The CoolCatTeacher
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
Are You a Teacher Kids Can Tell? From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. When bad things happen – do kids have someone they trust? Are you that someone? It breaks my heart when today’s brave teenager Sarah Beeghley speaks out about her bouts with bullying. Now a high school senior, Sarah talks about the heartbreaking journey she experienced.
EdTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
By Wylie Wong A K–12 technology leader shares tips for deploying Microsoft’s long-awaited educational game.
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The CoolCatTeacher
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
Spotlight on Practical Everyday Teaching Problems From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. As a teacher, there are times many of us will substitute for our peers. Substitutes are fantastic professionals who do a tremendous service for schools. If you have some great substitute teachers, treat them well. But there are things you can do to help good substitute teachers be even better.
Neo LMS
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
2016 so far has been a very challenging year, yet also very rewarding. We should all be thankful for all the good things that happened, and hopeful that the next year we’ll witness even more of them. One very good thing of 2016 was that the ed tech world never stopped evolving, not even for a second. Educators around the world either discovered or got better at using technology in their instruction, for both K-12 and higher ed students.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
For decades, teachers have used videos in the classroom to share information. They communicate a message with audio, visual, motion, color, and spatial details, making videos much more effective than traditional approaches like reading from a text, lecturing, or showing a slideshow. As a result, students retain more information, understand concepts more rapidly, are more enthusiastic about what they are learning, and make new connections between curriculum topics and the world outside the classr
Education Elements
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
As a child growing up, my family didn’t take the traditional summer vacations. Instead, we had a boat named “Sadie”, which we sailed to different locations on Lake Ontario. During these sailing adventures, we experienced many unforgettable moments. I remember one such occasion during a cross-lake trip to Canada. We were roughly halfway across the lake.
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Edsurge
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
This coming week is Computer Science Education Week , an annual event dedicated to inspiring students to take an interest in computer science. It may start with an ‘ Hour of Code ’ in some schools, but the goal is to reach “Computer Science for ALL.” That means planning for more than a couple of programming exercises, and thinking deeper about how to create programs that teach computer science to every student.
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
Across the globe, teachers are continually asked to integrate technology into their curriculums to keep up with future-ready skills and in turn they complain that they need more professional development. District administrators then tend to incorporate four common mistakes in professional development programming. The problem is this: District leaders hear that teachers need more tech-based professional development when, in reality, the ask is much more nuanced: they are pleading with the educati
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
Deciding which tools to use in the classroom is no easy task. To make matters more complicated, there isn’t a perfect catalogue of every edtech product full with reviews, product details and exact specifications where school leaders can quickly enter their needs and poof! Out pops an optimal program. Instead, teachers and administrators must resort to a lesson many of us recall from Algebra I: trial and error.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
November 30 , 2016 A few days ago one of our readers here in EdTech and mLearning emailed us asking about suggestions on creating students certificates. Our best recommendation is this handy template.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.
ProfHacker
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
Many of us these days use a tablet for taking notes — and for a lot of us, that tablet is an iPad. We’ve explored some note-taking apps for the iPad before: Brian Croxall introduced us to Moleskine’s app: “ Taking Notes with the Moleskine App.”. Ian MacInnes offered suggestions about features to consider when choosing an app: “ Finding the Best iOS App for Annotation and Note-Taking.”.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
November 30, 2016 Venn Diagram Maker is a good web tool from Lucidchart that allows you to easily create and share Venn diagrams. The process is very simple and no software download is required.read more.
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
States are failing to effectively communicate essential information to families, educators, and communities about how their schools are doing, a new report finds. The report, Show Me the Data: State Report Cards Must Answer Questions and Inform Action , released today by the Data Quality Campaign (DQC), finds that states are not meeting basic expectations for producing report cards that are easy to access and understand for all community members.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
Photo: Tatiana Kolesnikova/Getty Images. The demand for making the learning experience responsive to every student’s individual learning needs is accelerating. Personalization is a growing focus for policy development, technology applications and educational marketing. The idea itself is not new. Benjamin Bloom understood the value of personalization in 1967, when his research showed over 90 percent of all students could learn at high levels when provided with instruction that effectively met
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.
EmergingEdTech
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
How it all Began: a Mom on a Mission When my daughter started preschool, I was thrilled. I couldn’t believe how quickly the time flew by that my daughter was now starting her educational journey. As. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
TeachThought - Learn better.
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
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Tech Helpful
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
I'm in an edtech conundrum. I've been looking at student and teacher standards posted by the leading educational technology society in the world (ISTE). While my edtechie heart says "Yes, finally!" my realistic teacher heart says "These are too technology centered to become widely accepted." It doesn't surprise me. The balance of what looks like edtech integration and what doesn't is a fine line I have been trying to interpret for years!
Fractus Learning
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
As a new principal managing your way through your first year, you should have one main goal: Building your credibility as the school leader. The quickest way to do this is not through regaling the staff with the high points of your resume. They care little about that. They want to know they can believe in you. Check out these three tips to get a jump start on building mutual trust.
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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
TeachThought - Learn better.
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
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The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
Ashley Sheils, coordinator of the Mississippi Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, says the campaign will expand its efforts to low-income communities. Photo: Imani Khayyam. JACKSON — For Mississippi’s third graders, the stakes for good performance on the reading test that can knock them out of timely promotion to fourth grade are now higher than ever.
MindShift
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
It’s common to hear people say, “I’m a visual learner,” but research doesn’t support the idea that learning styles like visual or auditory learning are inherent traits. That doesn’t mean learners don’t have preferences, but only one flawed study found that people actually learned better when information was presented in their preferred style.
IAD Learning
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
The term e-Learning Analytics (e-LA) refers to the set of techniques aimed to extract useful information from existing online education datasets. The final goals of E-Learning Analytics fall within one the following categories : Educational : Targeting to improve online education impact and student’s performance, such us: Reducing students’ drop outs.
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.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
Dave Miller, director of community engagement at the Goldring/Woldenburg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, says peer mediation helps many Jackson middle- and high-school students solve their problems and avoid violence. Photo: Imani Khayyam. Early one morning at Whitten Preparatory Middle School, students yawned and fidgeted in their stiff, wooden seats, clutching their hoodies and jackets.
TeachThought - Learn better.
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
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Educator Innovator
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
The Hour of Code, a global movement to introduce students to the fundamentals of computer science organized by Educator Innovator partner Code.org , takes place next week, December 5–11. Aimed at demystifying computer science and showing students that anyone can learn to code, the Hour of Code does not require any prior experience from students or teachers.
The Innovative Educator
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
You understand the important role technology plays in teaching and learning but want to make sure you are getting off to a good start. Whether you have been integrating tech for a while or you’re just getting started, it’s essential to ensure you have the foundation for success in your school or classroom. To do this, you must ensure your students are digitally literate and they understand what it means to be good citizen not only online, but also, f2f.
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.
EdTechTeam
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
Only dedicated professionals get up early on a Sunday morning to travel a potentially traffic-snarled distance in a downpour to attend an all day educational technology Bootcamp. And two weeks ago, a contingent of Jakarta Intercultural School (JIS) faculty and a similar number from British School Jakarta (BSJ) did exactly that, spending the day on the BSJ campus (thanks, Matt Harris!
Learning with 'e's
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
In my previous post I wrote that even though research shows lectures to be less than effective in helping students to learn, they still persist in higher education. I also promised to blog about some of the alternatives when it comes to teaching very large groups, and here it is. The key question is: What can replace the lecture? One of the first things to understand about teaching large groups is that they are made up of many individuals who are all just as anxious as each other to do well in t
The Electric Educator
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
Fellow Michigan educator Nick Provenzano (a.k.a. The Nerdy Teacher) and I agreed to a book swap this fall. I sent over a copy of my new book and he kindly sent me a copy of his! Your Starter Guide to Makerspaces is a quick and entertaining read. They don't call him "The Nerdy Teacher" for nothing! The book is full of obvious, and not so obvious nerdy humor (Star Wars, Superheros, He-man and more!
The Daring Librarian
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
At this time of the year when I reflect on being thankful, I want to share a simple thing you can do that will help you get through the hard times in teaching. With any profession, there are AWESOME days and there are DIFFICULT days. During those down days, it's good to have something to remind you why we do this thing called teaching, librarianship, & education.
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