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Scaling Change to Create Schools Learners Need and Deserve

A Principal's Reflections

We live in exciting times although it is often difficult to keep up with how fast society is changing. Many of us can remember a world where there was no Internet or smartphones. Now we not only have smart watches, but rumors are swirling that a global Wi-Fi network powered by commercial airliners is in the works that will provide people access virtually anywhere in the world.

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Students Learning with Video Projects #EdtechMissions

Teacher Reboot Camp

In today’s #EdtechMissions chat we shared ideas for learning with video projects. We talked about the importance of storyboarding to plan their projects and learning how to edit. Students also need to learn how to properly remix and attribute Creative Commons content into their projects. In my book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions , students learn these skills by completing missions to produce a newscast and create a video tutorial.

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How to Leverage Technology Tools for Tutoring (sponsored post)

EdTech4Beginners

The conversation around how technology can enhance education can be a controversial topic, and that carries over into the tutoring industry as well. Virtual tools and course work that “replace” the individual tutors are introduced to the market constantly; making tech a complex subject to navigate in the tutoring industry—one that can sometimes raise more questions than answers.

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New research finds “Magic 8” preschool classroom practices

The Hechinger Report

Laila Webb, 5 and Reezahnny Veiga Rodrigues, 5, add to the model of their home city they and their classmates have built in their Russell Elementary preschool classroom. Reezahnny is especially keen on showing visitors the traffic jam she has added. Photo: Lillian Mongeau. A new study published this month in the journal Child Development, found that eight key teacher actions can make the difference between a mediocre preschool classroom and an excellent one.

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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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Google Apps Script: Make Row Taller on Form Submit

Teacher Tech

Code Increasing Row Height If you use Google Forms (ha “if”, of course you use Google Forms) you may format the spreadsheet of results the way you like it. However, when a new Form submission comes in a row is INSERTED so the formatting you set doesn’t apply. Any easy (no for real) way to […]. The post Google Apps Script: Make Row Taller on Form Submit appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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The Worst Teaching Mistake I Ever Made

MiddleWeb

Debbie Silver's worst mistake? She managed to teach middle level science classes for too many years without ever fully embracing the practice of pre-assessment. See how her teaching changed and how yours might too with her simple go-to pre-assessment tools.

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6 Good Educational Apps Free Today

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

October 1, 2017 Here is a collection of some interesting iPad apps that are free today and only for a limited period of time. This deal is valid at least in the Canadian and American iTunes App.read more.

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Personalize Your Profile in G Suite #GoogleEDU

Kyle Pace

The term “personalized learning” is becoming more and more present in our schools. It’s important to do. Technology allows us to create personalized learning paths, differentiate, and give students options to demonstrate their understanding in ways that are more accessible and user-friendly than ever before. It may sound trivial, but a great way to personalize for your students is by customizing how they see their teacher in these various learning environments.

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Here Is A Good iPad App for Music Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

October 1, 2017 Wizibel is a good music app that is free today (regular price is $9.99) and only for a limited period of time. If you are a music teacher (or music lover in general) you may want to.read more.

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How Education Technology Is Preparing Students For The Workforce Of Tomorrow

My Paperless Classroom

When we were kids, we relied on our primary schooling to get us ready for the world. Yes, we could go to college and be anything we wanted to be, but we still relied on our K-12 years to teach us the basics. Reading, writing, math … once junior high school hit, we learned how […]. The post How Education Technology Is Preparing Students For The Workforce Of Tomorrow appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.

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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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The Civil Rights Movement hero you’ve never heard of

The Hechinger Report

The post The Civil Rights Movement hero you’ve never heard of appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Education and Technology Tweet Rundown, w/e 09-30-17

EmergingEdTech

Inspiring, informative, useful, or just plain fun tweets posted on Twitter over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers. This week in the wrap … we lead off with a piece. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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STUDENT VOICES: I don’t want to die in the same town I grew up in

The Hechinger Report

Student Voices. What do kids really think about school? How would they change it? Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, on a September speaking tour, told students she felt they mostly “just follow the same schedule, the same routine — just waiting to be saved by the bell” and that the U.S. school system is a “mess.” Do they feel that way? Magdalena Slapik has been asking them.

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What I miss and what I don't

Learning with 'e's

Photo by Kevin Harber on Flickr Watching my colleagues from around the UK posting images of themselves with their new cohorts of students gives me mixed feelings. On the one hand, now I'm no longer teaching in higher education, I feel as though I'm missing out on something that has been a part of my life for the past two decades. On the other, I feel a huge sense of relief that I'm no longer involved with all the behind the scenes admin and trivia that all teachers have to endure.

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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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The districts that use outdated textbooks to teach about the Civil Rights Movement

The Hechinger Report

Mississippi became one of the first states to make civil rights education a major part of its social studies standards in schools in 2011. But districts haven’t updated all their textbooks to reflect those changes. The standards for Mississippi Studies, a high school social studies course usually taught in 9th grade, required for graduation, cite Jim Crow and the Freedom Rides.

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Top-Rated Creation Suite Garners Educator Raves

techlearning

Super-flexible design tool for crafting fabulous images, videos, and sites.

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How much do you know about The Civil Rights Movement?

The Hechinger Report

. The post How much do you know about The Civil Rights Movement? appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Setting Up Printing on Your Chromebook

Hansen's Link to Tech

Recently, Google as allowed for differentiation when it comes to printing with Chromebooks by allowing users to manually add their printer instead of using Google Cloud Print. Here are the steps to manually add your printer. Follow the Screenshot Directions (click to view larger images).

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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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My Learning: Global Citizenship

techlearning

October 6th is National Diversity Day.

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4 teaching mistakes that drained my energy (and the solutions that changed everything)

The Cornerstone for Teachers

I am always looking for ways to save energy. I shared in my book Unshakeable that energy is one of our most precious resources because unlike time, energy does not naturally replenish itself. We have to be intentional about how we use our energy. If we don’t pay attention to the things that drain it and do less of those things and pay attention to things that are energy-giving and do more of those things, we’ll find ourselves feeling depleted all the time.

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Why students are ignorant about the Civil Rights Movement

The Hechinger Report

In the 2015-16 school year, none of the social studies textbooks listed for use in the state’s fourth grade classroom was published before 2005. Photo: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report. The Civil Rights Movement was once a footnote in Mississippi social studies classrooms, if it was covered at all. Then, in 2011, Mississippi became a “ model ” for other states when new social studies standards set an expectation that students learn civil rights in depth.

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A ‘civil rights camp’ teaches kids a history they’re not learning in school

The Hechinger Report

Trevion Williams (left) and Jashun Griffith (right), both 13, students at Crystal Springs Middle School in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, chat at the Haley Farm lake gazebo. Photo: Avis Thomas-Lester for The Hechinger Report. CLINTON, Tenn. — Mississippi teenagers Jashun Griffith and Trevion Williams know more than the basics about their state’s civil rights history, but they said they didn’t learn most of what they know in school.

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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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TEACHER VOICE: Like the students I’ve taught, I’m one of 800,000 DACA stories

The Hechinger Report

DACA supporters in Los Angeles protest the Trump administration’s termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, on September 5, 2017. The DACA program protected 800,000 young undocumented immigrants from deportation. Photo: Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press. It was 13 years ago as a high school junior that I realized I wanted to be a teacher.

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