Sun.Apr 11, 2021

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Will Existing Mental Models Threaten Post-pandemic Progress in Education?

Catlin Tucker

Over the last 14 months, people have asked me, “What do you hope the silver lining of this tough year will be?” I hope educators and educational institutions use this year and the lessons learned to reimagine “school” and how we design and facilitate learning. Yet, I worry that won’t happen. I fear schools will revert to what is comfortable and what aligns with existing mental models instead of questioning the status quo, taking inventory of the lessons learned this

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Organize, Streamline, and Empower Learning with H?para

A Principal's Reflections

The world has radically changed in unprecedented ways. Educators navigate uncharted waters that continually fluctuate as a result of COVID-19 and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Even with all of these challenges, opportunities have arisen to take education in a different and better direction to create a new normal that better meets learners' needs.

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5 Essential Screen Sharing Tips for Teachers

EdNews Daily

By James Sanders It’s easy to forget that when you’re sharing your screen with your online class, your students will see EVERYTHING that you’re sharing. And we mean everything. Your past search history, email or message notifications, personal bookmarks, and that Instagram tab you still have open. You might feel that there’s nothing to be worried about but students who end up seeing something inappropriate or your private information may notify their families and other te

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Two Helpful Apps to Enhance Kids Reading Skills

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In this post we are sharing with you two good Google apps to help your kids develop their reading skills. As we all know, reading is a fundamental literacy skill whose mastery determines, to a larger.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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The Emergency Connectivity Fund has potential to narrow the Homework Gap: Here’s how

EdNews Daily

By John Harrington Insufficient access to reliable Internet connections and devices remains a significant issue in communities across the United States. Schools and libraries are working to bridge the gap, and funding available through The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 will be instrumental in ensuring students and library patrons can participate in online learning from home.

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Part 6… Reflection and Metacognition: Free Blended and eLearning PBL Gold Standards Resources

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Welcome to the sixth in a series of posts regarding Blending the PBL Gold Standards. I am very excited to share ideas relating to PBL and Blended/eLearning as it relates to this Blog’s topic of Student Reflection and Metacognition. As I reflect, PBL has always been blended. Our challenge is… how to break down the classroom walls even more with the technology we have today.

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GEG New England Launches to support Educators Worldwide!

TeacherCast

Are you looking for ways to better infuse Google Applications and innovative learning experiences in your classroom? This week, educators from up and down the North East are excited to launch #GEGNewEngland, a brand new community for educators using Google Workspace. What are Google Educator Groups? GEGs connect passionate educators to discuss the benefits of technology to schools, classrooms, and communities across the world—both online and at locally run events offline.

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5 Ways Educators & Parents Can Encourage Student Interest in STEM

EdNews Daily

By Nhon Ma Perhaps even more than any other field, STEM sectors have a bright future ahead. While the US job market is projected to grow by 3.7% between 2019 and 2029, this rate is nearly double for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. With the world being constantly shaped by innovation, students have naturally gravitated towards STEM, and the notorious, timeless classroom question of “Where are we ever going to use it?

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GEG New England Launches to support Educators Worldwide!

TeacherCast

Are you looking for ways to better infuse Google Applications and innovative learning experiences in your classroom? This week, educators from up and down the North East are excited to launch #GEGNewEngland, a brand new community for educators using Google Workspace. What are Google Educator Groups? GEGs connect passionate educators to discuss the benefits of technology to schools, classrooms, and communities across the world—both online and at locally run events offline.

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OneTab- Declutter Your Chrome Tabs and Enhance Your Productivity

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

If you are a tab collector like me and like to have several tabs open simultaneously on your Chrome this little hack will definitely be of great help. I used to (and still do) rely on the services of.

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

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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Less Is More: Teach Kids What Matters Most

MiddleWeb

Principal and NBCT Rita Platt shares advice for a paradigm shift away from obsessive coverage of content and toward deep and differentiated learning for students who have lived through the months of pandemic schooling. Three questions help us understand what’s essential. The post Less Is More: Teach Kids What Matters Most first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 242 Reconstructing The Stories Of The Slave Trade

TeachThought - Learn better.

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 242 Reconstructing The Stories Of The Slave Trade. Drew Perkins talks with historians Walter Hawthorne and Daryle Williams about their project to help make the stories of the peoples of the historical slave trade more public and accessible. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: enslaved.org enslaved.org@gmail.com freedomonthemove.org Redoshi (Sally Smith): [link] Kossola (Cudjo Lewis): [link].

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A powerful way to help kids (and ourselves!) with time management

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Time management skills are needed by kids now more than ever. While students have always been late to class, lost assignments, and forgotten to turn things in, the battle for focused attention seems magnified these days for sure! Constantly issuing reminders and following up with kids is exhausting. But helping kids understand how their brains work and explore ways to funnel their focus, time, and energy is fascinating.