Ed Tech from the Ground Up
JUNE 4, 2019
The CEO of Move This World talks about what this new investment will mean for the future of her company. The post How This Social-Emotional Learning Startup Raised $1.1 Million in Investment appeared first on Market Brief.
Digital Promise
JUNE 4, 2019
We at Digital Promise recently launched Innovation Portfolios , rich multimedia accounts of the innovation happening within school districts, authored by district leaders themselves, to widely share ideas and best practices. Already, nearly 170 entries across dozens of districts offer models, strategies, and lessons learned. And the work has only just begun.
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Neo LMS
JUNE 4, 2019
If you want good results, then you need to make the proper investments. These investments can be in the form of you placing your time and energy into a project. It can also be a simple cash injection into a project or activity. However, sometimes, it’s about investing in people. We are talking here, of course, about your staff. If a regular company would invest in its employees if it would work towards their advancement and education in order to have said employees achieve great results, why wou
EdTech Magazine
JUNE 4, 2019
Keep Adaptive Technology Top of Mind in MLE Planning. eli.zimmerman_9856. Tue, 06/04/2019 - 15:39. K–12 teachers desiring to create a classroom where all students have an equal opportunity to learn, may overlook certain physical and digital barriers impede students with disabilities to fully engage. The physical layout of a classroom can make all the difference for a successful learning experience.
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Edsurge
JUNE 4, 2019
A growing movement in higher education seeks to bring “critical digital pedagogy” to college classrooms. But the idea can seem a bit abstract and, well, academic. So we invited two proponents of the approach to explain what it is and how to put it into practice. The goal of critical pedagogy is to encourage students to think about the way they are being taught and how they, as students, fit into broader social and cultural context.
TeachThought - Learn better.
JUNE 4, 2019
6 Factors Of Classroom Gamification contributed by Nellie Mitchell I was 11 the year my summer camp director transformed the regular schedule, procedures, and lingo that we were used to—into the most memorable, enriching experience I had ever encountered at that point in my life. I had no idea that he had ‘gamified’ the week; […]. The post 6 Factors Of Classroom Gamification appeared first on TeachThought.
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eSchool News
JUNE 4, 2019
Procrastination is something we all experience. Whether it’s studying for an exam, completing a college essay, or finishing a social studies project, all students will inevitably find themselves procrastinating at some point in their academic careers. Delaying the completion of work because you’d rather go outside and play, or because you have writer’s block, or because you’d rather engage in social media, are not feelings that require intense intervention.
Marketplace K-12
JUNE 4, 2019
By 2025, $6 billion will be spent on AI in education, according to the researchers, who identified six areas to watch where the technology could generate value in K-12 and beyond. The post Global Artificial Intelligence Boom Predicted in Education, Particularly in China appeared first on Market Brief.
techieMusings
JUNE 4, 2019
Last May, my colleague — middle school math teacher Caitlin Zolet — was looking to bring some fun and creative expression to exam review for her pre-algebra students. Inspired by math wall clocks , Caitlin decided to have her students pull together skills they had learned over the course of the year to design clocks of their own. Last school year, students created these clocks on paper.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JUNE 4, 2019
Below is a collection of some useful guides to help you develop your public speaking skills and master the art of presenting. You will find tips, tricks, lessons, and practical pieces of advice on.read more.
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.
eSchool News
JUNE 4, 2019
Demographics: Iowa City Community School District serves more than 14,000 students across 30 schools. Biggest challenge: While it’s known that participating in extracurricular activities benefits students’ academic, social, and emotional development, there are obstacles that prevent participation in—and even discovery of—extracurriculars, especially for low-income and minority students.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JUNE 4, 2019
This is a quick post to share with you these two important updates in Google Docs. In the next coming days Docs users will be able to insert and view section breaks in their documents. More.read more.
TeacherCast
JUNE 4, 2019
Welcome to the TeacherCast Educational Network. In this episode of Educational Podcasting Today, Jeff sits down with Michael Silverstone, a podcaster and teacher at the Montessori Lower Elementary School where he is using his passions for music and podcasting to help students find a voice both in and out of the classroom. The post Educational Podcasts: Empowering Students through the Power of Creation appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 4, 2019
Leah Chase and columnist Andre Perry at her 90th birthday celebration in New Orleans. Photo courtesy of Andre Perry. Professional educators vigorously defend the title of teacher and rightly so. Teachers perfect their craft through their daily interactions with children. But not all educators have teaching degrees. There are teachers in our lives who don’t earn a paycheck from a school district but have no less impact in practice.
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.
MIND Research Institute
JUNE 4, 2019
In each episode of the Inside Our MIND podcast, we take a look at issues and challenges facing education that we are working to address through research, technology and strategic initiatives. In our latest episode, Brian welcomes Lead Mathematician and Product Director Brandon Smith back to the podcast for a conversation about creativity. They talk about creativity being an action that we take, as opposed to a quality we either have or don’t have.
Shake Up Learning
JUNE 4, 2019
The post Project Based Learning Tips that Will Transform Your Classroom – SULS015 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. One of my favorite EdTech gurus is the Cool Cat Teacher herself, Vicki Davis. In this episode of The Shake Up Learning Show, Vicki shares so many tips and ideas that ANY teacher can use. She shares lots of tips for project-based learning, using the “In-Flip,” method, and how she helps students discover their passions.
The Principal of Change
JUNE 4, 2019
I have been re-reading the book “ Empower ” by AJ Juliani and John Spencer , and I loved this portion from John: Here’s a quick confession: I (John) used to hate the word “innovative.” See those quotation marks right there around the word? Those are actually air quotes that I would use whenever I used the term. “It’s a buzzword,” I would say.
MiddleWeb
JUNE 4, 2019
Finding the rationale to bring news discussions into class can be tricky. Veteran teacher and current events advocate Dina Strasser shares her strategy – double dipping. Here's how to have "productively messy" conversations in 5-10 minutes without losing curriculum focus.
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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
NeverEndingSearch
JUNE 4, 2019
[link]. I’ve never been a fan of evaluation checklists. They require serious cognitive lift, perhaps more lift than some content actually deserves. I am a big fan of what Mike Caufield calls moves, some sticky strategies we can all use to get closer to the truth. Caufield, of Washington State University Vancouver, leads the Digital Polarization Initiative (DigiPo) , the American Democracy Project’s national effort to build student civic, information and web literacy by having student
SecurEdge
JUNE 4, 2019
Ten years ago, buying WiFi typically revolved around finding a qualified value-added reseller (VAR) or managed service provider (MSP). Then you’d get a price quote on a package of hardware and a reasonably firm estimate on installation costs.
EmergingEdTech
JUNE 4, 2019
Combining Virtual and Face-to-Face Learning is the Ultimate ‘Blended Learning' Imagine teaching in a face to face classroom that includes a few monitors that display students connected. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
techlearning
JUNE 4, 2019
Lifeliqe, pronounced "Lifelike," is a learning and productivity platform using over 1,100 interactive 3D models, incorporating elements of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR).
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
JUNE 4, 2019
Image from Pixabay In preparation for my EDEN19 keynote later this month in Bruges, I have been making notes on connected learning. In the previous posts in this series (see list below) I explored the digital age and its impact on learning and teaching. I posed some questions for educators to address, and proposed that much of our technology in recent years has been used to connect and to communicate.
techlearning
JUNE 4, 2019
CYPHER LEARNING has announced it will be showcasing NEO, its learning management system (LMS) for schools and universities at ISTE 2019, in Philadelphia, between June 23-26.
Prodigy
JUNE 4, 2019
Attention Prodigy players of all ages: the Starlight Festival has come to town! ? The Starlight Festival is a special event available for at-home players during the month of June that indulges their love for adventure and asks them to help Mama Star gather star shards for her collection. Once a day, a fallen star […]. The post Starlight Festival and New Pet Releases!
techlearning
JUNE 4, 2019
In my most recent post I shared a collection of web-based audio recording tools that you and your students can use to record and add your voice to Google Slides, or any project. There are many fun and engaging ways this new feature for Slides could be used for teaching and learning.
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.
Marketplace K-12
JUNE 4, 2019
In a special research project, EdWeek Market Brief surveyed district administrators about the biggest challenges they face in curriculum, and asked them for their ideal solutions. The post EdWeek Market Brief Dives Into Districts’ Biggest Curriculum Problems, and Their Proposed Fixes appeared first on Market Brief.
techlearning
JUNE 4, 2019
“Becoming a Google for Education Premier Partner will help us amplify our message about student safety,” said Gaggle CEO Jeff Patterson.
NeverEndingSearch
JUNE 4, 2019
[link]. I’ve never been a fan of evaluation checklists. They require serious cognitive lift, perhaps more lift than some content actually deserves. I am a big fan of what Mike Caufield calls moves, some sticky strategies we can all use to get closer to the truth. Caufield, of Washington State University Vancouver, leads the Digital Polarization Initiative (DigiPo) , the American Democracy Project’s national effort to build student civic, information and web literacy by having student
techlearning
JUNE 4, 2019
“We believe every student ought to graduate with more than a diploma,” said Eric Goldreyer, CEO of bulb Digital Portfolios.
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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