Ask a Tech Teacher
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Here are the most-read posts for the month of October: Halloween Projects, Websites, Apps, Books, and a Costume. 9 Good Collections of Videos for Education. Videos: Why, How, Options. Digital Assistants in the Classroom. Help Students Select the Right Summer School. Resources for Digital Citizenship Week. October is National Bullying Prevention Month.
Teacher Tech
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
G Suite is About COLLABORATING I love that G Suite is designed first around collaboration. I had a buddy in Ireland I was chatting with the other morning and I told him to make a Google Sites ([link] and share it with me. I go to Google Drive and click on “Shared with me” and […]. The post File -> Email Collaborators appeared first on Teacher Tech.
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
If you are using Chromebook in your instruction you may want to have a look at the app collection below. These are apps you cam use to perform a wide variety of tasks some of which include: record.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Open Up Resources offers two of the highest-reviewed curriculum for middle-school math and K-5 English, according to EdReports, which evaluates textbooks for rigor, usability and alignment to academic standards. To some surprise, most of the sales and adoption of its openly licensed materials have come so far from schools that ask for printed versions.
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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.
TeacherCast
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Welcome to the TeacherCast Educational Network. In this episode of the TeacherCast Podcast, Jeff welcomes VP of K-12 Strategy, Hillary Scharton and Principal Product Manager for Microsoft Education, Mike Tholfsen on the show to discuss how the Immersive Reader can now be used to help millions of students using the Canvas Learning Management System. The post Microsoft Education and Canvas Bring Immersive Reader to Millions of Students Worldwide appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Networ
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Soundtrap is an online music studio you can use with your students to record, edit and collaborate on songs. It provides you access to a large collection of loops and software.
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The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
For decades, Mississippi students have struggled to keep up with their peers on the Nation’s Report Card, but this week the state has news to celebrate. Mississippi’s fourth graders scored at the nation’s average on the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress reading exam — a first in the state’s history, according to the latest results released on Wednesday.
edWeb.net
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
“We have students who are passionate, engaged and comfortable with technology, yet students are living in silos and not equipped with the 21 st century skills which they genuinely need to be part of the global workforce of tomorrow.” This statement by Amy McCooe, CEO of Level Up Village, during a recent edWebinar hit home with her two co-presenters, Esra Murray, Fifth Grade Teacher at International School Dundee, CT, and Fran Kompar, Director Instructional Technology and Digital Lear
Kathy Schrock
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
This article originally appeared in the Discovery Education blog " Kathy Schrock's Katch of the Month " in November 2019 and is re-posted here with permission. __ Empathy is defined, as per the Teaching Tolerance site , as “the understanding of, or the ability to identify with, another person’s feelings or experiences”. This ability to put oneself in another’s shoes does help students build empathy and tolerance toward others.
techlearning
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Curriculet is an easy-to-navigate e-reading platform that lets teachers assign a variety of fiction, nonfiction, and news texts to their 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.
Learning with 'e's
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Thomas 'Happy' Hobson via Wikimedia Commons Automobile manufacturer Henry Ford once promised his customers: ' You can have any colour you like as long as it's black'. He sounds like he would be a bundle of laughs to visit. There'd be a voice from the kitchen: 'If I had eggs, I could make you eggs and ham, if I had ham.' Maybe Ford was as miserable as the man pictured on this page - Thomas Hobson.
techlearning
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Chromebooks and Flipgrid help to celebrate the holiday.
Technology Tidbits
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Studydraft is an excellent site for online tutoring. The way this works is an educator can place a bid on a student's order and then the student can select the tutor of their choosing. A student can check the tutor's background, reviews, and more to find what best meets their needs. This is a great place to find homework help and learn any number of subjects.
techlearning
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
High levels of student engagement are commonly believed to be critical to learning.
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.
ExcelinEd
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Mississippi has significantly increased the percentage of students scoring proficient or above on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). In fact, Mississippi fourth graders ranked 29th in Reading and 23rd in Math on the 2019 NAEP—up from 48th and 49th, respectively, in 2003! These results prove that Mississippi’s focus on enacting strong student-centered policies, including a strong focus on early literacy, is leading to student success.
EdTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
How K–12 Education Fits into the Future of Quantum Computing. marquita.brown_tC0Z. Fri, 11/01/2019 - 13:34. In mid-October, tech giant Google made headlines with news that it had run a successful quantum computing demonstration. In Google’s trial, this new type of computer process ran a calculation in 200 seconds that would have taken the fastest supercomputer 10,000 years to complete.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
A few decades ago, when computers were still novelty gadgets and the internet was not available to everyone, schools and other educational institutions had a minimal reliance on technology. Fast forward to today and the situation has dramatically changed. When before a teacher might only have a single workstation in their classroom, now the entire education process is running on networks and online systems.
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
We are excited to bring you the latest in the eSchool News Guides series. eSchool News Guides are full of resources, tips, trends, and insights from industry experts on a variety of topics that are essential to the classroom, school, and district. The November Guide, the eSchool News Digital & Mobile Learning Guide , offers expert insight on the reasons digital and mobile learning support students’ academic achievement and build the skills they’ll carry with them into the global
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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
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