Ed Tech from the Ground Up
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
One of the most important things I’ve learned after two years in the K-12 product space (and trust me, there have been many lessons): Implementation of an ed-tech tool is key. If you want schools to successfully adopt your product, you must have a well-crafted, thoughtful implementation strategy. The discussion at a recent EdSurge summit in Oakland, Calif., really drove this point home.
Ask a Tech Teacher
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
Most teachers I know accept that their classes must be technology-infused. Many think that means replacing traditional tools with the tech version (for example, instead of creating a big bulky poster, use a virtual poster like Glogster). Others think using iPads to read the book is homage enough to the 21st Century teaching police. A surprising number of students — and teachers — still consider technology to be the realm of a chosen few endowed with brilliance and math/science skills
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Digital Promise
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
“Don’t just give them the tool and walk away,” says Shannon Sims, Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Mockingbird Education. Teaching strategies that incorporate modeling and guided practice are particularly effective for helping adult learners master the visualizing skills critical for effective reading. To learn more about active strategies for teaching adult literacy skills, watch our recorded webinar with experts from Mockingbird Education.
Educational Technology Guy
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
It's National Preparedness Month , and start of the Hurricaine Season. With all of the crazy weather we have seen, it's good to be prepared. It is important to consider three scenarios when planning for an emergency: 1) an escape route and meeting point if everyone is in the house; 2) what to do during a school day; and 3) how to handle an emergency during the weekend, when family members might be scattered.
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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.
Education Elements
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
How do I stay ahead of the game consistently and constantly? This question is probably the most frequently asked question by those that are operating at their peak in any profession. Though there are many books, a lot of advice and much research conducted about human development and personal growth, very little has been published or discussed on how or what we need to do to sustain peak performance levels.
Educational Technology Guy
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
This Back to School Guide, is a free resource for helping students achieve greater success in school. The new guide offers tips for efficient scheduling, how to maintain a budget, creating good study habits and more using office productivity software. The guide is available here for download: [link]. The guide includes these topics: Back-to-School Basics: Tracking Tools Can Help You Prepare for Fall Getting Back in the School Mindset Templates, Style Trends, and More Good Study Habits an
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
Figurative speech is the language we use to spice up our writing. Besides their aesthetic value , figurative expressions and axioms cast a flavour of 'writerly professionalism' on the written piece.read more.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
This week in S’Cool Tools, we again share the real experiences of three teachers using three different tools, written in their own words. . If you’d like to be featured in our S’Cool Tools column, click here to leave your very own Teacher Case Study. Raz-Kids. Written by Hilary , a digital literacy specialist at a district in Minnesota. EdSurge: What was the problem in your classroom or school that you were trying to solve when you implemented Raz-Kids?
ProfHacker
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
In this ongoing series of making games on the classroom, I’ve been taking a look at a number of user-friendly tools for making interactive content, including: Inform 7. Twine and Twine 2.0. inklewriter. Construct 2. Adventure Game Studio. Scratch. Flowlab. Stencyl. Every tool I’ve examined has different strengths, and ultimately choosing the right tool for your own project or a class assignment can determine its success.
MiddleWeb
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
While Mindsets for Parents seems geared towards parents, anyone who works with or interacts regularly with children will find this book helpful, says math coach Lori Hochstetler. Opportunities for reflection plus concrete examples fill the book.
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.
EdTechTeam
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
Amber Klebanoff Google Certified Trainer Google Certified Admin Twitter: @emergingteched emerginteched.com After completing the Hour of Code two years ago, I came across CS First when a Fifth grade teacher wanted to find a way to continue working on coding with her students but through a systematic approach. Here came in CS First. Even though CS First has been created with the idea that it be used as an after-school club, we decided to infuse this program directly into the teacher’s classroom.
TeachThought - Learn better.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
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Fractus Learning
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
Makerspaces are taking shape around the country in many schools. The demand for these opportunities for our students to explore and create is greater than ever before. Anyone can start a Makerspace with minimal or low-tech materials. It truly is about the mindset of the Makerspace that matters most. However, when a school has an opportunity to add some high tech features and tools, it is very exciting as well.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
The video starts with a fight between two high school girls. It ends with both of them on the ground, screaming, after having thousands of volts of electricity shot into their bodies. The entire incident lasts less than one minute. Bullied by the badge? “Set To Stun” is the second in a series of stories about police in schools. It is produced in collaboration with The Hechinger Report.
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.
EmergingEdTech
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
Achieving Better Communication and Collaboration in Class and at Home Technological innovation, as applied to the creation of lucrative new business models and even the birth of entire industries, [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
MindShift
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
Excerpted with permission of the publisher Jossey-Bass, a Wiley brand, from Creating Cultures of Thinking: The 8 Forces We Must Master to Truly Transform Our Schools by Ron Ritchhart. Copyright (c) 2015 by Ron Ritchhart. All rights reserved. This book is available at all booksellers. By Ron Ritchhart. Sitting in the back of Karen White’s algebra classroom in suburban Colorado, I found myself growing increasingly uncomfortable.
MiddleWeb
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
New teacher Caleb Pahl recommends Audrey Watters' book about student ownership of domains and online content to district policy makers who make decisions in this arena – and teachers with a specific interest in how "big data" is used by education corporations.
techlearning
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
According to a 2016 survey by OverDrive and ASCD, educators agree that ebooks and audiobooks have the advantage over print materials when it comes to delivering individualized instruction.
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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
IAD Learning
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
The term adaptive e-Learning refers to a set of techniques oriented to offer online students a personal and unique experience, with the final goal of maximizing their performance. Adaptive e-Learning is based on the principle that every student is unique and has a different background, educational needs, learning style, etc. The objective of Adaptive e-Learning is being able to capture those diferencies and translate them into contents and training processes which are relevant for each and every
techlearning
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
Ambitious global community aims for public good through student engagement.
NeverEndingSearch
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
This coming Monday, October 3 at 8:00 PM Eastern, TLCafé features a very special conversation. . Are You Ready? with guests Andrew Marcinek , CIO at Worcester Academy and Former Chief Open Education Advisor for the Office of Educational Technology, and Stony Evans , library media specialist at Lakeview (AK) High School will address Open Education Resources and what it means to be a future-ready librarian.
MiddleWeb
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
With short chapters, graphic organizers, rubrics and acronyms, the strategies in Barbara Blackburn's updated Classroom Instruction for A to Z are right at the fingertips of busy teachers, ready for trial runs or implementation, says educator Laura Von Staden.
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.
techlearning
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
19 Free Classic Books in the iBookstore Check out this list of classics in the public domain—from Tolstoy and Melville to Austen and Dickens and more—all free for you to download on your iPad or iPhone.
Educational Technology Guy
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
Epson announced the availability of the Epson iProjection™ App for Chromebooks , enabling students and teachers to wirelessly display content from Chromebooks on Epson BrightLink ® interactive projectors and most PowerLite® projectors. With the Epson Multi-PC Projection with Moderator function1 and the Epson iProjection App for Chromebooks, the teacher has the ability to display up to four Chromebook notebook computers simultaneously from a maximum of 50 connected devices for an engaging collabo
techlearning
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
See how three different schools reinvented spaces to accommodate different types of learning.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
Four year-olds at Beary Cherry Tree use magnetic blocks with instructor Fredericka Bellard, 24, to learn about counting, sorting and patterns. Photo: Della Hasselle. Over the summer, Kinsley, age 19 months, was just starting to develop her vocabulary. Sometimes her mom, Christian Gobert, laughed about it, because the word Kinsley knew best was “no.”.
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.
techlearning
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
This game with seven levels of play makes learning and practicing basic arithmetic operations fun for students.
techlearning
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
T&L READER SURVEY DOES YOUR SCHOOL PLAN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GO OPEN INITIATIVE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION?
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