A Principal's Reflections
JANUARY 14, 2018
Everyone needs feedback in order to improve. You would be hard-pressed to identify any profession where it isn’t a central component to success. As I have written in the past, there is nothing more vital to our professional roles than good feedback that paints a picture not only of what we are doing well but areas where we can either become much better or outright improve.
The CoolCatTeacher
JANUARY 14, 2018
Pam Moran on episode 231 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Pam Moran has been a leader in education reform in Virginia over the past several years as the state moved from testing to transformation. In today’s episode, she talks about the transformation, why they needed change, and implementing successful change.
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eSchool News
JANUARY 14, 2018
For years, parents and policymakers have looked to test scores to gauge the effectiveness of school districts and teachers. New research from Stanford Graduate School of Education Professor Sean Reardon provides a different measure: students’ academic progress over a period of years. Reardon examined test scores for students in third through eighth grade at 11,000 school districts across the country.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JANUARY 14, 2018
January 14, 2018 Critical thinking is a metacognitive skill, or what is generally known as 'thinking about thinking' (Howard et al. 2014). Critical thinking is a general competence that.read more.
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TeacherCast
JANUARY 14, 2018
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 Project Impact: Taking Pride in our Schools, Communities, and Students appeared first on TeacherCast.
Teacher Tech
JANUARY 14, 2018
Use Camera in G Suite “Everything is digital when you can take a picture of it.” – Jon Corippo I love paper. Lots of good reasons to use paper and do paper things. Or use manipulatives. Or create non digital projects. One thing I love about Google Slides is the ability to collaborate and provide feedback. Google […]. The post Everything is Digital When You Can Take a Picture of It appeared first on Teacher Tech.
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JANUARY 14, 2018
January 14, 2018 Here is a collection of some good iPad apps that are free today and only for a limited period of time. Our favourite titles are the National Gallery app (lets you virtually explore.read more.
MiddleWeb
JANUARY 14, 2018
Self-check classroom and school "real estate" to make sure you're organized to showcase, celebrate, and convey messages and content that invite all learners to joyfully learn more, writes author Regie Routman. In particular, critically examine your classroom libraries.
eSchool News
JANUARY 14, 2018
Ed. note : Video of the Week picks are supplied by the editors of Common Sense Education , which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. Click here to watch the video at Common Sense Education. Video Description: If you want to get your students’ attention, show them how an issue affects real people.
The Innovative Educator
JANUARY 14, 2018
In a world where so many right-hearted people spend so much time and money on social interventions meant to help, doesn’t it make sense to figure out which ones work and which ones don’t? That’s the question economist Stephen J. Dubner explored on an episode of his Freakonomics radio show called “ When Helping Hurts.” Dubner took a look at a longitudinal study that began during the Great Depression and is still going on today.
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
JANUARY 14, 2018
Ed. note : App of the Week picks are now being curated by the editors of Common Sense Education , which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. Click here to read the full app review. Google Arts & Culture. What’s It Like?
Ed Tech Now
JANUARY 14, 2018
What do we mean by “feedback”? Is it useful? Is it (like revenge) better served cold? And what has this to do with Bjork’s new theory of disuse?
Technology Tidbits
JANUARY 14, 2018
ClassDojo the widely used (free) tool for behavior management and communication for education now offers Student Stories. Student Stories is a new way for students to create digital portfolios and share them w/ others. More info from their press release. Students take the lead - students can share and celebrate their learning by snapping photos of projects, taking videos of presentations, and writing reflections.
Reflections
JANUARY 14, 2018
"All still means all, right? Doesn't mean some of them , or the easier ones, or the ones with only great manners. Can't just mean the ones without difficult learning needs or who protest they can't stand our efforts. It means all. That all is so important to our work because once we let that all mean only some, we run the risk of failing students, some whom could be our very own children.
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.
Technology Tidbits
JANUARY 14, 2018
MathTango is a wonderful new/free iOS app for addition and subtraction grades 1st-3rd. MathTango uses Gesame Based Learning through 20+ levels of solving puzzles and equations. As a student progresses through the game they will unlock more monsters, levels, and features, while "building" their own unique island. MathTango tracks student data and makes it easy for parents and educators to reinforce basic Math skills.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 14, 2018
Students at a Washington, D.C. middle school work on a Reconstruction lesson. Photo: Rick Reinhard for The Hechinger Report. In August, Michigan history teacher James Gorman watched televised images of torch-bearing white supremacists marching on the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and decided to use the incident to teach his students about similar events that happened in a divided United States 150 years ago.
Technology Tidbits
JANUARY 14, 2018
Reading Racer is a free new iOS app that I just had the pleasure of reviewing. This is an excellent easy-to-use app that uses the mobile device's microphone to "listen" as a student speaks the words on the screen. This is really innovative and separates Reading Racer from other educational apps on the market. Reading Racer is designed for kids ages 5-8 and uses speech recognition as the user speaks the words/sentences as fast as they can.
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