Teacher Reboot Camp

JANUARY 30, 2018

“The whole being of any teacher is within our hearts. Although education prepares us to teach, it is the love of learning that sustains us.”- Robert John Meehan. I am excited to announce that after a year collaborating with INTEF (Instituto Nacional de Tecnologías Educativas y de Formación del Profesorado) and the Ministry of Education and Culture in Spain, The Goal Minded Teacher: Challenges to Transform Student Learning ( #EduGoalsMOOC ) free open online course will launch on Febru

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 30, 2018

Dr. Kristen Mattson on episode 242 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Digital citizenship education doesn’t work in a lecture format. Dr. Kristen Mattson, author of Digital Citizenship in Action talks about how they’ve integrated digital citizenship into all of their courses at her school and how you can too.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 30, 2018

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Read the original version here. Recently overheard in a preschool classroom: Child 1: 100 is big. . Child 2: Infinity is really big. . Child 3: Infinity is counting forever. . Child 2: Zero means nothing. . Child 1: People who are 100 hit their heads on the ceiling.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 30, 2018

The American Optometric Association found that 79% of children use some form of technology for up to 4 hours a day. The 21st century child is growing up surrounded by computers, laptops, smartphones and other electronics. Children are capable and comfortable with using the latest technology, more so than most adults, and the benefits of doing so are quickly being discovered.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 30, 2018

Day 26 of 80 Days of Excellence From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. The greatest battles are often in the brain just behind a person’s eyes. For that is where we try to mask the emotions and the vulnerability we feel when we finally admit to ourselves that things aren’t OK. After reading the book, The Deeper Life , I was challenged by the author Daniel Henderson to write my personal theology statement.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 30, 2018

On Feb. 1, 2018, World Read Aloud Day celebrates the pure joy of oral reading with kids of all ages. Created by LitWorld , past years have found more than 1 million people in 100 countries joining together to enjoy the power and wonder of reading aloud in groups or individually, at school as part of classroom activities , or home, and discovering what it means to listen to a story told through the voice of another.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2018

Listening to Nicole’s impassioned and detailed presentation on the Puerto Rican debt crisis and its impact on the island’s healthcare system, it was easy to forget a high school senior was addressing a group of 100 students and teachers. Nicole’s story was a personal one. She has family members on the island who deliver and receive health services, and she described her cousin’s personal struggle as a doctor who could have gone to the mainland United States to practice medicine but strongly desi

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JANUARY 30, 2018

A Common Language: 30 Public Education Terms Defined by TeachThought Staff Communication depends on a common language. In any field, knowing what a colleague means when they use a term or phrase is the difference between talking about ideas and exchanging ideas. So the following list of public education terms is useful not so much for […]. The post A Common Language: 30 Public Education Terms Defined appeared first on TeachThought.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 30, 2018

Over the last few years we reviewed a number of educational web tools and mobile apps students can use to create digital portfolios. Most of these applications are free, simple and easy to use. You.read more.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2018

Schools in rural Appalachia struggle to provide counseling services to students, and the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative has sought to fill the gap with an online resource. Photo: Nichole Dobo/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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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

JANUARY 30, 2018

What are the edtech trends to watch this year, and what are the key takeaways from 2017? A group of EdSurge reporters and editors recently asked readers—and shared a few of their own thoughts—during an EdSurge Live online forum. EdSurge’s CEO, Betsy Corcoran, argued that 2017 was a year when educators and schools were trying to take control of their technology choices “We have said from the time we started writing the newsletters that not every piece of technology will work for every student, or

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 30, 2018

DesignCap is a new web tool you can use to create awesome posters and visuals. The tool is free, simple and easy to use. We have been tinkering with it for a bit and we think it is worth featuring.read more.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2018

It doesn’t take technical expertise to a see how websites are tracking you. Using simple, free browser extensions, Doug Levin, who specializes in cybersecurity hiccups that affect K-12 schools and districts, was able to uncover a common—and troubling—pattern affecting nearly every state department of education. His findings, published in a report on Tuesday, show that nearly every state education agency website in the U.S. uses analytics tracking systems, and yet many do not explicitly disclose

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 30, 2018

As the world of educational technology grows by leaps and bounds each year, school districts are more and more looking to bring in Instructional Technology Coaches to assist in providing personalized professional development to their teaching staff. In this episode, we discuss instructional coaching from several angles and share how you can be a successful tech coach in your district with a little help from persistence and innovation.

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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

JANUARY 30, 2018

Children born in the late 90’s and in the 2000’s are experiencing a significantly different process of learning and development. Technology has affected and reshaped the learning process in the XXI.

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 30, 2018

Welcome to the Jersey Educator Podcast, a show created by NJEA members … for NJEA members. Whether you are a teacher, an education support professional, or a New Jersey Student Education Association member, this show will serve as a platform to help YOU bring out the best in your students. each and… The post Educational Support Professionals Making a Difference appeared first on TeacherCast.

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Insight Education Group

JANUARY 30, 2018

Over the last decade, thanks to dozens of research studies , there has been a significant growth in coaching initiatives nationwide, particularly for teachers. The trend has also included hiring site-based instructional coaches and training principals to grow in their coaching skills. Over the last five years, there has been a heavy emphasis on the principal as the key change agent in schools, which has been accompanied by numerous coaching initiatives for school leaders by district leaders.

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MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 30, 2018

Situated on Texas's Gulf Coast, Brazosport Independent School District serves students who speak over 20 languages and have a high mobility rate. When they were offered a grant for ST Math from Phillips 66, which employs many of the families in the area, Brazosport ISD embraced the opportunity. In just three years of implementation, the shift in math culture has been so profound that one campus went from being identified as at-risk by the state to earning the district's top 3rd grade math scores

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 30, 2018

She’s got a smile that’s more like a hug. It somehow pulls you in. Even begrudgingly, it still manages to pull you in. Even me. I’m generally suspicious of people that seem too happy. From a […].

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eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2018

Roughly 10 percent of freshmen class students nationwide find themselves struggling to earn enough credits to pass ninth grade, leaving them with only a 20-percent chance of graduating on time. This past year, the Metropolitan School District (MSD) of Decatur Township teamed up with the University of Chicago to combat this issue by implementing a Student Transition and Enrichment Pathway (STEP), a research-based program proven to produce growth in academic achievement and graduation rates among

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SecurEdge

JANUARY 30, 2018

There are four main obstacles SMBs face when trying to provide secure Wi-Fi: Cost. Performance. Security. Support. SMBs that fail to overcome these challenges and meet their customers’ Wi-Fi needs will have a hard time staying competitive, no matter the industry.

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MiddleWeb

JANUARY 30, 2018

Middle grades teacher Mary Tarashuk confronts the line between preserving childhood innocence and honestly exploring the real world. Are her sudden tears during the daily real aloud of The One and Only Ivan encroaching uncomfortably on that unidentifiable boundary?

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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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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 30, 2018

Most of my work is now leading professional learning opportunities for educators. It is such a blessing, but it is also quite challenging in a climate that seems to be tough on schools. The world is changing in front of us, and many of the demands that come from politicians with no teaching experience, are counterintuitive to where we need to lead our students.

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EdTechTeam

JANUARY 30, 2018

Cross-posted from Larry’s Tech Tips and Shortcuts . Google Keep is one of the apps provided in our G Suite accounts that can be used in so many different ways it is hard to describe. Keep is described as a note-keeping app (think lists and sticky notes) but its power lies in how versatile the features make it. Here are some of my favorite features: Draw or snap a picture with text and it will “grab” the picture text and write it in the note.

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Insight Education Group

JANUARY 30, 2018

Over the last decade, thanks to dozens of research studies , there has been a significant growth in coaching initiatives nationwide, particularly for teachers. The trend has also included hiring site-based instructional coaches and training principals to grow in their coaching skills. Over the last five years, there has been a heavy emphasis on the principal as the key change agent in schools, which has been accompanied by numerous coaching initiatives for school leaders by district leaders.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 30, 2018

Creating a classroom community where meaningful conversations can happen isn't easy -- it's an ongoing process that takes time. But using online discussion tools can be one great way to help your students build these skills. Plus, the ability to engage in online discussions responsibly is a great 21st-century skill in and of itself. Online discussions often lead to better in-class discussions afterward.

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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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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JANUARY 30, 2018

When, Kindergarten finished reading Love by Matt de la Pena & Loren Long, they took time to design heart symbols of love. Ms. Foretich gave them several options for drawing a heart. They could freehand their drawing or they could use one of many heart stencils. She modeled how to trace as well as how to use crayons to fill in all of the space with color.

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Technology Tidbits

JANUARY 30, 2018

Waypoint EDU is a innovative new iOS app that uses augmented reality to create a fun learning experience for students. Teachers are using this tool to bring their classroom outside and have students go on geocaches (scavenger hunts) to learn more about a subject. Best of all, a teacher can add questions to their geocache to create an authentic learning experience and gauge students understanding.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2018

What Schools Need to Know About Hyperconvergence. meghan.bogardu…. Tue, 01/30/2018 - 10:00. Data centers can be daunting to manage for schools with minimal IT staff. However, the market is starting to shift in favor of technology solutions that make such administration a lot easier. Hyperconverged infrastructure , or HCI, has allowed school districts to reduce the cost and simplify the maintenance of their data center environments.

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Technology Tidbits

JANUARY 30, 2018

*Be sure to check out their latest updates!!! **Answerables iPad app available here !!! Answerables is a wonderful new innovative site/game that is perfect for Game Based Learning (or more accurate Game Based Learning meets Learning Management System). It reminds me of Second Life but geared more toward kids w/ their fantasy/SciFi environment. The game takes place in the 3D virtual world of Answerables on a planet called Proxima, where the native Ansibles (students) encounter an alien race.

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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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