The Journal
MAY 9, 2016
Although schools have spent billions on computer hardware and software for the classroom, only 16 percent of teachers think their schools are using it effectively, according to a new report.
Ditch That Textbook
MAY 9, 2016
Tens of millions of students and teachers worldwide use Google tools in the classroom. Students are creating and collaborating, researching and sharing. Teachers are managing more efficient digital classes and offering more engaging, thought-provoking learning opportunities. When new features or changes happen with Google products that affect education, it’s a big deal.
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The Journal
MAY 9, 2016
Speakaboos, the New York-based ed tech company that promotes learning and reading through interactive, kid-friendly media, has launched a national marketing campaign for its multi-platform reading app for children ages 2 to 6.
EdTech4Beginners
MAY 9, 2016
Sway.com is a fantastic website / App by Microsoft, in which interactive presentations / videos can be created. It is the perfect tool to collate scans/photos of student’s work and display them on the World Wide Web! Take a look at my video tutorial for how to use Sway: Our topics this term are Pop Art and World War 2 so we combined them by re-creating famous Roy Lichtenstein pieces and changing the words to war quotes.
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The Journal
MAY 9, 2016
PayK12 powered by Ticketracker has joined the PowerSchool ISV Partner Badging System, supporting integration of PayK12 with the PowerSchool student information system.
EdTech4Beginners
MAY 9, 2016
Sway.com is a fantastic website / App by Microsoft, in which interactive presentations / videos can be created. It is the perfect tool to collate scans/photos of student’s work and display them on the World Wide Web! Take a look at my video tutorial for how to use Sway: Our topics this term are Pop Art and World War 2 so we combined them by re-creating famous Roy Lichtenstein pieces and changing the words to war quotes.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 9, 2016
Here are the top ten spreadsheet tips according to Ask a Tech Teacher readers. Many are for Excel–just adapt them to Google Sheets if that’s your school program. Most are free lesson plans: #79: Excel Turns Data Into Information. #74: Mastering Excel (for Beginners). #73: How to Graph in Excel. 71: Beginning Graphs in MS Excel. Tech Tip #62: Email from Word (Or PowerPoint or Excel).
EdTech Magazine
MAY 9, 2016
By EdTech Staff The E-Rate application process can be daunting, but this list shows school districts exactly which services and products that are eligible for discounts.
The Journal
MAY 9, 2016
Vernier Software & Technology will once again offer its annual Summer Institute workshops to help science, technology, engineering and math teachers integrate data-collection technology into their curricula.
Educational Technology Guy
MAY 9, 2016
Northrop Grumman Foundation’s Fab School Labs Contest is officially open for submissions! The contest is designed to drive student interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics – otherwise known as STEM - by giving public middle schools the opportunity to create the STEM lab of their dreams, made possible by a grant of up to $100,000 for each.
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 Journal
MAY 9, 2016
The evidence drought is over! A recent methodologically rigorous meta-analysis shows that in 1-to-1 classrooms, there is an increase in student achievement. Yay! Here’s the justification for all those 1-to-1 Chromebook roll-outs!
Waterford
MAY 9, 2016
A new report from nonprofit consulting and research firm The Bridgespan Group identifies early childhood education technology as one avenue that philanthropists could pursue to help lift poor children into the middle class. In this Forbes article , author Kerry A. Dolan shows how our UPSTART program is one prime example of how that might look in practice.
The Journal
MAY 9, 2016
Just three months after President Obama announced a new "moonshot" initiative to eliminate cancer, a group of organizations has teamed together to bring high schoolers into the work. "Decoding Cancer" offers free standards-aligned curriculum made available through a program sponsored by education media company Discovery Education, non-profit Val Skinner Foundation, the LIFE Center at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, and the Rutgers School of Public Health.
Battelle for Kids
MAY 9, 2016
Volume 3, Issue 4, Number 6. (IN YESTERDAY'S POST , Brian shared how competitive sandlot games with seven brothers lead to important insights. Today in Part II, he draws conclusions about the value of free-play.). Driving Question: What did I learn from my youthful play? ORGANIZING AND MANAGING When we were in charge of a touch football game in front of our house, there was a lot of organizing to make it happen.
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.
The Journal
MAY 9, 2016
Seven Chicago Public Schools will receive $280,000 each as part of the Breakthrough Schools Chicago program.
Waterford
MAY 9, 2016
A new report from nonprofit consulting and research firm The Bridgespan Group identifies early childhood education technology as one avenue that philanthropists could pursue to help lift poor children into the middle class. In this Forbes article , author Kerry A. Dolan shows how our UPSTART program is one prime example of how that might look in practice.
The Journal
MAY 9, 2016
Students can connect and collaborate with industry professionals for free through Nepris.
eSchool News
MAY 9, 2016
Reworking lessons and the classroom environment can help girls excel at STEM courses. Despite recent advances, women remain underrepresented in the workforce in many science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. K-12 schools have been working to cultivate and encourage girls’ interest in STEM, and narrow the gap in girls’ participation in science courses.
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The Journal
MAY 9, 2016
Lehighton Schools has won the National Education Foundation's 2016 STEM Leadership Award.
eSchool News
MAY 9, 2016
New survey reveals less than one-fifth of teachers give their school top marks for incorporating technology into the classroom. Only 16 percent of teachers in a recent survey give their schools an ‘A’ for incorporating technology into their classroom, and 48 percent of all surveyed teachers consider the technology they do have to be outdated.
TeacherCast
MAY 9, 2016
Reading and creating comics each have their own benefits and can really make a difference in understanding story structure, in decoding words, in writing dialogue, and in so many other ways. The post Comics for Character Education using @StoryboardThat appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 9, 2016
There’s a new narrative that U.S. schools are “resegregating” along racial lines. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights used the word “resegregation” on the headline of a recent press release and scheduled a briefing on the subject for May 20. And the word “resegregation” gets bandied about frequently at education conferences and in the press.
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.
TeacherCast
MAY 9, 2016
Instead of the old days of hunkering over textbooks and language translation dictionaries, today’s students can learn a language easier than ever before. Thanks to a number of mobile apps, you can take amazing resources and lessons with you wherever you go to master a new language on your own schedule. No matter if you The post Teaching Students a New Language?
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MAY 9, 2016
May 9, 2016 Adding some variety to your teaching content can positively impact students learning and comprehension. Web 2.0 technologies empower teachers with various educational tools and apps to.read more.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 9, 2016
Divided We Learn. After Hechinger’s “Divided We Learn’’ collaboration reported that poor and minority students are drastically underrepresented in key areas of higher ed, Editor in Chief Liz Willen issued a call for solutions to the widening campus inequality gap. This OpEd is one of the answers we received. Student unrest over the educational experience of black students has led several universities to start searching for faculty who look more like the students they teach.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MAY 9, 2016
May 9, 2016 De Mobo Slides is a great application to remotely control the presentations you create through Google Slides, Prezi, and Slideshare right from your iPhone or Android-operated device. The.read more.
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.
esri
MAY 9, 2016
Growing up in the country, my three older brothers introduced me to two mind-blowing tools: binoculars and a magnifying glass. From first grasp of each, the world was never the same. Distant birds were intricately detailed, and even the tiniest of ants were marvelously sculpted. Size and scale became essential concepts for comprehending the world, and tools facilitated this.
Edutopia
MAY 9, 2016
Photo credit: ©Gable Denims/500px Joshua Block Literacy Move beyond the five-paragraph essay. Bring school writing to life through freewriting, peer reviews, and allowing students to include relevant memories and vivid descriptions.
TeachThought - Learn better.
MAY 9, 2016
The post Helping Students See Themselves As Thinkers appeared first on TeachThought.
eSchool News
MAY 9, 2016
Ed. note: App of the Week picks are now being curated with help from the editors of Graphite.org , a free service from Common Sense Education. Click here to read the full app review. 1234 Sculpt+. What’s It Like? 123D Sculpt+ (the enhanced version of 123D Sculpt) is an extremely easy-to-use digital sculpture app. Using it makes you feel like you’re creating real-life clay sculptures — except that the app can create symmetrical shapes along a center axis, and you don’t ge
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