Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 21, 2019

If you missed this article over at ReadiLearn , here are my thoughts about teaching technology in kindergarten: Why Kindergartners Must Learn Technology. When I started teaching technology almost twenty years ago, I taught K-8, three classes in each grade every week. I was buried under lesson plans, grades, and parent meetings. I remember suggesting to my principal that he ease my schedule by eliminating tech for kindergartners.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

AUGUST 21, 2019

“Children are the most learning-hungry beings in the world.” – Ashley Montagu. This year we will be getting our elementary students (2nd to 5th) to explore their passions and interests with Genius Hour Projects. Genius Hour Projects, also known as 20% Time, involve setting aside class time each week for students to independently work on a project related to their interests or passions.

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Ditch That Textbook

AUGUST 21, 2019

Video is so easy to create in the classroom now. What used to take expensive equipment and advanced know-how can be created in seconds with devices we already have. Video is a rich medium for learning. Students can practice speaking skills, show their passion through their voice, and make learning visible. In summer 2019, Flipgrid […].

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 21, 2019

Meredith Akers on episode 548 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Meredith Akers is a principal who has been using some unconventional methods of teacher PD. In this episode, she talks about the revolutionary way she recently held teacher PD (using video instruction and face to face meetings) and what she learned.

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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.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 21, 2019

W.E.B. DuBois Academy opened its doors last fall as an all-boys middle school with an Afrocentric curriculum, the first of its kind in Louisville, Kentucky. Moreover, the new school also joined the fifth cohort of the Verizon Innovative Learning schools initiative. The school, whose student body was 86 percent black, had the highest percentage of growth for African-American male students in Jefferson County Public Schools and was among the most improved middle schools overall in the district bas

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Education Elements

AUGUST 21, 2019

At Education Elements, we pride ourselves on being a responsive organization. Like many organizations, we can fall short of true responsiveness, but we are proud of how nimble, engaged, and positive our team is as a result of responsive practices. Our true north lies in seeking feedback to best understand the experiences of our community members. Feedback, in every way it is offered, allows us to make improvements suggested by those who have a stake in the work.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 21, 2019

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EdNews Daily

AUGUST 21, 2019

By Charles Sosnik. Professional athletes and actors make big money, and those professions seem a lot more accessible to many young people than say, a computer analyst or someone working in the space industry. Last year, “The Rock” Dwayne Johnson made $119 million. Lebron made $88.5 million. Floyd Mayweather made $275 million. Even if kids in school think they may be the next Lebron, the reality is that the available slots for pro ballers are capped at 494.

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Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 21, 2019

It’s a world of laughter. A world of tears. It’s a world of hopes. And a world of fears. There’s so much that we share. That it’s time we’re aware. It’s a long game after all. OER advocacy, like most work, is filled alternately with advances and setbacks. Speaking from firsthand experience, because I live in the “day to day” of the work it can be all too easy for whatever is happening in the moment to dominate my feelings, influence my mood, and ge

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 21, 2019

The web is a treasure trove of interesting resources to use for a variety of educational purposes. To leverage the educational potential of the web and be able to make the best of it in your.

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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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Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2019

The latest quarterly earnings for publicly traded education technology companies was especially rough for 2U , which revised its loss guidance for the year and stated that it expected enrollment challenges to its core business of running online graduate programs with universities. That sent the stock for the Lanham, Md.-based company tumbling to historic lows.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 21, 2019

Open Culture has this incredible resource of free ebooks to download and read at your own pace. This collection contains 800 eBooks covering works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. You have.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 21, 2019

Smarter technology and edtech resources are helping students become independent learners and problem solvers, according to new research. In fact, many of today’s students first turn to technology for answers to their questions, and they aren’t depending on their parents for homework help as often as in past generations. The research from Lenovo surveyed more than 15,000 people across the globe.

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Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 21, 2019

A nonprofit is studying what factors are most often associated with successful implementation of education products. The post What Factors Drive or Doom Ed-Tech Implementation? New Study Taking a Look appeared first on Market Brief.

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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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eSchool News

AUGUST 21, 2019

It’s one thing to read about doing a triathlon or to watch one on TV; it’s another to dive into the water, hop on the bike seat, and hit the pavement. The same is true of college test prep for exams such as the SAT or ACT—without self-direction, personalized goals, and active practice, you’re not going to reach your target score. When I was a principal, students were on their own when it came to preparing for one of the most influential exams of their life.

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ExcelinEd

AUGUST 21, 2019

Thanks to determined families and courageous policymakers, more families than ever are going back to school this year with the ability to choose the educational setting that best fits their child’s needs. And, thanks to the just-released 2019 Education Next Poll , we also know support for educational choice is at a record high! Nationwide support for charter schools is at 48%, a 9% increase from 2017.

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Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 21, 2019

A U.S.-based provider of social-emotional learning products is partnering with a Chinese company, and Discovery Education has acquired a virtual/augmented reality company. The post K-12 Dealmaking: SEL Provider Partners With Chinese Company; AdvancED, Measured Progress Renamed as Cognia appeared first on Market Brief.

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 21, 2019

Photo by Hence The Book on unsplash Today I was notified that this blog has been listed in the top ten of the UK's most influential education blogs by Vuelio for 2019. Now, I don't normally pay that much attention to lists of top ten or top whatever, (they cause too much controversy!) but this list is quite interesting because of the algorithm it employs and the research that goes into deciding each year who will be in the top ten.

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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

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MindShift

AUGUST 21, 2019

Teacher Sandra Cover glanced up at the sound of cheers. Two juniors slapped their hands together in a triumphant high-five, like doubles players celebrating a tennis victory. In reality, the girls had just solved a proof on a trigonometry exam. For their teacher, the moment was as sweet as scoring a match point, because it showed how much her students’ relationship to math had changed in the past year.

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MiddleWeb

AUGUST 21, 2019

Meaning well and teaching well are not the same – a painful truth that ELA teacher Dina Strasser's exponential learning about race has helped her realize. She uses the story of her unit based on Gary Paulsen's "Nightjohn" to underscore the difference between intent and impact.

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Prodigy

AUGUST 21, 2019

Back to school is a busy time: creating seating charts, setting out classroom rules, welcoming new students, organizing parent-teacher conferences, and getting students adjusted to a new grade. One thing you shouldn’t have to worry about? Coming up with unique bulletin board ideas for the beginning of the school year and beyond. Colorful classroom bulletin […].

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techlearning

AUGUST 21, 2019

Stick Pick is a classroom-management and -assessment app that takes the popsicle-stick-in-a-can concept digital and expands it to help teachers improve the way they ask questions in the classroom.

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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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edWeb.net

AUGUST 21, 2019

When students feel like they are helping drive their education and have a say in their own learning, achievement thrives. That’s been a given even when education technology was only a pencil and paper. Now, many edtech tools promise that they will help promote student voice, but how can educators tell? With years of experience using edtech to engage students, presenters in the edWebinar, “ Encouraging Student Voice and Choice in the Classroom,” identified six edtech tool characteristics that giv

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Hubbli

AUGUST 21, 2019

You might not believe it, but on average, schools spend $36,000 per month, per 100 students, on managing parent communication. It’s hard to believe, but if you add up all the hours it takes the staff to send and collect information between the school and parents, it adds up quickly. Parent communication is not only time consuming, but REALLY expensive.

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wwwatanabe

AUGUST 21, 2019

When I started the, 8 Weeks of Summer Blog Challenge for educators, I found myself continuously thinking of insights and inspirations. As a result, I've condensed my reflections to one post. Week 2 : Ponder your Professional Past -- What has contributed to the educator you are today? Listening to the students, and trying to meet their needs contributed the most to my being the educator I am today.

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Gaggle Speaks

AUGUST 21, 2019

A Safety Audit, performed by Gaggle is a retrospective analysis of student-created content and review of possible incidents Gaggle’s services would have caught, had you been a subscriber at the time. In the past year, Gaggle has completed 80 Safety Audits and found 183,700 actionable items that would have led to an immediate response by Gaggle. If you’re looking to improve student safety in your school or district, conducting a Safety Audit can be a great way to see the potential impact before p

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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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techlearning

AUGUST 21, 2019

“At ClassLink, we are dedicated to providing secure, simple access to resources required by educators and students,” said Patrick Devanney, VP of Interoperability, ClassLink.

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 21, 2019

Photo by Markus Spiske on unsplash Below are some thoughts ahead of my invited presentation at Learning Live 2019 : I have been invited to speak about digital transformation of organisations for an invited audience of industry leaders, who will predominantly be drawn from Learning and Development and Human Resources departments. They will be on the look out for new ideas, trends to watch and insight into what to do to prepare for rapid and irreversible changes that are happening in industry over

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techlearning

AUGUST 21, 2019

Attendees will receive hands-on training using data-collection technology, as well as a Go Direct® Temperature Probe for their classroom.

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Prodigy

AUGUST 21, 2019

Summer is coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean the fun has to stop! For those of you eagerly counting down to the next holiday, we have good news. There’s another special day happening very soon — one dedicated to a love of gaming. Help celebrate the start of the new school year with […]. The post National Video Games Day: 7 Fun Ways to Level-up Your Classroom appeared first on Prodigy.

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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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