EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2017

By EdTech Staff To make the most of classroom tech, educators need training and professional development. These four organizations can help.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Assessing student learning used to be as simple as giving a test that consisted of multiple choice, True/False, short answer, and/or essay. How many answers students got right told the teacher how much they knew. No need to look further. Simply grade, record, and move on to the next chapter. Educators have come to realize that there are lots of reasons why a test score doesn’t reflect student knowledge.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Alfred Thompson on Episode 182 of the 10-Minute Teacher show From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Alfred Thompson talks about the trends in teaching Computer Science. Topics include: How to get kids moving as you teach programming. What happens when a school has every student learn Computer Science. How to engage young women in Computer Science Programming.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Financial literacy, and the role of K-12 schools in promoting it, is getting lots of attention these days. To date, some states have developed standards for teaching financial literacy, but where do schools turn for resources to implement those standards and who do they turn to for advice on what aspects of money management they should teach and when?

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EdTech4Beginners

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Christmas is fast approaching! And for teachers… that usually means Secret Santa! I have found an online Secret Santa generator which is absolutely brilliant! Simply input the names and emails of the people who are involved; everyone joins the group, and then the program automatically emails each person with the name of the person they must buy a gift for.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The success of any technology initiative in any school will be acknowledged based on whether or not it has had a positive impact on educational outcomes. While choosing the right edtech for the needs of the school — from a complex learning management system to a simple education app — is a very important part of making it successful, there is one aspect that often gets overlooked.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 31, 2017

5 Out-Of-The Box Assessment Strategies Every Teacher Should Know by Judy Willis M.D., M.Ed., radteach.com & Terry Heick Most teachers and current textbooks offer varied approaches to the material to be learned so the teaching can be brain-compatible with the varied student learning styles. It is only logical that respect for these individual learning styles be incorporated into assessment forms. […].

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Many educators recognize that standardized tests don’t measure everything—and that some of the most critical types of growth can’t be measured by a numerical score. This is especially true for at-risk students. Seven years ago, during my first year of teaching, all of my eleventh graders failed the Georgia State End of Course Test in American Literature.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2017

In this 2013 photo, Shannan Van Houten, a physician assistant, gives medical care to a patient at Golden Valley Health Center, CareNow, in Modesto, California. Physician assistant is a fast-growing and well-paid profession that is expected to add an estimated 39,700 jobs over the next decade. Photo::© Debbie Noda/Modesto Bee/ZUMAPRESS.com. A glimpse into America’s future labor market suggests a boom in health care jobs, soaring employment in clean energy and a continued decline in manufacturing

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 31, 2017

P-12 schools see a wide variety of technology in use, from overhead projectors and transparencies, to wired computer labs, mobile learning devices such as iPads and other tablets, and the more recently burgeoning use of Chromebooks with Google Apps for Education (GAFE). In such an era where rapid technology change, both in the use of the old and the development of the new is the norm, providing adequate tech training to teacher candidates faces previously unanticipated challenges.

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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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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2017

This story is part of a project The Hechinger Report did in collaboration with local public radio station WWNO in New Orleans. We wanted to do more to help readers understand the traumatic experiences many young children are dealing with at home. After our text and radio series ran last year, journalist and illustrator Sukjong Hong traveled to New Orleans to meet with Hechinger writer Katy Reckdahl and Sherlae to create this graphic rendering of her story.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Large classes pose tough challenges for instructors and colleges. After all, how do you craft a meaningful experience for 250 people (or more)? Rachel Davenport, a senior lecturer at Texas State University, has taught so many large classes that she jokes she has trouble readjusting to a small seminar room. She has been recognized with several awards for her teaching, and students regularly sing her praises (she was named “Best Professor at Texas State University” in 2013 by readers of Study Brea

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MiddleWeb

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Restorative justice practices put students in control of behaviors, writes Elizabeth Stein. Rather than being separated from peers in punitive ways, students gain a collaborative perspective and feel more accepted, supported, and capable of making positive decisions.

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Teacher Tech

OCTOBER 31, 2017

EdTech is Not Scary The world interacts digitally. We are failing our students by not helping them to be users of digital technology. As we debate the value of teaching cursive it is undeniable that students will be using technology outside of school in the real world. Integrating technology into our lessons is essential but […]. The post EdTech is Not Scary: 5 Things to Start With appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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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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Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 31, 2017

In 2014, the Federal Communications Commission modernized the E-rate program with the objective of closing the K-12 digital divide within five years. This catalyzed a sea change in the broadband available in America’s schools. As a result, 35 million more students have been connected to digital learning and educational opportunity. The impact of E-rate modernization is most evident in the acceleration of the pace of upgrades in K-12 broadband networks.

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Marketplace K-12

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Student enrollment on online foreign-language study has jumped over the most recent years, according to data from the Evergreen Education Group. The post A Snapshot of Students’ Online Coursetaking: Foreign Languages On the Rise appeared first on Market Brief.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 31, 2017

October 31, 2017 Google provides some useful collaborative web tools to enhance your group work. These are tools you can use with your colleagues or with your students for real-time.read more.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 31, 2017

In the beginning, E-rate focused principally on telephone service, which was the most basic and universal way individuals communicated 20 years ago. While the focus on communication has remained, technology has changed radically throughout the past two decades. During this period, E-rate adapted by broadening the range of eligible services to include mobile phones, pagers, voicemail, email, school websites and basic collaboration tools.

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ProfHacker

OCTOBER 31, 2017

ProfHacker has addressed collaborative writing before, be it in Google Docs or in annotations around the web , but here’s a new one: MIT Media Lab ‘s Scalable Operations project joined the party and is getting into the Halloween spirit. You may remember their previous trek into spooky AI with their Nightmare Machine , an incredibly disturbing (seriously, big warning for this one) AI-generated collection of horror imagery.

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MiddleWeb

OCTOBER 31, 2017

In today's advertising-saturated world, their attention may be the most valuable thing students own. Marketers want it and they'll grab it anyway they can. It's the job of educators to make sure kids understand what's going on, media literacy expert Frank W. Baker says.

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EmergingEdTech

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Drones as an Education Tool? Absolutely. Education is a unique field. In many ways, it's the same job it was decades ago. There is still an instructor of some type, a designated location for. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Last month we kicked off Writing Our Civic Futures , a collaboration of the National Writing Project and Marginal Syllabus that supports conversations about civic engagement and learning over the course of the 2017-18 academic year. Refer to the syllabus for information on all the annotatable readings, which will go “live” on the first Monday of each month, along with related events hosted by CLTV and others.

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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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Hack Education

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The fourth book in my “Monsters of Education Technology” series is out. As with the other books in the series, it’s a collection of talks I’ve given through the course of the year. E-book versions are available for purchase via the usual online retailers: Amazon and Smashwords. Even better (as far as my royalties go, at least): you can buy from me directly via Gumroad.

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techieMusings

OCTOBER 31, 2017

For my Online AP Calculus course, I send a newsletter home at the end of the first month to explain the various tech tools we use and why we use them. To me, it’s important that parents understand the class format and expectations, and the exciting opportunities for communication and reflection that students will have in the online environment.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Each mission in my new book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions , shares an example of the Mission in Action by a teacher I admire. When I was writing the Mission: Seek and Preserve the Truth, I immediately thought about edtech guru and good friend, Jon Samuelson, @JonSamuelson. Jon is the Innovation Strategist for the Beaverton K12 School District in Oregon.

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ProfHacker

OCTOBER 31, 2017

More and more, individuals are turning away from large database-based websites for a number of reasons: ease of use, size, and archivability. But, if you’re not using a CMS like WordPress or Drupal, what are you going to use instead? My colleague Kris Shaffer has been working on this question. First up was Peasy (which I wrote about for ProfHacker ) and we’ve also been playing around with Ghost (which my site now uses).

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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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eSchool News

OCTOBER 31, 2017

What (and who) is E-rate? E-rate is a US Federal Program for funding telecom and technology in K-12 schools and Libraries. The program is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) under direction by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Key components of the program include: Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC).

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Tech Helpful

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Collaborator - Educators dedicate time to collaborate with both colleagues and students to improve practice, discover and share resources and ideas, and solve problems. Educators: Dedicate planning time to collaborate with colleagues to create authentic learning experiences that leverage technology. Collaborate and co-learn with students to discover and use new digital resources and diagnose and troubleshoot technology issues.

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The Innovative Educator

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The New York City Department of Education is committed to Equity & Excellence for All: Diversity in NYC Schools. This means a commitment to supporting learning environments that reflect the diversity of New York City. Educators across New York City will come together on November 7th for the #NYCSchoolsTech Summit on Diversity Matters. In advance of that event, we are hosing this Twitter chat to get the conversation going.

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EdTechTeam

OCTOBER 31, 2017

1. Density and Color You can now choose from ‘Responsive to your Screen’ and ‘Modern look’ for your Calendar display mode. 2. Custom Views Select from: > Schedule > Day > Week > Month > Year > Custom View Note: Agenda View is now Schedule 3. Full-Screen Mode Expand to full-screen calendar view by clicking on the top left three lines icon of your calendar. 4.

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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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