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K–12 Districts Prepare Their Infrastructures for the Internet of Things

EdTech Magazine

K–12 Districts Prepare Their Infrastructures for the Internet of Things. eli.zimmerman_9856. Thu, 08/02/2018 - 11:11. The surge of devices used by K–12 students is putting a strain on school district networks, causing IT teams to consider adopting the Internet of Things. . Bringing IoT into schools maintains connectivity for students and teachers during the day, through both personal devices and classroom tools like smartboards, Kellie Wilks, chief technology officer of Ector County Independent

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2018 Education Innovation Clusters Convening: Looking to the Future

Digital Promise

On July 16-18, Digital Promise held the fifth annual Education Innovation Clusters Convening (#EdClusters18) in Philadelphia, with our co-host the ExCITe Center at Drexel University. #EdClusters18 brought together nearly 100 leaders from more than 20 regions and 48 organizations across the country working to advance future-facing teaching and learning.

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An Updated Guide To Questioning In The Classroom

TeachThought - Learn better.

An Updated Guide to Questioning in the Classroom by TeachThought Staff This is part 1 of a 2-part series on questioning in the classroom. Part 1 focuses on questions in general–their function, purpose, forms, their relationship with cognitive dissonance, as well as a quick overview of essential questions. Part 2 of the Guide To Questioning In The Classroom (publishing […].

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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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FREE: Google Classroom Header Template

Teacher Tech

Google Classroom Header for Beta Classes Google Classroom is coming out with a new interface for the Fall (that is all you get on dates.) In the new interface, students go to the new Classwork page to find assignments. You need to sign up for Beta access if you want to see the Classwork page […]. The post FREE: Google Classroom Header Template appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Want to get struggling readers enthusiastic about reading? Here’s how

eSchool News

With 10 million students in grades K-12 struggling to read, taking those struggling readers from disengaged to enthused may seem like a huge feat. However, doing just one thing to take action can cause a wave of reaction throughout the entire school. In a recent edWebinar , Nelda Reyes, a dyslexia interventionist at De Zavala Elementary in San Marcos (TX) Consolidated Independent School District, shared how she was able to establish a culture of reading at her school by creating a sense of belon

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Making room for grassroots change

The Hechinger Report

The Northern Cass School District in rural North Dakota is doing away with grade levels with the state’s blessing. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation.

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Why is Digital Curation so Important for Educators in 2018?

EmergingEdTech

Image Source I’ve been working with schools, colleges and universities for nearly 8 years. Working to promote entrepreneurship and digital skills to make young people more employable and teach them. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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With a Year Crisis Text Line Data, California Community Colleges Launch Mental Health Program

Edsurge

Several community college campuses in California lack mental health services. But students today are increasingly seeking access to counseling to cope with depression, anxiety and other challenges. Now the country’s largest community college system is turning to technology to connect more students with mental-health services—and to better understand what challenges students are grappling with most.

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This Is One Of The Best Games To Teach Social Studies

TeachThought - Learn better.

?? This Is One Of The Best Games To Teach Social Studies by Terry Heick Title: Civilization VI Platforms iPad Microsoft Windows Steam (The Windows version/Amazon link is an affiliate link–read more here, but the short version is that we could earn some paltry % of anything you buy, so if you want to make sure Amazon, […]. The post This Is One Of The Best Games To Teach Social Studies appeared first on TeachThought.

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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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An Informal, Vetted, Amplified Set of Issues People of Color at Your Conferences Already Know [Medium]

The Jose Vilson

Recently, I wrote a blog post at Medium that probably ruffles any number of feathers, but if the feathers were better adjusted to their roots, they wouldn't fall off. What's more, it wasn't about any particular conferences. In fact, the people who prompted me to curate the list weren't even part of any official conferences I attended. Based on the responses, this seems to have resonated.

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A Handy Google Sheets Tip for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Earlier last week one of our readers emailed us inquiring about how to set notifications for shared spreadsheets. Here is a step by step guide to show you how you can customize the settings of your.

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An Informal, Vetted, Amplified Set of Issues People of Color at Your Conferences Already Know [Medium]

The Jose Vilson

Recently, I wrote a blog post at Medium that probably ruffles any number of feathers, but if the feathers were better adjusted to their roots, they wouldn't fall off. What's more, it wasn't about any particular conferences. In fact, the people who prompted me to curate the list weren't even part of any official conferences I attended. Based on the responses, this seems to have resonated.

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The Building Learning Communities Conference More Than Lives Up To Its Name

ASIDE

Source: ASIDE 2018 Source: November Learning This year’s Building Learning Communities - Education Conference 2018 more than lived up to its goal of fostering dialogues between talented, dedicated educators. Sponsored by November Learning ( @NLearning ), the BLC18 conference took place from Tuesday, July 24, to Friday, July 28, 2018, in the beautiful and perfectly situated Boston Park Plaza Hotel.

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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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3 Ways to Successfully Upgrade your Internal Network

Education Superhighway

With 10 schools and over 3,000 students, Ryan Schasteen, technology director of Sheridan County School District 2 was focused on making sure that “anything a teacher could accomplish in a classroom was trustworthy and reliable.” With solid Internet connectivity and infrastructure already in place, Ryan concentrated on building a stronger internal network using E-rate Category 2 funds.

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5 Ways WiFi Service Can Make or Break Your Retail Chain

SecurEdge

As any owner or manager of a retail chain will tell you, it’s hard to get customers in the door these days. Online shopping provides a level of convenience that is hard to match, so when you finally get a customer in the door, you need to make the most of it.

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OPINION: Using prime baseball season to strike out summer learning loss

The Hechinger Report

. An unfair game? Some students spend weeks at summer camps sharpening their skills, while other children in high-poverty areas may spend their entire summer off the academic playing field. According to the American Camp Association, the average day camp costs over $300 a week per child. That’s nearly one-third of the median household’s weekly income.

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The Most Important Element to Innovation in Education

The Principal of Change

What is the most crucial element to innovation in education? People. That’s it. Take care of the people that you serve. Develop them. Feed their mind and soul. Build trust in a culture of competitive-collaboration where we both push and support one another, and you can have one of the most innovative schools/organizations in the world. No program, technology, idea, or anything else will ever be as important to what you do in schools as the people in front of you.

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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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A Video Walkthrough For Civilization VI Beginners

TeachThought - Learn better.

A Video Walkthrough For Civilization VI Beginners by TeachThought Staff At TeachThought, we love learning through video games, and Civ VI is one of our favorite games to learn with and through. In This Is One Of The Best Games To Teach Social Studies Terry Heick said–well, the title kind of gives it away. But the game’s not […]. The post A Video Walkthrough For Civilization VI Beginners appeared first on TeachThought.

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Transdisciplinary Learning: The Power of Making to Help Stories Come Alive

EdTechTeam

In the last six weeks of school our year four team of teachers did the unthinkable – we decided to start an entirely new literacy unit with the expectation of students completing and publishing an original fairytale, a completed piece of coding, and a creative art sculpture. Any teacher knows that the countdown to the end of school is manic, to say the least, but this project truly tested our limits.

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“Imaging is dead!” Now what? — Part 3

Jamf on EdTech

In the conclusion of our three-part blog series, we explain how to build and run a provisioning workflow.

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50 Best Practices for Classroom Management

MiddleWeb

Serena Pariser’s book offers best practices for creating a classroom community where the teacher is respected, students are valued and engaged, and isolation is reduced. Like chatting with a colleague who has funny stories and great advice to share, writes Stacy Thorpe.

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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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3 Steps to Facilitating an Effective Online Meeting

techlearning

What follows are three steps you can use to ensure an online meeting is effective and meaningful to the participants. This week, I will be moderating my first virtual Hangout with a group of inspired educational leaders from the Tech & Learning Leader community. As I prepare for this online meeting, I reviewed the following three steps to ensure the meeting is effective and meaningful to the participants: Step 1: Preparation: Before the Meeting As with any meeting, it is important to schedul

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Political & organizational savvy–it’s not just about the kids

eSchool News

[ Editor’s note : This is the 12th installment in Jennifer Abrams’ ‘Personal Development’ column for eSchool News. In her columns, Abrams focuses on leadership skills for anyone working in a school or district. Read more about the column here.] . Some educators tell me they “aren’t political.” They don’t want to get involved in the “drama” of the organization.

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Movie Making Site Offers  Abundant Learning Opportunities

techlearning

Plotagon Education Create animated movies with customized characters and actions Pros: Wide variety of options to customize characters and practice writing while creating a movie. Cons: Computer voices can be stilted; exporting is easier on the iPad app version; some of the available actions may be inappropriate. Bottom Line: A fun way to show understanding of any subject matter, especially for those who enjoy making movies. [ STEM Resource Helps Teachers Locate 1000s of Free Lessons, Activities

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The Art of Reaching and Engaging Every Reader

MiddleWeb

Igniting passion in someone, especially an adolescent, is no small task. Throughout Passionate Readers Pernille Ripp takes on the task of describing how we might create conditions in which students feel a deep interest and desire to read, writes educator Claire Stein.

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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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Awards of Excellence 2018

techlearning

Since 1982, Tech and Learning has sought out and celebrated the best in education technology through our Awards of Excellence (AOE) program. 10 finalists will be categorized and selected into three categories: • Best use of technology in a classroom • Best use of technology in a school • Best use of technology in a district To learn more, or to nominate a product, visit www.techlearningawardsofexcellence.com Hurry- nominations close September 15, 2018!

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Achieving More Depth of Knowledge in Literacy

MiddleWeb

Reading, Writing, Rigor by Nancy Boyles offers practical tools to increase student learning in reading and writing. Boyles packs 199 pages with information, including numerous resources, strategies, and techniques to support teachers, writes consultant Anne Anderson.

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#NYCSchoolsTechChat: The First 5 Days. Tonight at 7pm EST

The Innovative Educator

This week #NYCSchoolsTech educators attended the #NYCSchoolsTechSummit where they learned all sorts of fresh ideas, techniques, and strategies to implement in the classroom this fall. What did they learn? That's the topic of the August #NYCSchoolsTechChat where we'll discuss the first 5 days of the school year. What protocols do you implement to start your school year off on the right foot?

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Learning.com Offers Complimentary Tech Readiness Quiz to Help Educators Assess Students’ Digital Literacy Proficiency

techlearning

PORTLAND, Ore. – August 1, 2018 – Learning.com, a leader in providing digital literacy curriculum for elementary and middle school students, today announced registration is open for its free Tech Readiness Quiz. This interactive assessment will provide educators with actionable data on how well their students grasp critical digital literacy concepts as outlined in the 2016 ISTE Standards for Students.

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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.