Ed Tech from the Ground Up
JULY 30, 2018
An extensive list of websites, books, podcasts, Twitter chats and resources to help educators prep their computer science skills for the coming school year. The post 12 Computer Science Resources That Boost Summer Professional Learning appeared first on Market Brief.
EdTech Magazine
JULY 30, 2018
Make Parents Comfortable with Tech for a Successful 1:1 Program. eli.zimmerman_9856. Mon, 07/30/2018 - 11:28. Your school has finally gone one-to-one with Chromebooks. Each student has a brand-new laptop and has easily mastered Google Classroom and the other educational apps you carefully chose for them. Powering their devices is a robust network and state-of-the-art cloud technology.
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Edsurge
JULY 30, 2018
What needs to happen to move your school or district toward an effective implementation of personalized learning? According to EdSurge Fusion conference speaker, Dr. Scott McLeod, there are Four Big Shifts that propel “deeper learning schools” along their personalized learning journey. McLeod is the co-author of Different Schools for a Different World.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 30, 2018
Two days before the walkout, teachers and support staff from across the Flagstaff Unified School District, two hours north of Phoenix, gathered for an information and strategy session. Everyone took home a Red for Ed yard sign. Photo by E. Tammy Kim. In 2015, Jennifer Vetter decided to change careers and become a teacher. The 46-year old quit her well-paying management job at an orthodontic clinic in Gilbert, Arizona, to go back to college full-time and become a special-education teacher.
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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.
Edsurge
JULY 30, 2018
Do you want fries with that education? The question is one that many professors fear is essentially coming to colleges, as higher-ed leaders adopt practices from businesses in an attempt to rethink their operations. There’s even a growing body of scholarly work that outlines a critique against the corporatization of college—arguing that even when reforms are well-intentioned, they are making campuses more like burger franchises than centers of learning and research.
Teacher Tech
JULY 30, 2018
Make Feedback Actionable You stayed up all night writing feedback comments on a kids paper. You’re an awesome teacher and a good human being BUT … did you waste your time? Why did you leave feedback? I assume the reason is to improve learning. If not, why? If students do not read your feedback, captain […]. The post Who Read Your Feedback?
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Adjusting Course
JULY 30, 2018
Something happened at school this past Spring that has stuck with me. I initially thought my feelings would fade, but this small-moment story is still stirring things in me that I'm trying to discern. I was walking across our playground during recess time and a teacher who was playing football with students invited me to join their game. Some of the students encouraged me to play quarterback and I was happy to accommodate.
eSchool News
JULY 30, 2018
Research tells us that students’ attention spans correlate to their ages, but did you know that this applies to adults as well? In fact, humans have less of an attention span than goldfish. (A human has an average attention span of eight seconds, whereas a goldfish has an attention span of nine seconds.) What does this mean? For one, it’s hard to capture someone’s attention.
Marketplace K-12
JULY 30, 2018
Amazon is teed up to receive up to $5.5 billion over the next 11 years through a cooperative purchasing contract used by cities and school districts alike, and that ‘s got some people fired up. They’re concerned that Amazon winning purchases for everything from paper products to musical instruments will mean that local businesses suffer, causing an… The post Amazon’s Footprint Grows in K-12 Purchasing.
Edsurge
JULY 30, 2018
Raising money, Shauntel Garvey admits, is not her favorite activity. It’s usually more fun to be on the other side of the table, reviewing pitches—rather than pitching. On the bright side, that experience “helps you build empathy for entrepreneurs,” says the co-founder and general partner at Reach Capital , and “what it feels like when investors ignore you, when they lead you on.
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.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JULY 30, 2018
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eSchool News
JULY 30, 2018
What are the ingredients and directions in a recipe for personalized learning? Take one learning platform (because we want only one place to go for everything) and add a variety of digital content and learning applications from all different sources. Next, whisk the content until it’s broken down into discrete learning objects that can be made available to the right student at the right time for the right learning objective.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JULY 30, 2018
Google Drive is one of a Swiss Army knife comprising some of the best productivity tools to use in your instruction. Besides being a cloud based storage system where you can save and access all of.read more.
Shake Up Learning
JULY 30, 2018
The post How to Create Magnetic Poetry (FREE Mini-Course) appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Want to learn how to make your own magnetic poetry and other types of interactive lessons? Jump into my FREE mini-course, How to Create Magnetic Poetry with Google Slides and Drawings. Did you know that you can create amazing interactive lessons for students using G Suite tools like Google Slides and Google Drawings?
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
JULY 30, 2018
When teachers think of learning centers, we often identify them with K-3 classrooms. Katherine McKnight shows how the model can be expanded and adapted for middle schoolers, incorporating the essentials of collaborative learning, content knowledge acquisition, and more.
Shake Up Learning
JULY 30, 2018
The post Summer Magnetic Poetry (FREE Template and Tutorial) appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Ready for some summer fun? It’s time for a new magnetic poetry template with a fun, summer theme! This is perfect for a back-to-school activity, or even some summer professional learning with teachers! Introducing, the Summer Magnetic Poetry FREE template and tutorial!
TeachThought - Learn better.
JULY 30, 2018
Clarifying Your Teaching With Clear Communication contributed by Molly Bruzewski, Ed.S. Ed note: This is part 2 on strategies that promote a team approach to academic achievement and high-performance teaching. Part 1 was Every Classroom Is A Team And Every Teacher Is A Coach. Strategies 2 and 3 appear below. In the same way that students appreciate […].
techieMusings
JULY 30, 2018
I was recently talking to some teachers on the topic of ensuring that students read the feedback they received on work they are handed back. And that conversation is the basis for this blog post…. In the past couple years, as I have thought about the power of reflection in my teaching, I asked myself how I could incorporate similar exercises into my classroom.
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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
EmergingEdTech
JULY 30, 2018
Why are we not connecting the science of learning to our expectations of what good edtech tools should do to be effective? There have been many studies and findings published in the fields of. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
EdTechTeam
JULY 30, 2018
Every day teachers step into their classrooms ready to inspire their students and get them engaged in learning. For some, this may be accomplished by a guest speaker, a hands-on activity, or even a field trip, but for others, this can be accomplished by creating meaningful lessons that are enhanced with technology. . “Technology will never replace great teachers, but technology in the hands of great teachers is transformational” – George Couros.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 30, 2018
As the number of English language learners in the United States continues to rise, it is vital that teachers and schools become better equipped to implement effective and equitable systems to improve the lives and academic outcomes of these students. These students account for 10 percent of our nation’s public-school enrollment. That number is projected to rise to 25 percent by 2025, and to 40 percent in the following decade.
techlearning
JULY 30, 2018
[Minecraft: Kids Learn 21st Century Skills While Building New Worlds] Choosito Filter expert-curated sites by grade and subject with safe search tool Pros: Search safe, teacher-curated sites organized by grade level and subject area. Cons: While there are more than 150,000 sites to browse, it's still not the same as researching using databases and other tools.
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.
Cycles of Learning
JULY 30, 2018
Campers spent day 1 using the Microbit to learn the basics of interfacing physical hardware with coding. Campers worked through a series of modules, leading to their own invention that they will showcase on our final day. Click here to see all modules via our leaderboard, and click here to see the handbook that contains links to all activities. A few images from today are shown below.
techlearning
JULY 30, 2018
Kano , a manufacturer of DIY computer and coding sets, has partnered with Warner Bros. Consumer Products for a Harry Potter magic wand STEM kit. The Harry Potter Coding Kit walks kids through the assembly of a wireless wand, which can then be used as part of 70-plus coding challenges teaching about sensors and data using a block-based interface and JavaScript inspector.
Buncee
JULY 30, 2018
Summer is almost at an end, and you know what that means! Yes, Back to School season is once again upon us. And to ring in the new school year, we here at Buncee are bringing you ideas and inspiration on ways you can enhance your social studies lessons with Buncee! Sometimes it can be hard to interest students who might not necessarily like history; but with Buncee it’s easy for students to be creative and really get involved in what they’re learning.
techlearning
JULY 30, 2018
August is Water Quality Month. Learn all about an outhouse and sewage-treatment plant in one, processing human waste through a “constructed wetlands.” " Poop and Paddle" demonstrates how sewage and rainwater can be converted to cattails and clean water. Courtesy of Knovation [ Prime Numbers ].
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.
Reading By Example
JULY 30, 2018
Thank you for joining us as a reader and a learner as we responded to Literacy Essentials: Engagement, Excellence, and Equity for All Learners by Regie Routman (Stenhouse, 2018). By all measures, this was a successful experience. Special thanks go to Stenhouse Publishers for providing copies of Regie’s book to our contributors. If you haven’t checked out the free curriculum , I recommend it for undergraduate coursework and for professional learning experiences around Literacy Essenti
techlearning
JULY 30, 2018
Innovative educators know the importance of ensuring student learning is real, relevant, hands on and fun. That’s why they also understand the importance of a maker mindset. Teachers with a maker mindset help their students do work that is important to them. They aren’t looking for a specific answer, but rather support students in asking the right questions and finding new answers.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 30, 2018
In math teacher Danielle Bosse’s classroom, three students take assessments (foreground) while their classmates learn and practice different math skills. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. HUNTER, N.D. — On windswept fields outside Fargo, North Dakota, a bold experiment in education has begun. In a lone building flanked by farmland, the Northern Cass School District is heading into year two of a three-year journey to abolish grade levels.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 30, 2018
Scientists are using artificial intelligence to build systems that can analyze the quality of classroom instruction and student engagement. (Photo by Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images). School leaders and education researchers often rely on test scores to judge how well students are learning. But that ignores many important aspects of learning, such as the liveliness of classroom discussion or how engaged and motivated the students are.
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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