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AUGUST 4, 2017

By Erin Brereton Emerging peer-to-peer technology could help elementary and high school records become more portable.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2017

These days, it seems like Minecraft is second-nature for many kids. The beauty of Minecraft lies in its sandbox structure–students can create anything, with limitless resources, and often their creations are astounding. Is it any wonder, then, that educators are incorporating the popular block-based game into their curriculum? With a little creativity, educators can use Minecraft with history, math, writing and language arts, foreign language, and more.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2017

Frontline Education is swapping one private equity owner for a bigger one. Today the Malvern, Penn.-based education company announced it will be acquired by Thoma Bravo , a major private equity firm with offices in San Francisco and Chicago. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Frontline CEO Tim Clifford tells EdSurge in an interview that “the company is valued in the unicorn range, well north of a billion dollars.

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Tech Helpful

AUGUST 4, 2017

A few years back I "did the edtech circuit" talking about best practice of classroom management of devices. Our school had chosen not to buy additional software options for monitoring, etc so we created a system of expectations for our students that was the same from class to class. At that point iPads were the only device being used in our elementary school.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2017

The school year has already begun, and Principal India Hui only has 12 students. She spent the entire summer recruiting, but convincing parents to let their kids be a part of her school’s unique and unfamiliar model—which includes flying the students to Thailand and Laos for several months for a study-abroad program—is more difficult than it seems. I had one girl who was like, ‘black people don’t fly,’ so yeah, it's has been the struggle,” Hui says, “but I am getting through to families.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2017

What do you picture when you think of a librarian? If you have an image in mind of this little old woman, stamping books in her half-rimmed glasses, then you would be one of many still drawing on this archetype. Many people today would be surprised by how much librarians have shifted from the stereotype I just described. In fact, we’ve changed so much that the title “librarian” barely applies anymore.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 4, 2017

The post Integrating The Habits of Mind In The Classroom appeared first on TeachThought.

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The Principal of Change

AUGUST 4, 2017

The perception of what “innovation” is seems to be a barrier in many circumstances in embracing the idea. In “ The Innovator’s Mindset “, I use the following definition: Innovation is a common term in many educational circles today and has been used a number of times in this book already. But what does it actually mean—especially in the terms of education?

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TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 4, 2017

The post The Difference Between Empathy And Sympathy appeared first on TeachThought.

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AUGUST 4, 2017

This useful, well-constructed music composition tool lets classrooms collaborate and comment on student-created songs.

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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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SETDA Says

AUGUST 4, 2017

Last night, the U.S. Senate confirmed theFederal Communications Commission (“FCC”) nominations of Jessica Rosenworcel (D) and Brendan Carr (R) to serve as FCC Commissioners. This brings the FCC to its full complement of 5 Commissioners. The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) endorsed President Trump’s nomination of Jessica Rosenworcel to serve on the FCC.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2017

Episode 120 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today Connie Hamilton @conniehamilton challenges us to re-think homework so we can get better results. After you listen to these five steps, you’ll have a process to determine what homework should be assigned, what shouldn’t, and how to better support parents at home.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2017

Alec Harden’s 3.8 GPA earned him a HOPE scholarship and admission to Georgia State University, but $10,000 in loans and a reluctance to take on more debt led him to drop out after his first year. Photo: Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal Constitution. More than half a billion dollars in surplus lottery funds, meant for Georgia’s college students, is sitting unused in the state’s coffers even as many drop out of school, unable to afford to continue.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

(National) Education Politics. The New York Times broke the story this week that “ Justice Dept. to Take On Affirmative Action in College Admissions.” And by “take on,” that means “investigating and suing universities over affirmative action admissions policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants.” (It would be pretty great if the DOJ would investigate how legacy admissions and big donations let mediocre white applicants like Donald Trump and Jared

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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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