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Make This the Year That You Take On Ambitious IT Projects in Your School

EdTech Magazine

Make This the Year That You Take On Ambitious IT Projects in Your School. eli.zimmerman_9856. Wed, 09/18/2019 - 11:12. New Year’s resolutions aren’t just for Jan. 1. For educators, the new school year is a prime time to set technology-related goals for their district, school or classroom. . Here are a few ways educators, particularly administrators and IT leaders, can set goals to start tackling this fall.

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An educator’s guide to podcasting beyond the classroom

Ditch That Textbook

Other than AR or VR, podcasting is one of the more recent edtech tools that has made its way into the hands of educators. And like any tool, given the right supports and practices, it can make extraordinary things possible for teachers, students, and their communities. Maybe it’s a capstone project at the end of […].

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The NEW Team Habits: Fostering a Culture of Belonging Through Meeting Check-Ins

Education Elements

How are you? What is bringing you to this blog post today? What is top of mind for you as you’re reading this? Would you rather have the ability to fly or read minds? Did those questions interest or engage you? Are you now mulling over your current feelings or intentions? Or did you stop reading entirely to properly dedicate your attention to choosing between superpowers?

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What This Teacher Learned from Visiting 20 Schools Effectively Supporting Kids of Color

Edsurge

As I sat across from Tykia, a 17-year-old student from Success Academy in Lexington, Ky., I could feel her frustration as she detailed a recent argument with a substitute bus driver. Listening to her account, I was reminded of my own aggravations when dealing with adults as a young African American girl in middle school. TyKia described how the events of the argument unfolded.

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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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Minute to Win It: Practices for Impacting Teacher Retention Through Consistent Celebration

Education Elements

At Education Elements, we believe that sparking learning through creativity, reflection, and play is key to adult learning. So, let’s start here by playing a game. The rules are simple. Read this list of things that real people have done and determine what these actions have in common. Ready? Go! Eat 65 M&Ms with chopsticks. Travel 100 meters while seated and hopping on a large bouncy ball.

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Schoolwide Approach to SEL

EdNews Daily

By Tamara Fyke. Over the past year, I have had countless conversations with educators, from administrators to classroom teachers, about their perspectives on social-emotional learning (SEL). My team and I have asked questions about current practices and needs. The most common response we have received, without question, is the need to build the capacity for the adults in the school community to deliver SEL.

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Betting on Education’s Long Game

EdNews Daily

By LeiLani Cauthen. When I was a young girl, we lived in an analog world. It was a different time. There was no Internet. No outside connectivity. Computers, such that they were, could be strung together in a network – but their capabilities were very basic. Research was done in a library. Teachers held the bulk of the knowledge. Sometimes you could find a book with additional knowledge, but generally the teacher would decide what you got to learn.

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Another Good Tool to Help Students Find CC Licensed Images

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Creative Commons Search is an excellent tool students can use to search for CC licensed images to use in their works. What this tool actually does is that it provides you access to a number of search.

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Innovation In Libraries Can Lead To Innovation In Schools

TeachThought - Learn better.

Innovation In Libraries Can Lead To Innovation In Schools by Terry Heick Libraries are brilliant because books are brilliant. So how we organize those books is no small matter—and deserves additional scrutiny as technology changes things. Let’s look then at this idea first as a matter of symbolism, then function: What books are, and how […]. The post Innovation In Libraries Can Lead To Innovation In Schools appeared first on TeachThought.

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An Excellent Google App to Help Students with Their Homework

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Socratic is an excellent app students can use to help them with their homework. The app is completely free and offers a wide variety of interesting features.

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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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Apple’s new Endpoint Security Framework

Jamf on EdTech

macOS Catalina introduces a new user-mode framework called Endpoint Security. See what it is and how it impacts you.

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Shift Tab…. Go Backwards

Teacher Tech

Use the Shift Key When Using Tab When filling out a Google Form (or any form) use the TAB key to move between the fields of the form. Use the mouse less! However, what if you need to go back UP the Form? Shift Tab Hold down the Shift key and press the Tab key. […]. The post Shift Tab… Go Backwards appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Apple’s new Endpoint Security Framework

Jamf on EdTech

macOS Catalina introduces a new user-mode framework called Endpoint Security. See what it is and how it impacts you.

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7 ways to secure district-wide teacher buy-in for new tech

eSchool News

Parent engagement is a driving factor behind any child’s success in school—but a recent nationwide survey of more than 1,000 teachers found that parents are often disengaged in their child’s learning journey. To harness edtech tools that can help school-home communication, it’s essential to first secure teacher buy-in. More than half of the teachers surveyed believe parents do not understand the importance of their involvement in their child’s school experience, and they assume education i

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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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Uncovering a Dilemma About Active Learning vs. Direct Instruction

EmergingEdTech

Are Active Learning and Direct Instruction Mutually Exclusive? I've been a big fan of active learning in its many potential forms for years. For example, in this piece from 2013, I dug into how. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 177 How Educators Can Help People Have Impossible Conversations

TeachThought - Learn better.

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 177 How Educators Can Help People Have Impossible Conversations Drew Perkins talks with James Lindsay about his new book with Peter Boghossian, How To Have Impossible Conversations, social justice, and critical race theory. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Book: How To Have Impossible Conversations @conceptualjames @HPluckrose Areo Magazine @MikeNayna […].

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OPINION: A fresh start on school discipline isn’t optional — especially for schools serving underrepresented students

The Hechinger Report

It’s never been more important to take a new look at how we think about school discipline. We need to shift away from thinking of discipline as the thing you do to punish a student who is acting out or to rein in a chaotic class. Our organizations are working with educators across the country to implement research-based approaches that prevent incidents from happening in the first place, like focusing on relationships, developing students’ social and emotional skills, and refining what adults mo

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Public Relations 101: Messaging that Works

MiddleWeb

What would you like for your students, families, faculty and stakeholders to know about your school? How can you be sure your messaging reaches audiences quickly and effectively? Three experienced leaders share basic tools like “smart goals” to keep your public relations plans on course.

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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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Keep stress at bay–keep calm and teach!

eSchool News

The management concept known as the Peter Principle, in which people become ineffective when promoted to a level where they no longer have the skills to be successful, is also applicable to teachers. Whether highly-successful teachers choose a career path that takes them out of the classroom or whether they choose to stay in the classroom, job-related burnout issues are a high possibility, according to Ginger Welch, Ph.D., associate professor of professional practice at Oklahoma State University

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Why Content Knowledge is Crucial to Effective Critical Thinking

MindShift

The Hechinger Report is a national nonprofit newsroom that reports on one topic: education. Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get stories like this delivered directly to your inbox. Critical thinking is all the rage in education. Schools brag that they teach it on their websites and in open houses to impress parents. Some argue that critical thinking should be the primary purpose of education and one of the most important skills to have in the 21st century, with advanced machines and algor

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New SEL Curriculum Addresses Skills for Student Emotional Regulation, Behavior Management

techlearning

“Our tools are grounded in current research, easy for both teachers and students to use, and are focused on the key social-emotional skills that all learners truly need," said Lori Jackson, applied educational psychologist and co-founder of The Connections Model

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Discovering a Dilemma About Active Learning vs. Direct Instruction

EmergingEdTech

Are Active Learning and Direct Instruction Mutually Exclusive? I've been a big fan of active learning in its many potential forms for years. For example, in this piece from 2013, I dug into how. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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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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Holy Artwork, Batman! Teachers Should be Using #SeeingAmerica and SmartHistory!

techlearning

There are tons of things to explore at Smarthistory.

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5 Effective Teaching Strategies To Help Your Students In School

Prodigy

Every classroom brings together students with distinct abilities and personalities. Since every student has different capabilities, some learn faster than others. Because of this difference, it becomes a challenge for teachers to implement methods that help out the entire class. Therefore, teachers need to come up with effective teaching strategies and implement innovative solutions in […].

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Mickey's Typing Adventure Review

techlearning

The world of Mickey Mouse and his friends cleverly disguises some serious, structured instruction in this kids typing software.

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#AskExcelinEd: How has access to computer science education increased in the past year?

ExcelinEd

Can you imagine a world without smart phones, smart TVs or the multitude of other automated systems that make products we use daily safer, cheaper and more enjoyable? I know a few who would gladly trade it all in. But for the rest of us, it is hard to fathom a world without the constant innovations in technology that fuel better experiences with goods and services.

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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.

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Mobile Permissions

Technology Tidbits

Mobile Permissions is a fantastic new free tool for educators to virtual send parents permissions slips. Mobile Permissions makes it easy for teachers to send any type of permission slip form to a parents/guardians phone or mobile device. They can then electronically sign and submit payment while educators can track/monitor to it all from their teacher portal.

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A charter school faces the ugly history of school choice in the Deep South

The Hechinger Report

Executive Director Amanda Johnson greets students as they arrive for school. Photo: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report. CLARKSDALE, Miss. — It was a rainy February morning, but Clarksdale Collegiate Principal Amanda Johnson was fired up. “You know how Ms. Johnson feels about Friday,” she told the students as she paced around the cafeteria in an “I am black history” shirt.

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Design a Cardboard Chair Challenge

User Generated Education

In Learning in the Making: How to Plan, Execute, and Assess Powerful Makerspace Lessons, I discuss a Framework for Implementing Maker Experiences as depicted in the following diagram. I recently asked my 9th grade students to do a cardboard chair challenge. What follows is how the students went through this framework. Framing or Frontloading the Experience.

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