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JULY 25, 2018

Mobile Classrooms Bring STEM Where Students Need IT. eli.zimmerman_9856. Wed, 07/25/2018 - 15:30. Educators are utilizing education technology to repurpose old trailers and buses to create mobile education spaces , classrooms on wheels where students are able to experience what STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) has to offer. With the help of new tools designed for mobility , such as Cradlepoint access points for internet-connected school busses or smaller portable 3D printer s, m

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Edsurge

JULY 25, 2018

It’s the bottom of the ninth with two outs and it’s all tied up. You’ve got a runner on first base and you need to decide who you’re sending to the plate. You have a player with a stellar batting average, a player reliable for drawing walks and one who promises they can win it all for you—who do you play? In the fall of 2002, the Oakland Athletics shattered a 55-year-old record with twenty consecutive games won.

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Education Elements

JULY 25, 2018

“Please see me in my office when you get a break.” A message that is not for the faint of heart. It is also a message I received often from my principal when I was teaching. You read that correctly, I was regularly asked to visit the principal’s office. Given my fear of being in trouble, this is not a message I would typically welcome from my boss but she was not a typical lady!

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 25, 2018

Welcome to part two on this series based on Computation Thinking. This second post will provide a goldmine of resources to get you started with your students. In the prior post I provided 10 ideas to promote Computational Thinking across the curriculumn. You will not want to miss it! Also, please take a moment to subscribe to this blog by RSS or email and join me on twitter at mjgormans .

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Education Elements

JULY 25, 2018

“Please see me in my office when you get a break.” A message that is not for the faint of heart. It is also a message I received often from my principal when I was teaching. You read that correctly, I was regularly asked to visit the principal’s office. Given my fear of being in trouble, this is not a message I would typically welcome from my boss but she was not a typical lady!

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 25, 2018

30 Universal Strategies For Learning by Terry Heick As teachers, we’re all trying to better understand how people learn–not now they’re taught in terms of teaching strategies, but more so learning strategies–only not really strategies. Learning actions, or cognitive actions. Strategies for learning. Self-directed and social learning will undoubtedly be at the core of any […].

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Teacher Tech

JULY 25, 2018

Rethink Your Paradigms About Grading I’m a fan of Thomas Guskey, I recommend you check out his books and other resources. I saw this tweet from a presentation he was giving on the July 24th, 2018 and I think it is worth reflecting on. Grading is NOT essential to the instructional process! @tguskey #masterylearning I’ve […]. The post Grading is NOT Essential to the Instructional Process @tguskey appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JULY 25, 2018

For those of you keen on learning about autism the collection below is a good place to start with. It features some notable works and research studies that will illuminate your understanding of.read more.

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 25, 2018

Ed-tech providers and educators need to be able to answer three basic questions to prove that an ed-tech product works, a panel agreed. The post The 3 Questions Researchers Want Educators to Ask About Ed-Tech appeared first on Market Brief.

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Teacher Tech

JULY 25, 2018

Rethink Your Paradigms About Grading I’m a fan of Thomas Guskey, I recommend you check out his books and other resources. I saw this tweet from a presentation he was giving on the July 24th, 2018 and I think it is worth reflecting on. Grading is NOT essential to the instructional process! @tguskey #masterylearning I’ve […]. The post Grading is NOT Essential to the Instructional Process @tguskey appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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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

JULY 25, 2018

What if a fast-food gig could help you complete a bachelor’s or master’s degree? It’s a quiet trend that’s sweeping some of the country’s major employers. Walmart, Lowe’s, Discover and Lyft are just a few of the companies that have signed on to offer employees education-as-a-benefit, meaning these companies help students pay for—or completely cover—the cost of tuition for education programs.

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eSchool News

JULY 25, 2018

Despite a brighter spotlight on digital equity, gaps still remain, including the troubling and persistent homework gap–but a newly-relaunched digital equity toolkit aims to highlight the important work districts across the nation are taking to address equity differences. The 2014 E-rate modernization helped a majority of schools meet the FCC’s short-term connectivity goal of 100 Mbps per 1,000 students, according to CoSN’s relaunched Digital Equity Initiative toolkit.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 25, 2018

10 Tips For Parents New To Online Homeschooling contributed by Jennifer Smith Online Schools can present numerous benefits to students of all ages. For one, it offers them (and their parents) a flexible schedule. It also gives them the opportunity to learn at their own pace, have one-on-one access to credentialed and experienced teachers, […].

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eSchool News

JULY 25, 2018

Is your current professional learning (PL) program aligned with the federal definition of professional learning? Can you measure your progress against your organizational goals? How does your organization stack up to the rest of the nation? The Frontline Research & Learning Institute set out to answer these questions in our four-part Bridging the Gap report series.

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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

JULY 25, 2018

Google Classroom is a powerful educational platform you can use with your students to enhance their learning and create a collaborative learning space. You can even boost this collaborative learning.read more.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 25, 2018

. As a country, we heard the children separated from their families at America’s southern border cry inconsolably for their mothers and fathers. And as a country, we waited anxiously as bureaucratic, political and logistical problems have postponed reunions. Now, as families are slowly beginning to be reunited, we are witnessing reunions that may surprise some.

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My Island View

JULY 25, 2018

Often in teacher preparation classes students are asked to develop an education philosophy based on their course studies and observations, or student teaching experiences. For many of these students who go on the pursue careers in education, that might be the only time anyone asked for that philosophy. Of course the best time to develop any philosophy on one’s overall impact of a career may not be to do it before one enters and experiences the full force of that career over a period of time.

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MiddleWeb

JULY 25, 2018

Studying TV in the middle grades might seem frivolous, writes media literacy expert Frank Baker, but when teachers engage kids through popular culture, they meet them where they are. The Emmys is a perfect example. Baker has background and teaching ideas to get started.

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Buncee

JULY 25, 2018

Summer is winding down, and that means Back to School Season is gearing up! Here at Buncee, we’d like to celebrate by bringing you ideas and inspiration on ways you can enhance your science lessons with Buncee! Science and Technology are such an integral part of our everyday lives. In this day and age, it is more important than ever for the younger generation to garner an interest in STEM subjects, and become strong science students.

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MindShift

JULY 25, 2018

This story about restorative justice was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. With just two words, a classroom can be thrown into chaos. Anne Gregory, an associate professor of psychology at Rutgers University, recalls just such a scenario when an angry high school student shouted an expletive (“F— off!

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techlearning

JULY 25, 2018

Many different school districts have the same data challenge. They have data, but it can’t be shared across systems. Educators are often dissatisfied with data management as it requires data to be input multiple times across both the SIS and LMS. For busy teachers this is inefficient and time consuming. Lawrence (KS) Public Schools had this exact situation.

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edWeb.net

JULY 25, 2018

edWeb has just release a new edWeb 2018 Early Learning PD Survey which provides a valuable extension of the information gathered in the Professional Learning Survey: K-12 that was conducted in March 2018. The results are a strong endorsement for the collaborative, anytime anywhere, free professional learning that edWeb provides – for educators in all roles and at all levels.

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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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techlearning

JULY 25, 2018

Central New Mexico Community College has seven campuses in Albuquerque and offers a broad educational coursework for its students who are entering career training and certification or looking to transfer to a university. Central New Mexico Community College is the second largest higher education system in New Mexico. The college offers a liberal arts program to its approximately 23,000 enrolled students, but the biggest educational programs the college offers are film making and nursing.

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Technology Tidbits

JULY 25, 2018

DinoSearch is a new safe search engine for kids. It reminds me a lot of KidRex and is a great way to search for information and images in school. Keep in mind even though there are three filters blocking inappropriate content for kid that some "bad" stuff still may come through. I highly recommend checking out DinoSearch by clicking here !!! For a more detailed review check out EdShelf by clicking here.

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techlearning

JULY 25, 2018

Ninety years after its founding, Angelo State University is still experiencing a very high rate of growth, with over 10,000 enrolled students, a new engineering program and multiple new buildings around campus. During this time, the field service technicians team looks to the university’s membership in the Hitachi OneVision Program for support in buying, upgrading and maintaining projectors throughout campus.

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Edsurge

JULY 25, 2018

The historic Celeste Bartos Forum in the New York Public Library buzzed with ecstasy and creativity recently at the 10th annual Emoti-Con , a fair for students to showcase the projects they’ve been working on all year. Students from all ages came from all five boroughs to also gain insights from other projects. Additionally, they got to listen to keynote speakers who shared their successes and failures in the world of technology.

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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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JULY 25, 2018

Chicago IL – July 25, 2018 – CDI Computer Dealers , a leading provider of technology to schools, has earned an award from Microsoft for deploying more than 1 million OS licenses in North America. CDI’s President, Erez Pikar, accepted the award during the Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher (MAR) Summit in Toronto. CDI has been a Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher since 2010.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 25, 2018

On My Way Pre-K student Vivian Kimberlin, 5, plays during recess at Zion Lutheran School in Seymour, Indiana. Photo: Mareesa Nicosia for The Hechinger Report. INDIANAPOLIS—When Don Kimberlin’s twins, Vivian and Jouston, were infants, their mother was battling opioid addiction. For most of their young lives, she has been in and out of prison. A single parent, Kimberlin supports his kids through his contracting business in Seymour, Indiana, a small city in Jackson County.

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techlearning

JULY 25, 2018

I believe in trying things out… investigating… testing… researching… practice what I preach… modeling… So, when George Couros announced, he was trying out an #instagrambookstudy of his book The Innovator’s Mindset , I had to step up to participate. I have never participated in a book study on Instagram, but I am curious to find out: how does my reading change?

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techlearning

JULY 25, 2018

-Implementation of New Professional Development Model to Help Educators Evolve Their Classroom Practice to Meet the Continuously Changing Needs of Today’s Classrooms - Silver Spring, Md. (July 25, 2018) – Texas’ Abilene Independent School District (AISD) today announced an expansion of its partnership with Discovery Education , the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms.

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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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