The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

A special Valentine's Day Episode of 10MT with Links to Tools and Tech I Use From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Do you want to know my productivity tips and tricks? How about what I use for digital film class? The technology I use in my classroom everyday? Well, Happy Valentine’s Day! I’m showing love to my dear teacher friends by just sharing all the tools and tips that have me excited right now.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Before interactive projectors and document cameras, teachers used these projectors and transparencies.

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Tom Murray

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

This past weekend I was searching for a particular feature inside the Facebook app while on my cell phone. As I scrolled through some of the settings, I realized that a new feature had been added. Having worked on connectivity issues at the national level, and having seen the vast inequities in opportunities that are available to the 5 million students that are unconnected while at home , this new feature offers me hope.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Fundraising takes a lot of time. As an ed-tech startup, you have to raise money and grow the company at the same time. The post Fundraising While Running a Startup Company appeared first on Market Brief.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

People can remember easily what happened a week or a month ago, but as time passes by, it becomes harder to hold on to memories. Interestingly, we have a hard time remembering what happened precisely 20 months ago but at the same time we have early memories from our childhood that stay with us forever. Many times a small thing like a smell, a sound or an image can trigger a trip down on memory lane and suddenly we remember not just the situation, but the whole experience and the feelings we had

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The engine of learning is not always fueled by reading. In fact, knowledge is often acquired via audio, video, role-playing, and other approaches that address the varied learning styles of today’s students. One communication method that has seriously grown up from even a generation ago is video. Where movies used to be considered babysitting — the activity of last resort for tired or unprepared teachers — that’s no longer true.

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Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

In December 2010, The Journal –“t he leading Technology based education publication for K-12 and higher education”– published an article with a 5-prong prediction for the following year. Will the cloud continue to reign? Will more schools embrace student-centric mobile devices? These were the pressing questions of the time – a time 8-months after the release of the first iPad and 6-months before the release of the first Chromebook.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. It’s well-known that those with autism spectrum disorders including Asperger’s syndrome develop difficulties with social communication and show stereotyped patterns of behavior. Less well-studied but equally characteristic features are a weaker sense of self and mood disorders such as depression and anxiety.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

How edtech in school districts has evolved since the rise of 1:1 and the Common Core. The post The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017 appeared first on Blog.

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EdTech4Beginners

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

We live in the developed, computerised world. People are striving for professional success and personal growth with the help of modern technologies. Currently, the revolutionary innovations that have occurred in the field of computers and the internet have changed the entire generation even more than the press, radio, television and the internal combustion engines.

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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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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

How edtech in school districts has evolved since the rise of 1:1 and the Common Core. The post The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017 appeared first on Blog.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

New Jersey’s Morris School District is no stranger to change. Following a 1971 court-mandated merger designed to address racial segregation, the district has been forced to adapt. Today, Morris is one of the most diverse districts in the nation, serving a student population that is 52% white, 11% African American, 32% Latino, and 5% Asian, with 35% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

A still photo from “One World, Many Stories: New York City,” one of three VR videos about young people in different parts of the world created by Global Nomads Group. Photo courtesy Global Nomads Group. In November 2015, middle-school students from Westchester County, New York, found themselves on a windswept field in Southern Sudan mingling with a crowd of refugees fleeing civil war.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Ever feel the need to visually jazz up your lessons with The Night Watch ? Now you can use Rembrandt’s paintings—and many others—for free. Last week New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) announced a new policy allowing over 375,000 public-domain artworks to be available for free and unrestricted use under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) License.

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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

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Innovation doesn’t simply involve throwing technology into a classroom. It requires unconventional ideas, foresight, thoughtfulness, and dedication to student learning. And as the world becomes more connected, schools are making every attempt to help students develop the skills they’ll need to be a part of that interconnected world. In the Florida Virtual School (FLVS), students are learning in unique ways while developing these much-needed skills through individualized and personalized learning

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The. California Community College Chancellor’s Office is making a statement with its recent three-year, $17 million dollar investment in a statewide network of 35 maker-focused colleges. The California Community College (CCC) Maker Initiative will support nearly one third of the state system’s colleges—and their entrepreneurial students, innovative faculty, and unique makerspaces.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The post 7 Time-Saving Strategies For Teachers That Put Students First appeared first on TeachThought.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Over the past 10 years, new learning management systems (LMSs) have sprung on the scene to rival the Blackboards and Moodles of old. On the EdSurge Product Index alone, 56 products self-identify and fall into the LMS category. And with certain established companies like Pearson pulling out of the LMS ranks , where do you start? As University of Central Florida’s Associate Vice President of Distributed Learning, Tom Cavanagh, wrote in an article for EDUCAUSE , “every institute has a unique set of

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ProfHacker

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

As Jason recently reminded us , ProfHackers love to take notes. We’ve covered lots of tools and approaches to recording and searching notes, but few of these posts cover much detail about the content or structure of the notes. As Lincoln noted in “Take Better Notes by Paraphrasing,” if you paraphrase, You end up with a record not just of the source but of why it is important to your research.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The Haw River runs through the town of Saxapahaw, N.C.—past farms, past the old cotton mill that has been renovated into an arts and music center. And as the Haw burbled in the background last Friday and Saturday, school administrators, teachers and edtech entrepreneurs gathered for thoughtful conversations and exchanges around how to use digital technology to support learning at the 30th EdSurge Tech for Schools Summit.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

February 14, 2017 Following the publication of our MLA poster, we have received several requests from our readers asking for a similar poster for APA style. We went ahead and created the visual below.read more.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Apps. Bots. Hackathons. Platforms. EdCamps. Startups. Bootcamps. Pitchfests. What binds these and countless other education ideas, events, words and buzzwords together? Why, love, of course. A love for learning, teaching, education, a better tomorrow—and the role that technology could play. To celebrate this most hallowed of Hallmark holidays , we offer this handy list to help you profess and pursue your love for education technology.

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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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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

At the core of every change initiative is the desire to breathe new life into the organization―to revitalize ways of thinking, behaving, and working. Nearly four years ago, Mr. Mark A. Evans was brought in as Superintendent of Omaha Public Schools (OPS) to institute change processes that resulted from a needs assessment. This led to the creation of a five-year strategic plan as well as passing the largest bond issue in Nebraska history.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The post 4 New Video Options in Google Slides That Will Make Your Day! appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Video Just Got an Upgrade in Google Slides! This is a super-sweet G Suite treat! Just a few days ago, Google released some new video options for Google Slides that teachers and students will love. This update is such a big deal that I had to make sure everyone knows about these four, new features in Google Slides. 4 New Video Options in Google Slides. 1.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

February 14, 2017 Google announced yesterday the release of a new interesting feature in Google Sheets. Users are now able to link to content in specific cells. This is especially helpful if you have.read more.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The post What Is The Purpose Of School? appeared first on TeachThought.

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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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MiddleWeb

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Today, 75% of U.S. classrooms have English Language Learners. So the question isn’t whether teachers will be working with ELL students, but what can we do to help them be successful. Teacher educator Curtis Chandler shares some great online tools to help ELLs learn.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Officials at the online retailer and U.S. Communities predict the arrangement will allow many schools and districts to avoid having to issue formal RFPs to purchase supplies, including some forms of technology. The post Amazon Joins With Purchasing Group to Give Schools Access to Online Marketplace appeared first on Market Brief.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

School leaders and teachers struggle to find the right education technology to suit their needs. Education technology makers can’t figure out exactly what schools need – or if their products can work as intended. Enter the matchmaker. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. LEAP Innovations, a Chicago-based nonprofit organization, works on both sides of the equation, providing a pilot network program that links schools and education technology companies.

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

I’m a huge advocate of tech-free weekends, where we unplug, go offline and connect with each other. But I’m also a fan of robot toys for kids. As a realist who understands the role of technology in our everyday lives, I know my children will soon be speaking ‘code’ as a second or third language. When I was growing up we didn’t have subjects like coding or robotics and when I started my first job my employer was thrilled I knew Office and could send an email.

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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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