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Bridging Connections to Empower Learners

A Principal's Reflections

The other day I was working from home, which is a rarity for me these days. I huddled in my home office and focused my attention on email, writing a blog post, tweaking some presentations, and updating the digital handouts that all participants get during one of my keynotes or workshops. Always joining me on these work from home days is my beloved dog, Roxie.

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A great website for geography lessons

EdTech4Beginners

I recently stumbled upon a fantastic website – perfect for teaching geography. It’s called AntipodesMap.com . The site helps you find the antipodes (the other side of the world) of any place on Earth. Have a look at my video walk-through: Let me know how you get on.

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4 Ways Mentor Teachers Make A Difference In An Online Or Offline Classroom

EdNews Daily

Teaching online or in the classroom can be a challenging profession from many angles. Teachers have an enormous amount of responsibilities the moment they begin working in the profession. Although educators should have ongoing professional development and practicum experience, there are many moments in a teacher’s day when he/she may need assistance or need to seek out an exceptional mentor.

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Caring and Compassionate Confrontation

User Generated Education

When I was in my Doctoral program, I met Debbie in one of my classes who was the Corporate Education coordinator for the university. She ran workshops for teams from profit and non-profit organizations and corporations. I had mentioned that I had a background in adventure education with a focus using outdoor team building activities. She got excited and said that the university does team building on their off campus site and asked me to join her as a facilitator.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

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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5 big ideas for education innovation in 2018

eSchool News

Last year saw a flurry of activity in support of personalized learning, new school designs, and new approaches to K-12 education policy. Looking ahead, education innovators have their work cut out for them in 2018. Some of this work requires asking hard questions. Some requires acknowledging that there’s an elephant in the room. And some requires looking beyond our current conversation to where the next waves of innovation stand to emerge.

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8 Very Good iPad Apps Free Today

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

For this week’s Apps Gone Free post, we have curated for you these interesting titles. We hope the apps are still free by the time you are reading this post. Some of the things you can do with these.read more.

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8 Helpful Videos About Chromebooks From Your Friends At Google!

TeacherCast

In these 8 fantastic videos from Google, you will learn a little something about your new Chromebooks. The post 8 Helpful Videos About Chromebooks From Your Friends At Google! appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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Control F: Replace the Extra Space

Teacher Tech

One Space After the Period Two spaces are for typewriters. If we are not using typewriters then two spaces are outdated and obsolete. We are educators, should we be teaching kids outdated and obsolete practices just because we still do them? I’m 41, I owned a typewriter and learned to put 2 spaces after the […]. The post Control F: Replace the Extra Space appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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3 Great Features of Google Classrooms for Teachers in 2018

TeacherCast

Learn 3 great new features of Google Classroom that are certain to help teachers save time and improve communication with their students and classrooms. The post 3 Great Features of Google Classrooms for Teachers in 2018 appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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What kind of PD makes teachers smile? And on Saturday? EDCAMP

Tech Helpful

Year five of Edcamp GigCity is in the books. It was in a fabulous location- Red Bank Middle School in Chattanooga, TN- and it had fabulous attendees. According to the feedback form most left as very happy campers! (pun intended). Things I learned: Oops on the schedule. We accidentally used the schedule from 2 years ago instead of last year so the sign up said 9-2 but the day was laid out as 9-3.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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Gmail Tutorial: Creating the perfect professional email message that gets read and reacted to immediately.

TeacherCast

In this video, you will learn how to properly compose a professional email and use it's most powerful features to your advantage. The post Gmail Tutorial: Creating the perfect professional email message that gets read and reacted to immediately. appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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Video of the Week: Get started with coding in your classroom

eSchool News

Ed. note : Video of the Week picks are supplied by the editors of Common Sense Education , which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. Click here to watch the video at Common Sense Education. Video Description: Learning to code in school is more popular than ever, and it’s never been easier to get started.

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Video Tutorial: Learn how Microsoft OneNote can be used to organize your digital life.

TeacherCast

In this video, Jeff sits down with the team from Microsoft OneNote to learn why it is the perfect companion to any digital classroom. The post Video Tutorial: Learn how Microsoft OneNote can be used to organize your digital life. appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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Don’t Throw Out Your Leveled Library Yet!

MiddleWeb

Practical teachers concerned with helping kids move forward as readers know that giving them access to engaging texts at their approximate level is an important strategy, says school librarian Rita Platt. Read her arguments for avoiding an either-or approach to leveling.

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

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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Dot and Dash from @Wonderworkshop: Bringing Tech to Toddlers Worldwide

TeacherCast

Wonder Workshop's has recently released three new classroom packs of their famous Dot and Dash robots. Learn how you can bring STEM education into your classroom today! The post Dot and Dash from @Wonderworkshop: Bringing Tech to Toddlers Worldwide appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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The One Answer to All Questions in Education

The Principal of Change

I am at the end of a three-week trip, and I ended it with an excellent day with an energetic and eager group of educators. Their willingness to push their learning was humbling and inspiring, and it was such an honor to work with them. As I talked to the administrators throughout the day, I could see that they not only had an inspiring vision for education could go, but they also provided support to their teachers in their endeavors of serving students in the classroom.

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Gmail Tutorial: Understanding how to use Stars to sort your massive inbox

TeacherCast

In this video, you will learn how to keep those emails most important to you organized by using Stars and other happy icons. The post Gmail Tutorial: Understanding how to use Stars to sort your massive inbox appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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A Youth Village: Innovative Approaches To Serve At-Risk Youth

The Innovative Educator

Editor's note: This is part of a series entitled " Innovative Approaches to Serve At-Risk Youth." We know from one of the most comprehensive longitudinal studies on interventions for at-risk youth , that many traditional approaches don't work. Surprisingly, while approaches such as counseling, mentoring, homework help and camp have an effect, it's not what you'd expect.

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

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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Personal Finance Tips and Edupreneurship

TeacherCast

Welcome to the Jersey Educator Podcast, a show created by NJEA members … for NJEA members. Whether you are a teacher, an education support professional, or a New Jersey Student Education Association member, this show will serve as a platform to help YOU bring out the best in your students. each and… The post Personal Finance Tips and Edupreneurship appeared first on TeacherCast.

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Teaching and Technology Tweet Recap, we 01-20-18

EmergingEdTech

Inspiring, informative, useful, or just plain fun tweets posted on Twitter over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers. This week in the wrap … discover “what. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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When an Educator Steps Out Of Her Edubox

Tech Helpful

I always thought of myself as an openminded, growth mindset kinda educator. In the last year I've even challenged myself to look for ways to get out of my educational technology silo. Then entered this strange opportunity for me.the Alexa Conference. Just when I was patting myself on the back for being chosen to present at ASCD Empower18 (which I deemed way out of my comfort zone) in comes an opportunity outside of education all together- an opportunity to give an educator's perspective regardin

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Learning…is connection, rooted in relationship

Fractus Learning

The work of the brain at birth is to begin laying down an internal infrastructure of language that enables the child to make sense of the outside world, preparing her for her ultimate purpose—which is to connect. Watch […].

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

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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App of the Week: Metaverse

eSchool News

Ed. note : App of the Week picks are now being curated by the editors of Common Sense Education , which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. Click here to read the full app review. Metaverse. What’s It Like?

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8 Great Books to Help Students Become Better Readers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

January 21, 2018 There are tons of reading materials out there. With a single click you can access a treasure trove of reading materials covering anything you want, yet, our students hardly read and.read more.

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As Facebook Seeks To Supersede The Internet Itself, What Are The Lessons?

TeachThought - Learn better.

As Facebook Seeks To Supersede The Internet Itself, What Are The Lessons? by TeachThought Staff Social media has done a lot of things, from connecting long lost friends (whether or not they wanted to be connected), to somehow convincing your mother to share memes and gif animations as ironic responses in a threaded facebook ‘conversation.’ […].

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Personalized Learning Is a Problem of Privilege

Edsurge

Education is a dynamic space, with new trends constantly ebbing and flowing, the pendulum swinging back and forth between truly new innovations and recycled ideas. Experienced educators will recognize these patterns. But for younger teachers like me, whose careers are still in their infancy, it’s not so easy to see through the blinders. When I moved to the Silicon Valley in 2014, I, like many, joined the gold rush to pursue this idea called “personalized learning.

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

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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TEACHER VOICE: It’s time to shatter the silence about race

The Hechinger Report

A student in New Orleans. Photo: Cheryl Gerber. I am one of few African-American educators in a predominantly white school district. After I reported witnessing dozens of white students in a group using the N-word on school property, an administrator said to me, “I’m sure that was awful for you. Why don’t you speak with the students and tell them how that made you feel?