The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Lindsay Fell on episode 395 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Lindsay Fell does so many exciting things with her students using augmented reality — talking artwork, using apps to bring in printing presses and other techniques. If you want to understand the pedagogy and purpose of augmented reality in the classroom, this is the conversation for you.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

There can be no doubt that the Internet has a dark side, in some cases quite prevalent and noticeable and in others nuanced and unapparent. From Silk Road-style dark websites trading in drugs, arms and bomb kits to sophisticated phishing syndicates to vicious comment trolls, going online can sometimes mean running the gamut from criminals to sociopaths to terrorists.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

As a first year teacher, I struggled to figure out how I could best meet the needs of my students. It was quickly apparent to me that each student had unique strengths and weaknesses, and I made it my mission to figure them out. I learned that not only did I need to understand their uniqueness, but I also needed to work with them to build their capacity to advocate for themselves.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

This December will again host the Hour of Code , a one-hour introduction to programming designed to demystify the subject and show that anyone can be a maker, a creator, and an innovator. Last year, almost 300,000 students (age 4-104) participated from over 180 countries and wrote almost 20 billion lines of code. The 200,000+ teachers involved came away believing that, of all their education tools, coding was the best at teaching children to think.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Betsy Corcoran , CEO of EdSurge , asked me to do two podcast interviews with her while I was at the EdSurge Fusion conference in San Francisco last month. The first recording is now available. Betsy asked me to reflect on the Did You Know? (Shift Happens) video series , its viral arc, and its educational impact. Has ‘shift’ happened? Revisiting a viral video.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Despite a hot economy, millions of young people are stranded without work and are not continuing their education beyond high school. For those of us involved with education reform, workforce development or HR, that’s no surprise. It is essentially a case of bureaucratic culture versus the app culture. Different generations process experiences differently.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Raging wildfires in California and devastating hurricanes along the Atlantic seaboard have sent school officials scrambling to resolve immediate problems, such as repairing infrastructure and finding new schools for displaced students. Longer term, climate change may have a more permanent, major impact on the future of learning, according to a new report.

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Teacher Tech

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

All We Want for Christmas – A Teachers’ Top Ten List Compiled by Erin Whalen Contemplating a Christmas gift for your child’s teacher? You don’t need a crystal ball. Here is a top ten list, as suggested by teachers, of holiday wish list items. Happy shopping! 10. Personalized Items – A notepad that says “From […].

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Emma Campbell, 17, a senior at Coventry High School, interned at Amgen last summer via PrepareRI, a statewide workforce prep program for Rhode Island students. Photo courtesy of Michele Carey Balme. Editor’s note: This story is part of Map to the Middle Class , a Hechinger Report series examining how schools can prepare students for the good middle-class jobs of the future.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Reading ability is a big predictor of other academic success, and unfortunately, many U.S. students are not reading at grade level, according to new research. Research has long established that proficient reading helps students succeed in other subject areas, especially as academic content becomes more challenging. Students who do not read at grade level by 4th grade are four times more likely to drop out of high school.

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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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Here are three interesting free resources for science teachers using iPad with their students in class. These are courses provided by Apple Education featuring various tips, ideas and content.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

New York City Schools Chancellor Harold Levy talks on the phone in his office in downtown Brooklyn, N.Y., Thursday, May 11, 2000. Levy, head of the country’s largest school system, is pushing music and poetry in a system plagued with rats, guns and crumbling school buildings. “Art and music are the hook by which we get the attention of students who might otherwise drift away,” Levy said.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

In this short interactive guide, Daniel Toms (One Best Thing team ) walks you through the different ways you can use iPads in your class to provide students with effective digital feedback to improve.

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Teacher Tech

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

I Shopped at Target This Black Friday I did my online shopping on the target website. Admittedly I took advantage of their $24 sale price on the Amazon Echo Dot for myself. Accidentally I received THREE Echo Dots. To win one of the extra Dots, be registered at teachersareprofessionals.com. Target’s Response Thanks for your honesty. […]. The post Thank Target: Amazon Dot for a Teacher appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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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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Edthena

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Discussions of video coaching often are centered around hardware and software: the best camera, the best app, the best video coaching platform. Less often mentioned are the tools we use in our approach to viewing and responding to these videos of instructional practice. The tools educators can use to guide viewing of instructional practice videos are called Focusing Techniques, and they are synthesized from research on teacher learning, self-reflection, and accelerated improvement.

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Teacher Tech

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

I Shopped at Target This Black Friday I did my online shopping on the target website. Admittedly I took advantage of their $24 sale price on the Amazon Echo Dot for myself. Accidentally I received THREE Echo Dots. To win one of the extra Dots, be registered at teachersareprofessionals.com. Target’s Response Thanks for your honesty. […]. The post Thank Target: Amazon Dot for a Teacher appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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The Principal of Change

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

I was blessed with the opportunity to work with a group in Yellowknife, NWT this past week and it is easily the furthest north I have ever been in the world. As a Canadian, I have experienced cold, but the participants were raving about the unseasonably warm weather in November as a beautiful and toasty -10 degrees Celsius (14 Fahrenheit) as compared to a typical -35 degrees Celsius.

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techlearning

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Educators world wide are preparing for the Hour of Code, a global movement designed to promote coding skills and featuring a one-hour introduction to computer science and computer programming.

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MiddleWeb

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Learning to decode visuals and graphics is an essential skill for everyone, but most especially for visual-spatial learners, which includes most ADHD students. Susan Daniels' book provides essential explanations and many teaching resources for K-8, says educator Joanne Bell.

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My Island View

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

I recently attended the annual conference held by , the New York State ISTE affiliate organization. It is a favorite conference of mine, since I served as a board member of that organization for about six years. It is also both comprehensive and progressive in the way of education conferences. As with all education conferences it is easy to identify what trends in education have been most popular over the last year by the number of sessions being offered on any given subject.

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techlearning

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Welcome to another STEM related  series of four posts bringing you over 150 amazing resources. I hope you enjoyed  my thoughts of  STEM being a Verb in the last post. In this series of posts my goal is to provide you with practical resources in each of the STEM areas. This post is dedicated to Science.

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MiddleWeb

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Reading NBCT Roxanna Elden’s novel chronicling the trials and tribulations of educators at fictional Brae Hill Valley HS made Rita Platt laugh. A lot. While Elden reveals the often "dark heart" of reform, she also captures the small everyday successes that keep us going.

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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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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The Better Leaders Better Schools podcast is for school and district administrators, emerging leaders, and educational influencers. In each episode, Daniel Bauer , a self-described “connector,” interviews school principals and industry leaders who share their insights, experiences, and mistakes. Learn how to build relationships, use data, and maximize your influence by practicing a growth mindset.

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techlearning

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Cambridge Assessment International Education released their inaugural Global Education Census looking at the educational experience both inside and outside the classroom around the world today.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

In a recent edWebinar hosted by edWeb.net, Amy Filsinger, Head of School Success, Mike Rettberg, Professional Services Lead, and Chris Walsh, Head of Impact from Always Be Learning (Abl) agreed that student-centered scheduling ensures that ALL students get the classes they want and need. The $10 Million Magnet Board. You can almost be guaranteed to see a large magnet board with its color-coded magnets in most school buildings.

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techlearning

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Illuminate Education has announced an integration partnership with Amplify, a next-generation curriculum and assessment company. The partnership will focus on the integration of Amplify’s new NGSS-aligned benchmark assessments within Illuminate’s Data & Assessment (DnA) platform.

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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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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Building SEL (social and emotional learning) skills such as integrity requires face-to-face interaction, meaningful discussion, and reflection. Edtech is no complete substitute for that, but there are tools that can supplement the development of character, both in the classroom and at home. Besides speaking the truth and acting in a sincere way, integrity is treating people equally and taking responsibility for your feelings and actions.

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techlearning

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

HoverCam today announced that Shelby County Schools (SCS) in Memphis, Tennessee, selected and installed HoverCam's Pilot digital teaching station and CenterStage Interactive Flat Panels (IFP) in the district's technology training lab and some classrooms.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Building SEL (social and emotional learning) skills such as integrity requires face-to-face interaction, meaningful discussion, and reflection. Edtech is no complete substitute for that, but there are tools that can supplement the development of character, both in the classroom and at home. Besides speaking the truth and acting in a sincere way, integrity is: treating people equally and taking responsibility for your feelings and actions.

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techlearning

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Nebraska’s Bellevue Public Schools(BPS) announced today a new partnership with Discovery Education, provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, focused on creating STEM learning opportunities across all 15 of the district’s elementary schools. Through this new collaboration, BPS’s educators will receive digital content and professional development from Discovery Education that will help them create digital learning environments that eng

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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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