User Generated Education

OCTOBER 7, 2017

Most administrators and teachers believe in the importance and value of professional development. Sadly, though, too many teachers believe that those mandatory, one-size-fits-all professional development sessions offered by their schools are a waste of time and money. Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said in a statement, “Even high quality professional development must be directly relevant to the needs of teachers and genuinely improve teaching and learning.

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Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

OCTOBER 7, 2017

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ~Aristotle . I think that we sometimes lose sight of what is important. We focus on individual acts, or in schools, individual assignments, and on praising final products and presentations. We often lose sight of the continual work, the tireless editing and polishing, and the consistent effort that will produce those final (shiny) products that seem to garnish all the attention.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2017

I met Trevor (name has been changed) when he was a high school senior in 2014. From a coal mining family in western Kentucky, he’d just suffered a major family crisis and his mother was struggling with mental illness. Understandably, his grades were beginning to suffer and he was missing class regularly. At the time, I was the homeless education program manager for Paducah Independent Schools District in Paducah, Kentucky.

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Teacher Tech

OCTOBER 7, 2017

3 Essential Keyboard Shortcuts Assuming you already have Control C (copy) and Control V (Paste) down solid here are 3 you should be using on a regular basis. My goal is to try to use the mouse as little as possible. Increase your productivity and reduce your chance of carpal tunnel. Control T – New […]. The post 3 Essential Keyboard Shortcuts appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 7, 2017

October 7, 2017 Here are some good websites we are adding to our math resources section. These are tools students can use to enhance their math learning. They include a wide variety of materials such.read more.

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My Paperless Classroom

OCTOBER 7, 2017

In this episode of the TeacherCast Podcast, I sit down with one of the founders of the Padcaster, Josh Apter to discuss educational video production and how your school can create an extremely professional video product using the Padcaster. . The post Create professional video with your students using an iPad and the @Padcaster appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.

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The Innovative Educator

OCTOBER 7, 2017

To be or not to be? That is the question for many teachers when it comes to allowing music in the classroom. Many see it as a distraction, but young people often disagree. Innovative educators know that students own the learning, but at the same time, the educators are responsible for the success of their students. Therefore it is in everyone's best interest to turn to the research and find out if music can indeed support student success.

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My Paperless Classroom

OCTOBER 7, 2017

In this episode of the TechEducator Podcast, Jeff and Sam discuss the differences between iPads, Surface Tablets, and Chromebooks to determine what is it exactly that makes a school district put it's educational philosophy and future into a specific brand of products. The post Does Your School Have The Best Devices For Your Students? appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.

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The Principal of Change

OCTOBER 7, 2017

My first year of teaching (1999), Google had existed for a year, but it wasn’t used in most schools. Yahoo was the search engine of choice (with Ask Jeeves a close second). In the curriculum, poetry was something that I had to teach, but I wanted to change it up and focus on lyrics of Canadian musicians. I would still meet the curriculum requirements, but it would be something that would probably much more interesting to my group of students.

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