The Journal
APRIL 9, 2019
What does Next-Generation Science Standards’ "three-dimensional science learning" look like in the classroom? In this week’s blog, we examine a specific NGSS lesson, implemented in the Collabrify Roadmap Platform, that has third-grade students using their “three-dimensional science learning” to actually build a small toy that moves.
Dangerously Irrelevant
APRIL 9, 2019
Mike Crowley had a wonderful blog post the other day about the need for self-care and giving educators permission to say ‘no’ instead of jeopardizing their professional efficacy or mental health. Vicki Davis also wrote recently about the need for educators to say no, which then frees up space for them to say yes to other things that are important to them.
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Digital Promise
APRIL 9, 2019
Oh, the dreaded question… “What other content do you cover?” asks the district curriculum director, or even worse, “Do you cover all of _ ?” (Fill in the blank with a huge quantity of content, like all of K-5 math.). Argh! Coverage!?! As cofounder of Teachley , a small company developing research-based math software for K-6, this question demonstrates a problematic market preference for products that “ cover ” a lot of content, but do not support deeper thinking.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 9, 2019
As a teacher, I’m always looking for children’s books for my students. I’m excited to say I’ve found two I think you’ll like: Amazing Matilda — A coming of age of a monarch butterfly; delightful. Sir Chocolate and the Fondant Five story and cookbook. Amazing Matilda. by Bette Stevens. 5/5. Bette Stevens Amazing Matilda: The Tale of a Monarch Butterfly (CreateSpace 2012) is the story of tiny Matilda, a round white creature born from an egg in Nature’s ga
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Digital Promise
APRIL 9, 2019
This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Read the original version here. When Professor Jal Mehta and then-doctoral candidate Sarah Fine embarked on their exploration of deeper learning in American high schools, they were initially disappointed. They’d traveled to California to visit a school known for its rich, engaging instruction — but many of the classrooms they visited were far from inspiring.
Edsurge
APRIL 9, 2019
I passed the fraction test back to my pre-algebra class and an awkward silence filled the room. The 20 students in my class received a wide range of grades, causing a mixture of satisfaction and dismay. A quarter of them had mastered the skills and were ready to apply what they had learned about fractions to solving linear equations. About half showed competency with the skills, but were still making numerous errors.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Edsurge
APRIL 9, 2019
For anyone involved in education, the importance of engagement is clear. And the need for both student engagement and buy-in cannot be overstated when it comes to device rollout. Throughout each school year, educators attend tech conferences to evaluate the tools that they hope to implement in the coming fall, but many still struggle to achieve student readiness when it comes to fundamental initiatives like one-to-one devices.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
APRIL 9, 2019
WhatWasThere is an excellent web tool and mobile app that uses Google Maps technologies to provide users with an interactive experience through which they get to learn how different places looked in.
Edsurge
APRIL 9, 2019
It’s easy to think of the ways that technology can make humans feel alienated or alone: less in-person interaction, or feelings of FOMO—that’s the Fear of Missing Out—from social media. But technology has also brought people—and teachers and students—together in new ways that have inspired learning. In this episode of the EdSurge On Air podcast, we hear from four educators who share how technology tools engage their students and expanded their classrooms, whether that’s connecting with students
eSchool News
APRIL 9, 2019
Demographics: Rio Rancho (NM) Public Schools is the state’s third-largest school district; it has 18,000 students and more than 2,000 employees across 19 schools. Biggest challenge: With reliance on mobility for K-12 curriculum increasing, the demand for wireless in our district has also increased. We not only have encouraged our faculty and staff to embrace BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), but we have also provided Chromebooks to all of our 18,000 students.
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.
Teacher Tech
APRIL 9, 2019
Set Your Settings to Reply I am seriously about to lose it over Reply All. “Thanks” does not need to be replied to a large group. The sender should have used BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) to prevent Reply All from happening in the first place. However, when BCC is not utilized (USE BCC MY FRIENDS!) […]. The post Gmail: Default Reply Behavior appeared first on Teacher Tech.
MiddleWeb
APRIL 9, 2019
Whether they are fiction or nonfiction, the best stories are told through mood as we react to events, people and emotions. For students, identifying, tracking and exploring moods in stories and images is an easy way to enter into them. Teacher Trevor Bryan shares his approach.
eSchool News
APRIL 9, 2019
Leadership skills require people to look inward and find self-confidence that will not only guide them toward successes but focus them through failures—an inevitable part of all leadership positions. Educational leadership is a career wrought with deep stress, pressure, and expectations. It’s a challenge for the healthiest and most experienced of administrators.
Edsurge
APRIL 9, 2019
Make School made headlines last fall when the coding bootcamp-turned college formed a unique partnership with a liberal arts college in northern California. Now, the San Francisco-based startup institution is eyeing the Big Apple for its first branch campus. It will be a few years before Make School opens its doors in New York, but it’s already raised funds to begin the blueprints.
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.
EmergingEdTech
APRIL 9, 2019
April of 2019 marks 10 years since I bought the domain name “emergingedtech.com” and started posting here. And what a long, strange (and fun!) trip it's been. I can hardly believe it has. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
APRIL 9, 2019
K12 Periodic Table of the Elements is a great iPad app for Science teachers and students. As its name indicate, this app allows students to explore the elements together with their key attributes in.
The Principal of Change
APRIL 9, 2019
From the article, “ Why reading 100 books a year won’t make you successful.” Personal development books are only as helpful as the action we take after reading them. All the methodologies and frameworks in the world won’t impact us if we can’t process them properly. Elon Musk and co., attribute their success to reading because they read purposely, and apply that learning in the wider context of their careers.
Reading By Example
APRIL 9, 2019
Boredom is a product of ignorance; the more we know about something, the more interesting it becomes. Kieran Egan. If you could teach your students anything you wanted tomorrow, what would it be? No standards need to be considered. Principals are giving you free rein. What might you learn with your kids? I would select controlled burns. Why? Because there was one this evening not too far from our home.
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Shake Up Learning
APRIL 9, 2019
The post Things I Wish My Teacher Knew… – SULS007 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Ready for our very first student interview? This is it! Today’s student guest is Camden, an amazing, high-achieving 10-year-old fifth grader at H.E. Bonner Elementary in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. Camden is one of those delightful students who loves learning new things.
SecurEdge
APRIL 9, 2019
An estimated 4.3 billion of the world’s 7.7 billion population uses the Internet. So it’s not surprising to see unprecedented levels of demand for mobile devices and wireless Internet access.
techlearning
APRIL 9, 2019
Innovative educators should help parents see past simplified safety advice like: only use technology in a communal area.
MindShift
APRIL 9, 2019
When Adora Svitak was twelve-years-old she spoke on the TED stage, saying she hates the world “childish” if it’s being used to describe irrational demands or irresponsible behavior. She said she sees enough of that in the adult world to know it’s not the exclusive domain of children. In fact, she made the point that adults could learn a thing or two if they’d only open their minds to the possibility that kids have a lot to offer the world. “We kids still dream
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.
NeverEndingSearch
APRIL 9, 2019
The American Archive of Public Broadcasting gathers more than 70 years of public broadcasting from around the country. This free resource is a critical tool for studying 20th and 21st Century culture and history. And it is a must-share across content areas and grade levels. A collaboration between the WGBH Educational Foundation and the Library of Congress, the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB), was established in 2013 “to coordinate a national effort to identify, preserve, an
techlearning
APRIL 9, 2019
Panorama Student Success also provides to school and district leaders visibility into the status of interventions and supports across grade levels, schools, and across their whole district.
EdTechTeam
APRIL 9, 2019
EdTechTeam today announced that it has received the Google Cloud Global Partner of the Year Award in Education. This award was presented at Google Cloud Next ’19. EdTechTeam was recognized for the company’s achievements in helping schools implement and increase meaningful adoption of the Google Cloud ecosystem. Working in partnership with Google for Education across multiple programs, EdTechTeam supports educators and school leaders in collaborating with colleagues, communicating wit
techlearning
APRIL 9, 2019
“In order to provide personalized learning experiences for students to best prepare them for college and careers, and to compete in a global economy, all schools need access to reliable, high-speed broadband," said SETDA's incoming Executive Director, Candice Dodson.
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.
ExcelinEd
APRIL 9, 2019
Just this year, lawmakers have introduced nearly 100 bills in 28 states to increase funding for special education students, according to The Education Commission of the States. And my home state of Arizona was one of them. As the mother of a child with a disability, I can attest to the need for more resources for special education students. However, I’m also hoping states seize these opportunities to rethink the funding mechanisms themselves and question underlying assumptions.
techlearning
APRIL 9, 2019
Britannica Digital Learning announced today that LaunchPacks® Science and Social Studies classroom learning platforms are now integrated with Kahoot!
Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous
APRIL 9, 2019
I’ve been working with Ms. Hicks and a group of 3rd graders to think about our reading lives, how we talk about books, and how we share our reading with our local and global community. Over the past few weeks, we’ve been thinking more about our school community and what we can do to share new book ideas with them. We started our journey by creating a rolling slideshow that could be displayed on a hallway monitor that most students pass at some point during the day.
techlearning
APRIL 9, 2019
Swing Education has expanded its services to help schools and districts across Arizona connect with educators using the company’s web-based platform.
AI-powered tools like virtual assistants and chatbots provide instant guidance and support, while data analytics offer valuable insights for educators and administrators.
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