Tom Murray
JUNE 6, 2016
At the end of last summer, my wife and I watched our little girl step on a school bus for the very first time. With tears in our eyes, we wrote the post, “ Written With Love On Your First Day of Kindergarten ”, as a piece of our collective heart forever took her first real steps without us by her side. Her smile radiated and her confidence sparkled, but for her mom and dad, letting her grow wings, we’ll admit, was hard.
Ditch That Textbook
JUNE 6, 2016
With three elementary-aged kids at home, I’ve seen my fair share of Disney Channel shows. It started with Mickey Mouse Clubhouse many years ago and has since evolved to Good Luck Charlie. (I’ll actually get the theme song for that one stuck in my head and sing it all day. Not by choice.) I’ll tolerate [.].
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The Journal
JUNE 6, 2016
David Thornburg, our guest blogger, looks back and looks forward – and sees Chromebook’s DNA in the history of computing and forecasts all sorts of provocative software that this "new" platform will engender.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JUNE 6, 2016
If you’re new to Ask a Tech Teacher, here’s what you do: Sign up for a newsletter. They’re (kinda) weekly and always free. Weekly Tech Tips. Weekly Websites. New Tech ed Projects. Check out our columns. They are numerous and varied, including. Weekly tech tips. Weekly websites. How-to’s–how to use web tools, software, hardware, more. Dear Otto –questions from educators on tech questions.
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Hapara
JUNE 6, 2016
“Summer slide,” “Summer brain drain,” no matter what term you use for it, it’s well-known that students lose critical academic skills during the weeks that they are out of school. This is true in both reading and math, and especially true for low-income students.
FuelEd
JUNE 6, 2016
Contributor: Carolynn Mortensen Wednesday, June 8, 2016 - 12:00pm Many school leaders understand that integrating technology into the classroom is now a must-have to fully engage their students. These five best practices can help school leaders strengthen their educational leadership skills while building support for the need to include rich digital content in technology-enhanced classrooms.
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FuelEd
JUNE 6, 2016
Contributor: Carolynn Mortensen Wednesday, June 8, 2016 - 12:00pm Many school leaders understand that integrating technology into the classroom is now a must-have to fully engage their students. These five best practices can help school leaders strengthen their educational leadership skills while building support for the need to include rich digital content in technology-enhanced classrooms.
21st Century Educational Technology and Learning
JUNE 6, 2016
I thought you might enjoy another post devoted to Project Based Learning. In the last post, I described how content standards are so important to effective PBL. In today’s world education must go beyond content and address the important life and success skills sometimes referred to 21st-century skills or the 4 C’s I do hope you enjoy this process driven article.
TeacherCast
JUNE 6, 2016
Jeff sits down with Christy Brazemore from Voki to discuss how educators and students worldwide are using Voki's powerful talking avatars in their curriculum to meet not only their curriculum standards, but to engage the imaginations of students of all ages and subject areas. The post Learning how Voki can be used in classrooms of all grade levels and subject areas | @OfficialVoki appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 6, 2016
Southern High School teacher Matthew Haynes helps sophomore Dasani Johnson with setting up a lathe. Photo: Emmanuel Felton. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Dasani Johnson, a sophomore at Southern High School, is using a machine to create a baseball bat out of a piece of foam. Standing over her, as she readies to start the machine, are her teacher and two classmates.
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.
ProfHacker
JUNE 6, 2016
When was the last time you checked email, Facebook, or Twitter? (Are you checking those feeds right now, while you’ve got a tab open for this blog post?). Does your time on the internet distract you from your priority projects and tasks? If so, you’re not alone. Almost everyone I talk to about productivity complains about losing time online because it’s so easy to find yourself following a trail of links you didn’t deliberately set out to read.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 6, 2016
College administrators typically rely on standardized tests to decide which students should proceed directly to college-level classes and which students should start in remedial courses. But a new Alaska study adds more weight to a growing body of research showing that standardized tests are a lousy way to make this decision, and that it would be much better to look at students’ high school grades instead.
Turning Learning On Its Head
JUNE 6, 2016
Join Jon in Part 5 in the Flipped-Mastery Series. This is the follow-up to Jon’s episode about no more quizes. Listen to Jon’s Mastery Check model for quality formative assessments. Join Jon in Part 5 in the Flipped-Mastery Series. This is the follow-up to Jon’s episode about no more quizes. Listen to Jon’s Mastery Check model for quality formative assessments.
Gaggle Speaks
JUNE 6, 2016
In my previous post, I set out to define what discipline and teachable moments mean through a real-life example that might be similar to what you have dealt within in your school or district. Very clearly, both discipline and teachable moments can be helpful. It’s also possible for a disciplinary action to be a teachable moment. While similar (and even compatible), there also are many differences between the two: Discipline shows students that they did something wrong, according to the people i
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.
eSchool News
JUNE 6, 2016
Technology plus music is an easy, accessible way to put STEAM in lessons — and students love it. The holy grail for those of us in education is a method that imbues students with higher-level thinking skills that stick, preparing them for what comes next in their lives. This means not just reaching all students with the content they must learn but making sure this information stays around in their heads to improve their school performance and knowledge base.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 6, 2016
Octavio Gutierrez works with a group of students learning English, giving them a preview of what their fluent peers will learn later. Photo: Emmanuel Felton. HAWTHORNE, Ca. – With testing season starting up again, here’s a reminder of last year’s demoralizing news: Every California district and demographic group fared worse on the national Smarter Balanced tests, and the state’s already large test score gaps grew.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JUNE 6, 2016
June 7, 2016 Newsletters are great communicative tools which you can use with your students for a variety of educational purposes. There are now several web tools which makes the process of.read more.
My Paperless Classroom
JUNE 6, 2016
The close of the school year can be a rough cocktail of feelings, deadlines, pressures and surprises. As this school year draws to a close, I am getting ready to move to a new school in another city. Yesterday a student asked, “Does this mean I will never see you again?” I was surprised by the […]. The post What can puppets teach us about being emotional educators?
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JUNE 6, 2016
June 6, 2016 For those of you using Google Apps for Education, this app is definitely a must have. Haiku Learning empowers you with a suite of educational tools to use in your instruction. These.read more.
The 21st Century Principal
JUNE 6, 2016
"The people who ask questions that no one else is asking are the inventors and entrepreneurs and leaders who will create the next wave of innovative disruptions." Jensen, Bill. Disrupt! Think Epic. Be Epic.: 25 Successful Habits For An Extremely Disruptive World Often, as we work within the education, we are actually discouraged from asking tough questions.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JUNE 6, 2016
June 6, 2016 Drive Permissions Auditor is a great new add-on from Labnol (Digital Inspiration). As its name indicates, this add-on allows you to generate detailed access and permission reports of.read more.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 6, 2016
Michael Sorrell, president of Paul Quinn College. Photo: Andre Perry. Muhammad Ali didn’t emerge from empty space. He represented the people and neighborhoods of Louisville. We should assume there are more like him in Louisville, Dallas, New Orleans and Chicago. And our adulation of individuals should inspire community investment. Join the conversation later on Andre Perry’s radio show, “Free College,” hosted Tuesdays on WBOK1230 in New Orleans at 3pm Central/4pm Eastern 504.260.9265.
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.
esri
JUNE 6, 2016
A good map informs, a powerful map provokes. A good instructional activity teaches, and a powerful one fosters questions and investigation. Byte by byte, “ GeoInquiries ” are changing instruction. Esri Education Manager Tom Baker has been leading teams of authors to produce short, content-based lessons which help teachers address key content, using maps, in an inquiry-based manner, which builds comfort with the power of online GIS.
Edutopia
JUNE 6, 2016
Michael Hernandez PBL Assessment Because PBL is about more than learning content, PBL teachers should investigate and experiment with multi-model strategies for assessing their students' learning skills.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 6, 2016
Audience members look on during a meeting where Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Filmmaker Spike Lee, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., and others called for more black men to become teachers at Morehouse College in Atlanta. Photo: AP Photo/John Bazemore. The National Interest: Once a month, this column is tackling broader questions about what the country should do about gaps in achievement and opportunity, especially for boys of color, in a partnership with The Root.
Edutopia
JUNE 6, 2016
Matt Davis College Readiness Whether a student is preparing or college or career, the summer after high school can be both exciting and overwhelming. Blogger Matt Davis has gathered some resources educators and parents can share with graduates to help them start planning ahead.
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.
Marketplace K-12
JUNE 6, 2016
A number of ed-tech companies, including Udemy and Tynker, have raked in funds from investors over the past week. In addition, PeopleAdmin, a talent-management software provider for the education sector, acquired TeacherMatch. Udemy Raises $60 Million: Udemy , a San Francisco-based online provider of courses, received a $60 million strategic investment from Internet and entertainment group Naspers through its Naspers Ventures division.
Teacher Tech
JUNE 6, 2016
Polar 3D: Build Your Math Polar 3D (polar3d.com) generously supported the “Teaching Math with Google Apps” workshop at Google in New York City (thank you!). I have a Polar 3D printer and it is a great printer to get started with. I like how quick and easy it is to upload files to my Polar […]. The post Polar 3D Printer: Build Your Math appeared first on Teacher Tech.
MindShift
JUNE 6, 2016
Third grade teacher Anita Parameswaran is no stranger to students who have experienced trauma. She has taught kids who have experienced the effects of abuse, neglect and divorce. She had one student experience a huge setback when he learned his father was arrested and sent to jail. The student then became violent, throwing things, and hurting other students, according to Parameswaran.
eSchool News
JUNE 6, 2016
After a decline, tablet shipments will pick up due to the emergence of detachables. Worldwide tablet shipments are expected to decline for the second straight year in 2016, dropping 9.6 percent compared to 2015 volumes, according to a new International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker forecast. The tablet market in totality has seen its peak and will face down years in 2016 and 2017, followed by a slight rebound in 2018 and beyond driven by detachable tablet growth.
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