EdTech Magazine
MARCH 17, 2016
By David Andrade Technology may be the backbone of one-to-one programs, but it should not take the spotlight — learning goals and outcomes require equal attention.
The CoolCatTeacher
MARCH 17, 2016
Mattering Mondays with Angela Maiers From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. You believe, you receive. But how can you believe in a child who has let you down? How can you believe in yourself when you aren’t sure if you can do it? Angela Maiers shares practical everyday ways you can help people know they matter in this fourth of the series.
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EdTech Magazine
MARCH 17, 2016
By D. Frank Smith Hot on the heels of a nationwide plan to bring computer science to more schools, a coalition of more than 60 organizations has formed to lobby for funding and policies for the endeavor.
Educational Technology Guy
MARCH 17, 2016
Zoho ShowTime is a very cool, free, tool that makes your presentations more interactive. It's easy to setup an account and then get started using it. You can import an PowerPoint presentation or PDF or create a new presentation right in it. (if you use Google Slides, just download it as a PowerPoint and then import). What's different about Zoho ShowTime is that it gives you live interaction with the audience as well as analytics.
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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning
MARCH 17, 2016
Welcome to a post that grows each time I write it. I am now up to 200 ways that educators can use word clouds in the classroom. I am able to add to my number each year by further reflection and learning from amazing educators as I travel the country. I also think employing word clouds is a great way to begin technology integration with teachers, and also a wonderful way to travel around the SAMR pool.
Educational Technology Guy
MARCH 17, 2016
Touchscreen Chromebooks are becoming more popular, and flip models like the Acer C738T are also getting popular. These Chromebooks open up some more options and features for students. Here is a short list of apps that are great for touchscreen Chromebooks: --. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy. Feel free to share summaries and links to these articles, but do not copy and repost entire article.
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Educational Technology Guy
MARCH 17, 2016
Soundtrap is a new site that lets you make music online, from any device, with your own instruments or the virtual ones on the site. The free version offers 5 projects, 750 loops, 151 instruments and sounds and lots of other features. There are premium levels with more features and less limits. Soundtrap works on Mac, Windows, iPad, Android tablets and phones, Linux and Chromebooks.
EmergingEdTech
MARCH 17, 2016
“Growth Mindset” is Much More Than Just Another Buzz Word Your may have noticed the growing focus (pun intended!) on the power of the “growth mindset” in education in the last. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
Educational Technology Guy
MARCH 17, 2016
Explain Everything is a collaborative whiteboard app/site that is easy to use, has some great features, and works on all platforms, including Chromebooks (great for touchsreen ones). The free version includes access to viewer and collaboration features* of Explain Everything on iPad, Android, Chrome and Windows, and 100MB of storage on Explain Everything Discover.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MARCH 17, 2016
March 17, 2016 Here is a great educational tool we came across today as we were working on the list of social studies websites for elementary students. Reading a Map is an interactive web tool.read more.
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.
MiddleWeb
MARCH 17, 2016
Reviewer Sherry Drake has already tried the questioning strategies suggested by Jackie Walsh and Beth Sattes to involve middle schoolers of varied abilities in a mini research project. The authors offered just what she needed to engage her students in deeper thinking.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MARCH 17, 2016
March 17, 2016 Over the past couple of years we have reviewed a number of very good web tools and mobile apps you can use with your kids and students to get them engaged in creative drawing.read more.
Edutopia
MARCH 17, 2016
William Parrett and Kathleen Budge Education Equity Leading underachieving students in poverty to success involves asking the right questions, finding the leverage points, deploying resources effectively, optimizing time, and sharing data effectively.
Teacher Tech
MARCH 17, 2016
In my previous blog post TK teacher Christine Pinto had her transitional kindergarten kids use Google Classroom to create Google Drawings. As we all know, the answer is always a spreadsheet so I pondered on what would be a good activity she might be able to use with spreadsheets. Paint By Numbers Using the template […]. The post Google Sheets: Pixel Art Template appeared first on Teacher Tech.
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.
Edutopia
MARCH 17, 2016
Photo credit: Bureau of Land Management via flickr (CC BY 2.0) Jack Dieckmann Project-Based Learning An educator recognizes the value of PBL while watching his young son play creatively with engineering design, scaling, iterating, imagining, selecting materials, and mapping steps toward a goal.
eSchool News
MARCH 17, 2016
Immersive virtual reality solution uses a 3D approach to highlight STEAM lessons for students. High school student Anthony Torres didn’t set out to become a virtual reality mentor for his school, but his passion for 3D modeling and anatomy made him the leading expert at the Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center (“the Met”), a network of six small public high schools in Providence and Newport, Rhode Island. zSpace announced that the Met is the first school district in the state to use
Edutopia
MARCH 17, 2016
Ben Johnson Professional Development Just like students, teachers also learn best by doing. Read how five horses (yes, horses!) participated in a teacher professional development about student motivation.
eSchool News
MARCH 17, 2016
Social media monitoring programs can serve as a first line of defense for schools, but privacy issues abound. On Jan. 26, a 16-year-old Hobart High School student posted a threat on social media, saying his school would be “shot up” the next day. The boy was arrested the next morning, claiming his threat was only a joke, police said. On Jan. 27, a message posted on social media warned “MHS” students not to go to school the next day, including the phrase, “Pray you d
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Adam Welcome
MARCH 17, 2016
It was time to write this post - because it's 2016. Why are we honestly still having the same conversations? Why are we still fighting to even have the conversation? Why are we still trying to convince people that Google Apps and Gmail is much more efficient and streamlined than Microsoft - and free! Why do we still have to explain why social media is an important part of a school?
Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous
MARCH 17, 2016
We have an amazing independent bookshop in our community called Avid Bookshop. Our library has been collaborating with Janet Geddis before the storefront of Avid existed, and it has been so much fun to watch how this community-focused bookshop has changed over the years. They have been hosting some dynamic authors and illustrators for children over the past few months.
eSchool News
MARCH 17, 2016
App aims to increase schools’ ability to administer measures of academic progress assessments in K-8 classrooms. The Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) launched a new iPad app to enable students to take the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) and MAP for Primary Grades (MPG) assessments using touchscreen technology. The app will provide an experience for primary grade children, as at this age they are better with touch devices than a traditional keyboard and mouse.
Bryan Alexander
MARCH 17, 2016
Which majors are undergraduates preferring in American higher education these days? Not the humanities, according to a new study from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). Actually, there’s useful stuff for all majors, but let’s start with the humanities, where things look bad no matter which way we look. The results depend on definition, but let’s start with “the ‘core’ humanities disciplines (English language and literature, history, languages
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.
TeachThought - Learn better.
MARCH 17, 2016
The post The Warning Signs Of Teacher Burnout appeared first on TeachThought.
ProfHacker
MARCH 17, 2016
Bills! Sigh. There’s no getting around it: finances are one of the many things we have to keep track of. Fortunately, there are tools that help keep us organized and on top of things. Heather’s covered personal finance software , Erin’s suggested ways to check in on your insurance , and Adeline’s looked at a helpful tool for reorganizing your finances.
MiddleWeb
MARCH 17, 2016
Roger Essley shares an abundance of visual strategies and tools to help a wide range of middle grades students understand complex ideas in ELA, math, science and social studies. Reviewer Anne Anderson recommends his research-based, classroom tested approach.
Marketplace K-12
MARCH 17, 2016
By Guest Blogger Andrew Ujifusa. Cross posted from the Politics K-12 blog. The U.S. Department of Education will not penalize Nevada for failing to meet federal test-participation requirements , according to the Associated Press, after technical problems plagued the state’s administration of the Smarter Balanced test in the 2014-15 school year.
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.
Bryan Alexander
MARCH 17, 2016
Another week, another queen sacrifice: Delaware State University is cutting two dozen majors. The historically black institution, facing problematic state funding, is ending what its leadership has deemed to be the least popular programs. After a two-year process including the use of Robert Dickeson’s academic prioritization method, campus leaders determined the new mix of programs.
The Principal of Change
MARCH 17, 2016
Portfolios are something I think that we need to really take advantage of in the realm of possibilities for school today. I have written about this extensively for the past six years , and this very post is being added to my portfolio in which you are reading right now. The interesting thing about this idea is that my portfolio may have found you, or you may have found it, but in both cases, anyone can see it.
techlearning
MARCH 17, 2016
Interactive map and four different map styles allow kids to quickly find any location in the world and see it in multiple ways.
Reflections
MARCH 17, 2016
New students are always surprised when they come to our school. One of the biggest surprises is when they find out they have recess. Eyes open wide. "Wait, we have recess?". Yes. Yes we do. We have a split period for lunch and recess. Students eat for 22 minutes and then have recess for the other 22 minutes. Grade 6 students have recess first, lunch second.
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