Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 13, 2020
On my blog, Ask a Tech Teacher , I run a column called Dear Otto where I answer teacher questions about how to integrate technology into their classes. Of late, the most common question is, “How to I assess student digital literacy?” with a close cousin, “I am the tech integration specialist. How do I assess faculty digital literacy so I can teach them what they don’t know?
The CoolCatTeacher
APRIL 13, 2020
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter How do teachers share information quickly as they have had to move to distance learning amid coronavirus school closures? Brad Currie shares how teachers are sharing #remotelearning best practices as well as what is happening with him and his school in New Jersey. Advancement Courses has a free micro-course – Launching Online Learning.
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Digital Promise
APRIL 13, 2020
For more than six years, we’ve worked to close the homework gap , ensuring that all students have equitable access to the internet and technology for powerful learning opportunities outside of the classroom, augmenting what is available in school. With physical schools closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, effectively all learning has turned into homework.
Dangerously Irrelevant
APRIL 13, 2020
I am talking with schools to see how they’re responding in the wake of this global pandemic. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles , a series of 10-minute check-ins with educators all over. Episode 016 is below. Thank you, Glenn Robbins , for sharing how the Brigantine Public Schools in New Jersey have been adapting to our new challenges and opportunities.
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The Web20Classroom
APRIL 13, 2020
Odds are your students (and if you are like me, your own children) are learning at home currently due to the outbreak of COVID-19 across the globe. Every state in the U.S. and countless other countries have closed schools to help flatten the curve of infection. According to Education Week : 21 states and 3 U.S. territories have ordered or recommended school building closures for the rest of the academic year.
Teacher Reboot Camp
APRIL 13, 2020
Connection is a key factor to student success in an online environment. Do your students feel connected to you, the instructor, the learning material, and their peers? Connection in a physical classroom is facilitated by real-time face-to-face interaction several times a week. Online learning is mostly asynchronous; it rarely takes place in real time and we rarely have the benefits of making connections and relationship building through nonverbal communication and verbal communication.
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The Hechinger Report
APRIL 13, 2020
In New Orleans, schools lost veteran teachers who taught in the city before Hurricane Katrina at a significantly higher rate than would have been expected. The same exodus of retirement-age teachers could happen after the novel coronavirus epidemic. Credit: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. Eventually we will flatten the curve, create a vaccine for Covid-19 and re-open school buildings that have been shuttered for months.
Teacher Tech
APRIL 13, 2020
Code.org is hosting a weekly Code Break on Wednesdays at 10am PST. This week I am a guest on Code Break along with Mike Krieger the co-founder of Instagram. Register to join in! Students at home? Take a #CodeBreak with special guests @mikeyk (@Instagram founder), @alicekeeler (star teacher), and @hadip (@codeorg founder). Join students from […].
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
APRIL 13, 2020
In today’s post we are sharing with you 5 math apps that are featured today in Apple’s New and Notable category in iTunes App Store. Some of you are probably already familiar with Photomath and Math.
Teacher Tech
APRIL 13, 2020
Microsoft Stream is available for O365 subscribers. Stream is a place to store and upload your videos when YouTube is not a good solution. Stream videos are by default private to the school (organization). Microsoft Teams Meeting recordings are automatically saved to Microsoft Stream. Videos for students are ad free and free from video suggestions […].
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 13, 2020
Gmail has a number of powerful built-in features that allow you to do amazing things with your emails. Several of these features are overlooked by teachers and educators. We know this from the.
Edsurge
APRIL 13, 2020
When college students don’t understand what the professor is talking about in class, they often do what most anyone these days would do—search Google or YouTube for answers. That may be happening even more now that so much college teaching has moved online during the COVID-19 pandemic. YouTube is full of answers presented in very different styles than traditional professors use.
SpeechTechie
APRIL 13, 2020
I tried out Loom to show you some recent books I have used in teletherapy and a simple game that can be used for social and language targets in multiple teleconference platforms (i.e. through screen share or through remote cursor control). Email subscribers click through to see the post or see the video here.
eSchool News
APRIL 13, 2020
Macking one of the world’s largest providers of print books, ebooks, audiobooks, and video is offering access to its ebook library and distance learning content for free. If your school or district has closed due to COVID-19 or is shifting to temporary online or distance learning, MackinVIA has an effective solution. They have compiled free content, helpful videos, links, downloadable resources and more to help you with this distance learning transition.
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.
techlearning
APRIL 13, 2020
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The Hechinger Report
APRIL 13, 2020
Getting more bright, low-income students into top schools is a laudable goal toward helping more people rise out of poverty. Dozens of elite college prep programs, from Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America to the University of Chicago’s Collegiate Scholars Program , have been established across the United States in the last 20 years, each with heartwarming stories of college success.
eSchool News
APRIL 13, 2020
Du Chinese giving students and teachers free access to all premium content. What you need to know: Du Chinese, the premier Chinese reading practice app, is temporarily granting free access to their premium lessons. The offer is available to students and teachers of all levels. Three months after setting up your account it will automatically revert to limited free access.
Graphite Blog
APRIL 13, 2020
With so many great edtech tools available, deciding which to use with your students can be a big task. One important question school administrators and educators ask when choosing new classroom technology is: How does this tool protect student privacy? But answering this question is the tricky part. Privacy policies are notoriously difficult to read, often filled with legal jargon that seems to require a law degree to understand.
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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
eSchool News
APRIL 13, 2020
If you’ve been paying attention to education news lately, you’ve probably noticed that the conversation around technology in the classroom is shifting. When edtech first burst onto the scene almost three decades ago, access to more technology – devices, broadband – was everything. Educators, policymakers and parents all wanted to know how to get as many devices into the hands of students as soon as possible.
techlearning
APRIL 13, 2020
John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath was published April 14, 1939. Learn more about the Great American Dust Bowl, when farmland was destroyed through misguided practices, famine set in, and dust storms drove people to desperation, as depicted in the novel.
Class Tech Integrate
APRIL 13, 2020
During this Covid 19 Pandemic, we aren't just worried about students getting enough educational interaction with teachers and students, we also have to be concerned with the amount of sedentary screen time kids are spending on the couch. While getting of the phone or tablet altogether may be the best option, Emoji Scavenger Hunt powered by Google is also a fun alternative.
techlearning
APRIL 13, 2020
District leaders from small, medium, and large districts discussed how they are meeting diverse needs as they roll out remote learning programs
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.
Cycles of Learning
APRIL 13, 2020
This is a simple post to remind all STEM educators out there that the HTML5 PhET simulations are A M A Z I N G tools for online teaching. Given the varying types of devices that students are using while under quarantine, simulation upgrade to HTML5 means students can interact with the simulation on ANY device (tablet, phone, computer) drastically dropping Extraneous Cognitive Load for the student.
ExcelinEd
APRIL 13, 2020
There are currently over 5.7 million students enrolled in private schools in the U.S.—totaling 10% of the K-12 student population. Private schools serve a wide range of students, with many dedicating themselves to serving low- and middle-income communities. These schools do this by offering scholarships and other forms of financial aid and sometimes operating at a deficit so they can serve any student who applies.
MiddleWeb
APRIL 13, 2020
Typical classroom spring cleaning and sorting have hardly happened this year. As distance learning dominates schools, teaching specialist Valentina Gonzalez looks instead at sorting through and acting on our teaching practices: what should we keep, throw away, or begin?
TeachThought - Learn better.
APRIL 13, 2020
The right questions and resources for teaching human rights can help create more inclusive environments for the next generation of learners. The post Teaching Human Rights: Resources, Benefits, And Guiding Questions appeared first on TeachThought.
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.
Learning with 'e's
APRIL 13, 2020
Photo by Steve Wheeler I have just published a third module in my series on digital learning for the ZilLearn platform. This course, as with the others, is completely free to take - and is especially written with teachers in mind. It's called Supporting Online Learners and the link is here. If you're new to online teaching, or are revisiting it, do consider spending an hour of your time to browse through the ideas in this module.
MindShift
APRIL 13, 2020
With families around the world spending unprecedented amounts of time in close quarters – and under varying degrees of stress – emotions can run high. . In good times and in hard times, parents can take steps to help their children strengthen their emotional competence. As parents, “we are co-creating the emotion system for our kids” says Dr. Marc Brackett, Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and author of “Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our
eSchool News
APRIL 13, 2020
ORIGO Education is offering a collection of free math learning resources to support teachers, parents, and caregivers as they strive to keep students engaged and continually learning. ORIGO at Home features free weekly, digital plans for home use. These weekly plans contain activities for each day, along with digitally accessible or downloadable resources, designed for delivery by a parent, caregiver or remote teacher.
techlearning
APRIL 13, 2020
Shelby County Schools (SCS) is partnering with Discovery Education to provide students and families with free access to online learning resources through the Discovery Education Experience platform.
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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