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5 Technology Tools Perfect for ELA Online Learning Stations

Catlin Tucker

I’ve written extensively about the benefits of using the Station Rotation Model with students. English teachers frequently ask me which technology tools I use to design my online learning stations. Below are my 5 favorite technology tools and online resources for designing the online learning stations in my English classroom. #1 StudySync. StudySync has freed me from the limitations of our school book room.

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5 Classroom Tech Priorities for the Coming School Year

EdTech Magazine

By Alan Joch As the academic year approaches, school districts will want to add valuable technologies to improve the student experience.

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Learner-Centered Design: Powering the Coming Golden Age of Educational Software

The Journal

Learners are not just short users. So, software designed from a User-Centered Design perspective is not always appropriate for those short users! This week’s blog, then, outlines a Learner-Centered Design approach to educational software development that should better meet the unique needs of learners.

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A Foundation for Global Learning

Battelle for Kids

Volume 3, Issue 6, Number 10. Driving Question: How do you prepare middle grade students to succeed in an increasingly diverse and global world? CHANGING THE PARADIGM. Modern students need the ability to think with a global perspective. This mindset will allow students to problem solve, collaborate, and communicate effectively with both the diverse populations they will encounter at school and later in their careers.

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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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Introducing “Dr. House” – Our New Debug Tool to Automate Network Troubleshooting

Securly

The world’s leading provider of cloud-based online security for the K-12 environment releases a self-serve tool to streamline the web filter setup process. The post Introducing “Dr. House” – Our New Debug Tool to Automate Network Troubleshooting appeared first on Blog.

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A Virtual Start Can Mean Real Sleep For Students

Edsurge

Every year, 7:30 a.m. seems to come earlier. If that sentiment seems familiar, perhaps you are the parent of a teenager. With three teenagers, the daily gauntlet to get them out the door and to school on time has gotten tougher as they reached middle and high school. This fact hit home when we experienced a two-hour delay this winter, a morning that still stands out as a glorious aberration from our normal, stressful routine.

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Google Classroom: How to Reuse Your Syllabus

Teacher Tech

Reuse Your Syllabus in Google Classroom Paradigm shift: The beauty of using Google Apps is only having ONE VERSION! To never be confused if you’re looking at the correct document. No wondering if what someone has shared with you has been updated. Do not copy Google Docs, Edit them! Your Syllabus or other Document Every year […]. The post Google Classroom: How to Reuse Your Syllabus appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Introducing “Dr.House” – Our New Debug Tool to Automate Network Troubleshooting

Securly

The back-to-school rush is fast approaching, and we have just the tool to ease IT admins and school administrators back into the swing of things… Meet Dr. House , our new tool that allows customers to certify that their networks are up and running correctly. Dr. House launches a series of automated checks meant to detect the most common network misconfigurations.

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Educational Alternatives to Pokémon Go

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

July 25, 2016 If you haven't heard of it yet, you may soon. Pokémon GO is a new mobile app (iOS and Android) that uses augmented reality and GPS to persuade players to physically walk around so they.read more.

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7 digital resources for students learning English or any other language

eSchool News

In classrooms all across the country, old-fashioned textbooks and stodgy lesson plans are sucking the life out of language learning. These classes leave so many learners apathetic or frustrated as they recite scripted dialog or memorize an endless litany of verb conjugations. Who said that language learning had to be so boring? These days, thanks to digital technology, we have the resources to resuscitate language learning and make it the adventure it should be.

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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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Some Very Good Chrome Apps Used By Fellow Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

July 25, 2016 One of the most fascinating things about running a service like edshelf is seeing trends in search behaviors. Searches for iPad and iPhone apps continue to dominate, though searches for.read more.

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Resources for Creating a Radically Compassionate Classroom

Edutopia

Rebecca Alber Teaching Strategies As you ponder curriculum, seating, and policies, here are some ideas and resources to consider that will assist you in making your class a welcoming, safe, and inclusive space for your students.

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Can simple games make kids better at math?

eSchool News

Kindergartners participating in a Johns Hopkins study demonstrated increased math performance after exercising their intuitive number sense with a computer game. “Math ability is not static—it’s not the case that if you’re bad at math, you’re bad at it the rest of your life. It’s not only changeable, it can be changeable in a very short period of time,” said Jinjing “Jenny” Wang, a graduate student in the Krieger School of Arts and Science’s Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.

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Some Administrators You Should Follow Now!

Adam Welcome

Below are some administrators that I recommend you follow and connect with! Some I know personally and others only through social media. All of them deeply care about kids and doing what's best for them - thanks for all you do in education! Charissa Cole @charissacole is an Elementary Principal in Alabama with tons of energy! You can read her blog here , and also connect with her on Voxer!

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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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Learn how to clean and organize your inbox using email filters in Gmail.

My Paperless Classroom

In this video, learn how to use filters to clean and organize your inbox. The post Learn how to clean and organize your inbox using email filters in Gmail. appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.

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As the race to expand STEM education enters its next lap, here are three ways to recruit and train more teachers

The Hechinger Report

Talia Milgrom-Elcott. As a first-year teacher at Antheil Elementary School in Ewing, New Jersey, one of Linda Hoffman’s favorite moments is when her third grade students have an “aha” moment. Even at a young age, Linda’s students relish the thrill of solving a math or science problem and coming to a creative, exciting solution. For Linda, the “aha” moment is familiar — she herself experienced it last year when she was a student at Rider University’s TEACH first class program.

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Cyber security course for teachers includes lessons on hacking

eSchool News

Eric Bryant is glad his school recently bought laptops for all its students to use in class and at home. He just wants to make sure those students are protected. “Kids are going to learn computers one way or another,” said Bryant, a 10th-grade history teacher at Gadsden City High School. “Hopefully we can teach them the right way to use them.”. Bryant was one of 25 middle school and high school teachers on Thursday who were learning cyber security techniques at Jacksonville State University.

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5 Ways To Use Pokemon Go For Critical Learning

TeachThought - Learn better.

The post 5 Ways To Use Pokemon Go For Critical Learning appeared first on TeachThought.

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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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Long-neglected maintenance threatens to further escalate the cost of college

The Hechinger Report

Akerman Hall at the University of Minnesota, a former airplane hangar renovated into classrooms, labs, and offices. Photo: University of Minnesota. MINNEAPOLIS — Akerman Hall is a gateway to the complex that houses the University of Minnesota’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. But wandering through it is more like an experience in archeology. First there’s the former airplane hangar, built in 1948 and renovated five years ago with alumni contributions into a state-of-the-art, high-ceilinged

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What Does the Popularity of Pokémon Go Mean for K-12 Gaming? A Q-and-A With James Gee

Marketplace K-12

Cross-posted from the Digital Education blog. James Gee is one of the most influential voices in the educational gaming community. Gee teaches at Arizona State University and is a faculty affiliate of the Games, Learning & Society group. He has written several books on the role of games and learning, including What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy (2003) and Language and Learning (2004).

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Open Space Technology: Decision by Inclusion

Edutopia

Arch Grieve School Leadership See where Edcamps and Unconferences got their start with Open Space Technology, an inclusive decision-making model for crowdsourcing the best ideas in your school or classroom.

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A Possible Introductory Ed Leadership Text

MiddleWeb

Karen L. Sanzo's book offers ideas for changing the paradigm of leadership development through the use of practical and useful tools that are not difficult to implement. Also see how others are implementing leadership programs, says reviewer Margaret Jones-Carey.

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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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Two New Research Awards Focus on Ed-Tech Products

Marketplace K-12

Proposals to develop two ed-tech products received grants of $1.4 million each from the Institute of Education Sciences last week. The $2.8 million in funding, which is for three-year projects, is only a portion of the $105 million in grants for 57 projects announced by the institute. Uno, Dos, Tres, Listos! Monitoring Kindergarten Readiness Bilingually is a grant for the University of Houston to develop a classroom-based Spanish/English adaptive assessment that will evaluate children’s r

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8 Steps to Implementing Design Thinking in Your Classroom

Graphite Blog

Design thinking started as a way of thinking about how to creatively design indoor and outdoor spaces with an emphasis on solving problems in ways that benefit or increase interaction. To accomplish this goal, the process relies on empathy, brainstorming, and re-designing solutions, looping back repeatedly to try to see designs from the viewpoint of users.

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9 Awesome Play Doh Activities to Fuel Hands-On Creativity

Fractus Learning

It’s the smell and feel of childhood. Open up one of those yellow cylinders, and inside a world of fun and imagination awaits. Play Doh is simple. It’s a colorful modeling clay made of flour, water, salt, boric acid, and mineral oil and has been a fun and engaging activity toy for generations. It’s non-toxic (good thing because you know you’ve tasted it) and requires only imagination to function.

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Investing in a Video Coaching Platform That Exists Separately from an LMS

Edthena

Learning management system (LMS) software can be helpful for managing assignments in a course. But an LMS doesn’t work well for managing teacher professional development, according to professors at Fairmont State University. Gwen Jones and her team in the School of Education have used a number of learning management systems – as well as assessment and accreditation systems – during the last few years.

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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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K-12 Dealmaking: GreatSchools Acquires Schoolie; n2y, Thrivist Gain Funding

Marketplace K-12

In the latest dealmaking news, GreatSchools acquired a school data provider while ed-tech firms including n2y and Thrivist obtained funding. GreatSchools Acquires Schoolie: GreatSchools , an Oakland, California-based nonprofit education organization, has acquired school data provider Schoolie , according to a statement. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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A Podcast About Teachers : ‘Stories Teachers Share’

MindShift

Teachers see first-hand how we grow and learn; each experience is as unique as the individual. And teachers have a trove of stories we don’t ever get to hear for a multitude of reasons, like lack of time or interest in knowing what teachers experience first-hand. It’s tough to hear the personal stories when so much attention is focused on test scores and standards.

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Mistakes Will Be Made

Reading By Example

I recently read aloud the first book in the Timmy Failure series to my son. The author, Stephan Pastis is the creator of the comic strip Pearls Before Swine. The first volume in this series, Mistakes Were Made , aptly summarizes Timmy’s struggles. He is a young, clueless detective who could not find his way out of a paper bag. Timmy’s ineffectiveness as an investigator is due to his overconfidence and his unwillingness to listen to others, even when they are right and are trying to h

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For Digital Natives, Appreciating Shakespeare’s Words with Performances

MindShift

While we may not exactly know all the ways Shakespeare was taught to classrooms 200 or even 100 years ago, we do know that many of today’s high schoolers, increasingly engaged in the more visual communications of the digital world and the language of texting, find Shakespeare difficult to read and even more difficult to comprehend. And while today’s teens have become more tethered to visual and digital means of communication, the teaching of Shakespeare in US classrooms hasn’t changed much, acco

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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.