The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 4, 2018

Wanda Terral on episode 305 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Safe experiences with monitoring and support can help children understand digital safety. In today’s show, Wanda Terral talks about how to help kids understand digital safety. Free Digital Citizenship Webinar: Thursday, May 10 at 5pm ET, join me for the 9 Key P’s of Digital Citizenship sponsored by NetRef AND get a free pilot of NetRef’s internet managemen

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Ditch That Textbook

MAY 4, 2018

The best thing about Twitter is the community of educators who share freely with others. Aaron Hogan, the author of Shattering the Perfect Teacher Myth, wrote that “Twitter is not going to change your life, but the educators you meet there will.” It’s true, the connections you make on Twitter will help you create a […].

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 4, 2018

Schools Must Invest to Protect IoT Devices. jena.passut_7651. Fri, 05/04/2018 - 11:39. Worldwide spending to protect Internet of Things devices is predicted to reach $1.5 billion this year , research firm Gartner recently announced. With spending at $1.2 billion last year, that’s a 28 percent jump. The massive dollar figure relates to the staggering number of devices that need protecting.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 4, 2018

If you’re one of the many who must take the IELTS test, one of our Ask a Tech Teacher contributors has come to your rescue. Here are five great websites to prepare you: The classroom is not the only place you can prepare for your IELTS exam. Thanks to technology, the candidates can access different resource materials online to practice for their examination.

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Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

This is the transcript of the talk I gave this afternoon at a CUNY event on "The Labor of Open". Thank you very much for inviting me here to speak to you. I’m quite honored to get to kick off your event here, and I hope I can say some things that will be provocative and maybe generative for the kinds of discussions you’re having today. As I’ve thought about what I might say, I will admit, I had to do a lot of reflection about what my relationship is to “open.” Becau

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eSchool News

MAY 4, 2018

As the nation faces a looming teacher shortage, one of the most powerful tools we have for retaining teachers is coaching. Every district around the nation employs coaching models. But are they effective? We asked this question two years ago after years of coaching teachers at both the school and district level. After analyzing our impact, we realized our return on investment was not as large as we needed or wanted.

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eSchool News

MAY 4, 2018

A few years ago, computer programming for kids was a niche subject that only children of select parents were exposed to. Fast-forward to today, where coding for kids has embedded itself into many mainstream education curriculums around the world. Even though the popularity of teaching kids to code has increased, there are still concerns with screen time for young children.

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Edsurge

MAY 4, 2018

Some people will testify that they learned new languages fluently simply by sitting in front of a screen and streaming. One person on a Duolingo forum noted after six months of watching Turkish soap operas that she could conversationally speak the language. According to new research coming out of New York University, that may be a possibility for preschoolers.

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Teacher Tech

MAY 4, 2018

7 Google Drive Tips Google Drive, the heart of G Suite. All of your Google Apps are automatically saved to Google Drive. Link to Slides 1. Start with Drive drive.google.com Most Google Apps are accessed by the app name and google.com. Thus Google Drive is drive.google.com. You can also use docs.google.com, slides.google.com, sheets.google.com, maps.google.com, mymaps.google.com, […].

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Edsurge

MAY 4, 2018

In what’s playing out like a game of edtech musical chairs, digital literacy platform myON is changing hands again—for the third time in 15 months—as part of the just-announced acquisition of its parent company, Renaissance Learning , by private-equity firm Francisco Partners. Just six weeks ago, Renaissance announced its own acquisition of myOn from none other than Francisco Partners, who are scooping it back up as they take charge of both companies from fellow equity group Hellman & Friedm

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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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MAY 4, 2018

May 4th is Star Wars day and what better time to teach and learn with the Force as you end the school year! Students of all ages enjoy Star Wars. The movies and books teach us about being heroes , complicated relationships with family, being brave, and picking ourselves up after failing or making mistakes. Below, find over 15 Star Wars themed STEM and literacy activities.

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Bryan Alexander

MAY 4, 2018

How can higher education sustain online learning? This might be an odd question to ask, when programs in what we used to call “distance learning” are growing in student numbers. Yet these programs are bound up in the general crisis afflicting American higher education, and we shouldn’t be surprised to see casualties. This week the Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium announced it was shutting down.

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 4, 2018

LRP Conferences, a publisher and conference organizer, announced that it has acquired the editorial and conference company Professional Media Group, LLC. The post LRP Acquires District Administrator, in Merging of School Media Companies appeared first on Market Brief.

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Tech Helpful

MAY 4, 2018

This letter went out to our families this week: Yesterday CCS had the incredible opportunity to participate in the Google Expeditions Pioneer Program. Twenty different groups of students from Kindergarten to 12th grade were able to use augmented reality tools to enhance the concepts they are currently learning in their classrooms through engagement, visualization, and manipulation.

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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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techlearning

MAY 4, 2018

Check out this really simple way to get more out of a quiz with Formative. After a quiz, get students to take ownership of their learning by using Formative to send out exit tickets prompting students to document what questions they still have that they want to explore. Find more formative assessment strategies and resources from Common Sense Education. [ App Offers Comprehensive View of Student Achievement ].

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Bryan Alexander

MAY 4, 2018

How can higher education sustain online learning? This might be an odd question to ask, when programs in what we used to call “distance learning” are growing in student numbers. Yet these programs are bound up in the general crisis afflicting American higher education, and we shouldn’t be surprised to see casualties. This week the Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium announced it was shutting down.

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techlearning

MAY 4, 2018

-- Virtual Field Trip at EA Tiburon Studio in Orlando Connects Middle School Students Nationwide with Engineers, Animators and Designers for an Inside Look at STEM Careers Powering Madden NFL -- -- #ANumbersGameVFT LIVE Twitter Chat @DiscoveryEd with Antonio Brown @AB84, @EAMaddenNFL and @NFLPA to explore how data dominates video game development -- Silver Spring, Md.

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Testpress

MAY 4, 2018

Given the fact that there are so many online exam software in the market, finding the right software for your IIT JEE Coaching Institute is not an easy task. In this article, we are listing the important features to consider while choosing the online exam software for your IIT JEE Coaching Institute. About IIT JEE Exam: IIT JEE Mains contains 90 questions.

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MAY 4, 2018

Las Vegas, Nevada, May 4, 2018 — On March 16, 2016, Governor Brian Sandoval issued an executive order instituting changes regarding workforce development to ensure a highly-skilled, diverse workforce, and to pave the way for innovative workforce development programs that support the labor market needs of Nevada. In alignment with the governor’s objectives, Vegas PBS, through a state grant for distance education, has partnered with Nevada Learning Academy (NVLA) to provide additional opportunitie

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Edsurge

MAY 4, 2018

I am a tech innovator, and my students are just like those kids in the Microsoft commercial— you know the one starring the rapping teacher in the bright blue vest with perfect hair, in the classroom where everyone looks happy and enthusiasm is exploding. Except that isn’t real, at least not in my experience. Sometimes technology isn’t smart enough to pick up on why a student doesn’t understand a concept, or it’s not adaptive enough to pivot and present an alternative way of learning.

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techlearning

MAY 4, 2018

Look, I'll be the first to admit that I love automation. Or, perhaps more accurately, I love the idea of automation. Automated marking ? Count me in! Artificial Intelligence to help teachers ? Love it. [ Five Ways to Make a Tech Manual Interesting ] The trouble is, automation never comes up to the standards achievable by human beings. I'll give a few examples to show what I mean.

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Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

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. (National) Education Politics. Via Politico : “ National Teacher of the Year Mandy Manning delivered dozens of letters to President Donald Trump from her students on Wednesday afternoon, with one of the letters urging the president to ‘take care’ with his language about immigrant and

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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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MAY 4, 2018

Project Foundry Helpful, yet complex, management tool for project-based learning [ Augmented Reality App Ideal for Game-Based Learning, PBL ] Pros: Supports a student-centered, project-based classroom with a number of multifaceted tools to help both teachers and students. Cons: The learning curve can be steep when setting up and managing students' PBL experience.

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