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Giving Students a Safe Way to Ask for Help

Gaggle Speaks

But with 45,000 students across 55 neighborhood elementary schools, 16 secondary schools, two alternative schools, and 16 charter schools, the district was concerned with how they would be able to monitor any inappropriate activity. Read the full case study to learn more about how OKCPS keeps its students safe with Gaggle.

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Give me some credit, please! (Exploring plagiarism through a series of clever case studies by Jen)

NeverEndingSearch

Designed as a professional development experience for secondary teachers, Jen’s workshop has school-wide value for opening conversations about academic honesty. So I asked for permission. Jennifer Bigioni is now the School Library Media Specialist at Princeton (NJ) High School. It would be best if administrators were also included.

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How One Student Email Could Have Been Life-Changing

Gaggle Speaks

Without hesitation and regardless of the time of day, our team quickly notified Robert, the lead Gaggle emergency contact at Hesperia Unified and the district’s Director of Secondary Education, Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment, and administrators at the student’s high school.

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Schools and Colleges Try Virtual Reality Science Labs. But Can VR Replace a Cadaver?

Edsurge

Google has partnered with science education company Labster to create an online biology degree program with virtual reality labs. Microsoft's partnership with Pearson includes HoloChemistry for primary, secondary and college students, and HoloPatient for nursing students. Those companies include tech giants as well as smaller players.

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2016 Global Education Conference - Day One!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Sunday, November 13th ( US-Eastern Time ) 12:30pm Welcome 1:00pm KEYNOTE: Jonathan Rochelle (Google) 2:00pm iEARN Welcome Classrooms without Borders: A Teacher's Guide to International Collaborative Projects - Philip J. It's a ton of fun, you'll be doing some good, and you'll have the undying gratitude of the conference organizers!

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20 YouTube Channels for Educators

Shake Up Learning

You can learn just about anything on YouTube: how to fix your dryer, how to create a blog, or how to use Google Docs. This is a great way to stay up-to-date with innovative tools like Google Apps. Alice Keeler : Alice is a fantastic blogger and Google Certified Innovator who freely shares her Google tips and tricks online.

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2014 Global Education Conference - Day Four

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

- Head of Education Leena Hannula 4:00am KEYNOTE: Omashani Naidoo - "Teacher Professional Development- A South African Perspective" 6:00am "Uniendo Voluntades": Voluntad de mejorar la Educación + volundad de mejorar el Aprendizaje de los Estudiantes - Profesora Cristina Velázquez 7:00am A Strategy for Globalizing Secondary School: Global Citizenship/Competency (..)