EdTech Magazine

MARCH 2, 2017

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Are smartphone confiscation policies out? We’ve gathered some best practices from today’s educators.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 2, 2017

10MT | Superintendent Anael Alston Shares His Thoughts in Episode #24 for Thought Leader Thursday From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Dr. Anael Alston @ DrAAlston talks about common misconceptions that educators have about students in poverty. Born and raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn, Anael “Dr.

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Ditch That Textbook

MARCH 2, 2017

On Sunday, I was cleaning the kitchen. On hands and knees scrubbing the floor, to be more specific. (Yep, I’m that guy, and that’s OK with me, You know what they say: happy wife, happy life!) All of a sudden, mid-scrub, I thought, “Where are my kids and what are they up to?” I have [.].

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Neo LMS

MARCH 2, 2017

I have a riddle for you: What do Sancho Panza, Dr. Watson, Robin and Artificial Intelligence all have in common? Well, they all came to existence thanks to the creative minds of people, right? OK, what else? The real answer to this question is that they are all sidekicks. The first three are really famous ones, but AI is rather new to this game, so give it a little time, will you?

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

MARCH 2, 2017

Deep research and development helped startup Listenwise create a unique multiple choice, auto-graded quiz to assess listening skills. The post Ready, Set, Listen, Launch a New Product appeared first on Market Brief.

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Educational Technology Guy

MARCH 2, 2017

PDF , or Portable Document Format, files are ubiquitous these days. The format is a great way to share files since every operating system, including mobile devices, has free software available to read the files. Creating these files, manipulating them, marking them up, editing them, and converting them to other formats are all needed activities for many people.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 2, 2017

March 3, 2017 CloudConvert is an excellent converter to use for converting almost anything you want. We have tried several converting utilities in the past and this one stands out from the.read more.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2017

This isn’t your alma mater’s old note home. One of the trickiest challenges when redesigning a school or district may be one that many leaders all too often put on the back burner—namely, creating buy-in, both from teachers and from families. In the case of Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) , when the district began a huge leap to personalized learning, its leaders consciously began designing a communications strategy to bring together students, teachers and families.

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2017

[ Editor’s note : This post by Alan November, written exclusively for eSchool Media, is part of a series of upcoming articles by this notable education thought leader. Check back later this month for the next must-read post!]. Have you ever taught a lesson really, really well—but not all of your students got it right on the test? Or, as a student, were you ever surprised that you completely blew a question on a test?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 2, 2017

March 2, 2017 Chrome App Store is teeming with tons of interesting applications that can help you in your instruction. We have gone through the piles there and selected for you this collection.read more.

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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

MARCH 2, 2017

Gone are the days of one-size-fits-all education. Today, forward-thinking school leaders know that leveraging powerful learning technology can help all students excel and learn to work collaboratively with peers–even if that student is homebound due to chronic illness. In Maryland’s Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS), a team of educators worked to secure telepresence robots for sick and homebound students after seeing the robots demonstrated at a conference.

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Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

MARCH 2, 2017

It is very risky to choose not to take risks. Thought 1. You can’t look at averages when everyone isn’t moving. When some people are doing amazing things and others have done nothing new, measuring the average tells us absolutely nothing. Everyone needs to be moving in the right direction, and when someone is standing still, it doesn’t matter where the average is, the fact is we are not doing as well as we think.

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 2, 2017

Looking for a unique way to engage students in math? Encourage your students to enter this year’s K-12 Game-a-thon challenge. In this national challenge, students will design, build, and share a game that features creative and unusual solutions to mathematical problems. Game-a-thon helps students explore math outside of the traditional classroom environment and allows for a whole lot of fun!

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 2, 2017

The post 25 Simple Ways To Develop A Growth Mindset appeared first on TeachThought.

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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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My Paperless Classroom

MARCH 2, 2017

Explain Everything is a multi-platform application that allows teachers the ability to create dynamic learning content for their students. Many have called it the "Swiss Army Knife" of your edtech tech toolbox. The post How can every teacher K-12 use @ExplainEverything in their classrooms? appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.

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ProfHacker

MARCH 2, 2017

The ubiquitous tenure binder, serving as documentation of one’s academic endeavors, is gradually being replaced by digital processes that involve significantly fewer hours spent on printing and copying. If your university has recently switched over to a digital system, or if you’ve just started at an institution with a digital materials submissions process, you’re probably in a position where you’ve got a lot of papers and files sitting around in need of scanning and orga

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Teacher Tech

MARCH 2, 2017

Google Classroom: Students, Easily Find Your Work When a student joins Google Classroom a folder is created in Google Drive named “Classroom.” Within this folder is a folder for each class. All of the students work for that class is in the class folder in Google Drive. Easily Find Work To find all of their […]. The post Google Classroom: Students, Easily Find Your Work appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 2, 2017

March 2, 2017 Learning a new language on Android? The apps below have you covered. These are some of the most popular language learning apps in Google Plays App Store. They support several languages.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 2, 2017

The post 8 Ways To Get Creative With Chromebooks appeared first on TeachThought.

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Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 2, 2017

If we’re honest, most edtech companies focus on acquiring larger schools and districts with a great breadth of influence. It’s not unusual for smaller schools and districts to get the impression that products and services aren’t tailored to meet their specific needs. Safety-focused K-12 products and solutions are just as important for rural communities with fewer students as they are for larger urban communities.

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The Principal of Change

MARCH 2, 2017

Think about this question and answer honestly. Do you ever check your Facebook at work? Personal text messages? Something online that is not work related? If you answered “yes” (which if most adults reading this were honest, they would probably say yes), do you feel bad about it? Is there a little bit of guilt? Probably. Now think of this question.

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techieMusings

MARCH 2, 2017

I wanted to highlight some of my takeaways from my first full day here at the NAIS Annual Conference. Onaje X.O. Woodbine delivered a powerful opening keynote, speaking on the power & perils of athletics in our independent school communities today. Woodbine tells us that these young students are looking to basketball to make sense of their lives, situation, deaths of friends &loved ones [link]. — Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) March 2, 2017.

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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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Fractus Learning

MARCH 2, 2017

Gaming is for everyone. There is a gaming computer out there to suit everyone too. Whether you’re a toddler or an adult, studies suggest that gaming improves basic skills like problem solving, memory and decision making. It has also been proven to increase literary, social and executive skills, and reduce impulsiveness and increase mental flexibility.

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Learning With Lucie

MARCH 2, 2017

This week I am leading a dozens of members of my Educational Technology Leadership class into a new venture for most -- participating in a Global Conversation about Innovation through the second #IMMOOC around George Couros' book Innovator Mindset. Since I've never lead anyone into anything I was not willing to do myself, I too will be participating as a member of the second #immooc.

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The Innovative Educator

MARCH 2, 2017

Have you gone live yet? Whether you have or have not "yet" we invite you to share and learn ways educators are using the go live feature on Facebook and Twitter to celebrate success, student work, and learning. You can j oin us for our 11th monthly Twitter chat at 6:00 pm ET on Thursday, March 2nd. #NYCSchoolTech teacher Eileen Lennon moderates with me throwing in my two cents.

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District Administration

MARCH 2, 2017

RtI: Stored! uses color-coded levels of support, date-stamped timelines and accountability measures to track intervention efforts DA Custom Publishing District Administration, March 2017 Janna Payne Sells remembers well “the crate”—a 75-pound behemoth crammed with 200-plus folders she needed to review as instructional facilitator for an inner-city, dual-immersion, Title I elementary school. .

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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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MiddleWeb

MARCH 2, 2017

In "The Writing on the Classroom Wall" teacher Steve Wyborney shows us how to increase student ownership and motivation and help kids become life-long learners by a process of sharing and considering 24 Big Ideas. Laura Von Staden recommends the book highly.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 2, 2017

Our 2016 Computing and ICT Specialist graduates Ever wonder what your former students are doing right now? Of course you do. If you're a teacher, you will take pride in your students and their achievements. Most of mine have trained to be primary educators, and go on to change lives and make lives in their teaching careers. It's great to keep in touch with them via social media to see how they are doing.

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MiddleWeb

MARCH 2, 2017

Content area teachers can access easy-to-use lessons and mentor texts to strengthen students' writing in Nancy Steineke and Harvey “Smokey” Daniels' resource book. Teacher Linda Biondi describes the detailed, teacher-friendly format for lessons lasting 10 to 40 minutes.

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techlearning

MARCH 2, 2017

Immediate feedback and breadth a major plus, despite emphasis on drills.

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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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