Ask a Tech Teacher
AUGUST 8, 2018
Vivek Singh, education professional and contributor to Ask a Tech Teacher, has some interesting ideas on using your native LMS as a social learning platform. He has some great thoughts on breakout rooms, discussion forums, virtual reality, and gamifying lessons. I know you’ll enjoy their thoughts: Earliest forms of learning, dating back to the stone-age, involved storyboarding one’s experiences on rocks.
Education Elements
AUGUST 8, 2018
As the 2018-2019 school year begins, I can’t help but think back to my years in the classroom and the days and weeks leading up to a new school year. The feeling of getting back in my classroom after recharging during summer break, the excitement of unpacking book boxes, decorating the walls, and way too many trips to Target for those must-have new supplies.
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Edsurge
AUGUST 8, 2018
Educator Charles Reynolds has gotten recognized at teacher conferences and restaurants. That’s because he’s not just a ninth-grade literature teacher at Boys’ Latin of Philadelphia High School. For approximately the past two years, he’s been vlogging on YouTube about his experience as an educator—and garnered hundreds of thousands of video views in the process.
Education Elements
AUGUST 8, 2018
As the 2018-2019 school year begins, I can’t help but think back to my years in the classroom and the days and weeks leading up to a new school year. The feeling of getting back in my classroom after recharging during summer break, the excitement of unpacking book boxes, decorating the walls, and way too many trips to Target for those must-have new supplies.
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How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.
Edsurge
AUGUST 8, 2018
Would you take career advice from a 23-year-old—and pay a chunk of your salary for it? That’s the question that may surface when one first encounters the team behind Pathrise , a startup co-founded by a pair of early twentysomethings (who look even younger in pictures). But what the team may lack in age, it makes up for with a staff whose resumes are padded with stints at some of the most sought-after companies including Yelp, Facebook, Salesforce, GitHub and, of course, Google.
The Electric Educator
AUGUST 8, 2018
Google Classroom is an essential tool for any teacher using Chromebooks or Google Drive as a teaching tool. On the surface, classroom is a simple tool, but with a little creativity and ingenuity it can do some awesome things! I have scoured the web to compile this ultimate list of Google Classroom resources! Whether you are just getting started with Classroom or are looking to go even further with it, this ultimate resource list has something for you!
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
eSchool News
AUGUST 8, 2018
“Jeff. I’ve got a big challenge. Help!”. That was a voicemail message I received from a friend, a principal at a local elementary school one sunny summer afternoon. What was the challenge? Her 30 slightly apprehensive teachers had to deliver a digital literacy curriculum to her 450+ students the next school year. Like many other educators around the country, the principal’s team understood the need for their students to learn digital-literacy skills to become responsible citizens and to be prepa
EdTechTeam
AUGUST 8, 2018
I love walking into a classroom with Spheros in my hands. The students, no matter what age, smile with excitement. These little ball robots have opened up so many possibilities. Students don’t fear failure because Spheros offer a level of engagement like no other. And the beauty is you can use this little robot in any lesson, in any subject, and with any age.
eSchool News
AUGUST 8, 2018
If you haven’t already heard, TodaysMeet has closed its doors. While you can download transcripts of your past chats, you’re gonna need to find a replacement tool for any future live chatting or backchanneling. We’ve done our research to help you narrow it down to three great options that range from TodaysMeet-style live chat to different types of live student response: Mentimeter, GoSoapBox, and Backchannel Chat.
Iterating Toward Openness
AUGUST 8, 2018
Yesterday, Phil Hill wrote about OpenStax’s new method for calculating the savings students see when their faculty adopt OER. Welcome Change: OpenStax using more accurate data on student textbook expenditures. His article highlights these paragraphs from Rice University’s recent press release : Our community is creating a movement that will make a big impact on college affordability.
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.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
AUGUST 8, 2018
Successful school leaders are those who inspire, innovate, motivate, empower and create engaging school culture conducive to meaningful learning. They are always forward thinking and embrace.
Marketplace K-12
AUGUST 8, 2018
WhoYouKnow.org is a new resource from the Clayton Christensen Institute to help schools identify ed-tech that will connect students with ideas, opportunities, and expert advice from their communities, and the world. The post New Site Connects Students With Ed-Tech for ‘Real World’ Expertise, Guidance appeared first on Market Brief.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 8, 2018
. For many high school graduates, “career-ready” is more a catch-phrase than an accurate description of their educational experiences. According to one survey, over half of students with a career goal in mind say they have not received advice on what steps to take to secure their desired jobs. Meanwhile, the percentage of graduates tracked into remedial college courses — as high as 40 to 60 percent of first-year college students — reveals that many are underprepared for the rigor
techieMusings
AUGUST 8, 2018
I wanted to share a video I created where I walk through two assignments that I had my AP Calculus AB students do this past year, both using Sutori. I’ve blogged about these ideas in the past, but sometimes it is helpful to see samples of student work to help imagine what the activity can look like. In this video, I will walk you through some of the ways my students have been able to use Sutori to showcase their learning and studying: Related blog posts: Documenting Growth & Connecting
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.
SpeechTechie
AUGUST 8, 2018
They say August is one long Sunday. Here in Massachusetts we still have about a month left until school even starts, so its difficult to see posts from friends across the country who have already started, as well as the ubiquitous "back to school" and "summer's almost over, so." ads. It pulls you out of it a bit, you know? I've spent my summer working on getting fit, hiking and doing some traveling, so it's been great.
Nick's Picks for Educational Technology
AUGUST 8, 2018
Write a Letter to Your Future Self – Write Today, Receive an Email in the Future When I was in the fourth grade, Mrs. Mahoney had us write letters to our future selves and seal them in envelopes. We were supposed to open them upon graduating from high school. My parents came across mine while. Read more. The post Write a Letter to Your Future Self – Write Today, Receive an Email in the Future appeared first on Nick's Picks For Educational Technology.
Marketplace K-12
AUGUST 8, 2018
North Carolina is providing iPads for every K-3 reading teacher in the state as part of its literacy program, Read to Achieve. The post To Bolster K-3 Literacy, North Carolina Provides 24,000 iPads for Reading Teachers appeared first on Market Brief.
TeachThought - Learn better.
AUGUST 8, 2018
? Does This Help You Relax? 12 Of The Best ASMR Videos With No Talking by Terry Heick After years of not being able to focus (or sleep) without background noise of some kind (which led me to create a TeachThought-specific background noise for reading and writing that I use myself on a daily basis), […]. The post 12 Of The Best ASMR Videos With No Talking appeared first on TeachThought.
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MiddleWeb
AUGUST 8, 2018
New school year? Time for a fresh classroom environment! Consultant and author Barbara Blackburn shares ideas and resources we can use to create a learning space that will be positive for all students, build strong relationships, and offer a pleasing place to gather.
techlearning
AUGUST 8, 2018
Kaizena Nifty add-on enables audio and text feedback in Google Docs Pros: Private or group-level feedback via text or audio. Good Google Classroom integration. Cons: The initial sync with Google Classroom is slow. There's no way for teachers to share skills for rubrics, which means duplication of effort among a team. Bottom Line: If your classroom relies a lot on Google Docs, this might just be the feedback tool you're looking for. [ Versatile Tool Supports Research, Digital Presentations Across
TeachThought - Learn better.
AUGUST 8, 2018
The TeachThought Podcast Episode 126 Improving School Ratings And Accountability Drew Perkins talks with Chris Domaleski, Associate Director at the Center for Assessment, about his recent publication “Establishing Performance Standards for School Accountability Systems” and how we might improve the process of evaluating and sharing the quality of schools.
techlearning
AUGUST 8, 2018
Guest post by Steve Baule, Educational Leadership Professor at the University of Wisconsin – Superior: As the school year begins, one of the struggles many teachers have is finding good repositories of Open Education Resources (OER). The two biggest challenges to using OER sources seem to be finding them and having the time to curate those appropriate for one’s courses.
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.
MindShift
AUGUST 8, 2018
Editor’s note on Aug. 8, 2018: This piece has been substantially updated from a version published in 2014. A solemn little boy with a bowl haircut is telling Mr. Rogers that his pet got hit by a car. More precisely, he’s confiding this to Daniel Striped Tiger, the hand puppet that, Rogers’ wife, Joanne, says, “pretty much was Fred.” “That’s scary,” says Daniel/Fred.
techlearning
AUGUST 8, 2018
- Discovery Education’s Award-Winning Streaming Plus Digital Resources Will Help Create Immersive Learning Experiences in All 39 District Schools- Silver Spring, Md. (August 8, 2018) – New York’s Yonkers Public Schools (YPS) today announced it has engaged Discovery Education , the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, to support its efforts to build a culture of student inquiry in classrooms districtwide.
techlearning
AUGUST 8, 2018
The Metropolitan School District (MSD) of Decatur Township today announces it has been awarded a $700,000 two-year grant through T-Mobile's EmpowerED program. As a result of this funding, every student enrolled at MSD of Decatur Township in grades 3-8 for the 2018-19 school year will receive a personal MiFi hotspot at no cost to the students. The awarded 3,500 MiFi hotspots serve as mobile WiFi devices that can connect to a provided cellular network and grant student’s internet access outside of
techlearning
AUGUST 8, 2018
Follett today announced its one-year-old book fair business is expanding for the 2018-19 school year to offer fairs focused for early childhood (PreK-1) and middle school (grades 6-8). Follett Book Fairs launched a year ago on a regional basis with fairs designed especially for K-6 and K-8 schools. [ Four Ways to Get Boys Excited About Writing ] Because of its existing partnerships with thousands of publishers, Follett Book Fairs are able to offer a large selection of books for early education,
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.
techlearning
AUGUST 8, 2018
ORLANDO, Fla. (August 7, 2018) – Social and emotional learning (SEL) gives children and adults the skills to manage emotions, resolve conflicts, and hold a positive view of themselves and the world around them. To support teachers and parents in teaching critical SEL skills as they head into another school year, Conscious Discipline hosted the sold out Elevate Social Emotional Learning Conference and Family Camp with Shubert.
techlearning
AUGUST 8, 2018
Cincinnati, OH ( August 8, 2018 ) — All public school districts are required to meet state and federal safety training mandates, however, this can be difficult for districts with limited staff or budgets. To help small districts in Kansas meet training mandates, PublicSchoolWORKS has created an abbreviated catalog of online staff training courses called the Small District Managed Training Program.
techlearning
AUGUST 8, 2018
NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., August 8, 2018— approved universal reading screener for Mississippi students in Grades K–3. The state vetted universal screening assessments schools will administer to all students at least three times annually to provide an “especially critical ‘first look’ at individual students.” The online diagnostic and instruction program is currently used by districts across Mississippi and more than 7 million K–12 students nationwide. “ i-Ready supports educators in Mississippi an
techlearning
AUGUST 8, 2018
At a CTO summit this summer, I joined a group of educators discussing the effect of spatial design and furniture selection on learning. It was clear that attempts to influence learning by changes to spaces and furniture had not always met with success. One tech director described how the new flexible furniture was still being arranged in the same uniform rows as the old table-arm desks.
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