The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Justine MacKinnon on episode 368 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Fourth-grade teacher Justine MacKinnon helps us understand how flexible seating has changed her fourth-grade classroom. Today’s Sponsor: Advancement Courses. Donor’s Choose. From now until September 28, Advancement Courses, an online provider of professional development for K-12 teachers, is donating 10% of their sales to funding DonorChoose.org proje

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Quality of classroom instruction and the degree to which students are provided with powerful opportunities to learn determines the effectiveness of schools. Effective teachers make the question “Why?” a classroom mantra to support a culture of reasoning and justification. Impactful teachers rely on relevant contexts to engage their students’ interest and use open-ended questions to stimulate thinking and create collaborative classrooms.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

It’s difficult finding kid-safe research websites that really are. Even Google SafeSearch has issues at times. Here’s my list of safe spots to send your students for research. Before rolling any of these out, preview them all to be sure they fit your unique student group: BrainPop –with the BrainPop characters, a launchpad to curiosity.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters) are local communities of practice that bring together educators, entrepreneurs, funders, researchers, and other community stakeholders (families, local government, nonprofits) to support innovative teaching and learning in their region. Digital Promise convenes this national network of community leaders committed to driving education innovation in their context to learn from one another and work together to drive the greatest possible impact in their co

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Ditch That Textbook

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Time is precious. As educators we need all the time we can get. With keyboard shortcuts, you can increase your efficiency and decrease the time. It’s a win-win! In this episode, I discuss some of the more commonly known shortcuts and dig into some of the lesser-known, yet incredibly helpful ones. This week’s episodes of […].

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

In March 2018, the United Nations SDG Action Campaign , Digital Promise Global , and Oculus announced the launch of MY World 360° , a new global initiative supporting young people worldwide to develop their digital skills, share their perspectives, and advance positive action toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are a set of 17 interdependent global goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure all people enjoy peace and prosperity.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Whether a principal, superintendent, head of technology, or head of curriculum, there is likely a gem of a resource among your staff who could push your Future Ready agenda forward. Long gone are the days when librarians were simply the “keeper of books,” and the administrators who have grown to realize this have found it much easier to accomplish their strategic vision by mobilizing this dedicated and knowledgeable part of their staff.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Personalized learning plans (PLPs) can be powerful tools for nurturing students' growth and empowering them to take an active role in their learning and development. What isn't always so clear is how one goes about creating a PLP for students. Creating PLPs for each student can be a daunting task, but our 10-step guide will guide you through the process from start to finish.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Here is a collection of some good educational websites we curated specifically for music teachers. They feature various resources to help teachers in the teaching music. These resources include web.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

When was the last time you said thanks? Expressing gratitude with that one word may seem commonplace, perhaps even an afterthought. But research suggests that we say “thanks” much less often that we presume. The Australian researcher who led the study found that those who helped others were thanked in just one of 20 instances. That’s not the case at Leadership Public Schools, a network of urban charter high schools in California, where gratitude is woven into the schoolwide culture.

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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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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

At Flagstaff Academy in Colorado, I am lucky to head up the SmartLab facility and offer guided lessons to all K-5 classrooms. Couple this with 15 years of teaching technology, and you could say I’ve learned a thing or two about bringing technology into the classroom successfully. Over the past few years, advancements in technology have greatly improved the classroom experience for both students and teachers alike.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Playing games in the classroom is not a new concept. So, it’s perhaps not surprising that there are game-based edtech companies hoping to leave a mark in classrooms. But what goes into building a game-based learning startup—or any edtech startup? At the Intentional Play Summit, a conference focused on the intersection of gaming and education in Mountain View, Calif., three entrepreneurs described what it takes to become successful in that space.

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Teacher Tech

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Learn How to Make Your School Yearbook in Google Slides A Guest Blog Post by Jennifer Scott, @jentechnology Register for the Online Course Register with EdTech Team The Problem with Traditional Yearbooks Are your school hallways plastered with posters screaming “BUY YOUR YEARBOOK”? Take a closer look at the price on that poster. […]. The post Check Out the Google Slides Yearbook Online Course with @jentechnology appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Entrepreneur Steve Blank has served as a founder, investor and even in the air force. But there’s another title he’s is known for: professor. Blank has earned a reputation among budding and veteran business leaders alike as the father of the Lean Startup movement, a business philosophy that popularized startup concepts like “pivoting” and “minimum viable product.

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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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

OneNote is one of our favourite note taking tools. It provides a collection of powerful features that enable you to easily record, edit, and share your notes. ‘You can type, scribble, handwrite, or.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Salesforce.org, the nonprofit division of Salesforce, today pledged to give $15.5-million to two California school districts to bolster computer science education, train teachers, teach math in innovative ways and support projects to encourage mindfulness. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff announced the donation during the annual ‘Dreamforce’ conference in San Francisco.

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MIND Research Institute

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

When it comes to finding a good math learning software, it’s trickier than first meets the eye. Every solution is labeled with the latest buzzwords regarding the program’s features, but how can educators actually identify what works? Trying to sort the good stuff from the junk is a lot like trying to purchase a healthy snack at the grocery store. A snack bar with “high-protein” and “Omega-3s” displayed on the front of the wrapper might look like a good option, but once you look at the back label

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EdTechTeam

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Like many English teachers, I’ve spent hours grading essays. CheckMark. It started on paper, with writing in any available space. Days and sometimes weeks later came the aftermath: “Hey Ms. Pero, what’s this say?” or the sound of paper crinkling as it’s shoved into a backpack without a second glance. I needed to speed up, so I made a list of shortcuts to make the grading faster.

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Teacher Tech

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Learn How to Make Your School Yearbook in Google Slides A Guest Blog Post by Jennifer Scott, @jentechnology Register for the Online Course Register with EdTech Team The Problem with Traditional Yearbooks Are your school hallways plastered with posters screaming “BUY YOUR YEARBOOK”? Take a closer look at the price on that poster. […]. The post Check Out the Google Slides Yearbook Online Course with @jentechnology appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The goal of assessment has traditionally been to measure student mastery. With that mindset, some students measure high while others do not measure up. While that seems pretty cut and dry, it can be problematic. The students who measure high tend to always measure high. And the students who don't measure up tend to experience disappointment over and over.

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MiddleWeb

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

As a strong believer in teacher as learner, Rita Platt returns to some books again and again – books that continue to guide her work though she may have first read them 20 years ago. With the new school year underway, she shares her 10 most impactful education books.

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EmergingEdTech

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

In this video interview, Classtime CEO Valentin Ruest shows us this powerful review and assessment platform. Classtime is a great platform for assessing student understanding on the fly, or for. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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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.

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SecurEdge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Do you manage IT for a multi-location retail chain? Do you find it challenging to cost-effectively provide reliable, secure, high-speed WiFi services to employees and customers? Or is IT just one of many hats that you wear in addition to your real job?

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Jamf on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Jamf Pro 10.7 and 10.7.1 offer immediate compatibility support — plus new key management features — for macOS Mojave, iOS 12 and tvOS 12. Get the details.

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The Game Agency

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The Game Agency is excited to share footage from Fox 5’s Good Day New York segment about The Training Arcade and how corporations are using training games to improve their learning outcomes. The post The Training Arcade on Fox 5: Good Day New York appeared first on game.

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The Principal of Change

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

I am always a sucker for articles that share quotes because they stop and give me food for thought. I shared this article recently and the following quote on success leading to failure, as well as the write-up, gave me pause: “Success is a catalyst for failure.” — Greg McKeown. Success becomes a catalyst for failure because “success” isn’t something you’ve accomplished.

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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.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Two educators from Colorado Springs District 11 won The Succeeds Prize 2018 for Excellence in Technology Enabled Learning during a celebration honoring Colorado public schools and educators. The $15,000 prize, presented by Arrow Electronics, was awarded to Sean Wybrant, Colorado’s 2017 Teacher of the Year and teacher at William J. Palmer High School and Scott Fuller, next generation learning coordinator for District 11, to fund their idea to partner with students in Saipan to create augmented an

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Dr. Shannon Doak

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Google has done some amazing work recently with Chrome OS. It has added the ability to run Android apps. This means you can install and run Android apps just like you would on an Android tablet. Head to the Google Play store, search and install the app just like you would on any other Android mobile device. While this moves Chrome OS to greater things, it still isn’t enough for some people.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

“With great power comes great responsibility.” All the MCU fans out there know that this phrase was first used in the 1962 Amazing Fantasy #15 issue and then later by Uncle Ben in the 2002 Spiderman movie. But history nerds know that different versions of the phrase have been around for much longer. Winston Churchill. Teddy Roosevelt. And this guy – Henry W.

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edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

While social media has transformed the way we connect and communicate personally and professionally, we have to ask: What really has been the impact on EdTech? And why should edtech companies make it an important part of their marketing and sales plan? The Investors & Channels Summit presents a panel of edtech leaders who will discuss results of a recent survey on social media marketing and provide their insights on the impact of social media in edtech.

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AI-powered tools like virtual assistants and chatbots provide instant guidance and support, while data analytics offer valuable insights for educators and administrators.

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