Teacher Reboot Camp
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Happy holidays and welcome to this year’s digital advent calendar! Below is a clickable calendar. Click on any day to discover a free idea, tool, or template related to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Each day is a new post full of ideas and free resources, but you can’t click ahead.
Neo LMS
DECEMBER 1, 2020
A few weeks ago, I watched the movie “Night at the Museum” with my family again, and I realized that one of the fondest memories I have from school years is a visit to the museum. I remember being mesmerized by the first full dinosaur skeleton I saw at the natural history museum. As a kid with a passion for “all things dino”, who could barely spell the alphabet, but was able to identify many dinosaur species, seeing a full skeleton at the Museum of Natural History was indeed a marvelous thing.
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Digital Promise
DECEMBER 1, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the U.S educational system faces change and uncertainty. The roles of educators, students, and families have been recast and will continue to transform throughout this crisis. Still, there are central components of our educational system that will remain constant. They reflect the architecture of the educational environment and create the conditions in which learning occurs.
Waterford
DECEMBER 1, 2020
As remote learning continues (or begins again) in classrooms around the country, many teachers are left with a decision. Are real-time lessons best? Or would the flexibility of recorded lessons be right for your students? The answer is complex and depends on student needs, but it will essentially lead you to a choice between two strategies: asynchronous or synchronous learning.
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Teacher Reboot Camp
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Part of the December 2020 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! This year we could all use some cheer! One way to uplift students and others is to create and send digital greetings. Your students can express gratitude and care for peers, family members, teachers, and school staff by creating and sending greetings virtually. Students can also participate in digital greeting exchanges with students in other cities or countries.
Ditch That Textbook
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Computer science is much more than just programming. It includes the study of computers, how they work, and how we can use them to solve problems. However, when we talk about computer science one piece of it comes to mind.Coding. We can use the excitement and engagement from events like the Hour of Code to […]. The post Google CS First: Free, interactive coding lessons for your class appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Looking for some educational websites to help you with the management of your online (and also face-to-face) classroom teaching? The list below has you covered. It features a collection of some.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 1, 2020
In September 2019, Vista Equity Partners CEO Robert F. Smith followed through on his pledge , paying $34 million to settle the loan debt for the nearly 400 students who graduated that spring from Morehouse College. Morehouse President David A. Thomas praised it as a “liberation gift” for those graduates as they start their careers without debt. But what about other students?
eSchool News
DECEMBER 1, 2020
A virtual reality field trip. A lesson on how to create a podcast. A tutorial on how to create a paper circuit board that uses LED lights. For a new generation of educators, these pursuits have something in common: They’re all appropriate learning exercises that can take place in the school library. Makerspaces, or library media centers that encourage collaboration and support student invention, are on the rise across the United States.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 1, 2020
SOMERVILLE, Mass. — When Covid-19 restrictions reduced his work schedule, Sam Smith turned to another time-consuming job: applying to medical schools. This story also appeared in GBH News and National Public Radio. He’d always wanted to go into medicine, Smith said. But what was happening in the world had a big impact on the kind of medicine he hopes to practice.
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.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 1, 2020
I was a speaker today at the #AgainstSurveillance teach-in , a fundraiser for Ian Linkletter who is being sued by the online test-proctoring software company Proctorio. I am very pleased but also really outraged to be here today to help raise money for Ian Linkletter's defense and, more broadly, to help raise awareness about the dangers of ed-tech surveillance.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Timelines are key elements to use in your instruction. They allow you to visually organize data and draw attention to the most important pieces of information (e.g., dates, events, project milestones.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Listen to this week’s EdSurge Podcast episode on Apple Podcasts , Overcast , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music , or wherever you listen to podcasts, or use the player on this page. Below are lightly edited highlights from the conversation. It has been about a month since the American presidential election. With a new administration coming in, there’s bound to be lots of talk about things like making college free and how to help people afford higher education.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 1, 2020
For the last seven months of 2020, school districts have gone through extreme changes regarding how learning is happening in pandemic-induced hybrid and digital learning environments. In a recent edWeb edLeader Panel sponsored by Project Tomorrow , Dr. Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow, and Christina Fleming, Vice President of Blackboard K12, presented the Speak Up 2019-2020 National Findings titled D igital Learning During the Pandemic: Emerging Evidence of an Education Transformation.
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.
MIND Research Institute
DECEMBER 1, 2020
The education system is undergoing a huge shift in daily structures and processes as a result of the pandemic. Students and educators have been affected by the huge changes to daily life, including distancing from friends and wider support groups, and family members losing jobs or income. Given these disruptions, it’s tempting for schools to narrow their focus on core content learning (language arts and mathematics) to make up for lost learning time in the spring of 2020.
Teacher Tech
DECEMBER 1, 2020
What if students do not finish a Google Form and need to finish it later? This is a tricky problem. You not only need to allow editing in the Google Form but have a way to get the student the link to finish later. There is no way to capture this without coding. Template Try […]. The post Google Forms: Students Did Not Finish appeared first on Teacher Tech.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Everyone has a crazy COVID story. For Brigantine, NJ Superintendent Glenn Robbins, it goes something like this—lead a school district through a global pandemic having hardly met the students, parents, or faculty. In this conversation with eSchool News , Glenn details the never-ending variables of getting back to school in 2020 and how the priority should be well-being first.
EmergingEdTech
DECEMBER 1, 2020
While teaching at a CodeChangers Tech Camp for children and teens, I was making rounds in a microcontrollers coding workshop (i.e., micro:bits). Stopping at a table where a slumped-over boy sat, I. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
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MIND Research Institute
DECEMBER 1, 2020
The education system is undergoing a huge shift in daily structures and processes as a result of the pandemic. Students and educators have been affected by the huge changes to daily life, including distancing from friends and wider support groups, and family members losing jobs or income. Given these disruptions, it’s tempting for schools to narrow their focus on core content learning (language arts and mathematics) to make up for lost learning time in the spring of 2020.
Shake Up Learning
DECEMBER 1, 2020
The post (FREE) The Blended Learning with Google Toolkit © appeared first on Shake Up Learning. (FREE) The Blended Learning with Google Toolkit ©. Ready to take digital learning to the next level? This FREE Blended Learning with Google Toolkit © will help you choose the best Google tools to support Dynamic Learning in your classroom. The Blended Learning with Google Toolkit will help teachers learn more about blended learning strategies with recommended Google tools for each strategy!
MiddleWeb
DECEMBER 1, 2020
As kids around the world face natural disasters and a pandemic, teachers can help them develop a sense of agency as they develop specific STEM skills by exploring a local or global engineering challenge. Anne Jolly has ideas and resources, including a viable Covid mask.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Connected Nation (CN) is launch today an online application for the AT&T K-12 connected learning program, which is focused on closing the homework gap for at-risk students by providing free AT&T wireless internet service and mobile Wi-Fi hotspots to students nationwide. Nonprofit organizations and schools that serve at-risk youth nationwide are invited to apply.
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.
The Principal of Change
DECEMBER 1, 2020
I have been on a little social media break. When I say this, it doesn’t mean that I haven’t been posting anything but posting a lot less. I have several blog posts written, but for the first time in a while, I have kept them just for myself, and they may or may not be published. . TBD. What I have been focused on is consuming more and sharing less.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 1, 2020
EdisonLearning and FocalPointK12 today announced a partnership to provide a complete solution for grades 6-12, delivering more than 170 middle and high school courses along with nearly 60 embedded project-based learning (PBL) courses through a platform that integrates seamlessly with schools’ student information systems (SIS) and learning management systems (LMS).
Turnitin
DECEMBER 1, 2020
How Turnitin is using advanced forensic linguistics and probability algorithms built on years of research to identify contract cheating
eSchool News
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Education has been significantly impacted by COVID-19. Educators have been tasked with pivoting from in-person to remote learning more than once in many districts across the country. mindSpark Learning , a Denver-based national nonprofit dedicated to empowering educators with industry-oriented professional learning experiences, reported today it has seen a dramatic increase in educators seeking professional development (PD) and resources to upskill them in challenging times.
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.
Jamf on EdTech
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Jamf Teacher can do amazing things for teachers while keeping students on their education during school hours. But when the bell rings, children take their Apple device with them at home so they can continue their homework. OR start playing games. How do you control what your child is doing online? As a parent, you have similar capabilities as teachers to ensure your child focuses on their homework when necessary, using the Jamf Parent app for Jamf School.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 1, 2020
A real-time national education study of more than one million students by two leading not-for-profit education groups has found that continued engagement with technology-enabled instruction during COVID-19 school closures has significantly reduced students’ loss of potential reading growth. The Successful Practices Network (SPN) and the Center for College and Career Readiness (CCCR) released these findings today, which are some of the very first published results using current data of students’
Fractus Learning
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Math apps for kids could be what your child needs to improve their math skills, move to the next level, or start enjoying and having fun with mathematics. The high-quality apps available on the web, at the iTunes Apps Store, and Android devices on Google Play Store are astounding. These apps help kids of any age, from a two-year-old toddler to a teenager in high school.
Educator Innovator
DECEMBER 1, 2020
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. by Karen W. Gavigan , University of South Carolina and Kasey Garrison , Charles Sturt University. Teen activists worldwide are making headlines for their social justice advocacy on everything from climate change and immigration to substance abuse and LGBTQ issues.
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