Neo LMS
OCTOBER 11, 2018
You don’t have to be a fortune teller to predict that Educational Technology is the future of our learning and education system. The Edtech boom has led to improved results in student engagement and better understanding of difficult concepts. While some teachers are still grappling with the intricacies of EdTech, Gen Z kids are more than eager to welcome technology into the classroom.
EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Q&A: Leila Nuland on How to Build Equitable Computer Science Curricula. eli.zimmerman_9856. Thu, 10/11/2018 - 12:07. An increasing number of K–12 schools are starting to bring computer science modules into their curricula as more research comes out on the importance of computational thinking and computer science skills for the future workforce. .
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Catlin Tucker
OCTOBER 11, 2018
I had the pleasure of chatting with Benjamin Kalb and Rebecca Peters about blended learning and our conversation is available on the Vrain Waves Podcast. During our interview, we talked about the changing role of the teacher and learner in a blended classroom, designing a station rotation lesson that encourages collaboration, using technology to give students more agency, and rethinking what, where, and how we assess student work.
Ditch That Textbook
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Think about a meaningful trip you’ve taken far from home. Maybe it was a vacation with family. Maybe it was a study abroad opportunity during college. Regardless, when you got your feet on the ground in that location and took it all in, it probably changed your worldview — and your feelings about that location. […].
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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.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Regardless of where you stand on the debate over open educational resources, you’re probably wondering: Does OER actually improve learning outcomes? This question came up in a handful of discussions this week at the OpenEd conference in Niagara Falls, NY. And the short answer is, most experts still aren’t sure. But it’s probably not making things more difficult for students.
TeachThought - Learn better.
OCTOBER 11, 2018
5 Tools And Strategies That Support Personalized Learning by TeachThought Staff Personalized learning is something that many teachers strive for, but it can be easier to want it than make it happen. Personalization is best created at the learning model and curriculum level rather shoe-horned in after the curriculum is done, but when you’re given […].
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
eSchool News
OCTOBER 11, 2018
When I became principal of a middle school in New Jersey, I heard how supportive our parents were. Behind the veil, there’s always something to work on and I wanted to explore that. My first PTA meetings reassured me that we needed to find a way to improve the drastically low attendance. At the meetings, we typically see about 12 to 15 attendees, usually the executive board and a handful of parents.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Alternative higher education programs don’t always work out. But one former Harvard University dean is giving it a try. That former Harvard dean, Stephen Kosslyn, opened an online two-year college this week with an experimental academic program promising something between a vocational education and a traditional general-education curriculum. Among its innovations: no homework.
eSchool News
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), mixed reality—can immersive technology really benefit students and their learning, or are these just tech fads? In their recent edWebinar , Jaime Donally, author, speaker, and edtech consultant, and Michelle Luhtala, library department chair at New Canaan High School in Connecticut, explained that although these technologies aren’t the answer to everything, they are transforming learning and will continue to do so going forward.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 11, 2018
What is your tolerance for failure in education? Jess Mitchell, senior manager of research and design at the Inclusive Design Research Centre , posed the question on Wednesday to a group of around 850 educators, librarians and other open-access enthusiasts at Lumen Learning’s OpenEd conference in Niagara Falls, NY. Even as movements like open access gain momentum and increase access to learning materials for more students, Mitchell said, “the so-called playing field is not equal.
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.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
OCTOBER 11, 2018
If you haven’t seen it yet, The Periodic Table of Educational iPad Apps is a visual we created last year featuring some of our favourite educational iPad apps we have reviewed and recommend for.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Higher Education newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Thursday with trends and top stories about higher education. Subscribe today! There’s been a sharp increase in the number of 529 college savings accounts, and the size of these accounts is also growing, according to an October report from the Pew Charitable Trusts.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
OCTOBER 11, 2018
For those of you asking about simple yet effective drawing tools to use with students in class, the ones figured below are a great place to start with. They provide you with a clutter-free canvas.
Gradelink
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Let’s face it: sometimes, the world of academia can be, well, boring. And while the classroom isn’t the first place most people think of when talking about fun, it’s an excellent place for stretching those creative muscles and for exploring critical thinking in energizing ways. Especially since we compete with different forms of technology for our students’ attention, it’s essential that teachers are engaging students with hands-on and reflective processes so students are tapping into deeper, me
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.
The Principal of Change
OCTOBER 11, 2018
In a workshop, an educator shared their reluctance to try some of the things that I was suggesting with students in their classroom. Luckily, I had students joining me in the workshop and asked them for some feedback. I shared a video of a student making a “Mitosis in 60 Seconds” video where they had to explain Mitosis but in a 60 second time constraint.
techlearning
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Hippo Video Capture, narrate, flip, and give feedback with multimedia screencasts Pros: Teachers can easily assign content to students; the intuitive design means users can be creating screencasts within minutes. Cons: It works only on devices that allow Chrome extensions; the editing process is slow and feels a bit clumsy. Bottom Line: This is a terrific option that supports flipped classrooms, video feedback, student presentations, and formative assessment. [ Free Online Video Library Ideal fo
SecurEdge
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Considering adding Guest WiFi services to your wireless network? Great idea! Learn more about some of the interesting benefits of offering guest login at your business.
MiddleWeb
OCTOBER 11, 2018
In Leading School Change, Todd Whitaker focuses on strategies to successfully navigate cultural changes, using specific examples. Educator Laura Von Staden particularly likes his coverage of how standardization has as a cost, often holding back the best teachers.
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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
techlearning
OCTOBER 11, 2018
When New Era Technology of West Chester, Pennsylvania was asked to upgrade the video technology driving a ChristieMicroTiles wall at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, the integrator chose the Christie Spyder X80 multiscreen windowing processor. The MicroTiles wall, located on the first floor of the Smilow Center for Translational Research, had previously employed a Christie Spyder X20 processor.
MiddleWeb
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Jerry Burkhart's explorations challenge accelerated students with Common Core based math study while engaging other students with creative, and differentiated, problems to solve. Kathleen Palmieri notes the fully developed resources that support the explorations.
techlearning
OCTOBER 11, 2018
(SALT LAKE CITY, UT) October 11, 2018 — Waterford Institute , the nonprofit provider of the Waterford UPSTART online kindergarten readiness program, today announced that it has been awarded an Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Expansion Grant from the United States Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement. The EIR program supports entities that design, generate, and validate solutions to persistent educational challenges and supports the expansion of effective solutio
EdTechTeam
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Welcome to the Day 4 of Applied Digital Skills Week! We’re continuing to explore Applied Digital Skills curriculum with a twist. Taking what your students need, your classroom goals, and the curriculum you’ve explored… ask yourself this: How will you customize and use Applied Digital Skills in your classroom? Challenge #4: Customize Learning with Applied Digital Skills.
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.
techlearning
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Nearpod today announced an initiative to provide premium access to members of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). Nearpod is committing up to $10 million in premium digital content to lSTE members and expands access to webinars, articles and other resources designed to instruct and support teachers on how to best use technology for learning and teaching.
MindShift
OCTOBER 11, 2018
We’ve all had the experience of studying hard for a test, believing we know the information, and then sitting down in the testing room only to draw a blank. Why does that happen? In this TED-Ed video, Elizabeth Cox explains there are many kinds of stress and many kinds of memory, but short term stress can affect a person’s ability to recall facts.
techlearning
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Waterford Institute , the nonprofit provider of the Waterford UPSTART online kindergarten readiness program, today announced that it has been awarded an Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Expansion Grant from the United States Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement. The EIR program supports entities that design, generate, and validate solutions to persistent educational challenges and supports the expansion of effective solutions to serve substantially larger numbers
Reading By Example
OCTOBER 11, 2018
After I shared out my previous post , describing my confusion about making sense of certain types of data, the International Literacy Association (ILA) replied with a link to a recent report on this topic: This is perfect timing for our #ILAchat this Thursday at 8:00 p.m. ET. Our discussion will focus on making data-informed decisions, which was also the subject of our recently published literacy brief: [link].
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.
techlearning
OCTOBER 11, 2018
With Google’s announcement on Monday that it will be sunsetting consumer Google+, citing a data breach and low usage, many in the consumer world simply shrugged. After all, Google cites that 9 0% of Google+ user sessions lasted less than five seconds , so few should be affected, right? However, with 70 million+ schools using G Suite for Education , many educators are now left searching for alternate social media platforms to connect with their peers from around the globe.
techlearning
OCTOBER 11, 2018
WHAT: High Impact Learning Environment Webinar – The Well Classroom: Increase Student and Teacher Engagement by Design WHEN: Thursday, October 18, 7:00 – 8:00 PM EST REGISTER: [link] Gainesville, FL, Oct. 11, 2018 – A “well classroom” is much more than a well-managed classroom. Purposeful design of both the environment and the instruction make an impact every day on how children learn.
techlearning
OCTOBER 11, 2018
WH A T : No-cost webinar for K-12 educators • Krystal Weiss, EdTech Facilitator, Spring Branch ISD • Josh Hale, Chief Product Officer, itslearning • John Arthur Berg, Data Privacy Officer, itslearning WHEN: Thursday, October 25 at 1 PM ET REGISTER: [link] Boston, MA – Oct. 11 , 2018 – One of the most important factors when choosing an LMS is knowing how it will work for your school in the long term.
techlearning
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Catch up on everything new in G Suite for Education from September 2018, and see great ideas and resources! Below is the recorded video from our September 2018 Google User Meeting , along with the meeting agenda and all the awesome resources and G Suite updates from the last month. This includes 18 new Google updates and 23 Google resources for your class.
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