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MAY 18, 2016

The post 7 Ways To Remove The Gamification In Your Classroom appeared first on TeachThought. Teaching Experienced Teacher General Terry Heick

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2016

A new report outlines the need for K-16 students to develop key data literacy skills. Focusing on three specific areas could be key to boosting K-16 students’ data literacy in a world where big data’s importance grows daily, according to a new report.

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The Journal

MAY 17, 2016

Naya Salah, a seventh grader at Stratford School's Santa Clara Middle School, uses a videoconferencing system called Beam to attend school as she recovers from leukemia and gets chemotherapy

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 18, 2016

Cross-posted from the Digital Education blog. The number of American teachers using games in classrooms–particularly with younger students–has doubled over the past six years, according to a large survey released last week that measures national ed-tech use. In 2015, 47 percent of K-12 teachers and almost two-thirds of K-5 teachers reported using game-based learning environments in their classes, up from 23 percent of K-12 teachers in 2010.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 20, 2016

By Meg Conlan Experts from around the web share tactics and advice for educators who want to make the most of Google Forms. Classroom Cloud Curriculum Digital Content Mobile Apps Mobility

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2016

Catch up on the most compelling K-12 news stories you may have missed this week. Every Friday, I’ll recap some of the most interesting and thought-provoking news developments that occurred over the week. I can’t fit all of this week’s news stories here, though, so feel free to visit eSchoolNews.com and read up on other news you may have missed. This week, we’re focusing on some expanded technology and engineering developments.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 15, 2016

Welcome to Cycle 7 of The 30 Goals Challenge: Make it Meaningful ! “The expert at anything was once a beginner.” ” – Helen Hayes. Goal: Get students to share advice for being successful in your class, class subject, or grade level. Accomplish this goal: Ask your learners to come up with advice for being successful in your class, the grade level, or subject. This advice will be used to help students next year.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 16, 2016

By Meg Conlan This checklist will help teachers select apps that not only improve learning outcomes but also align with school and district technology goals. Classroom Curriculum Management Mobile Apps Mobility

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Battelle for Kids

MAY 15, 2016

Volume 3, Issue 4, Number 9. Driving Question: How should play be integrated into early classrooms in support of deeper student learning? First Grade students arrive at school to find unfamiliar music playing in the background of their classroom. The teacher greets them at the door in a red and gold traditional Chinese suit. The Smithsonian Museum's Giant Panda Cam is playing on the classroom's ENO board, for ongoing student observation.

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The Journal

MAY 17, 2016

More than half of students (58 percent) in a recent study couldn't read content displayed on a 70-inch flat panel in an average-sized classroom

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Speaker: Dan Streeter, Vice President of Learning Strategy & Development at Blue Sky eLearn

In this 45-minute webinar, we’ll share real-world accessibility solutions and hidden tools in the applications you use every day such as Zoom, Microsoft Suite, Adobe Acrobat (PDF), Articulate Storyline 360, and Articulate Rise 360. This webinar will help you evaluate the accessibility of your current learning efforts and learn about the tools needed to ensure your eLearning is in alignment with the latest Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (proposed WCAG 2.2).

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EdTech4Beginners

MAY 16, 2016

Timetables are very important to have in the classroom. Children need to know what they will be studying over the day. In particular, it is known that pupils with special educational needs, benefit from the structure and support of a timetable. A visual timetable is great because students of all ages can understand it and it’s clear to see.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 17, 2016

By Meg Conlan Poor academic outcomes haven’t stopped the online education industry from growing. Classroom Digital Content Distance Learning Online Learning

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Battelle for Kids

MAY 17, 2016

Volume 3, Issue 4, Number 10. Driving Question: "What if.parents and school districts harnessed the full power of play as a 21st Century tool for students to experience and develop 21st Century skills?". As educators, we embrace the task of teaching children to be creative problem solvers, communicators, collaborators and critical thinkers—using these tools to solve challenges with gusto.

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The Journal

MAY 16, 2016

The new initiative provides students with VR equipment to create short films on social issues

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EdTech4Beginners

MAY 16, 2016

Timetables are very important to have in the classroom. Children need to know what they will be studying over the day. In particular, it is known that pupils with special educational needs, need the structure and support of a timetable. A visual timetable is great because student’s of all ages can understand it and it is clear to see. I have made an electronic timetable which can be projected to the whole class or shared with them using a class management tool such as Google Classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2016

With the growing interest in coding comes a call for after school tech camps that supersize student enthusiasm for learning technology. If you’ve been tasked (or volunteered) to run this activity, here are five activities that will tech-infuse participants: Debate. Working in groups, students research opposite sides of an issue, then debate it in front of class. They tie arguments to class reading, general knowledge as well as evidence from research. They take questions.

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Securly

MAY 20, 2016

Due to the success of “ Safe, Kid-Friendly Alternatives to Google, YouTube, and Beyond ”, we decided to dig deeper. Below you’ll find a variety of safe, kid-friendly vide o streaming resources. Safe Youtube. Take any link from YouTube and SafeYoutube.net will generate a version sans distracting/offensive comments.

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The Journal

MAY 17, 2016

A number of private colleges have recently signed on for a program that gives them marketing access to potential students whose families have accounts at specific financial companies

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Speaker: Aaron Webb, Jamf

In our webinar, we’ll explore the full range of Jamf education products to protect students, including quick and easy tools for IT admins, powerful apps for teachers to ensure student safety anywhere, and parental engagement tools.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 17, 2016

End the School Year Like a Pirate with Dave Burgess From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Your legacy moment as a teacher is the last day of school. In today’s high-energy show Dave Burgess will get us all motivated to end the school year well. Don’t wind down, you’ve got to wind up at the end of the school year! burgessdave #tlap Powered By the Tweet This Plugin Tweet This. Listen to this show on: BAM Radio Network | iTunes | Stitcher.

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Battelle for Kids

MAY 18, 2016

Volume 3, Issue 4, Number 12. Driving Question: How Can I Create a More Playful Learning Environment with High School Students? Part I: Seven Starter Strategies "Play in my English class? You have to be kidding!" Play is what my kindergarten children do. I have too much content to cover." Science is serious stuff. Play in a biology lab? Hah!". P21 Blogazine

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Digital Promise

MAY 20, 2016

The Need. Perhaps you’ve seen the statistics — more than 30 million adults in the U.S. are unable read, write, and solve basic math equations. But our adult basic education programs can only serve roughly four million of those adults. This gap between the need and available educational services has prompted calls for innovative ways to improve access to quality educational resources.

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The Journal

MAY 17, 2016

The National Institute for STEM Education has partnered with Chalk & Wire in an effort to improve assessment of STEM teachers as they seek certification

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 14, 2016

Living an Epic Life Full of Meaning From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Examine your relationships. You may find a secret stash of energy waiting to be unleashed. The People Who Drain Our Energy. Some people are vampires. When they come around, you taste dread. Inevitably, they will suck your blood. Well, not literally, they won’t suck your blood. But certainly they’ll absorb your will to live.

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Battelle for Kids

MAY 16, 2016

Volume 3, Issue 4, Number 10. Play-Based Learning: A Guide for Grown-Ups. Driving Question: Do 8th Graders need recess? What joyful childhood memory can you recall most clearly?

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 18, 2016

By Meg Conlan The new partnership will combine Sesame Street programming with Watson technology to reimagine early childhood education. Big Data Business Intelligence Classroom Data Analytics Game-based Learning

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The Journal

MAY 16, 2016

There are some that use technology to support construction-oriented pedagogies — maker movement, project-based learning — and some that use technology to support instruction-oriented pedagogies — personalized learning. Instruction may well be less costly to deliver — but the loss of the opportunity to develop our children’s creativity is inestimable

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Speaker: Aaron Webb, Jamf

In our webinar, How to Best Use Managed Apple IDs at Your School, hear the real-world experience of Steven Palomo, IT Director at Beverly Public Schools, regarding how he successfully managed his entire tech stack.

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Hapara

MAY 20, 2016

Offering a secure examination experience for teachers and students in the cloud can be a daunting task. There is a reason that standardized exams are so simplistic in nature. It is a lot easier to standardize procedures if every student takes the same exam at the same time and the scores can be tabulated by a machine that counts black and white circles. GAFE Edtech Update Hapara Highlights hapara workspace standardized testing

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

MAY 16, 2016

Recently I was invited by the Natick, Mass. public schools to attend an Apple Distinguished Schools Day where Natick shared its blended learning approach with other schools and districts. As an online learning tool, Listen Current fits well into blended learning, but I wanted to learn more about how schools are adopting it and how we as a company can be more attractive to schools using blended learning.

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EdTech4Beginners

MAY 19, 2016

This term, my class’s science topic is ‘healthy bodies’ Last week we went live on Facebook whilst doing a heart dissection. This week, we looked at what happens to the heart during exercise. I started off by showing the students this excellent video as a reminder of last week’s learning: A group discussion followed about what happens to the heart when we exercise. I then challenged the class to find ways to investigate this.

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The Journal

MAY 17, 2016

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has launched StudyPop, a new iOS app designed to turn studying into a game

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