Wed.May 27, 2020

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Wakelet and WeVideo: Powerful Distance Learning Edtech

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Teacher Bruce Reicher shares two of his favorite distance learning tools – Wakelet and Wevideo. He talks about how he uses them with students and teachers for classroom learning and teacher PD. Take a look at Wakelet for organizing files and WeVideo for editing and screencasts.

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The Balance: The Home Stretch

Catlin Tucker

The Balance is now available on Spotify ! Teachers are in the home stretch! Summer is almost here. This mini-episode of The Balance focuses on the tangible things teachers can do in these final weeks to provide students with closure, collect feedback, and embrace a fun routine that will keep them learning this summer. In this mini-episode of The Balance , I encourage teachers to end the year with a fun project that provides students with some much-needed closure.

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169 Tech Tip #92 Auto-fill for Internet Addresses

Ask a Tech Teacher

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: How to Auto-fill Internet Addresses.

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Microsoft Educator Insider podcast + 16 innovative ideas

Ditch That Textbook

The Microsoft Educator Insider series will give you inspiration, big ideas, and practical strategies for your classroom. Here are 16 excerpts from the show.This post is sponsored by Microsoft. It was independently conceived and created by Ditch That Textbook's Matt Miller. When you get people who care about students together to share ideas and brainstorm, […].

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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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Are there any ?deeper learning? virtual schools?

Dangerously Irrelevant

Virtual schools… I like the concept of shifting ‘time, place, path, and pace’ very much. But I think all of the virtual schools that I’ve encountered still focus primarily on low-level learning, digitized and chunked into a digital adaptive learning system. I don’t think I’ve ever seen ‘deeper learning’ or inquiry- and project-based learning as a core tenet of a virtual school.

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Education in the Era of COVID-19: Why Connection Matters

Digital Promise

With digital learning likely to stretch into the fall due to COVID-19, how can we ensure every student has equitable access to powerful learning opportunities? The crisis has shone a harsh light on the digital divide in the United States, surfacing thoughtful debate and long-overdue discussion around the equity gap. Millions of students—particularly those from rural communities, low income families, immigrant families, and families of color—lack a reliable at-home internet connection, a critical

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Sensational Ideas for Continuous Student Learning During the Summer

Teacher Reboot Camp

“The best teachers are those who pass on their zeal and enthusiasm as a legacy to their students.” – Robert John Meehan. Learning doesn’t have to stop just because students are out of school. I have included my recent presentation slides and resources below to help you discover ways to inspire students and their families to experiment, code, make, build, read, and explore during their breaks.

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With Tech, the Class of 2020 Graduates on Screen and Via Streams

EdTech Magazine

Pearson Online Academy will celebrate graduation this year the same way it always does: virtually. The online global school’s students and families plan to gather on June 16 via Adobe Connect in a ceremony that will include Camtasia -edited video segments, PowerPoint presentations, and student speeches recorded on smartphones. “The kids have worked so hard, they have put so much into high school,” Principal Katie Mussachio says.

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What Will Schools Do in the Fall? Here Are 4 Possible Scenarios

Edsurge

As the current school year comes to a close, looking and functioning nothing like what any of us could have imagined mere months ago, another challenging school year looms ahead. Although nearly every U.S. state has begun, in varying degrees, to reopen businesses and relax lockdown restrictions, there is still little certainty—or consensus—as to what the future of education holds this fall.

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Using Your Strategic Plan to Keep Your Stakeholders Informed and Engaged During Times of Change

Education Elements

One of our favorite expressions is that the only constant thing in life is change, which today’s global crisis affirms for us each day. For some of us, we don’t know beyond the next two weeks whether schools will be open or not. We don’t know what classes will look like in the fall (maybe virtual? maybe an A day/B day schedule to reduce the number of kids in the building at one time?).

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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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7 thought-provoking TED-Ed Lessons to break up online learning boredom

eSchool News

Most schools across the country are still operating remotely, and as the days tick by, it’s easy for students and teachers to feel as if they’ll never return to the physical classroom. Teachers and parents looking for engaging learning resources might find TED-Ed Lessons helpful while schools are still virtual. The TED-Ed platform is especially cool because educators can build lessons around any TED-Ed Original, TED Talk, or YouTube video.

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Pump It Up with Pivot Tables

Teacher Tech

A pivot table is an essential tool for teachers. Pivot tables SUMMARIZE. Given that we have 30-150 students each doing multiple things we have lots of need for pivot tables. Join cue.org/microsoft May 27th at 7pm PST for my webinar on Pivot Tables in Excel Online Questions You Can Answer with a Pivot Table How […]. The post Pump It Up with Pivot Tables appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Pairing Picture Books With Apps in Teletherapy

SpeechTechie

I've long been a fan of the contextual approach described by Hoggan & Strong in their influential article The Magic of Once Upon A Time -- that of pairing a picture book with pre- during- and post- narrative/language teaching opportunties. I have been presenting about this with many iterations for years, and last year published a pamphlet about it (free) on Teachers Pay Teachers.

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PowerPoint Now Supports Live Subtitles and Captions on Presentations

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 has this interesting feature that can automatically transcribe the words you utter during your presentation and display them on-screen in the form of captions or.read more.

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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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Learning in the Time of Corona: Fast Classes and Less Sleep

Edsurge

I teach at the Urban Assembly School for Math and Science for Young Women , an all-girls school serving grades 6 through 12 in downtown Brooklyn, N.Y. It is a very ethnically diverse school, with students from countries in the Middle East, Africa and the Caribbean. Like so many others, we also are a school that did not anticipate having to “do school” from home for half the year.

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How to make a (realistic) plan for summer 2020

The Cornerstone for Teachers

For teachers, summer is usually a hectic time that flies by too fast. It’s a few short weeks crammed with appointments, errands, home projects, professional development, prep for the coming school year, second jobs, and household tasks, with a bit of relaxation or fun travel sprinkled in the mix. This year, summer feels a bit strange, doesn’t it? My calendar is the emptiest it’s ever been.

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Taking Care of the Adults

The Principal of Change

Just some thoughts swirling around in my mind… In the past few weeks, I have been discussing social-emotional learning and mental health with guests such as Tony Sinanis , Jody Carrington , and Mandy Froehlich. Why would I discuss these topics on a podcast about “Innovation” in education? This is from “ The Innovator’s Mindset “: “…at the heart of innovation are people, not stuff.

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6 Tips to Ensure Free Education Apps Are Safe

techlearning

From compatibility to analytics, educators need to consider more than the price when it comes to free education apps

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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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With E-learning, School Districts are Building the Foundation for Better Learning Outcomes

EmergingEdTech

When Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker ordered schools closed throughout the state in response to the coronavirus pandemic, sending home millions of students to learn remotely, Cicero School. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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Celebrating JiJi Culture at Home + Summer Math Activities!

MIND Research Institute

With remote teaching being the new reality for teachers, I wanted to highlight a few ways our ST Math teachers are promoting a love for math and celebrating JiJi culture outside of the typical classroom environment. Bonus: With summer vacation just right around the corner, I also compiled a few fun and engaging math activities to stretch your brains this summer!

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OPINION: Three steps that states and jurisdictions can take to improve education in short-term juvenile detention

The Hechinger Report

Jeremiah was already living with his great-grandparents when he was removed from his family at eight years old and placed in a group home. When we met him, he was in a short-term juvenile detention facility — and attending a school inside it — while completing a court-ordered substance-abuse treatment program. For Jeremiah, detention effectively stopped his education, further disrupting his life and making it all the more difficult for him to get back on track when released.

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Short Seller Claims Chinese Ed-Tech Firm Used Bots to Inflate Its Market Value

Marketplace K-12

A Chinese ed-tech firm is again being accused of fraud, after a U.S.-based short seller says its investigation uncovered use of bots to inflate the firm's market value. The post Short Seller Claims Chinese Ed-Tech Firm Used Bots to Inflate Its Market Value appeared first on Market Brief.

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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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Yes, You Are Teaching?

MiddleWeb

If you’re like teacher Dina Strasser, you may be wondering if your online classes add up to teaching. Yes, she says. You've adapted on the fly – suddenly providing virtual school to students who just weeks before greeted you at the classroom door. See if her real-life snippets match your experience.

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OverDrive Education Reports Rapid Increase in Ebook and Audiobook Adoption Since COVID-19 Outbreak

techlearning

Ebooks and audiobooks have become key for kids learning at home.

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Education for Hope and Healing - a #learningrevolution Mini-Conference on June 4th

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

" Last school year was among the most heartbreaking and frightening nine months in Stark County school history. School leaders buried 25 students or recent graduates, including roughly a dozen of them who died by suicide. One student plotted to kill his fellow classmates before deciding to turn the gun on himself. Threats of violence bombarded nearly every local school district, and more than 1,500 Stark County children were taken to nearby hospitals for mental health concerns.

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Modernization through Innovation: Increasing Capability through Systems, Processes, and People

SETDA Says

“The most damaging phrase in the language is ‘It’s always been done that way’ ” – Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper Why do we do what we do? Is it the best way to achieve our desired outcomes? How do we know? Innovation drives improvement. It begins with good fundamentals that are […].

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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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REINVENTING.SCHOOL Thursday with Howard Blumenthal - "What About My Job at School?" #reinventingschool #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

This week is our fourth episode of the weekly interview series " REINVENTING.SCHOOL ," being held live on Thursdays at 4:00 pm US-EDT and hosted by Howard Blumenthal. Last week, the topic was distance learning. The recording is now available on the www.reinventing.school section of LearningRevolution.com , on YouTube , and soon by audio podcast (we'll let you know the link in future announcements).

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Enrollment and financial crises threaten growing list of academic disciplines

The Hechinger Report

MIAMI — A seemingly unending stream of people poured from the massive parking garages just outside the floor-to-ceiling windows of a classroom near the entrance to the Florida International University campus. This story also appeared in National Public Radio and WLRN Miami. It was two weeks before the university would be abruptly shut down by the coronavirus, and every corner of the campus seemed jampacked — except this quiet classroom, where a handful of students were studying the societies and

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Finding great teaching resources without being overwhelmed

eSchool News

As a fifth grade teacher, I used to spend hours hunting for math materials and exercises. If I had to teach my math class a standard skill, like adding fractions with different denominators, I would flip through thick binders of exercises, maybe printing up a few. Then I’d search online, where I’d inevitably find an avalanche of teaching resources, including loads of useless resources.

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'All Watched over by Machines of Loving Grace': Care and the Cybernetic University

Hack Education

I gave this talk this morning at the Academic Technology Institute. Everyone is in crisis. I want to recognize that at the outset. Some crises may be deeper, more long lasting; some may be hidden, unspoken, unspeakable; some might seem minor, but loom monstrously; some may be ongoing; some may be sudden. Some might seem surmountable, but roar back into renewed disaster.

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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