EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

By EdTech Staff A survey finds that more educators have devices in their classrooms than ever before.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

MEET MY NEW PODCAST: The 10-minute Teacher Show-- for Remarkable but Busy Teachers From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Karen Lirenman ( @ KLirenman ) and Kristen Wideen ( @ mrswideen ) have written the definitive book on using iPads in the elementary classroom, Innovate with iPad: Lessons to Transform Learning in the Classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Seven million students took the SAT test last year. While it traditionally is an assessment tool for college-bound seniors, more and more high schools are choosing it as an exit exam for graduating seniors (such as these changes in Ohio and the State of Washington ). Driven in part by the educational imperative to minimize student testing, what better solution than a test already heavily vetted as being inclusive and cross-cultural that many students are familiar with.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

10MT: The 10-Minute Teacher interview with Jennifer Burgin From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Jennifer Burgin (@ MrsJBurgin ) teaches amazing 2nd graders at Oakridge Elementary in Arlington, Virginia. She was named Oakridge Teacher of the Year and Arlington Public Schools Teacher of the Year in 2016. Too many teachers are working too hard to teach writing.

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Education Elements

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Before we get too far into 2017 I like to reflect on what has been and make predictions for what the year ahead will mean for education. Time and time again I find myself thinking “Darn, my predictions aren’t half bad but things are moving too slowly, slower than I expected.” This year, however, I am confident when I say that we are going to experience a lot of change -- largely influenced by shifts resulting from elections, among other factors.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

10MT: 10-Minute Teacher Interview with Science Teacher, Matt Clay From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Matt Clay (@ clayscience ) is a science teacher in Ness City, Kansas and a doctoral student in education at the University of Northern Colorado researching environmental experiences. Matt is helping his science students create science kits for students in Haiti.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Good things come in pairs, and we’re delighted to welcome two former educators on our editorial team! Jenny Abamu ( @JennyAbamu ) will be our education technology reporter, based in New York City. Yes, we’re incredibly excited to expand our coverage (and yes, also jazzed to have someone on top of those early-morning, Eastern Time press calls!) A former English teacher in Turkey, Abamu’s dabbling with edtech tools inspired her to launch a blog on international education.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

February 1 , 2017 This week's New EdTech post brings you 7 interesting educational web tools you may want to try out. Some of the things you can do with these tools include: access to a kids' safe.read more.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Want to hear the full interview instead of reading the Q&A? Check out this episode of the EdSurge On Air podcast on SoundCloud. A few years back, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) found itself. in the news for the rollout of iPads districtwide, which some readers out there might remember. Since then, what’s going on with technology in Southern California’s biggest public school district?

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Innovation in education should not be a luxury, but is now a necessity. The world is changing so rapidly and it is not longer about schools “embracing change”, but creating it. You can wait for it to happen, or you can make it happen; either way change will continuously head our way. Yet their is a disconnect between “innovation” and “doing school” You will hear arguments such as, “I think innovation is important but what about…(insert curriculum

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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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

February , 2017 When it comes to translating spreadsheets most of the translation applications out there won’t serve the purpose. Information separated in different cells renders translated versions.read more.

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EmergingEdTech

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Over the past few months, I’ve written a series of posts over on the Flipped Learning Network web site that offer a wealth of different tools and techniques that can be used to create digital. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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Teacher Tech

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Accurately Teach #BlackHistoryMonth via Sabrina Stevens @realsabijoy Posted with permission from Sabrina Stevens. If Twitter is blocked and you are not able to view the embedded Tweets I copied Sabrina Stevens words into a Google Doc. Hey, #teachers. Let’s talk, #EduColor style. So it’s officially #BlackHistoryMonth & a lot of you are going to be tempted […].

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

What’s the best time for students to have recess? Before lunch, or after? What happens if it rains? If students are misbehaving, is it a good idea to punish them by making them sit out recess? Those are just a few of the issues in new guidelines designed to help schools have good recess. The recommendations come from a group called SHAPE (Society of Health and Physical Educators) America and from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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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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The Electric Educator

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Chromebooks are HOT right now. And for good reason. They are affordable, flexible, and easy to manage. And in today's increasingly web-first world, having a device that was born on the web is a good option. At the end of 2015 we learned that 50% of devices in the classroom are Chromebooks. That's pretty amazing considering ChromeOS is only 5 years old and people thought Google was crazy when they said they were developing their own operating system.

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techieMusings

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

I wanted to share some more awesome stories submitted to our Call Me Ismael phone. (If you missed my initial post about this initiative, you can find details here.) As I’ve listened to each of the stories that have been submitted so far this year, I’ve been amazed at just how much we can learn about one another through these short 1-2 minute recordings.

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ProfHacker

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Last week, Jeff McClurken posted a query to Facebook: “Why does ACI get to charge people for access to my freely available blog posts?” That post led to a lengthy conversation about ACI’s Scholarly Blog Index. (Readers can view the full conversation, which also included Lee Skallerup Bessette, Sheila Brennan, and Michelle Moravec, here.). I checked the site out, and discovered some of my own work there, too.

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

“Imagine what it would look like if all our schools were set up to help youth discover and pursue their passions instead of guiding them along a predictable path.” —John Legend. LRNG Innovators is launching its third challenge, inviting educators to imagine engaging ways to help young people explore their interests, thereby igniting a passion that can lead to college, to a career, or having a positive impact in the community.

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Re-posted from: [link] I’ve been hearing a lot about BreakoutEdu and, more recently, Digital BreakoutEdu. It’s something I have been wanting to try in my classroom but was unable to find the resources that were appropriate for my middle school students. Honestly, I didn’t have the resources and I hadn’t found the time to search for them. Enter Twitter…!

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The Innovative Educator

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Twitter won't let you share a link to my blog. If you choose to share, use this instead [link] Ahhh.the school mission statement. And then there is the vision statement. And, what the heck is the difference? What are we really identifying and do we ever go back and re-examine to ensure it is still what we believe? At a session titled " Intentionality & School Design " at #Educon, for the most part, educators indicated that these statements, once created, were never looked a

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Kathy Schrock

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

This article originally appeared in the Discovery Education blog " Kathy Schrock's Katch of the Month " in February 2017 and is re-posted here with permission. As educators, we are very passionate about teaching and learning. We each have our areas of expertise, and now, with accessible tools that make it easy to create a presentation, podcast, video, or animation, we can share our passion and expertise with others.

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Advocating for 9–14-year-old boys and their reading lives is my passion and specialty, however, because I’m female, this hasn’t been an easy row to hoe. People often question me on why I’m not advocating for girls and empowering them instead. But I don’t see my advocacy as a zero-sum game. I see it as imperative for both genders to thrive, not just survive, in the global, knowledge-based, information/technology-driven world they’ll live and work in together as adults.

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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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techlearning

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Leaders in edtech, government policy, and schools consider implications for digital access and personalized learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

[link] Did your school recently switch over to Chromebooks? Are you looking for that perfect, yet inexpensive device to use in class this year? I recently had a great conversation at a local PD conference about devices and someone asked me what device they should be thinking about for their classrooms. Where most people know me as a MacBook guy, and the MIE side of me would like to encourage everyone to try out Surface Tablets, most school districts in my area are Google Apps schools.

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Technology Tidbits

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

GoClass is a wonderful site/app for flipping a classroom. This is a fantastic solution for educators to be able to manage their classes/students and create dynamic lessons that can be shared on mobile devices. Students can login to a session on their mobile device and then follow the lesson following the "show-explain-ask" method. Teachers can then get instant real-time feedback on student engagement and learning as well as attendance.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

[link] Android is coming to the Chromebook this year -- a good reason to give the evolving Google ecosystem a second look.

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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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Technology Tidbits

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

30hands Storyteller for Chromebook, Mac or PC free 30 day trial here ! For more info on 30hands Storyteller Web click here !!! 30hands Learning is the excellent company for creating an innovative LMS (Learning Management System) as well as the popular mobile iOS apps that are ideal for digital storytelling ( 30hands Starter (free), 30hands Pro (paid)).

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

This post is in partnership with ACER. Over the next few months I will be writing and sharing many of the exciting classroom products they offer like tablets, desktops and more! A while back I was having a conversation with a colleague about creativity in learning. We debated back and forth about what creativity looked like and could you really teach creativity.

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Technology Tidbits

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

bulb is a wonderful site for creating beautiful looking digital portfolios. This easy-to-use (drag-n-drop interface) site lets users create dynamic looking pages that includes, images, videos, and more. These pages can be organized into collections and then shared publicly or privately. The user (educator or student) controls who can see what content.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

In many schools, it takes much more than good teaching to meet students’ needs. Issues such as poverty, hunger, homelessness, neglect, abuse and chronic stress can have a significant impact in the classroom. Highland View Elementary is a preK–5 school serving approximately 200 students and their families in Bristol, Virginia. More than 99 percent of students are economically disadvantaged, and approximately one-third of those who enter our school won’t stay through the school year.

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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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