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CoSN2020: Boost the Success of E-Learning with the Right Tools

EdTech Magazine

Many school districts across the country, as well as educators and parents, are getting an unexpected crash course in e-learning because of closures meant to help quash the spread of COVID-19. But when some normalcy is restored and opportunities arise again for more deliberate implementation of remote learning , what tools can help make the experience a success?

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Game Changer – Add a Feedback Slide

Teacher Tech

In Google Slides, Add a Feedback Slide “Do not use Google Docs” This is my tongue in cheek thing I like to say. Of course I use Google Docs, but I try not to assign my students to use a Google Doc. Fill out this Google Doc. This is my cheeky example, it’ s not […]. The post Game Changer – Add a Feedback Slide appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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How Wi-Fi 6 Is Helping Schools Stay Connected

EdTech Magazine

Wireless use is growing exponentially, and that’s putting pressure on K–12 networks. When the Robbinsdale Area Schools in Minnesota received funding to expand a classroom virtual reality pilot project, for example, the IT team suddenly needed to deliver VR-quality streaming to some 400 new wireless devices. “Things get sprung upon us all the time,” says Dan Jagusch, a WAN/LAN specialist for the district.

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Educational Websites for High School Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

One of the important contributions of the digital revolution that marked the first two decades in this millennium is that it liberated the means of knowledge production and distribution from.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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2 Good Sources of Mindfulness/Meditation Activities.

SpeechTechie

Meditation reduces stress and can protect your immune system. I am trying in these days of working-from-home to still have boundaries- days that are not work days. Like today. So, briefly, it can be difficult to carve out 10 min to be still and mindful. But often these sessions will regulate and calm you in the moment, and the positive thinking patterns infused here become infectious, popping up where you need them: after hearing a scary news story, when you are in a negative spiral, in the midd

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Another Educational Website for History Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Historypin is a crowdsourced project that uses the power of Google Maps to provide a user-generated ‘archive of historical photos, videos, audio recordings and personal recollections.’ As a user you.

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Of Virtual Classes and 7th Grade Teddy Bears

MiddleWeb

Middle school teacher and dean Bill Ivey shares the story of his 7th graders, gathering online for the first time. "So much going on around us is frighteningly uncertain. How we go about schooling right now is far more important than the what. Familiarity. Flexibility. Agency. Community.".

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Online Teaching Reflection: Day -5

Cycles of Learning

One of the classes I teach, which I will now be teaching online in 5 days, is called "Engineering for Social Good". Prior to the COVID-19 situation we were in the middle of a unit on Electrical Engineering and Computer Science where students were using the MyoWare muscle sensor to build muscle activated bionic hands as a way of learning more about assistive technology and perhaps delivering final, tuned prototypes to individuals in need.

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Free K-8 #RemoteLearning Curriculum from @TeachingMatters

The Innovative Educator

Teaching Matters gives us another week of remote learning materials. Get a weeks worth of student-facing home learning resources aligned to the NYC schools' remote learning curriculum. It's also available in Google Classroom. Visit the Teaching Matters Site to download the curriculum for your grade and subject. Watch the video below to learn how to use the curriculum.

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The Google Classroom Cheat Sheets for Teachers and Students!

Shake Up Learning

The post The Google Classroom Cheat Sheets for Teachers and Students! appeared first on Shake Up Learning. It’s finally done! I have finally completed a brand new set of Google Classroom Cheat Sheets for Teachers AND Students. Who needs a Google Classroom Cheat Sheet? I know teachers are seeking lots of extra resources to help with home learning during this unexpected school closure period.

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

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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With Schools Closed, Kids With Disabilities Are More Vulnerable Than Ever

MindShift

Updated at 9:31 a.m. ET. With school closed, Marla Murasko begins her morning getting her 14-year-old son, Jacob, dressed and ready for the day. They have a daily check-in: How are you doing? How are you feeling? Next, they consult the colorful, hourly schedule she has pinned on the fridge. Jacob, who has Down syndrome, loves routine. So this daily routine is important.