The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 1, 2019

Nicola Giardina, author of The More We Look, the Deeper It Gets: Transforming the Curriculum Through Art shares five ways we can incorporate art into our teaching. <iframe style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/8829143/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/2d568f/" height="90" width="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> <

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Ditch That Textbook

MARCH 1, 2019

There is one thing that all teachers agree we need more of. One thing we can never have enough of and one that we seem to always be running out of in our classrooms. Time. Although it may not be possible to actually add hours to our day, we can utilize the resources available to […].

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 1, 2019

Many people in the United States, particularly students, parents and teachers, join forces on Read Across America Day , annually held on March 2. This nationwide observance coincides with the birthday of Dr. Seuss. Here are some great reading websites for students K-5: Aesop Fables —no ads. Aesop’s Fables. Audio stories. Childhood Stories. Classic Fairy Tales.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2019

If you had to guess how much time teenagers spend using screens outside of work each day, how many hours would you guess? Two? Four? How about nine? According to Common Sense Media, teens today are spending an average of nine hours a day online , while kids from ages eight to 12 are spending an average of six. That’s a lot of time on screens. Even teens themselves are beginning to think they’re overdoing it: Recent Pew research shows that 54 percent of U.S. teens say they spend too much time on

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 1, 2019

Bilingualism or the ability to speak more than one language is a prevalent linguistic phenomenon. Even in the online digital discourse a great deal of multilingualism and bilingualism is observed in.

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Tech Helpful

MARCH 1, 2019

Yesterday I spent hours researching a sinister mother bird known as MOMO. This is time I can never get back but the time I felt needed to be spent to best support the families of our school. Trying to discern whether the MOMO Suicide Challenge was real or not. Trying to discern how pervasive the issue really was. Trying to answer emails from concerned parents.

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SpeechTechie

MARCH 1, 2019

Power Cards are a form of Social Narrative intervention first described by Elisa Gagnon in her book about the topic. Social Narratives are the umbrella that encompasses Carol Gray's Social Stories ™ approach and are considered evidence-based. The Autism EBP Review Group of Chapel Hill describes them well: “Narratives that describe social situations in some detail by highlighting relevant cues and offering examples of appropriate responding.

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 1, 2019

The company once known as Musical.ly, now TikTok, has reached a $5.7 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over complaints that it collected personal information from children without proper consent. The post FTC Hits Company Once Known as Musical.ly With Record Fine Over Children’s Privacy appeared first on Market Brief.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 1, 2019

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 157 How Can We Make Screen Time Work For Kids? Drew Perkins talks with Sara DeWitt, Vice President of PBS Kids Digital, about how to navigate the positives and negatives of screen time for kids. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: TED Talk: 3 fears about screen time for kids […]. The post The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 157 How Can We Make Screen Time Work For Kids?

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Linways Technologies

MARCH 1, 2019

Where should a modern teacher draw the line. We here at linways is always curious about these education-related theories and beliefs. We try to learn and share about education and pedagogy to have a better understanding on how and why our system work as it does. The old “sage on the stage vs guide by the side ” argument is one such that caught our attention lately.

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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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ExcelinEd

MARCH 1, 2019

Next week, Excel in Ed is heading to SXSW EDU in Austin, TX! Our chairman Governor Jeb Bush will take the stage on Monday, and we’ll hold another two sessions on innovation in education during the week. Check out the information below if you can join us in person, or follow along on Twitter. See you next week! Education’s Tomorrowland. March 4 | 2:00pm.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 1, 2019

The post Google Certified Trainer Resources appeared first on Shake Up Learning. FREE resources to help teachers and educators pass the TSA exam and prepare for the application. Here you will find free ebooks, videos, and downloads to help you reach your goal of becoming a Google Certified Trainer! © Shake Up Learning 2019. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited.

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Buncee

MARCH 1, 2019

In January, the Buncee team connected with Shannon Miller about a really interesting project idea she had in mind. It all started with one of Shannon’s fifth-grade students, Molly. Molly had a passion for drawing, and when her crayons hit the paper she was always creating “Molly Dolls”. Once we heard about these dolls from Shannon and saw how cool they were, we knew we had to turn her drawings into Buncee stickers.

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Kathy Schrock

MARCH 1, 2019

This article originally appeared in the Discovery Education blog " Kathy Schrock's Katch of the Month " in March 2019 and is re-posted here with permission. _ The hundreds of quality STEM-related videos and materials in the Discovery Education online collection make it easy to find content to use for your lessons and units. However, take time for students to develop a solid thinking process before starting your STEM unit.

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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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Learning With Lucie

MARCH 1, 2019

This March we're going to kick off our third annual 30 posts in 30 days series around Creating, Making, and Learning. This 2019 March Madness Maker Series will be focused on some of the questions that I've been using to frame the conversation around making over the past few years. The earlier conversations are usually focused around the WHAT questions.

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Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 1, 2019

Picture this: A student is struggling with issues that she hasn’t shared with any of her friends, classmates, or even her family. She writes about her problems in a Google doc at school, getting her thoughts and feelings out. That’s where this story ends, right? Wrong. Not when Gaggle is part of the safety program being implemented in a district. Thanks to Gaggle, schools can be alerted to intervene with situations just like this.

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ExcelinEd

MARCH 1, 2019

This weekend, we’re celebrating National Read Across America Day! The ability to read opens doors and opportunities each child deserves. Learn how your state can empower every child with this life-changing ability at ExcelinEd.org. What Others Are Saying. Follow #ReadAcrossAmerica to see how schools are celebrating today! Celebrating the power of reading with some curious young minds while exploring the creative world of Dr.

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Prodigy

MARCH 1, 2019

It’s all about the data. In your school, there is a lot of data to be managed. There’s information about staff, curriculum, students and their families, tests, exams, regulations, budget, payments, teacher evaluations, events… Getting a headache just thinking about it? With all that data floating around your school, the idea of data driven instruction […].

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MindShift

MARCH 1, 2019

Getting students to engage in academic dialogue can be challenging. Many students are shy, lack confidence, don’t know how to begin, or are content to let the same few students dominate a conversation. But when every student is participating and sharing their perspectives it’s a beautiful thing. “Everything about activating a child’s cognitive skills begins with activating their social connectedness,” said Dr.

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Reading By Example

MARCH 1, 2019

I made a goal for myself in February: to write a book proposal for submission to a publisher to-be-determined (topic: building a culture of literacy). Knowing what was expected of a proposal – an outline, a description of the work, and at least one chapter written – I could generally project out how much writing I would have to do between the 1st and the 28th.

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techlearning

MARCH 1, 2019

LitPick is a worldwide network of tween book reviewers that offers reviews on YA literature.

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ExcelinEd

MARCH 1, 2019

Florida. A new statewide survey of 800 registered voters in Florida released by ExcelinEd this month found that nearly 80 percent of voters support allowing parents to choose a school instead of sending them to a school based on their zip code. The survey indicates that Floridians have a strong desire to create an ESA to serve all students in the state.

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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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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2019

Maker Academy teacher Gerry Irrizary assisting students in his Design Principles class. Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. NEW YORK — At New York City’s Urban Assembly Maker Academy high school in lower Manhattan, two things immediately stand out. First, its teachers are rarely standing at the front of the classroom dispensing facts and figures for students to dutifully transcribe.

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