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Orientation Inspiration 2017

NeverEndingSearch

In years past, I’ve written about orientation and strategies for opening the school year. Using GoosechaseEDU scavenger hunt platform for iPhone or Android , you can create a new game or copy and adapt games from templates in the Game Library. Check out Orientation Inspiration (2013) and Orientation Attitude (2016).

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#ISTE13 - San Antonio Highlights & FUN!

The Daring Librarian

Member Networking Fair, Tower View Lobby -- Visit All 25 SIGs, Affiliates, Advocacy/ETAN, Young Educator Network, and other member communities who will showcase their activities and recruit new members. Presenters will share options and strategies for curating, flipping, and mobilizing the traditional physical library for 24/7 availability.

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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

techlearning

DISCOVERY EDUCATION AND MCREL INTERNATIONAL SPOTLIGHT ON STRATEGIES ( www.discoveryeducation.com ) & ( www.mcrel.org ) Discovery Education announced it has aligned its popular Spotlight on Strategies content to McREL International’s six-phase model for learning. The application is free to download from the App Store or Google Play.

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WHAT’S NEW

techlearning

Upon completion of the course, students receive an “Advocacy Plan,” which outlines their strengths and challenges and makes recommendations to consider and is shared with their educators. The course takes students up to four hours and can be completed over several weeks.

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

NeverEndingSearch

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan called badges a “game-changing strategy.”. In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms. Reader, they were not. The LA Times Rates Teachers.

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