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Encourage Students to Reflect on Their Growth with This Free Slides Portfolio Template

Teacher Reboot Camp

“We do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience.” Paraphrase of John Dewey’s work . One of the most important ways to end the year is by getting students to reflect on the learning journey in your class. They need to reflect on the purpose of different tasks and projects. They need understand what learning they achieved and think about how to use this learning in their future classes and life.

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This Is Why Education Begets Education

EdNews Daily

Welcome back to our “Teacher Feature Series,” where we chat with educators who work online across borders. Today, please read about Serena Bloom’s journey with 51Talk American Academy, or now known as HAWO American Academy. Serena, please tell us all about you and your work with 51Talk/HAWO American Academy. My name is Serena Dawn Bloom, and I’m an ESL Teacher, and I hold a BS in Human Development, and AS in Business Administration.

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Kayla Delzer: 3 Ways to Promote Student Leadership in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Kayla Delzer on episode 311 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Kayla Delzer motivates us to relinquish control and empower students with three powerful examples. From student-led social media to students calling parents with score reports and student-led conferencing, these three ideas can help empower students in your classroom.

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Engaging Parents & Families in Language Learning: Lessons Learned the DCPS Way

Battelle for Kids

Scholars have long known that learning multiple languages benefits overall academic achievement. Research dating back as early as the 1960s demonstrates the positive impact of studying another language on cognitive function. The federal government recognized the critical need for world language in the 2005 Call to Action for National Foreign Language Capabilities , a historic gathering of minds from across government, industry, language associations, and academia that resulted in a shared vision

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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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Last Chance: Building Digital Citizens

Ask a Tech Teacher

MTI 557: Building Digital Citizens. This college-credit class starts in one week–Monday, May 21st! Last chance to sign up. Click this link ; scroll down to MTI 557 and click for more information and to sign up. Click to view slideshow. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 20 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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15 Ideas to Ensure That Project Based Learning is Grounded in Content And Standards

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

You might know that I am a big proponent of PBL. I believe that as we work on helping students understand the content standards, PBL provides teachers with the how. I do hope you enjoy this content driven article. Also, please take a moment to subscribe to this blog by RSS or email and join me on twitter at mjgormans . I have some great posts coming your way involving PBL, STEM, tech integration, and a continuing series on Professional Learning Communities!

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A Complete Video Guide to Google Forms

Teacher Tech

A Tour of Google Forms If you are new to Google Forms or are an advanced user this playlist of 57 short videos will help you know more about Google Forms. ViewSonic worked with me to create videos from making a Google Form, reviewing the settings, and even using some of the Add-ons I coded […]. The post A Complete Video Guide to Google Forms appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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OPINION: 3 reasons that career and technical education doesn’t preclude college

The Hechinger Report

Wes McEntee works on a manufacturing machine at Vermont Technical College. Photo: Oliver Parini for The Hechinger Report. A number of recent articles have highlighted the value of career and technical education (CTE) at the individual and system levels. It is truly wonderful to see these programs finally celebrated for all that they can do for students and communities.

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5 TED-Ed Lessons to help you teach critical-thinking skills

eSchool News

We all know that critical thinking is a very important skill, but how do you teach students to go beyond the obvious response and use reason? In a new study from MindEdge Learning, more than half of the college students and recent graduates said they were very confident in their critical-thinking skills; however, 52 percent of them could not pass a basic, nine-question test of their digital literacy and critical-thinking skills.

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Why Solving the Teacher Shortage Is Critical for Edtech

Edsurge

School districts nationwide are facing a critical teacher shortage and the situation is only expected to worsen in the next few years. This issue has many implications for student learning, but one that is often overlooked is that a shortage of qualified instructors can have a crippling effect on a school district’s ability to implement technology effectively.

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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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Some Helpful Lesson Plans to Help You Effectively Integrate Technology in Your Teaching

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Common Sense has this wonderful section packed full of pre-made lesson plans that teachers and educators can appropriate to their own teaching situations. These lesson plans are.read more.

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6 reasons why district-wide tech implementations are the right choice

eSchool News

In any given K-12 district, you’ll find at least some teachers choosing their own edtech products. Why? If their district hasn’t shown tech leadership, there are no shortage of tempting free apps to choose from. Why not fly solo, so to speak? But that’s contrary to what districts have come to learn over time: that students and their parents benefit most when all teachers in a district are assessing and reporting on students using a common, approved set of tools and schemes.

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A New Google Tool for Creating Rich VR Experiences in Class

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Tour Creator is a new tool released by Google a few days ago which allows you to create your own VR tours. Students can use it to create rich 360 experiences using their own 360 photos or images from.read more.

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EY Announces Richard Margolin of Robokind Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2018 Award Finalist in the Southwest Region

techlearning

Dallas TX, May 14, 2018 – EY today announced that Richard Margolin, chief technology officer and founder of RoboKind , is a finalist for the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2018 Award in the Southwest region. The awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who are excelling in areas such as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.

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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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Using RStudio for APA Style and More

ProfHacker

RStudio isn’t new to the ProfHacker readership. In fact, the other Ryan (the original Ryan, really) wrote on using it and is 100% the inspiration for this post. See, I like Shiny new things (that’s an in-joke joke for the R crowd). I can’t help it. I also like forward movement at the risk of failure (I think they call it “innovation” but I could just be rationalizing).

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Get Google Certified This Summer!

Shake Up Learning

The post Get Google Certified This Summer! appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Get Google Certified This Summer! (Video Walkthrough). Looking for the perfect summer professional learning? Look no further! The summer break is the PERFECT time to start working toward your goal of becoming Google Certified, and I can help you get there! Get Google Certified this summer!

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Echo Dot Kids Edition- For Education?

Tech Helpful

I've been fairly pumped about the Echo Dot Kids Edition coming out. My pre-ordered one came in this past week and the 10 minute video at the bottom of this post is me unboxing and digging into its capabilities. I was beyond excited about the safeguards the Echo Dot Kids Edition would offer an educational setting. I immediately asked it questions I would hope it wouldn't answer and my brief synopsis was that it did feel much safer to use with youngsters.

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How Being Part of a ‘House’ Within a School Helps Students Gain A Sense of Belonging

MindShift

Sept. 30, 2016 was a big day for Lake Canyon Elementary. Students, teachers, and staff arrived at the Galt, California, school wearing white shirts and before long were sent to stand by one of six large cardboard boxes. After a drum roll, cannons sprayed confetti over each cluster of students. The color matched one of six new banners, like the orange one reading “Sebete” and featuring a bear meant to symbolize courage.

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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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Raising Teacher Voices in Our Community Media

MiddleWeb

With leadership from the Western Massachusetts Writing Project, teachers regularly share classroom stories in their local media. Offering tips and lessons learned, Kevin Hodgson shows how adding educator voices to community discussions increases understanding and support.

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Slides for Interactive Assessment

EdTechTeam

National and state high-stakes testing is part of our students’ lives for the foreseeable future. While we should continue to work with legislators, vital stakeholders, and other key policy-makers to change this practice, we need to ensure that students are best prepared for these assessments. Yet, it’s not about teaching test-taking strategies. You can only talk about “slash the trash” and “read the question carefully” so many times before students start tuning you out.

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App of the Week: Anti-Defamation League

eSchool News

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. Anti-Defamation League. What’s It Like?

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Simple, Free App Teaches Fitness for a Lifetime

techlearning

Sworkit Kids Fun, customizable workout app helps kids get fit [ Manage & Organize All Steps of Project-Based Learning ] Pros: Customizable workouts and settings, exercises are easy to learn. Cons: There isn't much there to extend the learning, and there's minimal support for teachers. Bottom Line: This app will get kids moving, jumping, and bending to increase their overal fitness through exercise.

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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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Should You Outsource Bookkeeping for Your Montessori School?

Hubbli

Keeping track of your school’s finances can be a full-time job. Transpose the wrong digits and you can open yourself up to the world of audits and endless trouble. Because your Montessori school is a small business, you must run it as such, and one of the most important tasks of operating a private school is bookkeeping. Because it’s so essential to a healthy school, bookkeeping is not one of those tasks that you can relegate to the back burner.

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SETDA Launches New Resource to Support K12 Interoperability

techlearning

SETDA today announced the release of a new report: State Education Leadership for Interoperability: Leveraging Data for Academic Excellence. This report examines the current data interoperability efforts in nine states: Delaware, Georgia, Michigan, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oregon, Utah, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. This report includes a set of use cases demonstrating how interoperability helps states and districts achieve student learning goals, as well as recommendations for states as they continu

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What the Teacher Strikes Can Teach Students About the History of the Labor Movement

MindShift

We’re living and teaching in some challenging times, thanks in no small part to long-festering and deepening economic inequality. The consequences of these economic divides are felt by many, but have been particularly galvanizing for those in the early-to-mid stages of their working lives. These workers are struggling to make their stagnant wages stretch further and further to cover rising rents and crippling student debt.

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Istation Approved to Provide Reading Assessments to Michigan Districts

techlearning

Istation has been approved by the Michigan Department of Education as one of the reading assessments available to school districts during the 2018-19 school year. For Michigan, Istation will be available for “initial assessments.” According to the Michigan Department of Education, initial assessments are to be delivered to all students. The results will act as a primary indicator that a student may be at risk of falling behind and can highlight areas of concern for which additional instruction o

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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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Down on the farm

Learning with 'e's

Image from Pixabay Is it me, or is academic peer reviewing taking (another) nose dive? I have just been invited by the editor of an online open access peer reviewed journal to review an article. They matched me to the article on the basis of my CV which they say is 'academically striking'. (I'm not sure what that means.) The article they have 'aligned' to my expertise is entitled: “Farmers Coping Strategies to Face Labour Shortage in Northern and Southern Dry Zones of Karnataka.

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Achieve3000 and iCivics Announce New Partnership

techlearning

Achieve3000 and iCivics are partnering to offer middle and high school students government and civics readings designed for their grade. Through the partnership, Achieve3000 will add 30 of iCivics’ student readings to its platform. Achieve3000 will apply its patented method of online differentiated instruction to the content, so all students can read, discuss, and debate core U.S. civics and government topics. [ Explore History of the Greatest War ] Founded in 2009 by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor

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Blockchain Applied - Library 2.0 Mini Conference + Resource Bonus Guide

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our second Library 2.018 mini-conference, "Blockchain Applied: Impact on the Information Profession," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, June 7th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). This is a free event, being held online. Click here and also receive the "Library Blockchain Bonus Guide" with 95 special resource links !

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Bogen Announces Release 2.0 of E7000 IP-based, Education-focused Paging and Intercom System

techlearning

InfoComm booth C1162 May 14, 2018, Mahwah, NJ – Today, Bogen Communications, Inc., announced the introduction of version 2.0 of its award-winning education-focused E7000 IP-based paging and intercom system that debuted at InfoComm 2017. The E7000 leverages Bogen’s Nyquist software platform that provides users with unparalleled flexibility and scalability.

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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.