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Continuing Advocacy Programs and Forging New Partnerships Are Keys to Creating Digital Equity

EdTech Magazine

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez With the help of corporations and communities, schools are stepping up to bridge the homework gap.

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3 Fast, Free Lesson Plans to Fight Fake News

The CoolCatTeacher

Example Fake News Digital Citizenship Lesson Plans and Bellringers From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. The fake news epidemic is disturbing. How do we fight it? Well, we can take a hint from how the medical community fights the flu or any other virus. We inoculate ourselves. In this post, I’ll teach you how I teach about fake news.

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169 Tech Tip #116–How to Take Screenshots

Ask a Tech Teacher

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: #116–How to Take Screenshots.

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Tackling Behavior Problems by Acting out Negative Stereotypes

The CoolCatTeacher

10MT Episode #13 Interview with Todd Clinton about the "School Perfect" Project From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. How do you reduce problem behaviors? Could it be as simple as acting out negative behaviors? At first glance, the School Perfect project — where students act out inappropriate stereotypes — may be counterintuitive, however, sometimes kids need to know what NOT to do.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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Are Teachers Truly “Shifting Away from the Station Rotation Model?”

Education Elements

Today we are trying something new. This blog post is being posted here and on the Clayton Christensen Institute website and is a collaboration between our organizations. We consider the Christensen Institute to be great partners in the field, pushing districts forward in great ways, but we don't always agree on everything. Check out our reactions to their post about station rotations below.

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Presentation Tools that Ignite Student Creativity

Class Tech Integrate

I am an educator who is constantly in search for tools that promote student creation over student consumption. For years PowerPoint, Prezi, and Google Slides have been the "go to" presentation tools that allow for some student creation in the classroom. At times, many teachers and students look for something different to use, something a little more engaging for their audience.

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20 Great iPad Apps to Help Learners Explore Their Creativity

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

February 15, 2017 Here is a list of some useful iPad apps students can use to unleash their creative thinking and engage in hand-son learning activities. The apps, curated from iTunes App Store's.read more.

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Google Apps: A Few Tricks (8)

Teacher Tech

Google Apps: A Few Tricks (Eight) Always learning new things! This week I learned a few new tricks and just want to revisit a few old ones. Bold Comments I learned this trick from Diana Herrington. In Google Apps when you insert a comment (I use the keyboard shortcut Control+Alt+M) you can bold the text […]. The post Google Apps: A Few Tricks (8) appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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7 Great Google Forms Templates to Use in Your Teaching

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

February , 2017 As you probably all know by now, the old version of Google Drive template gallery is going away very soon and only the new version will be available. New template galleries embed a.read more.

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7 Simple STEM Lessons for K12 Teachers by @veronicahuntt

My Paperless Classroom

STEM has become more than just a term of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Here are 7 Simple Rules and Thoughts about teaching in a STEM classroom. The post 7 Simple STEM Lessons for K12 Teachers by @veronicahuntt appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.

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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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5 examples of personalized learning in action

eSchool News

As technology becomes more and more ubiquitous in classrooms across the nation, it is easier than ever for students with different learning styles and needs to create personalized learning environments. A new report from iNACOL gives educators, parents, and policymakers a platform to learn about and advocate for personalized learning in their schools.

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Differentiation through Personalization and Individualization

TeachThought - Learn better.

The post Differentiation through Personalization and Individualization appeared first on TeachThought.

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The Benefits of Interscholastic Sports for Children

My Paperless Classroom

When it comes to children's physical activity, some parents may think that playing outside or going to the swimming pool are sufficient to keep kids happy and healthy. But recent studies have made it clear that organized interscholastic sports have a multitude of benefits for children including decreased obesity, higher attention spans, better self-discipline, and […].

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Supercharge your Learning!

EdTechTeam

Re-posted from [link] I just spent the day at our school district’s Google Summit. The energy was buzzing as new and veteran teachers, administrators, and district staff upped their skills with Google Certified trainers. Sitting in sessions next to my colleagues is always powerful. As we learned, we would sidebar about how this could be applied at our site and exchanged new ideas.

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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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The SMART Learning Suite: Any device. Any Approach.

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Smart Technologies has just released the powerful new SMART Learning Suite…and it’s a set of resources any teacher can use, regardless of whether you have a SMART board or any interactive whiteboard at all! The SMART Learning Suite works with any internet connected devices, so it’s compatible with whatever technology you already have in your classroom.

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Use these strategies to incorporate drones in STEAM education

eSchool News

Drones are often the subject of controversy, especially when it comes to debates around security and privacy. But do they have a place in education? One team of educators thinks so. Though the word “drone” tends to have a negative connotation, drones have tremendous potential to help students learn science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) concepts.

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5 Strategies To Begin Project Planning

TeachThought - Learn better.

The post 5 Strategies To Begin Project Planning appeared first on TeachThought.

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The Privilege to Write

ProfHacker

[ This article is co-authored with Chris Gilliard. Chris (@hypervisible) has been a professor for 20 years, teaching writing, literature, and digital studies at a variety of institutions, including Purdue University, Michigan State University, the University of Detroit, and currently Macomb Community College. He is interested in questions of privacy, surveillance, data mining, and the rise in our algorithmically determined future.

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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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What’s the bottom line on online preschool?

The Hechinger Report

Preschool students at Kruse Elementary School in the Poudre School District in Colorado play at the water table during choice time. Photo: Lillian Mongeau. In education, there are always a host of programs and policies clamoring for funding. But of all the options policymakers could invest in, the most worthwhile may very well be universal preschool.

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When Vendors Listen to Students

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

Student voice is important to me. I love to find opportunities where students’ voices are listened to, and even more than that, acted upon. Recently, during a student book budget meeting, we met with Jim Boon from Capstone. Jim always listens to students and makes sure they have what they need in order to purchase books for the library. He lets them guide the conversation and answers any questions they have rather than pushing certain titles that they aren’t interested in.

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The Weapon of Knowledge—Let’s Revere Knowledge, Not Results

Fractus Learning

I like being in control. I have joked that I have OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) about detail and organization but, truth be told, I think that is a good thing. I learned how to be organized from my teachers who repeated the maxim. I learned how to be organized from my teachers who repeated the maxim “a place for everything and everything in its place” several times each day from the time I was in primary school, and from my father, who lined up his things in his briefcase every day exactly

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Learning Walks : One District’s Plan to Implement Instructional Rounds for Maximum Impact

The PL2C Blog

By | Jaclyn B. Stevens. “When professionals share their talents and skills, they help the whole school develop a collective wisdom.”. ~ Robert Marzano. Today’s educators work hard to balance both the increasing demands of blended and digital learning and the best curriculum and instruction for their students. Research shows that current models of professional development calls for collaboration, active engagement, and collective culture-building during such

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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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The Writing Process that Utilizes Tech Integration

Tech Helpful

I've been thinking about ways to utilize the efficiencies of edtech and create consistencies for our students lately. While teachers may all expect MLA format at our school, do we also expect the same process in writing? I am not an english teacher but I do enjoy writing. Our school does a wonderful job of growing students that can whip out a paper in no time.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Names Renaissance Learning Chief as New CEO

Marketplace K-12

Renaissance Learning chief Jack Lynch will take over the helm at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, an industry giant that has disappointed investors recently. The post Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Names Renaissance Learning Chief as New CEO appeared first on Market Brief.

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Anti-Bias program Offers Powerful Lessons and Activities

techlearning

Thought-provoking classroom resources support diversity education.

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EdTech Team Hangout on Blended Learning 

Cycles of Learning

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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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Can Micro-credentials Create More Meaningful Professional Development For Teachers?

MindShift

Learning science says people learn best when they apply new information to their own contexts. When learners can make mistakes, reflect on new strategies, get feedback, and try again they gain a deeper understanding of the topic. But these elements are rarely applied to professional development. School districts spend a lot of money on trainings for educators, but the returns on that investment are not always clear.

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?K-12 State Accountability in Flux Under Proposed Rule Changes to ESSA

Edsurge

The White House is making good on its promise to slash regulations, and Congress is poised to follow suit. Their recent actions have cast a cloud of confusion over the recently finalized state accountability rules under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Watching closely are education leaders and entrepreneurs—and with good reason. What happens next will impact the course of school accountability for at least the next decade, as these rules clarify important operational matters and provide c

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What's on the Horizon (Still, Again, Always) for Ed-Tech

Hack Education

The New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative have released the latest NMC Horizon Report for Higher Education. I have written quite a bit about the problems (as I see them) with the Horizon Report, most recently in a talk I gave last fall at VCU: “ The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release.” I have taken issue with the NMC’s refusal to revisit previous years’ predictions, for example, which is why I started a project where you can see

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Why School Choice Does Not Lead to Fair Competition Or Innovation In Public Schools

The Innovative Educator

With the confirmation of Betsy Devos, people are trying to understand why there is such an outcry against choice. Isn’t competition a good thing? Reporter John Stossel said in a discussion on my Facebook page, “If the parents get to choose, and the money follows the kids, good schools will grow and bad ones will get better.” But that can’t happen and the game isn’t fair.

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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.