Catlin Tucker
APRIL 14, 2015
'Shakespeare’s plays are a staple in high schools across the country. Unfortuntately, when most students hear the name “Shakespeare” they react with a mixture of dread and anxiety. They worry they won’t “get it” and chances are they won’t get a lot of it. I think that’s okay. Do I understand every line of Shakespeare’s plays or sonnets?
The CoolCatTeacher
APRIL 16, 2015
What are the qualities of an effective teacher? This was one of the main questions that one of the panels at the 2015 Global Education and Skills Forum tried to answer. Over and over again, all the panelists seemed to list the same characteristics that they believed an effective teacher possessed: knowledge of the subject, motivation, emotional intelligence and empathy, stamina, and passion.
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Ed Tech from the Ground Up
APRIL 15, 2015
'Understanding that the need for high quality education in South Africa is urgent, we have adopted a recruitment and selection strategy at SPARK that focuses more on hiring for potential than on hiring for current capability. Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.
A Principal's Reflections
APRIL 12, 2015
'I just returned from a much needed eight day Disney World vacation with my wife and two kids. It truly was a magical time where we spent literally twelve or more straight hours together each day laughing, enjoying rides, and engaging in conversation on hundreds of topics. As the vacation leader I made sure the alarm went off at 5:40 AM each morning so we could get to each of the four parks early to avoid the lines and heat.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 17, 2015
'April 22nd is Earth Day. Celebrate it with your students by letting them visit these websites: Breathing Earth. Breathing Earth YouTube Video –of CO2 use, population changes, and more. Conservation Game. Earth day collection. Earth Day—NASA Ocean Currents. Eco-friendly house. Eeko World. Ecotourism Simulation–for grades 4 and above. Electrocity.
EdTech Magazine
APRIL 16, 2015
'By D. Frank Smith New features being added to Classroom and Google Drive give educators more control over sharing content.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
A Principal's Reflections
APRIL 16, 2015
'Earlier this week Scott McLeod pushed our thinking with a post titled We Have to Stop Pretending….#MakeSchoolDifferent. Please be sure to check out his post and the many thought-provoking comments. My colleague and friend Jackie Gerstein tagged me so here are my additions: When it comes to education, we have to stop pretending… that just because kids are engaged they are always learning that technology is a silver bullet that will transform education that the only leaders in a school or distric
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 13, 2015
'It’s the end of school. Everyone’s tired, including you. What you want for these last few weeks are activities that keep the learning going, but in a different way. You want to shake things up so students are excited and motivated and feel interested again. Change your approach to teaching. Provide some games, simulations, student presentations–whatever you don’t normally do in your classroom.
User Generated Education
APRIL 13, 2015
'Responding to Scott McLeod challenge and Steve Hargadon’s Tag: When it comes to education, we have to stop pretending. That “we” know best what students should learn; that it is okay for students to not have the freedom, time, resources to pursue their own interests and passions. That is it okay to make students sit in a desk for hours and hours every day learning things they don’t want to learn in a way and a place they don’t want to learn it.
Digital Promise
APRIL 14, 2015
'Around the world, countless people and organizations are taking steps to ensure all students get a high-quality education by leveraging innovative technology and teaching practices. Many of them make a major impact that isn’t widely recognized, or use strategies that aren’t widely shared. EdSurge and Digital Promise launched the Digital Innovation in Learning Awards (DILAs) last year to change that.
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.
Dangerously Irrelevant
APRIL 12, 2015
'A school board member said to me a while back: Scott, I hear what you’re saying about active, hands-on, project-based learning. But I got to tell you, when I’m driving over a bridge, I want to have confidence that the people who designed and built it knew what they were doing. So if that takes a lot of practice on worksheets until students know their math and science, so be it.
EdTech Magazine
APRIL 13, 2015
'By D. Frank Smith A 66-page document sets recommended guidelines for educational technology developers.
User Generated Education
APRIL 12, 2015
'I was asked recently why I have a strong interest and innate understanding of the growth mindset. I believe it comes from a background of being an adventure educator, and even though it was not labeled as such, the adventure educator embraces a growth mindset when working with participants. The underlying tenet of adventure education is “You are capable of so much more than you can even imagine.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 15, 2015
'Technology plays an important role in the classroom. Teachers can apply technology to help students learn through inter active games and simulations, or by taking advantage of educational resources online. Technology can facilitate communication and collaboration between students and between students and their teacher. Students who develop a strong familiarity with technology in the classroom are better-equipped to remain proficient users of new technologies throughout their lives.
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.
Dangerously Irrelevant
APRIL 11, 2015
'Ron Berger said: Once a student creates work of value for an authentic audience beyond the classroom – work that is sophisticated, accurate, important and beautiful – that student is never the same. When you have done quality work, deeper work, you know you are always capable of doing more. via [link]. Hat tip: Linda Linn. No related posts.
Ditch That Textbook
APRIL 16, 2015
'I’m kind of a geek. Going to technology professional development on a weekend actually sounds like fun to me. When you make it tech PD that’s Google-focused, I’m going to look forward to it for weeks. If you’ve never been to a Google Apps for Education Summit and you have any interest in Google in [.].
The Web20Classroom
APRIL 15, 2015
'Earlier this week my friend Scott McLeod tagged me in a post that he had written in which he describes 5 things in education we need to stop pretending. He challenged me along with several others to come up with our own lists of those things we need to give up and move past in order to make real change. I encourage you to read Scott''s post along with the collection of statements other have made.
Battelle for Kids
APRIL 13, 2015
'April 14, 2015, Volume 2, Issue 5, Number 8. Driving Question: What Role Do Internet Learning Programs, Flipped Classrooms and PBI Play In The 21st Century Mathematics Classroom? In a fast-approaching future in which online video libraries of dynamic, topic-specific lectures become the standard and computer-generated math exercises adapt instantaneously to efficiently maximize student progress, the goal of completely self-sufficient students apparently will have been achieved.
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Dangerously Irrelevant
APRIL 17, 2015
'We can’t do what that other school is doing because… they are bigger and have more resources. they are smaller and are more nimble. they are rural and have strong-knit communities. they are urban and have access to the city. they are suburban and have more money. they don’t have the same time issues we do. they don’t have the same discipline issues we do. they don’t have the same personnel issues we do. they don’t have the same financial issues we do. they don’t have the same transportati
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 15, 2015
'There are 22 common Excel skills easy enough for fourth and fifth graders. When they’re done, they–and their parents (and you, by the way)–will feel that they’ve accomplished much more. If the lesson plans are blurry, click on them for a full size alternative. More Excel lesson plans and tips: 5 bundled Excel lesson plans (for a fee). #73: How to Graph in Excel.
Brilliant or Insane
APRIL 13, 2015
'Brilliant or Insane. What if teachers were to stop saying, “This won’t work because we’re accountable to administrators, parents, and the bureaucracy”? What if teachers had the power to change the world, from the comfortable confines of their classrooms, and neither administrators nor bureaucrats could do anything about it? I want teachers to eliminate traditional grades, homework and teach-to-the-test practices.
Battelle for Kids
APRIL 12, 2015
'April 13, 2015, Volume 2, Issue 5, Number 7. Driving Question: What Role Can Internet Learning Programs Play In 21st Century Mathematics Classrooms? Addition facts, multiplication tables, lists of trig identities, sets of rules for finding derivatives – math is replete with repetitive skill learning and facts that must be memorized. What parent or teacher wouldn''t welcome the educational computer game that not only provides freedom from the doldrums of flash cards but also entertains and engag
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.
Dangerously Irrelevant
APRIL 17, 2015
'Starr Sackstein said: How can we shift the focus away from how much a student does to how much they can apply to new tasks? … What can they do now that they couldn’t do before? How do they know? via [link]. Image credit: Enfocando / Focussing , Magec. Related Posts. Suppose students were rewarded for cooperation. A concatenation of glittering vagaries.
EdTech Magazine
APRIL 16, 2015
'By D. Frank Smith Students put their STEM knowledge to the test in this year’s Student Launch Event.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 11, 2015
'Summer is coming, and so is Summer Keyboarding for Students ! If your students are looking for a summer keyboarding class to smooth out their rough edges, prepare them for next year’s increased tech demands, or get them started, this is the program for them. It’s online, one hour a day M-F for three weeks, with a wide variety of activities that keep keyboarding fun and challenging.
Battelle for Kids
APRIL 15, 2015
'April 16, 2015, Volume 2, Issue 5, Number 9. Driving Question: How Can Teachers of Math in 21st Century Classrooms Bridge Big Ideas Between Numeracy and Algebra? After arithmetic, lots of "should''s" are lined up for young learners of algebra. Facing algebra, many students who failed to develop the basic concepts when they learned arithmetic, are burdened by the fact that they have to apply logic.
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.
Dangerously Irrelevant
APRIL 13, 2015
'When it comes to education, we have to stop pretending… that short-term memorization equals long-term learning. that students find meaning in what we’re covering in class. that low-level facts and procedures are a prerequisite to deeper learning. that analog learning environments prepare kids for a digital world. that what we’re doing isn’t boring.
Brilliant or Insane
APRIL 15, 2015
'Brilliant or Insane. New teachers are so quick to give veterans the “great teacher” label. Some hand it out as thoughtlessly as doctors, passing out stickers to toddlers after their yearly well visits. One new teacher I know was preparing for her second year in the profession. In a recent conversation, she zealously told me how she was getting [.].
Ditch That Textbook
APRIL 13, 2015
'These are exciting times in education. Never before have we had so many tools, access to so much information and connections to so many quality educators. That’s my biggest excitement about being a teacher. It’s also my biggest challenge. For more than two years, I’ve written the Ditch That Textbook blog twice a week trying [.].
The Journal
APRIL 14, 2015
With zillions of apps in Apple's App Store and the Google Play store, how could there be an educational app that is not there? As you will read in this week’s blog post, there is an app that needs to be built — an app that we built for the Palm Pilot and PocketPC 10 years ago — that needs to be resurrected now!
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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