The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 17, 2020

Alice Keeler and Vicki Davis demo both sides of Google Classroom From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter As so many of us schools are having to move quickly to Google Classroom, Alice Keeler sat down with me recently to do what we’re calling a “duo demo.” She played the role of the teacher and I played the role of the student as we shared what various actions look like on both sides of the dynamic relationship between students and teacher

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 17, 2020

Many teachers, like myself, are facing the prospect of weeks at home with their children. I did not want to spend my days at home engaged in endless debates about how my kids would spend their time. Even though they are not going to school, I want them to continue learning. It also isn’t clear to me how much work their teachers will assign during this school closure.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 17, 2020

Getting ready for St. Patrick’s Day? Try these fun websites: Color the shamrock. Color the Pot-o-gold. Color the leprechaun. Puzzle–St. Pat’s Puzzle. Puzzle–St. Pat’s puzzle II. Puzzle–St. Pat’s drag-and-drop puzzle. Puzzle–St. Pat’s slide puzzle. Puzzles and games. St. Patrick’s Day history–video. St. Pat’s Day songs–video. Tic tac toe. Webquest for St.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 17, 2020

A few weeks ago, the New York Times published “ An Adult’s Guide to Social Skills, for Those Who Were Never Taught ”, an interesting read for all educators who want to go beyond the mere teaching of a given subject. Granted, it’s essential to teach students all they need to know about math, languages, biology, physics, chemistry, history, geography and so on.

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Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2020

As schools shift to remote learning models for the foreseeable future, parents and caregivers are finding themselves in a new role—that of the school co-teacher. Though parents are naturally a part of their children’s ongoing education, co-teaching is a new role for many of them. Frankly, it’s a new role for us (Reshan and Steve) as well, so when it came time for us to pursue our curiosity about how parents and caregivers can best provide hour-to-hour care, we turned to an expert.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 17, 2020

Feedback is a crucial component of teacher professional development. Classroom observations are a standard approach for assessing and improving a teacher’s instructional and classroom-management skills. The observations, whether unannounced or scheduled, typically involve an administrator physically sitting in a classroom and taking notes about a teacher’s performance for later discussion.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 17, 2020

There’s a plethora of options for K–12 teachers to earn certifications that can help them hone their craft, give them a professional edge and positively impact their students’ learning. Take educational technology certifications , for example, which many educators attain not only to keep up with the latest digital tools and learn how to integrate them in the classroom, but also to connect with others for ideas and support in tech-driven teaching strategies.

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Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2020

Many of the nation’s schools are now closed—some indefinitely—leaving educators and communities with more questions than answers. Chief among them: How will families and students cope with closures? And how can schools roll out effective remote learning plans in a short amount of time? While it’s tempting to fret about how students will learn, and what online tools will make that possible, all that should take a backseat to something more important: their mental health and wellbeing, says Reshan

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 17, 2020

With its massive flexibility and pay-as-you-go pricing, cloud computing is a potential boon to K–12 schools. Schools can rapidly introduce new applications and scale up as use cases expand and shed the cost burden associated with data centers. But not all cloud solutions are the same, nor do all school districts have the same IT needs. How best to migrate off of legacy systems and on-premises solutions?

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Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2020

Like many others teaching college classes across the country, Sharyn Hardy spent the last few days figuring out how to translate her carefully crafted classroom lectures into lessons that her students can learn online. Yet she has had to do double the adapting of most full-time faculty. Hardy is an adjunct instructor who teaches at two institutions in the greater Boston area, which means she’s had to follow two sets of instructions for dealing with the coronavirus, adhere to two timelines for pr

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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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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 17, 2020

At a time of rapid technological change, it can be difficult for school administrators to stay on top of the shifting winds sweeping the education technology landscape. For educators, innovation is important to keep up with the change and ensure that students can too. In its upcoming “ Hurdles + Accelerators ” report, the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) highlights five accelerators that drive innovation as well as hurdles that hinder it.

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 17, 2020

As the coronavirus crisis takes hold, companies reaching out to districts need to act with empathy, smarts, and sensitivity. The post 6 Things Districts Want From Education Companies During COVID-19 appeared first on Market Brief.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 17, 2020

Classrooms are not the only areas in schools where technology can make a difference in students’ lives. Physical education and athletics programs are starting to see the benefits of applying technology to students’ training regimens, especially in the weight room at the high school level. John Beerbower, director of strength and conditioning at McHenry Community High School District 156 in McHenry, Ill., walked IDEAcon 2020 attendees through the forward-looking program he oversees during a pre

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 17, 2020

Here is a collection of some good iPad apps you can use with your students and kids to help them learn about human body. The apps feature a number of interactive games and activities to enable kids.

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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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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 17, 2020

It’s something IT leaders generally know — you can buy all kinds of hardware and software to try to ward off cyberattacks, but one of the most important cybersecurity vulnerabilities to address involves people, not technology. That human element is particularly important for K–12 districts, which are popular targets for cyber incidents because of the heaps of sensitive information they collect.

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techlearning

MARCH 17, 2020

Common Sense has launched two new webpages compiling extensive resources for educators and parents with best practices for learning at home, keeping kids supervised and more.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 17, 2020

When Danvers Public Schools in Massachusetts introduced virtual reality into classrooms, students discovered a new way of interacting with the world around them. Using Google ’s virtual reality tour creator, Google Maps Street View and VR headsets, students with disabilities were able to tour downtown Danvers at their own pace in preparation for a real-life walk around the area as part of a life skills class.

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 17, 2020

The Waldron Charitable Fund is offering a total of $1 million in grants to nonprofits around the country disrupted by coronavirus-related school closures. The post Charity Led By Curriculum Associates’ CEO Donating $1 Million to Nonprofits appeared first on Market Brief.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 17, 2020

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) announced on March 11 that its 2020 conference on transformational technology leadership is now a two-part virtual experience. CoSN’s Board of Directors made the decision based on official health and safety advisories regarding COVID-19 from the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the public health department of the District of Columbia , where the live event was scheduled to take place.

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Teacher Tech

MARCH 17, 2020

The Twitter Teaching Community is Stepping Up with Support If you are not on Twitter now is a great time to start LURKING! Educators and EdTech companies are out in force with resources specifically focusing on how to make shifts in distance learning. You do not need a Twitter account to take advantage. How to […]. The post Find Support… With Twitter appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 17, 2020

When schools are targeted in cyberattacks, the work of mitigation and communication doesn’t rest with IT teams alone. It actually makes organizations more vulnerable if leaders beyond the IT department are not involved in cybersecurity, says Amy McLaughlin, cybersecurity project director for the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN). “You cannot put all of this on one unit,” she says.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 17, 2020

With the pervasive spread of the Internet and web technologies, digital media consumption and production practises have acquired new critical dimensions. There is a massive exposure to all types of.

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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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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 17, 2020

When schools are targeted in cyberattacks, the work of mitigation and communication doesn’t rest with IT teams alone. It actually makes organizations more vulnerable if leaders beyond the IT department are not involved in cybersecurity, says Amy McLaughlin, cybersecurity project director for the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN). “You cannot put all of this on one unit,” she says.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 17, 2020

I’ve struggled with how to address coronavirus panic and all of the school closures happening. because obviously, I don’t actually know the answers. No one does. We’ve never been here before as a society. But I wanted to address what’s happening and hopefully bring some comfort to those of you who are anxious and stressed. Other than this special episode, the Truth for Teachers podcast schedule will continue on the regular schedule each week.

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 17, 2020

As a nonprofit social impact organization, MIND’s mission is to mathematically equip all students to solve the world’s most challenging problems. With schools across the country closing for extended periods due to COVID-19, parents are finding themselves in a challenging situation on multiple fronts. Some schools and districts have a remote learning plan in place to meets the educational needs of students.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 17, 2020

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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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myViewBoard

MARCH 17, 2020

Virtual classrooms are not a new trend, nowadays many students around the world use distance learning as an option. Although, on some occasions experiencing a virtual class is not a voluntary choice (for example, schools responding to emergencies or temporarily shutting down) virtual learning can help fill the gap through complete and interactive online learning environments. .

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 17, 2020

The post Shake Up Learning Courses NOW 50% to Help with School Closures! appeared first on Shake Up Learning. All of the current Shake Up Learning courses are now 50% OFF to help more schools and teachers during coronavirus-related school closures. As many schools are transitioning to home learning, teachers and schools find themselves in need of training for online tools like Google Classroom.

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eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2020

Comcast is opening its Xfinity WiFi Network Nationally for Free, Offers Unlimited Data for Free, Confirms Its Commitment to Connecting Low-Income Families. On the heels of offering new, low-income Internet Essentials customers two months of free internet and raising the speed of that program’s service to 25/3 Mbps, Comcast today announced additional steps to help ensure people stay connected to the Internet as more schools suspend classes and companies encourage employees to work from home due t

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 17, 2020

The post [On-Air Coaching] Engaging Students Who Aren’t Interested in the Content – SULS054 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Let’s face it, not every topic or subject is something intrinsically interesting to young learners. This is why I have a special on-air coaching episode for you with Debra Copeland and Rebekah Munoz. . Get ready to learn how you can start engaging students who aren’t interested in the content you’re presenting to them. .

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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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