The CoolCatTeacher
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Paul O'Neill talks about Twitter-powered PD From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Sharing and reflecting make us better educators. Today the founder of #pln365 gives us a transparent look into his journey and encourages us to take one of our own. Listen to Paul O’Neill Talk about Twitter-empowered PD Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher Stream by clicking here.
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Here are the most-read posts for the month of January: #WorldReadAloudDay February 5. Ways to Use AI-Powered Quillionz to Assess Student Understanding. 5 Ways Edtech Enhances Social Studies Lessons. 100th Day of School — Make it about Learning. How to Talk to a Tech Teacher (humorous). Lessons Learned My First 5 Years Of Teaching. Plagiarism Checkers: The Benefits Students Fail to See. 10 Hits and 10 Misses for 2019.
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Education Elements
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
As we count down to this year's Education Elements Summit, we asked presenters from last year's Summit to share more of their innovative thinking with us. Kelsey Brown, a teacher in Loudoun County Public Schools, led one of the most popular Personalized Learning Simulations last year, and shares with us her thoughts on classroom structures!
Ditch That Textbook
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Classroom tech CAN be transformational. But when should we use it? And what does that look like? Here are some ideas.When schools provide technology for students, many teachers find themselves asking, "What am I going to do with all these devices?" One might think the "Should I use classroom tech? And how?" is a one-time, "yes/no" […]. The post Classroom tech: Should I use it?
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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
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
When coding shows up in the curriculum of a liberal arts program, its primary purpose is usually pretty obvious: help students get hired. These efforts are often described as attempts to “ help non-computer science students build the tech skills required for today’s jobs ” so that they are ultimately “ more employable. ” The New School, in New York City, is taking a different approach.
Education Elements
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
In a world hyper-focused on influencers and celebrities, it is no surprise that professional athletes are often a top feature of our news or social media feeds. The news we hear about athletes may be rooted in their record-breaking accomplishments, their broader impact on our society or culture, controversial behavior, or even experiences with an unexpected setback or tragedy.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Education reformers and technologists often lament that the best ideas or tools don’t win. Might those failures have less to do with financial challenges or lack of product-market “fit,” than with a failure to understand the pieces and politics at play in the board game of education? I thought of this while reading a fascinating and provocative article titled “ Want to Fix Public Schools?
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Ever since enslaved blacks arrived on the shores of the English colony of Virginia in 1619 , white legislators at various levels of government have designed laws to explicitly control and suppress black people. In 1857, in its Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court decided that black people were not citizens and did not have the right to sue in federal court.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Below is a collection of some good Android apps to help you with your classroom management. Some of the things you can do with these apps include: control the noise level at your class, build a.
Adjusting Course
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Educators are seriously struggling with the demands being piled upon them. I don’t think it’s a stretch to say many of these dedicated professionals are breaking. And I’m not entirely convinced most school leaders are confident in their ability to help. You can only fill a plate so full before it breaks the person carrying it. With this in mind, I wanted to help by compiling five real-actual things principals can (and should) do to help. 5 things your plate wants your principal to know: 1.
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.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Main entrance at Cambridge Rindge & Latin School. Photo: Alfonso Serrano for The Hechinger Report. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Ava had always felt comfortable at the small, private K-8 school she attended just north of Boston. But in high school everything changed. Ava first began to experience anxiety and depression after her parents divorced, when she was still in grade school.
Dr. Shannon Doak
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
If you have been following my blog, you know that I am into gadgets and how they can be used to improve not only educational environments, but also our lives. Another area of concern which has become, rightfully a hot topic, is how technology can be used to help the environment. Climate change is on many people’s minds. This is evidenced by a quick scroll through a social media platform where you will find a plethora of posts about how such and such technology can help with this or that cl
techlearning
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Tech & Learning presents its annual awards program that honors nominated products at the annual TCEA conference. The products below were selected by an anonymous panel of educator judges, who scoured the exhibit hall floor during the conference in Austin. The judges rated their impressions of individual products on a sliding scale, evaluating areas such as quality and effectiveness, ease of use, cost, and creative use of technology.
Teacher Tech
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Use Google Slides Q&A to Get Your Audience to Ask a Question The TCEA conference sent out a tweet reminding participants to ASK A QUESTION! Google Slides has an easy way to let your audience ask a question even if they are afraid to raise their hand. You know how at the end of a […]. The post Ask A Question Gosh Darn It appeared first on Teacher Tech.
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.
EdTechTeam
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Being an instructional coach is unlike anything else I’ve ever done before. Instructional coaching is a unique role to any school building or district and is one that can be quite complex. When I first became an instructional coach, I had some expectations about what my day-to-day would look like and the different projects I would be involved in. What I quickly learned, however, is that coaching is much different than I had imagined.
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
It’s easy enough to decide to focus more on a specific topic or skill, such as STEM, in the classroom, but it’s sometimes more difficult to find tools and resources to support that skill. Teachers have limited time, and it’s often a challenge to search for and evaluate the tools and resources found in search results or blog posts. Here, we’ve gathered some resources and tools focusing on STEM, STEAM, and makerspaces.
MiddleWeb
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
While infographics can be engaging, students may not access the content in a way that leads to deeper understanding. Using NASA images, literacy consultant Sunday Cummins shares four ways to help readers create pathways for sticky learning from this type of resource.
techlearning
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Here are digital classroom tools to help support project-based learning
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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
The Principal of Change
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
In “ Innovate Inside the Box ,” I discussed three types of learning essential for educators: Being a master learner requires that we look at learning in three ways: learning about our students, learning for our students, and learning from our students. In the video below , I talk about each concept in under a minute. I made this for our current Instagram book study but put all of the videos together as one: Each element (for, about, and with) is crucial to growth in education.
Marketplace K-12
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
New York State recently updated regulations governing how districts protect student data, and ed-tech vendors in the state will be affected, too. The post Districts in N.Y. State and Their Ed-Tech Vendors Face New Data Privacy, Security Regulations appeared first on Market Brief.
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Equitable, reliable, and robust broadband access both on and off campus is essential to support digital learning and prepare K-12 students for life and work. The declaration is a cornerstone of Broadband Imperative III: Driving Connectivity, Access and Student Success , a new report from SETDA. In addition to advocating for equitable broadband access, the report discusses innovative technologies and pedagogical approaches to personalize learning for all students.
EmergingEdTech
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Millennials are pushing our world forward, as they become the largest generation, and therefore, the largest part of the workforce. This generation is perfectly familiar with technology, the. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
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.
edWeb.net
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Interacting with technology is second nature to children these days. But, even though they are tech savvy, they might not have the keyboarding and digital citizenship skills to make them stronger and more adept learners. In a recent edWebinar , “Keys to Success for Digital Natives,” experts explained that digital natives still need to strengthen their technological know-how in this context, and offered strategies teachers can use to build these much-needed skills.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
When I was six years old, a pretty blue butterfly died on my school’s playground. I remember watching my friends kneel down and pray for it, without having any idea myself of what to do. I had never prayed before. I had never been taught to. So, I did what any conforming six-year-old would do: I knelt down, too. It was the first time I felt different from everyone else.
Mark Smithers
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
The need to speak several languages is becoming more and more critical, whether for students, to afford the best schools, for workers, to get more opportunities, or for entrepreneurs who want to reach new markets. New technologies revamped foreign language learning, in this article we highlight out what to expect in the upcoming years. Chatting with robots.
techlearning
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
If your school or district is interested in helping staff understand why this is important, then consider Accessibility for Everyone for your next great book study.
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.
Educator Innovator
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
By Beatrice Dias. The Grapple Series: Exploring the Intersections of Artificial Intelligence & Humanity is organized by educators from The Western Pennsylvania Writing Project & The CMU CREATE Lab to support the exploration of the impact and implications of artificial intelligence and new technologies for education and for the communities we serve.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
We've added three new keynote panelists (see below) to our first Library 2.020 mini-conference: "Wholehearted Libraries," which will be held online (and for free) on Tuesday, March 10th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Standard Time (click for your own time zone). We should bring our hearts to work, and qualities such as open-mindedness, emotional intelligence, and reflective action are all part of this process.
Shake Up Learning
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
The post The Dustin Thompson Memorial Scholarship Fund appeared first on Shake Up Learning. It is with a heavy heart that I share this. Dustin Thompson, Laura Thompson, and Kasey Bell. My best friend and colleague, Laura Thompson, lost her sweet husband, Dustin, on January 25, 2020. He was only 41. Those who know Laura know she has been a dedicated teacher for over 20 years.
techlearning
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
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