EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

How Makerspaces in Schools Help Students Learn to Code. eli.zimmerman_9856. Fri, 09/28/2018 - 10:10. Computer science has taken a priority slot for K–12 teachers , as experts forecast a majority of jobs will incorporate some kind of coding skills or computational thinking by as early as 2020. . One way that schools are engaging students is by introducing coding activities in makerspaces, where students can use the creative culture to start establishing the building blocks of computational thinki

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

For iPad and Google Play Tablet Devices of All Kinds From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. The Really Good Stuff ? Digital Learning Collection has over 150 apps for kindergarten to second-grade classrooms. Recently, I took a tour of this amazing app. Perhaps you’re wondering how more than 150 apps can be inside one?

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Game On: Teachers Should Continue to Gamify Classrooms. jena.passut_7651. Fri, 09/28/2018 - 15:49. Let’s be honest: If a student had a choice between playing a game or doing a math worksheet, he’d pick the game 100 percent of the time. That doesn’t mean teachers have to turn over their classrooms to “Fortnite,” “Clash of Clans” and “Pokémon Go.” Instead, there are clever ways to use games to engage and enthuse students in learning.

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Ditch That Textbook

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

A quick way to start a conversation is by asking someone about their favorite game. Whether it’s the latest video game craze (Fornite takes the cake there), a beloved childhood board game or the local sports team they never miss watching, games are an engaging topic. As adults we love games. And so do our […].

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Here’s a preview of what’s coming up on Ask a Tech Teacher in October: Resources for Dyslexia Awareness Month. Resources for Digital Citizenship Week. Resources for National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month. Qualities of an effective teacher. Purpose Driven Learning: Myths, Problems, and Education Applications. Online Classes. A list of education advisors you can trust.

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Ditch That Textbook

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Repetition-based worksheet homework frustrates teachers and students alike. It often struggles to get results and you never know who’s doing the work. Plus, the feedback to students comes very, very late. There’s an alternative. Try the Fast and the Curious EduProtocol, an idea from Marlena Hebern and Jon Corippo’s book, “The EduProtocol Field Guide.” It […].

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Advocates for personalized learning have bold and plentiful ambitions for students: higher rates of engagement, greater persistence, healthy development and expanded opportunity—not to mention improved academics. All of these ambitions to support healthy, whole child development often fall to a single, key relationship at the heart of any school: the relationship between students and their teachers.

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EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Guest Post via Jen Saarinen. Jen Saarinen is a middle school educator from Rhode Island who believes in the power of student voice. Jen was recognized as the Teacher of the Year for the Bristol Warren Regional School District in June of 2018. Find her on twitter: @snej80 and is a new blogger at Speculating Snej80. As a teacher who was an eager to adopt technology tools into my classroom, I often found it difficult or nearly impossible for them to work well with math.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Language teacher Serena Maniscalco never thought a composting initiative she led several years ago would lead to the development of an learning space that would help so many students grow. But it spurred the development of a garden at Moreau Catholic High School, a private school in Hayward, Calif., where students get to grow produce like pumpkins, tomatoes, eggplants and lemons.

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EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

I recently had the incredible opportunity to help launch my school district’s new “Personalized Learning Fellowship.” We spent the day exploring the what, why and how of Personalized Learning, while also engaging in deep discussions about the current state of K-12 education. Ultimately we focused on ways that we can shift to create a more relevant and impactful learning experience for our all of our students.

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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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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

More than half of today’s adult workers (62 percent) say they were never exposed to STEM-related studies and career possibilities in elementary school, according to a survey from littleBits and YouGov. The findings support other research indicating that early exposure to STEM courses helps students stick with these studies even as the material becomes more challenging in high school and college.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Both high-tech innovations for learning and the inability of many American schoolchildren to write well have been major talking points in educational circles for quite some time, but oddly enough, one may offer a solution to helping remedy the other. There are a variety of tech tools and methods out there for teaching writing […]. The post 10 Ideas For Using Technology To Teach Writing appeared first on TeachThought.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

After we have covered STEAM websites to use with your students in class, we are sharing with you this visual we have been working on for the last few days. It features what we think are some of the.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Children cannot grow out of dyslexia. Rather, the dyslexia will only have more severe consequences over time with lack of intervention. It is critical to keep an eye out for all possible red flags at every grade level to understand when intervention is needed. In their recent edWebinar , Kelli Sandman-Hurley, Ed.D., and Tracy Block-Zaretsky, co-founders of the Dyslexia Training Institute, reviewed the potential warning signs of dyslexia.

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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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Witeboard is an excellent collaborative whiteboard tool you can use to collaborate with your team and brainstorm ideas in realtime. We have already featured this tool in one of our previous New.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

I attended a small job fair recently for mid-career professionals studying at a top Bay Area graduate school. I was impressed by the résumés — an array of engineering and design experiences at brand-name technology firms. Yet, more often than not when candidates shared their stories, I struggled to contain a yawn. They engaged in formulaic narration, recounting past jobs and current graduate work, and telling me one after another how qualified they were.

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Teacher Tech

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Schedule Assignments in Google Classroom Plan out assignments in advance and schedule them to post when you’re ready. Tiny Triangle G Suite users should get excited about 3 dots and tiny triangles! Tiny triangles are all over the place, don’t wonder… click on them! When creating a Google Classroom assignment there are 6 (7 if […].

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EdTechTeam

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

As a coach assisting teachers with technology integration and personalized learning, I notice patterns arising from teacher to teacher. One pattern that I have noticed is that a teacher, no matter how strong they are, hits a wall when it comes to progressing to the next level. In every situation I’ve encountered the reason is the same: absence of a positive climate and culture.

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SpeechTechie

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Cartoon Network has recently produced a series of Peanuts "minisodes" available on YouTube through this playlist. As a general strategy, locating playlists of videos on YouTube can help us find resources on a theme or potentially useful for similar clinical targets. Additionally, identifying YouTube channels we find useful, always represented by a circular icon and a red button to subscribe (the circle for Cosmic Kids , below, is a little hard to see with all the white) when you search, also hel

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NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Nearly 300 motion picture treasures representing a century of cinema history are now easily available through the Library of Congress’s new National Screening Room. Curator of the Library’s Moving Image Section, Mike Mashon shared : The goal of this digital project is to present the public with a broad range of historical and cultural audio-visual materials that will enrich education, scholarship and lifelong learning.

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The Game Agency

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Pharmaceutical sales requires a different level of expertise. As the main point of contact between your organization and healthcare providers, it’s imperative that sales reps have depth of knowledge in combination with top notch sales skills to represent your brand effectively. Reps need to understand the business of medicine and the mind-set of their customers in order to provide greater value and make an impact.

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Reading By Example

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

I was only partially surprised when a librarian mentioned to me that in her school, graphic novels were not seen as quality literature by some of the teachers. This discussion was prompted by a note a former student had written to her recently. Thank you for letting me read graphic novels. They really hooked me as a reader, and now I am a great reader.

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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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MiddleWeb

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Teacher Rebecca Crockett writes author Jessica Shumway has given her all the tools she needs to really commit to using number sense routines with her fifth graders, including explaining routine types, building community, and engaging all students in the discussion.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Whenever I get the opportunity to work with a team of educators for a day, I’m always excited for what the day will bring. Being an attendee at many a workshop as well, I know that there is a sense of dread when it comes to “icebreakers”. I’ve got a few up my sleeve that seem to always be a big hit, but lately I’ve been looking for something different.

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MiddleWeb

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Sarah Tantillo uses an inferential approach, in which students analyze how the grammar works. She follows the Common Core standards to structure the book. ELA teacher Amanda Berry appreciates Tantillo's insights and humor but concludes the self-published book needed an editor.

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Technology Tidbits

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Sway is an educational app by Microsoft that is ideal for digital storytelling. Sway is very easy to use and lets students create stunning presentations, stories, and even newsletters. All a user has to do is select their their layout, upload their images, and add text, Sway takes care of the rest. A finished project can then be shared via a unique URL.

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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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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

In the aftermath of a huge New England snowstorm, a friend’s car got stuck driving down KJ Dell’Antonia’s driveway. So she and her four children bundled up and headed out with shovels. After freeing the car once, it slid into a snowbank, and they had to start again as the sun was setting. It was “ hard, unpleasant work. ” Yet after getting the friend safely on her way, one of the children turned to Dell’Antonia and said, “That was fun!”.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Title : Office Sway Summary : Cool scroll effects, flexible features boost visual storytelling tool Pros: Tons of features make it easy to combine text and images to tell a story that's all your own. Cons: Watch out for the privacy features to make sure that you're not sharing too much. Bottom Line: A great tool for design and presentation if great visuals and easy sharing trump having some active viewing features present in other tools. [ Use Twitter to Build PLN, Communicate With Students ] Re

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. I bet I missed some stuff this week as I was trying desperately to not pay attention to the dumpster fire of US politics. (National) Education Politics. Poetry. “ Lights go out at Education Department headquarters – and may stay off for some time,” The Washington Post reports.

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