EdTech Magazine

JULY 31, 2018

Bake Professional Development into Your Education Pizza. eli.zimmerman_9856. Tue, 07/31/2018 - 10:51. A colleague and I were talking about the best kinds of pizza and — believe it or not — it made me think of classroom technology. Like pizza, schools have preferences for toppings (devices). Sure, everyone has a classic, like pepperoni ( Chromebooks ), while others anticipate fresh flavors like pineapple ( virtual reality ).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 31, 2018

Here’s a preview of what’s coming up on Ask a Tech Teacher in August: Wikispaces has closed. Now what? 11 Back-to-school Activities for the First Month of School. Teaching Digital Rights and Responsibilities. Websites to teach Moune Skills. Plan a memorable Back-to-School Night. The Importance of a Morning Meeting. Today’s Meet has closed.

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Neo LMS

JULY 31, 2018

The days of gauging learning success on the basis of simple metrics like enrollment, attendance, or course completion are long gone! Today, the most important metric is whether your institution is able to successfully deliver its curriculum — and whether the students were successful in getting what they expected from the course. In other words, the metric that matters the most is student academic outcomes.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2018

I’ve worked as an elementary and primary school teacher here in Finland for more than a decade, and spent five years as a vice principal as well. Our education system is widely considered one of the best, if not the best , in the world. Some might assume that this is because we pay our teachers the most, but according to recent figures, Finland is not among the top 10 when it comes to teachers’ salaries.

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Digital Promise

JULY 31, 2018

How many times have we seen communities come together to care for their own, to rebuild after natural disasters, to provide simple acts of kindness to those in need? This is the power of communities. Today, communities have an opportunity to use that power to address a significant, yet often overlooked, challenge — adult literacy. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), nearly one in six adults in the U.S. read at or below a third grade level, a fact that o

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2018

I started working with classroom technology in 1989 at The Dalton School in New York City. We taught sixth-grade students ancient history through an archaeology simulation we developed on black-and-white Macintosh computers. We explored new planetary nebulas by scanning digital images from the Hubble telescope. Since then, I’ve built award-winning educational CD-ROMs, led the development of formative assessment, curriculum management, and student data systems like Schoolnet and Powerschool, and

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2018

People love to try guess what Apple is up to—that’s true for the company’s education strategy as well. But often there’s not much to go on beyond press releases and speculation. So when Apple’s longtime vice-president of education, John Couch, published a book this year with his thoughts on the future of education and accounts of his work at Apple, it opened a rare window into the company’s views on education.

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TeacherCast

JULY 31, 2018

Do you have a passion for podcasting but don't know where to start? These four podcasters just launched amazing shows and you can too! | TeacherCast.net. The post 4 New Podcasters to Check Out and Subscribe To in 2018! appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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Teacher Tech

JULY 31, 2018

Give Faster Feedback with Keyboard Shortcuts When using Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, or Drawings you can insert feedback comments by using the keyboard shortcut Control Alt M. (Command Option M on a Mac.) This is much faster than other methods to insert feedback comments, and as teachers, we need every second we can get. Control […]. The post Control Alt M – Commenting in Google Apps appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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eSchool News

JULY 31, 2018

Every day in the classroom, students are expected to engage in tasks such as paying attention to and remembering information, completing their work on time, waiting to speak until they’re called upon, and asking for help when they need it. If a child has difficulty with these tasks, executive function (EF) may be at the root of the issue. EF is a set of mental skills or processes that help a child or an adult work toward objectives and accomplish tasks.

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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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Marketplace K-12

JULY 31, 2018

The Rise Fund is making a $130 million investment in DreamBox Learning, the digital math provider. The post DreamBox Picks Up $130 Million, and New Board Member: Arne Duncan appeared first on Market Brief.

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Graphite Blog

JULY 31, 2018

The Common Sense Education team is constantly searching for the best tools for digital teaching and learning. Our experts have rated and reviewed more than 3,000 (and counting!) apps, websites, and games for their learning potential. Through all this, we consistently come across new tools that are unlike anything we've seen before. The innovation happening in the edtech world is a big part of our inspiration and motivation to keep reviewing.

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MiddleWeb

JULY 31, 2018

Rubrics should clarify both teacher and student thinking, writes classroom assessment expert Rick Wormeli. They can help mentor students as they analyze and reflect on their work, but there are cautions in their use that effective teachers will take time to investigate.

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Nick's Picks for Educational Technology

JULY 31, 2018

Seven Great Google Slides Templates for Creativity and Critical Thinking Google Slides is too powerful to limit its use to boring presentations. Create engaging learning experiences while promoting critical thinking and creativity with these seven Google Slides templates you can use in virtually any classroom. The sharing settings for all of these templates are set.

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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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JULY 31, 2018

The integration of Google Maps with Google Drive made it super easy for anyone to create and share maps with others. The process is simple and does not require any software installation. Using My.read more.

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Jamf on EdTech

JULY 31, 2018

In part one of our three-part blog series, we examine why imaging is going by the wayside and how to build workflows to replace it.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JULY 31, 2018

As a Google Drive user you can download a variety of apps from Chrome Web Store to help you perform different tasks on your Drive. There are apps for editing images and videos, apps for digitally.read more.

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My Paperless Classroom

JULY 31, 2018

This post was originally created and posted on the website TeacherCast Educational Network. The only place to read this as the original content is [link]. Welcome to Beyond the Hour of Code, I am your host. Dr. Sam Patterson, makerspace teacher and author of Programming in the Primary Grades, Beyond the Hour of Code. Not everyone is super excited about coding, especially teachers.

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Teacher Tech

JULY 31, 2018

Give Faster Feedback with Keyboard Shortcuts When using Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, or Drawings you can insert feedback comments by using the keyboard shortcut Control Alt M. (Command Option M on a Mac.) This is much faster than other methods to insert feedback comments, and as teachers, we need every second we can get. Control […]. The post Control Alt M – Commenting in Google Apps appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 31, 2018

Revisiting 25 Predictions I Made About The Future Of Education by Terry Heick Originally published Dec 22, 2012 Preface: I talk a lot about the future of learning, and sometimes it’s fun to go back and look to see how off I was about some things while getting lucky and being a little less wrong […]. The post Revisiting 25 Predictions I Made About The Future Of Education appeared first on TeachThought.

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eSchool News

JULY 31, 2018

School leaders consistently identify high costs and shrinking budgets as a top barrier to implementing new technology tools and programs. As back-to-school approaches, many educators are faced with budgets that force teachers to buy school supplies with their own money. The stark realities of the homework gap and the digital divide also become more apparent during the school year, when many students are left without home internet access or without the right device to complete assignments at home

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Prodigy

JULY 31, 2018

Should the qualities of a good teacher be defined solely by student achievement? Or should they encompass traits more difficult to measure — such as the capacity to connect emotionally with children? Among the sea of advice, tips, and quotes on teaching, the best solution is to turn to the research. We pored through hundreds […]. The post The 6 Qualities of a Good Teacher (+ 25 Ways to Show them!

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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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The Hechinger Report

JULY 31, 2018

When demographers and pundits talk about the United States transitioning in the future to a majority-minority country, you get a sense they are almost threatening businesses to hire people of color with an “or else the entire house of cards will fall” argument. But threats are hardly needed when what’s right from a moral standpoint — diversity and inclusion — is also what’s best from a business perspective.

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Buncee

JULY 31, 2018

August is here, and that means Back to School Season has officially begun. It’s our favorite time of the year, so we’d like to celebrate by bringing you ideas and inspiration on ways you can enhance your math lessons with Buncee! Whether you’re building a skyscraper or balancing a checkbook, m ath skills are an essential part of everyday life. In today’s society, with the rapid growth of science and technology, it is more important than ever for children to garner an interest in STEM subjects, a

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techlearning

JULY 31, 2018

What edtech are you looking forward to using next year? Tech & Learning is putting together a report for its September issue and we want to hear from you! Our survey takes just a few minutes and your replies will be shared with more than 90,000 of your colleagues! Click here to take the short survey.

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Buncee

JULY 31, 2018

¡ Saludos profesores ! It seems Back to School season is upon us once more. To celebrate, we here at Buncee are bringing you ideas and inspiration on ways you can enhance your language lessons with Buncee! In this day and age, a second language is an invaluable asset to students, especially as they go on to college and eventually the workforce. Additionally, even if you are not necessarily a foreign language teacher, you might find some of these ideas helpful in your own classroom, as there are

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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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MindShift

JULY 31, 2018

As technology becomes more ubiquitous in classrooms, many schools are choosing Chromebooks because it’s one of the least expensive devices, a big win for schools balancing spending priorities. A 2017 report of the education market found Chromebooks dominate with 58 percent of the market for school mobile device purchases. But many teachers aren’t using these new tools for much more than notetaking and slideshow presentations.

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EmergingEdTech

JULY 31, 2018

Join us This Thursday, August 2nd, for a Live Shindig Session I've written about Bryan Alexander's Future Trends Forum here before, and I enjoy attending these sessions when I can, listening to his. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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My Paperless Classroom

JULY 31, 2018

Welcome to Beyond the Hour of Code, I am your host. Dr. Sam Patterson, makerspace teacher and author of Programming in the Primary Grades, Beyond the Hour of Code. Not everyone is super excited about coding, especially teachers. My love is learning, self-directed, creative, expressive learning. Code and things you can code are just one of the many tools I use in my space.

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Graphite Blog

JULY 31, 2018

The Common Sense Education team is constantly searching for the best tools for digital teaching and learning. Our experts have rated and reviewed more than 3,000 (and counting!) apps, websites, and games for their learning potential. Through all this, we consistently come across new tools that are unlike anything we've seen before. The innovation happening in the edtech world is a big part of our inspiration and motivation to keep reviewing.

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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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