Teacher Reboot Camp
AUGUST 29, 2017
“Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.” – Albert Einstein. Today was my first day of class. I have been teaching since 1994 and each year I still get nervous and have a few hiccups. However, I start out strong with the 10 tips provided in my presentation and post, Teacher Zen.
EdTech Magazine
AUGUST 29, 2017
By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Unique hands-on approaches can help students become better suited for future careers.
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The CoolCatTeacher
AUGUST 29, 2017
Episode 137 with Dr. Michelle Zimmerman on the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today Dr. Michelle Zimmerman @mrzphd talks about social emotional learning and education technology. With insights on everything from Minecraft, to digital inking, to common mistakes made with technology and SEL, Michelle gives us an important overview of two things often not discussed together.
EdTech Magazine
AUGUST 29, 2017
By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Is your school’s infrastructure up to the task for the latest technology?
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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.
Digital Promise
AUGUST 29, 2017
The Washington High School (WHS) Education Professions program is dedicated to preparing young people who can successfully navigate college life and enter the teaching profession. Part of the Educators Rising national network, this program is one of more than 2,000 similar high school teacher preparation programs across the country. As lead teacher for the Education Professions program at WHS, located in a working-class, largely immigrant Phoenix neighborhood, I encounter many students who are f
Neo LMS
AUGUST 29, 2017
Having a learning management system is almost a given in many schools today. From Kindergarten to high school, and also at university level, educators of all subjects use a school LMS to manage all aspects of student learning. They create courses, give access to all sorts of learning materials online, use gamification features, design learning paths, encourage online collaboration, monitor student progress, do grading, and so on.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Education Elements
AUGUST 29, 2017
Imagine you find yourself in an elevator for three minutes with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, who together are giving up to $1 billion in each of the next three years to “advance human potential and promote equality.” You can’t believe your luck! You’ve been dreaming for years about a more personalized, blended model for your school, and now you actually have the chance to pitch the idea to the founders of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
Digital Promise
AUGUST 29, 2017
This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Read the original version here. We know that strong executive function (EF) is key to children’s success in school and in life, but that term has become a kitchen sink for all sorts of self-regulatory skills. Are attention shifting and cognitive flexibility the most important core skills, or mindfulness and self-control?
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 29, 2017
FONTANA, Calif. — At a steel factory dwarfed by the adjacent Auto Club Speedway, Fernando Esparza is working toward his next promotion. Esparza is a 46-year-old mechanic for Evolution Fresh, a subsidiary of Starbucks that makes juices and smoothies. He’s taking a class in industrial computing taught by a community college at a local manufacturing plant in the hope it will bump up his wages.
eSchool News
AUGUST 29, 2017
A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter. I was recently in a district-level administration meeting where we were planning for the upcoming school year. As is typical in our district, this meeting was relatively casual. Participants freely brainstormed and spitballed ideas for professional learning, campus initiatives, curriculum focus, data points, student progress—you know, the foundational el
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.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
AUGUST 29, 2017
August 29, 2017 Below is a collection of some of the best TED talks for teachers. This is a list we published awhile ago and since then it became one of our popular post in EdTech and mLearning. If.read more.
Edsurge
AUGUST 29, 2017
The bigger the check, the grander the expectations. That’s the pressure put on any venture-backed startup—and especially so for Remind , which has raised $59.5 million from investors including Kleiner Perkins and Social Capital, two of Silicon Valley’s toniest firms. Since its launch in 2011, the company’s communication app has amassed more than 20 million users—none of whom had to pay a dime.
EmergingEdTech
AUGUST 29, 2017
Check out These Fun Ideas for an Alternative Approach to Those Oral Presentations In most ESL classes, there comes a time when students must prove their oral skills, either through a speaking exam or. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
MIND Research Institute
AUGUST 29, 2017
Access to technology is not enough to improve student learning. A study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found that access to computers and other digital devices had no impact on students’ proficiency in reading, math, and science. Other studies on various education technology programs show varying amounts of impact. Why do we see such a range in the impact of education technology on student test scores?
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.
EdTechTeam
AUGUST 29, 2017
By Holly Clark - Cross posted from HollyClark.org As we get more and more devices in our classrooms, it is important that we realize how we can use them to do amazing things – like making student thinking visible and allowing us to amplify student voice by hearing from all of our students. This way we can know where they are in the learning process!
TeachThought - Learn better.
AUGUST 29, 2017
The post For This Lesson, I Stepped Aside To Become A Facilitator Of Learning appeared first on TeachThought.
My Paperless Classroom
AUGUST 29, 2017
At long last, the Microbit is available in the US. This is an amazing platform for programming and you can do so MANY THINGS with it. The post Microbit: the Little Board that Could appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.
TeachThought - Learn better.
AUGUST 29, 2017
The post Useful Graphic: 100 Free Online Resources For Students appeared first on TeachThought.
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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
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 29, 2017
Some home-visiting programs have been found to improve outcomes for babies and mothers. Wire photo: © Christophe Ketels/Compagnie Ga via ZUMA Press. When Rosa Valentin found out she was pregnant at age 14, she turned to her OB-GYN for help and got information that helped change her life. The teenager found out she qualified for the federally-funded Nurse-Family Partnership program, a home-visiting program that provides the regular assistance of a nurse to low-income expectant mothers to help the
Marketplace K-12
AUGUST 29, 2017
In this week’s dealmaking news, MagicEars, a Beijing-based company that provides online English classes for children, raised $6 million. The post K-12 Dealmaking: China’s MagicEars Raises $6 Million appeared first on Market Brief.
eSchool News
AUGUST 29, 2017
As our district has started exploring the role that computer coding should play in our students’ educational lives, more than once the following question has come up: What NGSS standards will this cover? This is a critical question. If we are going to take instructional time to work with students to code more, we are going to have to quit doing something else in order to have the time to do it.
ProfHacker
AUGUST 29, 2017
Whether you’ve already been in the classroom for a week or two, or will be heading back in September, the ProfHacker archives are full of helpful tips to start the new semester off right. Here I mention several of our back to school roundup posts, highlighting just a few of the many links each contains. The posts linked in From the Archives: Creating Syllabi (2014) focus on the basics of syllabus creation, including technology policies, accessibility , syllabus design, and our ever-popular
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.
MindShift
AUGUST 29, 2017
Handing out colored bracelets and upbeat stickers when students behave well seems like an effective strategy for encouraging civility. Little prizes and public praise would seem to encourage honesty, generosity and other marks of good character, and for years schools have relied on such rewards to elicit the behavior they desire in their students. At Lincoln-Hubbard School in Summit, New Jersey, for example, teachers used to hand out stickers to elementary school children with the words “I was c
Educator Innovator
AUGUST 29, 2017
The Current at Educator Innovator, our redesigned open publishing platform, is now live and ready for your contributions ! The Current gives educators a space to create and share resources and reflections about their practice and experience with Connected Learning and teaching. Formerly known as Digital Is, The Current is a user-generated publication of Educator Innovator, powered by the National Writing Project.
MindShift
AUGUST 29, 2017
The start of the school year can be rough on some kids. It’s a big shift from summer’s freedom and lack of structure to the measured routines of school. And sometimes that can build up into tears, losing sleep, outbursts and other classic signs of anxiety. “Going back to school is a transition for everyone,” says Lynn Bufka, a practicing psychologist who also works at the American Psychological Association. “No matter the age of the child, or if they’ve been t
The Principal of Change
AUGUST 29, 2017
I shared this image the other evening : I do not necessarily agree with each statement above, but I do think that it is a good conversation piece in the context of education. In the last few months, I have been really challenging the idea of “data-driven” When you focus on the students in front of you, your chances of success grows. What worked for other students in the past, may not work for the students you are working with today and in the future.
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.
MindShift
AUGUST 29, 2017
When Michael Essien became an administrator at Martin Luther King, Jr. Academic Middle School in San Francisco it was immediately apparent that he needed to help teachers get behavior issues under control. If students acted out in class, teachers sent them to an in-school detention, where they waited for disciplinary action. Pretty soon, any kid who struggled with a lesson was trying to get sent to detention, thus avoiding challenging work that might be embarrassing.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 29, 2017
We receive dozens of letters to the editor every month. Readers react to our stories positively and critically and we welcome their feedback. Here’s a sampling of letters from the past month, lightly edited for grammar and typos. Have something to say? Write us a letter (use the form at the bottom of any story) and it may be featured in a future post.
techlearning
AUGUST 29, 2017
Students at Charter High School for Architecture and Design in Philadelphia (PA) are working with an Ultimaker 2 Extended+ to learn about art, design, and giving back to the community.
Learning with 'e's
AUGUST 29, 2017
Image source unknown I'm fascinated by vintage 'future' visions - the way people in the past thought we might live in this century. Known as retrofuturism - this is the history of predictions. To that end, I'm writing a series of posts that feature ideas, images and visions of the 21st century. How did people in the past envisage life in the 21st century?
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