Ed Tech from the Ground Up
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
The co-founder of Swing Education says startups should prioritize shared values and look for confident decision makers when recruiting new employees. The post 4 Principles of Early-Stage Ed-Tech Startup Hiring appeared first on Market Brief.
EdNews Daily
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
By Kelly Bielefeld. One of our primary responsibilities as modern educators is to develop students’ critical thinking and problem-solving skills so they’ll be able to adapt to the future labor market, which will include jobs that haven’t even been conceived of yet. In order to do that, we need to ensure that students regularly operate at the deepest levels of learning: analyzing, breaking things down, making connections, evaluating different situations, etc.
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The CoolCatTeacher
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter As we lay out our rooms and organize our spaces, we can make our learning environments more positive spaces to interact, collaborate and work together. Today Kevin Stoller gives us ideas to make our learning environments more positive places to interact. Sponsor: The U.S.
EdTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
Keep Wi-Fi 6 in Mind When Planning Network Upgrades. marquita.brown_tC0Z. Wed, 11/06/2019 - 14:58. The next generation of Wi-Fi is on the horizon, with big implications for K–12 education. It’s designed for high-density environments — such as auditoriums, gyms or large classrooms — but can put on a strain on current networks. Here’s what you need to know. .
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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.
EdTech4Beginners
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
In an increasingly digital age, adults aren’t the only ones affected by technology. Digital media has a tremendous impact on young minds — in fact, it’s transforming the education system itself. Gone are the chalkboards and allergy-inducing erasers of old classrooms. Now the walls are studded with touch-sensitive smartboards. High-tech projectors hang from the ceilings.
EdNews Daily
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of profiles about the men and women who are creating today’s EdTech companies. By Kenna McHugh. Since its inception over 33 years ago, Reading Horizons focus is building the awareness of their educational products that center on the Reading Horizons Method. The method teaches children to read by providing training and direction instruction materials for teachers and individualized software instruction for students.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
EdNews Daily
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
By Tamara Fyke. In order to further our conversation about SEL and EdTech, I am building on the three strategies featured in “ How Can SEL & EdTech Work Together “: Three strategies for using technology to support social-emotional skill development : Have the conversations – Use and define a common language for social-emotional learning and make explicit connections to EdTech systems and projects.
Educational Technology Guy
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
Actively Learn is an excellent resource for teachers and students, providing middle and high school teachers in ELA, Science and Social Studies, resources to help their students. Resources include interactive text to help reading comprehension, videos and simulations from PhET. Here are two overview videos as well: Teacher overview video Student overview video It offers a searchable catalog of thousands of free assignments with embedded media, standards-aligned questions, scaffolding notes, and
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
EdSurge is joining the ranks of nonprofit newsrooms. Today the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) announced that it has agreed to acquire EdSurge, in a move that leaders of both organizations say will provide a stronger financial base to continue to produce EdSurge’s journalism, research and other services about the intersection of technology and education.
Educational Technology Guy
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
PBLWorks Introduces PBL School Leader Networks - a Support Program for Schools Implementing Project Based Learning First two cohorts will launch in Los Angeles and Massachusetts PBLWorks, the leading provider of professional development for high-quality Project Based Learning , has launched PBL School Leader Networks —two-year training programs that bring principals and their school leadership teams together to support the implementation of high-quality Project Based Learning at their schools, a
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.
Adjusting Course
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
Sometimes I write to reflect and other times I write to share an idea. Today is different. Today I'm writing to dialogue about something I saw on social media recently. Last week, Donnalyn Miller shared something that caught my attention. She prefaced her post by acknowledging it might be an "unpopular opinion of the day." She went on to explain, " if somebody online asks for a book recommendation and all you can come up with is a book that was written 20-50 years ago, you should pro
TeachThought - Learn better.
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
While screen time certainly matters, focusing only on time is like developing a literacy program that focuses only on 'minutes read.'. The post Why Worrying About Screen Time Might Be The Wrong Approach appeared first on TeachThought.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
Chinle High senior Cooper Burbank shooting hoops with his younger brother. Burbank hopes to get bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering. Photo courtesy of Caitlin O’Hara. Nachae Nez is a basketball star at the largest high school on the Navajo Nation, 17.5 million acres sprawling across parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. He lives in a trailer next to his two grandmothers and earns grades good enough for a four-year college.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
The Internet and web technologies have radically transformed the concept of learning. They have empowered users with the necessary tools to take control of their own learning and as a result.
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.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
The problem with tests is that you’re expected to know the answers. I know that sounds strange. But through my long and at times painful education, I’ve come to some conclusions about how many of us learn, and it boils down to this: It’s a lot better, and more fun, to come up with a solution — to figure something out — than just to know which answer choice to select.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
PDFs are one of the major document formats we deal with in our daily work as teachers and educators. Besides their readability and user friendliness, PDFs, compared to other document formats, has.
The Innovative Educator
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
All government agencies must have accessible websites. This means all public schools or schools who receive federal funding must have accessible websites. The United States Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights has agreements with various school districts to help ensure institutions provide content that is accessible to everyone including people with disabilities and those who speak languages other than English.
Fractus Learning
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
Test Anxiety – How To Help Our Kids Manage While very few people actually like taking timed tests, the experience is much worse for some. It’s been estimated that approximately 30% of people experience a least […].
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Managing a K-12 campus with constant pressure to meet performance metrics is challenging. And tardiness can significantly limit a school from reaching these goals. Learn more about why chronic lateness matters, and key strategies to address the following impacts: Data errors caused by manual processes Low attendance and graduation rates that affect a school’s reputation Classroom disruption, which leads to poor academic performance High staff attrition and “The Teacher Exodus” Unmet LCAP goals t
MiddleWeb
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
Teaching is hard work, but we should always be thinking about what we can do to get better at our craft, writes teacher and department chair Jeremy Hyler. Sometimes that means having difficult but crucial conversations with colleagues who need to make a greater commitment.
Marketplace K-12
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
The International Society for Technology in Education, or ISTE, is acquiring ed-tech news organization EdSurge. The post ISTE Acquires EdSurge, in Pairing of Event- and News-Focused Ed-Tech Organizations appeared first on Market Brief.
ExcelinEd
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street? I want to be there on November 10 to celebrate 50 years of impactful educational programming on television’s longest-running children’s show. For many of us, Sesame Street was our first and only foray into educational programming. Producers and researchers collaborated, steeping the show in the science of early childhood development and behavioral psychology.
MindShift
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
Childhood trauma causes serious health repercussions throughout life and is a public health issue that calls for concerted prevention efforts. That’s the takeaway of a report published Tuesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experiencing traumatic things as a child puts you at risk for lifelong health effects, according to a body of research.
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.
techlearning
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
SchoolTube allows teachers to control the content that students are viewing by removing distracting advertising.
Turnitin
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
A message from Chief Product Officer, Valerie Schreiner, on the exciting developments ahead for Turnitin.
Learning with 'e's
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
Photo by Steve Wheeler Sat in a fish restaurant tonight, I noticed this tank full of lobsters beside my table. I couldnt miss it really. Throughout my entire meal, two of the lobsters continuously and aggressively fought and barged for supremacy. They never stopped. But the contest was futile. All they managed to achieve was some churned up sand, water and plenty of bubbles.
Turnitin
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
A message from Chief Product Officer, Valerie Schreiner, on the exciting developments ahead for Turnitin.
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.
techlearning
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
FETC has announced a partnership with Future Ready Schools
Waterford
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
Stanford University recently published a study based on over 300 million test scores across 11,000 different school districts in grades three to eight—the largest directory of student test scores that has ever been published. The purpose of this study was to determine how educators can best improve educational opportunity for all children, particularly low socioeconomic status (SES) and marginalized students.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
The university is often portrayed as a place where young men and women loaf freely on a soft, grassy quad under a noble bell tower. Lecture halls and dormitories circle them, busy with faculty members and students coming and going on campus. Hovering over this idyllic image is the online campus, where students rarely, if ever, set foot on manicured lawns.
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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