Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Here’s his feedback on a new slideshow creator he found for the 2016-17 school year: I think I may have stumbled upon one of the web’s best kept secrets for teachers and educators – it’s called mysimpleslideshow. Storyline templates for educators range in subject areas, so all teachers can utilize the tool.

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Hapara

JANUARY 14, 2022

Integrating technology into instruction and learning is a way of life for educators today. Luckily there are edtech experts who are sharing strategies and tools through blog posts, social media, books, courses and podcasts. Here are 10 edtech experts every educator should follow. She is also the author of several edtech books.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2021

That fact is not lost on investors who foresee greater demand for early-education programs and services after society reopens its doors. In January, Higher Ground Education, an operator of Montessori education and teacher training centers, raised $40 million. Recent forecasts point to a growing industry. In 2019, total U.S.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2023

Education researchers have long kept an eye on the changing demographics of public schools, some looking at the potential for those shifts to shepherd in inequity as ethnic groups migrate or fluctuate in size. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. to see how their communities have changed. Census Bureau.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 25, 2023

The National Education Association defines teacher burnout as "a more temporary condition in which an educator has exhausted the personal and professional resources necessary to do the job. Demoralization occurs when an educator believes she is unable to perform the work in ways that uphold the high standards of the profession."

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

She has authored three books on how to integrate technology into the elementary music classroom. She is the recipient of the 2005 TI:ME Teacher of the Year, 2016 NJ Master Music Teacher, 2016 Governor’s Leader in Arts Education, and the 2017 NJ Nonpublic School Teacher of the Year Awards. Maarten, and Australia.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2019

Without ignoring that much of what differentiates one school from another takes place below the surface, the desire to make schools look like high-tech office spaces might be just the latest demonstration that education has historically followed and reflected —rather than led—technological, political and economic change.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 28, 2022

In an effort to spotlight their two hats, I feature teacher-authors on both my writing and education blogs. She graduated with a BS in Education in 2005 and set out to teach in the gorgeous green Pacific Northwest, where she and her husband lived. Book links. Where Shall I Flee? Whom Shall I Fear?

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Waterford

JANUARY 30, 2020

But many educators argue that a focus on only cognitive ability is too narrow to measure a student’s ability and undermines the importance of emotional intelligence. Emotional Intelligence Read-Along : As a class, read one of these picture books that teach emotional intelligence, then discuss what your students learned from the book.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Learning (defined as actionable knowledge) can reside outside of ourselves (within an organization or a database), is focused on connecting specialized information sets, and the connections that enable us to learn more are more important than our current state of knowing” (Siemens, 2005, p.5). Click To Tweet.

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eSchool News

JULY 29, 2022

This summer, thousands of educators and vendors who serve education descended on New Orleans and braved 110% humidity for the first “back to normal” conference for the International Society of Technology in Education, or ISTE. There are many esoteric challenges facing education today. Not having control is scary.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

As I’ve shared in my books on global collaboration and in speeches around the world, children are the greatest textbook ever written for each other. When students at a young age have early positive experiences with diverse types of people, they are more willing to have positive perceptions of diverse peoples later in life. (See

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 20, 2023

Laughter is more than a mere response to a witty comment or a funny joke; it’s a powerful educational tool that can transform the learning experience for children. Research has repeatedly underscored the value of humor in educational settings. Why was the math book sad? Why was the geography book so happy?

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Battelle for Kids

JULY 6, 2016

Driving Question : What if a high school combines global education, creativity and technology to prepare students for today's flat world? "By In his landmark book The World is Flat (2005), his predictions made us rethink our place on this planet. Volume 3, Issue 6, Number 2.

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EdTechTeam

MAY 12, 2017

I received this book by Holly Clark , Sylvia Duckworth , Jeffery Heil , David Hotler , Donnie Piercey , & Lisa Thumann the other day and within two days I had scoured through it, tabbed some pages, and started formulating some ideas. degree in Education in Curriculum Instruction & Design from Wayne State College. He has a M.S.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2023

First up is AJ Jacobs, an undergraduate in his junior year at Winthrop University who is studying to become an elementary school educator. She was a special education teacher. It was very disheartening, because I'm a person who likes to learn from books and hands-on experiences. I think of my public education in segments.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 7, 2023

YouTube first founded in around February 14, 2005 and since then it has grown so exponentially that as of 2021 YouTube boasts 2.24 It is my go to platform for quality educational video content. TED Ed TED Ed is the educational version of TED. Documentaries are insightful and educational.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Since President Obama’s ConnectED announcement in 2013 in Mooresville, NC , there has been more than $10 billion committed as part of the five-year program to transform American education. We want to celebrate the extraordinary collaborations between educators and the private sector that have occurred because of ConnectED.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Cool Cat Teacher, established December 9, 2005 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. On this day in 2005, I started blogging. Many education websites are as useful to me as an ashtray on a motorcycle; I’ll tell you what is useful — your blogs. A blog is a journey.

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Waterford

JANUARY 10, 2020

You could, for example, stock your school library with a few books in their first language or connect them with other students who speak their language. Educators thought for decades that learning two languages at once would hinder a child’s literacy development.[14] Bilingual (Immersion) Education: Cognitive and Language Development.

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Buncee

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Students and educators are encouraged to create a fun and interactive holiday ecard or “Holiday Hug” for children spending the holidays in a hospital. Between the years of 2005 and 2006, I spent many days at MD Anderson with my mother while she was undergoing surgery and receiving treatment for stage 4 Ovarian Cancer.

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EdNews Daily

AUGUST 30, 2019

Players are given the opportunity to choose based on their awareness, their knowledge of situational affordances (Buder & Bodemer, 2005). This approach is similar to the Choose Your Own Adventure books. As Koster (2005) says, “Fun is about learning in context where there is no pressure, and that is why games matter” (98).

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Makers are smart, cool and as individualistic as they come—and Dougherty relishes telling their stories in his new book, “Free to Make: How the Maker Movement is Changing Our Schools, Our Jobs and Our Minds.” The book is colorful snapshot of the people, projects and spirit of what has become known as the “maker movement.”

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

Welcome back to our insightful series on 21st century education. It’s astounding to reflect on how much has changed in the intervening years in the world of education and teaching. In this latest installment, we turn our focus back to a topic I last discussed in 2011: the characteristics of 21st-century teachers.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 23, 2023

In today’s increasingly diverse and interconnected world, conversations about race, diversity, and inclusion have become essential components of education. As teachers and educators, we bear the responsibility of facilitating these critical discussions with our students. Be ready to explain these concepts in age-appropriate ways.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 28, 2023

It takes an integrated and holistic approach that considers both intrinsic and extrinsic factors to enhance students motivation and drive their engagement (Dôrnyei, 2005). Example : In a language arts class, students could be given the choice to select a book for a book report.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

million students access its digital course materials, including those at 750 of the top 1,000 higher education institutions in North America. The publisher sells books in subjects that include English, psychology, Spanish and professional development. Bluedoor was founded in 2005 and is based in Minneapolis.

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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. February 2005: Bellevue, Washington. But as Slivka worked his way through this new world one pathway became clear: education. Copyright © 2014.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

AUGUST 11, 2015

Click here for a video , which shares some of the cool features of his book series. Bio - Hayfa Majdoub ( @haymajd ) has been teaching English since 2005. Hayfa participated in the Forum of Innovative Educators organized in Tunisia in partnership with Microsoft and Youth for Science Foundation (Y.S.F.)

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Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Apple introduced podcasting in 2005 with the popularity of its iPods. Educational Duct Tape. While in 2005 this project took more time than it would now, Kasey still hears about the positive impact it had on her students from that year. . Book reviews/trailers. On-the-go listening has made podcasts incredibly popular.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2019

In addition to his budding knowledge as an outdoor reporter, Gardiner is an established expert on Sustained Silent Reading (SSR); he practiced SSR with his students from the very beginning of his career and published Building Student Literacy Through Sustained Silent Reading in 2005. They have the ability to say, "I don't like this book.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 7, 2021

This is part of our Bootstraps podcast series about merit, myths and education, that we’re co-producing with the journalism nonprofit Open Campus. For this episode of the EdSurge Podcast, we are taking a closer look at the SAT’s impact: Who is it for? And is it fair?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

A decade ago professors complained of a growing “epidemic” in education: Wikipedia. Students were citing it in papers, while educators largely laughed it off as inaccurate and saw their students as lazy, or worse. There’s even a new peer-reviewed academic journal about using Wikipedia in higher education. This is true.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Founded in 2005, Wyzant offers an expansive digital network of more than 65,000 tutors from a broad spectrum of academic and professional fields. Wyzant’s Homeschooling Concierge takes the guesswork out of finding the perfect private tutor for a family’s at-home education goals.

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NeverEndingSearch

MAY 14, 2020

2005/2006) “The Virtual Library.” Educational Leadership , 63 (4), 54-59. . Virtual Libraries: Their Influence on High School Students’ Information Seeking and Use. Chapter in Mary K. Chelton and Colleen Cool. Youth Information Seeking Behavior. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow. Valenza, J.K. Valenza, J.K. In Laverna Saunders. (Ed.)

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TeacherCast

MAY 28, 2019

Are you interested in taking your educational podcast on the road this year? If you are looking for the best equipment setup for your educational podcast or mobile equipment for your classroom podcast , please feel free to set up a time to set up a coaching session. Surface Book 2. Audio Technica 2005 USB (4).

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Back in 2005, one of the biggest stories in tech was a project by a group of MIT professors to build a $100 laptop and give them to children in schools around the world. EdSurge recently connected with Ames to talk about the book and about her theory about the dangers of what she calls “charismatic technology.” How was it pitched?

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