The CoolCatTeacher
MARCH 27, 2017
Angela Maiers on episode 41 of the 10-Minute Teacher #MondayMotivation From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. My husband told me Friday night, “Did you really listen to what Angela Maiers said on that podcast?” I was tired beyond belief – not taking very good care of myself and having one of those bouts of self-deprecation that some of us teachers have.
EdTech4Beginners
MARCH 27, 2017
Go Noodle is a great website which encourages your students to be active. Have a look at my quick video tutorial on how to navigate the site: My students absolutely loved it! Have you used Go Noodle? What did your class think? Let me know by commenting below. Tagged: active learning , apps , education , PE , physical exercise , teach , teachers , teaching , teaching ideas , tech.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 27, 2017
In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: #10–How to Undelete with 2 keystrokes.
EdTech Magazine
MARCH 27, 2017
By Russell Smith Learn these controls to make the most of the popular operating system.
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Battelle for Kids
MARCH 27, 2017
When you think of a math classroom, you probably think of a teacher explaining how to do a problem in the front of the room. You may also think of students doing about 20 of the same problems. Rarely do you think of students discussing problem-solving strategies in small groups or wrestling with a concept as an entire class.
Edsurge
MARCH 27, 2017
Grit is important. K-12 educators and researchers all share that starting point. If children try hard, stay on task, and keep pressing through difficulties, good things happen. When school systems want to track the role of grit, or help instill it, however, everything gets trickier. Something as simple as testing students for grit.isn’t simple at all.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Edsurge
MARCH 27, 2017
A trip to Hiroshima, Japan early in his teaching career set Eric Westendorf on a path to revolutionize curriculum. “I spent two weeks in schools observing teachers planning and teaching," he says. "It was fascinating.” He saw teachers meet as a group to plan lessons that addressed students’ needs, watch each other in the classroom and then provide feedback and suggestions.
The Principal of Change
MARCH 27, 2017
AJ Juliani , is an educator I have worked closely with over the past few years, and I greatly admire his work. Soon (April 2), he will be launching “ The Innovative Teaching Academy “, which is an amazing opportunity to further your own learning with a cohort of innovative educators from around the world. If you are interested in purchasing this program, here is a link that will provide a discount for your purchase.
eSchool News
MARCH 27, 2017
Video tutorials in the style made famous by Sal Khan of the Khan Academy changed the face of education, empowering anywhere, anytime learning. However, they were Tutorials 1.0. We now have Tutorials 2.0. The LightBoard has arrived. A Giant Leap Forward to More “Human” Online Learning. This next stage of evolution of tutorials allows students to get an enhanced experience with a more personal connection between the student and the teacher.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MARCH 27, 2017
March 27, 2017 The New EdTech Tools post for this months features a number of interesting web tools and mobile apps which you can use for a variety of educational purposes. From automatically.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.
21st Century Educational Technology and Learning
MARCH 27, 2017
Welcome to the second article in a series devoted to grounding PBL in the standards. As you explore the ideas in this article I do hope you can see that our content standards provide a wonderful opportunity for our students to do, a concept at the foundation of PBL. Before reading, please take a moment to subscribe to this blog by RSS or email and join me on twitter at ( mjgormans ).
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MARCH 27, 2017
March 27, 2017 After we have seen how to use Google Images to search for and locate free-to-use images, here is another handy visual to help you make the best of your Google search experience. The.read more.
Edsurge
MARCH 27, 2017
The AskHistorians section of Reddit has become a popular forum for history buffs to share their knowledge in a strictly moderated environment. The goal is to celebrate the past, and the group’s rules are clear : No discussion of current events (defined as less than 20 years old) and “no soapboxing” or expressing political views. Decidedly current political events punctured that bubble last week, however, when the moderators broke their own guidelines to advocate against President Donald Trump
ProfHacker
MARCH 27, 2017
Have you heard of Unpaywall? It is a free Chrome/Firefox extension that helps you quickly find open access versions of articles you’re searching for. One of the problems of Green Open Access is that if you go to the subscription journal site, you won’t be able to see if there are open access versions of the article available. However, open access versions might exist on authors’ own websites, or institutional and subject respositories.
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.
TeachThought - Learn better.
MARCH 27, 2017
The post 4 Key Characteristics Of Effective Teachers appeared first on TeachThought.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 27, 2017
Photo: Alison Yin/Hechinger Report. When my grandfather dropped my belongings and me on the doorsteps of Allegheny College in Pennsylvania, he gave me $50, patted me on the back and left me with a simple, “Good luck.” Being the first in my family to attend a four-year college, I was completely unprepared for what came next, wanting a map to navigate the whitest place I’d been to that point.
MindShift
MARCH 27, 2017
Math teachers of older students sometimes struggle to get students to explain their thinking with evidence. It’s hard to get kids in the habit of talking about how they are thinking about a problem when they’ve had many years of instruction that focused on getting the “right answer.” That’s why educators are now trying to get students in the habit of explaining their thinking at a young age.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MARCH 27, 2017
March , 2017 LiquidText is a great iPad app you can use to annotate your PDFs, gather and organize your information across all your documents and webpages. You can create your own workspace in.read more.
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eSchool News
MARCH 27, 2017
On March 14, it was reported in CSO (a leading cybersecurity outlet) that 110 organizations experiences successful phishing attacks targeting their W-2 records. This put more than 120,000 taxpayers at risk for identity fraud. Despite warnings from the IRS in early February, employees continue to fall victim to the bad guys’ ploys. This wildly successful phishing scheme works like this: malicious actors spoof (or pretend to be) the CEO or President of a company and email a CFO or similarly posi
TeachThought - Learn better.
MARCH 27, 2017
The post How To Make Parents Happy With Your Learning Management System appeared first on TeachThought.
NspireD2
MARCH 27, 2017
This week’s topic in the BlendKit Course is “Blended Content and Assignments.” In that vein I was thinking about ways student groups can work online, and it occurred to me that readers might not be aware of the wide variety of collaboration tools that are available. We’ll start with the basics and save the coolest stuff for last.
MiddleWeb
MARCH 27, 2017
When Michelle Russell reviewed video of the classes she had recorded, reality turned out to be much different than what she had imagined was happening. In her usual transparent style, Russell describes what she's learning and what she'll do to improve her practice.
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.
eSchool News
MARCH 27, 2017
Ed. note : App of the Week picks are now being curated by the editors of Common Sense Education , which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. Click here to read the full app review. Dreamdo Schools. What’s It Like?
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 27, 2017
Dancers at the University of Texas, Austin, College of Fine Arts. Photo: University of Texas, Austin. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has praised vocational schools and/or community colleges as “noble pursuits” for low-income people who can’t afford a four-year bachelor’s program. On its surface, that sounds like a generous, open-hearted argument. But for those about to embark on the critical years after high school, when life missions are formed, and crucial networks of support are established,
EdTechTeam
MARCH 27, 2017
What to do when your school or your students do not have appropriate access to technology In my travels as a national presenter and G Suite trainer, I have met many teachers from around the U.S. who express concerns about lacking the appropriate hardware and software in their classrooms, particularly in high-poverty and/or majority-minority schools.
GoConqr
MARCH 27, 2017
For students who have worked hard and succeeded in school and college, the prospect of pursuing. further postgraduate study is very attractive. However just applying to graduate school in the United States can be very expensive, as each application costs money, so you need to be selective about where you apply. This guide offers some steps to help you make your decision.
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
MARCH 27, 2017
“Study the Past if you Would Define the Future” – Confucius Following are 5 undeniable realities of education technology, as I see them. What do you think? Feel free to weigh in. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
Tech Helpful
MARCH 27, 2017
In 2006 my oldest daughter was in 4th grade and part of the curriculum was called "Daily Oral Geography." This is a well known geography curriculum that consists of weekly worksheets to teach geography. I remember buying Jessica this huge Atlas that was a bound book. We still have it because it was so nice. She could look up all sorts of maps to answer her questions.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 27, 2017
. AUSTIN, Texas — “Inquiry-based shared inquiry across cognitive and affective domains.” “An experiential based learning process covering multiple modalities.” “Terminal and enabling objectives with trans-disciplinary functionalities.” “Stackable credentials in the education space.”. Educators, policymakers and entrepreneurs often speak in the multisyllabic jargon of a doctoral thesis.
Fractus Learning
MARCH 27, 2017
During my second year of a Masters Degree program in Fiction Writing at Brooklyn College I completed my second novel and learned the importance of connecting content with intent or, to be concise, how to communicate […].
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