Wed.Sep 05, 2018

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4 Tips to Boost Your K12 District’s Wi-Fi

EdTech Magazine

4 Tips to Boost Your K12 District’s Wi-Fi. eli.zimmerman_9856. Wed, 09/05/2018 - 11:42. With Wi-Fi now the primary, default and sometimes only internet access for students and staff in schools, it’s vital to get the most out of its infrastructure. This is especially true as the number of users, the number of active mobile devices per user and the amount of data moved by applications all continue to grow rapidly.

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The Secret Agents of Jordan Jackson Elementary School

The CoolCatTeacher

Rayna Freedman on Episode 353 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Rayna Freedman inspires her elementary students with a spy-themed classroom experience that runs throughout the year. Learn how she does it and why in this fun Wonderful Classroom Wednesday. She’s also included a copy of her presentation that she gives on how she does this in the show notes.

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What You Might Have Missed in August

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here are the most-read posts for the month of August: Teaching Digital Rights and Responsibilities. The Important Morning Meeting. It’s Time to Make Your Classroom Paper-free. Wikispaces has closed. What are your alternatives? 11 Back-to-school Activities for the First Month of School. Great Back to School Classroom Activities. 22 Websites and 4 Posters to Teach Mouse Skills.

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Five Stories of Transformation from Our Fifth Annual Report

Education Elements

This week, we released our 2017-2018 Annual Report. The report marks eight years since Education Elements was founded, and our fifth such report. In the report, we highlight the incredible work of our district partners and share how our work is evolving to continue to build and support dynamic school systems that meet the needs of every learner, today and tomorrow.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

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.

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12 Myths About Project-Based Learning

TeachThought - Learn better.

12 Myths About Project-Based Learning by Terry Heick Simple premise: What are the most common myths about project-based learning? Put another way, what do we misunderstand about PBL that keeps it from realizing its full potential? At TeachThought, we’re proponents of project-based learning as one of countless progressive learning models that can grow teachers–and thus […].

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Five Stories of Transformation from Our Fifth Annual Report

Education Elements

This week, we released our 2017-2018 Annual Report. The report marks eight years since Education Elements was founded, and our fifth such report. In the report, we highlight the incredible work of our district partners and share how our work is evolving to continue to build and support dynamic school systems that meet the needs of every learner, today and tomorrow.

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Focus on School, District and Regional Transformation in Our Fifth Annual Report

Education Elements

This week, we released our 2017-2018 Annual Report. The report marks eight years since Education Elements was founded, and our fifth such report. In the report, we highlight the incredible work of our district partners and share how our work is evolving to continue to build and support dynamic school systems that meet the needs of every learner, today and tomorrow.

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Have CONTROL Over Your Links – Hold Down the Control Key

Teacher Tech

Hold Down the Control Key It is helpful to get in the habit of holding down the Control key (Command on a Mac) when clicking on links. This forces the link to open in a new tab so you do not lose the page you are on. Google Search When you Google Search something very […]. The post Have CONTROL Over Your Links – Hold Down the Control Key appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Virtual Tours: Around the World with a VR Headset

Veative

As illustrated by the intricate inlay and pietra dura work on the walls of the marble mausoleum, the Taj Mahal is the ultimate expression of the elegance of Mughal architecture and craftsmanship. Considering the hordes of tourists that it draws, it makes one wish to become a bird, so that they can fly above the masses and study the decorations closely.

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Have You Heard About These EdTech Tools?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Here is a collection of some good web tools you can try out in your instruction. Some of these tools have been curated from Producthunt. The purpose is to provide you with innovative.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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.

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Optimizing Your LinkedIn Profile for Your Edtech Job Hunt

Edsurge

Looking to level up in your career? Join us at one of our jobs fairs EdSurge is hosting a series of jobs fairs this October! Come join us for an evening of informal networking, panels with hiring companies, and some light bites. San Francisco, October 10, 2018. Boston, October 16, 2018. New York, October 17, 2018. Can't make it? Fill out this form and we'll get your information in front of attending companies.

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5 questions teachers should ask before investing their time and money in edtech

eSchool News

As someone who has dedicated her career to making the world a better place through the education of our children, I was excited to learn that tablets and computers are nearly commonplace in elementary school classrooms across the nation. In fact, 88 percent of K-2nd-grade teachers use a tablet in the classroom and nearly 70 percent use educational apps and software, which means that our youngest students—who have never known a world without technology—can use the tablets they love for learning!

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ACT’s Latest Act: Investing in an Open-Source Assessment Startup

Edsurge

ACT , the nonprofit best known for its college-readiness test, is undergoing a major transformation. Ever since taking the helm as CEO in 2015, Marten Roorda says ACT has closed 10 deals in which it has invested in, acquired or formed strategic partnerships with educational companies. Its latest act: making a strategic investment in Open Assessment Technologies (OAT), a San Francisco-based startup that offers open-source tools for building and delivering digital tests.

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4 evidence-based ways parents improve student achievement

eSchool News

In recent years, the push for educators to base teaching policies and practices in evidence has been growing stronger. Topics like seat time, retention, class size, and learning styles have all come under scrutiny because research indicates they don’t influence student achievement as much as we’d like. As the new school year begins, it’s worth taking a look at the evidence in a commonly overlooked area—parent involvement—so we can maximize what matters for student achievement.

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

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.

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CrowdBeamer – A Self-Contained Portable, Interactive Wi-Fi Classroom In-a-Box

EmergingEdTech

Fire up your Crowdbeamer and present interactively! Have you ever been in a situation as a teacher (or any other kind of presenter for that matter) where you wish you could just fire up your own. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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A Handful of Chrome Apps for Students with Learning Disabilities

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

When it comes to accessibility features Chrome web browser does not actually offer much. Chromebook, in contrast, comes with a bunch of interesting accessibility features that you can easily turn on.

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What’s Included With a Wireless Site Survey?

SecurEdge

It’s hard to believe, but as recently as 15 years ago, wireless networks were still a novelty and a rarity. Sure if you had a large IT budget and advanced in-house IT talent, you had WiFi back then. Fast forward to today, and wireless networking is now considered a must-have in nearly all kinds of businesses, schools, government agencies, hotels, retail stores, and stadiums.

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Solve the Challenges of Coteaching Relationships

MiddleWeb

Elizabeth Stein launches into the new school year with strategies to help co-teachers evaluate their current relationships and begin strengthening the one-on-one communication that is essential to provide learning opportunities for everyone in the classroom.

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

Managing a K-12 campus with constant pressure to meet performance metrics is challenging. And tardiness can significantly limit a school from reaching these goals. Learn more about why chronic lateness matters, and key strategies to address the following impacts: Data errors caused by manual processes Low attendance and graduation rates that affect a school’s reputation Classroom disruption, which leads to poor academic performance High staff attrition and “The Teacher Exodus” Unmet LCAP goals t

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First Days of School: Keep it Simple

Reading By Example

The classroom could have been for almost any age level. The bulletin board was bare besides the butcher paper stapled up with colorful border framing each side. Book bins stood empty, waiting to be filled with reading material. One slogan, “Believe in Yourself”, was posted above the otherwise spartan door. Even if the classroom walls were covered with all kinds of decorations in every color imaginable, none of the 4 th graders would have noticed.

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Philly School Media Network Creates Authentic Platforms for Philadelphia Youth

Educator Innovator

The Philly School Media Network, a 2017 LRNG Innovators Challenge grantee, is building partnerships with local teachers and journalists to infuse journalistic practices into classroom writing, and to create authentic platforms for students to make their voices heard. “As Xiomara walked through the stage to receive her high school diploma, she looked at the crowd and saw that her biggest, most important supporter was missing- her mother.

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To teach, protect and serve

The Hechinger Report

This story about school violence was produced in a collaboration between The Trace , an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit newsroom dedicated to shining a light on America’s gun violence crisis; The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education; and Marie Claire. One central message of post-Parkland activism: Gun violence has changed what it means to be a student in America.

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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 131 Balancing Screen Time And Digital Media With Real Life

TeachThought - Learn better.

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 131 Balancing Screen Time And Digital Media With Real Life Drew Perkins talks with Anya Kamenetz about her new book and the issue of balancing the use of digital media and screen time with our children and students. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: anyakamenetz.net @anya1anya Listen and subscribe on: iTunes […].

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

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.

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GoGuardian Announces Beacon, Self-Harm Prevention Tool for Schools

techlearning

GoGuardian announces Beacon, a suicide and self-harm prevention tool for K-12 schools, that acts as an early-warning system to help schools proactively identify at-risk students. GoGuardian provide context-aware analytics to assess the content students are creating and interacting with online via web searches, social media, chat, forums, email and online collaboration tools. [ Impero Software Launches Video about the Dangers of Sexting and Bullying ] Beacon was built in collaboration with suicid

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Princeton Review Weathers Layoffs, Changes in Test-Prep Market

Marketplace K-12

Former employees at the Princeton Review say the company has been battered by layoffs. But the test-prep giant says it has strengthened its ability to compete. The post Princeton Review Weathers Layoffs, Changes in Test-Prep Market appeared first on Market Brief.

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Makerspaces A to Z: Aspirational

techlearning

As we embark on another school year, I thought I would launch a new series, Makerspaces A to Z. Throughout the year I’m going to share what I think are the key ingredients to building a sustainable makerspace in a series of short blog posts. [ Can Online Courses Help Fix Teacher Professional Development? ] We'll kick off the series with A spirational.

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From Poverty To Rocket Scientist To CEO, A Girl Scout’s Inspiring Story

MindShift

Sylvia Acevedo grew up on a dirt road in New Mexico. Her family was poor, living “paycheck to paycheck.” After a meningitis outbreak in her Las Cruces neighborhood nearly killed her younger sister, her mother moved the family to a different neighborhood. At her new school, young Acevedo knew no one. Until a classmate convinced her to become a Brownie Girl Scout.

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

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.

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Edgenuity Announces Partnership with Purpose Prep

techlearning

Edgenuity , provider of online curriculum and instructional services for the K-12 market, today announced a partnership with online course provider Purpose Prep to make social and emotional learning available to more students. Through this partnership, Edgenuity will offer schools and districts immediate access to three new social and emotional learning courses: Personal Development Character and Leadership Development College and Career Readiness Additionally, Purpose Prep’s tech course, “Intro

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30 Sites and Apps for Digital Storytelling

Technology Tidbits

Digital Storytelling is the process of telling a story through the use of digital means. Also, it happens to be one the easiest ways to integrate technology into the classroom. Educators can use digital storytelling w/ almost any subject and can even "flip" their classroom by using mobile apps. Below is my comprehensive list of sites/apps that can be used for digital storytelling.

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North Carolina School Districts Adopt IM Certified Professional Learning

techlearning

The implementation of North Carolina’s new K–8 Mathematics Standards and the move to a problem-based approach in the classroom require a significant change in practice for many educators. A growing number of North Carolina districts, including Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) and New Hanover County Schools (NHCS), are turning to Illustrative Mathematics (IM) Certified™ Professional Learning. [ Choosing The Right Adaptive Learning Tool ] Through IM Certified Professional Learning, educato

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Diversity in Hiring Doesn’t Start With Hiring

Edsurge

Looking for a candidate who's got it all? EdSurge’s jobs fairs offer unparalleled access to a unique pool of candidates who have both the educational experience and technology skills your organization needs. Learn more here. San Francisco, October 10, 2018. Boston, October 16, 2018. New York, October 17, 2018. The business case for building a diverse workforce is growing stronger every day.

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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the EdTech Industry: Assessing the Influence

AI-powered tools like virtual assistants and chatbots provide instant guidance and support, while data analytics offer valuable insights for educators and administrators.