EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 4, 2017
By Erin Brereton When properly implemented and supported, wearables such as virtual reality headsets and heart rate monitors can offer game-changing benefits to students.
EdNews Daily
JANUARY 4, 2017
Katharine, can you please tell us a little bit about your background? I have been teaching English as a Foreign Language since 2003, so over 14 years. I finished my undergraduate degree at the University of Massachusetts in 2002. After finishing I decided I still had a lot of the world that I wanted to see, so I enrolled in a TEFL course in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 4, 2017
We hear from readers all the time about how much they rely on Ask a Tech Teacher for tech-in-ed resources. Weekly, we share favorite websites, apps, and pedagogy that make a difference in the classroom. This year, for the first time, we’ll share which tools had the greatest impact on readers. To award this Best in Category badge, we looked for the uncommon resources (meaning: not the ones everyone knows about, like Khan Academy) most visited by our readers in each category.
EdTech4Beginners
JANUARY 4, 2017
I recently wrote an article for the Times Educational Supplement about ways for new teachers to save time by using technology. Click here for the full article. Tagged: edtech , education , teacher technology , teacher workload , teachers , teaching , tech , tech tools , time saving.
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Education Elements
JANUARY 4, 2017
Over the course of 2016 we published more than 70 blog posts on our weekly blog, sharing ideas from our team, our districts, and thought leaders from across the country. We are amazed and inspired by all the passion, leadership and innovation in the personalized learning space reflected in the Bring Your Own Thoughts (BYOT) blog.
Edsurge
JANUARY 4, 2017
Blank stares on a student’s face in a classroom are not uncommon. But do they signal confusion, or mask a pupil’s boredom because he or she already knows the material? A rise in artificial intelligence and cognitive computing is creating a new workforce of robots, simulating human thought and transforming industries. At the apex of this emerging tech is a new field of sensory technology known as emotive computing.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Edsurge
JANUARY 4, 2017
What do students need to be successful? Why not ask them directly? When we posed this question to our students at. Bismarck Public Schools (BPS), here’s what some had to say to their teachers about what they need : “Give me more time to explore my interest.”. “I like having a choice of what I get to do.”. “I like when it’s challenging, but not to the point where I would want to give up.”.
The Jose Vilson
JANUARY 4, 2017
Last week, #EduColor had a chat on education research. It seems like a benign topic outside of the education sphere. Most folks in this chat should be people genuinely interested in talking about higher education. Mildred Boveda and Grace Chen put together the questions, prompting people to rethink praxis from PK-12 and beyond. Yet, because it reached #8 on Twitter worldwide, we also unwillingly hosted a plethora of trolls, vagabonds, and also-rans, the usual folks who want to make America great
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 4, 2017
The new movie Hidden Figures tells an inspiring behind-the scenes story of black women mathematicians. Studying the successes of black women mathematicians opens a window into how we can produce more black STEM grads. It also exposes the bigotry that prevents us from doing so. The new movie Hidden Figures, based on the book of the same title by Margot Lee Shetterly, tells the story of Katherine Johnson (Taraji P.
Teacher Tech
JANUARY 4, 2017
Google Forms: Choose a Random Winner Choose a random winner from those who fill out your Google Form. Use this Add-on I coded in Google Apps Script to automatically select a winner, create a spreadsheet listing the winner and 19 runner ups and receive an email with the winner and links to the Form and spreadsheet. […]. The post Google Forms: Choose a Random Winner appeared first on Teacher Tech.
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.
TeachThought - Learn better.
JANUARY 4, 2017
The post 4 Things All Project-Based Learning Teachers Should Do appeared first on TeachThought.
eSchool News
JANUARY 4, 2017
[ Editor’s note: This story is Part 3 of our 3-part series on Lessons Learned in 2016. Click here for Part 1 on Superintendents. Click here for Part 2 on Principals.]. Educators made much of their learning opportunities in 2016, whether through professional development sessions, webinars, product demos, or even conferences. But when we asked educators where they learned the biggest lessons related to education and technology came, they largely told us it came from the classroom, through ev
ProfHacker
JANUARY 4, 2017
Jerry Seinfeld has a well-known piece of productivity advice known as “don’t break the chain.” The idea is simple: you visibly mark on a calendar every day you perform some task–write a good joke, work on squats, write toward an article, learn TEI, whatever–and make sure you do it for several consecutive days. Then, you rely on the power of momentum: just don’t break the chain of days.
eSchool News
JANUARY 4, 2017
Studying a zebrafish might be the key to increasing students’ science knowledge and attitudes toward science education–at least, that’s what a five-year evaluation of 20,000 K-12 students indicates. Students taking part in the Project BioEYES program were tested before and after the one-week program and demonstrated significant positive gains in learning in the post-test.
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.
My Paperless Classroom
JANUARY 4, 2017
As my children have now graduated into those wonderful toddler years, they are beginning to start to become active using basic technology. Each night, I have the privledge of helping them get ready for bed and together we sit down and the chosen bedtime story. As they gain more and more vocabulary, we are gravitating […]. The post Learn About Body Parts using this great Google Slides Template appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.
Marketplace K-12
JANUARY 4, 2017
The publisher says the move is intended to give the education community a “common language” when discussing the effectiveness of ed-tech products. The post Pearson Releases Rights to its Learning Design Principles appeared first on Market Brief.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 4, 2017
Accompanied by Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT), Gov. Andrew Cuomo of N.Y. introduces his plan for free college tuition for qualifying students. Photo: Office of Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of New York. New York Gov. Cuomo this week became the latest politician to propose a free-college program , joining a diverse group that has included President Obama, presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, and Tennessee Gov.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JANUARY 4, 2017
January 5, 2017 Below is a handy chart comprising some of the popular latin phrases student researchers can use in their research papers. Each of these phrases comes with a short explanatory.read more.
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iLearn Technology
JANUARY 4, 2017
What it is: Aurasma is an app (also a website) that allows learners to quickly create augmented reality experiences for others. Augmented reality is the mix of technology and the real world. Probably the most popular or, at least the most commonly used, augmented reality is the use of Snapchat filters. Funny faces and masks are overlaid on top of the real world (i.e. whatever you are taking a picture of).
The Innovative Educator
JANUARY 4, 2017
You've probably heard the saying that before passing judgement, you should try to understand what it is like to walk in someone else's shoes. This is an important concept when helping students learn empathy. Interestingly, social media platforms such as Facebook can give you insight into what life is like in someone else's shoes. At least the version of their shoes they choose to wear in public.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 4, 2017
One of New Orleans’ largest charter operators has spent the past year righting its special-education program — and tracking down 62 kids who didn’t receive the extra help they needed. The Louisiana Department of Education found that ReNEW Schools, which serves 4,100 students at six schools in the city, inflated its special education needs in the 2014-15 school year.
EmergingEdTech
JANUARY 4, 2017
Explore 4 Different Web Apps for Assessment in This AppEd Review Roundup! Happy New Year and welcome to our first RoundUp of 2017. Over the break, we took a bit of time to recharge our batteries and. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
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.
Marketplace K-12
JANUARY 4, 2017
On Jan. 18 at 11 a.m. EST, a panel of experts will offer advice to K-12 companies on how to build a foundation of research for their education products. The post What Kind of “Research” Matters to K-12 Districts: Webinar Offers Primer for Companies appeared first on Market Brief.
Fractus Learning
JANUARY 4, 2017
A puzzle mat is a children’s play area accessory you will wonder how you ever lived without once you have one. These foam play areas provide hours of building and puzzle solving fun for young kids. Most also provide extra lessons in color, animal, letter or number recognition. You can use the right puzzle mat for years. First as a soft play area for your baby to roll around and eventually crawl on; later for your toddler to walk on safely without fear of a painful fall or a messy spill.
EdTechTeam
JANUARY 4, 2017
Thanks all who participated in our EdTechTeam Secret Santa over the Holidays! Be sure to check out all of the great inspirations of online resources, templates, lessons, and more in our collection and #edtechteam. We had over 270 gifts from 17 different countries -- we love this community! Check them out! And congratulations to our Secret Santa sweepstakes winners who won an EdTechTeam Gift Bag!
Fractus Learning
JANUARY 4, 2017
What is the teacher’s role in an acquisition-oriented learning model? Student Centred Learning is the goal du jour amongst teachers—especially those in the EFL/ESL world. Textbooks all focus on it, seminars are dedicated to it and training programs will not pass you if you cannot demonstrate it in your classroom. And all the better for it too.
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.
MiddleWeb
JANUARY 4, 2017
When students blend multimedia elements into their writing projects, interest and engagement can zoom up, writes teacher-author Sean Ruday. Ruday highlights a five-step process he uses in PD workshops to help teachers make the tech meaningful and not maddening.
Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous
JANUARY 4, 2017
Our 5th grade is currently the impact on American life that several famous inventors had. When I was brainstorming with Shelley Olin, 5th grade social studies teacher, we began to wonder about connections these standards had to makerspace. It started as an idea seed and grew into a set of experiences for all 5th graders to engage in. I wanted students to put themselves into the shoes of an inventor so that they could begin to understand the perseverance and curiosity that inventors have.
Learning with 'e's
JANUARY 4, 2017
Yes, that's me on the right, wielding my axe There's a lot to be said for lunchtime activities. When I attended AFCENT international school in the Netherlands, I would often find myself in the music room, listening to friends and staff playing impromptu concerts. It was great to sit cross-legged on the carpet, eating your sandwiches, chatting to friends and listening to live music.
techlearning
JANUARY 4, 2017
Intuitive methods and straightforward interface make language learning accessible.
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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