Fri.Oct 26, 2018

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Halloween Projects, Websites, and Apps

Ask a Tech Teacher

Three holidays are fast-approaching–Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. If you’re a teacher, that means lots of tie-ins to make school festive and relevant to students. Here are ideas for Halloween projects, lesson plans, websites, and apps: Projects. ASCII Art–Computer Art for Everyone (a pumpkin–see inset). Lesson Plan: Halloween letter for grades 2-5.

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15 innovative lesson ideas for outside the box teaching

Ditch That Textbook

Innovation is another buzzword that we often hear used to describe the ideal lesson. As teachers, we work hard to create activities for our students that can be described as “outside the box” But what does that really look like for teachers and students? And how can we utilize technology to innovate lessons and think outside the box? […].

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A Really Cool Database For Paper Airplanes

TeachThought - Learn better.

A Really Cool Database For Paper Airplanes by Terry Heick When I was a kid, my dad taught me how to make paper airplanes. I remember two designs in particular–a sleek ‘jet’ plane and a more-square stunt plane. I liked the stunt plane but was fascinated with the power and design of the jet version. […]. The post A Really Cool Database For Paper Airplanes appeared first on TeachThought.

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A New $5M Investment Fund for Higher-Ed Startups Launches—With Strings Attached

Edsurge

A new $5 million investment fund launched this month to support startups building tools to scale online learning. But for entrepreneurs seeking to tap into this pot, there’s a catch. Companies that take investment have to agree not to sell their products to a list of colleges that includes Arizona State University, Purdue University Global, Southern New Hampshire University and Western Governors University.

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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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Important Chrome Privacy Tips for Teachers and Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

While the Internet has radically transformed the way we live, connect, interact and learn, and while it has empowered us with unlimited means and resources for growth and prosperity, but this has.

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MinecraftEdu Creators Struggle to Find a Second Hit

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As The Verve and Billy Ray Cyrus can probably tell you, a second hit is far from guaranteed. The makers of the once-popular MinecraftEdu know a thing about it too. Those developers, whose company TeacherGaming pivoted sharply after Microsoft took over MinecraftEdu two years ago, are facing tough times—and laying off staff—as they try to craft a niche in a crowded educational gaming landscape that has struggled to attract broad interest from schools.

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Don't Disregard Displays

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Technology transforms the way students learn and how educators teach. That is why Portsmouth Public Schools embraces new technology, such as BenQ’s interactive flat panels, as a means to strengthen instruction and student achievement. With the school’s inventory of interactive projectors reaching the end of their life, it was time to find a new option that would accomplish that mission.

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Here’s a must-do for E-rate applicants

eSchool News

Calling all E-rate coordinators–there is one important step you can take now to ensure a smooth process when the E-rate filing window opens in 2019. The FY2019 application filing window for the E-rate Program doesn’t open until January, but schools and libraries must ensure their data in the E-rate Productivity Center (EPC) is current. The FY2019 Administrative Window opened on October 1, 2018 and is anticipated to close in early January 2019.

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Help Students Address a Garden of Emotions with QR Coded Book Featuring Innovative Wellness Technique

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Before educators can help students get to the learning, we must first ensure we help students feel good about themselves. Educators can help students with this by providing Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) to help them cultivate feelings of peace, satisfaction, calm, positivity, kindness and happiness. EFT, often referred to as tapping, can provide the tools kids need to get through emotions like stress, anxiety, sadness, fear, or shame without letting them get out of hand.

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What Teachers Can Do To Be More Inclusive Of LGBTQ Students

MindShift

Back in September, teacher Mary Gilreath’s first-grade class was asked to wear blue for Peace Day. An adult worried the girls might not own blue shirts, and Gilreath saw an opportunity for her Boulder classroom. She shared the story with her students. “What do you all think about that?” Gilreath asks them. “Maybe it’s because girls mostly wear dresses?

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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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Google Success Story: Jacinta Keenan, Google Certified Trainer

Shake Up Learning

The post Google Success Story: Jacinta Keenan, Google Certified Trainer appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Becoming a Google Certified Trainer is no small feat, and everyone’s journey is a little different. Today, I’d like to introduce you to Jacinta Keenan, a Google Certified Trainer from Tasmania–a Google Success Story! In this candid, video interview, I chat with Jacinta about becoming a Google Certified Educator, Level 1 and 2, as well as, how she became a Google Certifie

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Hot Products

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Casio Ultra Short Throw Projector XJ-UT311WN [link] This tech combines the company's hybrid LED-laser light source with an otherwise standard ultra-short-throw design for brilliant, shadow-free images up to 110" diagonal. The built-in short throw lens and advanced mirror system enables projectionan 80" image from just 1.5 feet away. Eco-friendly benefits not only serve the environment well, but translate into a low running cost.

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How our district is becoming “Digital from Day One”

eSchool News

Four years ago, our schools in Pickens County , South Carolina had funding approved for a 1:1 initiative that we called Tech It Home. We started with Chromebooks for 9th graders, then added tablets and at-home internet access for 6th and 7th graders. Now in our fourth year of Tech It Home, students in grades 4-12 have devices, but we’re still working to be “digital from day one,” meaning that all of our systems and applications are interoperable so that students have access to every resource the

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Explore Wealth of American History Classroom Activities & Resources

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American Social History Project Deep, research-backed resources highlight America's rich diversity Pros: Large collection of teaching activities, primary documents, and professional development opportunities. Cons: The wealth of resources can feel overwhelming due to less-than-ideal organization. Bottom Line: Worth the time investment, because these valuable, socially progressive materials will add depth to the study of American history. [ Digital Tour of Ancient Egypt Offers Open-Ended Explorat

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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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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

*Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. (Oh my god, it’s almost time to start working on that year-end project.). (National) Education Politics. Via Politico : “Employee satisfaction in the department [of Education] ’s main K–12 office dropped markedly this year.

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360 Degree Learning with Google Tour Creator

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Google has a rich history of creating map-related tools that can be used across all subject areas for engaging, immersive learning experiences. Some of these include Tour Builder , Earth , Expeditions , My Maps , and many more (see my slideshow on Google mapping tools ). Recently Google has launched a new tool called Google Tour Creator. This tool allows you and your students to create 360 degree tours , which can then be shared with and viewed by others.

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