Mon.Sep 16, 2019

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Teacher-Author? Me too! Let’s talk

Ask a Tech Teacher

This week, my wonderful efriends and fellow teacher-authors are helping me launch my latest prehistoric fiction novel, The Quest for Home. Driven from her home. Stalked by enemies. Now her closest ally may be a traitor. An early review… “I can’t begin to imagine the hours of research, not to mention the actual writing time, that went into this wonderful gem of a story.

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Girl Power(ed): 5 STEM Activities and Lessons for Girls

Educational Technology Guy

Girl Power(ed): 5 STEM Activities and Lessons for Girls By Kate Began Empowering girls through STEM activities not only prepares them for a bright future, it’s also a fun way to keep them engaged while they learn. Little girls love tinkering with things and tackling complex topics just as much—if not more so—than the boys. Unfortunately, some harmful stereotypes just don’t seem to die.

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How to Keep Students at the Center of Your Digital Transformation

Edsurge

While there’s no exact formula for a seamless digital transformation, certain school districts are providing examples of how to take this on while keeping learners at the center of everything. Student agency is a top priority at Frederick County Public Schools in Virginia, and it definitely shows in their approach to technology implementation. Intention and Purpose “If you don’t have a strong intention or purpose to use the technology, then don’t,” says Rod Carnill, the district’s technology dir

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The K-12 Business Model: How to Innovate in an Ever-Changing Learning Environment

EdNews Daily

By Steve Halliwell and Cheryl Miller. Each fall, teachers will get a new sea of smiling faces in their classrooms. Almost no other industry operates under this unique business model, where each year your audience is replaced with a completely new one. And with that type of model in mind, it leads us to wonder what effect annual student influx has on technology adoption in the classroom and the cultural effect on the ability to experiment and personalize.

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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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How to Encourage Your Students to Change Their World — Advice From a Student Changemaker

Edsurge

When Alexandria Brady-Mine walked into her junior year Advanced Placement exam her jaw dropped. There were more than 200 high schoolers there to take the exam, but only two students were black and she was one of them. The scene was a stark reminder of the significant achievement gap between white and black students in her community of Alachua County, Florida.

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7 Good Lesson Plans Sources for Teachers and Educators

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In today's post we are sharing with you this collection of some of our favourite websites that provide free lesson plans to teachers. They provide you access to a wide variety of lesson.

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Educational iPad Apps for Middle School Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Here is a updated collection of some good iPad science apps curated specifically for middle school students. Our selection is primarily based on iTunes App Store 's featured collections. We edited.

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The Unexpected Benefit of Differentiation? Student Happiness

Edsurge

Her voice cracking with emotion, first-grade teacher Candy Mobley recalls the day in 2014 when her school district's one-to-one program launched. "Their faces were so happy—it was like Christmas. I could have cried. Some of them had never seen an iPad or a laptop and probably wouldn't have without the program here." Their faces were so happy—it was like Christmas.

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Building Long Lasting Professional and Personal Relationships With Your Teachers

TeacherCast

Welcome to the TeacherCast Educational Network. Today we are going to take a look at several things that a Tech Coach can do to make sure they are helping their fellow teachers see their vision of what digital learning could look like in their classrooms. The post Building Long Lasting Professional and Personal Relationships With Your Teachers appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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How to Create and Sell a Profitable Online Course: The Complete Guide

Sell Courses Online

The post How to Create and Sell a Profitable Online Course: The Complete Guide appeared first on Sell Courses Online. This is the most comprehensive guide out there that will show you everything you need to know and do in order to successfully create and sell online courses from your own website, even if you don't have an existing audience. In this guide, you’ll learn:how to find a profitable course idea,how to turn your idea into … How to Create and Sell a Profitable Online Course: The Co

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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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10, 9, 8…We’re counting down edtech tools and strategies

eSchool News

Do you love numbers? Do you love countdowns? If so, keep reading this story–we’ve put together a countdown of sorts that focuses on edtech tools and classroom strategies. Each component of our countdown features resources you’re likely to find helpful as an administrator or classroom teacher. Need 10 strategies to get students ready for the future?

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Can the Chinese Tutoring Bull Be Tamed?

Edsurge

Investors seeking to fund tutoring companies usually look for those that target massive markets, have scalable tech-enabled products and focus on highly-sought skills. So it’s no surprise that China, India and the U.S., the three most populous nations in the world, are hotspots for investment activity. India and China also boast growing middle classes hungry for skills that propel them socioeconomically.

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7 steps to collaborative leadership this year

eSchool News

When the word “collaboration” is spoken in a school, it is not always welcomed with open arms. Educators or leaders who have had success or are comfortable working solo may feel they are being encroached on or that their ideas are being invaded. However, when your school community respects each other and acknowledges individual skills and participation, all staff can move forward in a positive environment while also becoming learners.

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You Established Norms, But Did You Teach Them?

MiddleWeb

It’s not enough to set classroom norms and post them on the wall, says author and instructional coach Geoff Krall. We have to teach them and live by them. Here are some of his strategies for teaching and reflecting on norms in ways that really support student learning.

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

Managing a K-12 campus with constant pressure to meet performance metrics is challenging. And tardiness can significantly limit a school from reaching these goals. Learn more about why chronic lateness matters, and key strategies to address the following impacts: Data errors caused by manual processes Low attendance and graduation rates that affect a school’s reputation Classroom disruption, which leads to poor academic performance High staff attrition and “The Teacher Exodus” Unmet LCAP goals t

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OPINION: Why some American students are attending college in Mexico

The Hechinger Report

We’ve seen Mexican students face hurdles when attempting to cross the border to attend class in the United States amidst obstacles like closed borders or long wait times. But educational opportunity is also sending U.S. residents south of the border, with American students often facing challenges similar to those of their Mexican counterparts, even as they take pride in their trans-border identity, attending college in Mexico.

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5E/Hero's Journey Cycle Example: From Density to Dining

Cycles of Learning

Albeit corny, I don't think a blog post goes by where I don't allude to the beautiful connection between the 5E Learning Cycle and Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey. ​Our students are HEROES and our standards are their JOURNEY. Why not!?! It certainly makes lesson planning more fun.meaningful.etc. Click here , here , and here for past writing and literature about this connection.

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Districts Adopt Gaggle Digital Security Solution

techlearning

"We are pleased to join the Gaggle team given our intense focus on the health, safety, and well-being of our students and community,” said Dr. Mark Johnston, superintendent, Shenandoah County Public Schools, Virginia.

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A Key Element of Professional Trust

Reading By Example

Today I video recorded four classrooms in action plus my instructional walks. Previously I had asked if any faculty were interested in this project. (I am putting together content for an e-Course/book on instructional walks; read more about walks here , pg 2.) I had four teachers volunteer their time. I would not have made this request three years ago when I first started in my school.

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

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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Guest Blog: Navigating the Future of Learning

ExcelinEd

Excel in Ed is excited to share KnowledgeWorks’ recent forecast, Navigating the Future of Learning , and the following guest blog from their VP of Strategic Foresight, Katherine Prince. The report outlines the new societal paradigm schools and students face and presents a clear framework for policymakers, educators and other stakeholders to navigate.

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Improve Reading Comprehension with Text-to-Speech: iPad Multi-Sensory Reading

Nick's Picks for Educational Technology

Text-To-Speech Text-to-Speech isn’t just for students with low-vision. It can also be beneficial to students experiencing a range of literacy difficulties. Read-aloud tools have been shown to positively impact reading comprehension for individuals with reading disabilities. While more studies are needed, other potential benefits of this multi-sensory reading approach include: Improved word recognition.

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How to Create Deeper Student Learning Experiences Through Authentic Questions

MindShift

Excerpted from Think Like Socrates: Using Questions to Invite Wonder and Empathy Into the Classroom, Grades 4-12 copyright 2018 by Shanna Peeples. Used with the permission of the publisher, Corwin. By Shanna Peeples. A favorite opening question of mine in designing professional development workshops for teachers is this: What do you struggle with the most as a teacher?

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Kids Master Skills at Their Own Pace Using Khan Academy

techlearning

Khan Academy, a free website aimed at promoting self-paced instruction, houses thousands of academic videos that are baked into guided, adaptive instruction.

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

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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The Forgotten Girl: A Visit with India Hill Brown

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

Thanks to Scholastic Book Fairs our fourth and fifth graders were introduced to debut author India Hill Brown. Her new book The Forgotten Girl releases in November, but it is a featured book on Scholastic’s fall book fair allowing readers to enjoy it well in advance of release day. The Forgotten Girl is about 2 friends, Iris and Daniel, who leave their home one night to play in the first snowfall of the year.

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Yeah, right

Learning with 'e's

Photo from Pixabay Or in other words. meh. That's my response to a lot of news headlines these days. Call me cynical, but a lot of content today doesn't impress me, and it probably doesn't impress you either. Just spotting some of the puerile wordplay headlines on the front pages of the tabloids as I walk past a newsagents is enough to put me off my morning latte.

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Heading Structure Guidance to Make Content Better & Accessible

techlearning

Here's why content is better with headings

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Why Single-Point Rubrics Are Awesome And 4 Ways To Use Them

The Web20Classroom

Feedback is one of the best ways to support student learning. According to John Hattie , Feedback has an effect size of.64 and is often considered as one of the top 5 influential factors on student learning, BUT… it is also the most variable. Most of the time the feedback students receive consists of answers to the questions: Where am I going? How am I going?

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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the EdTech Industry: Assessing the Influence

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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Economists find free community college can backfire

The Hechinger Report

College is expensive, so what’s the best way to help more Americans afford a degree? One team of researchers has a surprising answer. The most cost-effective way to increase the number of Americans who get a four-year degree, they found, is to increase tax-payer spending at all public colleges and eliminate tuition for students from families with incomes under $60,000 a year.

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Colleges provide misleading information about their costs

The Hechinger Report

College graduates in the academic year just ended. The federal government is pushing for more information to be made available about college costs and success rates, saying that will help students avoid incurring unmanageable debt. But much of this information comes from the institutions themselves. Photo: Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images.

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