ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 24, 2019

Dusty blackboards, smudged overhead projectors, and over saturated photocopies - Surely this sounds like many people’s education experience. If that’s the case, take solace in knowing that, in many schools, those factors are in the past. Today, eLearning reigns supreme. For those who don’t know what it is, eLearning refers to learning that utilizes electronic means to create a more dynamic and instructive learning environment.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 24, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Tony Vincent is a pro at creating graphics. His blog and work is full of amazing graphics. Today, he teaches us five sure-fire ways to create remarkable graphics. We can teach our students or use them to promote the causes we care about. Listen to Hear Ideas You Need to Know Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher Stream by clicking here.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2019

Data collection and analysis are cornerstones for many STEM and STEAM programs but they’re not just about math. They teach students how to think critically and solve evidence-based problems. Unfortunately, data collection hardware is expensive and setup is complicated–intimidating for many non-tech-minded teachers. Enter award-winning PASCO Scientific with a commitment to providing innovative, affordable tools for K-12 science and math programs.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 24, 2019

This is the fourth post in our series on “Powerful Learning,” a set of principles guiding our work supporting schools and educators to develop learning experiences that engage the hearts and minds of learners as we introduce new technologies. In this series, we explore the design principles and the research that grounds them to inspire and guide you in making your own learning and teaching practices more powerful and empowering.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 24, 2019

Every child has a specific learning method that helps them achieve the best results possible. With many different approaches to the style of learning, it can be hard to find a way to teach that caters for the diverse needs of learners in a 21st-century classroom. That’s why in today’s post, we’re exploring all the different types of learning styles and how a classroom can better provide a learning experience that meets the needs of everyone.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2019

Picture this: It’s Monday and Ms. D’Angelo, a seventh-grade science teacher in the South Bronx, gives her students a homework assignment about food chains that is due in one week. The assignment asks students to teach a family member about this concept by completing a model food chain together. The following Monday, Ms. D’Angelo is surprised to see that that some of her students seem to understand the material at a deep level—they even use new vocabulary terms with great fluidity.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2019

Last year, 274,000 classroom projects were imagined, funded and fulfilled because of an idea one teacher had almost two decades ago. That idea gave way to DonorsChoose.org , a nonprofit where teachers can create projects and request resources to help their students, and then donors come in to put up the funds. In 2018, it reached classrooms in 52,000 schools, or nearly half of all public schools in the U.S.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2019

In the ever-changing technological world, computer science is not only becoming more prominent in classrooms , but a staple in education. Computer science combines the principles of technology and use of computers to educate learners on both the hardware and software of computer technology. The field of computer science is exceptionally diverse, as the skill sets are in-demand across practically every industry—serving as a lucrative and stable career pathway.

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Teacher Tech

JANUARY 24, 2019

Creating Infographics in Foreign Language Courses A Guest Post by Barbara Kurtz Challenge: I want my students to WANT TO LEARN. I want them to be capable of communicating about a variety of topics in Spanish. They need to learn with an AUTHENTIC AUDIENCE AND PURPOSE. They need to use language with an AUTHENTIC PURPOSE: […]. The post Infographics in Foreign Language Classes with @bjkurtz appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2019

Stories about innovation seem to be everywhere, and with good reason–educators are searching for groundbreaking strategies to inspire and improve education for every student in every classroom. Because innovation is topmost in many educators’ minds, eSchool News put out a call for innovative educators, schools, and districts across the U.S. through the inaugural Distinguished Innovator Awards program.

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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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 24, 2019

The selection we curated for you today contains some useful iPad apps to use with elementary students to help them with their writing. Some the things your kids will get to learn from these.

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EmergingEdTech

JANUARY 24, 2019

Online education and digital learning tools—whether as a supplement to an on-campus experience, or as a full distance-learning program—have transformed the practice of education in recent years. Even. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 24, 2019

As a teacher, chances are both your schedule and your school budget are stretched thin. You want to make your events bigger and better but how do you do it? Good news! You can do wonders with your.

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Tech Helpful

JANUARY 24, 2019

In the last two days, Amazon has made our Echo Dot Kids Edition devices more useful in the classroom than ever before! Yesterday, I learned how to "whitelist" Alexa Skills for our Kids Edition Dots that were not specifically made as a kid's skill. What does this mean? According to this article , " Amazon says that the FreeTime on Alexa experience is tailored for kids ages five to 12, and most of the skills and features are appropriate for ages five to nine.

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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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Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 24, 2019

Education crowdfunding site DonorsChoose.org released its 2018 classroom funding data, identifying the products that teachers requested most over the year. The post Social-Emotional Learning, Furniture, and Books: What Products Teachers Want Most appeared first on Market Brief.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 24, 2019

Video can be a powerful tool for classroom learning, and it's safe to say that teachers have never had more videos at their fingertips than they do today. But with so many videos on YouTube, how do you find the good stuff? You know, those perfect, one-of-a-kind, just-right-for-your-lesson videos -- the ones that make you think, "Oh, my students have to see this!

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 24, 2019

I wrote this in “ The Innovator’s Mindset “: Today, isolation is a choice educators make. Our connectivity and learning opportunities have changed in recent years, and, thankfully, many teachers are taking advantage of those changes to benefit themselves and, more importantly, their students. We have access to information and, equally valuable, to each other.

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Cycles of Learning

JANUARY 24, 2019

As a science teacher, I often get the following statement when working with other educators: "Sparking student interest in the Sciences is just easier. You get to show cool demonstrations and stuff.". Yes, this is very true. It can be easier. BUT, I recently had an incredible conversation with a Humanities teacher at my school, and she shared some incredible great resources for leveraging data visualization a method for sparking student curiosity in the humanities.

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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

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techlearning

JANUARY 24, 2019

With National Engineers Week taking place this February 17-23, it's a great time to explore products that budding engineers will love to play with and learn from.

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Buncee

JANUARY 24, 2019

At Buncee, our goal is to make learning fun and easy for every student. Early learners are particularly close to our hearts, and everything we do, we do with our littlest Buncee rockstars in mind. That’s why today we’re launching a new look to our categories. Introducing: Picture Categories! Now, as you scroll through our media library, you’ll notice that we added pictures to supplement each category label.

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techlearning

JANUARY 24, 2019

The National Future of Education Technology Conference® (FETC®) announced 55 exhibiting companies who will introduce a total of 65 new products at the 39th annual event, January 27-30, 2019 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. The conference Expo Hall will feature more than 450 exhibiting companies presenting solutions in virtual and augmented reality, robotics, device management, digital content, assessment and much more.

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Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 24, 2019

Europe's sweeping data-privacy law has slapped new requirements on ed-tech companies--and on the schools in the European Union that they serve--to safeguard student information. The post How GDPR Is Pressuring Schools and Ed-Tech Companies to Improve Data Privacy 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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techlearning

JANUARY 24, 2019

At BETT UK, Microsoft Education made its biggest product news announcement of the year. Microsoft’s goal is to empower every student to achieve more and is providing teachers with tech that helps personalize learning for their diverse classrooms.

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MiddleWeb

JANUARY 24, 2019

While the goal of Fulfilling the Needs of Teachers: Five Stepping Stones to Professional Learning is worthy and the content well organized, the book's professional learning model seems overly complicated and difficult to understand, writes teaching coach Ronda Clark.

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techlearning

JANUARY 24, 2019

It started with an idea in 2006: what if we bring Google’s suite of productivity tools to schools? 13 years later, there are 80 million educators and students around the world using what has become G Suite for Education. 40 million students and educators rely on Google Classroom to stay organized and support creative teaching techniques, and 30 million use Chromebooks to open up a world of possibilities both inside and outside the classroom.

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MiddleWeb

JANUARY 24, 2019

Whether you are an experienced educator with several PBL projects under your belt, someone interested in starting small, or a school leader working to provide resources, Boss and Larmer offer insight, tools, and resources to guide you, writes educator Jeny Randall.

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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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MindShift

JANUARY 24, 2019

The first Breakout Angie Sutherland designed was in response to a teacher’s request for an activity to help her students improve their teamwork skills. The teacher was concerned that her students didn’t communicate well when they collaborated on projects and that they gave up too easily when an academic task became challenging. Sutherland immediately thought of Breakouts, activities based on the popular escape room experience where groups of people working together under time pressure solve a se

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 24, 2019

Video can be a powerful tool for classroom learning, and it's safe to say that teachers have never had more videos at their fingertips than they do today. But with so many videos on YouTube, how do you find the good stuff? You know, those perfect, one-of-a-kind, just-right-for-your-lesson videos -- the ones that make you think, "Oh, my students have to see this!

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techlearning

JANUARY 24, 2019

ThinkCERCA is a web-based literacy program that supports critical thinking and argumentative writing skills for students in grades 3-12.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 24, 2019

Video can be a powerful tool for classroom learning, and it's safe to say that teachers have never had more videos at their fingertips than they do today. But with so many videos on YouTube, how do you find the good stuff? You know, those perfect, one-of-a-kind, just-right-for-your-lesson videos -- the ones that make you think, "Oh, my students have to see this!

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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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