Catlin Tucker

MARCH 16, 2020

In this episode of The Balance , I talk with Jason Green , co-author of Blended Learning in Action and Co-Founder and Co-CEO of LINC. Jason Green has dedicated his career to creating positive change in education. Jason has helped hundreds of schools and districts reimagine and implement 21st-century teaching and learning. In this episode, Jason and I talk about how to positively change the culture on school campuses, shift from pockets of innovation to innovation at scale, move from a focus on p

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 16, 2020

If your teaching has been moved online in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, learn which webtools make online learning exciting for kids and easy for you in this class–starts March 23rd! MTI 562: The Tech-infused Teacher. MTI 562 starts Monday, March 23, 2020 . Click to sign up. The 21st century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

News that schools and districts across the country are closing campuses and preparing to transition their staff and students to online learning have led to a flurry of questions and, subsequently, people lending support. Among them are companies directly reaching out to teachers and administrators, offering to help ease that transition. Often, these pitches entail free or discounted software for products ranging from instructional materials to virtual conferencing tools.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 16, 2020

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) announced on March 11 that its 2020 conference on transformational technology leadership is now a two-part virtual experience. CoSN’s Board of Directors made the decision based on official health and safety advisories regarding COVID-19 from the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the public health department of the District of Columbia , where the live event was scheduled to take place.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

School leaders and administrative teams across the country are weighing alternatives and contingency plans for combating the spread of COVID-19. With outright closure appearing to be the best option for “flattening the curve,” many are wisely pointing out that massive moves to online teaching and learning will likely require more training and support than can be mustered on an emergency basis.

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Teacher Tech

MARCH 16, 2020

Kahoot Brings Fun to Distance Learning We all know gamification works, kids will run to class and poke each other in the eye to do a Kahoot. This is my long standing joke I’ve said for years. Now we are in the position of having class online and we want kids running to learning even […]. The post 5 Ways Kahoot Supports Distance Learning appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2020

Imagine yourself sitting on a beautiful beach in the Philippines, enjoying a relaxing week off from school when your phone buzzes with messages. Your flight back to China has been cancelled. Your school is closed. You need to be ready to support teachers thousands of miles away who must start “home-based learning” on Monday. That’s what happened to me, and as much as I wanted to chuck my phone into the ocean and go back to my coconut drink and my Michael Connelly novel, I knew I needed to get to

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

Flexibility is the key to providing an equitable learning environment—one in which every student feels comfortable, valued and fully included in all aspects of learning. Discover how you can make this happen at your school or district today. Click here to view and download the full infographic.

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100mentors

MARCH 16, 2020

What facilitates the implementation of PBL, and how can we evaluate the progress our students have made? “Modern digital technology, group processes of high quality, teachers’ ability to effectively scaffold students’ learning and provide guidance and support, the balance between didactic instruction with in-depth inquiry methods and well-aligned assessment have been identified in the literature as facilitating factors in the implementation of PBL” (Kokotsaki, Menzies, & Wiggins, 2016).

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2020

The halls inside Bothell High School in Bothell, Wash. stand empty. The suburban Seattle school is part of the Northshore School District, which closed earlier in March and has since paused its online learning program. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson). NEW YORK – Like it or not, we are suddenly a nation of home schoolers, with little preparation. The rapidly spreading coronavirus is instantly changing the way education is delivered, as school and home become the same place.

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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

MARCH 16, 2020

Below is a collection of some good iPad apps to help students with their math homework. They provide detailed instructions on how to solve a wide variety of math problems covering different.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2020

We think of the teen years as a worrisome period when some kids can spiral downward, developing anxieties and addictions. But Ron Dahl, who directs the Institute for Human Development at the University of California, Berkeley, argues that adolescence is actually a second opportunity to invest in children because of the enormous brain development during this period.

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techlearning

MARCH 16, 2020

Hundreds of free elearning resources for schools worldwide, especially those affected by coronavirus/COVID-19 closures.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 16, 2020

One of our priorities as teachers, educators and parents is to ensure that our students and kids use the internet in appropriate, safe and secure ways. Digital literacy and digital citizenship are.

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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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Teacher Tech

MARCH 16, 2020

Guest Blog Post by TK (Teresa Marie Kelly) Tip Sheet 1: Basic Principles Tip 1: Cut Yourself and Your Students Some Slack Mistakes will be made. Even seasoned distance educators and learners make mistakes, have trouble with organization, and try things that do not work. The extraordinary circumstances and rapid transition mean more errors will […].

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 16, 2020

Schools across the United States and the world are closing due to the coronavirus pandemic and the urgent need for social distancing. This leaves teachers and schools scrambling to figure out how to keep kids learning at home during this time. Whether you're used to teaching with tech or not, transitioning to virtual learning is a big undertaking.

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EmergingEdTech

MARCH 16, 2020

In these challenging times, many companies are making their tools and resources free to educators and students. I'm collecting resources here to share and will add more as I come across them. This is. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 16, 2020

As the effects of the coronavirus sweep through the United States and across the world, many teachers and schools are making the shift to virtual learning. But even if students are comfortable with technology, learning online requires its own norms and procedures, many of which will be new to students who are used to learning in a face-to-face classroom.

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MARCH 16, 2020

As the world attempts to try and contain the spread of the coronavirus, both parents and students are setting up to work and learn at home. Glass half full: No commute, extra time with the family, and increased productivity. But for many people, working from home is a nightmare. Your wifi is slow, the fridge is too close, or you can’t figure out how to send emails offline.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 16, 2020

The post Podcast PD Choice Board for Teachers Vol. 2 (FREE Download!) appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Looking for some great (and FREE) teacher PD? Look no further! I’ve got another Podcast PD Choice Board for Teachers! My hope is that this template will give you even more ideas for how to use podcasts for professional learning at your school or on your own.

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techlearning

MARCH 16, 2020

The need for distance learning is quickly becoming a reality for millions of students as schools around the world close temporarily due to the coronavirus.

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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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Omega Notes

MARCH 16, 2020

In response to COVID-19, more and more institutions are scrambling to quickly find distance education solutions allowing them to transition their traditional classrooms into an online environment. Fortunately dozens of EdTech companies have offered their services and platforms for free during this time of need. The following is a list of free online tools professors or administrators can use to move their students online expediently.

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eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2020

The traditional educational “classroom” has changed in ways that no one could have imagined thanks to the web and continually evolving technology. Secondary schools have been challenged, as they search for ways to provide more customized educational options for students who are seeking to discover their own passions and interests. This has presented challenges for all secondary schools, but even more so for Jewish day schools with an already full day of dual curriculum courses.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2020

I was a professor in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath forced months-long campus shutdowns. Being out of the office was difficult, but I had networks and money that enabled me to have a roof over my head throughout my evacuation. For many students, however, the decision to close colleges and universities, while perhaps unavoidable, compounded the disaster.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 16, 2020

WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. Sometimes, teaching is more like bombardment: Grading hundreds of essays, placating disgruntled parents, accommodating learning needs, sweating out the principals’ nerve-wracking classroom observation. And then there are the stressors of life beyond the classroom. Being a teacher can be tough. It is rewarding but also overwhelming and, at times, can take a personal and professional toll.

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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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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2020

Towana Pierre-Floyd, principal of Frederick A. Douglass High School in New Orleans, wanted her students to have the same transformative experience she did on a high school trip to Ghana. This year, she took 25 students to Belize, where they learned about the Garifuna and Mayan cultures. Photo: Casey Parks for The Hechinger Report. Towana Pierre-Floyd said we’d reach the ocean soon.

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MiddleWeb

MARCH 16, 2020

An English learner’s developing language skills can easily be misdiagnosed as a learning disorder. As a first step, make sure Els are receiving high-quality instruction. Tan Huynh suggests ways to detect EL processing issues and strategies to support dually-identified ELs.

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ExcelinEd

MARCH 16, 2020

According to the most recent data from Education Week , at least 35.9 million public school students are affected by school closures. We hope the following resources will help state and school leaders as they care for their students and communities. Interim guidance for K-12 schools to plan, prepare and respond to the Coronavirus. Resources for educators and local leaders on K-12 flexibilities, student privacy and educating students with disabilities during an outbreak.

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Reading By Example

MARCH 16, 2020

The 2nd grader only liked chapter books. “What type of chapter books? Do you have a favorite genre?” I asked. “Just chapter books,” he responded. Not far from my seat in the school library, a 1st grader was upset that there were no more Dogman copies left. “I don’t want any other types of books,” he stated after the librarian made some suggestions for alternative titles.

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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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