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Vocabulary Strategies for Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic Learners

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

When it comes to vocabulary instruction, most of the commonly-used instructional techniques, particularly at the middle school and high school levels, tend to favor visual learners. But what about all the auditory and kinesthetic learners? Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.

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Back to School Like A Boss! 10 Survival Tips!

Teacher Reboot Camp

When starting with a new group of learners, I am hardly able to sleep the night before. Next week, I begin a new course and trust me I’m pretty nervous. However, I welcome the excitement, because I know as a teacher, I have the important mission of guiding the learning journeys of many. According to Teachers Count, the average teacher impacts 3000 students within a lifetime.

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Back to School Savings with #Teacher Appreciation Event at #Staples

The CoolCatTeacher

Sponsored by Staples Back to school already? Yes it is! I go back to school August 10, so I’ll so be hitting Staples for their Teacher Appreciation event August 2-9. Hopefully, you’ve all already joined the Staples Teacher Rewards Program. If so, you’ll get 40% back in Teacher Rewards for school supplies, teaching, art supplies, cleaning supplies and more when you buy in your Staples store.

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Inside Rhode Island's Transformative Blended Learning Workforce

EdTech Magazine

By D. Frank Smith School districts across the country are incorporating more technology in the classroom, but Rhode Island is ahead of the curve.

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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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Recruiting Real Educators: Good or Bad for the Ed-Tech Startup Model?

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

Digital ed-tech companies can be attractive to investors because they don't rely on a significant amount of human capital. But we're betting a business model relying on humans, but using technology to grow, can be just as attractive. Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.

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Teaching the Emoji Generation: 12+ Activities & Resources

Teacher Reboot Camp

Part of the Mobile Learning category ! “Although an emoticon may look like a smile, a frown or any number of facial expressions, it doesn’t represent a face, as many internet users assume. It’s actually intended to convey a feeling (“I’m happy,” or “just joking”).” – Lauren Collister. Our students humanize their digital experience with text speak, emoji, and selfies.

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Leading With Video

A Principal's Reflections

There is no denying the power of video in society. In a 2014 Forbes article , Richard Tiland makes some significant points when it comes to video and leadership. For example: The use of video is so ubiquitous in our everyday lives; it has become part of our subconscious. We don’t even realize how much we know and learn from video—news, commercials, documentaries, even YouTube.

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Kajeet: Overcoming the K–12 Digital Divide with Education Broadband

EdTech Magazine

By Chad A. Stevens, Ph.D. Kajeet's modular, wireless solution is a refreshing alternative to overcoming K-12 infrastructure woes.

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Let’s Get to Know You! 20+ Icebreakers for Kids

Teacher Reboot Camp

“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” by Plato. The beginning of the school year is a great time to lay the foundations for transforming your young learner classes into peer communities. As part of their development, children need to learn how to play and disagree with each other respectfully. Many of your young learners are still developing their social skills and for them to be successful in your class, it is important to show them how to bui

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Reframing Negative Experiences: 6 Questions that Help Kids Learn from Failure

Brilliant or Insane

Brilliant or Insane When students reflect in order to reframe negative experiences, they find themselves better able to learn from failure and eventually move beyond them. Inviting kids to reframe perceptions that cause them anxiety, grief, or pain is important work that all teachers should be prepared to do. Reframing begins with the awareness that our unique values, beliefs, and experiences […] The post Reframing Negative Experiences: 6 Questions that Help Kids Learn from Failure appeare

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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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It’s not that you don’t have enough money, it’s that you don’t spend it wisely

Dangerously Irrelevant

Like Kansas with its poor , Governor Terry Branstad wants Iowa schools to be more accountable for their spending of state dollars. Citing years of ‘across-the-board money with no accountability [while] Iowa kind of stagnated, ’ he decided to teach our schools a lesson and took some of their money away so that they will learn how to operate more efficiently under austerity conditions, much like Greece and its European Union creditors.

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5 Great Ways to Use the Internet of Things

EdTech Magazine

By Karen J. Bannan These examples demonstrate how networked sensors are already benefiting multiple industries.

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A New Model for Coding in Schools

Digital Promise

Erica is the communications manager at Digital Promise. You can reach her on Twitter at @EricaLawton. “It happened one fateful rainy day” sounds more like the start of a romantic comedy than that of an ed-tech transformation. But in South Fayette Township School District , Pa., that’s how an after-school program for technology and arts eventually became a national model for incorporating computational thinking into a K-12 curriculum.

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I Gave Every Single Student an A and Then.

Brilliant or Insane

Brilliant or Insane I Gave Every Single Student an A and Then. By Phil Hanney Last Year, I took advice from a Brilliant or Insane blog post and gave every single student in all of my classes an A. It was one of the most liberating experiences I have ever had. Of course, I talked to […] The post I Gave Every Single Student an A and Then. appeared first on Brilliant or Insane.

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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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Dear Governor Branstad, we need both

Dangerously Irrelevant

Governor Terry Branstad, from the Des Moines Register : “We gave all this across-the-board money with no accountability and Iowa kind of stagnated while other states put a focus on things that increase their standards that improve their student achievement.” [Governor Branstad] has defended his veto of $55.7 million in one-time funds by saying the solution to improving student performance is not to simply throw money at the problem.

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SDN Paves the Way to the Modern Classroom

EdTech Magazine

By Steve Zurier District IT managers say software-defined networks help them manage mobility and the push for digital learning. .

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6 Sites + 12 + 6 About Coin Counting

Ask a Tech Teacher

Second graders (sometimes first graders) learn about money. The only way to really ‘get it’ is repetition. Here’s a list of websites to provide redundancy for each type of learner: Coin Counting. Counting Money. Money—counting. Piggy Bank. H.I.P. Pocket Change. Cash Out. For a longer list that includes concepts like ‘economics’, try these: Coins and Counting Money.

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10 Things Veteran Teachers Want First Year Teachers to Know

Brilliant or Insane

Brilliant or Insane Shortly after posting 10 Tough Truths About Your First Year of Teaching, friends of mine began reaching out to share their own tough truths and a bit of hope as well. “You need to tell new teachers how it gets better,” one of them suggested. “You need to leave them with a bit of light.” […] The post 10 Things Veteran Teachers Want First Year Teachers to Know appeared first on Brilliant or Insane.

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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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PBL Is Not Your Grandmother’s (Or Yours Either) Project

Battelle for Kids

August 5, 2015, Volume 2, Issue 9, Number 3. Driving Question: How do parents and educators tell the difference between obsolete 20th Century instruction and new 21st Century instruction? Introduction of the letters "P-B-L" to many educators brings a highly predictable shrug. "So what else is new?" they ask. "We've been doing projects since time started.

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Imagine that you wanted to slowly kill public education

Dangerously Irrelevant

Imagine that you are a policymaker who is generally anti-government, anti-union, and pro-privatization. Public schools conflict with all of those, don’t they? So you’ve got a challenge. Citizens and communities generally like and strongly support their schools. Somehow you have to create a narrative over time that erodes citizens’ support for public schools and counters their incredible historical legacies of college and career preparation, citizenship development, cultural socialization,

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Tech Tip #109: Five Second Back-up

Ask a Tech Teacher

As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems. Each week, I’ll share one of those with you. They’re always brief and always focused. Enjoy! Q: I’m paranoid of losing lesson plans, report card comments, and other school work. I back up, but is that enough?

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What Makes Learning Authentic?

Brilliant or Insane

Brilliant or Insane My mom used to take me to the library quite a bit when I was a kid. I’d drag home piles of books and finish them within days. I’d grow bored and get cranky. Then, I’d write. New stories grew out of the books that I finished. In between library visits, I’d read my own […] The post What Makes Learning Authentic? appeared first on Brilliant or Insane.

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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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A More Holistic Approach To Technology Planning

The Web20Classroom

When I was a Director of Instructional Technology I was deeply involved in the technology planning process from one end to the other. Regularly I had to sit through presentations of new products, listening with a skeptical ear while instructional promises were made. I'd also council administrators who felt that the next flashy thing they saw walk through their door, their school had to have.

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How Big is My Dinosaur?

Battelle for Kids

August 3, 2015, Volume 2, Issue 9, Number 1. Driving Question: How can a 2nd grade teacher team design a new way of learning for their students? The primary quad was covered with groups of 2nd grade students who were spread out with large posters, markers, and rulers measuring, drawing, and collaborating over how to design a dinosaur that measured up to specific lengths outlined by the teachers.

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Tech Ed Resources for your Class–K-8 Keyboard Curriculum

Ask a Tech Teacher

Overview. K-8 Keyboard Curriculum (four options plus one)–teacher handbook, student workbooks, companion videos–and help for homeschoolers. 2-Volume Ultimate Guide to Keyboarding. K-5 (237 pages) and Middle School (80 pages), 100 images, 7 assessments. K-5–print/digital; Middle School–digital delivery only. Aligned with Student workbooks and student videos (free with licensed set of student workbooks).

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3 Ways to De-Clutter Students’ Brains

Brilliant or Insane

Brilliant or Insane Adolescents don’t think the same way that adults do. Earth shattering? Probably not. However, according to Iroise Dumontheil, of University College London’s Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, the difference may be more about clutter than it is about experience. In an article in The Guardian, outlining the research, Dumontheil and her partners say, It is not […] The post 3 Ways to De-Clutter Students’ Brains appeared first on Brilliant or Insane.

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The Roses and Thorns of an LMS Strategy: How to Flourish with the Right LMS

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.

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Toward a Conceptual Framework for a Quality, Learning-Focused 1to1 Initiative

More Verbs

Here is an emerging (draft) conceptual framework. In order to create a high performing, learning-focused 1to1 initiative, this is where to move the needle: Leadership skilled at building a high level of buy-in with educators, students and parents/community. Leadership skilled at effectively managing large-scale school change. PD designed to effectively support teachers’ successfully changing classroom practice.

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21st Century Teaching: The Essentials

Battelle for Kids

August 4, 2015, Volume 2, Issue 9, Number 2. We believe it is important to consider that instructional advances need to be made in order to prepare today's students for life and work in this period of teaching and learning transformation. One can consider numerous domains of pedagogical transformation, yet of the possible domains of transforming teaching and learning with technology, we believe two are especially important: closing the feedback gap and enhancing formative assessment and standard

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Dell Education Announces brand new Teaching and Learning Academy! | @DellEDU

TeacherCast

Jeff sits down with Jon Phillips, Managing Director, Strategy of Worldwide Education at Dell Education to discuss their global strategy for educational professional development. In todays episode, we discuss Dell’s Teaching and Learning Academy and how teachers can have access to a robust learning network to help them in their classrooms. About Dell Education.

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How Does Education Get to Now?

Brilliant or Insane

Brilliant or Insane Not long ago, I had a fascinating conversation with bestselling author and Emmy-nominated TV host, Steven Johnson. You likely know him as the author of Stuff Matters, Where Good Ideas Come From, and How We Got to Now; the latter is also a popular television show on PBS. As a consultant at Brightspace Fusion, a conference where leaders discuss […] The post How Does Education Get to Now?

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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.