EdTech4Beginners

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

I recently saw a great idea on Pinterest: black-out poetry. When I tried it with my class recently, it worked really well; my students enjoyed the lesson and it was particularly effective at developing their word selection skills. How do you do it? 1) Find an old fiction book. 2) Rip a page out for each child. 3) The pupils must use a pencil to select and circle words on the page to form a poem (this is harder than it seems, so a pencil allows for errors to be erased). 4) A simple picture must

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Ditch That Textbook

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Three years ago I embarked on the voyage “Ss Blogging” in my fifth grade classroom. (It’s a take on the “SS” abbreviation for “Steam Ship.” Remember the “SS Minnow” from Gilligan’s Island? In this case, Ss is the Twitter abbreviation for “students” … very fitting!) It has evolved into a learning adventure, where I am [.].

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The Journal

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Due to a number of high profile successes (e.g., beating the world Go champion) recently, Artificial Intelligence technologies have been receiving a great deal of attention by companies and by the press. K–12 doesn’t want to be left out! But, in this week’s blog post we argue that, for good reason, K–12 shouldn’t be looking to AI to solve its problems.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

As I look across the presentations and workshops and keynotes that educational leadership faculty are sponsoring and facilitating, outside of a few isolated pockets I don’t see much evidence that we’re having wide-ranging and substantive conversations about the need for students to: engage in deeper and higher-level learning instead of spending 80% to 85% of their time on regurgitation and recall of low-level knowledge items (that can be found via smartphone voice search in seconds);

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Virtually all teachers wind up paying out of their own pocket for supplies. In fact, according to the Education Market Association , on average, most spend nearly $500 per year, and one in 10 spent $1,000 or more. Last year, a total of $1.6 billion in school supply costs was shifted from parents – or struggling districts – onto teachers. Grants for Teachers in Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Kiddom , a transformative approach to teaching and personalized learning, has a new guide available for teachers–and it’s free: Blended Learning 101: An Introduction to Blended Learning Instruction. You can download it by clicking the link. Learn how to start a blended learning program in your classroom or at your school. For more about Kiddom, see my review, What is Kiddom?

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

#11 Teacher Jim Forde shares his inspirational song for teachers and the story behind it From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Jim Forde (@ stemnetwork ) is a middle school science teacher in Stamford, CT for over 20 years experience. He is a past Stamford teacher of the year and a 2016 White House Champion of Change honoree for work in CS in Education.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Ellen Dorr helps Renton School District rethink technology’s place in the classroom.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Along with my good friend and literacy expert Shaelynn Farnsworth , we examine what authentic learning means and what these classrooms truly look like. Reimagining education is frequently sparked by advancement in technology. From the introduction of the No. 2 pencil to the streaming of video in to support learning and teaching, technology is typically the driver to change.

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Teacher Tech

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

5 Things About Google Slides You Did Not Know This is a little cheating as some of these features are new so you could not have known!! Google Slides is one of my favorites. I use it to have students GIVE ME information rather than get information. Truly transformative for teaching. 1. Insert Video from […]. The post 5 Things About Google Slides You Did Not Know appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Though makerspaces are becoming more mainstream, creating and maintaining one could overwhelm educators who are starting from scratch. Aside from the technology tools and other resources that make up the space, it’s wise to have a plan in terms of when students will use the space, how it will be shared, where funding will come from, and how students will demonstrate what they are learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Imagine opening your chemistry textbook and being able to use an interactive periodic table to create complex chlorofluorocarbon compounds. Or listening to Winston Churchill’s famous 1940 Battle of Britain speech directly from your book. As students’ digital literacy grows, schools must match or surpass the level of technology students use outside of the classroom.

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EdTechTeacher

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Though impressive, the first Virtual Reality offerings in education primarily consisted of pre-created experiences where students could explore famous landmarks, geographic regions and unique locations. For instance, thoughtfully developed tools such as Google Expeditions and Nearpod VR allow teachers to guide their students through powerful pre-created immersive virtual reality environments.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

It would be rather ironic if, after her contentious confirmation process, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos found herself out of a job. Yet that might be the case if House Representative Thomas Massie (R-Ken.) has his way. On the same day that DeVos won her bitterly contested post , Massie introduced a bill to “terminate” the federal Department of Education (ED) on Dec. 31, 2018.

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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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ProfHacker

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

I write. A lot. But I don’t get edited very often, and I am terrible at revising my own work. I came across this little tool, developed by Mikhail Panko, a PhD student in computational neuroscience, called Expresso. You paste your text into a text box and it gives you a number of metrics directly in the text. It aims to help you find “weak spots” in your text, as well as encouraging you to paste the text of writers you admire to compare styles.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Steve Moore didn’t expect to go back to college. He dropped out long ago, when he was a “20-year-old-hot-head” and landed a lucrative job at a friend’s start-up. At the time he figured he didn’t need college. Now he’s 29, but that company shut down, and he’s unexpectedly out of work. Though he almost scored a couple of gigs since then, his mentors say he needs a degree to move his resume to the top of employers’ lists.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

February 13, 2017 Critical thinking is a key skill in today's learning. In a digitally focused world replete with amateurish content and fake news, the ability to critically asses propositions and.read more.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

In the push to get more students into college and on career-ready tracks, fewer and fewer high school students are making the jump into one of the industries that employs the most Americans : manufacturing. But why? According to David Clayton, director of Greenville Technical College’s Center for Manufacturing Innovation (CMI) in South Carolina, the answer lies in part due to a longstanding, oversimplified stereotype that’s pervaded the industry for years.

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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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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

When I left the classroom in 2014 after 14 years of teaching in the United States, it was for a variety of reasons. Primarily, though, I felt a need to address systemic issues plaguing public education, some stemming from legislative and other state mandates that constrained the learning of the immigrant students I worked with. I am not alone in this realization.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

The post Scholastic Offers New Platform For Teacher-Created Curricula appeared first on TeachThought.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

By Juli Fraga. Two years ago, principal Diane Lau-Yee grew concerned when she saw how family tragedies were impacting her students at Gordon J. Lau Elementary School in San Francisco’s Chinatown. “Some of the students were acting out their feelings of confusion and anger by starting fights with their peers, while other children shut down and stopped participating in class,” says Lau-Yee.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

When I was a kindergarten teacher, my colleague and I tried to create a digital lesson to teach students how to count to 10. We knew we wanted to connect the lesson to something that most young students would have already experienced, regardless of their location, and we decided to use counting in a game – hide-and-go-seek. When I tested this out in my classroom, the kids certainly had fun, learned how to say the numbers in order, and understood when they were allowed to “go seek” – but many wer

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

February , 2017 After posting about iPad critical thinking apps, here is another list for Android users. We have included what we think are 8 of the popular Android apps in Google Play App.read more.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

President-elect Donald Trump looks on as Betsy DeVos, his nominee for Secretary of Education, speaks at the DeltaPlex Arena, December 9, 2016 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images. There are some things that can get you uninvited to a black family reunion — and tap dancing to the news that Betsy DeVos is the next Secretary of Education is one of them.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Recently, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos told the Council of Chief State Schools Officers (CCSSO) that states should continue to move forward with their ESSA plans. However, accountability regulations may be significantly changed. What exactly does this mean for schools? The Difference between NCLB, ESSA and Common Core. In 2015, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was implemented, replacing the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

It’s tough to be a teenager. Hormones kick in, peer pressures escalate and academic expectations loom large. Kids become more aware of their environment in the teen years — down the block and online. The whole mix of changes can increase stress, anxiety and the risk of depression among all teens, research has long shown. But a recent study published in the journal Pediatrics suggests many more teenage girls in the U.S. may be experiencing major depressive episodes at this age than boys.

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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.

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Gaggle Speaks

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

While some school districts archive their email to check a box and be compliant, others understand what can happen when they get an Open Records request from a parent, from a journalist or when litigation arises. Providing that information in a prompt manner is going to save you money and even help your case. Yet, some schools and districts are complacent knowing that someone will spend time sifting through countless tapes or tens of thousands of messages on an old server.

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Do something constructive with your time with the Lego Architecture series! Fantastic for encouraging concentration, dexterity, and STEM skills, these spectacular sets let you piece together famous structures, monuments, and cities from the real world. What’s more, each box includes a premium Lego booklet giving detailed information about the original building’s design and history.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

In this week’s dealmaking news, game-based learning platform CodeMonkey raised $1.5 million while Tenka Labs, a developer of STEM toys for children ages 8 and up, has raised $2.1 million. The post K-12 Dealmaking: CodeMonkey Raises $1.5 Million; Tenka Labs Pulls In $2.1 Million appeared first on Market Brief.

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Have you ever heard the quote, “When one teaches, two learn” ? Tweet. This supports the mindset of, “The true strength in our classroom lies in the collaboration of learners, not in the knowledge of one expert.” . Tweet. Gone are the days where the teacher is the only expert in the classroom. Classrooms need to be a place of a community of learners—the teacher included.

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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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