Digital Promise

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As more schools and districts explore curriculum focused on college and career readiness, expectations on what learners should be able to do across content areas are rapidly changing. While older curriculum standards were typically concerned with curricular breadth, current standards prioritize depth, focusing on deep understanding of underlying disciplinary concepts and the multiple ways they lend themselves to problem-solving.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 12, 2017

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells.” – Dr. Seuss. Humor is an effective way to reach students, especially if they struggle with understanding difficult concepts or theories. Humor can also help students pay attention to boring or routine facts and drills. One way to add some humor to your lessons is by getting students to use web tools and apps which get them to animate drawings or images with talking mouths.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Joe Fatheree on episode 207 [A special encore episode] of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Global Teacher Prize finalist Joe Fatheree talks about what great teachers do. He shares his observations and also his hopes for improving the profession. This encore episode is the number fourteen episode of 2017 on the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2017

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez An E-rate-funded network overhaul allowed the Illinois district to transform the classroom for students and teachers.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Professional development is an essential part of the teaching profession — teachers are expected to remain lifelong learners. Naturally, this benefits their students because their teacher continues to stay abreast of the latest developments and trends in education, and it also benefits the teacher who gains certifications, and improves their earning potential.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Art Markman is an expert on what makes people tick. The psychology professor at UT Austin has also become a popular voice working to translate research from the lab into advice for a general audience. He’s co-authored popular books, including Brain Briefs Answers to the Most and Least Pressing Questions About Your Mind. He also writes a blog for Psychology Today magazine, and co-hosts a podcast through Austin’s NPR station called Two Guys on Your Head.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Many university faculty members and higher-ed advocates are on edge this week over an upcoming vote by the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday that may reverse net neutrality. Some education experts have already penned that the vote is likely to pass , potentially raising the cost of accessing learning and student-success tools, prioritizing commercial and entertainment traffic over education and research, and slowing the pace of research and innovation.

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MiddleWeb

DECEMBER 12, 2017

How do your students react when you ask them to work together in groups? Cheers or groans? Teacherpreneur and author Patrice Palmer shares strategies to plan ahead and avoid group project pitfalls and to help students see the benefits of working with each other.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2017

When Christine Ortiz announced nearly two years ago that she was taking leave from her job as a dean at MIT to build a new kind of research university, the idea went viral , even though she offered few details. The effort didn’t even have a name yet. Now Ortiz has emerged from a “stealth” period to give an update on her project. Though she is filling in a few more blanks, the pitch remains more of a sweeping vision than a detailed proposal.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Located in downtown Providence, Rhode Island, 225 students along with the faculty and staff of the Village Green Virtual Charter High School (VGV) have been pioneering the school of the future—advancing individualized education and family choice by maximizing technology, creating community, reshaping teaching, and redefining school. Opened in September 2013, VGV draws students statewide by a blind lottery.

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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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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The Jefferson County Public Schools have made a commitment to “whole-child education” that goes beyond academics. Photo: Tamika Moore for The Hechinger Report. Visit an elementary school in Kentucky’s Jefferson County Public Schools and you may find students doing partner yoga poses. The activity, part of a massive study of a “whole-child” education program called the Compassionate Schools Project , has several purposes.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 12, 2017

With the pervasive use of technology inside our classrooms, pedagogical concerns related to the effectiveness of technology in transforming education and creating optimal learning experiences come to.read more.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Education and library services leaders say they are carefully watching a vote scheduled by the Federal Communications Commission in the hopes that the internet will remain an open and level playing field for their students, faculty, patrons and those in the pursuit of knowledge and information. The chairman of the federal panel is following through on a pledge to repeal 2015 regulations designed to ensure that internet service providers treat all online content and apps equally.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

DECEMBER 12, 2017

How To Buy Bitcoin—And Why You Should Consider It by TeachThought Staff The following links are affiliate links. You can read more about our affiliate policy here, but the general premise is that we receive a very small % of revenue from anything you buy via clicking. If you want to make sure the seller […]. The post How To Buy Bitcoin—And Why You Should Consider It appeared first on TeachThought.

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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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The Principal of Change

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As many educators across North America are about to go on Winter break, I know that the holidays do not necessarily mean “no stress,” but for some, could be a different kind of stress. The week before the break can be exhausting and John Spencer , recently wrote, “ Ten Creative Alternatives to Showing Movies Before the Break ,” that may give you some ideas before the end of the calendar year.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

DECEMBER 12, 2017

How To Buy Bitcoin—And Why You Should Consider It by TeachThought Staff The following links are affiliate links. You can read more about our affiliate policy here, but the general premise is that we receive a very small % of revenue from anything you buy via clicking. If you want to make sure the […]. The post How To Buy Bitcoin—And Why You Should Consider It appeared first on TeachThought.

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SpeechTechie

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Back in the day, I used to subscribe to Nick Jr. Magazine for its ads (great expository text contexts) and visual content. This included a comics section with a series called "Scene But Not Heard" by comic artist Sam Henderson. The adventures of Pink Guy and Bear are humorous, exaggerated, and related without words. Like wordless picture books, wordless videos and comics are helpful materials for students to work on interpreting nonverbal cues, "thinking with the eyes," and constructing narrativ

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Cyber-attacks have been making headlines after massive data breaches at Fortune 500 companies. According to a recent report by the Business Continuity Institute [1] and the British Standards Institution, nearly nine in 10 businesses worldwide are worried about the threat of cyber-attacks. Recently, the panic has spread to educational institutions. Unfortunately, schools, colleges and universities are perfect targets, often possessing out-of-date security systems and a wealth of sensitive, moneti

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Marketplace K-12

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The global private school provider says it has invested $1 billion in its schools and personnel since fiscal year 2014. The post GEMS Education, Major Global Schools Provider, Says It Has Secured $1.25 Billion Loan appeared first on Market Brief.

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ProfHacker

DECEMBER 12, 2017

A few weeks ago I wrote about how to get a free GitHub account for education , and then a week later I signal boosted a method for building a course website using R Markdown and Github. I like the sites generated using that method, but the styling options are somewhat limited for these sites, and they’re not best for all purposes (or even all course websites).

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MindShift

DECEMBER 12, 2017

In 2001, not long after Oklahoma had adopted one of the nation’s first universal pre-K programs, researchers from Georgetown University began tracking kids who came out of the program in Tulsa, documenting their academic progress over time. In a new report published in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management today, researchers were able to show that Tulsa’s pre-K program has significant, positive effects on students’ outcomes and well-being through middle school.

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EmergingEdTech

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Big Data is Here. What can it do for Education? The way that students learn and teachers teach will be revolutionized when big data is deployed massively in the educational space. To catalyze this. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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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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EdTechTeam

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The concept of fractions can be a daunting and difficult area of mathematics to both understand and teach, but it can be the area where you have the most fun and really see if your students can articulate their mathematical thinking. It is Term 4 in Stage 3 (Year 5 and 6) and the year is winding down. We still have to teach Mathematics (for obvious reasons other than to just fill in the days until we go on holidays) and I still want my students to be challenged, engaged and excited for their lea

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

I’m halfway through my annual series on the year’s “ Top Ed-Tech Trends ” – all the stories that we’ve been told about education technology and the future of education in 2017. Perhaps you’re overwhelmed by the word count. I know I am. This means it’s also time to post my annual reminder that the work I do on Hack Education is supported almost entirely through readers’ donations.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Adams 12 Five Star Schools’ Chief Information Officer, David Bonsett needed a fast, reliable and secure Wi-Fi network solution to keep 45,000 students’ e-learning uninterrupted, and 5,000 educators mobile. Watch The Video To See How Xirrus Delivers Fast, Reliable Wi-Fi to a Colorado School District.

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Tech Helpful

DECEMBER 12, 2017

"Said the night wind to the little lamb Do you see what I see Way up in the sky little lamb Do you see what I see A star, a star Dancing in the night With a tail as big as a kite With a tail as big as a kite" - The Little Drummer Boy Perspective. Your reality is your perception of the truth. Interestingly, the same eye witness to an event, conversation, or day can have totally different perceptions of how things went down.

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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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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 12, 2017

In this digital age, we are now faced with the tyranny of overwhelming choice. Challenges certainly arise with such a plentiful bounty of options to choose from whilst sifting mindlessly via the screen. The unavoidable thought […].

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Teacher Tech

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Share Your Lesson Plans Through Google Calendar There are 3.6 million teachers in the US and we do not have a collective way to share our lesson plans. There is some awesome teacher in “Vermont” doing some cool things and we all have no idea about it. How do you follow day to day what […]. The post Google Calendar: Create a Curriculum Planning Calendar appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2017

These days, the concept of rethinking school has become the latest education buzzword, with everyone from the XQ Institute, book authors and U.S. education secretary Betsy DeVos touring across the country, championing the need to “ rethink school ” into something more relevant for today’s learner. Yet one Japanese entrepreneur has been busy remaking how students learn across the world.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The third annual Global Leadership Summit will be held on Friday, March 23rd, 2018 from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm at 415 Summer Street, Boston, MA. This event is hosted by ASCD and GlobalEd Events. Paid registration is required [link] About the Summit In a time of increased cultural diversity, global connectivity, and polarization of perspectives, how can leaders in classrooms, schools, districts, and education policy arenas support students with the competencies to thrive in college, careers, and as ci

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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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