Teacher Reboot Camp

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Anthippi Harou ( @AnthippiHarou ), a primary teacher in Greece, was the guest moderate of today’s #EdtechMissions chat about planning global collaboration projects. Anthippi and her students received recognition for completing their eTwinning global collaboration projects. Anthippi Harou shared tips and resources from these experiences. Anthippi shares her story in this post and also in my book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

As many people know I am originally from the Northeastern part of the United States. I was born and raised in New Jersey, where I also became a teacher and eventually a principal. After meeting my wife in 2002, I moved to Staten Island, NY and resided there for thirteen years. To be honest, I never thought I would leave that area of the country as my wife, and I had such strong roots there.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

I’m taking next week off. I’ll be preparing for my daughter’s holiday visit from her home in DC and my son who’s visiting from virtually from Okinawa Japan. I am so excited to see both of them! I’ll be back November 27th. Any emergencies–drop me a line at askatechteacher@gmail.com. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 15 years.

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

pI often read via social media about the importance of student centered, student-driven instruction. I wholeheartedly agree. My blog post is called User-Generated Education for a reason. I also believe one of the roles of an educator, in the context of maker education, is to scaffold learning experiences so the end result is students becoming self-determined learning.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Adoption of digital learning resources is taking hold in schools and districts across the United States. Public schools now provide at least one computer for every five students and spend more than $3 billion per year on digital content, according to Education Week. As momentum for digital learning builds, some districts—80 percent according to the 2017 Consortium for School Networking’s (CoSN) K12 IT Leadership Survey Report —are using open educational resources (OER), which the U.S.

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Teacher Tech

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Digital Worksheets Is this the right question? What is the depth and rigor of that worksheet? Why is it valuable enough to want to extend to a new platform? Google Forms I can’t think of much things worse than scrolling through a Google Doc looking for what kids answered on a line. Instead, have students […]. The post How Do I Make This Worksheet Digital?

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TeachThought - Learn better.

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Generation ‘Like’: When Students See Themselves As Digital First by Terry Heick Students that have more control than ever over their own identity have, unsurprisingly, lost control of that identity. Coldly, and as a matter of “settings,” they are able to dictate when, how, where, and by whom they are seen. Connectivity has closed the […].

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Educators know that engaging digital media is a surefire way to grab students’ attention. And using everyday topics students encounter in their personal lives is an even better way to engage them in learning. With a wealth of resources online, educators can find content that meets students where they’re comfortable learning, with interactive and engaging presentation.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Math learning can be so much fun especially when it is contextualized in circumstances that relate to our everyday life. When kids see the direct application of mathematical thinking in their actual.read more.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Megan Gross. Late one afternoon, while on shift at a group home for adults with developmental disabilities, I found Larry, one of the residents with Down syndrome, sitting alone at the kitchen table. He was nursing a Diet Pepsi after returning home from his adult day program, or “work” as he called it, though he typically spent his days in arts and crafts and other group activities.

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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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

November 19, 2017 Here is a collection of some good iPad apps that are free today and only for a limited period of time. Some of the things you can do with these apps include: write memos on a map,read more.

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The Principal of Change

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

In “ The Innovator’s Mindset ,” I use the following for the definition of “innovation”: For the purpose of this book, I’m defining innovation as a way of thinking that creates something new and better. Innovation can come from either “invention” (something totally new) or “iteration” (a change of something that already exists), but if it does not meet the idea of “new and better,” it is not innovative.

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EdTechSandyK

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

If you are familiar with Google Docs, you know that you can share documents with collaborators and that multiple people can edit a document at the same time. (If you aren't familiar with sharing and collaborating on documents, watch this well-done tutorial from GCF Learn Free. ) Sometimes, though, you just want to get input on something you've written or have a peer check it over for spelling, grammar, and punctuation mistakes.

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MiddleWeb

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Teaching truly is a never-ending job. You can’t stop time, but there are simple strategies to help you save time and decrease stress. Rita Platt offers 10 ideas to help put yourself in a teaching sweet spot instead of constantly struggling in a frantic survival zone.

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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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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Ed. note : App of the Week picks are now being curated by the editors of Common Sense Education , which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. Click here to read the full app review. Mind Yeti. What’s It Like?

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Innovative educators with students and families of diverse backgrounds use tech tools that can help overcome the language barrier. To follow are three tech tools teachers can use to facilitate conversations they have with students and families who are not fluent in English. These tools can support students in connecting with speakers of other languages. 1) Microsoft Translator Option 1: Educators can send messages in English The receiver will select in which language they would like to receive m

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

[ Editor’s note : This post is the second in a new column for eSchool News. In her column on ‘Personal Development’, eSchool News Columnist Jennifer Abrams focuses on tangible takeaways, tools and teachings that all those working in schools can use to develop their leadership. Read more about the column and browse future content here.]. Trust is a big word.

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Turning Learning On Its Head

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Recently, I had two fascinating conversations with two very disparate people who have made very different life choices. Their stories re-emphasized to me some deep principles about life. Both of these stories occurred while I was either traveling to or attending the 10th Ed Leadership Conference in Lucknow, India. The first story took place at Newark International airport.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Ed. note : Video of the Week picks are supplied by the editors of Common Sense Education , which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. Click here to watch the video at Common Sense Education. Video Description: Social media can pose risks to students’ privacy, but these risks can be managed with informed, intentional use.

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

3 Times the Charm? OR Spend $130 Bucks and Literally Give Kids the Power! I've discovered that the mix of the digital divide, possible turbulent home lives, and general teenage forgetfulness results in a loss of power. Yes, they usually admit that they fall asleep with their phone next to them and not plugged in. Shocker. It seems that some of my students who DO have devices (yes, there are still a lot who do NOT) show up to school with a low or no charge.

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EmergingEdTech

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Inspiring, informative, useful, or just plain fun tweets posted on Twitter over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers. This week in the wrap … have some fun this week. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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ASIDE

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

ASIDE 2017 Rarely does a moment emerge that highlights the enormous contributions to global activism that young people make every day. The WE Day UN celebration on Wednesday, September 20, 2017, was perhaps that moment. Rarely does a genuine opportunity emerge that promotes engagement and social justice on both micro and macro scales. The WE Movement as a whole may very well be that platform.

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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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NOVEMBER 19, 2017

This multimedia resource celebrates the history, art, and tradition of Native Americans both past and present.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

What do you want your life to look like? When you look back on it all at the end, what do you want to feel like you’ve accomplished? How do you want to have spent your time? What will be your legacy? Those are deep questions for sure, and most of us just don’t have the time or energy to try to answer them. It’s not because we don’t care.

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NeverEndingSearch

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

As a member of the AASL National Standards Implementation Taskforce, I was honored to take part in the rollout in Phoenix. Whether you were in Phoenix or were #NOTATAASL, you will need to get your arms around the Standards and share them with your colleagues or stakeholders, I’d like to highlight a few of my personal favorite National Standards getting-started resources.

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