Tech Firms, Education Leaders Team Up to Improve Students’ Skills
EdTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Apprenticeship programs and certifications give students the skills they need to thrive in the workplace.
EdTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Apprenticeship programs and certifications give students the skills they need to thrive in the workplace.
Digital Promise
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
Digital Promise has partnered with StoryCorps, a national non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world. At Digital Promise, we believe that nothing inspires, mobilizes, and builds capacity for change like stories. It’s our common practice to document the progress of districts, schools, educators, and students toward transforming teaching and learning and expanding oppo
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Edsurge
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
When Suparna Chatterjee was taking a graduate online course at New Mexico State University two years ago, she had to complete an ice-breaker activity where she was asked to create her own superhero. But Chatterjee, an international student from India, did not feel confident about the assignment, and thought it was Western-centric and focused on physical powers associated with attractive males.
EdTech4Beginners
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
Lego WeDo is a brilliant way to teach robotics! It is aimed at 6-8 year olds, but it can be adapted so it is suitable for both younger and older children. It teaches so many important skills: Problem solving. Computational thinking. Coding. Programming. Design thinking. Creativity. Watch my 2 minute video tutorial to see how to get going with this tech in your classroom: I’ve created a handy guide sheet to give you some ideas for its use with younger children.
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TeachThought - Learn better.
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
Technology Is Now As Much A Part Of Learning As Reading & Writing by Terry Heick iPads are the worst technology students will ever use. This was a useful idea I saw hanging for a moment in my twitter feed from Jamie Casap–useful in that it helped me see education technology as a principle rather […]. The post Technology Is Now As Much A Part Of Learning As Reading & Writing appeared first on TeachThought.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
November 22, 2017 For those of you who haven’t seen it yet,here is a handy visual featuring what we think are some of the best educational web tools for Bloom’ taxonomy. For each of Bloom’s thinking.read more.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Teacher Tech
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
Add a Video to a YouTube Playlist It would be hard to deny the impact that YouTube has had on our culture. I don’t know about your kids but my 5 kids are constantly learning things from watching YouTube. A video can be an excellent hook for learning. Create curiosity. As you troll YouTube and […]. The post YouTube: Add to Playlist appeared first on Teacher Tech.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
When MissionU emerged on the scene last year branding itself as an alternative to college, it ruffled feathers in higher education. The startup’s marketing pitch rightly pointed out that college debt was ballooning in the United States and that universities were failing to prepare the majority of Americans for the workforce. MissionU is just the latest addition to a growing lineup of startups bypassing universities and building curriculum directly endorsed by employers, following in the footst
Teacher Tech
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
Duplicate with Control D Rather than using Control C to copy and Control V to paste, try Control D to duplicate! Control D duplicates objects when drawing, for example in Google Slides or Google Drawing. If you are using Insert->Drawing into Google Docs, you can duplicate shapes in there as well. In Google Slides you […]. The post Control D – Duplicate appeared first on Teacher Tech.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
When it comes to sending large files , email providers are definitely out of consideration as they have strict limitations on file size. However, there are several other alternatives that facilitate.read more.
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.
MindShift
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
As I prepared to write this column, I relied on some pretty typical study techniques. First, as I’ve done since my student days, I generously highlighted key information in my background reading. Along the way, I took notes, many of them verbatim, which is a snap with digital copying and pasting. (Gotta love that command-C, command-V.) Then I reread my notes and highlights.
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
Some of the best things about an ed-tech conference are the sessions, where attendees learn about new tools and resources, trends, and teaching strategies. But you can’t make it to every session, and sometimes it’s hard to choose when each session is compelling and relevant to your educational needs. That’s where eSchool News can help. During the many conference we attend, our editorial team heard from real educators who shared real experiences in their classrooms and with students.
EdTechTeam
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
There has been a lot of discussion about screen time, iPad usage, traditional versus new teaching strategies. The debate really centers around the how and why implementing technology can help our students. Smartphones have been around for 10 years now, but in education, the shifts are vastly different within our classrooms. How do we use, integrate, and engage learning with the newest technology?
RafranzDavis.com
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
“Catch your bubble. Stand in a straight line.” by Braeden Carroll Last week our cohort of students began designing their making/coding engineering projects and as exciting as it was, we still had a moment of pause in which we thought that perhaps we needed to insert a little more control and guidance. …for the sake of time and because it would’ve been much easier.
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.
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
The generation in school now is the first generation raised entirely in the Age of Technology. They are digital natives, many of them using computers, smartphones, and other digital tools nearly from birth. As technology continues to grow and expand, so too will the ways we use it. This growth and expansion will impact the types of jobs that will be available in the next 10–20 years.
Adjusting Course
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
This year we're launching a new student podcast called, "Bookcast," and I couldn't be prouder of our kiddos. We've been doing podcasting projects with students for several years now, but Bookcast is a little different. It is unpolished, passion-based, and features all things literacy. (Initially, I struggled with the authentic and somewhat "unscripted" nature of the various components, but now I'm in love with how they emanate student creativity.
ProfHacker
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
Here in the United States, we are about to observe Thanksgiving, and the end of the semester is in sight for many of us! Here are 5 links to some interesting reads (plus a video). " Network Neutrality Can’t Fix the Internet ," by Ian Bogost. It makes sense to construe broadband and wireless providers as common carriers, like telephone companies and utilities.
EdTechSandyK
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
If you and your students have access to iPads, iPhones, or iPod Touches running iOS 11, you can now scan bar codes without having to install a QR code reader app! Just open the Camera app, point it at the QR code you want to read, and press the message that pops up on the screen to visit the website or file the code links to. It's that simple! I demonstrate how easy it is to use the iOS QR code reading function in the video below.
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The Innovative Educator
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the federal law most known for protecting people with disabilities from discrimination. It also gives them the right to a reasonable accommodation. This includes making all public-facing content accessible to them. In more and more places, this refers to website content as well. For example, as of 2016, New York City has local law 26.
Marketplace K-12
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
The check is a payment on $2.7 million Norman Shy owes to district after his conviction in a criminal scheme that involved kickbacks to 13 former school leaders. The post Payback of $1.5 Million for Detroit Schools Bilked in Kickback Scheme appeared first on Market Brief.
EdNews Daily
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
This is an op-ed written by Marcia Fervienza. First scenario: a child who is part of a stable and loving family of 5 goes through a massive loss at age 12. Her older sister decides to leave the family’s house in a stressful condition. Suddenly she stops being part of the family’s routines. At this stressful moment, the family offers psychological and emotional support to the 12-year-old.
Marketplace K-12
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
The school messaging app will partner with PBS LearningMedia, Quizlet, and other education companies to facilitate content sharing on the platform. The post ‘Share on Remind’ Feature Integrates Third-Party Content on Messaging Platform appeared first on Market Brief.
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.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
The question of how to measure success in life is one typically left to philosophy classes or late nights at the bar. It is a complex, perhaps unanswerable question. In the words of the cast of Rent, how do you measure a life? So it’s really a wonder that we consider the definition of success for personalized learning programs to be so simple. Can the success of any educational initiative be measured by academic achievement alone?
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