Waterford
JANUARY 10, 2020
What’s the difference between additive and subtractive bilingualism? If you work with bilingual and English-language learning (ELL) children, the answer to this question could make a world of difference for your students. Teaching your ELL students additive bilingualism is one of the surest ways to help them gain strong reading skills in English, and in their first language too.
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 10, 2020
The 40th annual Future of Education Technology Conference is once again offering an opportunity to start the new year learning about the latest educational technology as well as related trends, strategies and best practices related to teaching and learning. . This year, the event will be held Jan. 14 to 17 in Miami. The conference, which drew more than 10,000 attendees in 2019 , includes tracks tailored to library media specialists, education coaches, IT professionals, administrators and other e
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Edsurge
JANUARY 10, 2020
UNION CITY, N.J. — With a roomful of rapidly developing children with wildly different needs in their care, early childhood educators will inevitably observe a host of behavioral and learning challenges among their students over the course of a school year. In any preschool classroom, some children may struggle to communicate, have a hard time making friends or experience separation anxiety from a parent.
TeachThought - Learn better.
JANUARY 10, 2020
The shift from being asked for answers to being asked for questions can be powerful in building a powerful learning environment. The post Using The QFT To Drive Inquiry In Project-Based Learning appeared first on TeachThought.
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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
JANUARY 10, 2020
In third-grade Zachery Ward despised math. “I resented my math teacher, and I hated doing the work because I didn’t understand the rationale behind it.” Zachery Ward But something happened that transformed Ward’s math teacher into his favorite teacher—she took the time to recognize and then address his emotions, changing her practices to meet him where he was with real-life examples.
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 10, 2020
Join EdTech as we cover FETC from Jan. 15 to 17.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Iterating Toward Openness
JANUARY 10, 2020
Last year I created an un-styled, (hopefully) easy-to-reuse slide deck about Creative Commons, the 5Rs, and OER. I’ve been a vocal advocate for CC since the day it launched, and have been answering questions about the licenses for years. I helped design the new Creative Commons Certification course, taught the first two sections offered, and am the Education Fellow at CC.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JANUARY 10, 2020
Looking for some good educational apps that work with Google Classroom, the list below has you covered. The apps are arranged into four main categories: connect with school systems, engage students.
eSchool News
JANUARY 10, 2020
Students who are better able to understand and manage their emotions effectively, a skill known as emotional intelligence, do better at school than their less skilled peers, as measured by grades and standardized test scores, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. “Although we know that high intelligence and a conscientious personality are the most important psychological traits necessary for academic success, our research highlights a third factor, emotional
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JANUARY 10, 2020
For those of you inquiring about educational Chromebook apps to use with students in class. Here is a collection of some of our favourite titles you can start with. These are tools that will enable.
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.
N2Y
JANUARY 10, 2020
Building and maintaining positive relationships with our students and their families is a crucial part of being an educator. When we step into our classroom each day, it’s important to remember that each student is someone’s whole world! Families trust us to take care of the most precious person in their lives, and they want to know that their child is in good hands.
Buncee
JANUARY 10, 2020
Wow! When Holiday Hugs from Buncee first started, our goal was to bring a little joy to children who were spending the holidays in hospitals. Students were encouraged to create Holiday Hug Buncees containing holiday greetings and well wishes, then share them to a Buncee Board. Amy Storer founded this beautiful initiative, and we worked together with our community to gather as many Holiday Hug Buncees as we could.
techlearning
JANUARY 10, 2020
Google has recently announced it is scrapping its VR projects leaving educators questioning the place of this technology in the learning environment.
Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous
JANUARY 10, 2020
Now that winter break is over, our book budget students are back at work. This week we took 2 separate trips to our local independent bookstore, Avid Bookshop. I had almost 40 kids split across the 2 days. Avid Bookshop is located within 1 mile of our school so we can easily take a walking field trip to the store, and most of our students already have a permission slip on file.
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.
Shake Up Learning
JANUARY 10, 2020
The post The Top 10 Secrets of an Awesome Tech Coach! (FREE eBook) appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Are you a tech coach, instructional coach, digital learning specialist, trainer, or any kind of educational leader? Then this ebook is for YOU! I have taken my best tips and put them into this FREE download! Learn tips for building relationships, alternative PD, coaching, and more!
techlearning
JANUARY 10, 2020
Boxlight's ProColor Interactive Flat Panel Display is Chosen as a Top Product from Vendor-Submitted Proposals
ExcelinEd
JANUARY 10, 2020
Lack of access to affordable facilities is one of the most critical issues facing charter schools across the country. This reality can stifle the growth of existing charter schools and limit the expansion of new quality public school options for our nation’s families. Learn how your state can use a combination of tools to fully address charter school facility needs at ExcelinEd.org/CharterSchools.
techlearning
JANUARY 10, 2020
Below is a list of sessions I will be presenting at FETC 2020, along with any associated resources.
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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
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 10, 2020
Avery Bencal is a fourth grader at Winthrop Elementary School in Melrose, Massachusetts. Her teacher has embraced competency-based learning, which asks students to take more control in the classroom. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. MELROSE, Mass. — This cozy suburb just outside of Boston is home to an idyllic New England downtown and schools that are good enough to draw young families in droves.
Graphite Blog
JANUARY 10, 2020
Teaching and learning happen within cultural, political, and social circumstances. As much as we want to deny it, we all have biases based on our life experiences. Each of us -- teachers and students alike -- enter classrooms from different perspectives and points of view. We must learn to negotiate those differences to better understand each other and our worlds, and to advocate for a better, more equitable future.
eSchool News
JANUARY 10, 2020
Demographics: The Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (ISD) is the third-largest district in Texas, covering 186 square miles and serving more than 115,000 students. The Houston district currently includes 11 high schools, 18 middle schools, 54 elementary schools, and five special campuses. Biggest challenge: Our district is large and continues to grow by nearly 1,000 students each year, creating a continuous pressure to provide all students with equally impactful educational experien
Graphite Blog
JANUARY 10, 2020
Media literacy is a way for us to better understand our world and have our say in it. It involves understanding how -- and why -- a media message is constructed as well as its impact on the world. Effective media literacy education also involves a strong focus on civic engagement and creation, connecting people with the tools to make their voices and perspectives heard.
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.
Graphite Blog
JANUARY 10, 2020
News literacy is a subset of media literacy focused on helping people process and understand news media messages, to locate more factual and credible information, and to think critically about what counts as news. News literacy is also about recognizing that quality, credible, independent news and journalism are critical components of any free and democratic society.
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