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SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Guest article by: Ben Walker. While college graduates make significantly more money than high school graduates — 56 percent more , on average — they also experience far more health issues. Since 1966, the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA has conducted an annual college freshman survey: For the first time, its 2016 report stated less than half of students think that their mental health is above average compared to their peers.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez The state is poised to provide internet access to all of its students.

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Battelle for Kids

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Since this is my first article on the P21 blog, let me introduce myself. I’m Daniel - the Director of Community Partnerships at the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. My world revolves around the dream of all 10.2 million children in afterschool having the opportunity to eat healthy, stay active and contribute to a better world.

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EdTech4Beginners

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

I really enjoy teaching children to write, but finding news ways to inspire them to think creatively is always a challenge. Luckily, there are many online resources which can be a real support. Have a look at my video walk-through to see my favourite 7: Here are the links which will take you directly to the websites: Pobble. Writer Igniter. Once Upon A Picture.

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EdTechTeam

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Cross-posted from [link] It’s hard to believe that I am writing a blog post on techy ideas to start the school year strong. Didn’t I just write a blog post on finishing the race strong ?! Nevertheless, the new school year is quickly approaching – like, in less than 48 hours. Over the summer, I spent a lot of time brainstorming ideas for using technology to foster strong relationships and increase communication with parents and student to set a strong foundation for the school year.

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Insight Education Group

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Research has been very clear. There is no greater school-related impact on student achievement than the teacher in the classroom. The second greatest school-related impact on student achievement growth is principal effectiveness. The largest impact on teacher retention is administrative support and school culture, both of which are impacted directly by the principal.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

I have been in education for 18 years and my strongest belief is that all children deserve a fresh start when they begin each school year. My classroom is a safe environment where students feel it’s acceptable to try, even if they’re not going to be successful the first time–and that certainly applies to STEM education. Since the spring of 2014, I’ve worked with Stow-Munroe Falls City Schools in technology integration.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The beginning of the semester is always a struggle. Finding a balance between building relationships with students, developing community amongst class members and administering the assessments necessary to get the data needed to design instruction isn’t easy. Especially when you’re personalizing instruction for every learner in your class. Two weeks into the school year, I have students who are still struggling with the diagnostic test, which is designed to see where the students are in reading

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

September 6, 2017 Google Classroom is an excellent educational platform to use with your students in class. It provides you with a virtual space where you can organize your teaching materials, create.read more.

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Teacher Tech

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Images on a Website are NOT Public Domain It is essential that our students are able to communicate digitally and visually. However, this also means we need to ensure that students really understand copyright, fair use, creative commons, and public domain. There is a pervasive feeling that anything on the Internet is free, it’s not. […].

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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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SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The Evergreen School District in Washington has told its teachers to stop using Donors Choose to raise money for classroom supplies and projects. According to KATU2 , “The Washington State Auditor’s Office advised the district that a policy needs to be put in place to ensure that the money is properly handled, and that the items are designated as district property and put in the district inventory.” Peter Greene argues that this new policy is about control – who gets to d

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The post Here, We Made Background Noise For Writing, Reading & Thinking appeared first on TeachThought.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

It hardly seems possible to get through an hour without using technology, let alone a day. We track our health with wearable wristbands, our smartphones are basically pocket-sized laptops capable of doing and finding what we need within seconds, and the majority of our communication channels have turned digital. Students can no longer remember the world before the technology revolution.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The post 5 Simple Ideas That Can Transform Your Teaching appeared first on TeachThought.

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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

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Fresh Minted Paper flickr photo by Zach_Beauvais shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license. The start of the semester is full of beginnings: new classes, new students, new positions, new challenges. For some of us it’s also a time of transition. Faculty applying for tenure and/or promotion typically spend the summer preparing dossiers, and submit files at the end of summer, preparing for what can often be a nine-month process of waiting, commenting, and holding one’s tongue.

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The Thinking Stick

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The idea of practice, not mastery has been on my mind a lot these past few days…so it’s only fitting that its part of our #EduroChallenge. I first started really reflecting on this idea of practice, not mastery a few years ago when I started doing yoga. My wife and I had a deal. I would try it five times and after five times if I didn’t like it, I could quit.

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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Our Sept. 11 webinar on social media strategies for education businesses will feature two Twitter chat education leaders and one of the top social media influencers in the K-12 market. The post Smart Social Media Strategies To Be Topic of New Webinar appeared first on Market Brief.

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The Thinking Stick

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Day 3 of the #EduroChallenge is about teams and it’s something I’m personally very passionate about. Not only because we at Eduro Learning are a virtual team. We have no office space, yet we meet and work together all the time. In 2009 I set up a camera to UStream our COETAIL session live from Bangkok as we had two virtual participants. In my opening keynote this year to educators I talk about that collaboration means in 2017 and beyond.

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EmergingEdTech

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

An Augmented and Virtual Reality Science Experience The folks from ReTrak sent me one of their new Utopia 360° “STEM based learning experience” products to check out. I think we're going. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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The Thinking Stick

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

There is nothing better to practice FAIL (First Attempt In Learning) then buying a house. Just about a year ago my wife and I moved into a new home here in Seattle. It was built in 1927 and well… it was built in 1927. It’s been a project, to say the least, both inside and out. Below are pictures from a first learning for me. The first picture is of the hot tub deck that was in the back yard when we moved in.

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SETDA Says

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Guest Post from Cynthia Curry is Co-Director of the National Center on Accessible Educational Materials for Learning (AEM Center) What do you get when you combine a state educational technology director with a state accessibility expert? A partnership that results in students having digital materials and technologies that are usable for learning across the widest range of […].

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Insight Education Group

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Research has been very clear. There is no greater school-related impact on student achievement than the teacher in the classroom. The second greatest school-related impact on student achievement growth is principal effectiveness. The largest impact on teacher retention is administrative support and school culture, both of which are impacted directly by the principal.

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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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Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The post Google Classroom Q&A appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Get Your Google Classroom Questions Answered! I answer Google Classroom questions every day on Twitter, email, forums, and just about everywhere I go! There are some common questions that I answer all the time, and questions that boggle my mind and send me on a quest to figure it out.

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Technology Tidbits

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

TenMarks Writing is the new Writing platform from Amazon designed for grades 4th-8th. This online curriculum is the ultimate resource for educators looking for: lesson plans, worksheets, graphic organizers, professional development, and more. Also, they have short interactive exercise called "TenMarks Bursts" where students can create dialogue between characters or comment on images.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Interview with Dr. Steven Berkowitz in a special #10MT episode From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Dr. Steven Berkowitz is a child trauma psychologist. I reached out to him last week and ask if he’d take the time to help all of you out there helping children cope with the aftermath of Harvey. And now with Irma barreling down on Florida and an unknown path for Jose, it looks like storm season is really a hard one for many of us.

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Technology Tidbits

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Buncee Boards is the latest feature that lets users share, view, collaborate, and "review" in a new and innovative fun way. Buncee Boards makes it super easy for students/educators to rate/review buncees by adding a comment or a fun buncee emoticon. Also, users can share a buncee via unique URL, edit the title, and even set permissions on who can view can view/edit/post/copy a already existing buncee.

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Curriculum Companion Wikis (K-5 only) follow a tech professional as s/he teaches each lesson in the SL K-5 curriculum textbooks. Presented via video (10-15 minutes each), you can ask questions, start a discussion with other teachers using the curriculum, and access additional resources. It’s your mentor, your sidekick, your best friend in the tech ed field.

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Technology Tidbits

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Solvemoji is a fun site for students who like Math-style brainteasers and puzzles. These emoji puzzles come in 5 different difficult levels and the goal is to get as many puzzles correct to get the highest score. The way Solvemoji works is to guess the number value of the emojis in each row and correctly work out the bottom row sum. I highly recommend checking out Solvemoji by clicking here !!!

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

In a time of towering tuition costs, it’s easy to criticize colleges for trying to differentiate themselves by building climbing walls, luxury dorms or lazy rivers. But as more colleges move to offer online programs, there’s another new cost that has nothing to do with delivering education: buying ads on Google and other online platforms to hook new students.

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Technology Tidbits

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Storyboard That is a excellent learning tool that educators are using in a wide variety of ways in their classrooms. STB is being used as a graphic organizer, for creating storyboards, digital storytelling, project based learning, and much much more. Also, STB has lots of educational resources for teachers and templates to make it easy to integrate STB into the classroom.

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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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