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Here’s How to Manage the Full Lifecycle of Your Digital Lessons

The Journal

Deeply digital, highly interactive curricula are fast becoming the new normal; such materials are needed in order to take advantage of those newly minted 1-to-1 classrooms. The Collabrify Roadmap Platform at [link] is a free resource designed to take the burden out of creating and using this new generation of curricula.

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#ICE18: Rushton Hurley Discusses Tactics for Leading a Digital Media Revolution

EdTech Magazine

#ICE18: Rushton Hurley Discusses Tactics for Leading a Digital Media Revolution. meghan.bogardu…. Mon, 02/26/2018 - 10:30. Digital media can teach students to see new possibilities in themselves. Educational nonprofit Next Vista for Learning , which was launched by the founder and executive director, Rushton Hurley, works to highlight the possibility of digital media.

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Create the Perfect Deck When Pitching Startup Investors

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

The best way to create a perfect pitch deck is to create one basic version that has “good bones” and then customize it for each investor. The post Create the Perfect Deck When Pitching Startup Investors appeared first on Market Brief.

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39 Resources for Read Across America Day

Ask a Tech Teacher

Many people in the United States, particularly students, parents and teachers, join forces on Read Across America Day , annually held on March 2. This nationwide observance coincides with the birthday of Dr. Seuss. Here are some great reading websites for students K-5: Aesop Fables —no ads. Aesop’s Fables. Audio stories. Childhood Stories. Classic Fairy Tales.

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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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5 Google Drawings features you (probably) don’t know about

Ditch That Textbook

Posters. Advertisements. Graphic organizers. Comic strips. Image annotations. Flyers. Google Drawings is like your digital poster board — or a big digital piece of paper. When students use it to create something with what they’ve learned, some very cool — and very memorable — learning can happen.

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Data Points Toward Effective Practices

Battelle for Kids

A few weeks ago in Washington, DC we organized a panel involving four of our new 21st Century Learning Exemplars. The topic on the agenda was listed as Personalized Learning, but the conversation quickly turned to the effective use of research and data.

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Pearson Is Selling Its US K-12 Business—Despite Posting a Profit and Digital Growth

Edsurge

Last May, major textbook publisher Pearson indicated it was mulling a sale of the U.S. portion of its K-12 business, which includes print and digital curriculum and instructional materials. In its latest earnings update, the company confirmed that it is indeed moving ahead with such plans. In Pearson’s 2017 full-year results report , the publisher stated that “we have concluded the strategic review of our US K12 courseware business and have classified the business as held for sale.

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The @TeacherCast Top 21 Favorite Chrome Extensions for Classroom Teachers and School Leaders

TeacherCast

Here is my short list of favorite Chrome Apps and Extensions. Please be aware that the more extensions you have active at one time, the slower your system may become due to many of them being resource heavy. Use them with care and use them wisely. The post The @TeacherCast Top 21 Favorite Chrome Extensions for Classroom Teachers and School Leaders appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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20+ Web Tools to Help Students with Their Writing

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

As a fan of the digital writing workshop, I believe that when teaching writing teachers should focus primarily on the process and only secondarily on the product. Such a focus can help students.read more.

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Pearson Set to Sell K-12 Curriculum Business, But Not Assessment

Marketplace K-12

The global education company plans to abandon its K-12 curriculum business in the U.S., while continuing investments in assessments and virtual education. The post Pearson Set to Sell K-12 Curriculum Business, But Not Assessment appeared first on Market Brief.

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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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A Handy Infographic Featuring 28 Web Tools to Help Students Enhance Their Writing Skills

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This is the infographic version of the post '20+ Web Tools to Help Students with Their Writing'. Due to its length we were not able to attach it to the original post. The visual, as you can.

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How to Write a Resume: 20 Tips and Tricks for a Successful Job Search

TeacherCast

What is a resume. it's the age old question that everyone has an answer for, but yet nobody has the right answer. Your resume in 2018 looks completely different than it did in 2007 and yet, has the format really changed? The post How to Write a Resume: 20 Tips and Tricks for a Successful Job Search appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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New research offers hope to first-generation college grads

The Hechinger Report

First-generation students in New York City. A February 2018 report found that, nationwide, those who earn a bachelor’s degree are likely to earn the same paychecks as their peers who had more educated parents. Photo: Meredith Kolodner. Economists have been finding that it’s getting harder to move up in America. Kids who come from poor families are more likely to remain poor as adults than in the past.

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How Can Coding Teach My Students … To Be Better Students?

TeacherCast

As we look ahead and make our resolutions to be better friends, family members, and educators, we shouldn't forget to look back and see where we just were and build on those skills inside our classrooms. The post How Can Coding Teach My Students … To Be Better Students? appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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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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Here Is Another Great Web Tool for Creating Educational Visuals and Posters

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Crello is another good web tool we are adding to our list of tools for creating educational visuals to use in your instruction. Crello is easy and simple to use and does not require prior knowledge.read more.

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After Layoffs and Acquisition, LightSail Education Charts a New, Uncertain Course

Edsurge

As LightSail Education charts a new course, the New York City-based developer of K-12 literacy software has had to make some difficult, unpleasant decisions over the holidays, EdSurge has learned. Last September, the company tapped Good Harbor Partners, a Boston firm that advises on business transactions in the education technology industry, to explore strategic and financial opportunities for the company.

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How does social media fit into the classroom?

eSchool News

Social media is increasingly used for teachers’ professional learning, but teachers seem more hesitant to use it as a learning tool with students, according to a survey from the University of Phoenix and Harris Poll. Sixteen percent of the 1,000 K-12 teachers in the survey said they use social media in the classroom, and 28 percent said they do not, but would like to.

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Getting Started with Apple’s Productivity Suite on the iPad – From Mason Mason

EdTechTeacher

Leveraging the power of the iPad for teaching and learning means not only tapping into the potential of Apple’s hardware but harnessing the power of Apple’s software as well. Pages, Keynote, and Numbers comprise Apple’s productivity suite of apps that teachers and students can use to not only increase productivity but also foster creativity in the classroom and beyond.

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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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Dynamic Learning with G Suite

Shake Up Learning

The post Dynamic Learning with G Suite appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Dynamic Learning with G Suite. Ready to move the learning in your classroom from static, one-and-done activities, to more dynamic learning—Dynamic Learning with G Suite? This post will show you how you can use G Suite tools to support dynamic learning experiences for your students!

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Making Comfort Dogs an Everyday Part of School

MindShift

Cameron is no ordinary dog, and not just because he was born on Valentine’s Day. To Maggie, a first-grader at Burgundy Farm Country Day School, the Labrador/terrier mix with chestnut-brown eyes and “really fluffy” black hair who spends most days on campus is more like a friend. When Cameron is near, Maggie feels “really, really, happy,” she said. “I feel safe around him,” she added.

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Every School Has Givers with Memories to Share

MiddleWeb

Every school has a Giver – a keeper of collective memories. ELA teacher Amber Chandler can't believe she's waited so long to call upon Frontier Middle's own Giver, guidance counselor Matt Schoeffield. He'll soon retire, after 40 years, but first he has a story to tell.

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A college degree, or your money back

The Hechinger Report

Melissa Coombs bet on college. She took out loans, moved to Maine from Connecticut, and spent four years earning a bachelor’s degree in marketing. After graduation, she moved home and started looking for a job. “I actually ended up working at a gas station, and realized, after about eight months of doing that and still not finding anything, that I needed to do something,” she says.

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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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What is authentic assessment?

Learning with 'e's

Photo by Frederick Rubensson on Flickr 'In every talk, I'm asked where I would start first in revolutionizing education (K-professional school): Answer, always. Assessment. Until we change how and what we measure from 19th c productivity norms, education will deliver a 19th c product.' This was a message tweeted by Cathy Davidson recently. It's important because it shows that assessment drives they way we teach.

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OPINION: Why Thomas Jefferson would be proud of Florida’s students

The Hechinger Report

Student protesters from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida demand government action on firearms. Photo: Mike Stocker/TNS via ZUMA Wire. Here’s something to think about when you hear people question whether student protests are appropriate: We seem to have forgotten as a nation why we created public schools. No one is confused about why we have public fire departments or libraries: We all understand their mission for the public good.

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4 surefire ways to get more for your edtech dollar

eSchool News

As warmer weather approaches, students start looking to spring break with excitement as a sign that the end of the school year is near. Not so for school IT directors, who are trying to determine how they will accomplish all of their summer projects in the absence of students and staff. These projects likely include planning their summer edtech refreshes and wondering how they are going to purchase everything they need with limited resources.

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How I Fail – Part 3 in the “How I” Series

ProfHacker

So far in this series we’ve looked at the beginning and the middle of how things get done in academia and beyond. In part one I highlighted Dr. Mackin Roberts’ series of interviews, “ How I Plan.” Then we moved on to Dr. Eva Lantsoght’s series “ How I Work.” But who wants to read “How I Succeed?” Instead, we end with a collection of interviews compiled by Dr.

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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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How to Create Self-paced OR Instructor-led Courses Using WizIQ

EmergingEdTech

Powerful Online Platform Enables you to Create Courses in Multiple Delivery Modalities In the universe of online education, several methods of designing and delivering courses have been experimented. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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Pediatricians Call For Universal Depression Screening For Teens

MindShift

Only about 50 percent of adolescents with depression get diagnosed before reaching adulthood. And as many as 2 in 3 depressed teens don’t get the care that could help them. “It’s a huge problem,” says Dr. Rachel Zuckerbrot , a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist and associate professor at Columbia University. To address this divide, the American Academy of Pediatrics has issued updated guidelines this week that call for universal screening for depression. &#

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Mississippi students increase participation rates, improve scores on AP exams

The Hechinger Report

Students sit in an Advanced Placement physics class in a high school in Holmes County, Mississippi. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. The number of Mississippi students taking and passing college-level Advanced Placement exams hit an all-time high in 2017 , and the percentage of Mississippi’s students who received a passing score on an exam doubled compared to ten years ago.

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Building a smarter network

eSchool News

Given the data, networking, and security implications of upcoming technology trends, K-12 schools will require a variety of innovations to meet dramatically increased wireless and wired network performance demands without adding more stress on overworked IT staffers. We recommend the following strategies: 1. Adopt smart infrastructure. To keep IT overhead low while delivering the performance required to power Internet of things (IoT) devices, augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR) application

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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.