The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Emily Lynch on episode 372 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Emily Lynch talks about how to use iPads in the classroom to differentiate instruction. So many good ways exist to use iPads but how can we personalize it and make it unique? Today as our ongoing spotlight this week on K-2 education, we focus on iPads with younger students and differentiating instruction with them.

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Ditch That Textbook

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Teacher confession: I have bored kids to tears in my class because they were not challenged. In fact, who needs Ambien when you have drill and kill homework assignments on material you have already mastered?! I felt my hands were tied with a textbook, overhead projector, and traditional worksheets. Fast forward eleven years to […].

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The Journal

OCTOBER 1, 2018

"1-to-1, blended learning is the future of educational technology." Never hath a truer statement been spoken! 1-to-1, blended learning enables student inquiry, which is at the core of personalized learning. And personalized learning is the hottest item in K-12 today. Walk with us through a blended learning lesson in this week’s blog post.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 1, 2018

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. This article is a part of The Conversation’s series on unique courses. For other articles in this series, read here and here. Today’s college students may benefit from an exciting array of subjects to study. But they seem to miss the most important education of all: how to relate their specialization to others in an increasingly interconnected world.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Here are the most-read posts for the month of September: The 101 of Research for Kids. Differentiating with Personalized Learning. Learning Strategies for your Classroom. How to Teach Critical Thinking. What to Consider When Assigning Homework. New Ways to Gamify Learning. Print or Digital Textbooks? What’s the Low-down? High School Technology Curriculum Coming!

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2018

It’s 9:30 am on a Monday morning and an anxious sixth-grade teacher calls her school’s IT department. Two students can’t remember their passwords for the math application she wants to use in her lesson. Another can’t remember his username. Chatter from the class grows louder. The teacher’s voice is sharp as she asks the IT department to reset the students’ login information; she’s losing valuable teaching time, not to mention her students’ attention. teachers were stressed out about logging in t

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2018

When Central Coast Grammar School (CCGS) refurbished a block of classrooms recently, it installed wireless screen mirroring technology in every room. Then the Australian K-12 school did something really radical. “We literally threw out our teachers’ desks,” says Damon Cooper, an English teacher and the director of teaching and learning at CCGS, in New South Wales.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 1, 2018

JoeZoo Express is a good Google Drive grading tool to use with your students in class. It offers a number of interesting features that include: a rubric builder which allows you to create.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The first weeks of school sparkle with promise: Fresh classes, different teachers, new students. Reviews of materials from the previous year aim to give students a sturdy path. It’s almost as if teachers are whispering in students’ ears: You can do this. Really you can. But in the weeks that follow, challenges kick in. Every student will confront that agonizing wall, the material they don’t know and may not understand.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2018

This year in schools across the nation, approximately 136,000 students took advanced placement (AP) computer science, a 31 percent increase from last year. This group included a record number of female and minority students , but girls still only accounted for 28 percent of students taking AP computer science exams, while underrepresented minorities accounted for 21 percent.

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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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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Video is a powerful medium for communicating information—and as teachers know, students love using it, especially YouTube. From a viral video with a clip reminiscent of America’s Funniest Home Videos, to explainer videos and tutorials, YouTube is full useful (and silly) content. But there is a new video medium that I’m super excited about. I think it has the potential to provide teachers with actionable information, including classroom strategies, lesson ideas and tips to support their professio

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 1, 2018

What Is A Personal Learning Network? by TeachThought Staff What is a personal learning network, or rather a Personal Learning Network? How about a Professional Learning Network? In the video below, Marc-André Lalande offers a concise, useful definition that simplifies the idea from hashtags and movements and social engagement and badges and, well, all the […].

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Teaching English online has become an increasingly popular way for teachers to use the skills they already have to make extra money. However, some teachers are hesitant to try it because they’re not sure what to expect. It turns out, teaching English online is easier than many thought. If you've considered teaching English online—or even if you haven't—check out the 8 most common myths about online English teaching.

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MiddleWeb

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Many teachers use Twitter to some degree. But there may be some who feel like Michelle Russell did a few years ago: she just wasn’t interested. Eventually she gave it a try and was hooked almost immediately. Here are five reasons she thinks all math teachers can benefit.

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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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Teacher Tech

OCTOBER 1, 2018

First, Create Draft Topics in Google Classroom The new Google Classroom interface allows you to organize your assignments into topics. However, new topics are added at the bottom. It can be incredibly tedious to move a topic up from the bottom to the top. The best way to combat this is to carefully plan out […]. The post Google Classroom: Step One – Organize Your Topics appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2018

. Service, liberal education, being responsive to society’s needs, and a commitment to social justice: the tenets of a Jesuit education look a lot more like the innovative future than some might think. The founder of the Jesuit order, St. Ignatius of Loyola , was an adult learner who never finished college and returned to higher learning in his 40s as a wounded veteran focused on preparing for a civilian career in theology.

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TeacherCast

OCTOBER 1, 2018

In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Nick take a look at several things a Tech Coach can do to create positive relationships with their teachers, administrators, and support staff members. The post How To Create a Great 1:1 Relationship with your Teachers as a Tech Coach appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Google Drive apps are third party applications you can connect to your Drive to empower it with more functionalities.

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TeacherCast

OCTOBER 1, 2018

In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Nick take a look at several things a Tech Coach can do to create positive relationships with their teachers, administrators, and support staff members. The post How To Create a Great 1:1 Relationship with your Teachers as a Tech Coach appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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Cycles of Learning

OCTOBER 1, 2018

If you are like me as a science teacher, you simultaneously live the acronym "STEM" and are exhausted by its overuse in nearly every blog, set of state standards, or professional development seminar that comes to town ( Full disclosure : I often facilitate those seminars). ​ That being said, the more I dive into the world of Robotics (second year as an FRC Mentor and long time Summer Science Camp facilitator), the more potential I see in leveraging that which we often write off as "trendy,

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Marketplace K-12

OCTOBER 1, 2018

A study based on 2 billion data points identified the top 40 ed-tech products used in schools during 2017-18, according to Lea(r)n Inc. The post What’s Trending in New Ed-Tech ‘Top 40’ Digital Tools appeared first on Market Brief.

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Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Each act of cyberbullying hurts students, disrupts classrooms, and affects your school's culture and community. So how should you handle it? What should you do or say? And what can you do today that will help your students recognize, respond to, and avoid online bullying? No matter how proactive you are, the reality is that students may still very well witness or experience cyberbullying.

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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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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Blue states are either operating a free tuition program or proposing to start one. Source: EdTrust. “Free college” is an increasingly popular idea to help students afford higher education. Sen. Bernie Sanders made it a centerpiece of his 2016 presidential campaign. But well before then, cities — usually using private, philanthropic funding — had been experimenting with innovative programs to boost college graduation rates by promising to pay tuition for students who study hard in hig

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The post The Google Slides Online Course You Have Been Waiting For! appeared first on Shake Up Learning. It’s finally here! The Google Slides Online Course You Have Been Waiting For: The Google Slides Master Class for Teachers. I frequently refer to Google Slides as the Swiss Army Knife of the G Suite tools because it is capable of being so much more than a presentation tool.

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Tech Helpful

OCTOBER 1, 2018

As our upper school has started to robustly use the learning management system, Canvas, I have a few tricks and tips that might be helpful on the educator side of things: Things to be aware of when c reating digital quizzes ( here is a video explanation of information below ): Options for shuffling answers. If you create multiple choice or true/false questions in a Canvas quiz, the correct answer will always default to the top answer (a) unless you do one of the following: When creating a questi

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Fractus Learning

OCTOBER 1, 2018

I like to learn. That’s a vague and simplistic statement, but true, nonetheless. I’ve been learning my entire life. I love to eat so trying new foods is always a fun learning experience. Learning how to […].

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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

OCTOBER 1, 2018

[ Top Timeline Creator Engages Students with Images, Videos ] Classroom Ideas to Go! More than 1,000 ideas help teachers plan creative lessons Pros: Ideas cover multiple grade levels and subject areas, and teachers can save their favorite ideas to access later. Cons: The search function does not always produce relevant results. Bottom Line: Teachers can search for lesson plans in major subject areas, and also find lessons to cover areas such as life skills and classroom management, in this Schol

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EdTechTeam

OCTOBER 1, 2018

For five days, we’ll share resources and daily challenges to help you bring Google’s free Applied Digital Skills curriculum to your classroom. This curriculum is designed to build your students’ digital literacy skills while developing life skills like collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking. Applied Digital Skills Week will help prepare you to use Google’s Applied Digital Skills with your students immediately!

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MindShift

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Ron Ferguson, an economist at Harvard, has made a career out of studying the achievement gap — the well-documented learning gap that exists between kids of different races and socioeconomic statuses. But even he was surprised to discover that gap visible with “stark differences” by just age 2, meaning “kids aren’t halfway to kindergarten and they’re already well behind their peers.” And yet, there’s a whole body of research on how caregivers can encourag

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Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Cyberbullying is a concern for parents, students, and teachers alike. Once kids go online, the chances that they'll encounter mean behavior are quite high. In Common Sense's 2018 study Social Media, Social Life , more than 1 in 10 teen social media users (13 percent) reported having "ever" been cyberbullied, and nearly two-thirds (64 percent) "often" or "sometimes" reported coming across racist, sexist, homophobic, or religious-based hate content in social m

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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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