The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 10, 2018

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. David Ternent, a teacher in a middle school STEM classroom in Ohio, shares how he has used his 3D printers to transform and excite kids about learning STEM concepts. His students are 3d printing tiny houses, drones with cameras and VR glasses and so much more. He shares his workflow, how his students sculpt in VR before printing, example projects, and how he manages supply costs.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Now that you’ve engaged your students with awesome Hour of Code fun, I’m thrilled to introduce the incredible Root Robotics for going far beyond the hour! Root’s a versatile, engaging robotics and coding program that grows with students from pre-K up through grade 12. Root comes to us from our friends at Sunburst Digital – who provide engaging STEAM and SafeSchools programs for schools.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Allison Starling on Episode 401 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Allison Starling has an awesome idea for teacher professional development! She creates two “PD Events” at different times during the year and creates a game to encourage learning at her school.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Now that you’ve engaged your students with awesome Hour of Code fun, I’m thrilled to introduce the incredible Root Robotics for going far beyond the hour! Root’s a versatile, engaging robotics and coding program that grows with students from pre-K up through grade 12. Root comes to us from our friends at Sunburst Digital – who provide engaging STEAM and SafeSchools programs for schools.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2018

This is the first part of a two-part story looking at how MIT researchers are developing playful assessments to measure student growth. Stay tuned for part two later this week. In recent years, educators have spent countless collective hours designing, experimenting with and implementing new kinds of learning experiences for students—learning experiences that are fun, engaging and formative.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Welcome to a very magical entry for 2018… one that has been a traditional post each holiday season. (For those following my 150 Resource STEM Series it will follow my holiday posts). It is a time of year that I wish to express my gratitude to those wonderful educators that have welcomed me at their schools, webinars, and conferences and also join me at this blog and on twitter throughout the year.

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Education Elements

DECEMBER 10, 2018

TEMPLE, TX (KXXV) -. Educators from across the state joined together for a training that blends technology with unique instruction methods.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Dispelling loneliness. Building community. Helping college students share extra meal swipes with hungry classmates. There’s an app for that! Along the way, he developed tips that any educator—or student—can use to fulfill a hidden need in a university community. When Jon Chin was a grad student at New York University in 2013, he happened upon a Facebook page where students anonymously posted their secrets.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

DECEMBER 10, 2018

9 Ways To Support A Culture Of Wellness In Your School by TeachThought Staff How can you create a culture of wellness in your school or classroom? General wellness is an important concept for leading a healthy life wrapped up in a generic term. What does wellness look like and how can you encourage it […]. The post 9 Ways To Support A Culture Of Wellness In Your School appeared first on TeachThought.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2018

As if getting up to speed with new classroom technologies and pretending to be tech-savvy like the kids isn’t enough, school staff also need to guard against the ever-increasing threat of cyberattacks. Lurking in the shadows, cyber-gremlins wait for an opportunity to strike so they can capture sensitive data and wreak havoc with school systems. K-12 schools can often be at high risk, because they tend to rely on a broad range of apps and software and are big users of web-based learning and testi

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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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eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Learning seems like a simple process. The information goes in (encoding), the learner attempts to commit information to memory (storage), and then the learner tries to recall the lesson (access). Even though the ability to recall and apply the knowledge is critical, teachers spend the majority of class time focused on getting the information in. During the edWebinar “ Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning ,” Pooja K.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Just recently, my organization put on an epic education state leadership conference in the mountains of Georgia. It had the usual general session speakers, breakouts, multi-colored name tag ribbons and vendor halls. However, we wanted to grab educators from the moment they sat down, and let them know our event was a bit different—and we were proud of it.

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MiddleWeb

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Recently Sarah Tantillo worked with 8th grade teacher Bianca Licata to analyze students' difficulty in effectively explaining how evidence supports arguments in their writing. After they identified causes and potential solutions, Licata tested their ideas in class.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos put the brakes on Obama-era regulations to monitor suspension rates among students with learning disabilities. A new research study questions whether these students are a particular disciplinary problem for schools. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images). A look at raw numbers of who is most likely to be suspended from school indicates that blacks and students with learning disabilities are at the top of the list.

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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

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Students don’t always need to jump right into a programming tutorial to develop an interest in coding. Sometimes, all it takes is an engaging book. A new children’s book from Skyward, The Code Twins , introduces coding concepts to young readers of all backgrounds as they take on a programming mission with the book’s main characters.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2018

“Charter schools can do more with less” is a common refrain of school choice advocates, who criticize traditional public schools for wasting money. The promise of greater efficiency has been an attractive argument for charters as states struggle to keep up with ever rising educational expenses. Many charter supporters go so far as to say poverty is a poor excuse for underachievement.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 10, 2018

The demand for ethical hackers in government and private sectors is increasing daily. This is because everyone needs to protect their system, server, and networks from other intruders. They steal.

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Teacher Tech

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Google Sheets Template for Monitoring Progress When looking at skills, objectives, and goals it is not always a one and done that we can check off. I like to say that the English standards are more habits of practice than something you can check off. So how do we monitor students doing something repeatedly over […]. The post Objective Progress Bar Template appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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TeacherCast

DECEMBER 10, 2018

In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Nick welcome members of the Tech Coach Mastermind to discuss why it's important for Coaches to have a solid support system with other Coaches. The post Find Out Why It’s Important For Tech Coaches To Collaborate With Each Other appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2018

. With a major court case on campus diversity heading toward a conclusion, higher-ed officials have already begun planning their next steps on this issue. As director of student diversity and multicultural affairs at Rush University in Chicago, I’ve been looking at inclusion in, among others, these three areas: student body, faculty and ideas. Trial arguments closed last month in the Harvard University discrimination case brought in 2014 by Students for Fair Admissions claiming that Harvard dis

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TeacherCast

DECEMBER 10, 2018

In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Nick welcome members of the Tech Coach Mastermind to discuss why it's important for Coaches to have a solid support system with other Coaches. The post Find Out Why It’s Important For Tech Coaches To Collaborate With Each Other appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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Cycles of Learning

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Currently my freshman Biology class is concluding a unit on cell division. Rather than the typical unit where students memorize the phases of the "Mitosis" (Anaphase, Metaphase.blah, blah), I decided to take a more applicable, perhaps controversial perspective, and teach the unit through a lens of the Cell Cycle checkpoints, and in particular, cancer biology.

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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

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Google’s Made with Code aims to introduce girls to the world of coding through various resources including tutorials, videos, partner projects, and community connections.

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EdTechnocation.com

DECEMBER 10, 2018

When determining the effectiveness of a new app or tool for the classroom, one of the first questions I try to answer is if it allows the students to create. Empowering students with the ability to create is the most powerful form of learning. 3DBear AR is one of those apps that hits the mark! 3DBear AR is a mobile application that allows students to build their own augmented reality scenes using 3D models and their physical surroundings.

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techlearning

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Green screen technology allows us to take students beyond our classroom walls and sparks creativity and engagement.

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Turnitin

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Three ways you can express gratitude for the educators in your life this holiday season

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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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techlearning

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Communication strategy firm maslansky + partners has launched Version 2.0 of Dynamic Response™, a predictive data-driven messaging platform that compiles market research insights from 20 years of corporate crisis and issue responses to help communicators formulate the appropriate messaging. The platform is accessible to professional communicators on a subscription basis.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 10, 2018

The Promise of Education Technology: Effective Feedback. Giving effective feedback is one of the best ways to improve student learning. Constructive feedback allows a teacher to build and maintain a conversation over time. Education technology empowers teachers to help students on an individual basis. With the right technology, instructors deliver timely, effective feedback with the power to achieve greater learning.

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techlearning

DECEMBER 10, 2018

If you're an innovative educator you might be wondering which device is best to set up your smart home or classroom.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Even when you’re fluent in two languages, it can be a challenge to switch back and forth smoothly between them. It’s common to mangle a split verb in Spanish, use the wrong preposition in English, or lose sight of the connection between the beginning and end of a long German sentence. So — does mastering a second language hone our multitasking skills or merely muddle us up?

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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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