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JANUARY 21, 2019

Q&A: Kelly Young on Tech's Role in Learner-Centered Education. eli.zimmerman_9856. Mon, 01/21/2019 - 13:49. Many K–12 educators are pushing back against traditional education models, advocating for learner-centered education , which puts study into the hands of students. One way educators are introducing student-centered education into the classroom is through meaningful integration of educational technology. .

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 21, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Dyane Smokorowski talks about Virtual Valentines, the Awesome Squiggles Project, and a fun trip with teachers to the San Diego Zoo this summer. Now is the time to sign up for Virtual Valentines where you’ll be paired with a classroom in another part of the world. You’ll exchange Valentines and learn geography!

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Ditch That Textbook

JANUARY 21, 2019

Technology has changed every aspect of our lives. Friends are at our fingertips and you can binge watch countless shows and movies without even leaving your couch. We as a society are exposed to more content and diverse ideas than ever before. So how does this affect education? If students become proficient communicators, collaborators, creators, […].

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Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2019

Are you creative? How would you know, or convince your boss? According to a new LinkedIn analysis of member profiles, creativity tops the chart of soft skills that employers are looking for. A skill is loosely defined as the ability to do something well. The word traces back to Old Norse for “power of discernment.” In the early 13th century, the word was also used to describe one’s “sense of ability, cleverness.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 21, 2019

Welcome to number four in a series of four posts bringing you over 150 amazing resources for STEM education. I hope you enjoyed my thoughts of STEM being a Verb a few posts back. You will also find posts filled with resources including Science , Technology , and Engineering in STEM. Check it out if you have not had a chance! This post is dedicated to Math.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2019

Employment prospects and annual salaries for classroom teachers have reached all-time lows, with new teachers receiving an average of $38,617 in 2018—less than in the 1990s. And while turnover varies widely by state, the percentage of teachers leaving their jobs before retirement age is high. Because of low salaries, those in teaching roles are 30 percent more likely than other professionals to have a second job.

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EdNews Daily

JANUARY 21, 2019

How The Chinese Celebrate The New Year (With Student Resources Below). China, the world’s most populous country and its 1.5 billion people are all set to welcome the New Year with lunar fun-firecrackers, lanterns, parades, and everything all-red. Also called the ‘Spring Festival’ or ‘Chunjie’ in Chinese, it is the most extended holiday in China lasting for 15 days.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2019

More than 10,000 babies will be born in the United States today, each with infinite potential. These newborns, from diverse backgrounds, represent our country’s next generation of thinkers, workers and leaders. Much of their success in life depends on key decisions that our policymakers make now. And one of those key decisions is to promote policies that can ensure babies thrive, including quality early learning, child care, home visiting programs and comprehensive paid family leave.

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MiddleWeb

JANUARY 21, 2019

The link between teacher-student relationships and achievement is getting lots of press. Michelle Russell agrees her math students thrive when they find her likeable. How to up her likeability quotient? Attending to student concerns, not just pacing directives, to start.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 21, 2019

Several years ago, my school adopted a Positive Behavior Support Program (PBSIS) program. Solutions to persistent problems pointed school climate in the right direction, reduced disciplinary referrals, and tackled bullying incidents (suspensions decreased by four times, and bullying incidents by three times). PBSIS and programs like it are replicable, if school communities and their leaders are patient and sustained in adoption.

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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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Teacher Tech

JANUARY 21, 2019

Design Your Own Infographics Report Card I saw on Twitter that @teachtech4kids was thinking about creating an Infographics report card. BRILLIANT! I got sucked into the idea immediately and started to create a template to help facilitate that. The problem with a traditional infographic is that you’re going to have to make a copy per student […].

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eSchool News

JANUARY 21, 2019

As a technology user, I have over the years: Dropped and broken my phone’s screen. Spilled liquid on my laptop’s keyboard, frying the motherboard. Pulled the cord out a device, breaking off the connection. Pushed a monitor off my desk onto the floor. Left my computer bag on top of my car’s roof, and driven off. These acts were, believe me, unintentional.

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Teacher Tech

JANUARY 21, 2019

Design Your Own Infographics Report Card I saw on Twitter that @teachtech4kids was thinking about creating an Infographics report card. BRILLIANT! I got sucked into the idea immediately and started to create a template to help facilitate that. The problem with a traditional infographic is that you’re going to have to make a copy per student […].

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 21, 2019

Are you tired of doing everything for your teachers? Learn 4 ways to empower your adult learner today! The post Stop Doing Things For Your Teachers … You’re the Tech Coach! appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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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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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2019

National Center for Education Statistics blog, December 2018. In a December 2018 report , the U.S. Department of Education quietly noted an important milestone for the nation’s 50 million children who attend public schools: spending by state and local governments, on average, was strong enough during the 2015-16 school year to return annual per-student spending to what it had been before 2008-9 recession and even grew above the pre-recession peak.

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 21, 2019

Are you tired of doing everything for your teachers? Learn 4 ways to empower your adult learner today! The post Stop Doing Things For Your Teachers … You’re the Tech Coach! appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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techlearning

JANUARY 21, 2019

In my opinion, one of the keys to academic achievement is active student learning. Research tells us that personalized, collaborative, and connected learning experiences enhance student engagement, in turn, driving student success. By integrating blended and digital learning into the classroom, educators can take learning experiences to the next level and improve student performance.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 21, 2019

Erin Condren Teacher Lesson Planners Best Overall Classroom Planner Check Price At Erin Condren There isn’t a perfect teacher planner that will satisfy all the requirements of every teacher. There are, however, certain elements that a […].

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We often forget how powerful the arts can be in connecting our kids with social studies content and big ideas.

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MindShift

JANUARY 21, 2019

What is it like to be a kid with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder? Children with ADHD often struggle academically, socially and emotionally. They may be disorganized, forgetful, easily distracted and impulsive. And like all kids, they want to feel normal, says Dr. Sharon Saline , author of What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew. Saline, a psychotherapist who works with ADHD children and their families, argues that an informed empathy for ADHD children — for what they experience on

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 21, 2019

You ever feel the need to draw to get out your creative side – but you really aren’t sure how to begin? You aren’t alone. This need inspired the creation of Zentangle Patterns. Maria Thomas used […].

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JANUARY 21, 2019

Illustrative Mathematics announced it is partnering with Kendall Hunt Publishing Company to be its exclusive distributor of its freely available IM Certified digital curriculum.

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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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Nick's Picks for Educational Technology

JANUARY 21, 2019

Jigsaw Planet Online jigsaw puzzles are a fun way to provide clues in a variety of learning experiences, including breakout activities and scavenger hunts. I’ve even seen them used as part of an anticipatory set. Jigsaw Planet is perhaps the easiest way to make online jigsaw puzzles from any image. It’s free, and the puzzles. Read more. The post How to Make Online Jigsaw Puzzles in 5 Easy Steps appeared first on Nick's Picks For Educational Technology.

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JANUARY 21, 2019

Follett has introduced Follett Genre Solutions to help librarians and media specialists seeking to make the transition from the Dewey Decimal System to a more bookstore-like layout.

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Think Exam

JANUARY 21, 2019

Think Exam, the leading online assessment software is a product of Ginger Webs, the company which prides in providing technology based testing and assessment solutions to the world of education. With regular enhancements to the Think Exam platform, it has very recently introduced the functionality of “Theme Manager” and the option to change text and icon color from black to white and vice-versa.

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techlearning

JANUARY 21, 2019

Raz-Plus® ELL Texas Edition has been included in the Texas State Board of Education 2019 Proclamation Adoption list for English Language Arts and Reading instruction for Grades K–5.

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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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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JANUARY 21, 2019

Our student book budget team has made quite a long list of books to consider for this year’s student book budget purchase. So far, they have met with Capstone and Gumdrop Books. Our local independent bookstore is within a mile of our school, so we also take a walking field trip to Avid Bookshop. I split the group into two days. Third and Fourth grades went one day and Fifth grade went another day.

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techlearning

JANUARY 21, 2019

bulb Digital Portfolios announced its web application will be pre-loaded on screens of HP.edu devices giving students and teachers immediate access to the tool.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 21, 2019

Like many school districts, the Southeast Polk School District in Pleasant Hill, Iowa monitors the Web usage of its students on district-provided computers for inappropriate activity. And like some school districts, Southeast Polk also uses a monitoring service that sends weekly emails to parents summarizing their students’ Internet search history. This raises some difficult issues because we know that young people need space away from the heavy thumb of adults for healthy identity formation and

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JANUARY 21, 2019

The online educational publisher Twinkl has created a multiplayer augmented reality game that teaches Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.

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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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