Ed Tech from the Ground Up
DECEMBER 22, 2014
'With every new technological advance comes the promise of a dramatic transformation in our educational ecosystem. Which one will incite a revolution? Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.
Teacher Reboot Camp
DECEMBER 21, 2014
Included in the Digital Ideas Advent Calendar with a new idea each day! Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change. – Bob Kerrey. Teaching citizenship isn’t an additional part of the curriculum. A good lesson plan or project will get students to learn how to be kind, generous, problem-solving, caring, compassionate, imaginative, creative, emphatic, and/or helpful while also getting them to learn.
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Educational Technology Guy
DECEMBER 22, 2014
'Alice Keeler''s blog has been a great find for me as she posts a lot of items about Google apps, especially Google Classroom. You should definitely check out her blog. She created a great Student Quick Guide for Google Classroom. Go here to view it: [link]. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy. Feel free to share summaries and links to these articles, but do not copy and repost entire article.
Digital Promise
DECEMBER 22, 2014
'Every Tuesday and Thursday morning, the Rhode Island Family Literacy Initiative (RIFLI) , one of Digital Promise’s Beacon Project communities , holds computer classes for adult English as a Second Language (ESL) students. The classes are a product of RIFLI’s plan to create a 1:1 classroom computing model that, according to RIFLI’s Director Karisa Tashjian, “blurs the lines between language/content learning and using technology.” The classes are popular and full of
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User Generated Education
DECEMBER 26, 2014
'Our creative genius is the fountainhead of originality. It fires our compulsion to evolve. It inspires us to challenge norms. Creative genius is about flying to new heights on untested wings. It is about the danger of crashing. It is amorphous, magical, unmeasurable and unpredictable…But we need our genius to bail ourselves out of the messes we continually get ourselves into.
Teacher Reboot Camp
DECEMBER 22, 2014
'Included in the Digital Ideas Advent Calendar with a new idea each day! I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. – Dr. Seuss. Often, you will see me include pictures of my pug in my webinars, keynotes, or profile pictures. I had few people question if this is professional. When I conduct classes- online and offline- I am more concerned with building relationships with my students and getting them to warm up to me.
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The Innovative Educator
DECEMBER 20, 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 One mistake presenters should never make and 8 str.
Learning with 'e's
DECEMBER 21, 2014
'I went on public record several times this year to say that the best continuing professional development (CPD) I have ever received has been through Twitter. Now it depends on how you define CPD, but for me it is the personal learning you require to sustain, enhance and extend your own capabilities within your professional practice. This learning can come in many forms.
Teacher Reboot Camp
DECEMBER 26, 2014
'Included in the Digital Ideas Advent Calendar with a new idea each day! I am not a teacher, but an awakener. – Robert Frost. Many students take notes, because the teacher requires it, but many do not know how to take notes effectively. Students also don’t know how to preserve paper notes well. The ink gets smeared, the paper gets tattered, and their isn’t a quick and easy way to categorize or search paper notes.
Educational Technology Guy
DECEMBER 23, 2014
'Evernote , my main resource, is a very useful app. Many people want to learn to use it, but aren''t sure where to start. So, here are some resources and examples of how to use it. Evernote allows you to create notebooks, notes, stacks of notebooks, attach any kind of file to a note, link notes to each other, create lists and more. It is a very powerful tool and lets you really organize things.
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.
The Innovative Educator
DECEMBER 25, 2014
'Happy holidays innovative educators. Since educators across this country and beyond are with their families, I''m keeping today''s post light and letting you know that beginning in 2015, The Innovative Educator blog is launching "Thowback Thursday," which means I will share posts that mattered in the early days of this blog. To launch this, I share the very first post of "The Innovative Educator" blog.
Learning with 'e's
DECEMBER 22, 2014
'Are there any questions that you cannot Google? It''s a provocative question I have asked several times to audiences in the last few days. It''s a tough question to answer, as my audiences in Amsterdam and Dublin discovered this week. Try it yourself and see. What is there that is not discoverable, if you know what questions to ask? If we can search for and find just about any knowledge on the web these days, the key question must be: what is left that we cannot search for?
Teacher Reboot Camp
DECEMBER 21, 2014
'Included in the Digital Ideas Advent Calendar with a new idea each day! Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change. – Bob Kerrey. Teaching citizenship isn’t an additional part of the curriculum. A good lesson plan or project will get students to learn how to be kind, generous, problem-solving, caring, compassionate, imaginative, creative, emphatic, and/or helpful while also getting them to learn.
Educational Technology Guy
DECEMBER 23, 2014
'Communication is paramount in education. Whether it is teacher to student, student to student, teacher to teacher, teacher to parent, teacher to admin or admin to parent, or vice versa, communication is needed to make sure our students are successful. Communication is something that doesn''t always happen. Sometimes is a lack of time, a lack of resources, a lack of knowing how to get the point across or a language barrier.
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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda
DECEMBER 26, 2014
'Inspired by Alice Keeler''s Top 10 Blog Posts of 2014 ( I HIGHLY recommend you add her to your MVP list!), I decided to create a list too. These posts had the most traffic in 2014: 1. "What is the Mindset of a Maker Educator?" Resources Mentioned in Edcamp Online , Oct 25 2. 11 12 Great GOOGLE CLASSROOM Tutorials by Early Access Testers , July 25 3. 10 Popular Pinterest Boards for End-of-the-Year Classroom Activity Ideas , May 5 4. 5 Tech Tools, Innumerable Possibilities -- from the Hawaii #Gaf
Technology Tidbits
DECEMBER 23, 2014
'RedCritter is a new teacher management app that educators can do to assign awards, assess student behavior/performance, take attendance, generate reports, and much much more. Also, this is a nice and safe communication/notification tool to use w/ parents and students. I highly recommend checking out RedCritter by clicking here !!! Below is a demo video.
Teacher Reboot Camp
DECEMBER 26, 2014
Included in the Digital Ideas Advent Calendar with a new idea each day! I am not a teacher, but an awakener. – Robert Frost. Many students take notes, because the teacher requires it, but many do not know how to take notes effectively. Students also don’t know how to preserve paper notes well. The ink gets smeared, the paper gets tattered, and their isn’t a quick and easy way to categorize or search paper notes.
Educational Technology Guy
DECEMBER 23, 2014
'I have a few apps and resources that I use on a daily basis. I thought this might be a nice way to end the year. Here they are and how I use them: Email - I use Google''s Inbox for most email, and Outlook at work. In Outlook, the Evernote Clipper is my main tool to get things out of Outlook and into Evernote where I can use it. I love Inbox for email as I can create reminders, add reminders to emails, more easily categorize and organize them.
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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda
DECEMBER 23, 2014
'Our library''s third pop-up Maker event, this time with a Christmas theme, was a HIT! Lauralei and Corin (both in black) taught students how to make loom bands to give as Christmas gifts. Jasmine showed students how to make snowflakes, and Darby cranes. The library was abuzz -- three student advisories dropped in after lunch :) I went for a large and bright snowflake, and Phoebe went for a multi-colored and dainty one.
Comfortably 2.0
DECEMBER 23, 2014
'I had originally blogged about my first experience with #digitaldetox a couple of years ago when my family went on vacation to Florida. It was a refreshing experience and I am finding that this holiday season offers another wonderful opportunity to power down, look up and be present to enjoy every moment with my family. Today, @JenBadura and I are celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary.
Teacher Reboot Camp
DECEMBER 22, 2014
Included in the Digital Ideas Advent Calendar with a new idea each day! I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. – Dr. Seuss. Often, you will see me include pictures of my pug in my webinars, keynotes, or profile pictures. I had few people question if this is professional. When I conduct classes- online and offline- I am more concerned with building relationships with my students and getting them to warm up to me.
Educational Technology Guy
DECEMBER 22, 2014
'Many people want to go completely with cloud services, but many, like me, like having a backup of our cloud data somewhere besides that service. I keep backup''s of my Google and Evernote data on my home laptop, which also gets saved on my archive hard drive. But what if you don''t want to use any sort of backup/download on your own devices? What if you are going completely Chromebook ?
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.
mauilibrarian2 in Olinda
DECEMBER 24, 2014
'My little group of student readers selected a Winter Wonderland theme for our library''s sixth annual Keiki* Christmas Storytelling Hour, the last stop for the children at the Alumni Keiki Christmas Party. Oh what fun it was! ? 4 student readers and the librarian, with some of the student-made snowflakes in the background. Aria reads The Polar Express.
Technology Tidbits
DECEMBER 23, 2014
'Mickey''s Magical Math World is a wonderful free iPad app for teaching basic Math concepts to young learners (PreK-KDG). The game is divided up into 5 different worlds that focus on different Math concepts, such as: shapes, counting, addition/subtraction, and more. The games main theme centers around using these concepts to help Mickey build a rocket ship.
StratEDgy
DECEMBER 22, 2014
'This is the season when many people start thinking about their future. Here is a gift for those of you that are thinking about trying something new in 2015. .
Educational Technology Guy
DECEMBER 23, 2014
'There are a lot of course management tools available for educators, including Blackboard and PowerSchool, that allow educators to do attendance, grading, post and organize resources and lessons, and interact with students. Many of them cost money. Moodle is free, but you have to pay to host it somewhere, or host it yourself. There are some great, free alternatives available.
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.
Educator Innovator
DECEMBER 22, 2014
KQED’s learning and education technology blog MindShift has long been one of our go-to sources for news about the future of learning. MindShift recently released the Guide to Digital Games and Learning – a comprehensive resource that answers many of the most pressing questions that educators, parents and others have raised around using digital games for learning.
Technology Tidbits
DECEMBER 23, 2014
'Sphero is a programmable toy/robot/sphere that is being used in schools worldwide. This is a super fun and fantastic learning device that lets students program their Sphero on any mobile device. There is even a curriculum called SPRK (Schools Parents Robots Kids) that is dedicated to teaching kids Common Core skills aligned to STEM (i.e. Science/Technology/Math).
StratEDgy
DECEMBER 22, 2014
This is the season when many people start thinking about their future. Here is a gift for those of you that are thinking about trying something new in 2015. .
Educational Technology Guy
DECEMBER 20, 2014
'Happy Holidays - Christmas is a few days away and we are off to see Santa today with my daughter. Above is her picture with Santa last year and a family photo at Christmas. Hopefully everyone gets a chance to relax, recharge and spend some time with family and friends this season. Here are the most read posts for the week: 10 Great, Free Apps for Students for Notetaking and Class Planning Fur.ly - URL shortener for multiple URLs Chromebooks - definitely awesome for education Free alternatives t
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