Sat.May 07, 2016

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Turnitin Launches Feedback Studio

Ask a Tech Teacher

One of my favorite classroom management tools is Turnitin, especially with the addition of Revision Assistant –one of the most comprehensive virtual writing assistants available to students (here’s my review of Revision Assistant ). Well, now Turnitin has launched Feedback Studio. It’s a revamp of their flagship product, with some twists: Today, Turnitin announced a new version of its flagship product with a focus on ease-of-use, accessibility for students, and new mobile featu

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Should Students Be Exposed to Medical Careers at an Early Age?

TeacherCast

Increasing exposure to medical careers is a profound way in which to inspire students to pursue careers in the field of healthcare. The post Should Students Be Exposed to Medical Careers at an Early Age? appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.

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7 Excellent Chromebook Apps for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

May 7, 2016 One of the key challenges facing teachers using Chromebooks in their instruction is finding relevant educational apps to use with students in class. Searching Chrome app store.read more.

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When Should You Decide To Rebuild And Redesign Your Website?

TeacherCast

In this episode of Educational Podcasting Today, we take a look at the newly redesigned TeacherCast.net and learn why the Wordpress Theme, Plugins, and Design were selected as the future of the Teachercast Educational Broadcasting Network. The post When Should You Decide To Rebuild And Redesign Your Website? appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.

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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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Here Is A Great Tool Students Can Use to Create Trading Cards

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

May 7, 2016 Trading Card Creator is an excellent tool from ReadWriteThink that enables learners to display their understanding of different topics in creative and engaging ways. Students can create.read more.

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A glimpse of the widening class divide in American life at Further Future

Bryan Alexander

The Guardian, increasingly a fine vital source for American news despite having a British source, has a scathing portrait of a new social event. Nellie Bowles’ depiction of Further Future offers a useful and/or terrifying and/or hilarious glimpse into how the 1% see themselves in an era of widening class divides. These reflections should be useful for educators in particular.

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A glimpse of the widening class divide in American life at Further Future

Bryan Alexander

The Guardian, increasingly a fine vital source for American news despite having a British source, has a scathing portrait of a new social event. Nellie Bowles’ depiction of Further Future offers a useful and/or terrifying and/or hilarious glimpse into how the 1% see themselves in an era of widening class divides. These reflections should be useful for educators in particular.

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38 Of The Best Educational Games For iPad

TeachThought - Learn better.

The post 38 Of The Best Educational Games For iPad appeared first on TeachThought.

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The Hottest Posts Everyone's Reading

The Innovative Educator

Making its way to the top for the first time is a post about liberating genius where @AngelaMaiers reminds us that students have voices and choices that we can finally honor now that testing season is over. Check it out to discover 20 lessons you can implement to get started. Next up is a post that looks at how to create a killer website and it also identifies mistakes to avoid.

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About That Letter From a Math Teacher.

Reflections

A few weeks back, I published a post that included some thoughts from one of the math teachers in my building. I shared it with a math consultant that we work closely with thinking she would support the post. She read the post and offers her interpretation of it below. It doesn't match what I was intending to say but it does cause reflection for moving forward.

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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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“Support Without Interference”

The Principal of Change

This was an image I posted on my #YourDailyAwwwwww hashtag of a young boy catching a fish. View post on imgur.com. Is it adorable? Absolutely. I love sharing adorable stuff in my blog. But why I share it is the following top comment from the post that really stuck out to me. “Good work Dad, support without interference.” I have a very good friend who is doing amazing things in education.

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The Power of Choice

Reading By Example

The lack of autonomy in schools today is saddening. The standardization of our assessments has led to a narrowing of our curriculum and instruction. This is happening in schools where even the leaders are giving permission to teachers to explore their passions and to innovate in their instructional approaches. This is why we are seeing so many initiatives popping up in education today that allow for more choice.

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The Power of Choice

Reading By Example

The lack of autonomy in schools today is saddening. The standardization of our assessments has led to a narrowing of our curriculum and instruction. This is happening in schools where even the leaders are giving permission to teachers to explore their passions and to innovate in their instructional approaches. This is why we are seeing so many initiatives popping up in education today that allow for more choice.

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