The CoolCatTeacher
MAY 13, 2019
Classroom management can be a challenge. In this post, I’ll share twenty-two of my top tips and ideas that have helped me have an awesome classroom. While I won’t claim to ever be perfect, I have learned so much over the last seventeen years. If this post helps some of you avoid the mistakes I learned early on, then it will accomplish its purpose!
Ed Tech from the Ground Up
MAY 13, 2019
Newcomers to the ed-tech space must learn an important lesson: If you're not helping teachers, you have little chance of reaching students. The post For Ed-Tech Companies to Help Students, They Must First Understand Teachers appeared first on Market Brief.
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The CoolCatTeacher
MAY 13, 2019
Episode 491 Schools are being targeted with “spearfishing” attacks – a new form of phishing that is quite deceptive. Citizenship encompasses digital citizenship and the importance of lateral reading are three of the motivating topics tackled today with education thought-leader Dr. Alec Couros. SmartBrief Keeping up with the news is challenging.
ViewSonic Education
MAY 13, 2019
Active learning is a teaching method that works wonders. Think about some things you’ve learned. How to drive, change a tire or prepare a meal. You may have first been instructed by a parent. Or watched a how-to video. But it was through the process of actually changing that tire that you truly learned the skills. When you did that, you were engaged in active learning.
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Digital Promise
MAY 13, 2019
When students participate in learning experiences where they can engage with authentic audiences and purposes , they see that their academic work has meaning beyond the walls of the classroom. Because cognition and emotion are interrelated , using authentic audiences to help students make an emotional connection with content will also increase students’ ability to pay attention and retain what they are learning.
Ditch That Textbook
MAY 13, 2019
Let me just get this out of the way. I am in love with Google Drawings. I know it is often overlooked by many in favor of Slides, Docs or Forms but Google Drawings is my number one go-to for pretty much anything – especially when it involves creativity. I am always looking for new […].
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eSchool News
MAY 13, 2019
It’s easy to focus on what we teach and how we teach, but where we teach is often overlooked. We need to prepare students for jobs that don’t yet exist and for a world that is rapidly evolving. While no one can predict what the future will look like, we can set students on a path for success by unlocking their creative potential. One of the best ways to foster creativity is to provide conditions in which all learners can develop ideas, solve problems, connect, learn, and adapt.
Teacher Tech
MAY 13, 2019
Delete Old Google Classroom Classes Before you delete old Google Classroom classes remember you can reuse assignments from old classes. One trick I do is have a class with no students; Assignment Repository. When I am assigning to my class and it’s an assignment I want to reuse for sure… I ALSO assign it to […]. The post DELETE Google Classroom Classes appeared first on Teacher Tech.
eSchool News
MAY 13, 2019
Ask most teachers what they think of their district’s professional development (PD) and you’ll most likely get a grimace or an outright groan. But PD tools don’t have to be unproductive. With the right products, such as one of the ones below, your teachers will be grinning instead of groaning. Teacher-recommended PD tools. “Video coaching with Edthena provides us with a sustainable and scalable professional development model.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MAY 13, 2019
This is the third post in the "Everyone Can Create" series and is about incorporating video activities in your classroom. In the previous posts we featured guides covering Music and Drawing. For.read more.
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.
TeachThought - Learn better.
MAY 13, 2019
How To Use Locked Mode In Google Chromebook by TeachThought Staff We’ve talked about ways to use Google Classroom. Today, we’re going to take a look at a simple feature that might come in handy in your classroom while students are taking quizzes and tests in Google Forms. Using a Google Chromebook. That has to […]. The post How To Use Locked Mode In Google Chromebook appeared first on TeachThought.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MAY 13, 2019
Science Friday (SciFri) is a great website for science teachers and students. SciFri is a non-profit organization that provides a wide variety of educational materials to help make science learning.read more.
TeacherCast
MAY 13, 2019
Welcome to the TeacherCast Educational Network. In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff welcomes Dr. Sam Patterson and Joe Benvenga onto the podcast to discuss how Tech Coaches can help not only support technology integration but foster a culture of classroom innovation in the process. The post How Do We Inspire Innovation In The Classroom as Tech Coaches?
Jamf on EdTech
MAY 13, 2019
If you want to take full advantage of Microsoft Outlook (an app within Office 365) on iOS, here’s a fast and easy way to set it up for your users and avoid confusing configuration help desk tickets.
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.
ExcelinEd
MAY 13, 2019
This is National Charter Schools Week and there is good news. Charter schools are in high demand, they serve students well and they empower teachers and parents to be more actively involved in education. A few quick reminders about charter schools. Charter schools are public schools operated independently of school boards. Every charter school must follow federal and state education laws, and they are overseen by bodies called “authorizers.
Jamf on EdTech
MAY 13, 2019
If you want to take full advantage of Microsoft Outlook (an app within Office 365) on iOS, here’s a fast and easy way to set it up for your users and avoid confusing configuration help desk tickets.
techlearning
MAY 13, 2019
Each month I come across lots of interesting educational technology resources from the blogs I read, podcasts I listen to, videos I watch, or trainings I attend.
techieMusings
MAY 13, 2019
I’m happy to announce that my book, “Tech with Heart: Leveraging Technology to Empower Student Voice, Ease Anxiety, & Create Compassionate Classrooms”, made it on BookAuthority’s Best New Education Books: “3 Best New Education Books To Read In 2019” BookAuthority collects and ranks the best books in the world, and it is a great honor to get this kind of recognition.
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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
Fractus Learning
MAY 13, 2019
Everybody remembers a good story. When a teacher tells a story, they immediately have the attention of their students. Storytelling can change learning dull linear topics into a positive experience. In the 21st century, this art […].
techlearning
MAY 13, 2019
Innovative educators can prepare for Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) which takes place on Thursday, May 16th. GADD was launched in 2012 to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital (web, software, mobile, etc.) access/inclusion and people with different abilities. This is particularly important for educators because they understand the importance of creating inclusive content for students and families.
Knowledge Avatars K-12
MAY 13, 2019
Jack and Jill are working on a physics problem. Their teacher asked them to calculate the force needed to hurl a 500 pound projectile from a spot on Earth to 20,000 miles in low earth orbit. They don’t have any idea of what they need to know to solve this problem and they don’t want to dig through numerous articles or videos on the subject. They want to learn what they need for this problem as thoroughly and rapidly as possible.
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.
Adjusting Course
MAY 13, 2019
Our final round video speaks for itself and we can’t wait to hear what you think. Don’t forget to VOTE and please share your booktalk videos at #30SecondBookTalk. Polls close Friday and you can find voting rubrics and other resources to support student engagement with booktalking on my website if you’re interested. Thanks for joining Jenn and I in the fun!
techlearning
MAY 13, 2019
IMS Global Learning Consortium's 13th annual Learning Impact Leadership Institute will be held in San Diego, California, May 20-23, 2019.
Learning with 'e's
MAY 13, 2019
Here's a language lesson: Máš vokno (pronounced mash vokno ) is a colloquialism in Bohemia. It can be translated as 'out of the window' but usually means - 'it's somewhere in my head, but I can't quite remember it.' Ever had that feeling? It's often said by the Czechs when someone is a little worse for wear after too much alcohol. Me? I sometimes experience something similar when I'm sat in a boring lecture.
techlearning
MAY 13, 2019
The Ken Burns App provides iOS users with a new way of viewing Burns' award-winning documentaries.
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.
Technology Tidbits
MAY 13, 2019
Emoji Scavenger Hunt is an innovative way to use mobile devices to go on "scavenger" hunt and integrate technology into the curriculum. All a student has to do is goto the website, click on the play button and point their mobile device to the object that the emoji shows. I highly recommend checking out Emoji Scavenger Hunt by clicking here !!! For a more detailed review check out Ozge's Karaoglu's wonderful blog.
eSchool News
MAY 13, 2019
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Technology Tidbits
MAY 13, 2019
Pocket Grade is a simple to use iOS grading calculator that makes it easy for teachers to grade and assignment or quiz. All a user has to do is enter the number of questions and the number of wrong and answers and Pocket Grade does the rest. I highly recommend checking out Pocket Grade by clicking here !!!
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