EdTech Magazine

MAY 9, 2018

How to Implement Library Makerspaces in STEM Programs. jena.passut_7651. Wed, 05/09/2018 - 11:57. What’s the best way to define a makerspace? For Laura Fleming, library media specialist at New Milford High School in New Jersey, a library makerspace is a unique learning environment that encourages tinkering, play and open-ended exploration for all. Fleming, who also runs and manages her own business, Worlds of Making , says too often schools build library makerspaces just for the top engineering

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

MAY 9, 2018

It takes planning for founders and board members to craft a startup exit plan that addresses concerns, establishes priorities, and achieves the objectives and aspirations for all involved. The post 5 Steps to Plan a Successful Startup Exit and Come Out on Top appeared first on Market Brief.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

Lindsey Danhoff on episode 308 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Kindergarteners and first graders explore their “wonderings” in Lindsey Danhoff’s classroom. Lindsey gives practical advice for passion projects with younger aged children. SMART’s Give Greatness contest is today’s sponsor.

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Digital Promise

MAY 9, 2018

Over the past 10 years as a teacher (and more recently as an aspiring administrator), I have consistently sought out new and innovative professional development. This work has included gaining a doctoral degree, attending trainings, reading books, going to conferences, and a multitude of other opportunities I have engaged in as others sought to support my personal and professional goals.

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Ditch That Textbook

MAY 9, 2018

Our lives as educators totally change in the summer, don’t they? During the school year: hustle and bustle. Plan. Teach. Grade. Answer emails. Go to meetings. Collapse into bed. Repeat. In the summer, though, the pace changes. Many of us are still busy. (I’ve been to SO many baseball and softball games already!) But it’s […].

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The Journal

MAY 9, 2018

Alan November has run the Building Learning Communities (BLC) Conference since 2000, each year drawing almost 1,000 educators from all over the world to "be challenged and be affirmed." In this week’s blog post we describe the "Pixie Dust," the formula, that Alan and his team use to create a unique venue for educators to come together and immerse themselves in "education and technology.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 9, 2018

How to Implement Library Makerspaces in STEM Programs. jena.passut_7651. Wed, 05/09/2018 - 11:57. What’s the best way to define a makerspace? For Laura Fleming, library media specialist at New Milford High School in New Jersey, a library makerspace is a unique learning environment that encourages tinkering, play and open-ended exploration for all. Fleming, who also runs and manages her own business, Worlds of Making , says too often schools build library makerspaces just for the top engineering

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Education Elements

MAY 9, 2018

It is hard to make something better each year and yet, somehow, as I reflect on the Education Elements Personalized Learning Summit 2018 , it feels like we have done it. It’s five days since the Summit ended and I am still energized by the energy and passion of every one of the 750 people who attended. I am still excited about the ideas I heard and looking forward to talking more to the people I met.

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TeacherCast

MAY 9, 2018

In this episode of the TechEducator Podcast, we discuss how Social Media can be used as a positive thing in the classroom environment. The post 11 Strategies for Using Social Media Effectively in the Classroom appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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Education Elements

MAY 9, 2018

Stories compel us: Last week Education Elements hosted our 4th national Personalized Learning Summit. The event included more than 750 leaders from schools and districts across the country. Our opening session featured George Couros, author of The Innovator's Mindset. His sixty-minute keynote was jam-packed with ideas and inspiration, but one idea stood out to me the most: we need to get better at telling stories.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2018

One of Meg Ormiston’s biggest frustrations with education today is how long everything takes to roll out. Pilots drag on for years, technology changes and teachers start to lose enthusiasm. And the students are the ones most impacted. “We can’t wait years because these kids need to get college and career ready, and we’re not doing that by over-scripting lessons,” says Ormiston, a former classroom teacher who now works out of Chicago as a consultant, spending her time speaking, working with schoo

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MAY 9, 2018

Open Education Resources (OER) Commons is a platform that provides open access to a wide variety of open educational resources that are either in the public domain or are licensed under Creative.read more.

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Teacher Tech

MAY 9, 2018

Add a Page Break to Google Sheets Need to print a Google Sheets spreadsheet? Now you can custom set your page breaks. Here is a spreadsheet for you to try it out on! Control P Print! Control P or use the File menu and choose Print. Set Custom Page Breaks In the print settings, look […]. The post Google Sheets: Add Page Breaks appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2018

“I don’t think it’s appropriate for my students to learn from video.”. —Me (until a month ago). I’ve been afraid to have my class learn from video for most of my career. I’ve told myself, “You can’t replace good whole group instruction.” I’ve advocated vehemently for teaching in front of the class for years. Here were my reasons: 1. I always felt like my strength as a teacher was my ability to explain things clearly and relate to students who may not have been successful in the past.

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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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EdTechTeam

MAY 9, 2018

Did you hear? There’s something new from Google that can get your students exploring the world (without ever leaving their seats)! Read on to learn about this powerful new tool – just released today! Introducing Tour Creator. Today Google is introducing Tour Creator. Head to vr.google.com/tourcreator right now. Run, don’t walk! Once you’ve arrived at the site you will notice a pretty purple surprise waiting for you.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2018

Can proactive instructional design eliminate barriers to access for learners? Will artificial intelligence play a role in improving accessibility? How can institutions create a culture of collaboration to support universal design? On Tuesday, May 8 the #DLNchat community got together to discuss and debate: How Can We Improve Accessibility Through Instructional Design?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MAY 9, 2018

This is a brief guide to using Study.com’s resources to reach every student in your class. Students often bring a wide range of knowledge, previous experiences, interests, study strategies, and.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2018

It’s not just edtech companies and app developers who have to think about complying with COPPA, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, which was designed to protect the privacy of kids under 13 years of age. School districts and schools bear part of the responsibility as well—and navigating the federal law can be tricky. Justin Bathon, a lawyer and associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership Studies at the University of Kentucky, says that because of this complexity, s

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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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Kathy Schrock

MAY 9, 2018

I have had the chance to use Wonder Workshop's Dot, Dash, and Cue robots at various conference sessions. But these sessions were always guided by the presenter, so I never really got a chance to explore how to code with the robots. I was so excited when Wonder Workshop send me a Cue of my very own! I had the time to explore the many options, learn how to code with the block option and compare it to the Javascript code, and play some interactive games with my new friend!

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 9, 2018

Do you have any students who are passionate about taking photos, or are all about curating the perfect Instagram feed? Photography is such a great medium for young people to express their creativity, whether it’s for the yearbook, social media, or a personal project. And now, the Getty Museum has a new platform for supporting kids in expressing themselves.

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2018

I believe personal finance should be part of every American’s lifelong learning plan, from elementary school through and into adulthood. It’s that important. In December, our center issued its third state-by-state report card on high school personal finance education. Report cards also were issued in 2013 and 2015. Our report cards are among several advocacy efforts.

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Education Superhighway

MAY 9, 2018

We are thrilled to share that Governor Bill Walker and the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) launched the Alaska K-12 Broadband Initiative today. Following Alaska’s commitment to modernizing their education system through Alaska’s Education Challenge, this Initiative will focus on increasing broadband access for public schools so that all Alaskan students have the opportunity to learn and succeed.

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ProfHacker

MAY 9, 2018

I’ve just submitted my grades for Spring 2018 and launched my online “Maymester” course. How is that possible? This semester went by very quickly. I did, however, manage to make several improvements on the latest iteration of those courses that I teach on a regular basis. These improvements were mostly small things that involved providing more detail about expectations, more chances for students to submit drafts and get feedback from me and from others, and allowing more time f

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Gaggle Speaks

MAY 9, 2018

One our most popular blog posts pondered the question, “Which online learning environment is better for schools, G Suite for Education or Office 365 ?”. With the productivity and safety of students, teachers, and IT teams to consider, that question is difficult to answer in one blog post. So we wrote a sequel! Here are three more factors to take into account when picking the ecosystem where your students will live their academic lives.

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techlearning

MAY 9, 2018

Guest post by Steven Baule, Superintendent at Muncie Community Schools, Indiana: Progress is wonderful as long as nothing changes, right? Recently, there has been some conversation about the disappearance of analog clocks. Slate commentator Rachelle Hampton responded online to a UK Telegraph article about removing analog clocks from UK schools as they cause angst for students who can’t use them to tell time.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 9, 2018

Do you have any students who are passionate about taking photos, or are all about curating the perfect Instagram feed? Photography is such a great medium for young people to express their creativity, whether it’s for the yearbook, social media, or a personal project. And now, the Getty Museum has a new platform for supporting kids in expressing themselves.

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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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techlearning

MAY 9, 2018

Catch up on everything new in G Suite for Education from April 2018, and see great ideas and resources! Below is the recorded video from our April 2018 Google User Meeting , along with the meeting agenda and all the awesome resources and G Suite updates from the last month. This includes 26 new Google updates and 41 Google resources for your class. The monthly meetings are hosted by the Google Educator Group of Ohio , but are open to anyone from any location.

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Graphite Blog

MAY 9, 2018

I was really intimidated when I first heard about design thinking. I also had a lot of questions: What is design thinking? Isn't it just for techies? How is this relevant to my elementary school-level classroom? The epicenter of design thinking is the d.School at Stanford. According to the d.School , " design thinking is a methodology for creative problem solving.

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techlearning

MAY 9, 2018

Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township ( MSD Wayne ) and itslearning learning management system (LMS), are finalists in the IMS Global Consortium’s 2018 Learning Impact Awards program. Their entry in the Evolution to Next Generation Digital Learning Environments: Using LMS Interoperability to Power and Drive Student-Centered Learning, is advancing to the final round of competition, which will take place at the 2018 Learning Impact Leadership Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, 21-24 May. [

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SETDA Says

MAY 9, 2018

SETDA applauds Senator Markey for introducing S.J.Res.52 to restore the Federal Communications Commission’s Open Internet Regulations (OIR). State Educational Technology Leaders greatly appreciate his desire to restore the OIR and ensure Net Neutrality for the nation’s schools and other broadband users.

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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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