EdTech Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

Last year’s mass shift to virtual learning altered the landscape for K–12 education. Districts fast-tracked long-term plans for upgraded technology and teacher training. Educators and students worked together to troubleshoot technical problems as they arose, and companies innovated remote learning software to provide the best experiences. With all of the changes, adaptations and, in many cases, improvements, educators are beginning to wonder if schooling should return to the way it was.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 26, 2021

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Sophia is a student in Oman. During the 2020 shut down, Sophia wanted to help the children in her neighborhood have a fun learning experience — so she created a virtual summer camp online. We can learn about learning in this example where the teacher and students are kids and everything is optional.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 26, 2021

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: 16 Spring Cleaning Steps for Computers.

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Ditch That Textbook

APRIL 26, 2021

What teacher doesn’t want to save themselves time and teach better? It’s finding those low-prep, high-return activities that we can use right away that can be challenging. That’s where EduProtocols come in. EduProtocols, created by Jon Corippo and Marlena Hebern, are a series of lesson frames that are easy to adapt to any subject or grade. And the amazing […].

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Education Elements

APRIL 26, 2021

About a year ago, we dealt with one of the largest supply shortages we've faced as a modern country. While toilet paper was certainly in high demand, it was actually active dry yeast that had people scrambling. New and aspiring bakers that found themselves with additional time at home were inspired to learn a new skill: how to make homemade bread amidst the backdrop of a global pandemic.

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The Jose Vilson

APRIL 26, 2021

A jury of Derek Chauvin’s “peers” found him guilty on all counts of murder: unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. Millions reacted to this conviction in their homes, in the streets, on social media, on their own, in the company of others, or perhaps not at all. As the judge read the charges, perhaps many reacted with a sense of excitement, but folks in my circles reacted with a sense of relief and exasperation.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2021

Students newly accepted by colleges and universities this spring are being deluged by emails and texts in the hope that they will put down their deposits and enroll. If they have questions about deadlines, financial aid and even where to eat on campus, they can get instant answers. This story also appeared in USA Today. The messages are friendly and informative.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

Choosing a new curriculum for New Mexico public school districts is no small task. Each content area goes through a six-year adoption cycle. So, before committing, districts solicit input from teachers, parents, administrators and even community members, in an effort to make the best choices for their kids. One reason we chose MidSchoolMath is that the middle grades represent the critical time in a student’s academic career.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2021

A Minnesota study of 18,000 students whose schools switched to a later start time found kids slept more but posted only slightly higher grades. Credit: Thom Lang/Getty Images. The physical and mental health benefits of getting a good night’s sleep are indisputable. What’s less clear is whether starting school later in the morning will prompt kids to sleep more and consequently learn more during the school day.

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Jamf on EdTech

APRIL 26, 2021

Shlayer malware detected allows an attacker to bypass Gatekeeper, Notarization and File Quarantine security technologies in macOS. The exploit allows unapproved software to run on Mac and is distributed via compromised websites or poisoned search engine results.

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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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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 26, 2021

18 Questions To Ask Students About Their Day Remote Learning. by Terry Heick. A simple enough premise that doesn’t seem to need contextualizing: what kinds of questions can you ask students after their remote learning to support or enhance what they’ve learned and their ability and tendency to use it in their lives? So, in the spirit of 44 Alternatives to What Did You Learn In School Today?

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eSchool News

APRIL 26, 2021

As schools make plans to reopen, it would be easy for school and district leaders to put teacher PD on the backburner. There are, after all, a lot of competing priorities – from managing first-days-of-school schedules to navigating new cleaning protocols to building culture and community. High-quality PD is still critical to teachers’ success, and now is not the time to scale back, especially given the ongoing challenges teachers are facing this school year.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

APRIL 26, 2021

Welcome to the seventh in a series of posts regarding Blending the PBL Gold Standards. I am very excited to share ideas relating to PBL and Blended/eLearning as it relates to this Blog’s topic of Student Critique and Revision. As I reflect, PBL has always been blended. Our challenge is… how to break down the classroom walls even more with the technology we have today.

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eSchool News

APRIL 26, 2021

The pandemic has created plenty of seemingly insurmountable challenges, but it has also presented amazing opportunities for school districts. Maybe the opportunity is the chance (or the necessity!) to try new tools that may have been too risky or training-intensive in more normal times. Maybe it’s an attitude of goodwill and mutual aid that strengthens relationships among district stakeholders.

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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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

APRIL 26, 2021

Since the outbreak of the pandemic several digital platforms and mobile applications started incorporating features designed specifically to support distance learning. We have already featured.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 26, 2021

The Definition Of Good Work. by Terry Heick. What’s the definition of ‘good work’? Good work is work that makes the world ‘better’ but, of course, that’s subjective. So let’s keep trying. Good work is the ongoing exertion of cognitive, creative, and physical functions in pursuit of a world that not only makes room for such things but supports others in doing good work, too.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

APRIL 26, 2021

K5 Learning is a platform that offers printable reading and math worksheets that you can use in your instruction. It also offers an "online reading and math program for kids in.

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Teacher Tech

APRIL 26, 2021

Check out these 5 things you can do in Google Jamboard. The post 5 Features of Google Jamboard appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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myViewBoard

APRIL 26, 2021

In this post we will explain how to get the most out of myViewBoard Classroom, our web-based distance learning solution, and what makes it unique. The idea behind Classroom. Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler. Albert Einstein ( kind of ). Why has the humble blackboard and chalk been a staple of educators for over 200 years?

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MiddleWeb

APRIL 26, 2021

What if a STEM project became a product kids make for actual use? Anne Jolly shows how industry’s Product Design Process (PDP) expands upon the familiar engineering design popular in STEM classes, giving students new skills as they move from prototypes to the marketplace. The post Product Design Can Enrich STEM Projects first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Turnitin

APRIL 26, 2021

A closer look at cheating devices used to purposely evade detection on exams with ways to mitigate their impact on student learning

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 26, 2021

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 245 Educational Complexities With Kentucky’s Commissioner Of Ed. Drew Perkins talks with Jason Glass, Kentucky’s Commissioner of Education, about the complexities of education in the modern world. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: @KYCommishGlass Office of the Commissioner of Education. *Also published at TeachThought.com.

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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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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

The post-COVID economy will demand practical skills and a diverse workforce, yet many companies struggle to find quality talent at the scale they need. Corporate recruiters return to the same universities year after year and still fall short of their hiring goals. They may be looking in the wrong places. There is a labor pool of millions that goes largely unnoticed: the one-third of U.S. undergraduates who attend public two-year colleges.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 26, 2021

Using Authentic Audience In PBL To Unlock Critical Thinking. by Drew Perkins , TeachThought PD. The TeachThought PBL model includes 5 ‘levers for quality’ that we rely on as we guide educators through the project design process in our workshops and coaching. They’re all important and work together to impact and elevate deeper thinking and learning.

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MindShift

APRIL 26, 2021

If teaching were like following a recipe, it would be a much easier job. Unlike the reliable and straightforward process of baking a batch of chocolate chip cookies, practices that work in a morning class may not work the same way in the afternoon. Instead, teachers have the extremely complicated task of figuring out how to help students learn in classrooms that are uniquely composed of children with different relationships to learning. .

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2021

Joe Biden is on his way to becoming the “Care President.” After getting a desperately needed $39 billion for child care stabilization into the American Rescue Plan, the administration put $25 billion for child care facilities into the American Jobs Plan and, according to a report from the Washington Post , is likely to propose hundreds of billions more to support the sector while bringing down costs to families.

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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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MindShift

APRIL 26, 2021

Picture this: A group of nonnative English speakers is in a room. There are people from Germany, Singapore, South Korea, Nigeria and France. They’re having a great time speaking to each other in English, and communication is smooth. And then an American walks into the room. The American speaks quickly, using esoteric jargon (“let’s take a holistic approach”) and sports idioms (“you hit it out of the park!

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edWeb.net

APRIL 26, 2021

By Michele Israel. WATCH THE EDLEADER PANEL RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. It’s been a rough year, especially for students. Virtual and hybrid learning, schools opening and closing, struggles with technology and access, sickness and restrictions. Who wouldn’t be anxious, scared and out of sorts with this level of disruption? When schools begin to operate at fuller capacity post-COVID, they will need to nurture students more than ever.

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