Mon.Apr 09, 2018

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5 Microsoft OneNote Tips Every Educator Should Know

EdTech Magazine

5 Microsoft OneNote Tips Every Educator Should Know. jena.passut_7651. Mon, 04/09/2018 - 10:23. Microsoft OneNote is a tool widely used in K–12 schools. In my roles as professor, student advisor and program administrator of the classical studies program at Villanova University, I’ve discovered that OneNote is my No. 1 tool for innumerable learning scenarios in higher education as well.

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The benefits of active learning

Dangerously Irrelevant

In an article lamenting the reduction in kindergarten of teacher autonomy and child-directed activities , Washington Post columnist Valerie Strauss quoted early childhood development expert Nancy Carlsson-Paige: We have decades of research in child development and neuroscience that tell us that young children learn actively – they have to move, use their senses, get their hands on things, interact with other kids and teachers, create, invent.

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In the News: Schools Should Delete Facebook

Doug Levin

As quoted in: Schwartz, Sarah. “ Schools Choose Not to Delete Facebook Despite Data-Privacy Worries.” Education Week. 6 April 2018. A school district page or group gives Facebook “another data point” on the users who visit it, said Doug Levin, the founder and president of EdTech Strategies, LLC. “Those profiles are made richer by schools pushing people in there,” he said.

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Playing ‘Serious Games,’ Adults Learn to Solve Thorny Real-World Problems

Digital Promise

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. It is never easy for interest groups with conflicting views to resolve public policy disagreements involving complex scientific issues. To successfully formulate complex treaties, such as the recent Paris Climate Change Agreement, countries must find a way to meet the interests of almost 200 national representatives, while simultaneously getting the science right.

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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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8 quotes from Matt Miller’s Ditch That Textbook keynote

Ditch That Textbook

Many times, the most memorable parts of a speech come down to a handful of impactful moments. Inspirational quotes. Unforgettable moments. I recently got the wonderful opportunity to keynote the CUE Conference in Palm Springs, California. I was so thankful for the positive feedback and the warm reception to my message that night. I have […].

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China’s NetDragon to Acquire Edmodo for $137.5 Million

Edsurge

China’s NetDragon has gobbled up another education technology company. This time, it’s Edmodo , one the largest online social communities of teachers and students in the world. NetDragon Websoft, a publicly-traded company based in Fuzhou, China, has agreed to pay $137.5 million for Edmodo. That deal includes a modest cash outlay of approximately $15 million and a significant chunk of equity (about $122 million worth of shares in NetDragon's education subsidiary.

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Fair Isn’t Always Equal – 3 Grading Malpractices

MiddleWeb

If we expect students to achieve mastery, teaching consultant Rick Wormeli says, we must provide helpful feedback, document progress, and inform our instructional decisions with pertinent performance data. Yet many conventional grading practices render our data useless.

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A Useful Framework For Transparency In Education

TeachThought - Learn better.

A Useful Framework For Transparency In Education by by TeachThought Staff Transparency in education is important for a variety of reasons. Increasingly teachers are encouraged to work in professional learning communities, data teams, and other structures intended to encourage teachers to work together to unpack standards, plan instruction, assess learning, analyze data, revise instruction, re-analyze […].

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National test scores reveal a decade of educational stagnation

The Hechinger Report

The reading skills of the nation’s eighth-graders rose slightly, but their math skills did not. Fourth-graders didn’t improve in 2017 in either subject. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. The average performance of the nation’s fourth- and eighth-graders mostly held steady in math and reading from 2015 to 2017, now marking a decade of stalled educational progress, according to the results of a test released Tuesday.

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3 Google Drive Tools to Create Professionally Looking Diagrams and Flowcharts

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Google Docs built-in features allow you to create a wide vareity of simple digrams to visually communicate your ideas. However, if you are looking to take your diagramming abilities to the next level.read more.

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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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Even if they want to go to college, millions of adults live in higher education “deserts”

The Hechinger Report

Some students at Custer County District High School in Miles City, Montana, live 25 miles or more from campus and have spotty internet access. Photo: Matt Krupnick for The Hechinger Report. MILES CITY, Mont. — On her ranch far from the high-powered fiberoptic connections of major cities, Traci Glasscock was frustrated. An English teacher at Custer County’s public high school here, Glasscock wanted to take college courses to give herself more career options.

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Google Slides: Create Random Slides

Teacher Tech

Create a Random Slideshow If you have a list (in a spreadsheet of course) that you would like to create a Google Slides presentation out of, I have coded an Add-on that will randomly choose a subset of your list and send them to a Google Slides. Directions are at the bottom. Template alicekeeler.com/randomslides Notice […]. The post Google Slides: Create Random Slides appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Transfer students start getting more of the credits they’ve already earned

The Hechinger Report

Gage Ramirez transferred twice in his college career. The first time, he lost almost all of his credits. He has since received a bachelor’s degree after seven and a half years, and hopes to become an athletic trainer. Photo: Iris Schneider for The Hechinger Report. LA VERNE, Calif. — Gage Ramirez was a year and a half into his studies toward a biology degree at a California public university when he came up against an unexpected roadblock: calculus.

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A Great Tool to Automatically Collect and Save Tweets to Google Sheets

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Twitter Archiver is an excellent Google Sheets add-on from Amit Agarwal. It allows you to save tweets for any hashtag or search query in a Google spreadsheet. This is especially helpful if you are in.read more.

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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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A Conversation with John Umekubo about Design Thinking

EdTechTeacher

We are excited to launch a new series of videos featuring conversations with our Summer Institute instructors. These conversations are not only a preview of the workshops, but also offer a chance to learn more about the topics. In this video, Ben Sondgeroth sits down with John Umekubo to talk Design Thinking. John and Ben discuss: the Design Thinking process, what Design Thinking looks like in the classroom, and what educators can expect when they attend his two-day workshop in San Francisco thi

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Apple and Microsoft Now Offer $100 Styluses. But Do Schools Need—or Want—Them?

Edsurge

Losing a pencil in the classroom may be annoying—but at least they’re cheap to replace. But losing a different kind of “pencil” that technology companies are aiming to push into schools may likely cause a bigger heartache and headache for the purchasing department. Late last month, as Apple revealed its new education-focused iPad to the nation, it coupled its offerings with a battery-powered stylus, called the Apple Pencil, which costs an additional $89 each for schools.

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Get Back Some Online Privacy with Facebook Container

ProfHacker

Facebook is everywhere in the news recently, and none of it is good. Many people are debating whether or not to #DeleteFacebook, while others argue that move may be self-defeating. For those who don’t want to delete their accounts, but do want to exert a bit more control over what Facebook can learn about them, the team at Mozilla have released a Firefox browser extension that can help.

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Leveraging Advising Technologies to Address Achievement Gaps

Edsurge

Despite decades of well-intended reforms, achievement gaps across racial, socioeconomic and academic lines continue to persist in higher education. Underrepresented students are more likely to attend broad-access institutions with lower graduation rates compared to top-tier institutions, and they are generally less likely to transfer or complete a certificate or degree.

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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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Getting Started with Read&Write and #EquatIO — Tutorials and Thoughts @texthelp #edtech

techieMusings

These past couple months, I have been playing with both Read&Write and EquatIO , by TextHelp , to brainstorm ways we can be using these tools to help all students learn. Currently, we are using Read&Write mainly for students with learning accommodations. But I feel that we are missing out on an opportunity to help all students engage with their reading and writing using the toolbar.

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Report: Universities relying more on tuition than state and local money

The Hechinger Report

Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi. The state’s public universities now rely more on tuition than appropriations for funding. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Mississippi is now relying more on tuition revenue than state and local appropriations to fund public higher education, according to new data from the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO).

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How we built an ePortfolio platform for our district

eSchool News

As technology increasingly sweeps through classrooms, it is crucial that educators capitalize on digital tools that will allow them to effectively engage students and set those students up for future success. While teachers are finding more and more ways to use social media within the classroom, they still are unable to completely bridge the divide between social interaction and education, as these social channels lack the academic component necessary to be effective.

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OPINION: College chemistry class finds clarity in Flint water crisis

The Hechinger Report

Flint, Michigan — The water tower of the Flint Water Treatment plant. Photo: @ Ryan Garza/Detroit Free Press via ZUMA Wire. In January 2016, as tensions boiled over the recent water crisis in Flint, Michigan, I felt anger and frustration — and a twinge of excitement. Excitement? Over the toxic contamination of a city’s water distribution system? Yes, I was excited.

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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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Districts turn to tech to prevent school violence

eSchool News

School violence regularly occupies news headlines, turning students into activists as they demand gun control and call on lawmakers and education stakeholders to drastically improve school safety. This disturbing trend, including the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., and the March 20 shooting at Great Mills High School in Great Mills, Md., has prompted many districts to turn to technology solutions to put an extra layer of safety measures in schools.

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Why I'm Not Leaving Facebook & You Shouldn't Either

techlearning

You've seen the dramatic posts of friends who are bidding Facebook adieu because Facebook knows too much or it’s too depressing or, on and on. I won't be one of those leaving Facebook, unless something better comes along. That's because I don't have the problems with it that others do and the benefits far outweigh the drawbacks. Here's why. Problems I don't have with Facebook Depressing posts Not a problem for me.

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What Happens to Student Behavior When Schools Prioritize Art

MindShift

Excerpt from You, Your Child, and School: Navigate Your Way to the Best Education by Sir Ken Robinson, Ph. D and Lou Aronica, published on March 13, 2018 by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. Copyright by Ken Robinson, 2018. Room to Maneuver. There’s more room to make changes within the current education system than many people think.

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Focusing on 3 Layers of Education

The Principal of Change

The saying, “The customer is always right,” has been around forever and one that I have known since I was a kid. Switch this to the context of education, and many schools are focusing on the question of “What is best for the learner?”, which is a “learner-centered” approach to education. What is essential to understand when you are looking at starting with a “student-centered” approach is that serving the adults in the building IS how you serve the students.

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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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How St. Mary Parish Schools Keeps Students Safe on Office 365

Gaggle Speaks

It’s easy to put Dr. Susan Dupre in a group of passionate educators that cares about the well-being of students inside and outside of the classroom. “I don’t think I could sleep at night if we weren’t using Gaggle Safety Management,” said Dr. Dupre, Technology Facilitator at St. Mary Parish Schools in Louisiana. Dr. Dupre recently took time from her busy schedule to talk about how Gaggle is being used as teaching tool inside the district when students send email with Office 365

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App of the Week: Albert

eSchool News

Ed. note : App of the Week picks are now being curated by the editors of Common Sense Education , which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. Click here to read the full app review. Albert. What’s It Like?

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How Virtual Learning Has Changed The Landscape of Traditional Education

Fractus Learning

I grew up in the eighties. I loved school. Well, for a while anyway. I had a third-grade teacher who differentiated our spelling words each week, all of us working on words specific to us. I […].

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Waggle Makes Return to K12 EdTech

techlearning

Waggle (wagglepractice.com) today announced its return to the K12 EdTech market with its “flying pig” logo and AI-enabled adaptive learning solution providing personalized, practice-based mastery of math and ELA for grades 2-8. [ ISTE 2016 BEST OF SHOW TECH&LEARNING ] CEO Aoife Dempsey and team are backed by several prominent technology and education investors, including lead investor, Platform Ventures LLC, of Stamford, Connecticut and Peter Davis (former President of McGraw-Hill Education

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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.