Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2018

This article is part of a collection of op-eds from thought leaders, educators and entrepreneurs who reflect on the state of education technology in 2018, and share where it’s headed next year. What should educators learn from 2018 and where are we going next year? For 2018, consider four that caught my attention.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 27, 2018

Proposals are due by 12 noon EDT on March 30, 2018. All accepted proposals will be notified on or before April 15, 2018. Suzie Boss – Inspiring speaker, consultant, and author of several popular books including All Together Now: How to Engage Your Stakeholders in Reimaging School and Reinventing Project-Based Learning.

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User Generated Education

AUGUST 12, 2018

These are the activities I used on the first day of school with my 2018 gifted classes of 2nd to 6th grade students (some similar to past beginning of the year activities and some new ones): Thumball Ice Breaker. Best Book or Author. What is your favorite story (book or movie)? Example prompts include: Three Wishes. Warp Speed.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

The 2018 Honor Roll: EdTech’s Must-Read K-12 IT Blogs. Sun, 04/29/2018 - 20:12. Keeler has more than 50 tips for Google Classroom under her belt, with an e-book on that series in progress. juliet.vanwage…. In the digital age, using your voice has taken on a whole new meaning. CDW VV2 Strategy. CDW Segment. Original or Curated.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

As some of you may have realized by now, Dean Shareski and I have a new book out. In the book we also note some strategies to address each of the relevancy gaps and highlight some schools that are doing well on the 4 big shifts of deeper learning, student agency, authentic work, and robust technology infusion. Happy reading!

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EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 28, 2018

Here’s a complete list of must-try Edtech Resources and Technology Tools for Teachers: BOOK CREATOR. Any student can create, publish, and share online books using Book Creator. They also have the option to create a book from scratch. If you are doing a book review or a film review in class, this would be the perfect tool.

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techlearning

MAY 31, 2018

BOSTON, MA, and New York, NY —May 31, 2018—Today The Horn Book, Inc., and The Boston Globeannounced the 2018 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners. A winner and two honor books were selected in three categories: Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction. ,” said Roger Sutton, editor in chief, The Horn Book, Inc.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

It’s time for one of my favorite projects of the year: Student Book Budget. This year their budget comes from the profit we made from book fair. The book budget is their chance to make sure that books are added to our library that represent their interests. This budget comes from many places.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 17, 2018

Julie Hembree and her students are sending Books to Africa. Books to Africa and My Personal Transformation to a Global Educator. Date: January 17, 2018. I have had a Books to Africa program going since 2012. Every year my students do a coin drive, and they raise money to pay for the shipping of books. Listen Now.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2019

In 2018, it reached classrooms in 52,000 schools, or nearly half of all public schools in the U.S. The STEM-related projects on DonorsChoose—which made up 13 percent of all requests in 2018, up from 10 percent in 2016—continue to shape and expand what it means to learn computer science, Rosen adds.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2022

CLEVELAND – June 7, 2022 – Digital book access for reading and listening for K-12 students has reached a milestone. Students using the free Sora student reading app have now accessed more than 100 million books from their school’s digital collections since Sora launched in 2018. In addition, Ms.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The 2018 Picture Book Smackdown was held on November 29, 2018. This has been a yearly tradition since November became Picture Book Month. During a smackdown, we hold a Youtube Live event where students and authors in multiple states book talk as many picture books as possible across 45-60 minutes.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2020

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library was one of the book giveaway programs that obtained “impressive” results for early childhood literacy in a May 2020 analysis by international researchers. But does simply giving away free books to low-income families with young children help with early reading?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 11, 2018

Through my Teachers Pay Teachers store, I have two lesson plans help you plan Martin Luther King Day on January 15, 2018. Interactive book for young readers. Students interpret the words of Dr. Martin Luther King in their own words in a visual organizer. Great project that gets students thinking about the impact of words on history.

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Reading By Example

APRIL 7, 2018

I am pleased and honored to share that we will be reading Literacy Essentials: Engagement, Excellence, and Equity for All Learners by Regie Routman (Stenhouse, 2018) for our summer book club. From May through July, contributors will post their thinking and takeaways on this collaborative blog while reading the book.

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 5, 2020

I am excited to announce that Katie Novak and I will be starting an Instagram book study on January 22, 2020, on my co-authored book, “ Innovate Inside the Box: Empowering Learners Through UDL and the Innovator’s Mindset.” The book study will begin on January 22, 2020, and finish on February 12, 2020. Below is a sample.).

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Our student book budget group is a group of 3rd-5th grade students who volunteer their time to decide on new books for the library. They noticed that we have a lot more humor chapter books than they realized. Each group noticed that in picture books the top requests were humor, jokes, graphic novels, and sports.

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Tech Helpful

JANUARY 1, 2019

Without further delay here are my top 10 most read posts of 2018: Changing the Conversation about Technology: A Teenager's Attempt - This is by far my favorite post ever. My most read post for 2018 actually became part of the curriculum in some of the English classes at our school this year.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 15, 2020

Roots to Empathy , MindUp ) Dr. Kim has over 100 publications in scholarly journals, book chapters, and reports and has edited two books on mindfulness in education, including a co-edited book (with Dr. Robert W.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 26, 2020

Some teachers are finding that online, it is almost impossible.Are your grade books like Swiss Cheese? Mary shares her strategies through her blog, [link] and was featured as an NYSED New York State EdTech Innovator in October 2018. She was a New York State Teacher of the year finalist for 2018 and 2020.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2018

2018 was a year in which public school teachers all over the US rose up in protest over pay , working conditions, and funding , striking in red states like West Virginia , Kentucky, and Oklahoma despite an anti-union ruling by the Supreme Court. I’m also writing a book, and frankly that’s where my time and energy is going.

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The Jose Vilson

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Mind you, at the end of 2017, I set a goal to minimize how many arguments I’d get into on Twitter in 2018, but I must have missed the fine print when I signed on that platform because I failed hard. Some of the books do a solid job of charting some activities that can be integrated into simple or complex conversations.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 5, 2023

Mary won ISTE's 2018 “Virtual Pioneer of the Year” and was a New York State Teacher of the Year finalist in 2018 and 2020. Mary’s accolades include recognition as the 2018 International Society for Technology in Education’s Virtual Pioneer of the Year and a Silver Presidential Volunteer Service award.

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The Jose Vilson

DECEMBER 30, 2018

He’s got a few books, a widely-read blog, tons of followers, a fellowship, and a National Board certification, so he really doesn’t need this.” I don’t know what that metaphor means, but 2018 felt like it was preparing me to assume the role of the person I need to be. For Alejandro. For #EduColor.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 1, 2023

Our second Library 2.023 mini-conference: " Banned Books and Censorship: Current Intellectual Freedom Issues in the Library ," will be held online (and for free) nextThursday, June 8th, 2023, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. The book is available for preorder and will be released in October of 2023.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

In the age-old debate between printed books and eBooks, the eBook gets more points for many reasons—one of them being its optimum level of interactivity. There’s no denying that printed books are hard to replace, but it’s hard not to praise the various features that eBooks have to offer. What is an Interactive Digital Book?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2020

His best-selling book, Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools, Today , co-authored with Eric Sheninger and published by ASCD, was released in June 2017. His most recent book, Personal & Authentic: Designing Learning Experiences that Impact a Lifetime , was released in October of 2019.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

In 2018, EMS was awarded the ASCD Whole Child Award for the State of Washington and the Global “Class Act Award” for creating a culture of excellence through kindness, service, and empathy. Currently, he’s working on his own book about school culture. He’s passionate about school culture, servant leadership, and kindness.

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Reading By Example

APRIL 20, 2020

For the last three summers, contributors have responded here to the following books: Becoming a Literacy Leader by Jennifer Allen (2017) Literacy Essentials by Regie Routman (2018) The Listening Leader by Shane Safir (2019). Everyone is encouraged to participate by reading the book together during the summer months.

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The Principal of Change

JUNE 17, 2018

This gave me the idea of doing a book study on my book, “ The Innovator’s Mindset ,” starting July 2 and going until July 18. Each day of the book study (or as you see fit), participants will be asked to share a reflection in some form on what they have read. July 2, 2018. July 3, 2018.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 24, 2018

The post SNEAK PEEK: Kasey’s 2018 ISTE Presentations! SNEAK PEEK: Shake Up Learning’s ISTE Presentations 2018! To show you how much I appreciate your loyalty to this blog, I’m giving you early access to all of my ISTE 2018 presentations. ISTE 2018 – shakeup.link/iste18. © Shake Up Learning 2018.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 11, 2018

The post Join the Shake Up Learning Summer Book Study! Join the Shake Up Learning Summer Book Study! YOU are invited to join the Shake Up Learning Summer Book Study! I am #superexcited to launch a super fun summer book study of my new book, Shake Up Learning: Practical Ideas to Move Learning From Static to Dynamic.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

It’s November 1, which means the beginning of picture book month. Today, we launched our annual picture book challenge. Some years, students have earned stamps for reading a certain number of picture books. This year, I decided to focus on the genres of our picture book section. I also included a line.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 28, 2023

book that is new? Subscribe to the Show Resources Mentioned in Episode 803 Show Sponsor: Propello – free NGSS-aligned differentiated science curriculum for middle school The Reading Strategies Book 2.0 Her newest books are THE READING STRATEGIES BOOK 2.0 Book and the 2.0

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 15, 2020

Roots to Empathy , MindUp ) Dr. Kim has over 100 publications in scholarly journals, book chapters, and reports and has edited two books on mindfulness in education, including a co-edited book (with Dr. Robert W.

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Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 24, 2019

Education crowdfunding site DonorsChoose.org released its 2018 classroom funding data, identifying the products that teachers requested most over the year. The post Social-Emotional Learning, Furniture, and Books: What Products Teachers Want Most appeared first on Market Brief.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Presidents’ Day is an American holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February–this year, February 19, 2018. Originally established in 1885 in recognition of President George Washington, it is still unofficially called “Washington’s Birthday” by many. Activities. More activities. Enchanted Learning Activities.

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