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3 Habits of highly effective online teachers

Neo LMS

While face-to-face instruction allows teachers to inject their personality and tone into their lessons, it nonetheless demands that teachers be organised and creative. Online instruction in a K-12 e-learning environment also benefits when teachers are creative, but effective e-learning and e-teaching methods require different and more focused approach.

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Reflections on Situated Learning vs. The Traditional School System

Catlin Tucker

The more I learn about situated learning theory, developed by Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger, the more I find myself reflecting on the sharp contrast between authentic learning and the design of traditional schools and curriculum. In an attempt to teach students information and skills, society has created an artificial system, school, in which the information and skills students learn are largely disconnected from the actual contexts in which they will need to be applied.

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Data Driven Instruction: How Student Data Guides Formative Assessments

EdTech Magazine

Data Driven Instruction: How Student Data Guides Formative Assessments. eli.zimmerman_9856. Tue, 10/16/2018 - 11:44. As personalized learning becomes a more mainstream pedagogy in K–12 classrooms, teachers have started to adapt assessment processes to get a deeper look at student growth. . When it comes to assessing student knowledge levels, data has empowered more schools to choose formative assessments versus summative assessments. .

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2 Free Chrome Extensions That Make a Teacher’s Life Easier

The Journal

While it might look like a piece of software is broken, the truth is the Internet (or the Google Drive) upon which that software depends is down. But, how can a teacher know if the Internet (or the Google Drive) is up or down in his/her classroom at that moment in time? In this week’s blog post, we describe two free Chrome extensions — the Internet Traffic Signal and the Google Drive Traffic Signal — that tell a teacher, at a glance, if the Internet (or the Google Drive) is up or down.

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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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Great News: JotForm now offers a PDF Editor

Ask a Tech Teacher

Forms are popular in schools for all sorts of reasons. Some teachers look no further than Google Forms but for those who require greater simplicity and sophistication in a form builder, as well as agility and rigor, free JotForm (premium edition also available) is an excellent option. It works on PCs, Macs, and mobile devices and offers what seems like an endless supply of professional-looking templates for tasks like performance evaluations, permission slips, volunteer sign-ups, feedback on e

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Teacher as Researcher in the Classroom

Digital Promise

The Milwaukee Master Teacher Partnership is a partnership between the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Milwaukee Public Schools, funded by the National Science Foundation. It is dedicated to improving student achievement, classroom practice, and teacher leadership within Milwaukee Public Schools. The project brings 24 teachers from 10 schools together to conduct classroom action research to develop their content knowledge for teaching, which includes: Building content knowledge for teaching

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We're Closing the Digital Divide. Now Let's End the Participation Gap.

Edsurge

First some good news: the divide in access to digital devices is decreasing. School districts across the country are upgrading networks and integrating more classroom technology, and smartphones have become increasingly ubiquitous across socioeconomic lines. With that said, there are still significant gaps for some students at home. Educators are beginning to take note of a new problem: a digital participation divide.

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The Pen is NOT Mightier than the Keyboard – Strategies to Embrace and Scaffold Digital Learning

EdTechTeacher

Few empirical studies may be more detrimental to advancements of effective technology use in K-12 education than Mueller and Oppenheimer (2014) and Carter, Greenberg, and Walker (2016). Both assert that students in lecture-style courses perform worse when allowed to use technology. However, neither mentions any instruction to help students capitalize on digital tools!

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How Nontraditional Educators Will Influence Digital Learning #DLNchat

Edsurge

Could the rise in MOOC-based and other certificates affect how traditional college degree paths are designed? What role should employers have in the design or execution of digital learning opportunities? Those were a couple of the questions debated at #DLNchat on Tuesday, October 9, when we discussed how nontraditional education providers could influence the future of digital learning.

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Google Forms: One Form for All Periods

Teacher Tech

Do Not Make Copies The paradigm shift of using Google Apps is you do not make copies. Having multiple documents with the same name makes a mess of your Google Drive. You manage versions. However, with Google Forms there is no version history. If you are a teacher of multiple class sections, you do not […]. The post Google Forms: One Form for All Periods appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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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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Word Cloud Tools and Apps for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

A word cloud is a visual representation of the frequencies of words in a text. Teachers can use word clouds for a variety of instructional purposes from creating class groups using students' names to.

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As more Latinos go to college, schools vie to become Hispanic-Serving Institutions

The Hechinger Report

New T-shirts in the campus bookstore symbolize the University of Central Florida’s identity as a Hispanic-Serving Institution. Photo: Delece Smith-Barrow/The Hechinger Report. ORLANDO, Fla. — The University of Central Florida opened during the civil rights movement, and from the beginning school leaders made racial diversity a priority. In 1969, the school established a black student union.

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Google Forms: One Form for All Periods

Teacher Tech

Do Not Make Copies The paradigm shift of using Google Apps is you do not make copies. Having multiple documents with the same name makes a mess of your Google Drive. You manage versions. However, with Google Forms there is no version history. If you are a teacher of multiple class sections, you do not […]. The post Google Forms: One Form for All Periods appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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6 Tips for Attending a Virtual Summit

EdTechTeam

There’s no place like home. Have you ever just wanted to do some professional learning from the comfort of your own living room? Wanted to experience an amazing conference but was unable to take the trip there? Close your eyes, click your heels three times and teleport to The Virtual. Check out these Top 5 Tips to immerse yourself in creativity at the upcoming The Virtual on November 17th !

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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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4 lesson plans on cyberbullying

eSchool News

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 media.

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Do I Need Guest WiFi for My Warehouse? 4 Reasons to Consider

SecurEdge

Does your company have one or more warehouses with pretty intensive IT needs? Do you feel like you may be outgrowing your current wireless networking infrastructure ? Perhaps your WiFi is just not fast enough, reliable enough, or secure enough anymore to meet your company’s growth plans. In this post, we’ll look at whether guest WiFi may be the answer.

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5 trends for seeding CBE growth

eSchool News

As more and more school systems across the country explore competency-based education (CBE), we need to be attentive to the processes that will actually allow such innovations to thrive. Current time- and age-based accountability measures have a stronghold on schools, even those trying to break away from the factory model of education. As a result, we would predict that time-based metrics and incentives could thwart many efforts to reinvent learning in a competency-based manner.

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To Improve Performance, Start With Your Leadership

The Principal of Change

Whether it is in the classroom with a student, or a coach or an administrator working with the educators they serve, we can quickly start off focusing on what they can do to improve as opposed to what we can do to support. For example, if we are concerned about the performance of the quality of learning that happens in a classroom, we may start a conversation with, “What do you think you could do differently to improve in A, B or C?”.

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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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Kahoot! in 30 Seconds

techlearning

[ Free Platform Provides Simple Way to Discuss & Analyze Videos ] Wondering if Kahoot! is right for your classroom? This super quick video gives you the need-to-know info about this popular formative assessment tool. For more, make sure to check out the full review on Common Sense Education: [link].

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Halloween Math Activities with JiJi

MIND Research Institute

Happy Halloween from JiJi and MIND Research Institute! If you're looking for a trick or a treat this all hallows eve, you've come to the right place. MIND colleagues love to dress up and celebrate, especially when there is food involved! Treat: Paco Monster Halloween Activity. This free math activity is adjustable for grades 3 through 6, as students use repeated addition, multiplication or division to ensure Paco Monster can eat the candy in the correct order.

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Mystery Animal Game By Google

techlearning

If you and your students are familiar with the classical 20 questions game, you will love this one! Mystery Animal Game is a new twist and a challenge. The computer pretends to be an animal and you try to guess it by using your voice. You can only ask Yes-No questions such as ‘Are you a reptile?” or ‘Do you have feathers?’ and you see if you will be able to guess the animal or not in 20 questions.

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Top 11 Musical Instruments for Kids With Rhythm

Fractus Learning

Music teaches kids lots of skills. Learning to play music requires commitment and discipline and if you splash out on an instrument, you need to know your child is going to put time and effort into […].

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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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Jump Into ‘The Virtual’ – a Free Global Summit

EdTechTeam

Join us for a free, global virtual summit featuring new and ever-evolving content on the most relevant topics and learning principles in the classroom today! The Virtual is a global online summit that starts on Saturday, November 17 2018, at 4 p.m. in Australia and follows the sun around the world finishing up in the United States. We are challenging educators to think about what they can do to create enthusiasm for learning in the classroom, across the curriculum, and throughout the school yea

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InFocus Launches New Mondopad Line

techlearning

InFocus Corporation announces a new line of Mondopad collaborative display solutions. Comprising 12 models designed around the needs and budgets of various office environments and meeting spaces, Mondopad Core , Mondopad Launch , and Mondopad Ultra are available in 55-inch, 65-inch, 75-inch and 86-inch models. The new Mondopad line includes a suite of collaboration features to make meetings and lessons more productive.

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Empowering Superintendents to Connect Technology and Learning

edWeb.net

“If it’s edtech, it must be good,” used to be the mantra in schools. In fact, many school technology plans fluctuated depending upon the latest fads and what someone learned at a conference and had little connection to curriculum or learning goals. Now, recognizing the disconnect between school and district leaders, the realities of the technology infrastructure, and classroom needs, CoSN and AASA have created the Empowered Superintendent initiative, which is dedicated to helping superintendents

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Mentoring Minds Unveils Total Motivation – North Carolina

techlearning

K-12 Supplemental Curriculum Aligns 100 Percent to North Carolina Standard Course of Study, Helps Students Build Critical Thinking Skills Raleigh, North Carolina – October 16, 2018 – North Carolina educators now have a powerful and accessible tool for incorporating standards-based instruction into learning with the launch of Total Motivation Math and ELA – North Carolina.

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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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Inject Creativity Into Your Classrooom With the Latest Publication From EdTechTeam

EdTechTeam

?Empower Students of All Ages to Tell Their Own Stories. Kids are natural storytellers, and with the right tools, teachers can help students of all ages harness that natural desire to share, get their creativity flowing, and produce meaningful examples of student voice and choice in the classroom. Adobe Spark is a free, simple-to-use creation tool that integrates technology into the storytelling process at school.

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Peerless-AV® Adds to Universal Projector Mount Line with new Heavy Duty Models

techlearning

Peerless-AV Heavy Duty Universal Projector Mount (PJR125) View the 2 images of this gallery on the original article AURORA, Ill. – October 16, 2018 – Peerless-AV, an award-winning designer and manufacturer of the highest quality audio and video solutions and accessories, today announced the addition of two new Heavy Duty Universal Projector Mounts ( PJR125 and PJR125-POR ) to the brand’s award-winning range of mounting solutions.

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Hippo Video

Technology Tidbits

Hippo Video is an excellent web tool for educators or students to use to create stunning digital videos. This is all done via the web w/ a easy-to-use interface. Educators are using Hippo to create explainer videos (screencasts), flip a lesson or classroom, assess student's understanding, and even differentiate instruction. Finally, a finished video can be shared via Google Classroom, YouTube, and more and Hippo Videos can be used to teach any subject for any curriculum.

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Learning.com’s Third Annual Code-a-Thon Open for Registration

techlearning

PORTLAND, Ore. – October 15, 2018 – How can today’s students build important soft skills like creativity, problem solving, critical thinking, empathy and teamwork and become digitally fluent? Coding! To introduce the power of learning by coding to thousands of students around the country, Learning.com today announced its third annual Code-a-Thon. Registration is now open for this event designed to bring together elementary and middle school students across the nation, challenging them to learn t

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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.