Catlin Tucker

MARCH 6, 2018

Last night I watched an episode of Black Mirror , which Netflix describes as “ sci-fi anthology series explores a twisted, high-tech near-future where humanity’s greatest innovations and darkest instincts collide.” My interest in the show was initially piqued on a visit to my sister’s home in Los Angeles. She works at Netflix and has a piece of artwork in her apartment that presents a scene from a Black Mirror’s “Nosedive” episode.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 6, 2018

3 Steps Budget-Conscious Schools Can Take to Upgrade Infrastructure. meghan.bogardu…. Tue, 03/06/2018 - 10:05. For any school looking to innovate, one of the first things to consider is whether or not the school has robust and pervasive Wi-Fi. This kind of infrastructure is key to finding success with education technology. But schools don’t need to break their budgets on an infrastructure upgrade.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 6, 2018

As an ESL student and a child from an immigrant, economically disadvantaged family raised in blue-collar northern Ohio, I know first-hand the power a good book can have on a child who feels different and inferior from everyone around him. Aside from being a great escape vehicle, through character dialogue and imagery, books can introduce you to the colloquial language parents cannot teach – creating fewer awkward situations among friends and classmates.

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Ditch That Textbook

MARCH 6, 2018

So … can I come along with you on your commute to school? Or a grocery run? Maybe while you’re working out or gardening? If you let me, I promise I’ll give you some ideas you can use in your classroom. This is what podcasts feel like to me. It’s like carrying around radio shows […].

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

MARCH 6, 2018

Generally speaking, incubators and accelerators are a great way to move your needle forward, as long as you have realistic expectations and are prepared to work at it. The post 6 Ways to Make Startup Accelerators Work for Your New Venture appeared first on Market Brief.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 6, 2018

Day 56 of 80 Days of Excellence From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Abraham Lincoln said, “No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.” But wow, some people sure do try. They lie on resumes. They lie about what really happened. And then, when situations are too hard to face, sometimes they’ll lie to themselves.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 6, 2018

Jeff Bradbury on episode 267 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Jeff Bradbury, IT Coach and Podcaster at the Teachercast Network and I talk about education podcasting and how it all works. Advancement Courses has more than 200 graduate level online professional development courses for K-12 teachers.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2018

It’s no secret that Asian capital fuels American business. That’s especially true in education technology, where last year EdSurge revealed that Asia-based financiers are increasingly investing in U.S. edtech venture firms as limited partners. Now, one of those groups has decided to create its own U.S.-based fund. In the coming months, EduLab Ventures, a group with roots in Japan, will wrap up the fundraising process for a new edtech fund that could bring up to $40 million to invest in early-sta

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Education Elements

MARCH 6, 2018

Several years ago I observed a highly effective veteran teacher during her annual formal observation. She had incorporated many elements of personalized learning into her classroom practices and her learners were demonstrating evidence that they were capable of being actively involved in their own learning. Unfortunately, this teacher’s years of being in charge of the classroom and the need to control each aspect did not allow her to enjoy the empowerment she had gifted to her learners.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 6, 2018

Here is a collection of some good educational websites we curated specifically for music teachers. They feature various resources to help teachers in the teaching music. These resources include web.read more.

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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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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2018

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos made a last-minute appearance at SXSW EDU on Tuesday, calling for a “rethink” of American higher education. In an unusual move, DeVos spent the bulk of the session serving as moderator, asking questions and seeking policy advice from three panelists. Some on Twitter and in the audience took issue with the choice of those panelists: Anant Agarwal, CEO of edX, founded by MIT and Harvard to offer MOOCs and other online courses; David Clayton, senior vice president of

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Comfortably 2.0

MARCH 6, 2018

I'm fortunate in the fact that I get to work with Kindergartners. Six years ago when I started in my current position, the thought of going into one of our five Kindergarten classrooms flat out intimidated me. Today, I look forward to going into any of those five Kindergarten classrooms in our district.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2018

Ninjas. Rockstars. Those may be commonly-used metaphors to describe ideal workers at fast-growing tech companies. But in job descriptions, these labels can feel exclusionary and dissuade candidates from joining an organization. At a SXSW EDU session about improving recruiting, hiring and cultural practices to support diverse edtech organizations, TeLisa Daughtry, founder of FlyTechnista , says that sort of word choice can feel uncomfortable for women and people of color who don’t associate with

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Teacher Tech

MARCH 6, 2018

Ditch That Homework Trailer My social media/business manager Erica is going to school to obtain a degree in media communications. Her assignment was to make a viral video, so she made on on homework! Check it out Link to the YouTube Video Ditch That Homework There are many things that improve learning. The most important factor […]. The post Ditch That Homework 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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MiddleWeb

MARCH 6, 2018

Michelle Russell has always had her students figure out corrections to problems missed on math tests. Wondering how much the routine helps the students learn, she surveys the kids and sets out to tweak the process. Do her plans match your practice?

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TeacherCast

MARCH 6, 2018

Jeff sits down with Mik Tholfsen and Ari Schorr to discuss how Microsoft OneNote is being used in classrooms to help teachers and students stay digitally organized. . The post Learn how Microsoft @OneNoteEDU can organize your digital classroom | @MicrosoftEDU appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 6, 2018

A survey released at SXSWedu found that girls who are heavy social media users were more likely to be depressed and isolated from their peers. The post Survey Finds Girls’ Isolation, Vulnerability Rise With Heavy Social Media Use appeared first on Market Brief.

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TeacherCast

MARCH 6, 2018

I was recently working with a group of teachers and they had asked a question about maximizing the desktop space on their Windows 10 machines. One of the things we learned together is that there are several possibilities for conserving digital real estate for your content creation. The post 3 Things You Can Do With Your New Windows 10 Computer | @MicrosoftEDU appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2018

STEM and STEAM are all the rage these days, and for good reason–the skills students take away from STEM and STEAM classes help them succeed in advanced education classes, training programs, and the workforce. One junior high school in Texas has made it a mission to engage all students in different aspects of STEAM, because, as the educators say, students are propelled further into STEM exploration when they use their creative drive.

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TeacherCast

MARCH 6, 2018

On this episode of the TeacherCast App Spotlight, Jeff welcomes Global Marketing Director Tanya Mas and Sydney Harper from the Aspen Academy to discuss how Rosetta Stone is transforming the way students are able to learn and master a new language. The post @RosettaStoneED: Celebrating 25 years of helping students learn a second language appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2018

While most books are still just text on a page, augmented reality books can bring words and stories to life. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Tuesday with trends and top stories about education innovation.

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TeacherCast

MARCH 6, 2018

Jeff sits down with Ami Shah to discuss how Peekapak is able to help promote child development in grades PK-2. The post @Peekapak | Enabling teachers and parents to work as partners in a student’s education. appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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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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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 6, 2018

22 Of The Best Apps To Make Videos In The Classroom by TeachThought Staff In education, perhaps one of the least utilized talents of iOS hardware is creating exceptional video. While it’s not uncommon for teachers and students to use iPads to create videos, creating stunning videos that are compelling, well-produced, innovative, truly social, and/or something […].

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 6, 2018

OneNote is one of our favourite note taking tools. It provides a collection of powerful features that enable you to easily record, edit, and share your notes. ‘You can type, scribble, handwrite, or.read more.

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ProfHacker

MARCH 6, 2018

Last week, Kathleen Fitzpatrick made available the manuscript of her latest book project, Generous Thinking: The University and the Public Good for open review on Humanities Commons , the repository she led the way on building while at the MLA. It’s always great to read Kathleen on reading, and she’s done a lot of work over the past decade to live out her rhetoric of generosity.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2018

Student Jaylen Dennis sets up an experiment to test one of Newton’s Laws. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. LEXINGTON, Miss. — Inside a rural high school, five Advanced Placement physics students furiously scribbled notes about a video of a Yale University professor speaking more than 1,200 miles away. With textbooks open, they watched a lecture about Newton’s Laws on a giant screen, while their classroom teacher simultaneously offered examples of those laws in action.

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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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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 6, 2018

The U.S. Secretary of Education talked about the need to "question everything" to ensure that students can realize their potential. The post Give Educators More Freedom to Innovate, DeVos Tells SXSWedu appeared first on Market Brief.

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EdTechTeam

MARCH 6, 2018

The idea of adding inquiry to our classrooms is exciting for teachers. It offers us a chance to get to know our student’s better, to understand their passions, and it provides student agency. Inquiry makes teaching electric again. But there are best practices and foundational skills needed to ensure that inquiry is implemented effectively. That is where Trevor Mackenzie’s new book Inquiry Mindset comes in.

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 6, 2018

In each episode of the Inside Our MIND podcast, we take a look at issues and challenges facing education that we are working to address through research, technology and strategic initiatives. In our latest show, host Brian LeTendre talks with MIND's Lead Mathematician Brandon Smith about some common misconceptions regarding personalized learning. Brandon also gives some guidance on what questions educators should ask when designing or implementing a personalized learning model.

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The Principal of Change

MARCH 6, 2018

Eric Sheninger tweeted this out recently: Kids aren’t distracted because of devices. They are distracted because of the task, lack of relevance, and no real accountability. — Eric Sheninger (@E_Sheninger) February 28, 2018. When you have a moment, read the comments back and forth on the tweet. The most important aspect of what he tweeted is not that all educators agree, but that we are all in on the conversation, for our students and ourselves.

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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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