Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JUNE 16, 2016

There’s been a lot of talk about whether ed-tech should be evolutionary or revolutionary. Should it build on existing systems and instructional philosophies, or completely revamp how we think about education? Although I personally believe the most effective solutions can draw on both approaches, it’s clear to me that software intended for students must be evolutionary as we consider the logistics of integrating technology in students’ daily lives.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 16, 2016

A digital story is a series of images connected with text and/or a narrated soundtrack — captured by a digital device such as an iPad or smartphone — that tell a story. It can be fiction, non-fiction, narrative, biographic, expository, or even poetry. Think of Ken Burns’ The Civil War , or Colin Low’s City of Gold. Because of its multimedia approach and appealing blend of text, color, movement, sound, and images, it has fast become one of the most popular writing exercise

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Neo LMS

JUNE 16, 2016

A learning management system is a complex software that is supposed to support an educational institution in achieving its scope: that of educating students. To some extent, an LMS is the most important part of the technological side of education today. Online courses support the learning and teaching needs in all major learning environments: traditional, or face-to-face, online, and of course, blended.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 16, 2016

By Robyn D. Shulman. You can now hold the future in your hand before this phrase comes to life. Meet the career and college-planning app, Schoold.co. Today, parents and students have the ability to access endless amounts of college and career planning information. Discovering reliable and valid resources online can be a challenging and exhausting endeavor in a super space filled with endless amounts of information.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 16, 2016

By Buzz Garwood Sleek but tough Chromebook performs well under pressure and looks good doing it.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JUNE 16, 2016

June 16, 2016 Here is a handy infographic we have been working on over the last few days. The visual features 10 of what we believe are basic things every teacher should be able to do on Google.read more.

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The Jose Vilson

JUNE 16, 2016

The whole point was to speak truth to power. 20,000 views later, I don’t know what to do about the new eyeballs on my writing. In subsequent tweets, [Perry] comes within inches of calling himself the next Messiah, stopping kids from stuttering and pulling them from gangs, stepping in for their absent fathers, and keeping them up until midnight for no other reason than his own need to set these boys straight.

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Teacher Tech

JUNE 16, 2016

Apps Name Most Google products can be located simply by typing the name of the product followed by dot google dot com. It is oftentimes faster to go directly to the website rather than trying to locate the icon in the apps chooser. Some Google products are not available in the apps chooser so it […]. The post Find Your Google Products appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Fractus Learning

JUNE 16, 2016

Written by Rachele Davis , Provisional Psychologist and Chiu Lau , Principal Psychologist. Imagine that yourself and your family are just preparing to leave a friend’s home after having dinner. Your friend kneels to say goodbye to your child, gives them a hug and kisses them on the cheek. Your child accepts this quietly but as soon as you get into the car your child mentions to you how they hate it when your friend hugs and kisses them and wishes they would stop.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JUNE 16, 2016

June 16, 2016 Google has recently revamped its popular fonts site ‘Google Fonts’. The site now has a user-friendly layout that allows you to easily navigate its directory that includes over 800.read more.

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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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RafranzDavis.com

JUNE 16, 2016

“I really thought we were going to have pie this week.” – middle school student. “I love this much more than I thought I would!” – 3rd grader. “Wait, we really get to keep this? All of this? And never give it back?” – middle school student. “Can we get one and build and learn too?” – high school student volunteer.

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eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2016

Privacy advocates worry about the impact students’ data could have on their lives decades later. What if a child’s performance in a fifth-grade gym class could be used to set the rate for a life insurance policy when they’re 50? What if a computer program advertised interactive tutoring when your child struggled with long division? Privacy advocates worry these scenarios could become reality as schools increasingly rely on outside companies to collect, manage and analyze the massive amount

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 16, 2016

The post The Building Blocks Of A Responsive Approach To Schoolwide Behavior appeared first on TeachThought.

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My Paperless Classroom

JUNE 16, 2016

Social media: whether you like it or not, it’s nearly impossible to live without it these days. Smartphones, tablets, and social media platforms have integrated themselves into nearly every aspect of life in the modern world. Although, there is still some ambivalence and confusion within the educational system about how to properly embrace these modern […].

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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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ProfHacker

JUNE 16, 2016

When Pebble Kickstarted back in 2012, I couldn’t resist jumping in to see what this idea of a screen on my wrist might lead to. While I was enthusiastic about the concept and possibilities when I first reviewed it, I ultimately ended up abandoning it for a number of reasons, with poor ergonomics (it looked and felt ridiculous on my tiny wrist) and a painfully low battery life top of the list.

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Adam Welcome

JUNE 16, 2016

Education books have never really appealed to me, business and military books are genres I've always really been drawn to more. Shoe Dog by Phil Night who is the founder of Nike is an absolutely awesome read for educators. Learn how Phil night innovated his company, innovated an entire industry, came from behind and built a huge company, had so much grit throughout the early days of Nike as you read you're not really sure if he's going to make it.

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The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 16, 2016

"We push for a strong leader to get us out of this mess, even if it means surrendering individual freedom to gain security." Margaret Wheatley, Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time When things are rough and uncertain, as Wheatley points out, people look for a strong leader. For many, any old "strong" leader will do. The individual talking the loudest and making the most promises, impossible or not, will do.

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MindShift

JUNE 16, 2016

College and career readiness is a ubiquitous education catch-phrase, but in reality many high schools focus primarily on the “college” side of the equation. In part, that’s because research has shown that young adults who graduate with college degrees tend to have better job prospects and earning potential throughout their lives, and educators rightly want to ensure that all students are able to take advantage of those opportunities.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 16, 2016

The major advocacy group for public charter schools is concerned that failing online charter schools may be hurting the credibility of the movement as a whole. In a report released Thursday, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools called on state policy makers to rethink the way virtual charter schools are governed, and to move quickly to close those that perform poorly.

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eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2016

Accountability symposium for state education agency leaders will highlight new continuous improvement accountability framework. AdvancED has developed a new accountability framework focused on continuous improvement to help states create a more inclusive, learner-centric education accountability system. To support states with their improvement efforts, AdvancED will host an ESSA Accountability Symposium in Chicago on Thursday, June 23 where it will unveil its accountability framework.

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Adam Welcome

JUNE 16, 2016

Innovation is pretty simple - think about your organization differently, look down the road to where you want to go, look at a problem that currently exists and find a hack to simplify and make things easier or more streamlined. There's more to it than that, but it's really that simple to get started with your mindset. The video below came through my YouTube yesterday and I also had to check out the link - a few things struck me about the message. 1.

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The Principal of Change

JUNE 16, 2016

You are a principal and you have amazing access to see teachers teach, all of the time. Walking in and out of the classroom, seeing what great teachers do, can make you an amazing teacher, even in the role of the principal. Great principals take advantage of this. Yet the process that I have seen shared with many administrators is that they will see something awesome happen in a classroom, and then they will ask the teacher share that practice with others at the next staff meetings.

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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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Reading By Example

JUNE 16, 2016

I was at school, the one I was soon to leave, cleaning things up and preparing for the changeover to the next leader. My wife texted me. “Can I bring another teacher over so she can look at your school’s makerspace?” I replied back with this image: The makerspace was being moved upstairs, to a classroom with more room and storage. “Sorry, kind of a mess here.” This time of year, it seems like there is nothing but transitions.

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techlearning

JUNE 16, 2016

Kids wrestle challenging words in fun, fighting-themed SAT-prep game.

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Reading By Example

JUNE 16, 2016

I was at school, the one I was soon to leave, cleaning things up and preparing for the changeover to the next leader. My wife texted me. “Can I bring another teacher over so she can look at your school’s makerspace?” I replied back with this image: The makerspace was being moved upstairs, to a classroom with more room and storage. “Sorry, kind of a mess here.” This time of year, it seems like there is nothing but transitions.

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Fractus Learning

JUNE 16, 2016

If history is to be believed kites originated in Shandong, the easternmost province of China, more than 2000 years ago. Way back then they were used in various ways, from the ‘wooden black-eared kites’ that could hold the weight of a soldier for military surveillance purposes, to seventh-century Buddhist monks who used them to bless their harvests and distract evil spirits in the sky.

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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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Adjusting Course

JUNE 16, 2016

Co-written by Adam Welcome & Brad Gustafson. . What do dollhouses and cookbooks have to do with teaching & reaching kids? You might be surprised! Seeing a 12-year old sing her heart out while playing the ukulele is awesome, especially when she has a voice that could be measured in pure inspiration instead of decibels. What really struck us about the video below is what she said before playing for the judges: . “Most of my friends don’t even know I sing.” Crank up you

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Adam Welcome

JUNE 16, 2016

Co-written by Adam Welcome @awelcome & Brad Gustafson @GustafsonBrad Seeing a 12-year old sing her heart out while playing the ukulele is awesome, especially when she has a voice that could be measured in pure inspiration instead of decibels. What really struck us about the video below is what she said before playing for the judges: "Most of my friends don't even know I sing.

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eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2016

The world’s most widely-used learning platform presents Moodle for School, a MoodleCloud hosted solution specifically designed for K-12 educational environments. Moodle, an open source learning platform, announced Moodle for School, the latest initiative from MoodleCloud. Moodle for School has been created specifically for schools and educational settings with features that let educators set gamification goals and keep track of attendance.

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 16, 2016

Washington, D.C. The Center for Education Reform , a long-time charter school advocacy organization, says innovation and momentum within the sector of independent schools has slowed, and needs an infusion of new ideas that incorporate new strategies drawn from education technology and other areas. At a forum held in the nation’s capital Wednesday, the center released a set of recommendations for how the charter school movement can, in the organization’s view, right the ship and devel

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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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