Sat.Jan 18, 2020

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Which is bigger?

Dangerously Irrelevant

I started a new principal licensure cohort this spring. On the second night of class, I had an awesome discussion with a couple of high school teachers about the perpetual issue of forcing students to learn math that they likely will never use again in their life. We make most (all) students take Algebra 2, for instance, even though most of them rarely (if ever) will use that learning later.

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The Benefits of the Copy Stage of Making

User Generated Education

In Learning in the Making: How to Plan, Execute, and Assess Powerful Makerspace Lessons , I propose a model for the stages of making. I believe that the heart of making is creating new and unique things. I also realize that in order for this type of making to occur, there needs to be some scaffolding so that maker learners can develop a foundation of knowledge and skills.

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FETC 2020 Touts Esports, Experts and Future of Education

EdTech Magazine

The 40th annual Future of Education Technology Conference is once again offering an opportunity to start the new year learning about the latest educational technology as well as related trends, strategies and best practices related to teaching and learning. . This year, the event will be held Jan. 14 to 17 in Miami. The conference, which drew more than 10,000 attendees in 2019 , includes tracks tailored to library media specialists, education coaches, IT professionals, administrators and other e

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Don’t Rely on Cute Apps and Games to Teach Coding. Turn to Your Students Instead.

Edsurge

Congrats, Mr. Principal, on your middle school’s new STEM curriculum. I hear the kids are going to make a robot move to the right, stop, and turn around. How cool is that? The reality: It’s not that cool. There’s an outsized focus today on science, technology, engineering and math, known as STEM (or STEAM if you prefer to include “arts”) and for good reason.

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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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Leverage Technology to Support Learning Any Time and Anywhere

EdTech Magazine

When you imagine a modern classroom, what do you see? Are there rows of forward-facing student desks? Is there a lectern or a teacher’s desk at the front of the room? Increasingly, that’s not the reality. Educational technology and emerging workforce trends are key reasons why. Instead of sitting quietly in rows of desks, students are encouraged to move around and collaborate in groups.

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Sort Last Modified by Me

Teacher Tech

Google Drive Sorting One of the things I love about Google Drive is the information I can get about a file without opening it. Sorting in Drive helps me to find my work faster, especially if I am collaborating. List View Be sure to be in “List View” in your Google Drive to sort. This […]. The post Sort Last Modified by Me appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Privilegio para los necesitados: Gigante de la industria agrícola retribuye a la sociedad brindando apoyo a los hijos de sus trabajadores

The Hechinger Report

Grupos de estudiantes de The Wonderful College Prep Academy en Lost Hills se turnan para una sesión individual con el maestro. La práctica está inspirada en el enfoque de Alfabetización Equilibrada para enseñar inglés. Fotografía: Alfonso Serrano para The Hechinger Report. LOST HILLS, California — A medida que un velo de niebla matutina cede el paso a la luz del sol, Lost Hills emerge como un pueblo olvidado por el paso del tiempo.

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FETC 2020: Schools Embrace Esports as a Career Pathway

EdTech Magazine

When students gather for esports in Miami-Dade County Public Schools , they aren’t just building the soft skills such as teamwork and creative problem-solving often associated with such programs. They’re also focusing on potential careers. . “It’s not a game,” Lupe Diaz, executive director of the district’s department of career and technical education, said Thursday at the 2020 Future of Education Technology Conference in Miami.

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TED Ed Videos To Include in Your Classroom Instruction

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

TED Ed Youtube channel is one of our favourite sources for educational video content to use with students in class. We have already featured several of their videos in previous posts and today.

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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 191 Is Critical Thinking A Nonsense Concept?

TeachThought - Learn better.

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 191 Is Critical Thinking A Nonsense Concept? Drew Perkins talks with Daniel Buck about his recent Areo magazine article titled “Critical Thinking is Nothing Without Knowledge” and how an inquiry-based approach squares with that. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Areo: Critical Thinking is Nothing Without Knowledge @Dantitheses396 Hate, Inc. […].

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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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Digital Tools for Teachers - Trainers' Edition

Nik Peachey

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Privilege for the poor: Farming giant gives back — to its workers children

The Hechinger Report

Groups of students at the Wonderful College Prep Academy in Lost Hills rotate for 1-on-1 time with the instructor. The practice is inspired by the Balanced Literacy approach to ELA. LOST HILLS, Calif. — As a veil of morning fog slowly succumbs to the sun, Lost Hills emerges like a town that time forgot. Dust from nearby orchards sweeps by empty bus shelters, past a grove of uprooted almond trees stacked in heaps 20 feet high, and through a mobile home park where roosters guard abandoned cars and

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