The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 27, 2020

Mike Washburn shares insight into Fortnite From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Fortnite has a physics engine in the game. Unknown to many educators, Fortnite has three modes of play. While Battle Royale is a first-person shooter, the creative mode is not. Some educators are creating private islands (for free) that their students can make Rube Goldberg machines and other creations.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 27, 2020

Before I get into how edtech enhances social studies lessons, let’s ask a foundational question: What the heck is Social Studies ? If you don’t teach in the United States, this might be a term you aren’t familiar with. According to Wikipedia: “In the United States education system, social studies is the integrated study of multiple fields of social science and the humanities, including history, geography, and political science.” Merriam Webster offers this definitio

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JANUARY 27, 2020

“Every child deserves a champion – an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be.” – Rita Pierson. Young people worldwide are already leading movements and causes to end hunger, find solutions for climate change, and tackle other world problems.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

The field of instructional design dates back to a 1940s training and development model used by the US military. But since then it has evolved—and in some ways sprawled—to become a standard role across higher education. Today, if your title includes instructional designer or learning designer, you likely feel like a Swiss Army knife. You are expected to be an expert at everything, and you likely find yourself responsible for designing courses, building learning materials, making sure the material

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JANUARY 27, 2020

“Every child deserves a champion – an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be.” – Rita Pierson. Young people worldwide are already leading movements and causes to end hunger, find solutions for climate change, and tackle other world problems.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2020

Think about innovations and technology features such as touch screens, predictive text, flexible seating and voice dictation. . What do they all have in common? They all are accommodations created for people with disabilities that eventually went mainstream. Occupational therapists in special education were among the first to use flexible seating for students with disabilities, Christopher Bugaj, the assistive technology specialist for Loudon County (Va.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2020

Think about innovations and technology features such as touch screens, predictive text, flexible seating and voice dictation. . What do they all have in common? They all are accommodations created for people with disabilities that eventually went mainstream. Occupational therapists in special education were among the first to use flexible seating for students with disabilities, Christopher Bugaj, the assistive technology specialist for Loudon County (Va.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

Last year Harvard Business School’s online operation got a new name. Now it has a new leader as well. A few months ago, Debora Spar took the helm at Harvard Business School Online, after a rocky year-long stint as the president of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. Spar has plenty of experience in higher education, having served as president of Barnard College and as a professor at the brick-and-mortar Harvard Business School.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2020

Superconvergence, an emerging data center methodology, promises to take the benefits of hyperconverged infrastructure even further. It would combine five capabilities in a single platform: networking, storage, computing, virtualization and management. IEEE Fellow Tom Coughlin has high hopes for this approach. “I could have one piece of equipment I am installing , and it does everything,” he says.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

In 2011, Cat Campos was a senior at Immaculata-La Salle High School , struggling to see how the iPod touch devices they were testing in her AP Literature class could support learning. Today, she’s the school’s Dean of Technology and a driving force behind an impressive technology program that has students and teachers rocketing toward new levels of learning.you can’t issue technology devices without understanding that these can be a productivity tool or a distraction.

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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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 27, 2020

For those of you who haven't seen it yet, here is a collection of some good web tools to help you create digital quizzes. You can use them to design interactive quizzes, questionnaire, forms, polls.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

We have a lot more understanding of where kids are, where they need to be, where we want them to go. Christine Prescott Principal, Vista Grande Elementary When Vista Grande Elementary in Rio Rancho, New Mexico wanted a reading tool that could serve a student body with diverse needs, the K-5 school turned to Istation, a program that they were already using for assessment.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2020

For much of the previous decade, advocates of education technology imagined a classroom where computer algorithms would differentiate instruction for each student, delivering just the right lessons at the right time, like a personal tutor. The evidence that students learn better this way has not been strong and, instead, we’re reading reports that technology use at school sometimes hurts student achievement.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2020

If you’ve been paying attention to education news lately, you’ve probably noticed that the conversation around technology in the classroom is shifting. When edtech first burst onto the scene almost three decades ago, access to more technology – devices, broadband – was everything. Educators, policymakers and parents all wanted to know how to get as many devices into the hands of students as soon as possible.

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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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Teacher Tech

JANUARY 27, 2020

How to Manage Retesting in Google Forms One of the issues with using a Google Form for testing is that it is the exact same test when you retest. You can set the questions to shuffle and the answer choices to shuffle… but still the same questions. Step 1: Create a Big Form Create your […]. The post Google Forms Retakes appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2020

Educators know project-based learning (PBL) isn’t simply another teaching strategy. Project-based learning gives students deeper learning experiences, and as they apply their knowledge, they develop soft skills such as critical thinking and team work–skills they’ll carry through to college and the workforce. But it’s often a great undertaking to locate and vet resources and tools for project-based learning, and educators don’t have an abundance of time.

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MiddleWeb

JANUARY 27, 2020

The narrow “alphabetic” definition of writing found in many school classrooms actively disengages youth, says literacy author Shawna Coppola. Students simply prefer to compose using forms that incorporate visual, aural, and multimodal texts as a way to make or enhance meaning.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2020

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Teacher Tech

JANUARY 27, 2020

Expand the Feedback Box I had completely forgotten I had chatted with the Microsoft Teams team awhile time back. Recently, I made a blog post on 5 things I Like About Microsoft Teams. One of the things I mentioned was how easy it was to give feedback from the roster in an assignment. Turns out […]. The post Microsoft Teams Feedback Box appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

Another bootcamp has been gobbled up by an education technology company looking to break into the corporate learning and career readiness market. This time, publicly traded virtual schooling and education management provider K12 paid $165 million in cash to buy Denver-based coding bootcamp Galvanize. For K12, the deal means more coding curriculum for students of its Destinations Career Academies, which offer high school and career training program hybrids.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 27, 2020

Below is a collection of some great web tools you can use to create video lessons.

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techlearning

JANUARY 27, 2020

The challenge took students through an online environment of the sport; set up with milestones and labs to uncover information needed to create deliverables.

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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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Linways Technologies

JANUARY 27, 2020

Teaching is one of the most important jobs there is. The influence of teachers goes far and deep into their student’s life both as a role model, and in the form of what they have taught. However, we have this really bizarre model of education system that puts so much focus on administrative duties of a teacher, that they are often overwhelmed by those.

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techlearning

JANUARY 27, 2020

As traditional sources of funding decrease, securing grants is a reasonable supplement to established funding.

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Gradelink

JANUARY 27, 2020

When nonprofits invest in technology, every penny counts. These targeted programs and discounts, listed in alphabetical order, help groups do more good for less. Note: Gradelink does not officially endorse or maintain vendor affiliations with any brands or retailers mentioned. This is simply a list of helpful resources compiled from school feedback.

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ExcelinEd

JANUARY 27, 2020

National School Choice Week (NSCW) provides an opportunity for students, parents, teachers, advocates and policymakers to highlight the existing array of K-12 school options and the benefits of school choice. Though NSCW started in 2011, the idea of “school choice” long predates the week that now celebrates it. As stakeholders across the nation reflect on the current status of school choice, it is equally important to consider the history of school choice.

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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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Cycles of Learning

JANUARY 27, 2020

Engage Hero is Called Watch video below. What are you curious about? ​Explore ​Hero is Challenged Using the below materials, design an experiment to find the optimal Alka-Seltzer water combination. Hypothesize a macroscope and microscope explanation for your optimal ratio. ​Explain Hero is Mentored Introduce "ICE" Stoichiometry (see related video below) Facilitate stoichiometry practice session. ​Extend Hero is Transformed Click here and here to learn about the "Hindenbur

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 27, 2020

Photo by Steve Wheeler No, this is not some new discovery about the evolutionary development of snakes - nor is it a reptile dysfunction. I'm referring to 2Simple Software's new offering Python In Pieces which was launched last week at the BETT Show in London. If you're a computing teacher your ears will prick up at this. Actually, if you're a teacher who's interested in anything to do with critical thinking, creativity or logical reasoning you should definitely be interested.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 27, 2020

Although many in K-12 are cautious of comparing education to corporations, schools are in the business of educating students and preparing them for life. And one of the most important parts of any business is customer service. During the edWebinar, “Building Trust: 4 Sure-Fire Ways to Improve the K-12 Customer Experience,” the presenters explained why school leaders need to include customer service as part of their strategic plan and offered four steps to start improving school-community r

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techlearning

JANUARY 27, 2020

Read about the rhetorical touches Thomas Paine employed in this pamphlet which galvanized colonial thought about breaking away from Mother England.

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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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