Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Over the years, I’ve struggled to teach in ways my students would understand. Standing at the front of the classroom stopped working so I researched (and tried in some cases) Whole Brain Teaching (WBT), Socratic Method , Understanding by Design , Mindfulness , and a lot more options that colleagues mentioned as helpful with their differentiated student groups.
The CoolCatTeacher
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Melissa Mann on episode 167 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Special ed teacher Melissa Mann shares six of her favorite edtech tools for the special education classroom. From collecting data to parent communications to taking care of yourself, Melissa has something for every classroom (as well as a pretty cool pep talk!).
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Edsurge
OCTOBER 10, 2017
What’s the difference between selling an education product to California versus Indiana—or any other state, for that matter? A new report from the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) aims to clear up the murky waters surrounding the adoption of digital learning materials, a process that varies wildly between states. The report defines several different procurement models, including so-called “adoption states,” where decisions are made at the state level, and “local contro
EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 10, 2017
By Alan Joch Virtual classrooms serve special student requirements, new academic initiatives and help keep remote locations in touch with new learning opportunities.
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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.
The Web20Classroom
OCTOBER 10, 2017
"Science is fun. Science is curiosity. We all have natural curiosity. Science is a process of investigating. It's posing questions and coming up with a method. It's delving in." -Sally Ride I was a Middle School Science and Math teacher. When I started in college I didn't set out to teach those subjects but found myself there after discovering my love for both.
Ditch That Textbook
OCTOBER 10, 2017
It’s a fair question. I’ve heard similar questions to this at teaching conferences, in discussions and versions of it on social media. I’ve even thought it myself. “This creative work takes a lot of time. Does it really give a return on all of that investment? There’s plenty of evidence that points to YES … […].
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Neo LMS
OCTOBER 10, 2017
In a previous blog post I scratched the surface of the big topic of visual learning in schools and the idea that students of all grades could appreciate having more visual elements in their instruction. At the end of it I promised to dive into some techniques teachers could use to include more visual elements in learning materials and classroom activities.
Digital Promise
OCTOBER 10, 2017
At Digital Promise, we build and convene powerful networks to connect creative minds and catalyze change. Our Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters) network connects local ecosystems around the country that bring together educators, researchers, entrepreneurs, funders, and other community stakeholders to support transformative teaching and learning.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Stop me if you’ve seen this one before: In an effort to encourage teachers to abandon traditional, lecture-style instruction in favor of next-generation learning models, we sit them down and ask them to listen for an hour or two. Or, in other words, we lecture teachers on the merits of ditching the lecture. Conversations around personalized learning are nothing new for the staff at the M.S.D. of Wayne Township in Indianapolis.
Digital Promise
OCTOBER 10, 2017
This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Many universities encourage students to purchase laptops that they can bring to class. Charities like One Laptop per Child provide low-cost laptops to disadvantaged students. There is no doubt that having a desktop computer or laptop in school is useful for writing papers, gathering information and learning how to program and use software.
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.
EdTechTeacher
OCTOBER 10, 2017
In the G Suite for EDU environment, Google Drive is a wonderful, unlimited storage place for files of all types. As educators, we know the importance of working with students to help them understand that organization is a key strategy to success in school. We also know that students need to be taught HOW to organize their files. Just as primary teachers painstakingly remind students several times each day to put their physical papers in folders to organize them, we must do the same thing with
TeachThought - Learn better.
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Need A Lift? Here Are 50 Books That Can Make You Happy by Ashley McCann Need some positive thinking? How about some happy books? While the idea of a book ‘making you happy’ is obviously a stretch, peace of mind is often a product of a simple cognitive pattern: you see what you think about, […]. The post Need A Lift? Here Are 50 Books That Can Make You Happy appeared first on TeachThought.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Humanity’s future may well be in Africa, where 60 percent of the population are under the age of 25. Yet their prospects are perilous. In 2012, 30 million primary-age children (or 1 out of 5) in sub-Saharan Africa did not attend any school. Secondary schools can only take in 36 percent of students who finish primary school. In South Africa, the youth unemployment rate topped 50 percent in 2016.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Students from City As School high school in New York City think like engineers as they construct a water filtration system. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. Five groups of high school students worked around tables in Vielca Anglin’s science classroom on a recent afternoon at City-As-School in New York City. They had half-liter water bottles in front of them and a range of materials including pebbles, soil, rice, marbles, scouring pads and gauze.
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.
eSchool News
OCTOBER 10, 2017
When you read, you become another person, if only for a short while. You see how that person lives and how they think. You experience their hopes and fears, and you see how they’ve come to be who they are. If you read five different books, you have a window into the lives of five different people. That’s what empathy is: to feel for that other person, and it opens you up to different experiences you may never have otherwise been able to share.
MIND Research Institute
OCTOBER 10, 2017
This blog was originally published by Rockwell Automation and is reposted here with permission. I joined MIND Research Institute in the fall of 2016 to work with a great team of passionate individuals who are changing the way our children learn math. As a father who’s watched three daughters grow and learn, I’ve realized that qualities like rigor and perseverance are not only for preparing students to take tests.
eSchool News
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Challenge-based learning projects in the makerspace have many benefits for students, and can engage and get them excited about new projects. In “ Challenge-Based Learning in the School Library Makerspace ,” Diana Rendina, media specialist and writer for Tampa Preparatory School, Tampa, FL, presented tips for design challenges and shared experiences from working in the makerspace during her time at Stewart Middle Magnet School in Tampa, FL.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
OCTOBER 10, 2017
October 10, 2017 For those of you using Android, here is a collection of some of the best Google Apps you may want to try out in your instruction. Almost all of these apps are free. Some of the.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
Teacher Tech
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Google Slides Explore Tool Color Match Google uses machine learning in Docs, Sheets, and Slides to help us to be more productive. The Explore tool in each of these products reads your content and gives you suggestions for information you may want to know. In Google Slides you can not only explore content from your […]. The post Google Slides Explore Tool Color Match appeared first on Teacher Tech.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
OCTOBER 10, 2017
October 10, 2017 In today's post we are sharing with you 9 meticulously selected websites to help young learners with their homework. We tried to include websites that provide generic (not.read more.
My Paperless Classroom
OCTOBER 10, 2017
How can we inspire the next generation of leaders and innovators through STEM Education? On today's podcast, we discuss with Scratch and the Cartoon Network. The post How can we inspire the next generation of leaders and innovators through STEM Education? | Featuring @CartoonNetwork & @Scratch appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.
MindShift
OCTOBER 10, 2017
High school English teacher Michael Godsey’s favorite work by William Shakespeare is Hamlet. But a few years ago, he stopped teaching his students about the centuries-old classic in favor of a story that was unfolding in the fall of 2014: Serial , the podcast. Michael Godsey. The story of Adnan Syed, Hae Min Lee and the community at Woodlawn High School captivated podcast listeners around the world, including Godsey.
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.
Adjusting Course
OCTOBER 10, 2017
For the past couple years, I've been fortunate to co-host an educational podcast with a very good friend of mine. We call our show #UnearthED , and our goal is to dig deeper into stories that bubble up on Twitter and other media sites. Recently, a story from the New York Times erupted and had educators everywhere buzzing. You can read the full story (and 600+ comments) HERE.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Latino students have been making progress in college and earning degrees at a faster rate than in the past, but not at nearly the same rates as their peers, a new report shows. Even as Latinos move up the educational ladder, whites and blacks are outpacing them, which will leave them at a disadvantage as the economy increasingly demands degrees in exchange for decent jobs.
techieMusings
OCTOBER 10, 2017
A huge thank you to Alice Keeler for the opportunity to write a guest post on her very amazing blog – Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler. In my guest post: Pear Deck + New Google Slides Add-ons , I talk about how I use Pear Deck to: Engage each learner in the classroom; Gauge how students are thinking about bigger picture questions; and. Give each student in the classroom an opportunity to ‘talk.’.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 10, 2017
When the number of students at Hawaii Pacific University started to fall at an alarming rate, the university embarked on an ambitious plan to attract more. Among other things, it spent $54 million to buy Honolulu’s iconic Aloha Tower and convert it into an anchor for its downtown campus by adding dorm rooms, community spaces, a fitness center and venues for concerts and lectures.
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.
Marketplace K-12
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Pearson is appealing the award of a $31 million testing contract to the American Institutes for Research, one of a number of assessment deals secured by AIR over the past few weeks. The post Pearson Fights Award of Iowa Testing Contract to Rival Vendor appeared first on Market Brief.
EmergingEdTech
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Add These Apps to Your Google Drive Now! The flexible ways Google Drive can be used for education are borderline amazing! Whether it’s storing files, sharing information, or collaborating during a. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
MiddleWeb
OCTOBER 10, 2017
By expanding our focus in school from digital citizenship (safety) to digital leadership (effective voice), teacher and author Jennifer Casa-Todd says educators can help students learn to harness social media in powerful and meaningful ways, for the common good.
Marketplace K-12
OCTOBER 10, 2017
The State Educational Technology Directors Association profiles four states' policies for acquiring digital instructional materials. The post As Demand for Digital Materials Rises, States Adjust Policies appeared first on Market Brief.
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