EdTech Magazine

JUNE 29, 2017

By Melissa Delaney Students use a variety of new tools and devices to give their creative endeavors new dimensions.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2017

How can historically black colleges and universities provide meaningful employment to struggling students and alumni? Leaders of 24 institutions serving them are answering this question in Atlanta this week as part of a conference hosted by United Negro College Fund’s (UNCF). Career Pathways Initiative (CPI). The program seeks to close the ever widening chasm between the professional outcomes and economic mobility of black and white college students.

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JUNE 29, 2017

There are 2.4 million fewer college students in the United States than there were just six years ago, meaning institutions have to work much harder to fill seats. DELAWARE, Ohio — Behind the deceptive quiet of a small college campus in the summer, things are buzzing at Ohio Wesleyan University. Faculty at the 175-year-old liberal-arts school, which has about 1,700 undergraduates, are preparing new majors in high-demand fields including data analytics and computational neuroscience.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2017

To borrow from the poet Robert Burns, the best-laid plans of teachers and principals often go awry and unfinished—especially when it comes to a school’s master schedule. Just ask Lee Fleming, a principal at Bonsall High School in San Diego. “The master schedule is an never-ending job,” she tells EdSurge. “It is the vehicle for delivering equity—and inequity, when done poorly.

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Schools face increasing challenges as technology becomes integral to education. Efficient device management is essential for maximizing technology use and safeguarding investments. Our article discusses the importance of tracking devices, outlines current challenges, and suggests modern solutions that go beyond traditional methods like Excel. Learn how advanced tracking systems can streamline operations, improve maintenance, and offer real-time updates for better resource allocation.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JUNE 29, 2017

June 30, 2017 After writing about Mac productivity apps we received requests for similar list for Android users. The visual below features what we think are good Android apps to help you enhance your.read more.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2017

In the past, experts have made big projections for the global edtech market, with some groups estimating as much as $252 billion pouring into the market by 2020. The United States is expected to lead the charge, followed by countries in Asia and Europe, so it may come as no surprise that people interested in edtech are traveling from all over the world to learn from, sell to and acquire U.S. companies.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2017

A rapidly growing population of English Language Learners in the U.S. has caught the eye of the edtech market. As the demographics continue to shift, an increasing number of products are being designed to support ELL students, and a number of existing ELA and literacy products are pivoting to expand their audience to include the ELL community. Translation—whether by an in-house team of language experts, third-party translators or translation software—is often the first stop for these companies.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JUNE 29, 2017

June 29, 2017 Here are 3 good web tools from ReadWriteThink to help students with their poem writing. Students will get to learn how to write different poem types (e.g., acrostic poems and diamente.read more.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 29, 2017

The post High School Improving Discipline By Gamifying Good Behavior appeared first on TeachThought.

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JUNE 29, 2017

As the CIO or IT manager of any business, complaints about the quality of your company’s Wi-Fi are probably the last thing you want to hear. Negative feedback is not only easier to express because of social media and sites like tripadvisor and Yelp , but consequently more disruptive to retention and overall business growth.

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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.

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eSchool News

JUNE 29, 2017

If you think about what constitutes a sport, the contest that took place recently at Robert Morris University checked many of the boxes. Did the competitors put in many hours of practice? Yes. Did they possess physical and mental gifts? Affirmative. Was teamwork a crucial ingredient for success? Absolutely. The only thing missing, really, was perspiration–it’s hard to break a sweat when you’re sitting in a climate-controlled room, moving little more than your fingers.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 29, 2017

The post 5 Strategies For Managing Change In Schools appeared first on TeachThought.

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MiddleWeb

JUNE 29, 2017

Fourth grade teacher Alex Valencic looks forward to integrating Jan Richardson’s assess-decide-guide framework into his guided reading instruction. Beyond its thorough introduction, the book shows in detail how students at 5 levels of reading can develop their skills.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 29, 2017

The post Learning Is Not About The Technology appeared first on TeachThought.

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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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Educator Innovator

JUNE 29, 2017

I’m very pleased to share my New York Times Learning Network blog post with the Educator Innovator blog. One thing I’d like readers to keep in mind if this is your first introduction to teaching with student civic action: if a full-blown project seems overwhelming, time-gobbling, and hard to control, it’s fine to start small. A good strategy is the “soap box” curriculum from the Mikva Challenge organization in Chicago, readily available on the Web.

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Tech Helpful

JUNE 29, 2017

Rachelle and myself Traveling alone to ISTE this year gave me lots of time alone with my thoughts and my learning. Meeting up with my friend Rachelle Poth on the last day led to one of my greatest moments of reflection. When we talked about the things we had done during the week it was very different from each other. Rachelle presented multiple times (and I must say she's amazing at sharing her classroom stories) and I was there as an attendee only.

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MiddleWeb

JUNE 29, 2017

Walton Burns' easy-to-use book can help teachers find creative ways to accomplish the necessary and often mundane tasks that come with the start of school. Renee Bogacz notes most of often engaging activities can be adapted for any subject area or grade level.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 29, 2017

It's not easy to stand out among the the giants of edtech like Google, Apple, or Microsoft. Still, smaller developers are innovating at a rapid pace and are creating some truly exciting tools. At education conferences in particular, teachers are constantly distracted by flashy booths, expensive giveaways, superhero characters, and other marketing gimmicks.

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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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MiddleWeb

JUNE 29, 2017

The refreshingly clear way that Barbara Blackburn collects and presents best practices in her book on rigor and assessment should help teachers become more effective at providing well differentiated instruction in a positive classroom environment, writes Roy Palmer.

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EdTechSandyK

JUNE 29, 2017

ISTE 2017 has come to a close. If you are like me, you are a combination of exhausted and excited by all of the learning and connecting that took place. You might also be overwhelmed. I've felt that way some years, as I looked at all of the ways others are innovating with technology for the benefit of student learning and feeling like I or my school or district were woefully behind.

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esri

JUNE 29, 2017

I recently had the good fortune of conducting a professional development GIS institute for educators recently at the new Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) center at Overland High School and Prairie Middle School in Colorado. We found out about the center after meeting its director, Dr. Richard Charles, while hosting an Esri exhibit at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) last year.

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Fractus Learning

JUNE 29, 2017

The following is adapted from Episode 32 of the Word of the Day Podcast. Akin, an adjective, means “like or similar to,” and is perfectly suited for making comparisons between things. The etymology is pretty interesting. […].

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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

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Kevin Corbett

JUNE 29, 2017

Dr. Joyce Stewart Earns Most Effective Administrator Award Congratulations to Dr. Joyce Stewart, as she was honored with the Robert J. Handy Most Effective Administrator Award, sponsored by PEMCO Insurance and WASA. A peer committee selects the recipients from nominations that describe how each nominee is taking part in realizing the nine characteristics of high performing.

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esri

JUNE 29, 2017

Many of us in the field of GIS believe that the geographic way of viewing the world and geospatial tools are too valuable and useful to be confined to one discipline. Rather, GIS needs to be embedded into business, planning, environmental science, mathematics, engineering, history, language arts, biology, chemistry, archaeology, and others. We also believe that GIS needs to be included in every person’s formal education from primary to university level and offered in informal settings such as li

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Kevin Corbett

JUNE 29, 2017

Dr. Joyce Stewart Earns Most Effective Administrator Award Congratulations to Dr. Joyce Stewart, as she was honored with the Robert J. Handy Most Effective Administrator Award, sponsored by PEMCO Insurance and WASA. A peer committee selects the recipients from nominations that describe how each nominee is taking part in realizing the nine characteristics of high performing.

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EdTechSandyK

JUNE 29, 2017

During the final day of ISTE 2017 , I spent some time perusing the Exhibit Hall in between a great workshop on building digital portfolios with Google Sites and a session on using Open Educational Resources (OER). So, there were fewer tweets yesterday, and the majority of them were from the OER session. As always after a conference like this, my brain is full, I have a lot to contemplate, and my resource kit is more stocked than it was a few days ago.

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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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Technology Tidbits

JUNE 29, 2017

Letter Quest EDU is the new Spelling game from Filament Games. Letter Quest is a super fun turn-based fighting game where a student spells words to defeat their enemy. As the game progress the words get harder and this is a great way to build up Spelling/Vocabulary skills. Best of all, a paid/registered user can track/save student progress. I highly recommend checking out Letter Quest EDU by clicking here !!!

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Reading By Example

JUNE 29, 2017

This book is good. Really good. Actually, I’m a little sad I did not discover it until recently. If I had read during my teaching days…who knows, maybe I would have gone back to get my English degree. Instead, I found Improving Schools from Within by Roland Barth and got the administrative bug. A good outcome, and interesting how a book can change your life trajectory.

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Technology Tidbits

JUNE 29, 2017

30hands is the excellent and easy-to-use learning tool that educators/students everywhere are using for a wide range purposes, such as: digital storytelling, project based learning, blended learning, and much much more. I highly recommend checking out 30hands Pro by clicking here or 30hands Web here !!! 30hands has lots of exciting news on the horizon.

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techlearning

JUNE 29, 2017

Get beyond binders with digital, remixable lesson-planning tool.

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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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