Fri.Aug 26, 2016

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The First Days of School: Setting the Climate for Year

User Generated Education

I have written before about the beginning of the school year, Beginning the School Year: It’s About Connections Not Content. I begin all classes focusing on having the students make connections between each other and with me. I want students to learn about one another in a personal way. I want to learn about my students so my instructional strategies can be more personalized and tailored to their needs and interests.

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Let’s Get Real: Virtual Reality is Here To Stay

EdTech Magazine

By Amy Brown Beyond field trips, headsets can enhance education like never before.

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17 Sites About Coin Counting

Ask a Tech Teacher

Primary schoolers learn about money. The only way to really ‘get it’ is by repetition. Here’s a list of websites to provide redundancy for each type of learner: Brain Pop Learn about Money. Cash Out. Cashtivity. Coin Counting. Coin games —from US Mint. Count Money. Counting Money. Face on money. Face on money –from Lunapic; lots of options.

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Google Classroom: Guardian Emails – Only One Teacher Enters Email

Teacher Tech

Google Classroom One Teacher Submits Guardian Emails Not sure if this is good news or bad news depending on who the task falls upon. In Google Classroom guardians can be linked to student accounts. When one teacher enters in a guardian for a student that guardian is linked to the student. Any other Google Classroom […]. The post Google Classroom: Guardian Emails – Only One Teacher Enters Email appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

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.

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Self as OER

ProfHacker

This post is co-authored with Suzan Koseoglu ( @suzankoseoglu ) who is an academic developer at the Teaching and Learning Innovation Centre at Goldsmiths, University of London. Suzan has recently defended her doctoral dissertation on open participants’ experiences in a massive open online course. You can read it here ! This post is based on a presentation Suzan and Maha gave this year at the OER16 conference in Edinburgh.

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6 ways teaching is changing for a digital world

eSchool News

Ed. note : In partnership with Lesson Planet , we asked their professional development resource arm, PD Learning Network , for the most popular videos on their site. We’ll be featuring a limited number of these, one a week, each Monday. Learning to change your teaching practice in today’s digital-first world is a bit like learning a foreign language, to hear ed-tech vet Ann McMullan tell it. “You don’t speak it fluently on the first day.

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Finding Innovation in Google Apps for Education

eSpark

By 2020, Google Apps for Education is predicted to have over 110 million users, due in part to the ease with which districts can use Google’s free suite of tools to encourage classroom collaboration. But many districts are failing to tap into the more innovative uses of GAFE, missing opportunities to nurture creativity and critical thinking in students.

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2 Handy Google Sheets Tips for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In today’s post, we are sharing with you two important Sheets tips pertaining to email notifications. You can use these tips to receive email notifications and keep track of the forms you create and.read more.

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Labor Day Past & Present

MiddleWeb

We look at Labor Day's origin and the United States labor movement’s past triumphs and current challenges. You'll find resources for history and current events across grades 4-8.

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What Google Allo and End-to-End Encryption Mean to Educators

Gaggle Speaks

Allo, Google’s answer to Apple’s iMessage, will be released any day now. The tech world is excited about the new features and tools to communicate, and many people are equally excited about the app’s end-to-end encryption. End-to-end encryption made the headlines as a controversial factor in the San Bernardino shooting tragedy. However, most people might not be aware of how end-to-end encryption can affect the average person.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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Private Investments in Preschool, Career-Tech Ed. Fueled in New Federal Grants

Marketplace K-12

Federal officials have recently unveiled two new grant programs to support the design of “pay for success” models that would allow investors to pour money into preschool and career-and-technical education, and secure financial returns if there are positive results. The U.S. Department of Education, in a public notice released this month, said a $2.8 million grant program will provide awards of between $200,000 and $400,000 to individual state or local applicants to study the fea

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Majority of teachers avoid classroom social media

eSchool News

Eighty-six percent of teachers in a recent survey say they have not incorporated social media into their classrooms, and of those who have not, 62 percent said they have no plans to do so. A University of Phoenix College of Education survey of more than 1,000 K-12 teachers explores how teachers feel about using social media as an educational resource and the reasoning for why teachers are still reluctant to integrate social media into the classroom.

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5-Minute Film Festival: Back-to-School Night Survival

Edutopia

Amy Erin Borovoy (aka VideoAmy) 5-Minute Film Festival Looking for a little back-to-school inspiration? Check out these tips for making a great first impression and connection with parents in this playlist.

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What’s Going On Inside the Brain When We Play Music?

MindShift

Humans love music, especially when there’s repetition that catches the attention. And even though many people listen to music to relax, the brain is doing a lot of work to break apart and understand the music before putting it all together again. Brain scans of people listening to music show many different parts of the brain firing at once, but that’s nothing compared to what’s going on inside the brains of musicians themselves. “Playing music is the brain’s equival

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

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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GLOBAL COLLABORATION DAY IS SEPTEMBER 15TH

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

GLOBAL COLLABORATION DAY IS SEPTEMBER 15TH The Global Education Conference Network Launches Its Second Annual Celebration Students, teachers, and organizations will join together online to celebrate and demonstrate global collaboration on September 15, 2016. On Global Collaboration Day , educators and professionals from around the world will host connective projects and events and invite public participation.

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Let white leaders defend institutional racism; let black leaders defend black lives

The Hechinger Report

If one looks and listens closely, black reform advocates and charter leaders are responding to the mythology that black people don’t want charter schools or reform in general. For most black folk, however, not liking reform equates to not liking institutional racism, which impacts our communities no matter how many black and brown people an organization hires.

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How Educators Can Bridge the Equity Gap

techlearning

The digital revolution has helped level the playing field in learning, giving millions access to information and opportunities through internet access. But one giant hurdle is keeping this generation.

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11 Super Spy Gadgets for Budding Secret Agents and Detectives

Fractus Learning

Ever dreamed of being an international superspy? Well, you don’t need to be the next James Bond or Nikita Taylor to make your dreams come true – all you need is the right equipment… Some awesome spy gadgets! Inquisitive kids can learn a lot from spy gadgets. As well as the creative and social elements inherent in fun roleplay like this, these toys are perfect for learning STEM skills (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics).

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

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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The Friday 4: Your weekly ed-tech rewind

eSchool News

Every Friday, I’ll recap some of the most interesting news and thought-provoking developments from the past week. I can’t fit all of this week’s news stories here, though, so feel free to browse eSchool News and read up on other news you may have missed. K-12 innovation is essential if today’s students are to be prepared for college and careers in an increasingly global society.

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Finding Innovation in Google Apps for Education

eSpark

By 2020, Google Apps for Education is predicted to have over 110 million users, due in part to the ease with which districts can use Google’s free suite of tools to encourage classroom collaboration. But many districts are failing to tap into the more innovative uses of GAFE, missing opportunities to nurture creativity and critical thinking in students.

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Mindful Summer School… Imperative Life Lessons!

Fractus Learning

Every year I teach summer school. It’s three weeks, and as my business is based on the educational school year I have to work – taking two months off is simply not an option. Having taught high school English and Drama for ten years full-time I’ve managed to sidle in with a summer school principal who keeps calling me back every year. So, I go. I work.

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Lesson: Using Infographics To Teach The Life Cycle Of An Insect

TeachThought - Learn better.

The post Lesson: Using Infographics To Teach The Life Cycle Of An Insect appeared first on TeachThought.

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

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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Learn Programming, Solve Problems With Mini Code Blocks

techlearning

This innovative, bite-size approach gives kids an intro to some of the basics of programming.

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Data Analytics Can Drive Startups in the Right Direction

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

Guest post by Xan Tanner, co-founder of Panorama Education. When you walk into the offices of Panorama Education , you immediately see the two most important forces aligning us as a team hanging on our walls: our values and our performance metrics dashboards. Panorama’s values are the “North Star” for the everyday decisions we make. These statements, such as “Provide equal and equitable access for all schools” and “Focus on impact” represent the philosophical underpinnings of who we are as a tea

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10 Easy Ways To Create an Amazing #SchoolCulture as a Principal This Year

The Principal of Change

Based on a comment I received on my post, “ 10 Easy Ways To Create an Amazing #ClassroomCulture “, I was asked to write a post about what a principal can do to promote school culture. Thinking about my own past practice, but also by many that I have been inspired by, here are some simple ideas that could really set the tone for a year. Be outside and welcome people in the morning.

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How to Help Parents Talk to Their Kids About Porn

Graphite Blog

The internet means information, fast. One downside: It's pretty easy for kids to come across adult content. It often happens too quickly to prevent, so it's important to be prepared to handle such a situation. Pornographic images are often extremely violent and graphic, which can create a lasting, negative imprint on kids. Even when the material isn’t violent, scripted sex can lead to a twisted perception of reality by reinforcing negative stereotypes about sex and degrading portra

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

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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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Education Politics. “Members of Congress are in an unusual position as they demand an explanation for Mylan NV's 400 percent price hike for the EpiPen and focus attention squarely on its CEO: Heather Bresch,” Bloomberg reports. Bresch, whose father is a senator from West Virginia , had successfully lobbied to have Epipens, which contain life-saving anti-allergy medication, be purchased by public schools.

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PBL and Politics – Join #MyParty16

EdTechTeacher

Many thanks to Mike Kaechele, National Faculty member at the Buck Institute and teacher at Kent Innovation High, as well as Sarah Field, Curriculum and Program Manager at the Buck Institute, for sharing the details of this project. In the fall of 2008, I asked my 7th and 8th grade students a single driving question: how do presidential candidates get buy-in from their voters?