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New Year Resolution: Trim the Fat on Your Lessons

Catlin Tucker

For many, the new year inspires new resolve to move more, eat better, and shed excess weight. I have never been a big fan of drastic new year resolutions, but this year I began to think about how teachers can trim the metaphorical fat on their lessons. What changes could educators make this year that would improve their lessons and maximize their time with students?

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What I’ve Learned From Training for a Half Marathon

The CoolCatTeacher

Heading towards a half marathon at the end of February From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter My tracking calendar. The longer the run, the bigger the princess sticker! Pursuing habits can be a challenge. Habits aren’t easy things to start or continue. But there are ways. At the encouragement of my sisters, since June, I’ve been training for a Disney Princess 10K/Half Marathon.

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10 Hits and 10 Misses for 2019

Ask a Tech Teacher

Since we at Ask a Tech Teacher started this blog eight years ago, we’ve had almost 5.1 million views from visitors (about 10,000 follow us) to the 2,184 articles on integrating technology into the classroom. This includes tech tips, website/app reviews, tech-in-ed pedagogy, how-tos, videos, and more. We have regular features like: Weekly Websites and Tech Tips ( sign up for the newsletter ).

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Visions of a Cutting-Edge Future With Verizon Innovative Learning Schools

Digital Promise

Rollout is an exciting time for the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools community, as students receive their devices for the school year. Rollout also marks the beginning of a journey for the 52 Cohort 6 schools that will be able to embark on new learning opportunities that are not possible without technology. The Verizon Innovative Learning Schools initiative—made possible by a partnership between Digital Promise and Verizon—works to bridge the Digital Learning Gap by equipping every student an

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

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.

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State-Sanctioned Esports Events Are on the Rise. Here’s Why It Matters

EdTech Magazine

Competitive esports leagues exploded in K–12 schools in recent years. The esports market became a $1 billion industry this year. Colleges dole out more than $17 million in esports scholarships for students. More people watched the 2019 North America League of Legends World Final than the Super Bowl, according to CNBC. . Amid all that growth, another significant trend emerged: More state high school athletic associations are sanctioning esports programs. .

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STUDENT VOICE: Black boys need the guidance and mentorship of black male teachers

The Hechinger Report

During my sophomore year of high school, I experienced something completely unprecedented and, until that year, I hadn’t realized how vital it was to my self-esteem, self-identification and self-growth. I finally had a teacher who looked like me. I finally would see the face of another black woman every day. That school year, I reached new levels of academic achievement that I did not know were possible and applied myself more than ever.

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Simplify Your Instructional Procurement Process [Infographic]

Edsurge

Too much time, effort and money are spent on curriculum selection in its traditional form. Yet the consequences of getting it wrong are far too great to leave to chance. Here’s some helpful advice to take the guess work and complexity out of your instructional procurement process. Click here to view and download the full infographic.

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CoSN2020: Annual Event Focuses on Breakthrough Mindsets

EdTech Magazine

When developing this year’s theme for the annual conference of the Consortium for School Networking , we decided to build the event around changing mindsets. Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. One key shift is that educational technology leaders need to adopt a more strategic focus instead of a break/fix approach.

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Travel the Globe With These 50 International Education Technology Events in 2020

Edsurge

Last year EdSurge crisscrossed the globe reporting on education—both in person and in our stories. Now we present our second annual international events calendar, stuffed with 50 events to help you do the same. As technology continues to blur borders and bind us to a greater global community, we’ve explored how these shifts are creating confusion for American teachers who witness child abuse in China , a Japanese PowerPoint style catching on with students around the world and how China’s “Silico

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The Value of Machine-Driven Initiatives for K–12 Schools

EdTech Magazine

K–12 schools and districts are using artificial intelligence , specifically machine learning, to address a range of needs, from infrastructure efficiencies to targeted academic interventions. . Self-learning machines and intelligent algorithms can detect the signs of students vaping on campus or spikes of noise that might indicate a violent incident.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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FETC 2020: A Focus on STEM and Underrepresented Students

techlearning

FETC recognizes the challenges and roadblocks school districts and educators face when trying to provide equitable access to STEM education for all students.

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Tapping Tech-Savvy Students for IT Support and Digital Learning

EdTech Magazine

You’ve probably seen the headlines about students hacking into their school computers or networks, wanting to change grades or dodge school work. Some accessed sensitive information, such as students’ GPAs and SAT scores. And those are just a few examples from recent months. Such misbehavior is not new. But there are options for districts that want to foster students’ digital skills and steer them away from more mischievous or devious outlets for their hacking.

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A charter chain thinks it has the answer for alternative schools

The Hechinger Report

Zaire Wallace, 17, a student at The Charter School of San Diego, answers questions about Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” while watching a YouTube video of someone narrating the poem. He likes the self-paced curriculum that allows students to complete a course in significantly less time than at a traditional school. The teenager is behind on credits, but hopes to catch up and graduate on time this school year.

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The FCC Announced E-Rate Program Updates. Now What?

EdTech Magazine

After an extended period in limbo, there is more clarity about the federal E-Rate program and what K–12 districts need to know when submitting forms for the next application period and planning future networking needs. On Dec. 3, the Federal Communications Commission released its Report and Order, which includes important changes. One notable change is the FCC made permanent the Category Two budget approach it adopted in 2014, extending the trial period an extra year through the 2020 funding yea

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

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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2020 tech predictions from Jamf CEO

Jamf on EdTech

Jamf CEO, Dean Hager, highlights four areas where he sees the technology industry expanding in 2020. Read this blog for full details.

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Help Students Learn about Space Through This Interesting Service from Google Maps

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Google Maps has made it possible for you to explore the moons and several other planets right from the comfort of your couch. You can now discover and explore the secrets of each of the featured.

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How iCivics Helped Me Refresh the Constitution

MiddleWeb

Sarah Cooper is always searching for ways to strengthen her eighth grade unit on the Constitution. This year she deepened her exploration of iCivics and found visually appealing readings and games her students enjoyed. She added sparkle with video and other fun activities.

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Helpful Techniques to Foster A Growth Mindset

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Below is a handy visual we created based on Marcus post. It features 10 practical strategies you can use to foster a growth-mindset culture in your class. These include: avoid praising.

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

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

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3 keys to school communication and community-building

eSchool News

As educators, we all understand the importance of family engagement. It doesn’t take an advanced study in education to understand that when families are engaged with their child’s education, they are more supportive of it and in a better position to help further their student’s learning at home. But that doesn’t necessarily mean family engagement is easy.

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LEARN Marginal Syllabus (January)—Revising Resistance: A Step Toward Student-Centered Activism

Educator Innovator

Our January reading for the 2019-20 Literacy, Equity + Remarkable Notes = LEARN Marginal Syllabus recounts how Alex Corbitt, the author and former middle school educator, employed “radically student-centered” pedagogy as part of a teen activism course. In his Voices from the Middle article, Corbitt describes how he reimagined an elective course in order to situate and support students as activists.

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How to Recover Deleted Files from External Hard Drive on Mac?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

External hard drive is one of the most popular storage devices to back up and store files. But with the wide usage of external hard drive, the risks of losing data on it are increasing. The most.

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A ‘wildly intrusive’ way to help older college students get their degrees

The Hechinger Report

The John Jay College for Criminal Justice is known for training New York City’s future police officers and as Dara Byrne rose through the ranks of the college’s administration, she noticed a mystery right on her campus: why were 2,000 seniors, with only one year left to graduate, not enrolling in the fall? “Students in that 90-credit zone, really close to graduation, were leaving,” said Byrne, when I talked to her by phone.

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

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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Three Ways to Solve Read-Only Condition for External Drives on Mac

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Generally speaking, if the disk is formatted with Mac-friendly file system and the setups are correct, you will be able to both read and write to the external disk. However, when you attach an.

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Hope, Happiness And Social Connection: Hidden Benefits Of Regular Exercise

MindShift

If ever there was a time to up your fitness game, the arrival of the new year and the new decade is it. But after the allure of the new gym membership wears off, our sedentary habits, more often than not, consume our promise of daily workouts. It doesn’t have to be this way, says health psychologist and author, Kelly McGonigal. In her new book, The Joy of Movement: How Exercise Helps Us Find Happiness, Hope, Connection, and Courage, the Stanford University lecturer offer new motivation to

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A Student’s Perspective on Group Work

Omega Notes

Brenden Thomas shares his group work experience as an undergrad student at Penn State University and an intern with Omega Notes. Hearing an instructor say they are assigning a group assignment can be both relieving and terrifying as a student. Many group projects involve more total work than individual assignments. However, after the work is split between all group members, it is often less work per person.

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Here’s why you should attend FETC 2020

eSchool News

Celebrating any anniversary is exciting, but this year, educators, administrators, and support staff can all celebrate the 40th anniversary of FETC- Future of Education Technology Conference in Miami, FL. For those of you who have attended this conference in previous years, the Miami Beach Convention Center is a new venue jam-packed with “game-changing” keynotes, workshops, concurrent sessions, learning labs, and so much more.

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

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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A Student’s Perspective on Group Work

Omega Notes

Brenden Thomas shares his group work experience as an undergrad student at Penn State University and an intern with Omega Notes. Hearing an instructor say they are assigning a group assignment can be both relieving and terrifying as a student. Many group projects involve more total work than individual assignments. However, after the work is split between all group members, it is often less work per person.

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4 Ways Education Companies Can Better Serve the K-12 Market

Marketplace K-12

CEO Mike Teng says education company leaders should take note: Having been a student doesn't make you an expert on K-12 district needs. The post 4 Ways Education Companies Can Better Serve the K-12 Market appeared first on Market Brief.

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A Student’s Perspective on Group Work

Omega Notes

Brenden Thomas shares his group work experience as an undergrad student at Penn State University and an intern with Omega Notes. Hearing an instructor say they are assigning a group assignment can be both relieving and terrifying as a student. Many group projects involve more total work than individual assignments. However, after the work is split between all group members, it is often less work per person.

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The Pack - NYSCI Teaches Computational Thinking, Encourages Novel Solutions

techlearning

The Pack - NYSCI is a coding/algorithm puzzler in the form of a game where players take care of and expand an ecosystem.

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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the EdTech Industry: Assessing the Influence

AI-powered tools like virtual assistants and chatbots provide instant guidance and support, while data analytics offer valuable insights for educators and administrators.