The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 21, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter On a Friday, we had school in our physical building. By Monday, we had more students in our online school that we had on the previous Friday. In this episode, 10 Minute Teacher host, Vicki Davis, talks to production editor Vicki Morgan about the story at her school as the students began distance learning due to #covid19 stay at home requirements.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 21, 2020

The social distancing measures imposed by various governments in their attempt to contain the spread of the new Coronavirus have forced many schools and universities across the globe to halt face to face classes and switch to online education. In theory, it all sounds great! Learning processes go on, students finish the degrees on time and faculty receive their salaries.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 21, 2020

I’ve been working from home for years but most people haven’t. I posted this article about a year ago but have updated it for the challenges we now face with #covid19. Truth is, life often interferes with work. Vacations, conferences, PD–all these take us away from our primary job functions and the environment where we are most comfortable delivering our best work.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 21, 2020

When school buildings close, districts have to think strategically about how they’ll continue teaching students beyond classroom walls — especially in times of a crisis. Educators have to adapt lesson plans to their district’s chosen remote learning approach, whether that be using learning management systems, collaboration suites, take-home packets or all three combined.

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Educational Technology Guy

APRIL 21, 2020

SplashLearn is a game based learning program that is loved by over 33 million kids worldwide!! This program is free for teachers and schools to use. SplashLearn stands with schools/districts affected with closure due to COVID-19 (Corona Virus) outbreak : All educators have free access to SplashLearn with Home Access to enable remote learning. It’s fun to learn to play the piano, Why can’t it be fun to learn Math?

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 21, 2020

When school buildings close, districts have to think strategically about how they’ll continue teaching students beyond classroom walls — especially in times of a crisis. Educators have to adapt lesson plans to their district’s chosen remote learning approach, whether that be using learning management systems, collaboration suites, take-home packets or all three combined.

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Edsurge

APRIL 21, 2020

During the hasty and haphazard transition to remote instruction, helping students and families has been the first and foremost priority for many schools and districts. But what about supporting educators who are tasked with delivering instruction and a modicum of normalcy in an entirely new medium, using online tools they may be trying for the first time?

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Education Elements

APRIL 21, 2020

Remote work is a hot topic right now, and if you are not used to working remotely, it can be very difficult to adjust, particularly in these very special circumstances where schools are closed, kids are around, etc etc. Anthony Kim, speaker and author of the Corwin best seller the NEW School Rules , is using some of the practices in his book, and explain how they can apply in a remote work context.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 21, 2020

As schools stay closed across the country, many students and educators are adapting to a new reality of remote learning. School districts that moved the majority of instruction online had to address existing challenges — from the lack of device and internet access to looming cyberthreats on sensitive data. They also had to acknowledge and bridge the gap between teachers and technology to ensure its success.

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Edsurge

APRIL 21, 2020

Willing or not, thousands of institutions of higher education have been thrust into creating some version of online education for their learners during this pandemic. And with millions of Americans suddenly jobless, early research suggests that as they have in past recessions, people will turn to higher education — likely online. But the last thing we need right now is more online degree programs or credentials.

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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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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 21, 2020

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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Education Elements

APRIL 21, 2020

Working with colleagues in-person may provide more many opportunities to build trust with your team, but it isn’t impossible in a virtual environment. Even though you’re unable to walk over to a colleague’s desk to ask a quick question, you have an opportunity to reflect on how you can tap into existing relationships and build new ones, even through a screen.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 21, 2020

Transitioning to a remote learning environment, especially during times of uncertainty, is no easy feat. School districts must be prepared to tackle numerous challenges — from dealing with data privacy threats in virtual classrooms to ensuring that educators are prepared to teach in an online environment. But before even launching a tech initiative to shift learning and teaching online, school districts should assess whether students and teachers have the devices and internet connectivity necess

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Education Elements

APRIL 21, 2020

To close out this series on how to get your organization primed for remote work, I’d like to explore some pitfalls of working remotely and share tips for avoiding them. It can be easy for virtual meetings to get very tactical since participants are wary of conversations that are too long and fail to stimulate them. This can lead to several other issues that can derail a meeting.

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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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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 21, 2020

District leaders have a lot to think about when it comes to implementing and navigating remote learning during school closures. But they must not forget about how crucial it is to have cybersecurity measures in place before rolling out their e-learning plans. Schools are already increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks. Since 2016, there have been more than 800 cybersecurity-related incidents affecting U.S.

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Education Elements

APRIL 21, 2020

Many organizations are learning how they can push their work forward as they transition from in-person to virtual collaboration. No longer confined by the physical limitations that come with an office space, leaders must also recognize the opportunity that virtual work brings to more thoughtfully reflect on how work gets defined and how it gets delegated to team members.

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Teacher Tech

APRIL 21, 2020

Google Forms is the best thing since sliced bread. It will take you LESS time to copy and paste your Google Doc activity into Google Forms than it will to open each student Google Doc. Adding a Google Form to Google Classroom is easy, simply click the “Create” button when making an assignment and choose […]. The post Find Google Form Responses in Google Classroom appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Education Elements

APRIL 21, 2020

Many leaders are making decisions that impact their entire organization in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. As with many decisions with far-reaching implications, building consensus may be an obvious instinct for many. However, in a time with so much uncertainty, there can be many drawbacks to aiming for consensus – chief among them being too much input, causing the process to stagnate.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

APRIL 21, 2020

Image CC. Welcome! In this time of Coronavirus challenges I want the opportunity to share thoughts, ideas, and questions that I hope are helpful to all of those amazing educators that are doing so much for our students. While I know I may fall short in some ways, I do hope everyone can discover at least one idea that might help their school, parents and students as they take on this new challenge (opportunity) in learning.

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Education Elements

APRIL 21, 2020

Distributing information in an organization can sometimes feel like playing telephone. When we need to share information with teammates, it can be easy to start small, by having side conversations with colleagues sitting nearby. If you know how telephone is played, you know that this can be a recipe for disaster, with people passing on diluted information they did not have adequate time to reflect on.

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Educational Technology Guy

APRIL 21, 2020

Copyright and Creativity for Ethical Digital Citizens , is a nonprofit project that has developed a suite of free K-12 resources for teaching students about copyright and fair use. The premise is that students today need to learn the basics of copyright as an element of digital citizenship. That's especially true in the current crisis, as teachers and students shift virtually all of their educational and social activity online.

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eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2020

The global COVID-19 crisis could pave the way for teletherapy to become more widespread among school mental health systems, adolescent mental health experts say. Many students with existing therapy needs are seeking therapy via phone or online platforms, and social distancing and isolation orders have prompted others to seek counseling for new feelings of sadness and anxiety.

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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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Edsurge

APRIL 21, 2020

Colleges across the country are considering options for how to operate during the upcoming academic year , yet so far, few have committed publicly to either reopening their campuses or holding classes online. On Monday, California State University at Fullerton became one of the first to announce intentions to pursue the latter path—at least to start the fall semester.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 21, 2020

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

APRIL 21, 2020

Workspace, a service provided by Facebook, is a digital platform that allows you to collaborate, connect with remote colleagues, and enhance distance learning. The tool provides a wide variety.read more.

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Edsurge

APRIL 21, 2020

Eight years after he co-founded corporate learning platform Degreed, David Blake continues to battle a major obstacle to employees learning new skills to advance their careers—not enough time in the day. At many companies, education often falls between the cracks in work-life balance. Employers and workers may see training while on the job as a sacrifice of the day’s to-do list and short-term productivity.

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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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eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2020

For the last few years, Renaissance has enjoyed the privilege of working with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) on Read to the Final Four ®, a third-grade reading competition that takes place alongside the NCAA basketball tournament. Why third grade? As Matthew White, the NCAA’s assistant director of community and corporate relationships, said, “A lot of research has been done showing that third grade is pivotal in the educational success of youth.

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Edsurge

APRIL 21, 2020

College is hard enough to pay for even in the best of times—let alone a pandemic. Social distancing measures are saving lives. But there’s widespread economic pain with waves of businesses laying off workers. And that has severely challenged the finances of many college students. Even for those who can pay the bills, their bleak job prospects after graduation stirs anxiety as many students carry heavy student loan debt.

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Linways Technologies

APRIL 21, 2020

How to prepare for the online learning process. The impact of online education is on the rise. Since the outbreak of Coronavirus, more and more institutions are adapting to online learning, and the demand for online education has definitely risen. But along with the teaching/management aspects, we should also prepare our students for online courses.

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SpeechTechie

APRIL 21, 2020

About 3 years ago, Nathan Curtis and I did a webinar for ASHA, Apps and Web-Based Materials for Telepractice. It is now offered through ASHA's Learning Pass, which they have made free through July. This post serves to notify readers of this opportunity offering.15 CEUs, but I am also receiving a lot of questions about it, actually a lot of the same two reasonable questions, so I wanted to provide a quick link to those answers.

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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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