Mon.Apr 06, 2020

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Health and Wellness Choice Boards for Teachers and Students

Catlin Tucker

On Saturday, I wrote a blog sharing an offline choice board teachers can use to blend offline activities into their online classes. On Twitter, Barbara McInnes suggested teachers add a wellness activity to their offline choice boards. I loved her suggestion and immediately started working on a choice board dedicated to health and wellness activities.

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Novel HyperDocs: 25 ready to use units for your class

Ditch That Textbook

Novel HyperDocs take the old curriculum guides we know and turn them into engaging blended learning units of study. Here are 25 ready to use novel HyperDocs for your class. This post is written by Karly Moura, a teacher on special assignment (TOSA) and Computer Science teacher in Mount Diablo USD in Concord, California. Karly is […]. The post Novel HyperDocs: 25 ready to use units for your class appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.

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Coronavirus Chronicles 011 – Liberty Public Schools

Dangerously Irrelevant

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 011 is below. Thank you, Jeremy Tucker and Jeanette Westfall , for sharing how the Liberty Public Schools in Missouri are adapting to our new challenges and opportunities.

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15 Websites to Teach Financial Literacy

Ask a Tech Teacher

When kids read that America’s $23 trillion+ debt is accepted by many experts as ‘business as usual’, I wonder how that news will affect their future personal finance decisions. Do they understand the consequences of unbalanced budgets? The quandary of infinite wants vs. finite dollars? Or do they think money grows on some fiscal tree that always blooms?

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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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Some great add-ons for Hangouts Meet to help teachers

Educational Technology Guy

With schools closed, teachers are using a variety of tools to work remotely with their students. Google Hangouts Meet is one of them. Google recently announced a variety of updates to it to enhance the experience for schools and to provide more controls. I recently found out about some extensions for Hangouts Meet that can help teachers: Nod Reactions for Google Meet - [link] This allows muted attendees to use quick emoji's as reactions.

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How the Cloud Enhances Workflow for K–12 Administrators

EdTech Magazine

Cloud computing has become a popular tool for schools in the past several years. “Every industry is being transformed by the cloud, and education is no exception,” Dan Ayoub, general manager of Microsoft Education, tells EdTech. In fact, 90 percent of K–12 school districts that responded to CoSN’s 2018 Infrastructure Survey reported using the cloud for storage, while 88 percent said they used cloud-based software systems.

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How the Cloud Enhances Workflow for K–12 Administrators

EdTech Magazine

Cloud computing has become a popular tool for schools in the past several years. “Every industry is being transformed by the cloud, and education is no exception,” Dan Ayoub, general manager of Microsoft Education, tells EdTech. In fact, 90 percent of K–12 school districts that responded to CoSN’s 2018 Infrastructure Survey reported using the cloud for storage, while 88 percent said they used cloud-based software systems.

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Online Learning Book Recommendations: And Why I Read so Few Books on the Topic

Edsurge

The following is the latest installment of the Toward Better Teaching advice column. You can pose a question for a future column here. Dear Bonni, In the midst of this current COVID situation, I'm looking to up my game … as an educator … especially in the online environment. I’m wondering if you might recommend what top three books would you suggest I read outside of ‘Urgency for Teachers,’ ‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed,’ ‘The New Education?

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Academic, Social Boosts Show Esports Are More Than Just Games

EdTech Magazine

For one student at Buckeye Central High School in New Washington, Ohio, joining the esports team has sometimes led to more hours spent on math and English homework — and less time playing video games. “He’s our best player, and he has always struggled with his grades,” says Tammy Studer, technology supervisor for Buckeye Central Local School District.

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Tips and Tricks: Three Things to Consider During Your Transition to Virtual Work

Education Elements

The past few weeks have been full of new routines for all of us as we try to plan for and navigate through uncharted territory. The shift to full-time virtual work has been yet another challenge to face on top of everything else. Even for our team at Education Elements, where virtual work has always been a consistent part of our work culture, the transition has necessitated revisiting and reimagining best practices as we support our team and others.

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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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Why You Should Care about the Cares Act

EdNews Daily

By Charles Sosnik $30.75 Billion. That sounds like a lot of money. Included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act that Congress passed, approximately $30,750,000,000.000 was appropriated for education. See how big it looks when you write it out? It looks even bigger when you realize that this money comes with very few strings attached.

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Leading Through Change: An Interview with a District Coach

Education Elements

The ability to navigate ambiguity is a top skill of effective leaders, and there has never been a more urgent need for this skill, while simultaneously leading others through uncertainty and change. In reflecting on what sets great leaders apart, we had the opportunity to sit down with Lisa Whitaker, an Instructional Lead Coach with Dallas ISD, who has a Ph.D. in Health and Public Service and has also served as a K-12 teacher and adjunct professor over her 12 years in education.

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6 Crucial Strategies for a Successful Virtual Summit

EdNews Daily

By Devishobha Chandramouli Virtual events have been rising in popularity steadily over the last few years, but the COVID crisis seems to have skyrocketed the popularity of virtual conferences, with several companies even canceling their annual place-based conferences and switching to virtual conferences. According to The Virtual Events Report released by Tagoras, about 44 percent of companies have already offered a virtual event in the past, and about 25 percent have virtual events on their agen

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Automagically PDF Worksheet to Google Form

Teacher Tech

Upgrade your PDF by making it a Google Form. Former math teacher John McGowan, the creator of g(Math), EquatIO, Form Creator and more has developed a Drive Add-on Automagical Forms on to take your PDF and turn it into a Google Form!! THIS WILL SAVE YOU HOURS!! First install the Add-on from the webstore. This […]. The post Automagically PDF Worksheet to Google Form appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

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

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How to Help Students Overcome Test Anxiety

EdNews Daily

By Carol Henry Historically, standardized testing has always been a widely used tool in schools around the world. However, this method isn’t exactly perfect, and states such as Georgia have began lowering the number of tests due to the overwhelming pressure it causes among students. The expectations are high when it comes to standardized tests, as they’re used to objectively measure a school’s overall performance.

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Virtual Learning Leadership Roundtable

EdTechTeacher

Webinar Archive: Audio & Video. EdTechTeacher was proud to host a free roundtable discussion with educational leaders from across the country who provided perspectives on virtual teaching and learning in the face of extended school closings prompted by the coranavirus. The leaders discussed the challenges and opportunities posed by the swift transition to virtual learning environments and answered questions from the live audience.

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Formative Assessment Templates for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In yesterday’s post we talked about Flipgrid and explained how you can use it to formatively assess students using video-based activities. Today, we are sharing with you another excellent tool for.

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NEW in Teams – Attachments are View by Default

Teacher Tech

Digital is different, we don’t replace the copy machine with digital copies. In fact, I try to avoid like the plague assigning myself digital paperwork. Before today the default when you added documents to an assignment in Microsoft Teams was “Students edit their own copy.” I definitely use this sometimes. But not all the time […].

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

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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How the last recession affected higher education. Will history repeat?

The Hechinger Report

One of the peculiar things about higher education is that it runs in the opposite direction of the economy. When the economy stalls, demand for college typically rises as the unemployed decide to go back to school to improve their job prospects. Since it seems near certain that the coronavirus pandemic is triggering a new recession right now, I thought it would be useful to recap what happened to colleges and universities during the Great Recession of 2008 to help us think through what might and

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Keeps kids engaged with free one-a-day brainteasers

eSchool News

MindAntix, a learning company that provides all students with the opportunity to build creativity and problem-solving skills, announced it is releasing a weekly set of free brainteaser activities to support at-home learning. Teachers can use the brainteasers during remote learning sessions as a warm-up exercise or can assign them for students to work on independently.

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Keeping Enrollment Up While Your Campus is Closed

Gradelink

The spread of the Coronavirus has changed our way of life and is a trying time for us all. Schools have had to rapidly redesign operations and instruction, and these swift changes have been equal parts incredible and strenuous. Understandably, enrollment is a critical issue, and Gradelink is committed to serving as a resource. We’ve laid out some tips for retention and enrollment that can be applied even during this time of change.

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Automagically PDF Worksheet to Google Form

Teacher Tech

Upgrade your PDF by making it a Google Form. Former math teacher John McGowan, the creator of g(Math), EquatIO, Form Creator and more has developed a Drive Add-on Automagical Forms on to take your PDF and turn it into a Google Form!! THIS WILL SAVE YOU HOURS!! First install the Add-on from the webstore. This […]. The post Automagically PDF Worksheet to Google Form appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

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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Helpful Academic Writing Guides for Student Researchers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

The theme of this week’s book collection is academic writing and to this end I curated for you this useful list. I am principally addressing research students and academics but the insights and tips.

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Stripped of graduation and end-of-year rituals, new generation of college seniors instead face dismal job market

The Hechinger Report

Kaitlin Hughes after being inducted into a Jesuit honors society at Georgetown University, with her parents, Kathy and David Hughes. Kaitlin has a job lined up for July. Credit: Photo by Arianna Hughes. NEW YORK — Kaitlin Hughes is a college senior with something many classmates envy: a job offer. As the coronavirus upends the economy, she’s thrilled to have a signed contract for a job starting July 20 in New York City.

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Zoom’s Out for Remote Learning

techlearning

Following reports of hackers breaking into lessons with racist, pornographic and harassing interruptions, several large districts are moving away from Zoom.

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Free resources for middle and high school.

eSchool News

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.’s environmental youth leadership organization EarthEcho International offers its free environmental education resources to teachers, students, and families affected by school closings due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Resources are available immediately via the EarthEcho Website: www.EarthEcho.org. The resources , many of which are designed to satisfy national and state education standards , are a collection of live virtual events, recorded videos and short activities desig

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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the EdTech Industry: Assessing the Influence

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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Demo of Alexa Skills Useful in Telepractice

SpeechTechie

In this video I provide a casual (hey, it's a Thursday night during a national emergency) demonstration of using the Echo Dot for "skills"/games useful in telepractice for language therapy or social groups. You can also experiment with using Reverb or Alexa within the Amazon app. The app I mention with lists of Alexa skills is called Skills for Amazon Alexa App and is free.

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When Kids Look to Calculators for Answers

MiddleWeb

Michelle Russell’s students don’t just use calculators to speed up tedious math work like multiplying and dividing. Quite often they think of them as “answer givers.” How can teachers nudge kids away from calculator dependence? She shares ideas and asks for suggestions.

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Announcing Digital Bridge Project to Support Distance Learning for SFUSD Students

Education Superhighway

On Friday, April 3rd, 2020, San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced a partnership between EducationSuperHighway, the 1Million Project Foundation and San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) to provide connectivity support for the thousands of students in San Francisco who lack home Internet access. As part of the new Digital Bridge project, 25 WiFi SuperSpots will be installed in San Francisco to serve students who need to participate in distance learning due to COVID-19 school closures.

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Digital ethics for kids

eSchool News

iKeepSafe , a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing a safe digital landscape for children, schools and families, recently launched the sixth installment of the Faux Paw the Techno Cat narrated e-book series, Faux Paw and the Unfortunate Upload. This e-book covers digital ethics for kids, helping them to understand how their behaviors online can impact their relationships in real life.

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LIVE DEMO: Using PowerPoint to Create Compelling Presentations for Virtual Training

Speaker: Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon

Have you ever caught an employee sleeping during training? Compelling content is paramount, but trying to do so with the same tools you've always used is complicated, right? Wrong! Powerpoint has excellent features that, with a bit of creativity, can help you improve your presentations and keep your people engaged without going over budget. By utilizing newer components that enable interactive sequences, navigable content to respond to your audience, and pop quizzes for informal knowledge checks