The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 3, 2021

She shares the WHO system for evaluating technology, tips for hybrid learning, and timeless principles for considering digital equity and relating to your students and colleagues in professional and respectful ways. Dr. Desiree Alexander is an award-winning, multi-degreed educator who has been in the educational field since 2002.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 13, 2019

In 2002 Joan Hughes (now at the University of Texas-Austin) and I received a large federal grant to create the first graduate program in the country designed to prepare technology-savvy school leaders. Minnesota program and numerous other students gained new school technology leadership experiences at partner universities.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

But the increasingly sophisticated technologies that people have come to rely on should not absolve personal responsibility for learning how to spell, write or communicate, says Dave Eggers. Increasingly there’s less choice about when you use technology and when you don’t.” You’ve also helped start a number of education nonprofits.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This is a podcast for all education trailblazers seeking the cutting edge of professional growth. As educators, there are many new options opening up to us that will help improve our classrooms and make our professional development more accessible and available via our mobile devices.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Now is also a time to reflect on what educational technology tools U.S. trillion in American Internet infrastructure have helped to improve broadband speed by 660 times since 2002. The three Ts: Thanksgiving, turkey and tech. school districts are thankful for this year. Chromebooks. However, investments of over $1.5

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2021

LOS ANGELES–( BUSINESS WIRE )– GoGuardian , the leading education technology company helping K-12 schools maximize the learning potential of every student, today announced the appointment of former Google executive Jenny Zhao as GoGuardian’s Chief Technology Officer.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Prepare students for a technological society. On the opposite side is Erthal (2002) who found that third graders do not possess the manual dexterity required for keyboarding, and Hopkins (1998) who considered fourth grade an appropriate age for the commencement of formal keyboarding. Improved creative thought. Questions you may have.

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Digital Promise

MAY 4, 2021

2003), and technology (Kafai & Resnick, 2002; Todd, 1999) suggest that design thinking skills are not merely extras, but can in fact aid students in core subject areas as well as building cognitive and social skills (Carroll et al., Work in mathematics (Goldman et al., 1998), science (Kolodner et al.,

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Pamela Cantor knows first-hand how a child’s environment and early experiences can affect their educational outcomes. There, she learned “not just the stuff about how our lungs and hearts work, but how we love, how we attach, how we nurture and, most of all, how we heal,” she told an audience of about 500 education leaders and entrepreneurs.

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Kathy Schrock

JULY 18, 2021

During the pandemic, many educators used pen tablets and blank presentation slides or online whiteboards to replace their in-classroom whiteboard when they were presenting from home. The wonder of Wacom is the electro-magnetic pen technology which does not use batteries, always works, is pressure sensitive, and very accurate.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 22, 2023

Music and art have always played an integral role in education, fostering creativity, enhancing cognitive skills, and bringing joy to the learning environment. For more educational visuals, check out our Classroom Posters section! Studio Thinking: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education. References Eisner, E.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The last time colleges produced this few humanities graduates was in 2002. Now, the number of college students graduating with a humanities major has fallen for the eighth straight year to under 200,000 degrees in 2020, according to federal data from t he Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. The stakes are high for academia.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

This is especially true when migrating from an education terrain into a work or HR terrain – where employers and their HR teams have not made the nuanced distinction between digital skills and digital literacy, that are made in the education sector. Load and interact with smart phone apps. Digital Citizen.

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ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

One of the key things about the report is that we are asked to suggest what technologies we think will be highly influential in education in the far, medium and near terms. I want to clarify why I voted for certain things as influencing higher education in the future, but that I don’t actually endorse these things.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

In the study of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Mrs. Westbrook’s class discussions have centered on the playwright’s purpose – a purpose the famous author described in a 2002 interview we use as our informational text for the lesson.

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

What was once the premier, must-go conference in the education technology industry is now going away. Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1.

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Edthena

JULY 6, 2023

But it’s time-consuming for leaders to help integrate technology efficiently with already-existing school processes. School administrators should consider how they will support teachers to learn new technology and develop shared schoolwide student learning goals. Check out the highlights of what we’ve been reading below.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

In the next few days, thousands of edtech entrepreneurs, investors, educators and policymakers will flood a hotel in San Diego to attend the Mecca of Education Innovation Optimism known as ASU GSV. based education and workforce technology companies, together amounting to more than $150 billion in market capitalization.

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EdNews Daily

JANUARY 4, 2017

I finished my undergraduate degree at the University of Massachusetts in 2002. Katharine McAllister has been a TEFL teacher since 2002. Katharine, can you please tell us a little bit about your background? I have been teaching English as a Foreign Language since 2003, so over 14 years. About Katharine.

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Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Photo by Sergey Zolkin on unsplash Many educators are now investigating how online technologies can improve, extend or enrich teaching and learning experiences. We now need to consider that geographical distance need no longer be a separator between teachers and students - the distances can be bridged by appropriate use of technology.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 22, 2023

Science education is more than just textbooks and lectures; it’s about igniting curiosity, fostering a love for exploration, and building a deep understanding of the world around us. As educators, we’re always seeking innovative ways to engage students, and one proven method is the use of visual aids such as classroom posters.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

Right before the start of the Fall semester in 2002, Robertson learned that the 400-seat movie theater that held his Principles of Marketing class at San Francisco State University would no longer be available. The only way to overcome the seating limitation was to turn to technology.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

For the past twenty years, I’ve heard this question asked many times about online education. Research about online education. An abundance of studies have examined online education. An objective review published by the American Educational Research Association ( How Does Distance Education Compare with Classroom Instruction?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2020

There’s an outsized focus today on science, technology, engineering and math, known as STEM (or STEAM if you prefer to include “arts”) and for good reason. It’s no surprise kids do indeed have fun with these products, and they also appeal to educators. And many former campers are now professional coders at top technology companies.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 12, 2018

There are differing opinions as to the usefulness, as well as wisdom, of teaching very young students with digital technology. I was quite surprised at how adept some of these youngsters are with the technology (although I shouldn’t be by now!) Ms Foley is now a professor in the Education Department of Grand Canyon University.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 17, 2023

During the edLeader Panel “ A Roadmap to Employability: Integrating Higher-Order Skills Into Curricula and Assessment ,” distinguished speakers shed light on crucial aspects of education policy, funding, and curriculum development, with a focus on preparing students for employability and entrepreneurship.

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MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 26, 2021

Research investigating how such fear develops suggests that a lack of motivational or cognitive support paired with a high demand for correctness from the teacher can lead to students avoiding math probably because they want to avoid showing incompetence in class (Ashcraft, 2002; Turner et al., Department of Education guidelines (Boyce et al.,

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Connecting 2 the World

MARCH 16, 2014

The focus of this post is on defining social identity as it relates to mobile technology. Cell phones and mobile technology has created a new level of social identity in which a person does not have to physically be present to categorize themselves or play a role expected when they perceive themselves as part of a group.

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Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

A few weeks ago, I posted a set of recommended readings that I originally sent to a colleague who asked me what I would recommend as essential reading for understanding technology in student affairs. I’ve updated this list adding two sets of resources. Friedman and the rest of the uncritical MOOC cheerleaders) or dystopian views.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Dell Black Friday and Year Long Education Deals. Did you know that Dell has a cost-free education discount program offered to educators and their friends and family all year long? Check the deals out today at www.dell.com/epp/coolcatteacher and enjoy some awesome new technology this holiday season! Click Here for Deals.

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100mentors

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Concepts”, “understanding”, and their combination for “conceptual understanding” have more than one definition in an educational context. As educators, we work toward a clear distinction of the concepts within our subject, but we often turn a blind eye to students’ prior knowledge. Approaches to teaching and learning. Joshi (Eds.),

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 14, 2019

The gender gap varies across STEM fields – science, technology, engineering and math. students who were 10th graders in 2002 and were followed through 2012 show that girls do better in school than boys do and are more likely to graduate from college. Contemporary data on U.S.

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More Verbs

MARCH 1, 2016

In the spring of 2002, eighteen regional meetings were held around Maine in support of the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI). Each school sent a shared leadership team (a teacher leader, building principal, and technology coordinator). Educators from all of the then 239 MLTI schools attended the meetings.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2023

Working with people—in addition to working with the technology or materials or curriculum—means that cooperative interactions occur daily. For this reason, relational trust is a key factor within the learning environment to have engagement and success (Bryk & Schneider, 2002; Bryk et al., Insights About Teachers’ Work.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 6, 2021

Impero, a leading provider of online student safety and classroom and network management software, today announced that it has acquired Netop, an international software solutions provider to the education and corporate sectors, from Consolidated Holdings A/S. We have a common history and complementary culture.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2019

It’s a prime event to draw attention to black talent in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The percentage of jobs that require low levels of digital skill dropped from 56 percent in 2002 to 30 percent in 2016. Related: Support for charters in 2020 election comes with a price.

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Waterford

APRIL 6, 2021

Read on to learn more about the emotional and academic benefits of musical education. When a child is exposed to musical education from a young age, the parts of their brain that process sound, speech, reading, and language develop at an accelerated rate.[1] In addition, music education is linked to social-emotional development.

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