Mon.Nov 18, 2019

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Immersive Storytelling for Global Understanding

Digital Promise

In celebration of International Education Week (IEW) , we are highlighting the work of educator Eckardt Kreye who uses MY World 360? to facilitate collaborative international exchanges between his students in Germany and students in Kenya. “Sustainable development is how we can survive on this planet. In Germany, the youth are ready for it. In fact, they are much further than we are as adults.

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What Your School Needs to Know About Trauma-Informed Practices

Waterford

Did you know that over one-half of all students will experience a traumatic event by the time they reach adulthood?[8] Each year, educators teach several students who have dealt with trauma in some way. You may not know which children in a classroom have experienced trauma, but the way your school reacts to and supports these students can have lasting consequences.

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Otus - LMS, Data Management and Assessment Management, all in one easy-to-use product

Educational Technology Guy

Otus is an interesting product, created by educators. It is integrated classroom tools for students and teachers and powerful transparency for families and school leaders. It combines the best features of a learning management system, assessment management and data management into one. Has a great gradebook supporting traditional points-based classrooms and standards based grading.

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Improved Teacher Well-Being Is Only a Breath Away

Edsurge

When Tammy ThompsonKapp was Principal of Lapham Elementary School in Wisconsin, she and her staff struggled to help students who came to school hungry, tired or coping with mental health issues. With tears in their eyes and frustration in their voices, teachers arrived at ThompsonKapp's office daily, seeking support. The emotional toll was overwhelming.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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A Collection of Educational Android Apps for Middle School Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In response to the multiple requests we received over the last few weeks, we went ahead and created the chart and visual below. These are some very good educational Android apps to use with.

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Is Classroom Technology Really Narrowing the Digital Divide? [Quiz]

Edsurge

As schools strive to make information accessible to all students, technology provides great solutions. At the same time, it often presents its own set of challenges to overcome. So, the question remains, is technology in the classroom a hindrance or an opportunity? Take our quiz, and see what you learn! Having trouble viewing? Click here to see the quiz full screen.

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What Kinds of College Graduates Value Their Education the Most?

Edsurge

College graduates who see clear connections between their coursework and their later employment place the highest value on their college education, a new large-scale consumer survey found. The survey, conducted by Gallup in conjunction with Strada Education Network, which focuses on pathways between education and employment, included data from interviews with nearly 100,000 people who have completed college in the past two decades.

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Educational Physics Apps for High School Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Here is a collection of some good educational iPad apps to help you with the teaching/learning of physics. This collection is specifically curated for high school students and teachers and is based.

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Inside a News Literacy Camp, Where the Newsroom Becomes the Classroom

Edsurge

Thursday morning, like any other at the San Francisco Chronicle, the newspaper’s editors gathered around to discuss the news of the day, what they’ll cover and where it will run in Friday’s edition. But unlike most days, the editors held their meeting not in a conference room but on a stage before 55 teachers and librarians. They heard which stories performed well yesterday—there’s been a lot of interest in the San Francisco Giants’ new manager, for instance—as well as what news might resonate t

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How Can We Successfully Monitor Tech Integration In Our Classrooms?

TeacherCast

Welcome to the TeacherCast Educational Network. Learn how apps such as Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, and Dyknow can help solve many of our classroom fears about tech integration. The post How Can We Successfully Monitor Tech Integration In Our Classrooms? appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network. Learn how apps such as Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, and Dyknow can help solve many of our classroom fears about tech integration.

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

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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What makes professional learning actually work?

eSchool News

“Don’t call it professional development—call it professional learning.” Jill Abbott, senior vice president and managing director at SIIA, made this statement in a recent edWebinar. Additional panelists Jeff Mao, CEO of Edmoxie; Bruce Umpstead, director of state programs at IMS Global Learning Consortium; and Ilya Zeldin, founder and CEO of 2gnoMe, recommended that educational leaders take a deep breath and recognize that there is a crisis happening in our districts.

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Making Annotations with Less Pain, More Meaning

MiddleWeb

At its best, annotation starts a dialogue between our English and History students and thoughtful writers past and present. But that doesn’t mean adolescents are eager to do it. Sarah Cooper shares ideas and online resources to make the process a true learning experience.

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Canvas LMS Provider Instructure Considers Sale

Edsurge

The board of learning management system provider Instructure is open to taking the publicly traded company private. In a statement Thursday , Instructure said it may sell to a strategic partner or continue as a standalone public company as part of an exploration of “strategic alternatives in order to maximize shareholder value.” The company, based in Salt Lake City, has canceled an upcoming informational event for financial analysts Dec. 3 to instead focus on strategy.

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States are testing unproven ways to eliminate remedial ed — on their students

The Hechinger Report

Researchers are studying rapid changes in remedial education, from the elimination of placement exams to making remedial classes optional. Photo: Meredith Kolodner. Community colleges and nonselective universities that enroll everyone are at a crossroads. Helping less-prepared students make the jump to college-level work is a big part of their mission.

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

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

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3 Things I'm Proud of This Week: Explosive Disposal. A Few Good Men

Cycles of Learning

Explosive Disposal Next semester I am very excited to teach a new elective class called "Engineering for Social Good". The overarching goal for the course is to position isolated skills in coding, design, fabrication, electronics, CAD, etc., students have acquired in previous courses into a service context. I will be developing the course here. While I have a loose idea of the curriculum, I am this week in my Introduction to Robotics course to a test a few activities.

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Tech & Learning Launches New Site for Higher Education

techlearning

Tech & Learning University covers the hottest topics in higher ed today — from esports to cloud to data & security — to give higher ed tech directors the information they need to support instruction through the meaningful use of technology.

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#notatAASL, no worries!

NeverEndingSearch

I was among the fortunate who were able to attend the AASL National Conference in Louisville this week. We are all fortunate that a dedicated and hardworking social media team had our backs. . So whether you suffered FOMO over sessions you couldn’t fit in, or couldn’t get into, or if you couldn’t attend onsite, you are covered. Social Media Conference Chairs, Jane Lofton and Ashley Cooksey expertly led the efforts to share and archive the only national gathering of our people

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Kokomo24/7® Solutions Achieves Public Sector Certification from Amazon Web Services (AWS)

techlearning

Kokomo24/7® Safety Cloud™ is a SaaS product that provides a student safety platform designed to help administrators, resource officers and faculty to reduce bullying, suicide, and other disruptive learning events.

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

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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How Can Students Self-Assess When Teachers Do All the Grading and Work? 

MindShift

Among the many things students are expected to do, self-assessing their learning is part of the suite of metacognitive tools that are valued in today’s society. This skill enables the student to think about their thinking, identify what they’re doing well and what needs improvement. Self-assessment takes practice, and when it comes to schoolwork, students are not given enough opportunities. .

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Get Kids Excited About Reading with HOMER Reading

techlearning

HOMER Reading: Learn to Read is an early literacy app for kids age 2 to 8 that incorporates drawing, voice recording, stories, and songs, along with more traditional phonics lessons.

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Learning Management Provider Instructure Weighing Options — Including Sale

Marketplace K-12

Instructure, which owns the widely used learning management system Canvas, says it is considering putting itself up for sale, or going private. The post Learning Management Provider Instructure Weighing Options — Including Sale appeared first on Market Brief.

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OPINION: DACA isn’t ‘the sweeping magic wand of access that higher education made it seem to be’

The Hechinger Report

The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments for several cases regarding the legality of the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ( DACA ) program. The DACA decision, which is expected to be announced early next year, will affect thousands of undocumented students and their families. DACA made U.S. higher education more financially accessible for undocumented students primarily through the granting of work permits, which allow students covered by DACA to work legally

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

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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New Innovation Hub will offer students in Zimbabwe technology-focused learning

Jamf on EdTech

This winter, the Jamf Nation Global Foundation and the global nonprofit MATTER will create a fourth MATTER Innovation Hub for students in areas experiencing extreme poverty: this time in Harare, Zimbabwe.

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#TwistedTropes 17. Fermat's dodgy theorem

Learning with 'e's

Image from Max Pixel It was a nightmare writing this post, because annoyingly, I can't understand a word of it. I'm not a mathematician, but Pierre de Fermat was (in a part-time sense), and he was a lawyer in his day job. That makes the whole thing even more annoying. You can imagine, being both a mathematician and a lawyer, he would be in two minds working out any equation.

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A complete rollout in five days? Believe it.

Jamf on EdTech

An SSO rollout in five days, user enrollment in 10: see how ActiveCampaign drove user action with automation.

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This is Your Brain on Curiosity (via TEDxUCDavisSalon)

techlearning

cross posted at www.cyclesoflearning.

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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the EdTech Industry: Assessing the Influence

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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A complete rollout in five days? Believe it.

Jamf on EdTech

An SSO rollout in five days, user enrollment in 10: see how ActiveCampaign drove user action with automation.

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Teaching Kids About Adoption

techlearning

Learn all about adoption with Adoption.com.

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Thanksgiving Activities That Keep the Learning Going

Ask a Tech Teacher

Teaching the days before big holidays is challenging. Students and teachers alike are ready for a break. Both struggle to pay attention regardless of how innovative and engaging are the lesson plans. I’ve been there often. As a result, I’ve come up with fun ways to support learning while students power through the last few days of school.

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Why We Should Expand Our OER Advocacy to Commercial Publishers

Iterating Toward Openness

Preface. Here’s a trivia question for you: which American organization has produced the largest number of open textbooks? Here’s a hint: they’ve produced more than double the number of books created by the next largest producer. Here’s another hint: they haven’t created a new open textbook since 2012. You may have thought the answer was the non-profit OpenStax, who have published over 40 open textbooks.

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LIVE DEMO: Using PowerPoint to Create Compelling Presentations for Virtual Training

Speaker: Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon

Have you ever caught an employee sleeping during training? Compelling content is paramount, but trying to do so with the same tools you've always used is complicated, right? Wrong! Powerpoint has excellent features that, with a bit of creativity, can help you improve your presentations and keep your people engaged without going over budget. By utilizing newer components that enable interactive sequences, navigable content to respond to your audience, and pop quizzes for informal knowledge checks