The CoolCatTeacher
JANUARY 27, 2017
How to improve learning and listening in the classroom From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Teachers want their students to create, but don’t want to fight with clunky technology. Listening skills and learning can be improved with podcasting. Today’s show will help you understand one of the simplest technologies to use in the classroom: podcasting.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 27, 2017
Moodle is an open source free cloud-based learning platform used by over 96 million people to create over 11 million courses. These can be a simple activity or a fully-featured course. The platform offers a plethora of tools to customize courses as pretty much whatever teachers need, including: Upload video, audio, and links. Engage students in a discussion forum or a survey.
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EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 27, 2017
By Meghan Bogardus Cortez A Florida principal explains how ed tech has helped boost student outcomes.
The CoolCatTeacher
JANUARY 27, 2017
A simple strategy any teacher can use to improve teaching From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. We teachers are too busy. There’s too much to do! But eleven years a go, I hit upon something that works for me. I realized that I didn’t have much time, but I could take 15 minutes just two or three times a week to learn and try new things.
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Securly
JANUARY 27, 2017
Screen time is all about moderation. Parents can help their child find quality media using these resources. The post Help Your Kids Spend Screen Time Wisely appeared first on Blog.
EdTech4Beginners
JANUARY 27, 2017
I recently did some writing for Scholastic, listing a number of ways to use technology in lessons. Click here for the full resource. Tagged: classroom technology , edtech , education , educational technology , teachers , teaching , technology.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
My Paperless Classroom
JANUARY 27, 2017
Classroom management is the ability of a teacher to have control over their students’ behavior and general classroom environment. Classroom management is an important aspect to grasp, especially for novice teachers. Having control over your class is important for a conducive learning environment. Experienced teachers all had a challenging first year at the start of […].
TeachThought - Learn better.
JANUARY 27, 2017
The post Are You Using Technology Because You Can Or Because You Should? appeared first on TeachThought.
ProfHacker
JANUARY 27, 2017
The Internet Archive’s “Wayback Machine” is an essential resource for anyone who wants to find information that used to be available online but that has disappeared or to find how a particular webpage has changed over time, perhaps because information was deleted or added. ( The Wayback Machine is also quite useful for many other reasons.).
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JANUARY 27, 2017
January 27, 2017 Here is an excellent book to have in your reading bucket list. "Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?: The Net's Impact on Our Minds and Future" is a compilation of essays.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.
Gaggle Speaks
JANUARY 27, 2017
K-12 curriculum is largely focused on content-driven teaching and learning. By being “content-driven,” I mean, for example, focusing on a student’s ability to solve algebraic equations, recall historical information about the American Revolution, recite Newton’s Laws of Motion and the like. The reason content-driven teaching and learning is ubiquitous in education is obvious: results and achievements are measurable.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JANUARY 27, 2017
January 27, 2017 Mac is an excellent and versatile piece of gadgetry with a huge educational potential. It empowers teachers and students with endless teaching and learning opportunities and.read more.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 27, 2017
Mia Clough, an 11th-grader, shares ideas for a code of conduct during the Drop the Drama class at Pittsfield Middle High School. Photo: Jim Vaiknoras. PITTSFIELD, N.H. — “I literally hate you. You’re a round cereal box.”. By the time these words got back to 14-year-old Tori, the Snapchat image they went with — of her from behind as she took notes in biology class — had long disappeared.
The Innovative Educator
JANUARY 27, 2017
“You don’t need to teach us. That’s what Google is for.” That was the message a student shared with a surprised audience of educators during a popular technology conference. The students went on to say, “If I can't figure something out I prefer to watch a YouTube video or text a friend rather than ask a teacher.” The other students in the room nodded their heads in agreement.
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.
The Principal of Change
JANUARY 27, 2017
Currently, I am reading “ The Growth Mindset Coach “, and was struck by this passage and corresponding table: (Carol) Dweck identified five key areas in which the actions of people of opposing mindsets often diverge: challenges, obstacles, effort, criticism, and success of others. In the fixed mindset, a response to any of the five situations typically relates to the person’s desire to look smart and avoid failure; in the growth mindset the response more likely stems from the person’
Tech Helpful
JANUARY 27, 2017
Coming to FETC for the first time has been a major highlight of my edtech career. Being surrounded by great educational minds and both growing relationships and learning is one of my favorite things to do. I love how this conference is set up on tracks and how it actually has helped me realize just how much I think about where education is going and how I can best support it.
SpeechTechie
JANUARY 27, 2017
I've mentioned before that following directions (written or oral) is an oft-needed but not so engaging goal to address. Scratch Jr. is a free app that, like its senior (mentioned here and here ) was created to teach coding and programming to youngsters. These applications use object-oriented codes that are simple to put together and work a lot like LEGOs.
EdTechTeam
JANUARY 27, 2017
Once upon a time, our fifth grade team decided to create a rubric to assess California State Standard SL 5.1: “Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly” which is followed by four substandards/descriptors (SL 5.1.A, etc.).
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techieMusings
JANUARY 27, 2017
In the closing keynote, Kathy, Adam, Leslie, and Hall talked about the cutting-edge tech tools that are exciting them most at the moment. The focus was: Kathy Schrock – Virtual reality & google cardboard. Hall Davidson – Augmented reality, digitizing notes, Amazon Echo, & more. Leslie Fisher – Google photo scan, Versal, tools for dyslexia, music & coding.
Reading By Example
JANUARY 27, 2017
Twitter has been the primary medium for sharing news regarding the presidential election and transition. This social media tool can be effective for gaining multiple perspectives on a topic or cause. The challenge with Twitter is in how to use it so the information you are receiving is reliable. How do we separate the wheat from the chaff? My suggestion: Create a Twitter list.
Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous
JANUARY 27, 2017
Flipgrid continues to be one of my favorite tools for getting student voice out into the world. They are constantly listening to users and working to improve the functionality of this tool. Now, in the paid version of Flipgrid Classroom, there is a section called “Global Grid Connections” You can establish any of your grids to be accessible to other members of the Flipgrid Classroom community.
techlearning
JANUARY 27, 2017
A great introduction to coding with solid teacher support.
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.
Edsurge
JANUARY 27, 2017
In the Silicon Valley, they call it the “3 percent problem.” African-Americans and Latino/Hispanics make up a tiny fraction of the overwhelmingly white, male-dominated workforce of major technology companies. No leader of the top 10 U.S.-based technology companies is African-American or Latino/Hispanic, and only one is a woman—Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM.
techlearning
JANUARY 27, 2017
Turn anything with wheels into a handy motion sensor.
Edsurge
JANUARY 27, 2017
Coursera is quietly testing elements of a new strategy, with the goal of moving from a platform for courses to a broader career-building service. It’s part of a continued evolution of MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses. Two Stanford University professors founded Coursera about five years ago, amid a wave of hype that free online courses could one day replace residential undergraduate colleges.
Securly
JANUARY 27, 2017
A recent study conducted by the American Academy of Pediatrics re-evaluated appropriate screen time limits for young children. The assessment redefined “screen time” as the use of digital media exclusively for entertainment. In the past , scientists and parents regarded screen time as the collective amount of time a child interacted with their device –and used this as the main factor to assess the potential benefits and/or consequences.
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.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JANUARY 27, 2017
January 28, 2017 According to Statista’s 2016 stats, iTunes App Store contains over 2 million apps with more apps being designed and uploaded every single day. A large portion of these.read more.
Perry Hewitt
JANUARY 27, 2017
It’s a mobile, social world, as this 2017 report by Hootsuite and We Are Social confirms. A few stats stood out: The shift of web traffic to mobile devices, the dominance of Facebook, and the hyper-penetration of mobile devices in some regions of the world. UX Matters tackles a question close to my heart: the difference between enterprise and consumer UX design.
Shake Up Learning
JANUARY 27, 2017
The post 250+ Google Classroom Tips, Tutorials and Resources appeared first on Shake Up Learning. The Best Google Classroom Resources for Teachers. I’ve been curating Google Classroom tips and resources on Pinterest (also embedded below), which now includes over 250 Google Classroom tips, tutorials, and resources for teachers. I have curated YouTube tutorials, blog posts, infographics, books, guides, tips, tricks and more on this Pinterest board.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 27, 2017
Zed Al Aas, a Syrian refugee who hopes to study bioinformatics in the United States, at an orientation for refugee students in Berlin. Photo: Sebastian Wells for The Hechinger Report. A draft executive order prepared for President Donald Trump would suspend visas for refugees from certain countries. Here’s a story from the Hechinger archives about the “lost generation” of refugees who are languishing in red tape as they seek to resume their college educations in the U.S.
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