The CoolCatTeacher
MARCH 9, 2021
J.T. Taylor shares how schools can better connect with parents From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Some schools need to reset their relationships with parents. Others want to make it stronger as they transition to a different form of learning. At the forefront of all of this is the psychological health of students during this time.
Neo LMS
MARCH 9, 2021
Here’s a riddle for you: What came first: the practice or the research? You might say, “practice, of course!” The first teachers didn’t just sit around to collect data about everything under the sun. They had to teach others valuable lessons, such as Survival 101. While that might be true, the first teachers probably also did some research of their own.
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EdTech Magazine
MARCH 9, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has upended how schools operate, and IT leaders in school districts across the country have had to adapt on the fly in a variety of ways. Modes of learning have shifted dramatically, as has the role of technology leadership. During CoSN2021, we spoke with Pete Just, CTO and COO of the Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township, Ind., about how K–12 IT leaders have had to evolve toward a new normal.
Education Elements
MARCH 9, 2021
For most of us, summer school was a punishment for not passing a class. Sure, plenty of teachers (including myself) framed it as a second opportunity or a chance for more individual support. But at the end of the day, the hours spent in summer school are hours not spent working, looking after siblings, or just socializing. Especially in secondary grades, the primary – if not exclusive – purpose of summer school is credit recovery.
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Edsurge
MARCH 9, 2021
Going after an industry giant in K-12 college and career planning wasn’t what Katie Fang originally had in mind when she started SchooLinks in 2015. Back then, it was a website where high school students and parents could research college options. Such services were a dime a dozen, she quickly learned. Three years later, she set her sights on something bigger.
EdNews Daily
MARCH 9, 2021
By Devishobha Chandramouli Parenting is tough, but parenting a special needs child definitely needs a complete reset in the way we do everything. Interestingly, there is an alarming rise in the number of misdiagnosis incidents of special needs. Experts put it down to various reasons – from having pre opinionated parents to getting partially correct information to simply advice taken from the wrong quarters.
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MARCH 9, 2021
One of the key strengths of learning technologies and more specifically assistive technologies is that they help students with disabilities tap into their full potential and provide inclusive.
eSchool News
MARCH 9, 2021
Recently I told a group of high school students that my research investigates how schools are changing during the pandemic. One student’s unprompted reaction in the Zoom chat was so straightforward that it made me chuckle: “Oh we changed a lot.” Indeed. The Canopy project, a collaborative effort to document school innovation across the country, endeavors to categorize and compare the nature of those changes.
MiddleWeb
MARCH 9, 2021
To celebrate Women’s History Month, middle grades teacher Kasey Short offers a list of nonfiction and fiction books representing a wide range of girl’s and women’s voices and experiences. All students benefit from reading about smart, brave women who make positive impacts. The post Breaking Glass Ceilings: A Student Reading List first appeared on MiddleWeb.
Shake Up Learning
MARCH 9, 2021
The post How to Use Jamboard with Google Meet appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Here’s a super cool Google Meet integration for teachers and students! Google Meet allows you to create and share Jams from Google Jamboard on the fly! It’s super handy for the classroom. You can use pre-made jams, or start with a new jam. Jamboard is an interactive, collaborative whiteboard application, and part of the Google Workspace for Education suite of tools.
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.
myViewBoard
MARCH 9, 2021
The open beta for Classroom gets a significant update this March, including a complete design update and useful new features. If you’re not yet familiar with Classroom , it’s a free platform for delivering lessons that works directly from a web browser without having to install any software. It includes digital whiteboards both for the teacher and students’ work, as well as teacher video streaming, real-time collaboration, and an efficient way of managing student interaction.
Shake Up Learning
MARCH 9, 2021
The post 100+ Tips, Tools, and Lesson Ideas for Teachers (Celebrating 100 Episodes) – SULS0100 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this milestone 100th episode of The Shake Up Learning Show , guests from past episodes share their favorite tips and lesson ideas for teachers. With more than 100 episodes, including bonus episodes, there are over 100 tips, tools, and lesson ideas for teachers, and that is a cause to celebrate!
myViewBoard
MARCH 9, 2021
Classroom gets a significant update this March, including a complete design update and useful new features. If you’re not yet familiar with Classroom, it’s a free platform for delivering lessons that works directly from a web browser without having to install any software. It includes digital whiteboards both for the teacher and students’ work, as well as teacher video streaming, real-time collaboration, and an efficient way of managing student interaction.
The Principal of Change
MARCH 9, 2021
“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.”. Mother Teresa. I was having an intriguing conversation with a group of educators on the idea of the importance of “voice” in the classroom related to the concepts shared in “ The Innovator’s Mindset ” and in the image below: Here is how I discussed the concept of “voice” in the book : Voice — Learning is social, and co-constr
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.
MIND Research Institute
MARCH 9, 2021
I had a fascinating conversation with MIND Research Institute's Education Research Director, Martin Buschkuehl, last week. He and I were going through a couple of clarifying questions after reading his recent white paper unpacking the underlying scientific concepts of ST Math. For those of you who are new to the ST Math community, the "ST" stands for spatial temporal—the foundational concept behind our nonprofit's math research and pedagogy.
Teacher Tech
MARCH 9, 2021
Guest Post by Victoria Thompson @VictoriaTheTech Hello, everyone! In my last blog post I mentioned that I would be speaking about my favorite courses on the Microsoft Educator Center (or the MEC, for short). We’re going to kick it off with #5: Getting Started with Office 365 and Windows. In the Microsoft Educator Center there […]. The post Victoria’s (@VictoriaTheTech) Favorite Microsoft Educator Center Courses – #5: Getting Started with Office 365 and Windows appeared first on Teach
Technology Tidbits
MARCH 9, 2021
*Circly's collaboration features make it an ideal tool for "remote learning" while schools are closed down due to the virus. Students can even use it to do group projects from home. Circly is a wonderful new graphic organizers that educators can use to brainstorm, manage tasks, create collaborative group projects, Venn diagrams and more. Circly, is uses a drag-n-drop interface making it easy to use as well as lets the user change colors of circles to maximize data points.
MIND Research Institute
MARCH 9, 2021
I had a fascinating conversation with MIND Research Institute's Education Research Director, Martin Buschkuehl, last week. He and I were going through a couple of clarifying questions after reading his recent white paper unpacking the underlying scientific concepts of ST Math. For those of you who are new to the ST Math community, the "ST" stands for spatial temporal—the foundational concept behind our nonprofit's math research and pedagogy.
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Edthena
MARCH 9, 2021
Students must be taught engagement expectations across learning environments and formats to drive their own learning. Distance learning students should understand what engagement looks like and taught how to monitor levels through critical thinking questions. Giving parents a role in student engagement to ask probing questions allows students to remain aware of their engagement while learning.
ScienceDaily (EdTech section)
MARCH 9, 2021
Researchers have developed a digital self-test that trains users to assess news items, images and videos presented on social media. The self-test has also been evaluated in a scientific study, which confirmed the researchers' hypothesis that the tool genuinely improved the students' ability to apply critical thinking to digital sources.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
MARCH 9, 2021
We invite you to join us Friday, March 19th, for a 60-minute webinar featuring Gina Simmons Schneider, Ph.D. and hosted by Dr. Steve Albrecht : " Serving Library Patrons with a Trauma History: An Awareness-Building Seminar.” Information on registering to attend online and to access the recording is below and here. While there is a cost to attending our series of webinars with Dr.
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.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
MARCH 9, 2021
We invite you to join us this Friday, March 12th, for a 60-minute webinar with Dr. Steve Albrecht : " Service Leadership for Librarians: Six Strategies for Success.” Information on registering to attend online and to access the recording is below and here. While there is a cost to attending our series of webinars with Dr. Albrecht, his twice-monthly podcast and blog posts are available for free , as are our regular mini-conferences and all the conference recordings.
Edsurge
MARCH 9, 2021
There are longstanding debates about testing in education. Some say we test kids too much and should do away with things like the SAT. Others think assessments still have value and must continue, but delivered in more modern ways. So, what’s the right amount? But what if that’s the wrong question? What if the way we think about testing and how we measure students is broken altogether?
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 9, 2021
On a hot Friday afternoon in late August, Amia Bridgeford stood outside of the chain-link fence bordering Western Middle School of the Arts, an imposing brick building with arched windows in western Louisville. This story also appeared in NBC News. It was four days before the beginning of a new school year. Amia, then 21, a first-year teacher, would spend the next few hours passing out workbooks at the school’s drive-thru, where parents could pick up packets with their child’s schedule and cours
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 9, 2021
BOSTON — Maria Amodeo cringed when she ran into her biology professor on the quad at Emmanuel College, where patches of snow covered the hard ground on a bright but cold winter day. This story also appeared in GBH News and National Public Radio. “Did you get my email?” she asked. “I think you’re going to kill me.”. Amodeo, a 21-year-old senior biology major with a concentration in health science and a minor in chemistry, had accepted a job as a research technician at one of the world’s preeminen
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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