Hapara
JUNE 3, 2014
The Hapara team is reading Visible Learning and the Science of How We Learn by John Hattie and Gregory Yates. The book is an easy to read distillation of Hattie’s work synthesizing the results from education research around the world.
The Innovative Educator
JUNE 1, 2014
'@InnovativeEdu Balance is key. — Herman Miller EDU (@HermanMillerEDU) May 28, 2014 The above tweet was sent to me in response to my post explaining why innovative educators should look down on upon a new video called, "Look Up." But I disagreed with this balance-seeking Tweeter. "Balance is key" is a common refrain heard by innovative educators and their students.
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SpeechTechie
JUNE 3, 2014
'You may be thinking, "I don''t even know what WWDC is," which is fine. However, the Worldwide Developer''s Conference is one of Apple''s (usually 2) opportunities each year to announce what''s coming next (in this case, this fall). Yesterday''s Keynote featured a number of announcements that are important for SLPs and other language teachers to know about.
My Paperless Classroom
JUNE 3, 2014
'Next year we are turning one of the two computer labs into a MakerSpace. We have been talking all year about how to mitigate the loss of 24 desktop PC''s and everything they do. While the conversations have been difficult, I think we have finally resolved to get a cart of Mac laptops, set up to emulate windows when needed. My excitement about the laptop cart is balanced by the relative unknown of what will be in our MakerSpace.
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Ed Tech Now
JUNE 2, 2014
'The DfE should reject the FELTAG recommendations in order to ensure that all the same mistakes are not repeated by ETAG At the same time as the Further Education Learning Technology Action Group (FELTAG) got ready to submit its recommendations to government … Continue reading → Stategy Bob Harrison DfE diana laurillard edtech education ETAG FELTAG Matt Hancock michael gove Stephen Heppell Tom Bennett'
Mistakengoal.com
JUNE 1, 2014
'I've whined about bad infographics and I try to avoid complaining about their continuing proliferation. But I can't bite my tongue about this ACPA infographic purporting to show information about technology usage by undergraduate students. It's bad not just because it's misrepresenting information but because it's doing so in the specific context of making a call for quality research and leadership in higher education.
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My Paperless Classroom
JUNE 2, 2014
'This week on the Techeducator podcast we talked to the brains behind StarwarsintheClassroom.com and Shakespeare''s Star Wars about the value of Star wars in the classroom. Find links and shownotes on the Techeducator Site.
The Daring Librarian
JUNE 1, 2014
'I hope that the blog title got your attention. It was designed to! But you may ultimately find it misleading. Please keep reading! Before any admins out there start sharpening their pitchforks for me, I gotta say that I really don''t think teachers need to train new principals. Principals come to us already accomplished, trained, vetted, and hand-picked.
The Innovative Educator
JUNE 2, 2014
'I had the pleasure to speak to librarians today at the U nCommon Approaches to the Common Core Conference about ideas for making trips to museums and other cultural institutions fun and engaging using digital media. Interested in this topic and/or want some ideas to share with others? If so, check out my presentation below.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 2, 2014
'Over the next week or so, The Hechinger Report will be publishing excerpts from Richard Whitmire’s book On the Rocketship: How Top Charter Schools are Pushing the Envelope. In this first installment, software engineer Ben Slivka — inspired by science fiction — dreamed of creating truly adaptive learning software. CHAPTER 9: Sci-Fi-Inspired Software.
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.
My Paperless Classroom
MAY 31, 2014
'This blog post is a Hat Tip to all the awesome educators who are building and sharing great resources for Minecraft in Education. I am still learning about minecraft, right now we are working to get minecraftEDU to work with our roaming profiles. #noteasy Add your favorite resources in the comments John Miller [link] [link] Kevin Jarret [link] he shared this article from Mashable, though this is really just eye candy Mojave Phonebooth [link] Elissa Elliott Malespina Minecraft in Schools article
The 21st Century Principal
JUNE 4, 2014
'I t seems the North Carolina legislature has found a new target after the North Carolina Senate targeted teachers with a budget that offers a bribe for them to give up due process rights or tenure in exchange for massive pay raises which are basically paid for by gutting other parts of the state’s education budget. What’s their new target? The Common Core State Standards.
The Innovative Educator
MAY 31, 2014
'Here’s the roundup of what''s been popular on The Innovative Educator blog. Below you’ll see the top posts along with the number of page views. I hope there''s something that looks of interest to you. If it does, check it out. If you’re inspired use one of those icons below the post to share it with others and/or leave a comment. Entry Pageviews Learn to teach web literacy with free classes from.
Learning with 'e's
JUNE 2, 2014
'This is number 12 in my series of short posts on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and provide a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In my most recent post I examined Leon Festinger''s cognitive dissonance theory and its applications to education. In this post, we explore the work of Howard Gardner, known universally as Multiple Intelligences Theory.
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SpeechTechie
JUNE 6, 2014
'Summer approaches! Here''s what I will be up to: I am happy to be presenting at the Social Thinking® Providers'' Conference in San Francisco this month (June 20-22). The topic is Zooming in on App Integration: 3 Apps and Divergent Uses for Social Thinking Instruction. The Ely Center is hosting two sections of Mindwing Concepts'' terrific Story Grammar Marker certification course, followed by a 3rd day focused on technology integration with Mindwing''s narrative and expository text comprehension
The 21st Century Principal
MAY 31, 2014
'Since purchasing a MacBook Pro last weekend, I’ve been exploring RSS Feed Reader programs. Of course there’s the web-based stand-by programs such as Feedly or NewsBlur which I’ve written about before. But somehow, since the demise of Google Reader, I’ve been using either one of these, and I haven’t been entirely pleased with the experience of these two reader options.
mauilibrarian2 in Olinda
JUNE 4, 2014
'Summer''s here! I''m reposting my top resource blog posts of the past school year, for summer learners who might have missed them the first time around. 1. 3 Ways to Reduce Your Chances of Accidentally Bringing Up Explicit YouTube Content In Your Classroom 2. School Libraries as Maker Spaces -- A Few Resources to ? out 3. Plussers That Pin and Vice-Versa, Shared by Peg Fitzpatrick 4.
Learning with 'e's
JUNE 6, 2014
'This is number 15 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In my most recent post I featured Richard Gregory''s perceptual hypothesis and its applications to education. In this post, we take a look at an emerging theory of learning proposed by Stewart Hase and Chris Kenyon, known as Heutagogy.
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Technology Tidbits
JUNE 2, 2014
'Buncee my favorite Web 2.0 tool of 2013 is not only a fantastic tool to use in education (w/ their educational portal), it is a great tool for educators to use to Flip a lesson or classroom. Teachers can create beautiful looking animated and narrated presentations that students can then view at home. Then they can complete their Buncee assignment online and educators can view/grade all w/in the safe web portal.
The 21st Century Principal
MAY 31, 2014
'“Today, there is more religious activity in American public schools than there has been for the past 100 years.” Katherine Stewart, The Good News Club: The Christian Right’s Stealth Assault on America’s Children When writer Katherine Steward discovered that a program called “Good News Club” was announced as an after-school activity at her daughter’s public school, she decided to investigate further.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
JUNE 3, 2014
'The Learning Revolution Weekly Update June 3rd, 2014 Discovery is seeing what everyone else has seen, and thinking what nobody else has thought. - Albert Szent-Gyorgi The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own "conference 2.0" virtual and physical events and those of our over 200 partners in the learning professions. We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non
Learning with 'e's
JUNE 1, 2014
'This is number 11 in my series of short posts on learning theories. My intention is to work through the alphabet of psychologists and provide a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In my most recent post I examined Leon Festinger''s work on social comparison and its applications to education. In this post, we continue to explore Festinger''s work, this time focusing on his theory of cognitive dissonance.
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.
Technology Tidbits
MAY 31, 2014
'Door 24 is a fantastic app for grades 4th-8th for learning computational fluency in Math. Students use different concepts in Math such as Order of Operations to help solve equations equaling up to 24., while fixing a robot''s circuits and solving the mystery behind Door 24. Also, this game helps strengthen Algebra skills as well as being aligned to Common Core Standards.
Philly Teacher
JUNE 6, 2014
Today was an exciting day for the Edcamp Foundation and for edcampers all over the US. At around 7:00 am, a small group of educators walked across C Street and entered the Department of Education for a day of sharing and learning at Edcamp US DOE. After 4 years and thousands of hours of free, participant-driven professional development across the globe, Edcamp entered the halls that drive education policy in the US.
Comfortably 2.0
JUNE 6, 2014
'Summer is a great time to recharge as a teacher. It gives us that "time" that eludes us during the school year. It''s also my favorite time to teach teachers. A very important part of my job as the technology coach of our district is to provide multiple learning opportunities for our teachers in regards to the educational technologies that are available to them.
Learning with 'e's
JUNE 3, 2014
'Here is number 13 in my series of short posts on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and provide a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In my most recent post I examined Howard Gardner''s theory of multiple intelligences and its applications to education. In this post, we explore the work of James Jerome Gibson on the perception of everyday objects and his theory of affordances.
Speaker: Amanda Davis, Chief Experience Officer and Liam O'Malley, VP of Association Solutions
The "new normal" is now a little less new, a little more normal. Does that mean your current LMS strategy is in need of a refresh? Is your organization or association leaning into the always-evolving eLearning environment to ensure you have the tools and content to remain relevant through all this change? There are many complex decision-making processes within your learning & development strategy and LMS lifecycle management, including: Selection.
Technology Tidbits
JUNE 4, 2014
'Slidebean is a site I mentioned a few months ago that is great for creating beautiful looking presentations. Well, they are out of beta and now open to all the public. This is a site that reminds of PPT but a lot nicer looking, cloud based, w/ the ability to embed into a site or blog. One of my favorite features of Slidebean are the abundance of templates a person can choose from such as: charts/graphs, collages, timeline slides, and more.
Hansen's Link to Tech
JUNE 5, 2014
'If your smartphone or device has the ability to add Google Drive app on it, you have the ability to snap as many pictures as you want and instantly upload them to any folder in your Google Drive. Why is this important for implementation? Snapping photos utilizing your Google Drive app Googlefficiently allows for Automatic sharing to whomever you want and it auto updates when you take a picture.
Comfortably 2.0
JUNE 5, 2014
'School is out. All of your students are gone. Your schedule is packed until the last week of July running your kids to and from activities, taking classes and squeezing in a family vacation. I really hope you added some summer learning opportunities for yourself. No, I am not talking about that grad class you are taking.
Learning with 'e's
MAY 31, 2014
'We reach double figures with number 10 in my series of short blog posts on learning theories. My intention is to work through the alphabet of psychologists and provide a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In my last post I examined Hermann Ebbinghaus work on memory and forgetting and its applications to education.
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