Teacher Reboot Camp
AUGUST 3, 2017
“How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top.” – Yvon Chouinard. Digital portfolios are one of the most powerful ways my students take ownership of their learning and reflect on their learning journeys. Digital portfolios help students set, track, and achieve their academic learning goals. Check out several of my students’ reflective portfolios here.
Ditch That Textbook
AUGUST 3, 2017
Most of my teachers gave me homework as a student. Most of the teachers in my building assigned homework when I started teaching. I just assumed I was supposed to give homework. Teachers have been doing it for all these years, I reasoned. It must be a proven best practice to improve student learning. So, as [.].
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Neo LMS
AUGUST 3, 2017
Online learning is a terrific way to create stimulating learning environments for students. The variety of resources that can be included and the self-directed mode of learning encourages curiosity and affords a sense of educational freedom that turns one-directional F2F learning into a multi-directional dialogue that enables more ambitious learning goals.
EdTech Magazine
AUGUST 3, 2017
By Katrina Keene Technology is forcing education leaders to rethink everything from floor plans to curriculum.
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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.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
AUGUST 3, 2017
August 3, 2017 Apple’s Apps in The Classroom guide features a number of interesting criteria to help teachers evaluate apps to use with their students. The following visual capture some of the.read more.
Edsurge
AUGUST 3, 2017
This article is part of a series on the future of coding bootcamps. Coding boot camps were supposed to be the next big thing in higher education, promising a compressed, career-focused alternative to traditional graduate school. In the past five years, startups offering these programs have raised millions in investment and won praise from policymakers as an innovative way to prepare (or retrain) workers for the jobs of the digital future.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
eSchool News
AUGUST 3, 2017
For the majority of US families, public education is the only option for their child’s education. But the quality of public school systems varies widely from state to state and is often a question of funding. Public elementary and secondary education dollars traditionally flow from three sources: the federal, state (state governments contributing nearly half of public-school funding) and local governments.
Edsurge
AUGUST 3, 2017
This summer has seen two prominent coding bootcamps close because they couldn’t make their business models work. Meanwhile, a major provider of free online educational resources for those learning to code announced new paid options that company leaders hope will make its business sustainable. Codecademy aced the first part of the Silicon Valley playbook, which says to first attract masses of users.
TeachThought - Learn better.
AUGUST 3, 2017
The post Psychologist: Children Need Structure More Than Warmth appeared first on TeachThought.
eSchool News
AUGUST 3, 2017
When charter schools do well, they often have a lot to brag about. The best-performing charters boast of well-behaved students who earn top grades, high scores on standardized tests, and astonishing college-acceptance rates compared to neighboring district schools. Charter school critics, however, attribute many of these gains to the practice of cherry-picking students.
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.
My Paperless Classroom
AUGUST 3, 2017
Eduporium is an "Amazon.com-like" Market place where teachers can find not only the products and engaging lesson plans for STEM and Makerspaces. The post Learn why schools are turning to @Eduporium for their #STEM and #MAKERSPACE Purchases this year! appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.
Adjusting Course
AUGUST 3, 2017
I remember being a kid in elementary school (and middle school too, if I'm being honest) and getting really excited each time our local police officers drove through the neighborhood giving out football cards to my friends and me. It was a really neat way to connect; especially since I loved collecting things like trading cards. Fast forward 30+ years and I haven't forgotten how those conversations and collecting those cards made me feel.
MindShift
AUGUST 3, 2017
There’s very little research on how to effectively teach writing and few pre-service teachers explicitly learn how to teach it in credentialing programs. And yet good writing has become a central skill for most subject areas, including math and science, where teachers are now asking students to explain their thinking. Many teachers use model texts and writing assignments rooted in students’ lived experiences to give kids practice writing.
EmergingEdTech
AUGUST 3, 2017
Image Source Communicating information visually can remix a text-heavy class, catch students’ eyes, and cater to visual learners’ preferences. Below, we have pulled four websites both students and. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
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.
MiddleWeb
AUGUST 3, 2017
After building a theoretical groundwork for social justice education, Caldwell and Frame organize their book around the constructs of gender, race, and class. Each section includes a bank of relevant lesson plans, activities, and videos, says teacher Amy Estersohn.
EdTechTeam
AUGUST 3, 2017
I was in the middle of reading Social LEADia by Jennifer Casa-Todd when I heard my sister ask Fiona, my nine-year-old niece, to make a list of the books she had read so far this summer. Instead of a paper list, I thought this was a perfect opportunity to teach her how to use Google Slides , YouTube and to discuss the positive use of social media. Before getting started, we talked about digital footprints and how this use of technology and social media could help others.
The Innovative Educator
AUGUST 3, 2017
Join us tonight to discuss and reflect on what you’ve learned this summer and how you will bring it into your classroom this year. #NYCSchoolTech teacher Eileen Lennon (@eileen_lennon) moderates with me throwing in my two cents. You can prepare for the conversation by thinking about answers to these questions: Q1 Share an activity (w/link) you did this summer that renewed your passion for teaching.
MiddleWeb
AUGUST 3, 2017
School Culture Recharged is a good mix of philosophy, research, and practical strategy. Rita Platt recommends that "school and district leaders read it to get a handle on the what's, how's, and why's of developing school cultures that help bring about success for all.".
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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
Edsurge
AUGUST 3, 2017
Education research is about to pick up its clock speed. When people talk about the “gold standard” of research, the name SRI International often comes up. Now they will have to add Digital Promise to that list. Nonprofit Digital Promise said today that two of education’s leading researchers, Dr. Barbara Means and Dr. Jeremy Roschelle, who had co-directed the Center for Technology in Learning at SRI, are joining Digital Promise.
MiddleWeb
AUGUST 3, 2017
In the 2nd edition of Mentor Texts, Lynne Dorfman and Rose Cappelli help put a gradual-release focus on purposeful planning, finding stories to engage young readers, and using the book's readings to support strong writing by students, says Erin Corrigan-Smith.
The CoolCatTeacher
AUGUST 3, 2017
Episode 119 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today Thomas C. Murray @thomascmurray is the 2017 US “Thought Leader of the Year” and shares what actually works in edtech. In this podcast, Tom shares the research and highlights, some of which are included in the book Learning Transformed that he co-authored with Eric Sheninger. ( Enter the book giveaway contest.).
The Cornerstone for Teachers
AUGUST 3, 2017
Carol Dweck’s research on the power of mindset in learning has shown us that people aren’t necessarily “born smart” but rather, they become smarter because of effort, practice, hard work, and persistence. The belief that such growth is possible is known as having a growth mindset, and the concept has made waves in classrooms across the country with many positive results. .
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.
Digital Promise
AUGUST 3, 2017
Members of the League of Innovative Schools ’ Data Interoperability working group define data interoperability as the seamless, secure, and controlled exchange of data between applications. And, believe it or not, it keeps League district leaders up at night. In a recent survey, this working group of some of the nation’s top Chief Technology Officers and data administrators shared their insights on the state of data interoperability in their districts.
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