EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 6, 2018
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Week 2. eli.zimmerman_9856. Sat, 10/06/2018 - 15:48. Ask the Experts: How Should Schools Prepare Students for Jobs in Cybersecurity? More on How to Prepare Students for the Cybersecurity Workforce. Security. 3 Ways K-12 Schools Can Fill Overlooked Cybersecurity Holes. Security. High Schools Prep Students to Fill Cybersecurity Skills Shortage.
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 6, 2018
TeacherKit , a useful classroom management app for iOS or Android, provides teachers with one location to log student attendance, take note of student behavior, record grades, create student-level reporting, and other tedious tasks that traditionally take time away from teaching. The intuitive interface allows all this to be done with quick taps and swipes, generating data visualizations on the fly, both for whole classes and individual students.
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EdNews Daily
OCTOBER 6, 2018
Guest article by Stephen Lewis. Five seconds might fly by to us, but to microbes, it’s plenty of time to hitch a ride on fallen food. Of course, try telling that to a hungry kindergartener whose ham sandwich hit the cafeteria floor. No, really: Tell him. After all, his life could depend on whether he bites back into his lunch. Far too many kids are getting sick or worse thanks to rising strains of bacterial and viral diseases.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 6, 2018
For those keeping count, the world is now entering the Fourth Industrial Revolution. That’s the term coined by Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, to describe a time when new technologies blur the physical, digital and biological boundaries of our lives. Every generation confronts the challenges of preparing its kids for an uncertain future.
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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.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
OCTOBER 6, 2018
Below are 5 popular Android educational problem-solving games to work out students minds and improve their memory. They (apps) provide a wide variety of puzzles, interactive games and mental.
Teacher Tech
OCTOBER 6, 2018
Create Fake Data in Google Sheets Today is my birthday (I’m 42!) so of course, we need a spreadsheet blog post. Remember “The answer is always a spreadsheet.” For my birthday (today only) get my online Google Sheets workshop for only $6. Use the code oct6 Fake Names When creating examples I need fake student […]. The post Google Sheets: Create Fake Data appeared first on Teacher Tech.
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The Innovative Educator
OCTOBER 6, 2018
If you teach tech, then you need to know when important tech topics are celebrated across the year.
techlearning
OCTOBER 6, 2018
Teachers believe that cramped K-12 classrooms with desks neatly in rows and the blackboard at the front of the room should be a thing of the past. According to the third report released today by MDR, in its State of the K-12 Market 2018 series, The Impact of Learning Spaces on Student Success , teachers around the country believe the design of learning spaces impacts student outcomes. [ Cyber Security Resources for Teachers and Students ] More than 1,600 teachers participated in a market researc
Reading By Example
OCTOBER 6, 2018
In this week’s newsletter, we explore the concept of work-life balance. Do checklists drain you? Consider an “un-checklist”, described in this post , in which you add daily experiences to a list that documents an interesting life. Commit30 is my favorite planner. My wife introduced it to me. Each month, you commit to one habit in an area you want to improve.
Adjusting Course
OCTOBER 6, 2018
If you were to list ten traditions you think most schools have in common, my guess is "school pictures" would be somewhere on your list. School pictures almost feel like a right of passage each Fall. Recently, our team applied a modest amount of innovation to the traditional practice. We invited staff to bring in their favorite book and hold it up during their individual staff picture.
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
OCTOBER 6, 2018
With the rise of digital learning resources comes the increased need for easy, fast, and equitable access for all students, no matter the resource and no matter the device. With this digital expansion, however, comes a pressing need to organize, deploy, and evaluate these resources and their impact on education. Districts need to understand how effectively these tools are being used and which tools are worth the investment for them to better serve their student populations.
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