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The chasm between math research and classroom practice

Dangerously Irrelevant

Steve Leinwand and Steve Fleischmann said: In mathematics instruction, a chasm exists between research and practice. For evidence of this gap, look no further than the mismatch between what research says about developing students’ conceptual mathematics understanding and what we actually do. An example is the way we teach math content in elementary and middle schools.

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How Universities Can Grow a Culture of Academic Innovation

Edsurge

Remarkable breakthroughs happen at public research universities everyday, but bridging the gap between early innovation and widespread adoption is a challenge that these institutions know all too well. This is especially the case when it comes to education technology and curricular innovation. In 2015 the University of Michigan established the Digital Innovation Greenhouse (DIG) as part of the Office Of Academic Innovation—a group charged with fostering a culture of innovation in learning in or

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This Is How to Access and Add Suggested Charts to Your Google Sheets Using Explore

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

A few days ago, Google released a new important feature called explore which allows Drive users to create interesting and data rich documents, presentations and spreadsheets. Explore works on Drive.read more.

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Shoot, I Did It Again: 3 More Ways to Implement Video in Professional Learning

Edsurge

More and more schools and organizations are wanting to integrate video as a professional learning tool for teachers. But once you’ve got the recording device, what do you do? At Edthena , a video coaching and professional learning platform, we work with many organizations working with video for the first time. A common concern for administrators and teachers is the how-to of integrating video into their culture of practice.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

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.

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5 Interesting iPad Apps Free Today

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

October 22, 2016 This week’s apps gone free collection features 5 interesting iPad apps that are on sale now and only for a limited period of time. For those of you new to our blog, this deal is.read more.

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4 ways to stop procrastinating and get things done

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Want to listen to this post instead of read? This post is based on the latest episode of my weekly podcast, Angela Watson’s Truth for Teachers. A podcast is like a free talk radio show you can listen to online, or download and take with you wherever you go. I release a new 10-15 minute episode each Sunday and feature it here on the blog to help you get energized and motivated for the week ahead.

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Turn any Website into a Chrome App

The Electric Educator

Any time I find a promising web-based tool I immediately check to see if they offer a Chrome App. In most cases, there isn't anything special about the app, it just provides a simple way for me, and my students, to access that particular website. I have recently been playing around with Adobe Spark (see this post for a review). It's a great tool, but they don't offer a Chrome App.

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Three Ways to Increase Student Engagement in Reading

Reading By Example

The research is clear: If a student is not motivated to read and is not engaged in the text, all of the strategy instruction a teacher might provide may be for naught (Guthrie and Klauda, 2014; Ivey, 2014; Wanzek et al, 2014). That is why it is critical that we make reading meaningful so that students make meaning out of what they are reading and become lifelong readers.

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Technology does not equal innovation, but using technology is often crucial to innovation.

The Principal of Change

Lately I have been doing things a little different in my workshops. Instead of slowing down and showing step-by-step every little thing that I am doing with technology, I am purposefully going fast and showing people the speed of how quickly I can get things done amazingly well with the technology. I talked about this recently in my post titled, “ Spoon-Fed Learning ”, and we far too often make others dependent upon us to learn.

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Three Ways to Increase Student Engagement in Reading

Reading By Example

The research is clear: If a student is not motivated to read and is not engaged in the text, all of the strategy instruction a teacher might provide may be for naught (Guthrie and Klauda, 2014; Ivey, 2014; Wanzek et al, 2014). That is why it is critical that we make reading meaningful so that students make meaning out of what they are reading and become lifelong readers.

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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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From Notepad to Computer Screen: Projecting Handwritten Work in Real-Time w/out a Tablet PC – Using @Wacom’s #BambooSlate

techieMusings

Tablet PC’s are a popular tool for teachers to project handwritten work in the classroom. However, this is not an option for all teachers. Many prefer to use a Mac and many who use a PC prefer a non-tablet PC (especially since these machines are typically more expensive). Personally, I use a Mac. When I first started teaching, though, I used a tablet PC.

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Guidelines for Setting Up a Facebook Page for Your School

The Innovative Educator

Visit https://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php Select: Company, Organization, Institution Category: Education Email: Use the NYC DOE email (or other professional email) that you have set up for your school, institution, or program. Share website (optional) Upload photo that represents this page Complete about section In the admin panel invite at least one other person as an administrator using their professional email.

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Play Me a Memory

NeverEndingSearch

Son, can you play me a memory? I’m not really sure how it goes. But it’s sad and it’s sweet and I knew it complete. When I wore a younger man’s clothes Billy Joel, Piano Man. Every man’s memory is his private literature. Aldous Huxley. Our memories are important. They form the tapestry of our personal histories. They are containers for our joys and our shame.

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How to Share A @Periscopeco Broadcast

The Innovative Educator

Periscope is a simple, and easy-to-use livestreaming platform where your audience can interact with reactions and comments, and you can respond back via text or voice. When you complete your broadcast, or if there is a broadcast from someone else that you want to share, here is how to do that. 1) Click on the bottom left of your screen on the circle with an underscored arrow. 2) A "Share Broadcast" menu appears allowing you to share via Twitter, Facebook, or by sharing a link.

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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.