EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

K–12 Education’s Top Tech Hurdles to Innovation. shailaja.neela…. Fri, 11/22/2019 - 12:10. Technology is developing at a faster clip than its adoption, and while some K–12 classrooms are innovating — by using drones in curriculum or digital tools to personalize learning — they remain isolated examples dotting an unequal landscape where, often, digitization is seen as an end in itself rather than a means to improve learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

I’m taking next week off. I’ll be preparing for my daughter’s holiday visit from her home in Maryland and my son who’s visiting from Okinawa Japan (by way of Georgia). I am so excited to see both of them! I’ll be back December 2nd. Any emergencies–drop me a line at askatechteacher@gmail.com. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

By Amy Howell. TechEd is a hot topic in education right now, but what we really need to be discussing is student led learning. Students leading other students in learning is one of the most amazing things you can see. STEAMbassadors, STEMbassadors, Alpha:Techsperts, The Girls – they go by many names, but they are all groups of students dedicated to learning the newest technology and sharing their knowledge with their peers and their teachers.

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Ditch That Textbook

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Our students' future is an uncertain one. Their workforce will look much different than ours. Here are ways we can help them to be "future ready".Educators have a daunting task. It's our job to help students prepare for a workforce that we can't describe. Today, people have jobs that we couldn't dream of several years ago. […]. The post 10 ways to help students become “future ready” appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

BELLEVUE, Neb.—The family engagement room at Belleaire Elementary School in the suburbs of Omaha is bustling on a late October morning. Kindergarten teacher Kelsea Heesacker comes in to chat with the school counselor and to grab a winter coat for a little girl who came to school without one. Meghan McCormack, whose job is to visit families in their homes, pulls on her own coat as she hurries outside to meet a mom whose kids aren't old enough for school yet.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

"Why should I go to school?" This is a question rarely given serious attention, much less a credible answer that makes sense to children. The post Why Should I Go To School? 20 Reasons To Learn In A Changing World appeared first on TeachThought.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

By Jenny Angelo. Beaumont, Texas, is in my DNA. My family has been here since the 1800s, when the area was mainly devoted to cattle ranching and rice milling, through the great Spindletop oil discovery, which was the first major oil field and the largest in American history. We have so many great opportunities in our area, including Exxon Mobil, Lamar University, and Lamar Institute of Technology right in our own backyard.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

In today's post I am sharing with you an excellent rubric for science teachers. This document, which is available for free download, is shared by the University of Wisconsin. The rubric.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Managing your time and money while you’re in school takes focus and planning. However, by laying the groundwork with proper study and spending habits, as well as finding programs that can help cover tuition, you can reduce your student loan debt before you leave school. Find Out About Tuition Reimbursement. Depending on your career choice, you may be able to find employment or an internship that offers tuition reimbursement.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Despite overall low levels of teacher optimism, educators across the country agree that edtech helps their instructional strategies and has much more potential in the classroom. The fifth annual Educator Confidence Report , from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and YouGov, explores teacher sentiment across a broad range of topics and includes responses from more than 1,300 teachers and administrators.

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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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Kyle Pace

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Humility. This is a leadership trait that is hard for leaders to come by sometimes. Notice I already called it a “leadership trait”? That’s because if you don’t have some from time to time, you’re going to be seen as a leader that always has to have the right answer or the best solution. Sometimes, what’s best for kids, is not going to be your idea.

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Marketplace K-12

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

A survey by the Jefferson Education Exchange finds that more than 90 percent of teachers access research at least once a year, but they have mixed views of its value. The post Teachers Say They’re Consuming Research. Putting It to Use Is Another Story appeared first on Market Brief.

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techieMusings

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

If you’ve read my blog for a while, you’ve seen me talk about productivity tips and one of my favorite apps out there, Boomerang. I was recently talking to a colleague about how I use Boomerang and sharing some workflow tips. After an awesome brainstorm with her, I thought I might share some of those tips here. In this video below, I share my workflow for keeping on top of emails and using Boomerang as my second brain to remember and keep track of things that need to be done now… and

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techlearning

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

This week students were challenged to solve this case taken directly from the movie A Few Good Men.

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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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ExcelinEd

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Next week, individuals and families nationwide will pause to reflect on the blessings in their lives (and enjoy a bounty of pumpkin pie!). And this year, Excel in Ed is especially grateful for the policymakers, educators and parents who are diligently working to transform education for each and every child. Thank you! What Others Are Saying. Grateful to the educators who inspire, nurture, and bring a smile to the faces of our children.

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techlearning

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Duolingo is a game-based language-learning tool.

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ExcelinEd

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

We had another incredible National Summit on Education Reform! Below you’ll find keynote and general session videos, some of our favorite photos and the #EIE19 Twitter Moments. See you next year at #EIE20 in Washington, D.C.! #EIE19 Highlights Reel. Some of our favorite moments from the past two days! Keynote and General Session Videos. Full-length videos of keynotes and general sessions are ready.

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Hansen's Link to Tech

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

With many years of experience of news, social media, mass communication, and website posts one thing I’m certain about is a need for an efficient collaboration tool. Think about the amount of time communicating back and forth via email or even on one shared doc? This article is all about how to make life efficient when working with various collaborators for communications and translations.

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Linways Technologies

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

An overview. What is an Assessment. Assessment, is a series of measurements that uses various methods and techniques, to collect data on student learning in order to refine teaching programs and improve student learning capabilities. It includes conventional examinations, projects, classroom performance analysis, practical/laboratory activities, extracurricular activities, etc.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Today’s educators recognize the importance of research. That’s not much of a headline, but a new survey from the Jefferson Education Exchange suggests something that might be: Educators aren’t getting as much out of research as they’d like—and they have ideas on how to fix it. “What we are hearing loud and clear from teachers is that they feel as though the research is being done to them and not for them,” says Bart Epstein, CEO of the Jefferson Education Exchange, which conducted the survey.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Education leaders expect school internet needs to increase over the next several years, highlighting the need for increased bandwidth and resources to support growing digital learning demands on school networks. The ninth annual E-Rate Trends Report from Funds For Learning shows that the federal E-rate program is still critical in establishing broadband connectivity for schools and libraries.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Excerpted from Sex, Teens & Everything in Between: The New and Necessary Conversations Today’s Teenagers Need to Have about Consent, Sexual Harassment, Healthy Relationships, Love, and More by Shafia Zaloom. By Shafia Zaloom . Exploring sexuality with others can be scary, confusing, and thrilling, and digital devices make every interaction more consequential.

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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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