EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez The tech giant offers guidelines and support to make a safer online experience for children.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

10MT | 10-Minute Teacher Interview with Billy Krakower From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Billy Krakower (@ wkrakower ), co-author of 140 Twitter Tips for Educators, is a co-moderator of a weekly Twitter discussion for current and emerging school leaders called #Satchat. He is one of the Lead Organizers of edcampNJ.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Since it wasn’t so long ago, I can still remember which were my favorite and least favorite subjects during my years at the university. When I think about it, all my favorite courses have a few common attributes that distinguish them from the rest. One of their most important characteristic is that after all these years I can still retrieve the essential parts of the course content from my memory and I can embed this knowledge in my daily activity.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Across the nation, local Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters) have formed in order to nurture breakthrough learning tools, technologies, and practices; implement these innovations in learning environments; and iterate rapidly based on best available insights. By bringing together educators, entrepreneurs, researchers, funders, and other community stakeholders, EdClusters have an opportunity to accelerate the pace of innovations that support transformative teaching and learning.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Research that shows your product does what it claims for students and teachers is important. But how do you get it? The post Research Is a Critical Part of K-12 Product Development and Sales appeared first on Market Brief.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

‘Technology in education’ has become the buzz phrase for cutting edge classes that are plugged into the latest education trends. Not surprisingly, it takes a lot more than a room full of computers, iPads, and apps to turn “tech ed” from marketing to mainstream. For parents, where schools fall on that continuum — mostly marketing hype or taking the necessary steps to integrate tech — is critical.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

For many educators, the term “virtual reality” may seem like an oxymoron—a tantalizing idea with promise and potential that has yet to materialize in the classroom. But last weekend, the Immersive Storytelling Symposium at the Parsons School of Design in New York City offered a glimpse of the possibilities. Attended by roughly 200 virtual and augmented reality enthusiasts, skeptics and curious wanderers, the event offered an up-close exploration of new projects, candid shortcomings, and worthwhi

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

February 7, 2017 After Google Docs poster, here is the one we promised to prepare for Google Sheets. Our purpose behind these visuals is to highlight basic features teachers (and students) need to.read more.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Before I became an administrator, I spent 25 years teaching in the classroom. During that time, I sat through many poorly delivered professional development (PD) classes. After each class, I would take a few pages out of the notebook I’d been given, and throw the rest away. I knew if I didn’t figure out what I needed and implement it right away, the notebooks would languish on my bookshelf for years.

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ProfHacker

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

As George noted in September , we’ve had a long-standing fascination with note-taking here at ProfHacker. (Heck, back before ProfHacker was a thing, I’d had a popular note-taking assignment, called Wikified Class Notes.) We’ve had posts on note-taking with AppleScript , paraphrasing as note-taking , note-taking in Zotero , note-taking with iOS , note-taking on a Nook Color … there’ve been a lot of posts about note-taking.

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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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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Just before professor Barry Spieler enters the classroom at Montgomery College to teach an introductory statistics course, he looks at a data dashboard and gets a sinking feeling. He sees that few of the students in the course have bothered to do the interactive exercises they were assigned for homework. He doesn’t sweat it, though, since he has a plan to get everyone back on track.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

In recent years, school leaders have debated what, if anything, schools can glean from the way businesses are run. Should schools be managed like business organizations? And to what extent? Now, three educator-researchers are sharing their findings on the topic as they wonder if classroom teachers can use successful, proven business strategies to run their classrooms better and increase both student happiness and engagement.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Last week, the Internal Revenue Service issued an “urgent” alert warning that an email phishing scam, targeting employees’ W-2 form information, “has evolved beyond the corporate world and is spreading to other sectors, including school districts, tribal organizations and nonprofits.” Among the companies affected is Amplify , a New York City-based education technology company.

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

What’s next in edtech? What older tools have you overlooked that are worth a second look? The verdict is in. From VR devices to programming, and from creation apps to creativity tools, expect to see an evolution of the tools you already love and new technologies that will surely engage your students in this compilation of resources. CES2017 The best of show from the CES2017 Conference, the largest global gathering technology trade show, has been curated by tech publications like Wired , Engadget

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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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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

What if you had never gotten a report card in your life, and then you were suddenly handed a really detailed one—with some pretty low marks? That’s what’s happening to colleges as they start to analyze their own institutional data and look harder at student achievement on their campuses. The findings can be tough to digest for professors and administrators, especially at community colleges, where admission is open to all.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Despite federal and state progress expanding high-speed internet access to more schools across the nation, rural school districts are still playing catch-up. Now, new efforts offer opportunities to improve connections speeds–and along with them, learning. Learning is increasingly digital, and rightfully so–today’s students are developing technology skills that are in high demand in a connected global economy.

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Accessibility Digital Learning Report Resources 67

My Paperless Classroom

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Exchange Global is a 24 Hour online global event running from February 28th-March 1st 2017. The post Join us for @EdChangeGlobal on February 28 for a Global Event! | #ECGC17 appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network. Exchange Global is a 24 Hour online global event running from February 28th-March 1st 2017.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

The post Does Your School Need Better Technology Or Better Thinking? appeared first on TeachThought.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

February 8, 2017 TED is one of our favourite video resources we have featured in several of our previous lists. It provides teachers access to a wide range of educational and inspirational videos.read more.

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MiddleWeb

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Jackie Walsh shares resources and strategies teachers can use to partner with students and create new roles and responsibilities in classroom questioning. Replace traditional "interrogation" with methods of inquiry that reveal understanding and strengthen learning.

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Library makerspaces, including members of the YOUmedia Learning Labs Network, offer students a chance to design, tinker, and build critical thinking skills. “Libraries are all about inquiry,” says Valerie Jopeck, a former librarian and current education specialist for a large public school district in Virginia. But in this case, Jopeck is not talking about just online research or reading about animal behavior or electrical engineering. .

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

The FCC has halted a policy that would allow some companies to provide subsidized broadband to low-income households, with the agency's new chair saying he wants to ensure the program is free of waste, first. The post FCC Revokes Decision Allowing Companies to Provide Low-Income Families With Subsidized Broadband appeared first on Market Brief.

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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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Teacher Tech

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Join Alice Keeler at #TCEA17 If you’re headed to Austin for TCEA would love to see you at one of my sessions. I made a website for my sessions alicekeeler.com/tcea17 coffeeEDU 2/8 6am-7 at Caffe Medici. AmazonEDU and TenMarks are sponsoring the coffee! One of my favorite things is coffeeEDU. It is a strictly one hour […]. The post Join Alice Keeler at #TCEA17 appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Cakes, cookies and brownies galore! Baking is a much-loved pastime for many children and adults alike, and a great way to spend quality family time together. Easy Bake Ovens have been on the market since 1963, providing millions of children with their first-ever baking experiences. The ovens allow little bakers more independence to learn the craft, with a safer, lower-heat alternative to a real oven.

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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Student-Led Broadcasts with GSuite (GAFE) Kate Hebert & Brian Prewitt Richardson ISD Presentation Resources: https://sites.google.com/g.risd.org/mstmagnettechnology/student-led-broadcasts-using-gsuite Google Slides Presentation: https://sites.google.com/g.risd.org/mstmagnettechnology/student-led-broadcasts-using-gsuite/presentation Why do Student Led Live Broadcasts?

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Tech Helpful

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Over the past few years I have created Google sites for our students as a way to give them access to curated websites or information during research projects. I have created QR Codes that students can scan to get to these resources and we have also created tabs on our school sets of Chromebooks so students will have direct access to these resources when needed.

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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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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

So in my last post on this blog, just shy of two years ago, I let the world know that I was trying a new adventure in the world of school communications. I enjoyed my tenure as a communications specialist very much and had opportunities to do things I never thought I'd do, like coordinate interviews and news coverage with the media, help publicize a bond election, and interact with community groups interested in supporting our schools.

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MiddleWeb

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

The fully developed strategies and techniques Susan Edwards offers in Active Learning in the Middle Grades Classroom are simple to use and will have students engaged in active, purposeful learning across content areas, says teaching consultant Anne Anderson.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Are you in need of an extra burst of encouragement, motivation, and inspiration? In my latest book Unshakeable: 20 Ways to Enjoy Teaching Every Day…No Matter What , I’ve identified twenty different strategies for enjoying teaching on a daily basis. Each one is a different chapter in the book: The idea behind Unshakeable is that you don’t have to wait for teaching to become fun again.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

The list of sins was starting to feel almost liturgical. I had been explaining lynching, segregation, voting rights violations, the constant threat of violence and the inherent weirdness of having two of everything — water fountains, restrooms, swimming pools, seating areas. Discussing life in the Jim Crow South can be emotionally draining in almost any university classroom; however, college students who have been brought up in the American education system at least have a baseline understanding

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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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