EdTech Magazine

JULY 24, 2019

Q&A: Matthew Mugo Fields on the Current State of Data Analytics in K–12. eli.zimmerman_9856. Wed, 07/24/2019 - 08:28. While many teachers understand the importance of data, integrations can prove burdensome on educators who do not have the background or time to use analytics tools properly. . According to a 2018 Data Quality Campaign survey , 86 percent of teachers believe data is a crucial tool for an effective educator; however; over half also say they do not have enough time to analyze data,

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EdTech4Beginners

JULY 24, 2019

For online students, there’s nothing worse than being subjected to a dull, boring eLearning course. If staying motivated to sit through the course was not tough enough, an uninteresting course makes it even harder. Learning needs to be enjoyable. Being an online instructor, you need to get creative and find exciting ways to make your eLearning course informative and engaging for it to resonate with your students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2019

If you’re searching for alternatives to teaching in a classroom and you’re a stellar teacher, you have a lot of options.

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2019

For 14 years, Julia Moak, a fifth grade science teacher in Miami, has switched on the lights in her classroom at the start of every school day. An unnoticeable moment, you might think, but Ms. Moak smiles every time she does it, delighted by the science behind the simple task. The light flooding her room makes her visualize a placid reservoir with a dam at one end, where a turbine converts the kinetic energy of water into mechanical energy.

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Education Elements

JULY 24, 2019

In The New School Rules, Anthony Kim and Alexis Gonzales-Black write that every district has experience putting together a strategic plan, and most follow the same process. “We labor over these plans—sometimes over the course of 12 to 24 months—dreaming up the path ahead and detailing the resources we’ll need.Unfortunately, once we’re set to go, we find the situation has changed before we’ve gotten started.

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2019

In 2012, First Book , a nonprofit that provides affordable learning materials to kids in need, approached the publishers of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and asked: Can you make a bilingual version of the popular children’s book? At the time, the publisher sold English and Spanish versions separately. As part of its pitch, First Book made an offer that the publisher couldn’t refuse: It promised to buy 30,000 copies of the bilingual version.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2019

Virginia Forcucci speaks to students in her 10th grade English class at Sussex Tech High School. Photo: Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report. GEORGETOWN, Del. — On a recent Thursday morning, when most of their peers were busy prepping for the day, a dozen teachers and staff at Delaware’s Sussex Tech High School sat down to talk about race. The group was discussing Chapter 2 of scholar Robin DiAngelo’s “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism.”.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JULY 24, 2019

ArcGIS Story Maps is a web tool that enables you to combine the power of maps and narrative text to create engaging and inspiring stories to share with others. Besides maps, your stories can include.

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 24, 2019

Age of Learning is partnering with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for well-known book titles, while Pearson begins a national testing contract with Egypt. ETS and Khan Academy are partnering to offer aspiring teachers free test prep, and Impero Software names a new CEO. The post K-12 Dealmaking: Age of Learning Partners With HMH, Pearson Lands Egyptian Testing Contract; ETS and Khan Academy Partner on Teacher Prep appeared first on Market Brief.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JULY 24, 2019

This is the sixth post in a series of posts geared towards helping teachers, educators and students make the best of Google services in education. Today we are featuring Google Sheets, an excellent.

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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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eSchool News

JULY 24, 2019

Education leaders expect school internet needs to increase over the next several years, highlighting the need for increased bandwidth and resources to support the growing demands on school networks. The ninth annual E-Rate Trends Report from Funds For Learning shows that the federal E-rate program is still critical in establishing broadband connectivity for schools and libraries.

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 24, 2019

The Federal Trade Commission fined Facebook a historic $5 billion over data privacy violations and is expected to reach a multi-million dollar settlement with Google for improperly collecting data from children streaming YouTube videos. The post FTC Cracks Down on Facebook, Google Over Data Privacy Violations appeared first on Market Brief.

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techlearning

JULY 24, 2019

Epic! - Unlimited Books for Kids is a digital library and e-reader website and app that makes more than 25,000 children's books available at the touch of a finger.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 24, 2019

The post SULS23 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Welcome back to the show ya’ll! Today I’m talking with another amazing student guest about what she likes and dislikes in school. Ainsley McClard is going into the 7th grade next year and she chats about some amazing projects she’s been involved in, what she thinks about the grading system, and why she started her own business!

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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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SecurEdge

JULY 24, 2019

The senior living industry is going through a digital transformation and with the expected increase of adults looking for continuing care, planning for Wi-Fi is more important than ever.

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techlearning

JULY 24, 2019

In a world filled with so much instant information, it is important to teach students to ask even more questions as they seek possible answers.

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The Daring Librarian

JULY 24, 2019

Teaching and dealing with others in the workplace can be sometimes tricky. Especially, when your job is to help both the kids and staff you know you will never make everyone happy. It's physically and emotionally impossible. Most teachers just have to make their kids, parents, and principal happy. Our jobs mean we have to make kids, parents, principal, all other teachers, the PTA, supervisors, and professional associations happy.

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techlearning

JULY 24, 2019

Slapping the term STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and maths) on a toy, even one with questionable educational value, has become a popular way for companies to convince parents a product is worth buying their kids. That’s rarely the case, but amongst all the noise there are a few companies producing toys that can genuinely help foster a child’s mind and make learning enjoyable, including Kano, whose DIY computer kits have been upgraded to full-fledged PCs running Wind

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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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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 24, 2019

A quick mid-summer note (for those in the northern hemisphere!) from the Library 2.0 webinar team. Details on each item below! Dr. Steve Albrecht is available for local staff training Starting August 5th we'll have a special summer sale on webinar recordings (five days only) The " Security for Rural Librarians " webinar is August 13th From Dr. Albrecht: "As a member of Library 2.0, I appreciate your attendance at our webinars!

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techlearning

JULY 24, 2019

Created in collaboration with the American Museum of National History for its major exhibition, T. Rex: The Ultimate Predator allows users to interact with the exhibit experience in their own homes.

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ExcelinEd

JULY 24, 2019

Each year, more districts and schools across the nation break the mold of traditional education models—whether systemically or programmatically. Some are trying to meet the needs of students by blurring the idea of where and when education can happen while others seek to find innovative staffing solutions. This growing movement creates an urgent need for increased flexibility to facilitate the implementation of these innovative approaches.

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techlearning

JULY 24, 2019

“EdSERT helps educators evaluate and build their own social-emotional competencies – everything from controlling emotions and impulses to adapting if a lesson or activity doesn’t go as planned.

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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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Gradelink

JULY 24, 2019

Hooray! Summer is here. Are you looking to do a little “spring cleaning” of your curriculum? We’ve got you covered! Today we are highlighting some “old school” teaching practices to swap out for some fresh alternatives you can roll out in the new school year. It should be noted that these are just suggestions! It’s not necessary to give up any of these methods entirely, especially if they’re working for you.

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techlearning

JULY 24, 2019

“These new i-Ready enhancements will better engage students in the learning process, better support teachers in their instruction, and better inform administrators about overall student performance and growth.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2019

President Trump’s racist attack on four congresswomen of color, his insistence on Twitter that they “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came,” showed that racism is a blunt object that hits many of us with equal force. Trump made little distinction between U.S. Reps. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez of New York, who is Latina, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, both Muslim; and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, a black woman.

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techlearning

JULY 24, 2019

TCEA 2020 announces featured speakers Jaime Donally, Jennifer LaGarde, and Shannon Miller:

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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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