Ed Tech from the Ground Up
MAY 3, 2017
A tool for collecting data on special education student behavior can bring benefits to teachers and other students as well. The post Special Education Data Can Improve Learning For All Students appeared first on Market Brief.
EdTech4Beginners
MAY 3, 2017
Are you looking for an interesting way to encourage your class to write? ‘Choose your own’ adventure stories worked brilliantly for me! What is this type of story? It is simply a story which has options for the reader to choose from. They decide what happens to the character. How did Google Slides help? Have a look at my video tutorial which will show you how to carry out the task: What was the impact on the pupils?
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The CoolCatTeacher
MAY 3, 2017
A conversation with Kitty Tripp on episode 68 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today Kitty Tripp @kitty_tripp shares a breakthrough she’s had with helping her students solve word problems. Teach them to become a director! If you’re preparing students to take a test or just teaching math, this is a fascinating method for teaching.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 3, 2017
In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: #124–Editing is easier with digital writing.
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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.
Education Elements
MAY 3, 2017
Albert Einstein’s discovery of E = mc 2 is without a doubt one of the world’s most famous equations. When Keith Wilson and Monte Westfall, successful administrators of the Lawrence Virtual School, and I began working on our workshop about equity for Education Elements’ Personalized Learning Summit (May 10-12, 2017), we chose this very equation as the title but added a new twist.
Battelle for Kids
MAY 3, 2017
At the San Francisco 49ers, we strongly believe 21st Century learning skills and informal education are a natural and perfect pairing. Our experience demonstrates that removing learners from their traditional classroom environments and introducing them to practical, interactive learning opportunities is conducive to reinforcing collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, and communication – the 4Cs – among most students.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
TeacherCast
MAY 3, 2017
Welcome to the Jersey Educator Podcast, a show created by NJEA members … for NJEA members. Whether you are a teacher, an education support professional, or a New Jersey Student Education Association member, this show will serve as a platform to help YOU bring out the best in your students. each and […]. The post Don’t Panic: School IT Professionals Are Here To Help!
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MAY 3, 2017
May 3, 2017 Google Docs has tons of interesting features that can immensely enhance your productivity level as a teacher and educator. However, most of these features are hidden and you need to dig.read more.
Edsurge
MAY 3, 2017
At its core, personalized learning means giving every student opportunities to learn in ways that connect and support them to the fullest extent possible. It’s a tall order—and scores of resources and organizations have emerged to help school leaders with different parts of the journey. Yet that proliferation of resources and ideas can be both helpful—and overwhelming.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MAY 3, 2017
May 3, 2017 Add-ons empower Google Drive with a plethora of amazing functionalities that can make a huge difference in the way you use its services. There are also multiple add-ons specifically.read more.
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.
eSchool News
MAY 3, 2017
Communicating can be a challenge for certain individuals with autism. In “ Communication Innovations for Individuals with Autism ,” Howard C. Shane, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, associate professor at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Center for Communication Enhancement and the Autism Language Program at Boston Children’s Hospital, discussed some innovative communication tips for students with autism.
My Paperless Classroom
MAY 3, 2017
3D printing may not have made it to our everyday lives yet, but it's being used more than we think across many different global industries, completely changing the landscape of innovation, design, and manufacturing. Some incredible things that 3D printers have produced are steel pedestrian bridges, medical implants for facial reconstruction, medical models for surgeons […].
TeachThought - Learn better.
MAY 3, 2017
The post 6 Targets To Teach The Way The Brain Learns appeared first on TeachThought.
eSchool News
MAY 3, 2017
Apps like Uber, Lyft, and Task Rabbit have helped millions of people use their skills to earn money on their own schedule. This model has now come to the American education market with 51Talk (pronounced “five-one-talk”), an online platform that connects educators in the U.S. with Chinese students who want to learn English. During each 25-minute lesson, teachers interact one-on-one with students using a live videoconferencing platform.
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.
Gaggle Speaks
MAY 3, 2017
There’s been a lot of discussion and controversy concerning the Netflix original series, Th1rteen R3asons Why (originally a book by the title, 13 Reasons Why ). The fictional story takes place in the wake of a teenage girl’s suicide, and its premise focuses on the tape recordings she left for those whom she claimed caused her to end her life. Many of the current conversations focus on whether or not the series controversially sensationalizes teenage suicide, and I want to be clear that is it no
eSchool News
MAY 3, 2017
Managed Wi-Fi technology is having a profound, transformative impact on K-12 classroom environments. Although wireless access technology has been in schools for several years, earlier-generation solutions have not been robust enough to keep pace with growing mobility requirements. Today’s more advanced managed Wi-Fi technologies now provide the functionality, scalability and bandwidth to support an ambitious set of classroom mobility requirements.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MAY 3, 2017
May 4, 2017 Art lovers out there, here are 3 interesting iPad apps you should not miss. These are some of the most popular apps for drawing, creating sketches and recording ideas in visually.read more.
Iterating Toward Openness
MAY 3, 2017
Today and tomorrow I’m at the EdTech Efficacy Research Academic Symposium in Washington, DC. The conversations here have been wonderful and have reminded me of something… For many years, several friends and I have argued about the following question: After accounting for all other differences – differences in a student’s age, race, gender, income, and prior academic success; differences in school environments; differences in teachers; differences in support available from
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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
ProfHacker
MAY 3, 2017
As I write this I’m on the brink of clicking “submit” on submitting my grades for the semester and starting my summer activities. Like many faculty in higher ed, I’m thinking about how to make the best of the next 3 months. In doing so, I’ve gone into the ProfHacker archives to see what my fellow authors have written on the subject: " Five Things to Do With Evaluations Before the Summer Really Starts ": Jason Jones argues that, before the semester drifts too
TeachThought - Learn better.
MAY 3, 2017
The post Create The Learning Environment You Want Using Virtual Reality appeared first on TeachThought.
MindShift
MAY 3, 2017
Some of the nation’s top researchers who’ve spent their careers studying early childhood education recently got together in Washington with one goal in mind: to cut through the fog of studies and the endless debates over the benefits of pre-school. And they came away with one clear, strong message: Kids who attend public preschool programs are better prepared for kindergarten than kids who don’t.
eSchool News
MAY 3, 2017
Through the Aperture Education Essay Scholarship Contest, students can win $1,000 for college by submitting an essay based on a provided question and telling friends and family to vote for their essay. Aperture Education will select a winner from the 3 essays with the most votes.
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.
The Cornerstone for Teachers
MAY 3, 2017
I’ve used individual dry erase boards with my students A LOT: solving math problems (they’d hold up their boards for me to check their work). mind mapping ideas before writing (so much more fun than a writing a rough draft). partner games (no need to waste scratch paper to keep score). illustrating tricky concepts (“draw an explanation of…”).
eSchool News
MAY 3, 2017
The Foundation for Blended and Online Learning’s 2017 Innovative Educator Grant Program identifies and supports school and classroom leaders developing practices or programs to overcome achievement gaps, drive engagement, and personalize learning for their students. One-time grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to winning proposals.
Tech Helpful
MAY 3, 2017
Possibilities for instruction are changing in education faster than ever before. As I have said before, how we define what words mean can seem both passive and aggressive to many teachers in the same room. The connotative meaning of "technology integration" can have varying degrees of expectation associated with it from the eyes of all stakeholders- teachers, administrators, school boards, students and parents.
Fractus Learning
MAY 3, 2017
What sets your soul on fire? What are you so passionate about that people can tell by the look on your face and the sound of your voice when you are talking about it? Professionally, my […].
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.
MiddleWeb
MAY 3, 2017
Many of us would love to improve our communication skills. Thankfully, Jim Knight’s Better Conversations: Coaching Ourselves and Each Other to Be More Credible, Caring, and Connected can help us achieve this goal, says instructional coach DeAnna Miller.
EdTechTeam
MAY 3, 2017
Breakout? Break out of what? I sat down for the digital breakout session in a crowded room of geeky educators. I had never heard of an escape room or a breakout, let alone a digital breakout. The presenter gave us a link to a digital breakout, read the prompt and said "go". I sat there for many minutes as I heard frantic clicks around me. What were these people looking at?
MiddleWeb
MAY 3, 2017
Emphasizing content-rich curriculum, traditional literacy activities, and soundly structured lessons, Mike Schmoker's "Leading with Focus" provides a guide for teacher leaders, principals, and others that can improve student achievement, says principal Matt Renwick.
Fractus Learning
MAY 3, 2017
The Product Marbotic offers wooden letters and numbers that work with six apps (free with the purchase of the letter and number blocks), which together allow your child to practice number- and letter-recognition, addition, subtraction, tens […].
AI-powered tools like virtual assistants and chatbots provide instant guidance and support, while data analytics offer valuable insights for educators and administrators.
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