Neo LMS
MAY 2, 2017
Kids are our future. Everyone seems to agree with this statement, regardless of skin color, creed, political sympathies, age, and so on. Our kids will live in the future, and we are all responsible with supporting them to become successful citizens of tomorrow’s world. Besides family and local civil society, schools play a crucial role in this.
The CoolCatTeacher
MAY 2, 2017
A conversation with Dr. Matthew Farber in episode 67 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today Dr. Matthew Farber @matthewfarber talks about game-based learning in his classroom and a new tool he loves: Twine. We’re also hosting a giveaway contest of his new book Gamify Your Classroom – Revised Edition.
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EdTech Magazine
MAY 2, 2017
By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Windows 10 S, Surface Laptop and other updates are coming to classrooms in the fall.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 2, 2017
I first met Office Mix a few years ago, before I had the required Office 2013 or higher. I loved the demo I watched, cried a bit that it wouldn’t work for me, and then forgot about it. Now that I’ve upgraded to Office 365, I’m eager to use all the features that got me so excited back then. Before I get into those, let me back up for those who have never heard of Office Mix.
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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.
Digital Promise
MAY 2, 2017
“360° film is cool, but how do we tell a story with it?”. This was the question floating around the room at the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM) Virtual Reality (VR) Day in April 2016. At the time, I was a resident at the festival’s filmmaker support program called FilmHouse, and I had been invited to a closed-door meeting of filmmakers and VR developers.
EdTechTeam
MAY 2, 2017
In a recent discussion with a co-worker regarding using ed tech in the classroom, I told her I don’t plan my lessons with ed tech first in mind. I plan my lessons with standards and students’ needs first, and then ask myself: Can I make this lesson better with ed tech? Novel studies with literature circles are something I have loved teaching and have taught in various class settings.
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Edsurge
MAY 2, 2017
Before the “LMS” became an acronym and a hotly contested market of its own, Martin Dougiamas was writing code to share his “object oriented dynamic learning environment” across the web. That project would go on to become. Moodle , one of the most widely used learning management system across the world today. Just don’t let Dougiamas catch you calling his pet project of the past two decades an LMS.
TeacherCast
MAY 2, 2017
##This Post will continue to be updated throughout the Microsoft Education Keynote today. ## On May 2, 2017, I had the privledge of being invited to attend the #LEARNWHATSNEXT keynote produced by Microsoft. The first of it's kind during Microsoft Satya Nadella's tenure as CEO, the keynote revolved around education and what Microsoft thinks the […].
Edsurge
MAY 2, 2017
Tyler Mulvenna will be the first in his family to graduate from college when he walks across the commencement stage at Georgia State University later this month. And he’s aware that Big Data played a small role in helping him finish on time. He’s one of the first students to go through the entire undergraduate experience at Georgia State since the university set up an unusual digital safety net four years ago.
ProfHacker
MAY 2, 2017
I’m planning to teach a course with a big digital literacies component next semester inshallah, and as part of the brainstorming of that course, I plan to do some exercises related to having students reflect on Terms and Conditions and privacy policies of various apps before we use them. This was inspired by Jason Jones’ recent post about how Unroll.me was selling customer data to Uber, a link shared by Christian Friedrich written by Unroll.me’s co-founder , and a lesson idea f
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.
Edsurge
MAY 2, 2017
When social media site Academia.edu hit the scene in 2008, it was hailed by some scholars as an alternative to pricey academic publishing and peer-review models. Professors and researchers could use the social platform to share their work, findings and ideas—most importantly, at no cost. For some users who have recently visited Academia.edu however, things are looking different.
Marketplace K-12
MAY 2, 2017
The tech provider has lost traction in the market for K-12 operating systems to Google, which also produces the popular G Suite classroom platform. The post Microsoft Unveils K-12 Operating System, Tools to Challenge Google appeared first on Market Brief.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 2, 2017
Young children can learn just as much from a story delivered entirely via a digital device as they can from an adult reading a dead-trees version of the same story, according to a new study from researchers at New York University. The quality of the content matters more than the format it’s delivered in, according to the study, which was released Monday.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MAY 2, 2017
May 2, 2017 The book we selected for you for this week is Michelle Pacansky's "Best Practices for Teaching with Emerging Technologies ". This is an excellent work that will help you better understand.read more.
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.
Iterating Toward Openness
MAY 2, 2017
Over the last several weeks there has been an incredible amount of writing about open pedagogy and open educational practices (samples collected here by Maha). There have been dozens of blog posts. Countless tweets. There was a well-attended (and well-viewed) conversation via Google Hangout. At the Hewlett OER Meeting last week over a dozen people spent another hour talking about the issue during the unconference time.
eSchool News
MAY 2, 2017
Beginning this Saturday, May 6, Microsoft Store locations across the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, and Australia will host STEM Saturdays throughout May in all full-line locations in addition to the range of free programs year-round that empower students and educators. STEM Saturdays brings pop-up classrooms to Microsoft Store and offers hands-on experiences like building a sensor that measures the flexion and extension of a finger to learn about the anatomy of a human hand.
Shake Up Learning
MAY 2, 2017
The post 20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic] appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Expand Your Use of Google Classroom. Google has opened up Google Classroom to users outside of G Suite for Education. Users with a personal Google account can now both join and create classes. This opens so many doors for teachers, students, and parents to connect, collaborate and learn.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MAY 2, 2017
May 2, 2017 Here is another important resource from Open Culture. This is basically a collection of 700 MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) offered for free by some of the leading universities all.read more.
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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
GoConqr
MAY 2, 2017
Creating a Course: Why use supplementary material? When it comes to the ‘Create’ part of the 7 Cs of Learning Design most course creators will create original content for most of their course. However, it can be beneficial to incorporate ready made content from other sources rather than constantly reinventing the wheel. Provided you respect any attached copyright and distribution restrictions, many educators are happy for their content to be shared to a broader audience.
MIND Research Institute
MAY 2, 2017
JiJi, the penguin in ST Math, means different things to each student. JiJi is a friend, a math coach and a constant companion. JiJi Day, April 28, is an opportunity to celebrate that special relationship students have with JiJi and math learning. Thank you to all the schools who shared their JiJi Day celebrations! This year, JiJi challenged students to complete a visual sudoku puzzle.
MindShift
MAY 2, 2017
When Aly Buffett was a young girl struggling with reading, her parents brought in a tutor. The tutor told her, “You’re struggling right now, but I’m here with you, and you’re going to do amazing things,” Buffett said. Now 20 years old and a junior at Tulane University, Buffett believes her tutor’s warmth and confidence altered the path of her life. She realized that the steady support she’d received from her parents, teachers and tutor isn’t something every struggling child receives.
The PL2C Blog
MAY 2, 2017
By Liz Kolb. A recent study by Elizabeth Zack and Rachel Bar r highlights the role that human interaction plays when digital technologies are used with young children for literacy learning. The findings state the following; “ Interactional quality between mother and infant plays an important role in making touch screens effective teaching tools for infants’ learning.
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.
TeachThought - Learn better.
MAY 2, 2017
The post 10 Teacher Resources For Lesson Planning Templates & Tools appeared first on TeachThought.
The Principal of Change
MAY 2, 2017
Just some random thoughts… Right now, there are many plans in schools or districts on “effective technology integration” What is great about these plans is that they are now really focusing on professional learning for all staff to bring them up to speed, and provide a comfort level on the use of technology. What I struggle with is that they are too focused on professional learning for technology, not new and better ways of teaching and learning.
Tech Helpful
MAY 2, 2017
I'll be honest, when I was asked to blog on the topic "Testing is over.What now?" I jumped on the chance to be a part of this series because it's a group of amazing educators and I love to blog. Unlike the rest of them, testing seems to have less impact on my private school than at their public schools. There is no tie to funding and there is less stress on our teachers based on test results.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 2, 2017
Photo: Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images. As the president of a private regional college that intensively competes for undergraduates, I am acutely aware of the questions many families, officials and journalists have about the cost, value and necessity of our enterprise. Institutions including Lebanon Valley College face demographic shifts, constrained family incomes, student preferences toward professionally oriented majors over some of the traditional liberal arts, and rapid
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.
Gaggle Speaks
MAY 2, 2017
Every year, the Speak Up Research Project for Digital Learning asks K-12 students, parents and educators about the role of technology for learning in and out of school. This year, we teamed up with Project Tomorrow to learn more about student online safety. We’ll reveal the results during the next Gaggle Webcast, “Do You Know What Your Students Are Doing Online?
The Hechinger Report
MAY 2, 2017
The town of Bowling Green, Kentucky, has opened a small public high school solely aimed at serving refugee and immigrant students. The idea is that by separating these students, their unique needs can be met so they will be more successful when they graduate and hopefully integrate into the community. But some experts question if this practice is a form of segregation and will maintain divisions within cities and towns.
TeachThought - Learn better.
MAY 2, 2017
The post Facilitating For Inquiry In PBL With #GrowChat appeared first on TeachThought.
MiddleWeb
MAY 2, 2017
Rigor is more than what you teach. It's how you teach and how students show you they understand. After dispelling widely held myths about rigor in the classroom, author Barbara Blackburn describes a standards-friendly environment that supports rigorous learning and student success.
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