Digital Promise

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Device rollout is a huge event for every school in the Verizon Innovative Learning initiative , especially those in their first year of the program. It’s a celebration that marks the culmination of many months of hard work and preparation from district and school leaders, IT directors, teachers, and the entire community. Digital Promise Professional Learning Managers (PLMs) work with each school prior to rollout to help them plan the event and encourage teamwork.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2016

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Follow these best practices for keeping in line with federal online safety regulations.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Welcome to Cycle 7 of The 30 Goals Challenge: Make it Meaningful ! “One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.” – Carl Jung.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2016

By Wendy McMahon Experts share how to avoid data breaches, insufficient due diligence and risks unintentionally created by users.

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Ditch That Textbook

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Games are a daily part of our existence for most of us. We play video games on our phones, our tablets, our computers, or TVs … almost everywhere. We take part in games through rewards programs, accumulating points with our favorite restaurants, hotels and stores to redeem. Elements of games are showing up more and [.].

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Educational Technology Guy

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Come join CDW-G and Google in Bethpage NY for an Explore EDU Event. ExploreEDU is an interactive, discovery-based event designed to teach those new to Google about the transformative power of technology in the classroom Bethpage Union Free School District 10 Cherry Ave Bethpage, NY 11714 Register for one of the following available dates: Nov. 1, 2016, 8am - 2pm | Reserve Your Seat Nov. 2, 2016, 8am - 2pm | Reserve Your Seat CDW Event Contact: Joe McAllister josemca@cdw.com Hosted by Bethpage Uni

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 24, 2016

October 24, 2016 Common Sense (formerly Graphite) has this wonderful section packed full of pre-made lesson plans that teachers and educators can appropriate to their own teaching situations.read more.

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MiddleWeb

OCTOBER 24, 2016

If teaching time in school is used effectively, not much homework needs to be given, writes MS teacher Cheryl Mizerny. "When I do give homework, I make every effort to make it engaging, meaningful, and brief." Read the do's and don'ts underlying her homework policy.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 24, 2016

October 24, 2016 After we have seen how to use Google Explore to create beautiful spreadsheets, today we are looking at different features Explore provides for Google Docs users. We will particularly.read more.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2016

“The AAP’s new regulations cite quality programming like “Sesame Street.” Photo: Kris Connor/Getty Images. Over the past several years, at the same time that the words “screen time” became shorthand for children zoning out, several researchers and educational experts have been taking an entirely different track. They have been studying how and at what age children come to learn words, follow stories, and grasp educational concepts that appear in ebooks, videos, and apps.

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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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ProfHacker

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Once again, it’s the time of year for Open Access Week , a coordinated worldwide effort to make Open Access “a new norm in scholarship and research.” Check out the Open Access Week site for a schedule of events taking place worldwide, a variety of blog posts , a selection of videos , and some ideas for how to get involved (at the bottom of this page ).

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2016

A New Hampshire student shows one of his assignments to his mother, biology teacher and math teacher during a personalized learning meeting. Photo: Emily Richmond for The Hechinger Report. When it comes to influencing education policy and cultivating innovative schools, all eyes are on the states. A new federal law hands more control to state leaders, untethering them from rules that threatened dire consequences for failing to achieve certain test scores.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2016

When it comes to using technology with the youngest learners, educators have tried for years to strike a balance between what kinds, if any, and how much. Now the federal departments of Education and Health and Human Services are throwing in their two cents with the release of a new policy brief on the subject , which advocates active, meaningful, and socially interactive learning for kids up to eight years old.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Lockers are wired shut in the mostly abandoned Drew High School building in Mississippi, which was closed in 2010. Photo: Natalie Griffin/News21. School closure is a tactic we don’t have to take. Under the new national education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act, states have been freed to employ strategies they deem fit just as long as they act on the bottom five percent.

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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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Insight Education Group

OCTOBER 24, 2016

This post is excerpted from the recent Education Week article entitled, “ 4 Ways to Maximize the ROI on Professional Development Spending,” by Jason Culbertson, President of Insight Education Group. Are you getting the most from your professional development dollars in terms of educator growth and student achievement? According to TNTP’s The Mirage Report , districts can spend upwards of $18,000 annually per teacher on PD, but what return on investment (ROI) are they getting for that?

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EmergingEdTech

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The Skills Students Need to Write is Changing in this Web-Influenced World Do a bit of research on the impact that the Web has had on writing, and you will find plenty of articles moaning about. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Seven universities along with state and K-12 district partners will participate in a new $47 million initiative to develop models for improving university principal preparation programs. The program also will examine state policy to see if it could be strengthened to encourage higher-quality training statewide. The Wallace Foundation’s University Principal Preparation Initiative builds on 15 years of Wallace-supported research and experience about what makes for effective principals and th

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Marketplace K-12

OCTOBER 24, 2016

In the latest dealmaking news, language and literacy software solutions company Imagine Learning acquired Think Through Learning, an online supplemental math program. In addition, Securly, an Internet security solution for the K-12 market, raised $4 million. Imagine Learning Acquires Think Through Learning: Imagine Learning , a provider of elementary language and literacy software solutions, has acquired Pittsburgh-based Think Through Learning , a developer of an online supplemental math program

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Ed. note : App of the Week picks are now being curated by the editors of Common Sense Education , which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. Click here to read the full app review. Cork the Volcano – Puzzlets.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 24, 2016

When Jerry Smith became a principal six years ago he had been teaching for 22 years, so his administrative style is firmly rooted in the belief that the important stuff goes on in classrooms. When he took over Luella High School outside Atlanta, he began thinking about how he could propel fundamental change in what was then a traditional comprehensive high school.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 24, 2016

I've fielded a lot of questions recently, during panels discussions and presentations about technology supported learning. Over the next few posts, I want to elaborate on some of these. Here's the first: What factors determine innovative teaching, with or without technology? This is not too a difficult question to address, because innovative teaching is good whether or not technology is used.

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Edutopia

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Andrew Miller Game-Based Learning Blogger Andrew Miller explores ways to bring game-based learning to the classroom using Minecraft.

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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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The Principal of Change

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Years ago, interviewing for a grade 2 position at my school, I asked the candidate, “How would they integrate technology with grade 2 students?” Their response was along the lines of, “I don’t think students should be using technology in grade 2.” When I asked her why, she said things like “it takes much time for kids to login”, or “kids shouldn’t be on computers at that age.

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Hubbli

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Studies show that children with parents who take an active role in their education do better both academically and socially than their peers. This is one of the many reasons why parental involvement can be a great thing for many schools. But the real question is not, “ Should parents be involved?”; It’s, “ How should parents be involved?”. One of the best ways to get parents to engage with education is through surveys that capture their feedback.

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EdTechTeam

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Holly Clark Educational Strategist and Head of Publishing EdTechTeam Ken Shelton Global Keynote Specialist Technology Integration Strategist EdTechTeam Helping teachers reimagine the classroom is what we at EdTechTeam do. This transformation is not limited to the United States. Last week Ken Shelton and Holly Clark got the chance to visit the Rabat American School in Rabat, Morocco.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The post A Google Chrome Deployment Guide For Schools appeared first on TeachThought.

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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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esri

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Among the US 50 states, Nebraska ranks #37 in population, with about 1.9 million, or not quite 0.6%. But knowing about US population distribution and looking at the USK12GIS map, Nebraska stands out, with the sixth highest rate of “ArcGIS Online ConnectED Orgs per 100 schools.” How did this happen? Persons and policies matter, certainly, but so does timing, working along multiple fronts, and geography — matters of local significance.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2016

This post is to encourage you to take a quick moment and fill out a survey. But if you don't need that encouragement, feel free to skip past the detail and right to the survey! https://goo.gl/forms/iSiA8Rf4nwkhNaol2 Last week I spoke at the annual Washington Library Media Association conference, called "Hack WLMA." The core idea of my keynote talk was that libraries and librarians are, in many cases, the last bastion for helping students to navigate the incredible world of information as a part

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techlearning

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Teachers' text reminders give students -- and parents -- a reason to check their phones.

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Ed Tech Now

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Why trusting to the intuition (aka “professional judgement”) of individual teachers is wrong but wromantic Continue reading →

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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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