Ask a Tech Teacher
JULY 17, 2020
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first man to place foot on the moon. Commemorate that this year with an exciting collection of websites and apps that take your students to the Moon. Here are some you’ll like: Apollo 11: Countdown to Launch via Google Earth. Apollo 11 VR. Google Moon –see the Moon in 3D with your Google Earth app.
EdNews Daily
JULY 17, 2020
Second Chance: View the Virtual Discussion Perhaps more than any time in history, our teachers and administrators need professional development to help guide them through the transition to an upcoming virtual/hybrid system of education. In this episode of the Learning Counsel’s Back to (e)School Tactics Discussions, four of America’s leading PD experts explore the logistics of professional development to see what is possible, what is working, and what will be tried in the future.
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Edsurge
JULY 17, 2020
On Wednesday, CampusLogic, a provider of financial aid software to colleges and universities, raised $120 million. With that investment came bragging rights to the biggest funding round for a U.S. education technology company in 2020. But its time on the throne proved to be short-lived. To close out the week, another higher-education company secured a nine-figure fundraise.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JULY 17, 2020
One of the key questions that faces you as you make your transition to online education is that of resources. In order to make the best of your online teaching/learning experience, you will need to.read more.
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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.
eSchool News
JULY 17, 2020
When St. Lucie Public Schools was awarded the Magnet School Assistance Program Grant in 2017, the district was able to revitalize three schools within the school district: Creative Arts Academy, Samuel Gaines Academy of Emerging Technologies and Fort Pierce Westwood Academy: The WEST Prep Magnet. Part of this revitalization was to discover and build unique programs of interest that would gain the attention of students throughout the school district.
Teacher Tech
JULY 17, 2020
Improve Your Students Reading With Lexend Fonts Guest Post by Bonnie Shaver-Troup If you are reading this, you probably already know that for more than 60 years the U.S. Dept of Ed has found that nearly 70% of the population experiences some reading difficulty. What you might not know is that Lexend fonts were created […]. The post Use Lexend to Improve Reading by @bshavertroupEdD appeared first on Teacher Tech.
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N2Y
JULY 17, 2020
During the school shutdown in response to the coronavirus, some districts have struggled to provide special education instruction and services, and students may have experienced skill regression as a result. How will your district address these challenges when school resumes in the fall? Financial help is available through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which links billions of dollars in new federal funding streams for K–12 education. n2y and Education Week have
eSchool News
JULY 17, 2020
In partnership with eSchool News, Illuminate Education is spotlighting teachers in a series recognizing educators, the way they have moved instruction online during COVID-19, and how they have prioritized the needs of their students. Drew Craft. 4th Grade Teacher. East Village Community School. NYC Department of Education. “Make sure that students have a sense of connection and a way for their voices to be heard.”.
Iterating Toward Openness
JULY 17, 2020
Reposting this message I sent to the Learning Analytics mailing list earlier this morning. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup by Bodo from [link] is licensed CC BY. When I hear people say “learning engineering” I hear them talking about Reese’s cups. I hear them talking about delicious chocolate (instructional design, or applied learning science or whatever you like to call it) and yummy peanut butter (learning analytics, or educational data mining, or whatever you like to call it
techlearning
JULY 17, 2020
Social-emotional learning resources for teachers, families, and students
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.
Cycles of Learning
JULY 17, 2020
With many schools announcing that they will be embarking on various distance learning models this Fall, student engagement in the online learning space is extremely important. That being said, given the stress of curricular modification, and the barrage of training and tools being thrown at teachers daily, student engagement is often overlooked. Keeping the above in mind, click here for a toolkit I created a few years ago to assist fellow educators in understanding and implementing techniques fo
Reading By Example
JULY 17, 2020
I am co-teaching a 4th grade summer school course online. We meet once a day on Zoom to read aloud a picture book, discuss how the people in the story demonstrate perseverance or flexible thinking (our central concept is “growth mindset”), and then relate these ideas to a personal learning project each student has selected. Discussions are sometimes slow.
Marketplace K-12
JULY 17, 2020
A firm that provides college financial aid tools has secured the largest 2020 funding round for any U.S. ed tech, as Microsoft invests in an aspiring competitor of Google. The post K-12 Dealmaking: CampusLogic Raises $120 Million; International Market Remains Busy appeared first on Market Brief.
techlearning
JULY 17, 2020
Taking time to communicate with and listen to the community is critical—especially during a crisis
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.
ExcelinEd
JULY 17, 2020
Oklahoma is using its CARES Act funds to expand online course access, safeguard private school education options and provide families the flexibility to purchase necessary digital tools. . Highlights from Oklahoma’s Plan . Today , Governor Kevin Stitt released his innovative and student-centered plan for investing the CARES Act funding to allow students from diverse backgrounds to access the quality resources they need in order to continue their education journey amid these
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