The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 6, 2017

What we can learn from the media's silence about the South Georgia Storm Disaster 2017 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Is it that we don’t have a dead baby in a ditch like we had in the Camilla tornadoes in 2000 to get people upset? Is that Albany Georgia’s tragedy is ignored? Or is it just that the news media is so busy covering reality DC that they don’t have time to report on a storm that left 8,000 homes without power and my

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EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 6, 2017

Apple TV’s allow you to stream your iPad screen to another device such as a projector. They are invaluable in the classroom and have so many uses. How do you set it up? It is really easy to set up an Apple TV. Watch the YouTube video below for details: How can Apple TV be used in the classroom? Show a pupil’s work to the whole class. Share a student solving a problem on their iPad with the whole class; they can present the information easily by talking through their methods.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2017

There is a crisis engulfing the social sciences. What was thought to be known about psychology—based on published results and research—is being called into question by new findings and the efforts of individual groups like the Reproducibility Project. What we know is under question and so is how we come to know. Long institutionalized practices of scientific inquiry in the social sciences are being actively questioned, proposals put forth for needed reforms.

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K12 Open Ed

JANUARY 6, 2017

The folks at the Indiana Department of Education’s elearning group are working on an OER #GoOpen initiative, which includes a series of Twitter chats (#INeLearn). Last night I participated in one of these lively conversations. After this chat, I was struck by how important TRUST is to open learning, and again, how OER doesn’t necessarily have to coincide with open learning.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2017

Strava is a fitness app that allows people to log and upload their runs, bike rides, swims and other fitness activities. Using GPS data, a runner can track her route and pace, and then share the activity with friends. In 2016, Strava users uploaded 304 million activities , logged 6.8 billion kilometers, and gave each other 1.3 billion kudos on the platform.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 6, 2017

January 06, 2017 According to BIE, project based learning is “an instructional approach built upon authentic learning activities that engage student interest and motivation. These activities are.read more.

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ProfHacker

JANUARY 6, 2017

I was struck over the holiday week by two posts that both seem to illustrate the unfortunate triumph of (a version of) data over judgment. The first is the story of “Chuck Finley,” in which staff at the East Lake County Library invented a fake patron who seemed to check out thousands of books in order to fake out automated book weeding software.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JANUARY 6, 2017

The post A New Definition For Equity In Education appeared first on TeachThought.

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Gaggle Speaks

JANUARY 6, 2017

I’m amazed at how rarely accessibility and support are asked about when I talk to schools and districts interested in a K12 archiving solution. These two often-overlooked items should be an important part of any decision-making process when choosing a vendor to archive your email, documents and other files. Accessibility. Access to an archive should be flexible based entirely on the needs of your organization and not a vendor’s limitations.

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SpeechTechie

JANUARY 6, 2017

In a recent post for Mindwing Concepts , I described and demonstrated how the various contexts within the Toca Life apps, specifically Toca Life: Farm ($2.99, also available for other platforms), can be used to build narrative language skills. I have recently been using these versatile sandbox apps in other ways, including targeting category development.

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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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Tech Helpful

JANUARY 6, 2017

Cue the cold sweats, nervous tics, and wringing of hands.or not. Over Christmas break I decided to do a little self-evaluation of my technology usage. Below is the daily recap actually originally hand written. December 17, 2016 9:30am When a techie unplugs: I've been awake for approximately one hour and I have checked my emails, returned correspondence and left my phone on my bed stand.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 6, 2017

Building toys have been a favorite for decades. The market has seen many different types of sets, materials and ideas but one that seems to have found its own little corner of the market is K’NEX. Not only do older children enjoy building and creating with K’NEX, but younger children can get in on the action as well with a variety of sets for the young ones too.

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 6, 2017

Over the past two years, Google Classroom has become a popular learning platform for many teachers using G Suite for Education. With its ability to seamlessly integrate G Suite tools such as Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Sheets, Gmail, and Google Calendar, Google Classroom creates an efficient workflow for teachers and students by organizing assignments and class content in an easy-to-navigate online environment.

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MindShift

JANUARY 6, 2017

Boston middle school English teacher Lillie Marshall loves to travel. On top of teaching English to 140 seventh graders of diverse backgrounds each day, Marshall finds time to run two travel blogs, Around the World L , a log of her own travels, and Teaching Traveling , which profiles teacher travelers like her on their own journey for self-discovery and understanding.

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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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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2017

This story was originally published by the Education Writers Association and reprinted with permission. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan to make tuition free year at New York’s public colleges and universities for students from families earning less than $125,000 is being touted as a shot across the progressive bow. As the new Congress and White House tout a conservative agenda, the governor is offering a playbook that states could use to capitalize on the liberal currents that crisscrossed the Democr

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Perry Hewitt

JANUARY 6, 2017

Paul Ford gave online donations to 33 charities, and you won’t believe what happened next. Actually, you would — he found a number of opportunities to improve the user experience in online giving. The headlines remind us that artificial intelligence is coming, and we’re all at risk of losing our jobs to the machines. Consider these four factors when assessing the impact of AI on design jobs.

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