Wed.Jun 15, 2016

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How Startups Can Become Social Media Influencers

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

We are excited to be recognized as one of the top 100 most influential ed-tech brands in the country! OK, we were a little bit off the top 100 coming in at #102, but it’s still pretty impressive for a company that’s only three years old. The top 50 include the Gates Foundation and IntelEducation and KQEDMindshift , which has done an amazing job connecting teachers to public media resources.

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Schools Give Students a Leg Up Using STEM, Technology

EdTech Magazine

By Calvin Hennick Schools can equip underserved students with marketable skills by arming them with cutting-edge technology.

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VIDEO TUTORIAL: How to Quickly Transcribe Audio Files [Video]

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. I have been looking at testing the transcription of a podcast. There are services out there that will do it, but I have concerns about accuracy. So, I’m doing it manually this first time to see if people like it (or not). After some research, I found a service called oTranscribe that is pretty nifty.

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My Article For Teachwire: Focus Your Teaching On The Important Stuff By ‘Flipping’ Your Classroom.

EdTech4Beginners

I recently wrote an article for Teachwire , an excellent educational website (the online version of the magazine ‘Teach Primary’), about simple ways to ‘flip’ your classroom. Click here for the full article. Have you ever ‘flipped’ your classroom? Let me know by commenting below. Tagged: edtech , education , flipped classroom , how to , learning , teaching , teaching ideas , tech , technology.

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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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10 Grammar Tips You Don’t Want to Miss

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here are ten of the top grammar/word study/vocabulary tips according to Ask a Tech Teacher readers: Website Review: Grammarly. 3 Apps to Combat Grammar Faux Pas. 50 Sites to Add Rigor and Authenticity to Word Study. Monday Freebies #32: Color my Grammar. #32: How to Use Art to Teach Grammar. Weekend Website #91: 16 Word Study Websites for 2nd Grade.

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

This article originally appeared on Edutopia. Teaching quality has been defined as “instruction that enables a wide range of students to learn” ( Darling-Hammond, 2012 ), and it is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement ( Hanushek, 2011 ; Nye, Konstantopoulos, and Hedges, 2004 ; Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005 ).

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[Guest Post] The Journey to Personalization: Two School Districts, Two Timely Questions

Education Elements

Each and every journey has its own route even if the final destination is the same. As a school district leader, I believe that learning is most effective when tied to the unique needs of every child. My experiences in two separate school districts lead me to think about how the journey to personalized learning may be different each time, while containing similar themes.

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Real-time Student Progress Reports: Simplicity with a Personalized Learning Platform

FuelEd

Contributor: Amanda Cunningham Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 9:30am Monitoring a student’s overall academic performance at any given moment can be an arduous and time-consuming process. A teacher or administrator may need to prompt multiple teachers to provide the latest progress reports in order to put together a complete picture of a student’s performance at that point in time.

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4 Great Web Tools for Creating Educational Games

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

June 15, 2016 Below are five of our favourite platforms that you can use with your students to create a wide variety of learning games. No coding skills are required. Designing learning games is a.read more.

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Real-Time Student Progress Reports: Simplicity with a Personalized Learning Platform

FuelEd

Contributor: Amanda Cunningham Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 9:30am Monitoring a student’s overall academic performance at any given moment can be an arduous and time-consuming process. A teacher or administrator may need to prompt multiple teachers to provide the latest progress reports in order to put together a complete picture of a student’s performance at that point in time.

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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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Out with Stereotypes

Battelle for Kids

Volume 3, Issue 5, Number 6. Driving Question: What do you do with students with disabilities not able to attend college and/or continue with job training? At Ocean Lakes High School, the vision is simple: Prepare each student with functional skills to assist with life-long aptitudes in employment and enter them directly into the workforce with partner businesses.

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10 Reasons Every Teacher Needs A Professional Learning Network

TeachThought - Learn better.

The post 10 Reasons Every Teacher Needs A Professional Learning Network appeared first on TeachThought.

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Are You Planning … or Attending an Event At #ISTE? Join Our Crowd Sourced GoogleMaps Project. #ISTE2016

My Paperless Classroom

Dear ISTE Friends, Are you going to ISTE 2016? We are SUPER excited that this awesome event is right around the corner. We created this Google Map to help everyone learn where the hot events, parties, and of course learning experience will be this year. The map is open to all to add. Please do […]. The post Are You Planning … or Attending an Event At #ISTE?

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Choosing Professional Development Events – And My Pick for This Summer

ProfHacker

I don’t know about you, but most people I know have limited funds and time to spare for onsite professional development events. Many of us have these choices made for us by our managers or by the limitations of our funding or travel ability ( see my post about my one day in Rome! ). At one point in my life, I only went to conferences near Sheffield UK in the summer because that was when I went to England to meet my supervisor.

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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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[Guest Post] Train Students to Own Their Learning

Education Elements

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How One of the Most Recognized School Districts in the Country Keeps its Students Safe

Gaggle Speaks

When you lead a school district’s internationally-recognized digital conversion plan that garners the attention of schools from around the country and even the President of the United States, what is there left to do? You make it safer. Covered in virtually every trade publication and mainstream media outlet for its 1:1 initiative, Mooresville Graded School District in North Carolina also takes online safety seriously.

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A Superb Tool for Creating Educational Presentations and Timelines (No Registration Required)

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

June 16, 2016 Qwikslides is an excellent web tool from Classtools that allows students to create beautiful multimedia presentations and timelines to use in class. No registration is required,read more.

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Education and the Next Generation: Inspire Young people to Achieve More

My Paperless Classroom

There is no need to remind anyone of the importance of education. We all know it. But the question is, how much education is enough? It is a bit confusing because we do see CO flirting examples. In general, the more you study, more knowledgeable you become. At least most other people think so if […]. The post Education and the Next Generation: Inspire Young people to Achieve More appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.

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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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Reinforcing Learning with Synthesis Videos

eSpark

Student privacy is of the utmost importance to eSpark, and we comply to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. We never share student videos without obtaining permission from the student's parents, teacher, and district. Congratulations to Avery, a 4th grade student at Beavercreek School District School District and the winner of eSpark's first-ever video of the month.

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A Year in Review 15-16

The Thinking Stick

I haven’t made much time to blog this semester….OK….this year. But what a year it has been! I am currently writing this sitting at Rialto Beach on the coast of Washington. One of our favorite ‘get off the grid’ places to go. We hike in about a mile, no Internet, no cell service. Just the waves, nature and prana. It’s here that I find time to finally sit and reflect on this year’s journey into amazing new educational adventures with more on the way.

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Study: Adaptive literacy program could reduce summer slide

eSchool News

Independent academic research of New York City middle school students shows LightSail’s adaptive literacy platform helps sustain, grow reading performance in summer months. An independent study from Johns Hopkins University shows that a program designed to reverse “summer slide” at scale showed real impact on student engagement and Lexile growth for students who read on the adaptive literacy platform LightSail for as little as 30 minutes per day.

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Charting New Paths to Student Success and Degree Attainment

EmergingEdTech

The Vital Need for Public and Private Collaboration to Move Education Towards new Learning Modalities “Nothing that happens is without effect. If you throw a stone in a pond, the universe. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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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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Hacking Assessment: 10 Ways to Go Gradeless

MiddleWeb

Using hacks from her mostly AP and high school classes, Starr Sackstein makes the case for moving beyond traditional grading to concentrate on students learning. Reviewer Toni Rose Deanon sees herself using the suggestions to begin conversations and respond to pushback.

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10 Tips to Expand Your Teaching with Google Street View

EdTechTeam

1. Global Views View 360 Photospheres from anywhere in the world! 2. Use Your Phone Click on the Compass icon to view 360 as you turn your phone 3. Google Cardboard Click on the Cardboard Icon to experience the world in 360 Virtual Reality 4. Create Your Own Photospheres Use the Google Street View Camera to create your own Photospheres 5. Share with the Community Upload and contribute your Photospheres to Google Street View 6.

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Voxer: A Game-Changing App for Your PLN

Fractus Learning

Anyone who knows me would tell you that I love new techie tools. I love trying new apps, extensions, or other web-based programs. Give me a little time with a new tool and the happy clicker in me will explore to figure it out. Once I play for a little while to see what the tool can do, I brainstorm ways that I can use it either personally or professionally at school.

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U.S., Global K-12 Markets for Personal Computing Devices Slow

Marketplace K-12

Growth in the personal computer market for K-12 schools has fallen off in the United States and is declining in much of the world, a new analysis finds. The three major operating systems—Google’s Chrome, Apple’s Mac OS and iOS, and Microsoft’s Windows—are battling for dominance in sales, says Futuresource Consulting , the London-based research company that completed the study released earlier this month.

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

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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Excellence through Equity: Courageous Leadership

MiddleWeb

With their strong focus on the presentation of real school stories blended with research based strategies, Alan Blankstein, Pedro Noguera and Lorena Kelly offer practical solutions leading to an equitable, high quality education for every student, says Tamekia McCauley.

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4 Tools to Stay Connected with Families this Summer

The Innovative Educator

The end of the school year doesn't have to mean a disconnect between schools and families. Use social media and cell phones to keep the conversation going. My fav four tools for doing this are: Twitter Facebook Remind Instagram Remember that if you go this route, send home a reminder to parents with how they can stay connected. Ideally you will give them one place to visit which links to rest.

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Mortified: How Sharing Childhood Journals Can Help Teens Feel More Understood

MindShift

When Georgia Gootee examines the journals she wrote as a 15-year-old, she sympathizes with her younger flailing self. “You can read through these journals and tell that at some points I’m just so terrified that it’ll never come together, I’ll never find my place in the world, I’ll never feel loved or love anyone myself,” the 26-year-old teacher told me.

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This War Of Mine Is On Sale For $2.99 For A Limited Time

TeachThought - Learn better.

The post This War Of Mine Is On Sale For $2.99 For A Limited Time appeared first on TeachThought.

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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the EdTech Industry: Assessing the Influence

AI-powered tools like virtual assistants and chatbots provide instant guidance and support, while data analytics offer valuable insights for educators and administrators.