EdTech Magazine
MAY 29, 2018
Ray Allen Foundation Gifts Computer Lab to Miami-Dade Middle School to Help Bridge the Digital Divide. ricky.ribeiro. Tue, 05/29/2018 - 23:37. There’s nothing new about kids going wild for a basketball superstar. Names like Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal, LeBron James and Kobe Bryant can stir up feelings of delight, awe and inspiration in children when mentioned.
Neo LMS
MAY 29, 2018
After exploring why educators should include gamification techniques in their classrooms and a few principles of gamification they can follow in order to do that, I promised a few tips on how to do it exactly. Well, a promise is a promise. But before going further, one thing needs to be clear: no two students are the same and no two classrooms are the same, so the success of any gamification initiative in your primary school class will very much depend on factors specific to your situation. 5 Ti
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Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 29, 2018
Here’s a fascinating article by Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, James Lovelock, discussing the balance between rote drills and integrated learning in teaching keyboarding: As a pre-service teacher, I have always found the arguments around different forms of teaching and learning to be highly frustrating. Authoritative and Egalitarian models of teaching are considered superior to Authoritarian even though we know that in some cases the Authoritarian approach may be the best due to factors
Teacher Reboot Camp
MAY 29, 2018
“A problem well put is half solved.” – John Dewey. Now that my semester has ended I have some time to share some of my students’ projects. I teach English and students are required to complete at least 4 essays throughout one semester. I add a digital component to each writing, because our students need to learn how to read, write, and conduct research with technology.
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Digital Promise
MAY 29, 2018
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are characterized by severe, frequent stressors or traumatic situations such as abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction, all of which can be detrimental to children’s long-term health and wellbeing. With widespread poverty, homelessness, mental health issues, and gun violence dominating the news, it’s no wonder that nearly half of children in the United States have experienced at least one ACE.
Edsurge
MAY 29, 2018
Despite all the promise surrounding “growth mindsets”—the idea that encourages students to see intelligence as something that can be nurtured and developed, as opposed to something that is fixed and innate—researchers are sounding the alarm bell. They say the intervention, at least as currently applied in today’s classrooms, isn’t shifting the needle on academic achievement.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Edsurge
MAY 29, 2018
Zerifa Radlein-Grant is quietly changing students’ lives by introducing them to the world. I started looking for more in-depth ways for us to connect with other classrooms. When Radlein-Grant finished her teaching degree in 2015, she left her home in Jamaica to teach third grade in Fayetteville, NC, where one in four children lives below the poverty level.
eSchool News
MAY 29, 2018
Several school district officials have told us they want to embrace our philosophy of empowering students and teachers through technology innovation, but lack the right infrastructure to support this vision. As we’ve recently completed a three-year, district-wide technology refresh cycle, we thought we’d share our top takeaways to help our peers get more educational benefits from your network infrastructure.
Edsurge
MAY 29, 2018
In 1997, when he was in his mid 30s, Dr. Jongbok Byun flipped his entire life upside down to pursue his dream of becoming an educator. he’s been using virtual labs to create more realistic learning opportunities for online students—changes he believes will make quality education more authentic and accessible for all learners. There was no monumental motivator for leaving his 10-year career as a business researcher in South Korea.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MAY 29, 2018
After posting about iPad apps that can help teachers get things done, here is another list of some equally important apps to enhance your productivity. These are all applications to help you manage.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.
Edsurge
MAY 29, 2018
This past year, a group of eighth graders in Texas got upset about a train that didn’t stop for bathroom visits as it headed toward a concentration camp. In Hawaii, another group of students had to decide which of their possessions to sell so they wouldn’t lose their homes. The students were taking part in virtual reality experiences in Chris Caldwell’s language arts classes at Chisholm Trail Middle School in Texas, and in various classrooms at Hawaii’s Mid-Pacific Institute.
Marketplace K-12
MAY 29, 2018
Common Sense, a nonprofit that rates ed-tech products, evaluated the privacy policies of 100 popular educational apps and online services, finding deficiencies in most. The post Most Ed-Tech Products Don’t Meet Minimum Criteria in Their Privacy Policies, Report Finds appeared first on Market Brief.
Edsurge
MAY 29, 2018
In Australia, there’s a university that was set up to focus on distance education. It’s called Deakin University, and started about 40 years ago—before the internet really got going—when distance education often meant sending lessons through snail mail. These days online courses have replaced correspondence at Deakin. But officials worry that if they’re not careful, they’ll just end up offering the same kind of education-by-mail ethos in a digital format.
ProfHacker
MAY 29, 2018
choose your own adventure flickr photo by Fling Poo shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license. Last week I attended the Computers & Writing conference in Fairfax, VA at George Mason University, a campus that looms large both in the history of the digital humanities and in my own introduction to digital humanities discourse at THATCamps past. Thus it felt only appropriate when I spent most of the first day of conferencing at an interactive fiction roundtable, the result of two merged works
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.
MiddleWeb
MAY 29, 2018
Once you settle into summer break and find yourself thinking back over the past year's successes and struggles, why not explore some fresh tools for classroom management next fall? Teacher educator Curtis Chandler offers some good places to start.
Shake Up Learning
MAY 29, 2018
The post 25 Things You Didn’t Know Google Slides Could Do appeared first on Shake Up Learning. 25 Things You Didn’t Know Google Slides Could Do. I talk about the wonders of Google Slides CONSTANTLY and frequently refer to it as the Swiss Army Knife of G Suite. It can do all kinds of things! In this post, I will show you 25 Things You Didn’t Know Google Slides Could Do.
The Principal of Change
MAY 29, 2018
I am very passionate about leadership in education because a great leader saved my career. She showed me the importance of tapping into someone’s strengths and bringing out more in someone that they believed they could bring out in themselves. I am forever grateful for her guidance and think about her leadership often and hope that I provide just a portion for others through my work, in what she did for me.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MAY 29, 2018
The ability to effectively plan and manage tasks is key to enhancing your overall productivity. And while some web technologies can be, if not used wisely, a major element that undermine your.read more.
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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
EdTechTeam
MAY 29, 2018
This is an excerpt from the first chapter of More Now: A Message From The Future for The Educators of Today by Dr. Mark Wagner, our founder and CEO. This anecdote illustrates the spirit of the book – and why we do the work we do at EdTechTeam. The book comes out June 26 and will be available for pre-order soon. I took this picture of Edge in 2005 on my Palm Treo.
Prodigy
MAY 29, 2018
The leap from learning subtraction and addition to learning multiplication is one of the most daunting tasks your students will face at school. And it’s not just students who have trouble with the subject. When teaching multiplication, educators frequently start with the wrong concepts or work through lessons too quickly. This can discourage and intimidate […].
EmergingEdTech
MAY 29, 2018
The folks at SAM Labs reached out a while ago and asked if I would be interested in checking out one of their STEAM kits. These expandable, interoperable kits are designed to introduce students to. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
techlearning
MAY 29, 2018
Having a job may seem a lifetime away for a child, but by exposing them to different career paths, we can get them thinking about their life after high school and better prepare them for their lives after graduation. Three years ago, we transformed Kankakee Public Schools’ general education track into the College and Career Academy, which is 100% focused on using PBL to prepare students for future jobs.
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.
Reflections
MAY 29, 2018
At the end of the year, teachers will sometimes ask students to write letters to next year's kids. Our talented teacher mentor coordinator took a spin on that assignment and had our newer teachers write letters to the newest of teachers we will hire next year. There's such wisdom and optimism in each letter. Their words of advice are a positive way to end this year and to begin our next one.
techlearning
MAY 29, 2018
First, there was sneakernet. Then came the information superhighway. Next up? The Cloud. And now we’re hearing the latest catchphrase for the next great Internet thing—5G. What could this mean for edtech? If the price is right and various regulations and standards fall into place, it could mean a faster, more reliable platform to access online learning opportunities.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
MAY 29, 2018
Our second Library 2.018 mini-conference, "Blockchain Applied: Impact on the Information Profession," is next week! Join us online (and for free) on Thursday, June 7th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). We've also just posted the session schedule, which you'll find below. This is a free event, being held online.
techlearning
MAY 29, 2018
“[Science] is more than a school subject, or the periodic table, or the properties of waves. It is an approach to the world, a critical way to understand and explore and engage with the world, and then have the capacity to change that world.” – Barack Obama, Former U.S. President Many of the missions in my new book, Hacking Digital Learning with Missions , are aimed at inspiring students to think critically, focus on questions versus answers, conduct hands-on research, and make a difference in t
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 CoolCatTeacher
MAY 29, 2018
Kasey Bell on episode 322 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Kasey Bell teaches us eight great ways to use Google Slides. From stop motion to video controls and cool add-ins for formative assessment and graphics, learn about this Swiss Army Knife of Google tools – Google Slides.
techlearning
MAY 29, 2018
HughesNet and National 4-H Council announce the launch of STEM Lab , a free resource to parents and teachers, STEM Lab is an online hub offering fun, hands-on STEM activities developed by top public universities and 4-H groups to spark kids’ interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). [ 5 Tools to Teach Coding to Late Elementary Students ] STEM Lab features easy, hands-on STEM activities organized by age group for youth ages 4 to 16.
EdTech Magazine
MAY 29, 2018
Q&A: Rod Houpe Uses Evidence to Drive Change in Schools. jena.passut_7651. Tue, 05/29/2018 - 16:28. As the CIO at Cleveland Metropolitan School District , Rod Houpe manages the implementation of a huge IT vision and strategic plan. He knows firsthand what it’s like to merge technology and pedagogy. Houpe, along with colleagues Renee Patton, director of education for Cisco , and Sonny Magana, founder of consulting firm Magana Education , are part of Cisco’s K–12 Executive Council, a team of t
techlearning
MAY 29, 2018
Discovery Education today announced it has aligned its Spotlight on Strategies content to McREL International's six-phase model for learning. The alignment of this series of digital professional learning resources to McREL’s model helps educators choose the appropriate classroom tactics for aiding the acquisition and recall of information. [ Class Tech Tips: How To Tell Your School’s Story on Instagram with Spark Post ] Available in all Discovery Education Techbooks and Streaming services, the S
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