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Effective Student-Led Parent Conferences

The CoolCatTeacher

Laura Penrod Stock interviewed on Episode 38 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Sculpted from her experience in economic development, she is passionate about student eportfolios. Help students share their work. Give them a voice. Here’s how.

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Marketplace trend update: 5 new ed-tech developments

eSchool News

For instance, a new report highlights the link between arts-based learning and STEM education; a new challenge asks participants to explore and report on local folklore traditions; tutoring gets a social treatment; and more. Cricket Media and the Smithsonian have launched the 2016 Global Folklorist Challenge.

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The Social Learning Summit Is Tomorrow - Online and Free

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Mortenson Creating a 24/7 Professional Development Model by Josh Allen Creating a Library Website to Support Information Literacy Needs by Luann Edwards Creating ePortfolios using Weebly by Valerie R. A list of the session titles is below, and a schedule based on time zones (with full descriptions and session links) is HERE. See you online!

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Week of January 31, 2011 - Live, Interactive, and Free Webinars in Elluminate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

link] STEM/PBL COLLABORATION (Middle School Portal 2) Mon 31 Jan 07:00PM New York / Tue 1 Feb 12:00AM GMT / Tue 1 Feb 11:00AM Sydney Mary Henton. Incorporate STEM activities through project-based learning. Meeting #5 of the EpCoP: PD strategies - What strategies would you choose to help others get started with eportfolios?

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Making Thinking Visible Using Technology

Dr. Shannon Doak

Have students write a response using each of the sentence stems: I used to think… But now, I think… Technology used to support this routine. One way this could happen is in Google Classroom or on a student-created blog. The student would need to post their video somewhere for others to comment.

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STEAM It Up for Struggling Students! 15+ Resources

Teacher Reboot Camp

Teachers often share resources with these keywords- Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) and Science Technology Engineering Arts Math (STEAM/STEM). Create a virtual learning space with Edmodo , Schoology , Weebly , Wikis, blogs, or other social media tools. STEAM STEM , by shellyterrell. Step away from the book!

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Technology and Capstone Courses

Dr. Shannon Doak

These include slide presentations, graphic organizers, infographics, ebooks, video presentations, websites, whiteboard app creations, graphic novels, blog posts, ePortfolios, podcasts, coded applications, digital art, video games, and VR world creations. It is very important that technology is made available to capstone students.

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