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How to make a Top 10 video on Flipgrid

Ditch That Textbook

A Top 10 video is a fun way for students to show what they know in a way that's fun to watch! Here are step-by-step instructions with tips and tricks. David Letterman was the one who put the Top 10 list on my radar. During his show, "Late Night with David Letterman," he would share […]. The post How to make a Top 10 video on Flipgrid appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.

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8 Home Learning Tips: How Teachers Can Help Parents Adjust to Remote or Hybrid Learning

Waterford

As remote or hybrid learning continues across the country, establishing home learning routines is more crucial than ever. Educators understandably continue to worry about learning gaps caused by COVID-19, but bringing parents into the conversation can be an excellent way to improve outcomes for students who are learning at home. When families learn how to support their children from home—especially during the early learning years—students can develop stronger reading and vocabulary skills.[1] Pl

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Schools and Educators Use Tech to “Make” a Difference

EdTech Magazine

When high school senior Noah Sullivan heard that healthcare workers were short on protective gear during the COVID-19 pandemic, he knew he wanted to help. Noah’s mother, Alexandra Sullivan, is the principal of Deer Hill Elementary in Massachusetts, where she has access to two MakerBot Replicator Plus Educators Edition 3D printers. The Sullivans have printed more than 80 straps to hold face shields in place, and now they’re working on a plan to mass-produce face masks.

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How Do You Make Zoom Breakout Rooms Less Boring?

Edsurge

The following is the latest installment of the Toward Better Teaching advice column. You can pose a question for a future column here. A conversation broke out on Twitter last week. How do you make Zoom breakout groups less boring? Robin DeRosa, director of Plymouth State University’s Open Learning & Teaching Collaborative, posed the question and committed to sharing her findings via a presentation soon.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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Schools and Educators Use Tech to “Make” a Difference

EdTech Magazine

When high school senior Noah Sullivan heard that healthcare workers were short on protective gear during the COVID-19 pandemic, he knew he wanted to help. Noah’s mother, Alexandra Sullivan, is the principal of Deer Hill Elementary in Massachusetts, where she has access to two MakerBot Replicator Plus Educators Edition 3D printers. The Sullivans have printed more than 80 straps to hold face shields in place, and now they’re working on a plan to mass-produce face masks.

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A parent-led effort to close the digital divide

The Hechinger Report

Two students who received laptops because of a parent-led effort to close the digital divide for Spanish-speaking families in Clark County, Nevada. Credit: Courtesy of Valeria Gurr. When the Clark County School District in Las Vegas announced it would be staying entirely remote this year, mother and education advocate Valeria Gurr was immediately concerned about how the decision would affect low-income and Spanish-speaking families, especially those with students who are English language learner

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Former Blackboard CEO Raises $16M to Bring LMS Features to Zoom Classrooms

Edsurge

This year, investors have reaped big financial returns from betting on Zoom. Since March, when the global pandemic accelerated, the stock price of the publicly traded online video company has increased five-fold, to over $500 per share, by Wednesday’s close. As it turns out, other companies building on top of Zoom can attract plenty of capital as well.

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How to improve student engagement and interactions in your classrooms using Linways LMS.

Linways Technologies

If teaching is an art, keeping the students engaged is the craft of that art. In the post-COVID scenario, student engagement and student-centric learning are going to play huge roles in the education industry. We have opened up new avenues and strategies and models in the teaching-learning process and there’s no going back now. The digital is here, and it will shape education for the decades to come.

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What Inclusive Teaching Means For Colleges In An Era of Social Justice Activism.

Edsurge

Race is among the socio-economic forces that 2020 has brought into sharper focus. Current events this year have underscored racial health disparities and highlighted excessive use of force by police against Black people and protests against such violence. And there’s a presidential election coming up in a time of unprecedented polarization. What should faculty who want to teach inclusively consider with all this context?

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10 at-home learning tips teachers can share with caregivers

eSchool News

When it comes to teaching, 2010 Teacher Of The Year Sarah Brown Wessling knows a thing or two–or 10. Wessling is sharing some of that knowledge to help parents navigate remote and at-home learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. “As we head back-to-school this fall, parents are wondering how they can best support their children. While remote at-home learning has been challenging for many parents, students, and teachers, there are quite a few tools and resources available to help make this ad

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

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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STUDENT VOICE: A new normal from the bottom up

The Hechinger Report

Will education return to normal after the Covid-19 pandemic and protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd and the shooting of Jacob Blake? As a Black teenager from Oakland, California, I hope not. The events of the last few months have provided all of us in this country with a tremendous opportunity. By addressing our nation’s deeply rooted racial inequity, we can create a new normal, built on societal justice and the ability of individuals to make a difference.

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Here Is A Good Pinterest Alternative for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Google has recently released a new social networking and web curation platform called Keen. This is, as MakeUseOf stated, Google's alternative to Pinterest. Keen allows you to curate content online.

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3 things schools need in a data management system

eSchool News

K-12 school districts are already dealing with the exponential growth of the data they handle. They now face the added complexity of school closures and a rapid shift to online learning which has put them under even more pressure to manage and protect their data and data infrastructure. The sudden upsurge in remote learning has increased reliance on digital content, connected services, and online apps.

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What's Working: Distance Learning Tips for Teachers

Graphite Blog

Though distance learning probably still doesn't feel easy, it's no longer brand new. Over the summer there was a small chance to take a breath, regroup, and figure out how we might improve the approach to teaching and learning remotely. Of course, the circumstances remain challenging for everyone involved, but at least we've learned a bit about what works -- and what doesn't.

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

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

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Another Great Educational Resource to Help You with Your Distance Learning

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Kahoot! announced today the release of a new service called Kahoot! Academy which is "a worldwide knowledge platform, community, and marketplace for educators and publishers." Kahoot! Academy.

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Testing-Optional College Admissions and UC California Ruling

EmergingEdTech

My daughter is in her senior year in high school this year and this “test optional” situation has certainly caused her, and my wife and I, some confusion. I'd been meaning to look into it. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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Best Practices for Teaching Math to Unique Learners: Math Vocabulary

N2Y

Talking, writing, and reading about math are powerful ways for students to develop their mathematical proficiency. Explicitly teaching these language skills should not be reserved solely for humanities teachers. “Why not?” you might ask. “Don’t math teachers have enough on their plates with the amount of content to cover these days?”. Instead of lamenting “I don’t have time to teach writing in math,” let’s explore the idea that teaching students to use math vocabulary correctly helps them unders

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With Print Supplies Disrupted, More Schools Adopt Digital Books

eSchool News

With a record number of students going back to school online, educators are urgently turning to digital books in place of print for their established curriculum. In response to this need, OverDrive Education , the leading digital reading platform for K-12 schools worldwide, today announced support for several major curriculum systems. This means that schools can provide instant access to assigned titles as ebooks and audiobooks for in-class and distance learning for all students.

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

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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Distance Learning Science Labs (Baby Steps.)

Cycles of Learning

I wrote last about my desire to bring more hands-on learning to my 100% distance learning curriculum in chemistry and biology. I am going to begin this process SLOWLY leveraging materials students have at home, and as distance learning continues in our county, begin creating kits for students. I found this to be a fabulous resource for lab activities students can do at home (disclaimer: I realize I'm really behind on this and most STEM teachers are already doing fabulous stuff with students in t

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Covid Diary: Prospect Heights School District 23

techlearning

Tech & Learning's "COVID Diary" series follows educators and administrators as they share how their districts are handling teaching and learning during the pandemic.

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Teachers face an uncertain fall

eSchool News

As schools reopen, U.S. educators are worried about what the future holds. In fact, one in five educators (20%) still do not know what their teaching approach will be for the 2020-2021 school year according to National Business Furniture’s (NBF) Back-to-School Study on PR Newswire. The study revealed just how split schools are in their method of reopening: 32% said classes will be hybrid (virtual & in-person); 26% said classes will be virtual; and 18% said classes will be in-person.

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How to Be Sure You Are a Caring Teacher

MiddleWeb

The Caring Teacher asks educators to reexamine how and why they teach the way they do, to record reflections, questions and thoughts toward the goal of reducing bias and increasing student success. Linda Biondi believes every moment spent in reflection will be worth it.

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

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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First-of-its-kind, all-electric mobile preschool

eSchool News

A first-of-its kind vehicle will be hitting the streets this autumn in Colorado as an all-new, all-electric, ‘Magic Bus’ Mobile Preschool will serve to put early-childhood education on wheels. The Magic Bus is a program of the Vail Valley Foundation’s YouthPower365 , and is a Winnebago Industries Specialty Vehicle – the first all-electric mobile preschool in the world.

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Fewer Students Are Going To Community College, Despite High Unemployment

MindShift

Enrollment at U.S. community colleges has dropped nearly 8 percent this fall, newly released figures show, part of an overall decline in undergraduate enrollment as students face a global pandemic and the worst economic recession in decades. Often, enrollment in higher education spikes in times of high unemployment and recession, as students seek additional job skills and postpone entering the workforce.

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Savvas Learning Company Launches Culturally Responsive Learning Initiative

eSchool News

Savvas Learning Company , a next-generation learning solutions provider for K-12 education, is proud to announce the launch of its Culturally Responsive Learning (CRL) Initiative that will focus on supporting teachers in making real changes in their classroom practices to foster student voice and improve achievement as well as using curriculum that opens minds and allows students to see themselves reflected in what they learn.

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A Web Whiteboard that Displays Student Responses in Real-Time

Nick's Picks for Educational Technology

More Than a Web Whiteboard So much more than a web whiteboard, Whiteboard.fi allows teachers to quickly create a class and view student responses in real-time. No accounts are required, no personal information is collected, and it works on any device. It’s a great tool for active student participation and formative assessment. Create Your Class. Read more.

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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the EdTech Industry: Assessing the Influence

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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Albrecht: "Re-Evaluating the Police Response to Your Library" Article + "Getting a Temporary Restraining Order for a Problem Patron" Podcast

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We've posted a new podcast from Dr. Albrecht on the topic of " Getting a Temporary Restraining Order for a Problem Patron " in the " Library Safety and Security with Dr. Steve Albrecht " section of Library 2.0. You can listen directly on the site or you should also be able to access the podcast in SoundCloud here or in your own podcast app using the RSS feed here.

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10 DOs and DON’Ts in Project-Based Learning

Neo LMS

Project-based learning (PBL) is an educational method that allows students to learn new things by exploring the topics on their own (well, almost), by doing their research, and by co-creating their personal learning journey. Of course, students need guidance from their teachers and help along the way, but PBL allows them to be more creative and to unleash that inner explorer.

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Tech Ed Resources for your Class–Digital Citizenship

Ask a Tech Teacher

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Some are edited and/or written by members of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew. Others, by tech teachers who work with the same publisher I do. All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of