EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Companies Invest in Preparing K–12 Students as Older Sectors Become Tech Integrated. eli.zimmerman_9856. Mon, 09/10/2018 - 13:50. Technology giants are working to bolster K–12 education in middle America , specifically targeting subjects that will help young students learn the skills they’ll need as traditional jobs like agriculture and manufacturing evolve with the rise of emerging technology.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

“The most accurate predictor of school success is the size of a child’s vocabulary at age five of ‘book’ words,” according to a report by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center. These “book words” are the academic vocabulary learners need to know and understand to meet their potential in school and beyond. Children who do not hear English spoken at home, for example, rarely hear in English the words that matter in academics.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

We’re hard at work on a high school technology curriculum. We’ve had a lot of requests for this and hope to have it available before the holidays.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Morgan Toal shares on episode 356 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Teacher Morgan Toal shares the powerful writing project that she calls the “Thank You Project” – what a great way to be kind and considerate and teach writing at the same time! This is a fantastic project to consider around Thanksgiving, at the end of the school year or something you could do throughout the year at certain times to

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Read the original version here. Where are America’s immigrant families settling, and where are their children going to school? With immigrant populations in rural and small-town America on the rise, the answer, increasingly, is everywhere. Between 2000 and 2016, South Dakota, South Carolina, North Dakota, and Tennessee experienced the largest percentage increases in immigrant population in the

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Battelle for Kids

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Schools around the world are shifting to project-based learning, which challenges students to create something original while collaborating and building knowledge through authentic learning tasks. But how do you make this kind of deep learning a reality in your classroom? There are so many moving parts to PBL that it can be difficult to know where to start.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

After several decades of experimentation with technology in schools, we continue to face fundamental questions: What role should technology have in the classroom? How often should it be used? What are the opportunities for technology to transform both teaching and learning? As the CEO of Woot Math and previously of Kerpoof, I have spent the last ten years grappling with questions like these.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Only a handful of states, colored in blue, are predicted to see an increase in the number of students attending regional four-year colleges and universities between 2012 and 2029. The rest will see declines in students. In the red-colored states, the drop in students will exceed 15%. The dots represent large metropolitan areas. These urban college markets, such as San Diego, may diverge from their state’s or region’s trends.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

The role of school administrator is evolving from a building manager into an instructional leader. This shift is not easy, and all leaders strive to be the best they can. Being a school leader isn’t easy and you are not going to make the right call all the time. However, you can learn to avoid common missteps. There are countless articles about being a good school leader, but we also need to learn how to recognize and avoid missteps.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Mississippi Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes with trends and top stories about education in Mississippi. Subscribe today! Mississippi has long struggled to improve reading scores. From 1992 until 2007, the state’s average score for fourth-graders remained below the “basic” level of achievement on the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

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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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EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

More than any other idea in education, the idea of student agency suffers from the greatest disconnect between intentions and outcomes. As I referenced in a recent post , emerging student-centered instructional models attempt to shift much of the ownership and control (agency) of the learning process over to students. Whether it is an approach that customizes the student’s path and pace through the curriculum, or is an inquiry-based environment that has students engage in a problem solving/

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MiddleWeb

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Your English learners need some extra scaffolds and supports to level the playing field. They are learning a new language while navigating content at the same time. EL specialist Valentina Gonzalez highlights 18 ways that you can help support them in their journey.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

I have a hot pink sign that’s right beside my computer that says, “If you want people to embrace your vision, you must continue your pursuit of them.” As a school leader, my job is to pursue every teacher in this building, to help connect them to their peers and their students, and to help them find their passions. You might call it “giving them ownership of their work,” but I call it “loving on my teachers.

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EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

As an instructor for EdTechTeacher, I have the pleasure of working with teachers from all over the country. Recently while in California, working with special education teachers, we were exploring how the physical environment impacts student learning. Through our discussion of the physical environment, we began to consider the environmental impact for students with limited or no speech who use augmentative and alternative communication. ( AAC ) devices and symbol sets.

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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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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

At the start of this decade, the education industry saw hundreds of flowers bloom. Launched from garages and tech accelerators, startup after startup burst onto the scene with technology tools for the education market. The industry has since consolidated, due in part to an uptick in mergers and acquisitions by education companies and private equity firms.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Gmail has a number of powerful built-in features that allow you to do amazing things with your emails. Several of these features are overlooked by teachers and educators. We know this from the.

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Teacher Tech

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Link to Graphic Student Quick Guide to Google Classroom To get students quickly into Google Classroom Have them go to [link] You click on the settings cog at the top right to find the class code. Click on the tiny triangle next to the code to “Display.” Students click the plus icon in the upper […]. The post Student Quick Guide to Google Classroom appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Epic is a popular digital library for kids. It has been featured in Common Sense best EdTech of 2017. Epic provides access to thousands of high quality books, audiobooks, read-to-me books, and.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

How To Play The ‘Count To Ten’ Team-Building Game by TeachThought Staff If you’re looking for an example of an easy to use, fun, and fairly quick/zero-prep team-building game that can be used with a wide range of ages from elementary to adult, ‘Count To Ten’ might just fit the bill. How To Win At ‘Count […].

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TeacherCast

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Nick answer the questions you have emailed, tweeted and left voice messages about. . The post What are the most important questions that Tech Coaches have for each other? appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

On the heels of news that the Education Department would consider if schools can use federal funds to arm teachers with guns, Congress is asking if the same block grant that could go toward firearms can also be used to purchase surveillance technologies such as security cameras and metal detectors. Language from a Congressional Research Service (CRS) memo obtained by EdSurge shows that the Library of Congress is conducting research for Congress on whether local education agencies can use Student

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TeacherCast

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Learn our 14 most important tips and tricks for your next website design project. Check out our video of our recent keynote presentation. The post 14 Time Saving Tips For Your Next Website Redesign appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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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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Teacher Tech

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Link to Graphic Student Quick Guide to Google Classroom To get students quickly into Google Classroom Have them go to [link] You click on the settings cog at the top right to find the class code. Click on the tiny triangle next to the code to “Display.” Students click the plus icon in the upper […]. The post Student Quick Guide to Google Classroom appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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TeacherCast

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Nick answer the questions you have emailed, tweeted and left voice messages about. . The post What are the most important questions that Tech Coaches have for each other? appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Common Sense today published a new research report, Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experiences. [ GoGuardian Announces Beacon, Self-Harm Prevention Tool for Schools ] Highlights include: Teens are on social media for much of the day. Seventy percent of teens use social media multiple times a day (up from 34 percent in 2012) with 16 percent saying they use it "almost constantly" and a total of 38 percent saying they use it multiple times an hour.

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Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

The post 10 Must-Listen Episodes of The Google Teacher Tribe Podcast appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Guess what? Season 3 of The Google Teacher Tribe Podcast returns next week! Look for the first episode on Monday, September 17, 2018. The Google Teacher Tribe Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted by me, Kasey Bell, and my buddy Matt Miller from DitchThatTextbook.com.

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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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Reading By Example

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

The best way to learn is to be engaged as an active participant in the process. This might seem obvious, that active learning naturally happens in classrooms. Three recent experiences have helped me reflect on why this might not always be the case. I recently got a haircut at a technical college. The students are enrolled in an 18-month program. Part of their learning experience is cutting and styling people’s hair.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

As teachers, we all have assumptions -- and likely some opinions -– about teenagers and social media. But are those assumptions correct? Well, now we have research to help us find out. This week, Common Sense is releasing its latest research report, Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experiences , a deep dive into the social media habits of American teenagers.

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EmergingEdTech

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

We all need some down time. Hopefully you got some this summer! Here are a few things I wanted to share with you. I know the summer months can provide a much needed respite to many educators. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Robotic toy company Sphero announces its newest product, Bolt, a robotic ball with coding capabilities through the Sphero EDU app. [ Product Review: Kubo ] Features include: An animated and programmable 8-by-8 LED matrix displaying real-time data and graphics Infrared sensors enabling BOLT-to-BOLT communications, new games and advanced movements Extended battery-life (2+ hours) One-touch auto aim & a built-in compass Ambient light sensors for new learning opportunities through light exposure

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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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