Catlin Tucker
MAY 13, 2016
On Monday, May 16th I will be delivering a Lightening Talk at Stanford’s Graduate School of Education on the future of reading and writing. My talk will explore how technology is creating a growing divide between the classroom and life beyond. I will share specific strategies and tools educators can use to teach reading and writing for today’s students.
The Journal
MAY 13, 2016
ReadWorks, a provider of reading comprehension curricula, is producing free summer reading packets for K-12 students.
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Teacher Reboot Camp
MAY 13, 2016
Welcome to Cycle 7 of The 30 Goals Challenge: Make it Meaningful ! “It seems that teachers and students can be blithely, blissfully unaware that they have different interpretations for the things being said in class. Sooner or later though, they experience a rude shock.” – Easley and Zwoyer (1975). Goal: Seek feedback from your learners about how you can improve a lesson, learning about a difficult topic, or an assessment.
EdTech Magazine
MAY 13, 2016
By John Breeden II With a large display, interactive whiteboard and a full version of Windows 10, the Surface Hub is more than just a pretty screen.
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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.
Teacher Reboot Camp
MAY 13, 2016
“It is a fact that in the right formation, the lifting power of many wings can achieve twice the distance of any bird flying alone.” – Milton Olson. Google Hangouts is a great web tool and mobile app for learners to collaborate. Google Hangouts is for students 13 and older and allows up to 10 videos at once. Students can share their screens, a Google presentation, collaborate on documents in real time, and much more.
Catlin Tucker
MAY 13, 2016
On Monday, May 16th I delivered a Lightning Talk at Stanford’s Graduate School of Education on the future of reading and writing. My talk explores how technology is creating a growing divide between the classroom and life beyond. In my talk, I share specific strategies and tools educators can use to teach reading and writing for today’s students.
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EdTech Magazine
MAY 13, 2016
By Wendy McMahon On the heels of widespread consumer adoption, organizations in a variety of sectors are considering wearables. .
eSchool News
MAY 13, 2016
U.S. teachers say they are frustrated with testing, changing agendas, lack of influence. A new survey reveals teachers are concerned and frustrated with shifting policies, an outsized focus on testing and a lack of voice in decision-making. Listen to Us: Teacher Views and Voices , from the Center on Education Policy (CEP), found a majority of teachers expressing satisfaction with their own school, but about half or more agreed with statements indicating diminished enthusiasm, high stress and a d
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MAY 13, 2016
May 13, 2016 Flickr is a powerful photo sharing and hosting platform. It provides a host of excellent features that allows you to easily search for and find pictures and images to use in your.read more.
Edutopia
MAY 13, 2016
Photo credit: @Gable Denims/500px Dr. Allen Mendler Teacher Wellness If you're committed to a more joyful teaching practice, commit to playfulness, positivity, being present, and embodying the attitude that you want to project.
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.
Teacher Tech
MAY 13, 2016
Fun and learning come together with Storyboard That. This application allows you or students to create comic strips, storyboards or graphic organizers. Clearly communicate ideas through graphics is a great way for students to demonstrate their learning. Create I love students CREATING things. Students can easily get started using Storyboard That to create scenes that […].
eSchool News
MAY 13, 2016
As students prepare for the jobs of tomorrow, social and emotional learning, supported by technology, can help build in-demand skills. Social and emotional learning skills can help students succeed in a digital economy, and technology can play a crucial part in establishing a strong social and emotional learning foundation. According to New Vision for Education: Fostering Social and Emotional Learning Through Technology , a report from the World Economic Forum and the Boston Consulting Group, so
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MAY 13, 2016
May 13, 2016 InstaWeb is an excellent iPad app that allows you to easily convert web pages to PDFs for offline reading. It’s true that most of browsers come in with integrated functionalities to save.read more.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 13, 2016
Here’s a quick quiz. Rate the following statements on a scale from one to five, with one meaning you totally disagree and five meaning you wholeheartedly agree: Beginners and experts essentially think in the same way. Most people are either left-brained or right-brained. Students learn more when information is tailored to their unique learning styles.
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.
Education Superhighway
MAY 13, 2016
Educators know that with springtime comes state assessments and testing—something that more and more states are mandating to be completed online. And to not only seamlessly administer online tests but also enable digital learning in the classroom, schools need robust broadband. In fact, the FCC recommends that school districts provide a minimum of 100 kbps per student in bandwidth today and 1 Mbps per student by 2018.
Bryan Alexander
MAY 13, 2016
Today I traveled to Fredericksburg, Virginia, to participate in the University of Mary Washington ‘s Open Education Resources Summit , organized by the excellent Steven Greenlaw. Hippy bike on campus, or the Jim Groom legacy lives! Many fine folks and organizations are represented, like OpenStax , Gardner Campbell , Lee Skallerup , Robin DeRosa , Jeff McClurken , and more.
TeachThought - Learn better.
MAY 13, 2016
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Bryan Alexander
MAY 13, 2016
Today I traveled to Fredericksburg, Virginia, to participate in the University of Mary Washington ‘s Open Education Resources Summit , organized by the excellent Steven Greenlaw. Hippy bike on campus, or the Jim Groom legacy lives! Many fine folks and organizations are represented, like OpenStax , Gardner Campbell , Lee Skallerup , Robin DeRosa , Jeff McClurken , and more.
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TeachThought - Learn better.
MAY 13, 2016
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eSchool News
MAY 13, 2016
Catch up on the most compelling K-12 news stories you may have missed this week. Every Friday, I’ll recap some of the most interesting and thought-provoking news developments that occurred over the week. I can’t fit all of this week’s news stories here, though, so feel free to visit eSchoolNews.com and read up on other news you may have missed.
Adam Welcome
MAY 13, 2016
Why are we so cautious with celebrating in education - with shouting from the rooftops about our accomplishments - with bragging about what's going on in our schools with our kids and teachers. We need to brag more in education - share more about what we're doing - celebrate the accomplishments - there's too much of 'what's wrong' in education and not enough of what's right!
Fractus Learning
MAY 13, 2016
Safety is incredibly important when you are driving with your kids in the car, and a booster seat helps to keep little ones safe and secure in the car until they are 10 – 12 years old. Children should be at least four years old (around 40 pounds) before transitioning to a booster seat. Before that, all children should ride in five point harness car seats.
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.
Learning with 'e's
MAY 13, 2016
George was locked inside his own head. He couldn't get out. He didn't want to get out. He was quite comfortable, locked inside his own head. The inside of his head felt safe and secure. Everything inside his head was familiar. Outside his head it looked like a scary world. George sat there with his own thoughts, playing games inside his mind. He never played with the other children, even when they asked him.
The Principal of Change
MAY 13, 2016
This is a little clip from one of my favourite videos online , that shows the sheer joy and wonder of a child. via GIPHY. One of the goals of my work is that kids never lose that curiosity, and we fan that flame. To do this, our own love and excitement for learning as educators should look like this: via GIPHY. What I love about this clip is how the excitement becomes contagious.
Reading By Example
MAY 13, 2016
Every year we purchase reading tote bags for all of our students. On one of the last days of the school year, we allow students to check out up to ten (10) books to take home and read. We reopen our library once a month during the summer, which allows students and families up to three times to check in old books and check out new ones. The biggest expense in this initiative is not the books or the minimal staffing to run the program.
Hansen's Link to Tech
MAY 13, 2016
It’s extremely important for to learning and demonstration purposes to display instruction through student perspective. A lot can be lost in translation when we teachers project from our view, however students (most of the time) have a more recipient view. A great way is having student leaders project their device to provide the rest of the class a student perspective for navigation and instruction purposes. .
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.
Reading By Example
MAY 13, 2016
Every year we purchase reading tote bags for all of our students. On one of the last days of the school year, we allow students to check out up to ten (10) books to take home and read. We reopen our library once a month during the summer, which allows students and families up to three times to check in old books and check out new ones. The biggest expense in this initiative is not the books or the minimal staffing to run the program.
Dangerously Irrelevant
MAY 13, 2016
Some of you know that I’m headed back to higher education (after a 4-year hiatus to keep a promise to my daughter that she could finish high school here in Ames, Iowa). I will be an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Colorado-Denver starting in August. We will miss Iowa tremendously but we’re also excited to explore some gorgeous mountains!
Perry Hewitt
MAY 13, 2016
Findings from Artefact's recent design maturity survey indicate that your chief design officer is not your savior. Other tactics, like training cross-disciplinary teams in design thinking, may have more impact than a single, high-profile hire. There's not a lot I love more than a good digital playbook, and NYC has just released theirs. The interface is a little dramatic for my taste -- does every principle really need a huge full-bleed image?
eSchool News
MAY 13, 2016
With Chromebook CX110 and Chrome app, NComputing provides millions of U.S. students with easy access to Windows. NComputing has launched the Chromebook CX110 and Chrome app , giving U.S. schools the ability to easily run Windows applications on their Chromebooks. More than half of all computers used in U.S. K-12 schools are Chromebooks, and now NComputing Chromebooks – with the vSpace client – provides easy, multi-user access to the Windows, Java or Silverlight applications often nec
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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