EdTech Magazine

JUNE 7, 2017

By Nathan Lang Schools are seeing positive results after pairing Google’s education platform with 1:1 Chromebook deployments.

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Education Elements

JUNE 7, 2017

Have you ever stopped and looked around your school, your classroom, and asked yourself: “How did this all happen? Where did it all begin? How did we get to this point? When did the transformation occur?”. In year one of being a personalized learning school, I have had many reflective moments like this at Trailside Middle School. I look back on what our classrooms looked like, sounded like, and felt like a few years ago - and the transformation is amazing.

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Doug Levin

JUNE 7, 2017

If there is an Achilles' heel to a future of robust personalized learning for all K-12 students, it is the uneven attention to the cybersecurity risks facing school information technology assets and data. In this post, I offer emerging lessons about real and perceived information security issues facing schools from the data underlying the K-12 Cyber Incident Map.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 7, 2017

With the growing interest in coding comes a call for after school tech camps that supersize student enthusiasm for technology. If you’ve been tasked (or volunteered) to run this activity, here are five activities that will tech-infuse participants: Debate. Write an ebook. Genius Hour. Service Learning. 15 Digital Tools in 15 Days. Khan Academy.

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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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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 7, 2017

Thomas Friedman said: China has moved so fast into a cashless society, where everyone pays for everything with a mobile phone, that Chinese newspapers report beggars in major cities have started to place a printout of a QR code in their begging bowls so any passer-by can scan it and use mobile payment apps like Alibaba’s Alipay or Tencent’s WeChat Wallet to contribute to the beggar’s mobile payment account.

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EdTech4Beginners

JUNE 7, 2017

I recently made an e-safety poster using the Canva. You can find my tutorial explaining how to use this excellent tech tool HERE. Please feel free to print the poster – for the high resolution PDF file, click HERE. Tagged: child protection , e-safety , education , graphic , learning , online safety , poster , teaching , teaching resources.

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Battelle for Kids

JUNE 7, 2017

Student leadership not only creates opportunities for students to invest in their own learning, but it also provides avenues to collaborate with peers, teachers and administrators alike. It also helps increase public speaking skills, student voice, and empowerment along with school spirit and a sense of personal power and strength. Below are two students reflections about the power of student leadership.

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Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2017

Technology certainly does not always make painful events from the past easier or more comfortable to discuss. In February 2014, a Belgium-based startup attempted to use a series of tweets to re-enact the trial of two white men accused of murdering 14-year-old, Emmett Till, a young black man, in Mississippi in 1955. The firestorm of negative reactions, which argued that this digital treatment belittled the severity and significance of the event, led to an apology for “ naivety and errors in judgm

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 7, 2017

The Every Student Succeeds Act creates new opportunities for arts programs in K-12, a new report by the Education Commission of the States argues. The post Inside ESSA: What It Means for Arts Studies appeared first on Market Brief.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JUNE 7, 2017

June 7, 2017 The popular CK-12 platform is offering a free online certified program. CK-12 Certified Educator Program is designed to help educators make better use of technology in the.read more.

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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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Kyle Pace

JUNE 7, 2017

This post is a guest post for McGraw-Hill and will soon be posted on their blog. . Summer is a great time for many things: family vacation, 4th of July, BBQs, swimming at the pool, and generally recharging. It’s also a time that educators can give adequate time to new learning opportunities. It might mean attending a conference or workshop, working towards a graduate degree, or getting a special certification.

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 7, 2017

More K-12 and post-secondary schools should consider apprenticeships as part of their educational programs, according to a panel sponsored by the Business Roundtable. The post CEOs See Apprenticeships as Wave of Future for Workforce Skills appeared first on Market Brief.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2017

With the goal of making the learning experience more personalized and individual, a growing number of schools have embraced the concept of blended learning. The transition from more traditional pedagogies to one that’s centered on blended learning isn’t easy, but the rewards are certainly many. Here are a few dos and don’ts that we’ve discovered on our own journey down the blended learning path: 1.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JUNE 7, 2017

June 7, 2017 For those of you asking about Art apps to use with young learner, below is a collection featuring some good titles to start with. These are apps curated from iTunes App Store.read more.

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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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Gaggle Speaks

JUNE 7, 2017

Social & Emotional Learning (SEL) is defined as “the process through which children and adults apply the knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.”. Many states, schools and districts, have adopted SEL standards, to foster self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills and responsible decisi

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JUNE 7, 2017

June 7, 2017 Animaker is an excellent animation video maker that allows you to create engaging video content. As a teacher, you can use Animaker to create tutorials, explainer videos, video.read more.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 7, 2017

The post Should Colleges Judge Social Media Presence for Admissions? appeared first on TeachThought.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2017

Challenges surrounding technology access remain significant obstacles today, and states often struggle to help students find internet connectivity outside of school. But in Minnesota, a new grant program is changing that. The Internet Broadband Expansion for Minnesota Students grants help provide students with the high-speed internet connections needed to complete homework and access other online learning opportunities.

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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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The Innovative Educator

JUNE 7, 2017

When you want to get a project done it is imperative that when working with others you understand what elements lead to a high performing team as well as understand the strategies required to make meetings effective. But what about when you don't like the work being done at your school, organization to which you belong, or in your community, etc.? Well when that's the case, then it is important to know how to sabotage meetings.

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techieMusings

JUNE 7, 2017

Last week, I wrote a post: #Productivity Hacks – #InboxZero with @Newtonmailapp: First Impressions. In that post, I shared that I had been using Spark for nearly a year, but was running into some stability issues with the App. So, I decided to trial Newton. In this post, I wanted to share some things I love about each app, some things that I don’t love so much, and some things I hope might be on the roadmap for each app.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 7, 2017

The post TeachThought Podcast Ep. 74 Reflections Of A First Year Principal appeared first on TeachThought.

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Fractus Learning

JUNE 7, 2017

When I lived in New York I would go to Georgia each year to visit my dear friend, Jenn. She and I had met in theater class and had done a few shows together. We got […].

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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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Learning with 'e's

JUNE 7, 2017

A recent tweet by Jason Elsom made me sit up and take notice: 'We need to stop designing schools for teaching and start designing schools for learning.' And therein lies the dichotomy of education. Are teachers there to instruct, or to facilitate? Do they lecture, or do they support? Most teachers do both depending on context, but I believe it's the balance that Jason is questioning in his statement.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 7, 2017

The post When School Is Nothing Like The World Students Live In appeared first on TeachThought.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2017

Cal students in the Doe Library at UC Berkeley. Photo: Alison Yin/Hechinger Report. When a leading research university announces the removal of more than 20,000 course videos and podcasts from the public, in response to a U.S. Department of Justice ruling, such a move should not go unnoticed. The DOJ launched its investigation of the University of California, Berkeley in response to complaints from the National Association of the Deaf asserting that Berkeley’s online videos did not contain clo

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EdTechTeam

JUNE 7, 2017

As technology continues to become a driving force in today’s workforce and society, students can see the benefits of engaging in activities that may help to shape their future. I was introduced to Google Apps for Education around 2 years ago and have enjoyed using them. Once I began to grasp the impact technology had on my students’ learning, I decided to get my Google Educator Certificate.

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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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EmergingEdTech

JUNE 7, 2017

Dreaming of efficiently digitizing parts of your instruction next school year? Test driving new apps and websites while game-planning for how to use them in the classroom can be an effective way to. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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edWeb.net

JUNE 7, 2017

Creative experiences that challenge students to observe, articulate, reimagine, and take risks help build their confidence and leadership capacity. Art can be used to develop new approaches to student leadership, while being fun for students. In “ Art-Infused Student Leadership Projects ,” panelists discussed how to develop leadership qualities in students through art activities.

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techlearning

JUNE 7, 2017

Super-handy classroom resource has lessons, quizzes, videos, and more.

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Technology Tidbits

JUNE 7, 2017

Interland is the new online game from Google regarding their "Be Internet Awesome" campaign. This is an innovative new way for students/kids to learn about Cyber Safety and Digital Citizenship. The "Be Internet Awesome" initiative helps students explore the online world focusing on areas such as: share w/ care, don't fall for fake, secure your secrets, and it's cool to be kind.

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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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