EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 11, 2016
By Wylie Wong After getting a lesson in basic programming skills, governors discuss how the experience shapes their attitudes about technology and computer science education in their states.
The CoolCatTeacher
OCTOBER 11, 2016
A Candid Conversation with Jon Bergmann From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Make videos for students. They can watch them in class or for homework. Then, spend your time in class helping students. Reduce or almost eliminate lecture. Students can stop and start the videos as they wish. They go at their own pace.
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EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 11, 2016
By Calvin Hennick Getting input before purchasing devices clears a path to technology that supports curriculum and instruction.
Ed Tech from the Ground Up
OCTOBER 11, 2016
Before we became “entrepreneurs” we were speech language pathologists each with our own successful practice. In 2012 we decided to try our hand at creating speech language apps and technology for students, but we needed to keep our practices open to pay the mortgage and the bills. In addition, we bootstrapped our new venture. Being entrepreneurs who juggle two jobs can work with some planning and tech tools.
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EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 11, 2016
By Heather B. Hayes Districts share tips for setting up the IT framework necessary to support individualized instruction.
EdTech4Beginners
OCTOBER 11, 2016
Science week is coming up at my school and the students have to make a video of an investigation / experiment. I wanted my class to have the edge, so I showed them these brilliant tech tools to help them along the way! 1) Magisto. Magisto is such an amazing app; it intuitively knows what to do with your videos and photos. The app suggests themes and special effects too. 2) Animoto.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 11, 2016
In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to so many daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: #151–8 Popular Year-long Assessments.
Education Elements
OCTOBER 11, 2016
Do students deserve personalized learning? Working at Education Elements, where we build and support dynamic school systems that meet the needs of every learner, I’m often quick to answer with a resounding, “Yes!”. It’s hard not to. The narrative of personalized learning is compelling. Why wouldn’t students be better served when recognized as individuals with unique needs, talents and perspectives?
Edsurge
OCTOBER 11, 2016
We’re about a third of the way into the school year and we know what that means: The dread of parent teacher conferences! Well, okay, not dread. But conferences would not make it on my Top Ten Reasons I Like to Teach list. the traditional parent teacher conference as it once was is both redundant and outdated. Why? Too often we find ourselves repeating the same old feedback: “This is the grade.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
OCTOBER 11, 2016
Adding some variety to your teaching content can positively impact students learning and comprehension. Web 2.0 technologies empower teachers with various educational tools and apps to create.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.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 11, 2016
Everything that we do at EdSurge—covering the news, building out research reports, developing the edtech Index and, most recently, building out our Concierge program —is aimed at helping schools figure out what the right technology is for their students and teachers. This week, in partnership with LinkedIn, we're launching a short, free course on choosing the right technology.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
OCTOBER 11, 2016
The massive embrace of technology in education has radically transformed teaching pedagogy giving birth to some new instructional approaches that were, to the very recent past, unheard of. It has.read more.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 11, 2016
This is the first in a series of articles chronicling how education leaders across the country understand the assumptions built into edtech products. The data below comes from the Ed Leaders workshop at the Austin Tech For Schools Summits. Subsequent articles will incorporate data from upcoming Summits across the country. Assumptions are powerful forces.
eSchool News
OCTOBER 11, 2016
Tim Shumway teaches high school classes from the second floor of his Anchorage home, where he has three computer screens set up on his desk so he can talk to his students, who sit in three separate classrooms, all more than 100 miles away. As part of the district’s high school schedule, Shumway holds world literature class for four weeks; then his students take a two-week break, which they spend in hands-on elective courses, like coding and welding, before returning to the core classes for
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.
ProfHacker
OCTOBER 11, 2016
One evening last week, while watching hockey (HOCKEY IS BACK) and scrolling though twitter, I noticed a hashtag that had started to trend: #HowTwitterHasChangedMyLife. Of course, the hashtag was filled with funny and nonsensical, and more than a little sarcastic, tweets, but if it’s crossing my field of vision, it means those associated with higher education have discovered it.
EmergingEdTech
OCTOBER 11, 2016
Gamification allows us to enhance our knowledge and enhance our basic soft skills like multi-tasking, collaborating, creative thinking and committing to a goal. In 2002, the word gamification was. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 11, 2016
Cal students in the Doe Library at UC Berkeley on Friday, April 10, 2015. Photo: Alison Yin. College students in Rhode Island will save a collective $5 million a year if a plan to replace traditional textbooks with free materials is effective. The plan, announced by Gov. Gina M. Raimondo earlier this month, is among a growing number of attempts to encourage college professors to turn to free, open-licensed materials.
eSchool News
OCTOBER 11, 2016
The city of Syracuse’s public educational system, and its long-term economic health, are nearing a tipping point. According to a recent study by the Century Foundation, Syracuse has the highest rate of extreme poverty concentrated among blacks and Hispanics of the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan areas. Like many other urban school systems, Syracuse City School District (SCSD) , where I serve as chief academic officer, has faced a number of challenges: Retaining teachers past their third
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Teacher Tech
OCTOBER 11, 2016
Google Forms: Review Individual Student Answers When students submit information to a Google Form, the data is collected in the Form. If you create a spreadsheet, a COPY of the responses are sent to the spreadsheet. Individual responses can be reviewed in the Google Form. Response Tab When editing a Form there are 2 tabs. […]. The post Google Forms: Review Individual Student Answers appeared first on Teacher Tech.
MiddleWeb
OCTOBER 11, 2016
In the classroom, writes author and teaching expert Barbara Blackburn, students are influenced by three things they observe: the teacher as role model; the physical environment; and other role models teachers introduce. Good tips for new and preservice educators.
Teacher Tech
OCTOBER 11, 2016
Do You Want the Research Pane Back? Recently Google Docs has replaced “Research” in Google Docs with “Explore.” I have heard from several educators who are upset about the removal of “Research.” Note that the new “Explore” tool also allows you to do a Google Search within the Google Doc. Survey If you used the […].
EdTechTeam
OCTOBER 11, 2016
Guide your Google Chrome experience with Chrome Icons 1. Chrome Menu The Chrome menu is located at the top right of your Chrome navigator just below the tab bar. Look for the three round dots. Use this menu to access to your bookmarks, settings, extensions, downloads, history and more. 2. Bookmark You can bookmark webpages by selecting the star with the grey outline located inside of the omnibox on the far right.
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.
Fractus Learning
OCTOBER 11, 2016
It was about twelve years ago at the La Habra Kid’s Museum. Locals probably know the reference, but for those that don’t, the place is an eclectic collection of hands-on this and that. When you first walk in, it gives off this vibe as if you’ve entered some storage warehouse reminiscent of long past church rummage sales. But it doesn’t disappoint—they found that sweet spot.
Reading By Example
OCTOBER 11, 2016
In a blog post for Nerdy Book Club , I quietly posed this question. I hear and see the title “Lead Learner” thrown out as a better way to describe the principalship. I appreciate the idea, as it seems to have good intentions, that we should all be about learning. A nice article in one of last year’s ASCD Education Update describes how two principals live out this title in their current roles.
Turning Learning On Its Head
OCTOBER 11, 2016
Jon had a chance to talk with Flipped Learning Global Ambassador Brian Gervase who has flipped his high school math classes for years. He then moved to a flipped-mastery class and now works with teachers to help them innovate their classrooms. Listen in to his fascinating journey. Jon had a chance to talk with Flipped Learning Global Ambassador Brian Gervase who has flipped his high school math classes for years.
Reading By Example
OCTOBER 11, 2016
In a blog post for Nerdy Book Club , I quietly posed this question. I hear and see the title “Lead Learner” thrown out as a better way to describe the principalship. I appreciate the idea, as it seems to have good intentions, that we should all be about learning. A nice article in one of last year’s ASCD Education Update describes how two principals live out this title in their current roles.
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.
MiddleWeb
OCTOBER 11, 2016
Can Halloween be fun when candy gives way to cogitation? Looks that way from the resource collection we’ve conjured up for this holiday season.
TeachThought - Learn better.
OCTOBER 11, 2016
The post Why Every Student Should Be A Nerd appeared first on TeachThought.
Shake Up Learning
OCTOBER 11, 2016
The post Keeping Up with Google: The One Blog to Rule Them All! appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Google Launches Keyword Blog for All Things Google. With all of the updates and announcements from Google over the past few weeks, you may have missed this gem. Google has a launched a brand new blog, Keyword ; that aggregates the blog feeds from all of their other products and services.
Turning Learning On Its Head
OCTOBER 11, 2016
Jon was interviewed by Vicki Davis on her popular show, Every Classroom Matters. Vicki is better known as the “Cool Cat Teacher. ” She practices an “In-Flip” method and they had a great conversation. Follow her on twitter @coolcatteacher or go to her website CoolCatTeacher.com. Jon was interviewed by Vicki Davis on her popular show, Every Classroom Matters.
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