Wed.Jun 12, 2019

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3 Ways to Build Student Agency into Your Lessons

Catlin Tucker

Although many teachers recognize the importance of making students active agents in the classroom, it is easy to overlook student agency when we plan our lessons. However, the ability to make key decisions about their learning is a powerful motivator for students. If they are invited to tailor the learning to their interests, decide how to approach a problem, or determine what they will create, it makes them feel valued as individual learners.

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Rebuilding a School Community with Maker Learning

Digital Promise

In July 2018, Digital Promise launched a new Maker Learning Leadership Cohort dedicated to professional learning, peer connections, and school transformation in the Pittsburgh region. This blog post is the second in a series where participating districts share why they are committed to providing maker learning opportunities to their students. As the leadership team of Duquesne City School District balances its budget, impactful maker learning spaces and experiences for all students are serving a

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How to Help Kids Who Hate Math Learn It

The CoolCatTeacher

Dan Meyer on episode 513 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Today Dan Meyer @ddmeyer gives us tips and advice for helping kids who hate math learn to love it. He explains the 3-Act method of teaching. From The 10 Minute Teacher Vault — As we finish season 5, we have been airing the most popular shows of all time.

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Using Micro-credentials to Recognize the Skills of New and Experienced Teachers

Digital Promise

In this series, we take a closer look inside our new paper, “ Micro-credentials and Education Policy in the United States: Recognizing Learning and Leadership for Our Nation’s Teachers.”. For almost two decades there has been considerable debate over the importance of fully licensed teachers in ensuring quality teaching and learning (e.g., see this 2002 Education Week report ).

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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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5 ideas for creating captivating experiences in class

Ditch That Textbook

Differentiated instruction. Great tech use. They’re both doable — and they can work in harmony! In this book that I co-authored with educators Nate and Angie Ridgway, we give TONS of practical ideas for differentiating well with technology. Differentiation is something many of us wish we did better. Thankfully, the technology we have available to […].

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When Ed-Tech CEOs Aren’t Educators, Foster a Culture of Continuous Teacher Engagement

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

Tech founders are often taught to "scratch their own itch" by building products they themselves want to use. But what do you do when you're building an ed-tech product and you aren't a teacher or student? The post When Ed-Tech CEOs Aren’t Educators, Foster a Culture of Continuous Teacher Engagement appeared first on Market Brief.

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Guest post: 2 Signs That You Aren’t Generating Questions Efficiently – Can AI help?

EdTech4Beginners

Assessments and knowledge checks are central to any eLearning course. Good questions have the power to make the learning experience memorable and successful. They help prepare, reinforce, and evaluate. But good questions are also hard to come by. Creating questions is often a tedious and complicated process. It involves ‘too many cooks’—subject matter experts, instructional designers, vendors.

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Students in Tech Say Soft Skills and the Arts Set Them Up for Success

Edsurge

WASHINGTON, D.C.—When Dolica Gopisetty was applying for summer internships earlier this year, employers kept telling her that what they valued most in potential hires was strong communication skills and a willingness to learn new things. And when Nathan Wallace was transitioning from college to the workforce a few months ago, he noticed a similar trend.

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Using Micro-credentials to Recognize the Skills of New and Experienced Teachers

Digital Promise

In this series, we take a closer look inside our new paper, “ Micro-credentials and Education Policy in the United States: Recognizing Learning and Leadership for Our Nation’s Teachers.”. For almost two decades there has been considerable debate over the importance of fully licensed teachers in ensuring quality teaching and learning (e.g., see this 2002 Education Week report ).

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New York Startup Coursedog Gets Seed Funding to Tackle Class Scheduling

Edsurge

Scheduling isn’t for the faint of heart, as anyone who’s tried to find a time and room for a team meeting well knows. For colleges and universities, the challenge boils down to this: given a finite set of classrooms and faculty availability, how can officials offer courses that students want and need to take, at times that instructors can teach? That’s a tall order for any organization—and especially for a small company like Coursedog , which claims its scheduling software can help colleges and

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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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Why Questions Are More Important Than Answers

TeachThought - Learn better.

Why Questions Are More Important Than Answers by Terry Heick Imagine the dogged pursuit of a proper clock-maker, day after day bound up in design and measurement and function and orderly thinking, forcing exactitude on little bits of metal that never asked for it. And then finally getting it right–so many decisions and matters of […]. The post Why Questions Are More Important Than Answers appeared first on TeachThought.

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OPINION: What health care can teach educators about the difference between ‘equal’ and ‘equitable’

The Hechinger Report

Getty Images. If we did in health care what we do in education, we’d say this to everyone who walks through the hospital door: “We prescribe the same treatment for everyone. We’ve always done this. It’s more convenient for us. It won’t be perfect, but it will contribute to public health.” Of course, we’d never do this in health care.

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4 strategies to close the digital equity gap

eSchool News

According to Davis, Fuller, Jackson, Pittman, and Sweet (2007) , the definition of digital equity is “equal access and opportunity to digital tools, resources, and services to support an increase in digital knowledge, awareness, and skills.” With that in mind, school leaders are working to strategically close the digital equity gap. In a recent edWebinar , Sarah Thomas, educator and founder of the EduMatch movement; Nicol Howard, assistant professor in the School of Education at Univ

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Will Maker Media’s Shutdown Impact the Maker Education Initiative? (No.)

Edsurge

The abrupt announcement of Maker Media’s shutdown startled and shocked people in many walks of life—especially educators who felt inspired to bring making and the do-it-yourself spirit into teaching and learning. It also raised questions about what the future holds for the maker education movement, and particularly the Maker Education Initiative , which has provided professional development trainings and resources for seven years and counting.

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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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4 actions to drive an elementary school turnaround

eSchool News

In the summer of 2016, I decided to take on a fresh new challenge and, to be honest, I was a little intimidated at the start. The opportunity had come up to serve as principal at Lake Park Elementary, a Title 1 school where just one quarter of students were proficient in literacy and the school was on the state’s list of the 300 lowest-performing schools—the need for an elementary school turnaround was clear.

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#AskExcelinEd: How can educators improve students’ chances of job market success?

ExcelinEd

The new Credentials Matter research verifies what we had long suspected: states need to more effectively align the credentials high school students earn with local labor markets. Credentials Matter shows that many of the hundreds of thousands of credentials U.S. high school students earn each year as part of state career and technical education (CTE) programs carry little to no weight in the labor market.

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The importance of student device choice when preparing for the modern workplace

Jamf on EdTech

Preparing today's students for tomorrow's workplaces should include Mac.

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Avoiding the Pitfalls of Social Media

edWeb.net

The drawbacks of social media are well-documented—like anonymous trolls posting negative comments just to spark controversy. However, said Jamie Knowles, Senior Manager of Educator Professional Learning Programs at Common Sense Media, social media also has the ability to help users share their stories and shed a positive light on their activities. In his presentation, “ Educators and Social Media: Avoiding the Pitfalls,” Knowles discussed some challenges of using social media but also the positi

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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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The importance of student device choice when preparing for the modern workplace

Jamf on EdTech

Preparing today's students for tomorrow's workplaces should include Mac.

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A Guide to Sharing Positive Education Stories in Social Media

techlearning

Haben Girma, the first deaf-blind student to graduate Harvard Law spoke at an Accessibility Expo to a New York City Department of Education audience about the importance of sharing positive disability stories and services available.  At the Expo attendees saw amazing work happening in schools with students. If you did not have the opportunity to attend, you don't have a way to find out about what's happening.

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My Literacy Hope Chest for Next School Year

MiddleWeb

What learning ideas have you packed away for summer reflection? With her 4th graders almost out the door, Mary Tarashuk is organizing her literacy notes and resources for a soon to be purchased hope chest, with plans to further evolve her writing workshop skills this fall.

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ISTE NEWS: BenQ to Display Interactive Flat Panels, Projectors and More at ISTE 2019

techlearning

BenQ will host live demonstrations of its family of RP Series Interactive Flat Panels (IFP), Blue Core 4K UHD HDR laser projectors, PointWrite™ interactive technology, and the newly launched secure and software-free WDC10-C USB-C InstaShow™ wireless presentation system.

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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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Hack Education

I am making some changes to how this site earns money – or rather, Hack Education will not solicit any donations from readers for the foreseeable future. I am closing my Patreon account, and while I cannot cancel any recurring payments that are coming via PayPal – you have to do that – starting today, I will refund these as they come in.

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Make Your Own Plastic At Home

Fractus Learning

Kindergarten to second graders may have fun in making their own plastic at home; also known as Gluep and functions like silly putty. Experiment with the plastic; see how pliable it is and try to figure out if it is a solid or a […].

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Epson Announces New BrightLink Interactive Laser Displays for Education

techlearning

The Epson BrightLink 1485Fi and BrightLink 1480Fi combine the utility of a whiteboard, projector and interactive display to transform virtually any flat surface into a digital whiteboard and interactive space.

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IT Fortifies Physical Security to Protect K–12 Communities

EdTech Magazine

IT Fortifies Physical Security to Protect K–12 Communities. eli.zimmerman_9856. Wed, 06/12/2019 - 12:48. The class of 2019 is likely to be leaving school districts that are considerably more alert to students’ physical safety than they were when the grads started kindergarten, and IT is providing important defenses. . With horrific school shootings too often in the news and an increased focus on issues such as bullying, districts are installing IP cameras and web-based alert and reporting system

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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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BACK OFFICE BUSINESS: Mentoring Minds Introduces ThinkUp! for Texas Educators

techlearning

The supplemental curriculum for math, science, writing, English/language arts and reading aligns with TEKS and prepares students for STAAR

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Looking for Trusted Advisers? Look No Further

Ask a Tech Teacher

Summer is the push-pull of regeneration and rejuvenation: Should I spend my summer weeks learning my craft or relaxing? Me, I have no regular winner but the more convenient learning is, the more likely I’ll squeeze a goodly quantity of learning into my vacation that serves me in the long run. Where years ago, that used to be attending a conference at an out-of-town hotel that required traveling expenses, now, I’m more likely to pick online classes.

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PublicSchoolWORKS Updates Staff Training System

techlearning

PublicSchoolWORKS introduces new analytics features to provide deeper insight into safety and compliance training

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SETDA Opposes FCC’s Universal Service Funds CAP

SETDA Says

SETDA opposes the FCC’s proposal to sweep the E-rate and other Universal Service Fund programs under a single budgetary cap and “prioritize” them. The USF is a vital tool for state leaders working to connect students to high capacity broadband at school and at home and this proposal threatens the system’s success. SETDA’s Executive Director, […].

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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.