rethought, and that the work is best done by educators and entrepreneurs in real schools and communities, not by politicos, bureaucrats, well-fed consultants, or us self-impressed think tank
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
“ The reason we don’t have more faculty of color among college faculty is that we don’t want them. We simply don’t want them.”. While giving a talk about Minority Serving Institutions at a recent higher education forum , I was asked a question pertaining to the lack of faculty of color at many majority institutions, especially more elite institutions.
MIND Research Institute
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Autumn, the best season of all, is upon us! Some people look forward to finally busting out their sweaters and others are waiting for that first sip of pumpkin spiced latte. For me though, fall has come to mean one thing: Math Fair. I look forward to it all year, but the excitement really ramps up around this time. Exhibits are being finalized, registration has opened and there’s a certain electricity around the MIND offices as November 5 th draws near.
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.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Green beans and other vegetables growing in the computer-controlled climate of a hydroponic farm in an old shipping container at Boston Latin School. Students monitor and control it all, on site or with a mobile app. Photo: Chris Berdik. BOSTON – On the cramped urban campus of Boston Latin School, high-school students grow an acre’s worth of vegetables in an old shipping container that’s been transformed into a computer-controlled hydroponic farm.
ProfHacker
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Over the past year, I’ve found myself involved in more collaborative writing projects. This isn’t really something that came up in my discipline in grad school, where everything I worked on was written alone. These projects are much harder to organize than my solo work: often, they span several platforms, multiple email threads, chats, and files.
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
With a shout out from the White House, the efforts to teach computer coding to more Kanawha County girls expanded Wednesday, with plans for an initiative that started with just female students to further grow and, eventually, expand beyond women and Kanawha’s borders. Ysabel Bombardiere, the volunteer instructor for a girls coding group that started early this year at the West Virginia University Extension Service office in Kanawha City, said she’s started a new initiative, called Project Code N
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Students attend classes at Brooklyn LAB school Submitted photo. All learning should be personal – we are teaching individual students, after all – but when advocates talk about “personalized learning” they are often describing programs and teaching methods that look unlike the typical school. They envision school as a place where students have more control over their own studies; where they are not constrained by age or grade level; where children can move through subjects as fast or slowly as t
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.
Gaggle Speaks
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Besides various priorities, topics and levels of interest, it can be a challenge to dedicate time just to sift through which Twitter Chats to follow and participate in. For those unaware or unsure, a Twitter Chat involves like-minded Twitter users who meet at a pre-determined time to discuss a particular topic. Users follow the chat with a specific hashtag, which is part of each Tweet.
Marketplace K-12
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Educators’ ability to personalize instruction using technology is imperative as the student population becomes increasingly varied by race, achievement level and socioeconomic status. But a lack of high-quality curricula designed to support that personalized learning is stalling the effort, according to a new report. Digital Promise , a California-based nonprofit organization, calls for increased emphasis on supports and resources designed for personalized learning with this more diverse s
techieMusings
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
I am teaching a purely online section of AP Calculus AB this school year! I am excited (and nervous) but mainly pumped for the challenge, learning, and growth that teaching in a purely online environment will bring. In this post, I want to highlight some of the tools that I am relying on to run this course. I hope that in sharing these, others will chime in with their experiences and that this might also inspire others to try similar tools in their own classroom.
Ed Tech Now
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Part two of my ten-part investigation into the purpose of education, following the inquiry of the House of Commons Select Committee, examines logical positivism Continue reading →
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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
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Over the past 6-8 years we have seen a supersonic advancement in public schools and the way our teachers now must teach. This has hit education like a tidal wave, leaving precious little time for our teachers to process it, and especially to learn how to do it well. The consequence, in many schools, is that teachers have begun to use technology but have forced it into all the wrong places and for all the wrong reasons.
Ed Tech Now
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Part two of my ten-part investigation into the purpose of education, following the inquiry of the House of Commons Select Committee, examines logical positivism Continue reading →
My Paperless Classroom
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
When I left the teaching profession, cell phone technology was in its infancy. Many of them were still clamshell-shaped and few could connect to the Internet unless the contract owner was paying exorbitant fees. They were also few and far between, so much so that if I saw one in the classroom, it was still […]. The post Protecting Students in the Age of the Cell Phone by @hejames1008 appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.
Marketplace K-12
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
By Guest Blogger Sarah D. Sparks. Cross-posted from the Inside School Research blog. Want to see how research can play a key role in helping school leaders make better decisions on school improvement? Take a look at Cleveland metropolitan schools’ approach to academic resources. The district is in the process of reviewing every program and intervention to establish what it does, how much research backs it, and how well it works within district schools. “There is a real value of inf
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.
MiddleWeb
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Innovation efforts never cease in today's high-stakes school environment. But effort isn't enough, say leadership experts Ron Williamson & Barbara Blackburn. Lasting change requires leaders to share ownership and invest long-term in professional learning support.
Teacher Tech
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Google Slides: Class Baseball Game A lot of us play Jeopardy for a class review game. If you are looking for a different spin on that, try class baseball. The template is generic and can be applied to any subject. I played this a lot with my math classes, they loved it. Set Up I […]. The post Google Slides: Class Baseball Game Review Game appeared first on Teacher Tech.
EmergingEdTech
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Create Top Notch Graphics With Ease, for Little or no Cost (fun for Students too!) This 3 Minute TOOL-torial introduces Canva, a mostly free* app that makes it a breeze to create graphic images. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
Teacher Tech
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Google Sheets: Class Baseball Game A lot of us play Jeopardy for a class review game. If you are looking for a different spin on that, try class baseball. The template is generic and can be applied to any subject. I played this a lot with my math classes, they loved it. Set Up I […]. The post Google Sheets: Class Baseball Game Review Game appeared first on Teacher Tech.
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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