Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 28, 2017
Teacher Appreciation Week is May 1st-5th. In honor of these tenacious, creative individuals, here are some of our favorite humorous teacher appreciation articles: 10 Bits of Wisdom I Learned From a Computer. How to Talk to a Tech Teacher. 18 Things Teachers Do Before 8am. A Website That Cleans Your Computer for You. Definition of ‘Teacher’. How to be a Tech Teacher.
The CoolCatTeacher
APRIL 28, 2017
A conversation with Dr. Brad Johnson on episode #65 of the 10-Minute Teacher From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today Dr. Brad Johnson @drbradjohnson talks about the mistakes schools make that hurt their standardized test scores. You might be surprised that sometimes the things schools do may have the opposite impact of what they intend.
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EdTech Magazine
APRIL 28, 2017
By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Thanks to videoconferencing tools and partnerships, K–12 districts can offer access to care.
Edsurge
APRIL 28, 2017
Everyone has an opinion when it comes to issues facing higher education. But there are a few things we know for certain: Textbook and tuition costs are too high, student engagement is too low, and students want choice in how they learn. Plus, there are new literacies that are not yet addressed in formal curriculum. We also know technology holds potential to improve many of these problems.
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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.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
APRIL 28, 2017
April 29, 2017 Coding is an essential skill for 21st century students. 'When kids learn to code' , Mitch Resnick states, ' it enables them to learn many other things, opens up many new.read more.
Edsurge
APRIL 28, 2017
Ariana Garcia doesn’t take a break as she goes from tutoring a small group of students to teaching a social studies class at the Great Oak Charter middle school in New York City. “Next year, I just want to teach,” Garcia exasperatedly tells EdSurge. Garcia is one of ten graduate students working to complete New York University’s new Embedded Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) residency program.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Perry Hewitt
APRIL 28, 2017
An IDEO team combined human design talent and machine learning to create Font Map, a tool for designers to compare and find similar fonts. This started with Google’s ~750 typefaces, but can scale to many more. Explore for yourself. More and more of my searches start and end in the Google ecosystem, including those short snippets results in Q&A format.
eSchool News
APRIL 28, 2017
[ Editor’s Note : Read “ Infographic: The edtech challenges faced by immigrant students” here and read “ Infographic: Why mobile technology is hurting some students” here.]. Lower-income parents generally see classroom technology as beneficial to their children’s education, according to a survey from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop.
EdTechTeam
APRIL 28, 2017
Put an end to messy backpacks and binders and document learning with digital portfolios A scene all too familiar for educators: the teacher asks the class to get out an assignment to turn in for grading and at least one student pulls out a binder that looks like it got hit by a tornado. The student next to her forgot it at home. Another left it in his locker.
Gaggle Speaks
APRIL 28, 2017
The recently released Family Link app from Google provides parents with several helpful measures for monitoring and restricting the device use of their children. Parents can approve and deny various apps from being used, set bedtimes at which point the phone or tablet will be inaccessible, and monitor how much time their kids spend using each application.
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.
Marketplace K-12
APRIL 28, 2017
The former co-owners of an education consulting firm and the former CEO of Chicago Public Schools will serve prison time in a corruption scandal. The post Two Business Partners, Chicago Schools’ Former CEO Sentenced to Federal Prison appeared first on Market Brief.
Tech Helpful
APRIL 28, 2017
I love when I'm given the opportunity to work with great educators to collaborate for greater good. What an honor and a privilege to be part of next week's 5-part series from four other bloggers that I greatly admire! You don't want to miss this next week as we each share ideas on how to be both strategic and intentional with finishing out the school year even though testing is over.
Fractus Learning
APRIL 28, 2017
As someone who uses my iPad, not only on a daily basis but multiple times throughout the day, I need a functional and durable iPad case. I’ve been an iPad user for a couple of years […].
TeachThought - Learn better.
APRIL 28, 2017
The post Editor’s Choice: 8 Of The Best Desk Lamps For Under $50 appeared first on TeachThought.
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.
techlearning
APRIL 28, 2017
FEATURESSCHOOL CIO Getting Easier to Be Green Faced with steep energy costs and shrinking school budgets, cash strapped IT directors are discovering that going green is not just good for the environment it’s good for the wallet. By Pam Derringer.
Technology Tidbits
APRIL 28, 2017
Cite It In is a great site for students looking to reference material and make bibliographies. This is an easy to use that has a generator to cite materials such as: websites, books, videos, etc. Also, it works w/ APA, MLA, and Chicago styles. I highly recommend checking out Cite It In by clicking here !!!
techlearning
APRIL 28, 2017
Cool assessment targets kids’ strengths.
Technology Tidbits
APRIL 28, 2017
Storyboard That the excellent learning tool that educators are using in a number of ways such as: project based learning, timelines, storyboards, and more has recently made it easier to copy assignments. Educators can now login and copy assignments by the click of a button. Once the assignment is copied to their teacher dashboard it creates a blank template of that assignments for students to fill in.
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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
Edsurge
APRIL 28, 2017
A popular narrative in the employment market today is that a "skills gap" exists between the abilities employers seek in candidates and the capabilities that new college graduates gain through postsecondary education. Beyond skills readily demonstrable from college curriculum (primarily cognitive skills and technical skills), employers. complain about the lack of soft skills among college graduates: leadership, the ability to work in a team, written communication skills or problem-solving.
Technology Tidbits
APRIL 28, 2017
Loopy is an innovative new tool for creating interactive simulations. Simulations are easy to create and done by drawing circles and arrows. Educators can use Loopy to embed into a blog, create an explainer video, project based learning, differentiate instruction and much much more. Finally, users can create their simulations from scratch and build on an existing one as a template.
MindShift
APRIL 28, 2017
What makes a high-quality learning program effective not just for the child but the whole family? What else, besides a well-run pre-K , is essential to help families break out of intergenerational poverty? These are some of the key questions that an approach called “two-generation” programs are working to answer. There are many of these “two-gen” programs across the U.S.
Technology Tidbits
APRIL 28, 2017
Sketch Nation the simple to use mobile (iOS/Android) app/site for creating games recently updated their lesson plan ideas page. This is a great place for educators to go to find ways on how to integrate Sketch Nation into their classroom. These lesson ideas focus on a wide variety of subjects such as: Coding, History, Math, and more. Sketch Nation makes it a seamless way to introduce STEM into their classroom in a fun and engaging way.
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.
ProfHacker
APRIL 28, 2017
It’s that time of the (academic) year for many of us: we are neck-deep in grading, in stressed-out student, in wondering if we’ll even have a job in the fall and how are going to make ends meet over the summer. Typically, this would be the time to share self-care pieces, but instead I’m sharing a few provocative readings that have prompted me to ask the question, maybe we’re doing this wrong.
The 21st Century Principal
APRIL 28, 2017
"The problem with conformity in education is that people are not standardized to begin with." Sir Ken Robinson, Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That's Transforming Education Let's face it, our public education system is still all about conformity and standardization. We talk a lot of rot about "innovation" and "thinking outside of the box," but in reality, many educators still adhere to the faith that there are a list of single "research-based" indicators that exist somewhere out the
Shake Up Learning
APRIL 28, 2017
The post How to Cultivate Communication Skills in the Classroom appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Communication Skills are a Building Block. Communication is one of the most essential twenty-first-century skills, but teaching these skills is not an easy task for teachers. Communication is a building block. Cultivating a culture of communication in the classroom creates a foundation for building the other, ‘C’s:’ collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
APRIL 28, 2017
April 28, 2017 Mobile tablet computers have made their way into classrooms all over the world, with mixed responses. The phrase m-learning (or mobile-learning), the next stage after e-learning, has.read more.
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.
The Principal of Change
APRIL 28, 2017
You have probably heard of the public relation nightmares of both United Airlines and American Airlines, in the past few weeks. My good friend, Patrick Larkin , wrote a piece titled, “ Is Your School Like United Airlines? ”, and he compared some of the mistakes with United and challenged if we make some of the same mistakes in a school culture: A sub-headline from the Wall Street Journal’s article about the recent viral incident aboard a United Airlines plane immediately had me thinking a
Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous
APRIL 28, 2017
There’s a lot going on in the world right now and it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the many current issues being debated and decided on in our country and around the world. As a teacher librarian, it’s challenging because I want to support all students and families knowing that I might not personally agree with their perspectives. I make sure that I step back and listen to the students, support their research and perspectives, and check my own beliefs.
Hack Education
APRIL 28, 2017
Education Politics. Via The New York Times : “ Trump Orders Review of Education Policies to Strengthen Local Control.” “ What does Trump’s executive order on education do? Not much,” says The LA Times’ Joy Resmovits. Via WaPo’s Valerie Strauss : “ Trump ’s rather weird meeting with the 2017 Teachers of the Year.” Via The Hill : “21 state AGs denounce DeVos for ending student loan reform.” Via The Washington Post : “ Ed
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