The CoolCatTeacher
APRIL 19, 2017
A conversation with Junior Bernadin on episode 58 of the 10-Minute Teacher From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. African Step, based on the African Gum Boot Dance, has an American version with a competition. Junior Bernadin @jbernadin one of the STEP coaches at 3-time national champion winning Ron Clark Academy.
EdTech4Beginners
APRIL 19, 2017
Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) are the groups of people around us that help us develop skills and knowledge. They can be: Work colleagues. Teachers in other schools. People who you network with. Online PLN’s (usually social media based). What are online PLN’s? Many teachers are now learning from each other online. This can happen through belonging to shared Facebook groups or following educators on Twitter and taking part in ‘ Twitter chats ‘ Why should you have an online PLN?
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Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 19, 2017
April 22nd is Earth Day. Celebrate it with your students by letting them visit these websites: Breathing earth– the environment. Breathing Earth YouTube Video –of CO2 use, population changes, and more. Conservation Game. Earth Day—NASA Ocean Currents. Earth Day Printables. Eco-friendly house. Ecotourism Simulation–for grades 4 and above. EekoWorld. Electrocity.
EdTech Magazine
APRIL 19, 2017
By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Powered by mentoring, educators can give students better access to tech tools.
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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.
Battelle for Kids
APRIL 19, 2017
Fidelity of Implementation is the commitment to following all policies and procedures when delivering an intervention. It is a critical aspect of any program implementation and research endeavor to evaluate effectiveness.
Digital Promise
APRIL 19, 2017
In each of the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools , educator professional development is a major component on the journey to enhance student learning and engagement. Teachers often have to step out of their comfort zones and challenge themselves to take new risks in order to transform their classrooms. Group professional development is a great way to model learning and put teachers back in the role of student.
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Education Elements
APRIL 19, 2017
Four years ago the team at EE had an idea.what if we brought together groups of personalized learning leaders in regional Blended Learning Leadership Academies (BLLA) to help spread innovation and best practices? We hosted these BLLAs for two years across the country, from Chicago to Washington DC and San Francisco. We facilitated collaboration time, hosted choice workshops, shared out highlights from the past year, and hosted silly photo booths.
Edsurge
APRIL 19, 2017
When asked what technology he used while learning English, Bryan Estrada fidgeted nervously as he contemplated whether or not he should share a personal story with a stranger. “There was this girl.,” stammered Estrada, a native Spanish-speaking sophomore from Yes Prep High School in Texas. “My friends pushed me, even though I was really nervous, and we started texting,” he continued.
eSchool News
APRIL 19, 2017
From constricted budgets to needing to protect large numbers of devices and users, educational institutions face a unique set requirements for data protection and business continuity. As a result, many school IT departments are struggling to create new data backup and business continuity practices. However, all is not lost and there is no need to create these from scratch, as leading education institutions are already leveraging enterprise-class protection capabilities.
Teacher Tech
APRIL 19, 2017
By the time a student is a high school senior how many posters have they been asked to create for projects? Obviously, we have no clue, we do not usually confer with teachers who came before us and catalog a list of the types of assignments they did. But stop and think when assigning a […]. The post And Here is Your 5000th Poster Assignment appeared first on Teacher Tech.
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
APRIL 19, 2017
April 19, 2017 We are back again with another collection of some interesting educational web tools and mobile apps to try our in your instruction. Some of things you can do with these resources.read more.
My Paperless Classroom
APRIL 19, 2017
In this weeks episode of the TechEducator Podcast, we take a look at a brand new app from Apple called Clips that allows users to quickly create and edit video with live closed captioning. We also dive into Google Photos and learn how it can be best used in your classroom. The post Using Google Photos and the NEW Apple Clips App in your Classroom appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
APRIL 19, 2017
April 19, 2017 A few days ago we received an email from one of our readers inquiring about a book we featured in a previous post so we thought it would be good to re-share the visual here for those.
Fractus Learning
APRIL 19, 2017
It was a weekday night much like any other in my house. Pick up the kids, arrange them at the dining room table to work on homework while I try and cobble together something for dinner […].
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.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
APRIL 19, 2017
April 19, 2017 Since its launch a few months ago Google Earth VR has exponentially grown to include a wide range of new functionalities. For those of you who are not familiar with Google Earth VR,read more.
techieMusings
APRIL 19, 2017
As teachers, we identify many personalized needs for our students – from coming up with individuals topics where a student needs review to strategies that can improve their performance. But how many times do we remember to allow students to tell us what they *think* they need? I feel this activity is powerful on multiple levels: It helps students think about big ideas.
The Principal of Change
APRIL 19, 2017
You can have a shiny new vision and mission statement, school or district goals, and a myriad of things that say what your district does. But none of this happens without people. If you do not value the people that you serve, and more importantly, if they do not feel valued, all of those things were a waste of money, time, and resources. People are your school.
EmergingEdTech
APRIL 19, 2017
Image Source Many of These (Mostly Free) Tools Can Help Dyslexic Students Succeed With Various Tasks While in the recent past a student with dyslexia could be overlooked by the education system, it’s. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
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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
TeachThought - Learn better.
APRIL 19, 2017
The post How #Grow17 Can Change Your Classroom Next Year appeared first on TeachThought.
The Innovative Educator
APRIL 19, 2017
Innovative educators are often asked for letters of recommendation from students as well as colleagues. This can become a little overwhelming if you don't have a few good strategies. Lisa Buitekant, Kris Karlson, Steve Warre, t hree teachers at Horace Greenley High School in Chappaqua, NY have a useful strategy that others can customize for their needs.
techlearning
APRIL 19, 2017
The more students read, the more likely they are to think critically, learn independently and develop a lifelong love of reading. Research shows that using a variety of texts helps students develop s.
mauilibrarian2 in Olinda
APRIL 19, 2017
Hangouts on Air are now only possible using YouTube. Here's a 5-step guide, no extras needed. The location of the 3 links to share (for panelists, for YouTube viewers, and for embedding on a website) are on Slide 6. ( ◕‿◕ ✿ ) about.me [ Subscribe ] This post was originally published at mauilibrarian2 in Olinda.
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.
Reading By Example
APRIL 19, 2017
Lately, I have been exploring personalized learning as an approach to meeting all students’ needs. Personalized learning “places the interests and abilities of learners at the center of their education experience. In personalized learning, educators develop environments in which students and teachers together build plans for learners to achieve both interest-based and standards-based goals” ( Halverson et al, 2015 ).
techlearning
APRIL 19, 2017
Remix tool reveals code, can strengthen kids' understanding of the Web.
EdTechTeam
APRIL 19, 2017
So What Exactly Is a Smashboard and How Do I Create My Own? In my last EdTeachTeam blog post I shared why I use Smashboards and in this post I would like to share in more detail what a Smashboard is, how my students are using them and how to create your own. To start, let me state that a Smashboard is all of the following: An interactive graphical board that can be teacher led or self-guided by students A game board design which encourages progression towards an end goal Full of attention-gettin
MindShift
APRIL 19, 2017
Great ideas and extraordinary teaching happen in public school classrooms all over the country, but these pockets of innovation often don’t get the attention they deserve. More often the schools held up as models for the future of learning started with a carefully articulated vision around change, a hand-picked staff, and even some startup capital. Changing the traditional approaches to teaching and learning that have been in place for decades within an existing school is extremely difficult wor
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.
ProfHacker
APRIL 19, 2017
I recently had a conference in London, and I was flying I direct from Cairo. The laptop ban on this route came into effect shortly before my trip and it would have been really inconvenient for me to re-route. I also heard it’s quite risky to check your laptop in the luggage (you risk theft, damage, or at least loss – until the airlines can guarantee these things won’t happen, I won’t check my laptop or iPad in checked luggage).
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 19, 2017
Expanding college access for rural students is a national imperative. It’s good for our communities, our economy and our country. Most compellingly, it’s good for the students themselves. A reservoir of evidence backs up this claim including new on social mobility from Raj Chetty at Stanford University and findings by Georgetown University’s Anthony Carnevale on the dire potential consequences of not sending more students to college.
MIND Research Institute
APRIL 19, 2017
It’s no secret that successfully engaging students requires educators to perform a tricky balancing act. Oversimplify a lesson and students may tune out, but plan a lesson that’s too challenging and students may become frustrated and give up. A special report from Indiana University reveals that 2 out of 3 students are bored in class every day, while 17 percent say they are bored in every class.
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