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OCTOBER 12, 2017

The first time I read about Unschooling, I ignored it. Surely, it was a fad that would go away. When that didn’t happen and I read about it a thousand more times, I dug into it. Inspired by the teachings of John Holt (1923–1985), this free range branch of homeschooling promotes learning through nonstructured, child-led exploration. There’s no set curriculum or schedule; students learn what interests them with guidance from involved adults.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2017

By Dan Tynan Setting up a successful student help desk can lead to valuable experiences.

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OCTOBER 12, 2017

Last week we discussed the theory behind constructivist teaching , today we will explore how to apply constructivist principles to your online learning environment. To recap: constructivism is a learning theory positing that prior knowledge is the foundation for building new ideas, as opposed to instructivist theory, which holds that students have a tabula rasa that must be populated with new ideas primarily through instruction.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Anne Collier on episode 169 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Anne Collier helps us understand the statistics on bullying and cyberbullying. We talk about targets, those who bully and how to respond when helping those embroiled in this situation. October is the month we work to take a stand against bullying, so this is a topic of emphasis this month for many of us.

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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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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2017

By Jacquelyn Bengfort Educators use G Suite and Office 365 to maximize instruction.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Since 2011 Banned Books Week has included a day to recognize banned websites. This year, on September 27, 2017, the American Association of School Librarians made a point to encourage their members to raise awareness about “overly restrictive blocking of legitimate, educational websites and academically useful social networking tools in schools and school libraries.”.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Udacity helped popularize the idea of offering college-level courses online to anyone for free, a format known as MOOCs (for Massive Open Online Courses). But this week a Udacity official called MOOCs “dead,” leading to questions about what that means for one of the company’s offerings (which still include free MOOCs). It was Udacity vice president Clarissa Shen who this week said “they are dead,” when talking about MOOCs in an interview with The Economic Times in India.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 12, 2017

October , 2017 The iSLCollective video quiz maker is a 'free web-based tool that allows teachers to create interactive video quizzes around YouTube and Vimeo videos. This is how it works: First,read more.

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OCTOBER 12, 2017

We’ve all heard the old cliche, “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.” It’s a well-worn idiom, which shapes the belief systems of too many schools and districts across the country. But as a guiding philosophy it can be paralyzing, particularly for a school district that’s doing well. By many traditional measures, such as rankings, lists and awards, North Allegheny School District, is extremely high performing.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 12, 2017

October 12, 2017 Upon the requests of some of our readers here in EdTech and mLearning, we went ahead and curated for you the collection below. This is a list comprising some of the best social.

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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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OCTOBER 12, 2017

I am always on the lookout for collaborative hypothes.is annotations – articles or sites out there that others have put out calls to annotate. I do this for three reasons: I can use them as examples in workshops I give to faculty about annotation, and I noticed my colleague use them in individual consultations with faculty to showcase the tool; I like to use them in my class so my students get to see the global potential of collaborative annotation; and.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Follett Corporation, a textbook distribution company, announced this week that it has agreed to adopt a set of “ Anti-Counterfeit Best Practices ,” a list of guidelines co-developed and endorsed by four major textbook publishers. But up until last week, three of those publishers—Pearson Education, McGraw-Hill Education and Cengage Learning—were suing Follett over alleged counterfeit sales.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2017

The use of differentiated instruction to individualize each student’s learning experience is becoming more common in today’s elementary classrooms, but creating meaningful differentiation for a typical class of 25 students or more can still be a challenge. What should educators and administrators know about adaptive learning? In “ Adaptive Literacy Learning 101 ,” presenters reviewed findings from Tech & Learning’s 2017 survey on adaptive learning and highlighted key points that everyone sho

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My Paperless Classroom

OCTOBER 12, 2017

In this episode of the TechEducator Podcast, we welcome Frank and Shannon from the Microsoft Education team on the program and Rob Dixon from Nebraska to discuss how Microsoft Education is being implemented in school districts world wide to meet the needs of districts, teachers, classrooms, and most importantly. students. The post Should Your School Adopt @MicrosoftEDU as your Instructional Technology Platform?

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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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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2017

As the new school year begins, elementary school teachers are now able to access a new, free online artificial intelligence (AI) tool designed to strengthen their math instruction and help students learn at higher levels. The IBM Foundation announced the availability of Teacher Advisor With Watson 1.0 , software that uses Watson AI technology–trained by some of the nation’s leading math experts, with feedback from more than 1,000 teachers–to provide elementary school teachers with ta

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MIND Research Institute

OCTOBER 12, 2017

There's a lot more to games than just fun and play. Games can actually facilitate learning in powerful ways. By nature, games can help develop productive struggle in students. Educators continue to hear about the importance of productive struggle , but we're still in the early stages of exploring how to best foster this critical learning process in classroom experiences, especially when it comes to math.

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techieMusings

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Many of you probably know the story of my Twitter handle: @buddyxo. Buddy is the name of my dog – a now 12 year old black Toy Poodle. Back in 2010, I was sitting at the Alan November BLC conference and Alan told us that we all needed to be on Twitter. So, the first handle that came to mind — buddyxo. Maybe it was just that I was missing my guy a little too much.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Many teachers are seeking ways to better help their English language learner students, who often have additional challenges to overcome. These students are learning English alongside all the content standards, and some have had their education disrupted by life transitions. The challenges that face them are many, but there are strategies to help them develop language and academic skills.

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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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OCTOBER 12, 2017

Today’s learners—and tomorrow’s teachers—use video throughout their everyday lives on platforms like Snapchat and Instagram. Cherry Steffen says video should be used throughout a teacher candidate’s university experience, too. As the chair of the department of education at Washburn University , she has helped formalize the use of video within the field experience for student teaching.

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MiddleWeb

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Moment to Moment helps educators empower students to recognize what may “trigger” a behavior problem and how to react positively in that moment. Linda Biondi says teachers will benefit from the case studies of several student types that are followed through the book.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Math can be made accessible to all students using lessons that start at a low level and finish at a much higher level. Teachers can provide different kinds of math tasks on a monthly, weekly and daily basis for varied levels of challenges for their students, including those who struggle. In “ Low-Entry, High-Exit Math Tasks that Keep Every Student Engaged ,” Arjan Khalsa, CEO of Conceptua Math, discussed the kinds of lessons that can be used to challenge and engage all students.

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MiddleWeb

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Hacking Project Based Learning is a rich resource for teachers and administrators who want to begin implementing project-oriented inquiry learning, says PBL teacher Sandy Wisneski. She appreciates the strong emphasis on student ownership in each of the book's 10 hacks.

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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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Technology Tidbits

OCTOBER 12, 2017

TypeDojo is an excellent site for students grades 1st-8th looking to improve their typing/keyboarding skills. All a user has to do is select how long (1,3, or 5 min) they want to take their typing test and grade level and begin. Also, a user can select what kind words, or keys (i.e. home row) they want to practice on. Once a student is done they get a detailed report or certificate that shows how many words per minute and accuracy they preformed.

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MiddleWeb

OCTOBER 12, 2017

The framework Jennifer Abrams develops in Hard Conversations Unpacked focuses on professional growth, and ultimately on positive outcomes for student learning. Principal Mike Janatovich will never again attempt a challenging conversation without this guidance.

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Technology Tidbits

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Projector Screen Store is a great site for educators or parents looking to find screens, projectors, cables, and more for home or their classroom. Also, this is an ideal place to find good deals and other resources such as: how to build a home theater or how a green screen works. I highly recommend checking out Projector Screen Store by clicking here !!!

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2017

“So, what unique traits does your dragon have?” Betsy DeVos asked a student Thursday in a science class at Thomas Russell Middle School in Milpitas, California. Students there were drawing dragons as part of a lesson on phenotypes and genotypes. Their peers in an art class close by also got a visit from the U.S. Secretary of Education. This public school visit was one of several stops in her West Coast tour, which started yesterday in Oregon and will end tomorrow in Seattle, where DeVos will be

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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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