Catlin Tucker
APRIL 10, 2018
For the last two years, I have published several blogs detailing my journey away from traditional grading and assessment practices. The purpose of this shift was three-fold. I wanted to shift the conversation from points to the development of skills. I wanted students to take ownership of their progress and skill development. I do not believe grades should happen to students.
The Journal
APRIL 10, 2018
While "mobile learning" may be overshadowed these days by other tech trends, make no mistake: in the hands of today’s youth, mobile learning is huge! Data to back that claim up — and more like it — are in this week’s blog post, where we interview Dr. Julie Evans, CEO — and Diva Extraordinaire — of Project Tomorrow. Using their "phones" teens are absolutely exploring "socially-based, un-tethered and digitally rich learning.
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EdTech Magazine
APRIL 10, 2018
Q&A: How Digital Mental Health Tools Made a Difference for Hazard Independent Schools. juliet.vanwage…. Tue, 04/10/2018 - 12:50. Digital health technology isn’t just for grown-ups. New tools can help connect children with the private and personalized resources they need to better understand their mental health and keep it in check. For one school district, adopting an online mental and behavioral health system has been an effective tool to better help students in a rural community overcome b
The CoolCatTeacher
APRIL 10, 2018
Mike Lawrence on episode 287 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Mike Lawrence, a current organizer of the longest running student media festival in the country, shares how to set up and run your own media festival. With a big hat tip to our mutual friend Hall Davidson who started this event, we learn the ins and outs of student media festival and how you can “steal” their ideas and run your own!
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EdTech Magazine
APRIL 10, 2018
Cloud Tech Optimizes Workflow for K–12 Schools. jena.passut_7651. Tue, 04/10/2018 - 13:31. When the IT department rolls out a new technology in a K-12 school, having a cloud-based management tool is basically a requirement. With the cloud, slim IT staffs are able to help teachers and administrators leverage technology to create personalized learning experiences and manage student data.
Neo LMS
APRIL 10, 2018
Bullying is a prevalent problem in American public schools. This behavior has negative effects on the academic performance of those who are bullied and can take a toll on their physical and mental health. Around 17 percent of American students experience bullying two to three times a month but according to the US Department of Health & Human Services, 50 percent of children aged 4 through 12 are bullied.
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Doug Levin
APRIL 10, 2018
Given the vast amount of data that the US Department of Education released today regarding student academic performance in math and reading , it will take a while for researchers to make sense of all the questions they are interested in exploring. My interests are primarily about the impact of access to and use of computers and the internet on student performance.
Digital Promise
APRIL 10, 2018
If you’re looking to join the growing brigade improving the lives of adult learners through mobile learning – then welcome! We need you. More than 89 percent of adults in need of basic academic and job skills will never gain the skills they want and need with traditional classrooms and approaches. However, 95 percent have mobile phones. Mobile learning just makes sense for these learners, if for no other reason than providing access.
Doug Levin
APRIL 10, 2018
Given the vast amount of data that the US Department of Education released today regarding student academic performance in math and reading , it will take a while for researchers to make sense of all the questions they are interested in exploring. My interests are primarily about the impact of access to and use of computers and the internet on student performance.
Edsurge
APRIL 10, 2018
By now you’ve probably heard of edcamps —free, organic, participant-driven, “un-conferences” that empower educators to maximize professional learning experiences and peer networks. As a longtime enthusiast, what I love most about the movement is that at its heart it’s all about educators teaching and empowering other educators. So, what if we gave our students the same opportunity their teachers have to learn alongside one another, lift each other up and maximize their learning experiences, all
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.
Digital Promise
APRIL 10, 2018
Parent involvement in education used to be defined quite narrowly. Parents could attend on-site Parent-Teacher Association meetings, sign up for classroom volunteering shifts, or participate in parent-teacher conferences. Over time, though, the relationship between families and schools has become more meaningful, customized, and inclusive. Most schools offer engagement programs for family and community members in addition to parents, and view families as full partners for planning and implementi
Edsurge
APRIL 10, 2018
The United States Government Accountability Office recently released a report confirming decades of anecdotal research saying, among other things, that Black male students who account for 15.5 percent of all public school kids, represented about 39 percent of students suspended from school. That is an overrepresentation of about 23 percentage points.
TeacherCast
APRIL 10, 2018
In this episode of EdTech in the Classroom, we learn how LearnPlatform is helping school districts of all sizes make data-based decisions about the technologies that are implemented in classrooms. The post Learn how @LearnPlatform is Helping Thousands of School Districts make Data Driven Decisions about Instructional Technology for the Classroom. appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 10, 2018
A child plays at a Head Start program in Mississippi. Photo: Sarah Garland/The Hechinger Report. The Kawerak Head Start center in Nome, Alaska is the only option parents have when it comes to early childhood education there. The center is also much more than just a preschool for the families in this tiny city on the tundra. Kawerak provides medical professionals like a dentist, audiologist, and vision screener to its 240 Alaska Native children and their families. .
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.
Edsurge
APRIL 10, 2018
Today Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder and CEO, spent over four hours testifying in front of the Senate. The leader of the social media giant, with over 2 billion active users, answered questions about data ownership and usage in light of the fallout over Cambridge Analytica’s access and use of 87 million Facebook users’ personal information. We believe that we’re going to be investigating many apps—tens of thousands of apps.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 10, 2018
“Personalized learning” is among the most discussed initiatives in education today. Most schools nationwide say they’ve implemented personalized learning, to some degree. Some use online programs or software to give students access to content at their individual level , allowing them to move through lessons at their own pace. Others have combined grade levels to best meet the needs of students.
Edsurge
APRIL 10, 2018
Last summer, I was on a call with a district superintendent who had just one request: “Give me something—anything—that shows that the product works for my students.” In my role as Newsela’s resident senior researcher, I am responsible for providing meaningful data to educators so that they can make informed decisions for their learners. Too often, though, we’ve been narrowly focused on finding the answer to one simplistic question: “Does it work?
eSchool News
APRIL 10, 2018
The deadline has passed for states to submit final Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plans. Now it’s up to school districts to figure out how to capture and report data about student performance. While the additional reporting can seem like a burden, buried in that task is a great opportunity to boost strategic decision-making capabilities. District administrators just need a simple method to look at student data in a new way.
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
APRIL 10, 2018
After we have covered a number of search engines kids can use to safely navigate the web, we are sharing with you some of the most popular websites that provide educational content designed.read more.
The Jose Vilson
APRIL 10, 2018
One thing I've always maintained in this life: I'm either an early adopter or super-late, past the wave of spoilers and hot takes our culture's embraced. So, even though I barked at colonizers like M'Baku and crossed my arms like T'Challa and Shuri for weeks, I hadn't seen Black Panther until this past weekend. A few of my friends and colleagues gave me the harshest side eyes, but parenting, schooling, and life got in the way of carving out a couple of hours for the film.
Teacher Tech
APRIL 10, 2018
?? Emoji Your Drive ?? Guest blog post by Beth Mossholder Make your Google Drive a little more interesting with Emojis. Color coding can work out great when organizing folders in your Google Drive; but does nothing to help differentiate individual files in Drive. Emojis can also be inserted into titles and text lines where other […]. The post Emoji Your Drive to Create Visual Interest appeared first on Teacher Tech.
eSchool News
APRIL 10, 2018
Many people leave Disney World dreaming of becoming a princess, but when I experienced Disney for the first time as a three-year-old, I left the parks with a different dream: to become an engineer. I was enamored by the rides and became obsessed with learning how everything—from the roller coasters to the teacups—fit together and worked. While I knew I wanted to be an engineer, I didn’t know which type of engineer I wanted to be.
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.
EdTechTeacher
APRIL 10, 2018
The following post is an excerpt from EdTechTeacher CEO, Tom Daccord’s new blog: tomdaccord.com. Over the last six years schools and districts have spent millions of dollars equipping their students and faculty with iPads and Chromebooks, often in an attempt to create one-to-one classrooms. Many schools have held hope that these devices might lead to a surge of innovation in classroom practice.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
APRIL 10, 2018
AppSheet is a good web tool that allows you to create custom Android and iPad apps based on data from a Google document ( using AppSheet Google Docs add-on) or from a spreadsheet created by one of.read more.
EdTechTeam
APRIL 10, 2018
Augmented Reality (AR) in the classroom allows teachers and students to view 3D objects from around the world that they would normally not have access to with the exception of seeing them in a textbook or online. Most content areas cannot take students on trips around the world. Through Google Expeditions AR , teachers and students can have better access to a variety of content without leaving the classroom.
TeachThought - Learn better.
APRIL 10, 2018
Apply For Google For Education Certified Innovator 2018 Program Here by TeachThought Staff This information has been compiled from a press release See our own Professional Development workshops and upcoming TeachThought University courses for additional training, development, and coursework for innovation in education. What is the Google for Education Certified Innovator program?
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.
ProfHacker
APRIL 10, 2018
If you’ve been in education for a while, you probably have a favorite way to take notes. Maybe you use an app, maybe you use pen/pencil & paper, maybe you even use a hybrid approach with a smart notebook and pen. A couple of weeks ago, Gabe Weatherhead explains why it’s hard on the strengths/weaknesses/affordances of different notetaking systems : It’s because different almost always feels better, at first.
Marketplace K-12
APRIL 10, 2018
Edmodo, a social learning network for teachers and students, is just the latest U.S.-based education provider to be acquired by the Chinese company. The post Chinese Gaming Giant NetDragon Acquires Edmodo for $137 Million appeared first on Market Brief.
techieMusings
APRIL 10, 2018
If you’re a fellow Pear Deck user, you’ve probably seen their announcement — Introducing a Fresh New Look for Home ! To follow-up on the homepage refresh, I made a video walkthrough: to share the new process for creating a Pear Deck through peardeck.com (which now launches you to a Google Slides presentation); and. to talk through some tips for using the Pear Deck Add-On.
TeachThought - Learn better.
APRIL 10, 2018
Drew Perkins talks with Mike Hourahine, CEO and Co-Founder of Edio, a PBL and Design Thinking Edtech Platform, about their work and lessons learned that PBL teachers might find useful. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Edio @edioapp @mhourahine Agile Scrum Slack ThinkGlobalSchool Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less Subscribe Listen on: Stitcher Podbean […].
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