Digital Promise

JANUARY 18, 2019

In this series we explore Powerful Learning, a set of principles to guide educators designing learning experiences that engage the hearts and minds of learners and incorporate technology in ways that contribute to closing the Digital Learning Gap. In this second post, we explore how Powerful Learning is authentic and challenging, share research that grounds these two principles, and provide resources to support your own learning and teaching practices.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2019

Providers Rise to Meet the Challenge of K–12 Data Security. eli.zimmerman_9856. Fri, 01/18/2019 - 13:45. As data becomes integral to K–12 education, administrators face new challenges to ensure they keep students’ information safe. . Analysis of student data allows educators to identify at-risk students and implement further research into what does and does not work in the classroom.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 18, 2019

In July 2018, representatives from 10 Pittsburgh-area schools excitedly gathered with the goal of growing maker learning opportunities as the Southwest Pennsylvania Maker Learning Leadership Cohort. Selected from dozens of Pittsburgh-area schools, this network of educators learns from and supports one another as they work to create equitable maker learning opportunities for their students.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2019

I was driving to work listening to Dan Carlin’s political podcast “Common Sense.” Carlin was explaining how to make history relevant to all students, whether it's the history of hip-hop music, the evolution of the coffee industry or a person you pass on the street. What stayed with me that day: everything and everyone has a history—but history doesn't matter to students if it's not relevant to their own lives.

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Ditch That Textbook

JANUARY 18, 2019

Feedback plays a crucial role in teaching and learning. We are constantly giving one another verbal and nonverbal feedback often without even realizing it. But giving intentional, meaningful feedback is a skill that we rely on to provide our students with checkpoints along their path towards a goal. In an article published in ASCD.org, the late Grant […].

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JANUARY 18, 2019

Better Than Letter Grades: Helping Your Students See Their Own Progress by Terry Heick How can you help students see their own progress? And use that to motivate them? Encouragement mechanics–a kind of gamification–is one approach. And note, you needn’t make that lesson or unit feel like a ‘video game.’ That’s not gamification.

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Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 18, 2019

Officials from Oregon’s Center on Teaching and Learning, and the company, Catapult Learning, say their arrangement could serve as a model for public-private partnerships. The post University of Oregon Ed. Research Lab Partners With Company to Ramp Up Product Reach appeared first on Market Brief.

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SpeechTechie

JANUARY 18, 2019

Geoguessr is a web-based game that plops you into an unknown place so that you can attempt to guess where you are. The game incorporates Google Street View and allows you to "drive" around by clicking the arrows; you can also click and drag on the screen to take a "look" at the surroundings. Students then use a map interface to zoom in on a continent and country and make a guess.

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Dr. Shannon Doak

JANUARY 18, 2019

One way to help make learning to write and building a students competency in writing for a variety of audiences and styles is to give students a chance to practice writing different genres. However, this might be considered boring for some students and may not be effective. One of the things that integrating technology can do for students, is bring a fresh and exciting activity to a typically considered boring topic.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 18, 2019

The post How to Make a Copy of Google Files appeared first on Shake Up Learning. See a great Google Doc or Slide deck that you want to use? MAKE A COPY! How to Make a Copy of Google Files IS A MUST-HAVE GOOGLE SKILL! If you are a Google-using educator, you must know how to make a copy of Google files. When you come across a Google file that has been made available for you to view, chances are, you can make your own copy and save it to your own Google Drive.

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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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Prodigy

JANUARY 18, 2019

It’s one of the toughest parts of teaching math. But differentiating instruction for each student is one of the most effective methods of addressing their unique skills deficits. You can use Prodigy to simplify math content differentiation. You’ll deliver specific in-game problems to each student — or distinct student groups — in three quick steps!

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 18, 2019

For several years, I have used the Teaching Innovation Progression (TIP) Chart to guide my coaching conversations with teachers. It gives such a concrete view of teacher actions and student behaviors in a student-driven classroom. The […].

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techlearning

JANUARY 18, 2019

Since there are a gold mine of resources below I will keep my comments short. While STEM incorporates so many disciplines, I thought you might enjoy looking at some the best sites I could find in the area of Engineering. As you look through 42 possibilities, be sure to take some notes. It really is OK to get lost in one or two and leave the rest for later.

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The Daring Librarian

JANUARY 18, 2019

As an educator I was touched by this timeless Huffington Post article from Mr. James Perry, once mayoral candidate, and the the Executive Director of the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center: "Among the most important lessons I've learned from Dr. King is the example of servant leadership. A servant leader is one who offers an inclusive vision; listens carefully to others; persuades through reason; and heals divisions while building community.

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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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techlearning

JANUARY 18, 2019

I have written to annoying lengths about my love for the connection between the 5E Inquiry Learning Cycle and Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey.

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MindShift

JANUARY 18, 2019

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today! Assessments have a bad rap in schools. Tests stress students out; they can be high-stakes for schools and teachers. But the word assessment describes vastly different things.

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techlearning

JANUARY 18, 2019

Kognity combines pedagogy, exam board aligned content, and a learning platform designed to help improve student outcomes and teacher efficiency for schools.

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ExcelinEd

JANUARY 18, 2019

Last month, Excel in Ed hosted a thousand state and national policymakers, education leaders and advocates at the 2018 National Summit on Education Reform (#EIE18). Today, we’re releasing videos of our strategy sessions on education opportunity. Barriers No More: Facilities Access for Charter Schools. This session explores how states can best combine policies and programs to ensure charter school supply meets family demand.

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JANUARY 18, 2019

What recommendations should we be giving parents and youth when it comes to screen time?

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 18, 2019

School can be tough for any child. For students with special needs in the classroom, the challenges are amplified. Separating from family. Interacting with teachers. Making friends. Being asked to learn new information every day. These school-day struggles can be massive for students with special needs. EdTech helps make a massive difference in their success.

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JANUARY 18, 2019

Give students a novel way to review life science concepts.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 18, 2019

For a decade, when I thought of desktop publishing, I turned to Microsoft Publisher. I loved its flexibility, adaptability, and ease of use both for classroom projects and home. But then I moved on to other alternatives, like Lucid Press that were more flexible and affordable for educational purposes. Really, I didn’t see a lot of other alternatives until Sara Stringer, from the Ask a Tech Teacher, came up with this great article about desktop publishing options.

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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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