Wed.Nov 16, 2016

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The Importance of Leveraging Ed Tech in Gym Class

EdTech Magazine

By Victor Kass By utilizing students’ devices, physical education teachers can add an element of cross-curricular engagement.

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Hour of Code Website and App Suggestions for K-8

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here are ideas of apps and websites that teachers in my PLN used successfully in the past during Hour of Code: Kindergarten. Start kindergartners with problem solving. If they love Legos, they’ll love coding. BotLogic –great for Kindergarten and youngers. Code –learn to code, for students. How to train your robot –a lesson plan from Dr. Techniko. Kodable- -great for youngers–learn to code before you can read.

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Breaking into Japan’s Ed-Tech Market Is an Education for Companies

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

Japan brought us Nintendo and Sony, among other well-known technology companies. So it was with high expectations that I went to Japan to visit our sales distribution partners to learn more about the Japanese market for education technology. The post Breaking into Japan’s Ed-Tech Market Is an Education for Companies appeared first on Market Brief.

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What are the characteristics of high performing schools?

User Generated Education

I am the unique position of having several types of education jobs. I teach online graduate courses in educational technology to in-service teachers. I am a cohort facilitator for student teachers; and I teach part-time gifted elementary students at two different elementary schools that serve Kindergarten through 6th grade students. Out of the 16 elementary schools in my town, these two schools have some of the lowest end-of-year standardized test scores in the entire district; are composed of 8

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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The Ed-Tech Pilot Framework: An Eight-Step Process for Evaluating Products

Digital Promise

In an ideal world, there would be a public registry of ed-tech products, filled with detailed evidence on where, how, and with which students they are most successful. But, lacking this type of resource, districts must evaluate product quality and effectiveness on their own, and often do so through product pilots — a process that can be overwhelming for busy leaders.

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Five Ideas to Go Beyond SAMR… How Deep is the Learning in Your Technology Integration?

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Every school I visit that is attempting to integrate technology into instruction are also having conversations on SAMR. As I have talks with these schools, I tell them that SAMR is a wonderful place to start. At the same time, if we are to look at technology integration that promotes rigor and deeper thinking we must integrate multiple concepts together.

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Online Resources for Mastery Learning

Voyager Sopris Learning

Mastery learning is one of those buzzword phrases in education that pedagogists often toss about in an effort to define and refine good teaching practices. The term goes back to a true icon in the field of education, Benjamin S. Bloom, who suggested that all students can learn and achieve at high levels; they might just require different strategies and time in order to achieve mastery 1.

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On the Hotseat: 7 Questions for NovoEd’s New CEO, Ed Miller

Edsurge

Former Xythos and DataHero CEO Ed Miller knows a thing or two about online collaboration and the business behind education technology, which is why we wanted to get a few words as he embarks on his new role as CEO of NovoEd , an online social learning platform that specializes in free and exclusive courseware. In our latest “New Gig Hotseat,” the Blackboard alum opens up about about education access, kegerators and what it means to put the “Ed” in NovoEd.

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Google Slides: Choose Your Own Adventure

Teacher Tech

Google Slides: Choose Your Own Adventure Eric Curts posted directions for using Google Slides to create a choose your own adventure style activity. Using hyperlinks within a Google Slides presentation, build a story or tutorial that asks the viewer to make decisions. Google Slides is probably my favorite collaboration tool. See what your students can collaborate […].

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What If You Held Your Math Program Accountable for Long-Lasting Impact?

MIND Research Institute

Educational programs are not being held accountable for long-term impact. This is a problem. The current ed tech market is not set up to expect accountability at scale, but rather to hop from fad to fad. This makes it especially challenging for education leaders to make wise choices, and it inhibits innovation and continuous improvement by program developers.

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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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6 Games for Talking About the Election

ProfHacker

In the wake of the US presidential election, many of us are deciding what comes next in our classrooms and scholarship. There are no easy answers to this question, and the national divisions are echoed on campus with consequences we are only beginning to understand. However, if you do plan to address these topics in your classroom, games can provide a potentially less threatening opening for sharing experiences.

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A New Great Feature for Google Drive Users

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

November 16, 2016 Google introduced today a new feature for G Suite (formerly Google Apps for Work). The new custom template feature allows users to submit and share custom template files for Docs,read more.

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Are outdated computers reverting students to a prehistoric era?

eSchool News

If today’s educators continue to encourage the use of keyboards instead of digital ink and paper, they run the risk of being a ‘pager’ teacher in a smart phone world, holding on to a past that has outlived its usefulness and limits students’ cognitive potential…at least, that’s what human history and recent research is telling us. What Human History Tells Us About Keyboards.

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6 benefits of using apps with young children

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Today I’ve invited Marjan Ghara to guest post on the blog to share what she’s experienced through her work with young children and apps. Marjan is the Founder & CEO of Biblionasium.com , the largest and fastest growing digital platform that supports and promotes independent reading for K-8 students. The multiple award-winning COPPA-compliant site helps librarians and teachers to motivate, manage and measure students’ reading, to reach their goals and achieve success.

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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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Slack: A Powerful, Private (Free) Team Tool That Educators are Adopting

EmergingEdTech

Powerful Communication and Collaboration Features, Privacy, Device Independence, and Other Features are Bringing Slack Into the Classroom A few months ago I was introduced to Slack through my role as. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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In the marketplace: A cross-curricular contest, free coding access, and more

eSchool News

Tech-savvy educators know they must stay on top of the myriad changes and trends in education to learn how teaching and learning can best benefit from technology’s near-constant change. Check below for the latest marketplace news to keep you up-to-date on product developments, teaching and learning initiatives, and new trends in education. It’s no secret that learning a second language, building on communication skills and absorbing other cultures are important components of success today.

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Ed-Tech Pilots: New Resource Tries to Help K-12 Districts Get Them Right

Marketplace K-12

The organization Digital Promise has created an online site designed to offer a step-by-step process for districts and companies to stage meaningful pilots of ed-tech products. The post Ed-Tech Pilots: New Resource Tries to Help K-12 Districts Get Them Right appeared first on Market Brief.

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As college costs rise, so do the number of administrators

The Hechinger Report

The number of executive, administrative and managerial employees on university campuses nationwide continued its relentless rise right through the recession, up by a collective 15 percent between 2007 and 2014, federal data show. Hear a SpareMin podcast on this topic here with Matt DeMello and The Hechinger Report’s Jon Marcus. The ranks of administrators have expanded far faster than the numbers of students and faculty.

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

Managing a K-12 campus with constant pressure to meet performance metrics is challenging. And tardiness can significantly limit a school from reaching these goals. Learn more about why chronic lateness matters, and key strategies to address the following impacts: Data errors caused by manual processes Low attendance and graduation rates that affect a school’s reputation Classroom disruption, which leads to poor academic performance High staff attrition and “The Teacher Exodus” Unmet LCAP goals t

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Why Empathy Holds the Key to Transforming 21st Century Learning

MindShift

By Thom Markham. Like other aspects of modern life, education can make the head hurt. So many outcomes, so much important work to do, so many solutions and strategies, so many variations on teaching, so many different kinds of students with so many different needs, so many unknowns in preparing for 21 st Century life and the endless list of jobs that haven’t been invented.

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How Do I Differentiate Through Project-Based Learning?

TeachThought - Learn better.

The post How Do I Differentiate Through Project-Based Learning? appeared first on TeachThought.

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Why do black teachers leave—and how do we fix that?

The Hechinger Report

On Wednesday, The Hechinger Report hosted a Twitter chat about teacher diversity with experts and educators, including Jose Luis Vilson, Andre Perry, Hannah Putman, Christopher Emdin, and Ashley Griffin. In the wake of several reports highlighting high turnover rates among black educators, we wanted to dig into why this is happening and how teacher preparation programs, schools, administrators, and other teachers can help reverse this trend.

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Free Download: Learner Profile Survey

iLearn Technology

At Anastasis Academy , our year begins by building a Learner Profile for every student. Before we’ve even ventured into the school year, we know a tremendous amount about our students. This is the first step for building student agency. Our Learner Profile is made up of six parts: The Learner Profile Survey (student’s interests/passions).

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

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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Giant Jenga and Other Oversized Games for Jumbo-Sized Fun

Fractus Learning

At a wedding recently I was pleasantly surprised to see giant Jenga and other oversized games scattered around the lawn. While we waited for the newly-weds to finish their photographs and other formalities we played chess, pick up sticks and the little ones played with the giant inflatable bowling set. I think I might have even seen an oversized pig get tossed.

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Why I love #CHAedu #coffeeEDU

Tech Helpful

Education and educators are a segmented lot. A classroom teacher teaches their students and comes into contact with maybe 5-10 other educators on a daily basis. Most others are just passing conversations in the hallway unless they are on your grade level team/dept and you can add another few hours a week. The point I'm trying to make is that it's really easy for educators to fall victim to no new ideas for their classroom.

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We’re All Adult Learners Now

Fractus Learning

For myself and for most of us, we went through a traditional educational track. We attended public education through the 12 th grade and then maybe attended two or four years of college. After that point we were done, our education stopped when we entered the workforce. It was our employer’s responsibility to train us for all the necessities of the job.

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We Need Leaders AND Managers

The Principal of Change

The narrative of “are you a manager or a leader?”, is one that is shared too often. I tweeted this article yesterday that talked about this very thing: What do you think? – 9 Differences Between Being A Leader And A Manager https://t.co/b22BOQEllj. — George Couros (@gcouros) November 15, 2016. Here are some of the contrasts between a “leader and a manager” that they talk about in the article: Leaders create a vision, managers create goals.

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

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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Hostelling: Serve Communities, Stay For Free

TeachThought - Learn better.

The post Hostelling: Serve Communities, Stay For Free appeared first on TeachThought.

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Let's Get Productive with It!

EdTechTeam

I think we all can agree, at times, our digital devices just become a wasteland of content that has been collected for far too long. From taking pictures, making notes, or bookmarking websites for later use, these devices are our greatest aggregator as well as our digital curse. Thankfully, there’s a method to the madness to make the most out of the iPad… it just might take changing some old habit with some of these new tricks.

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Collaborative Learning in Technology

Graphite Blog

Recently, I was talking to Patty, my friend who teaches pre-K at the International School Bangkok. She was telling me about some of the challenges of using technology with younger children. Even though there are so many great apps and programs for younger children, she wanted her students to learn alongside someone they could talk to and collaborate with -- and her challenge was that there weren't enough adults in the room to help students do their best learning.

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Storyboard That for Thanksgiving

Technology Tidbits

Storyboard That the wonderful resource that educators everywhere are using for a variety of educational purposes (i.e. timelines, digital storytelling, project based learning, etc), has just release their latest bundle for Thanksgiving. These activities cover a wide range of topics such as story starters, holiday cards, and more. Storyboard That is an excellent learning tool w/ educational portal, where teachers can manage, track, and assess student accounts in a safe environment.

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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the EdTech Industry: Assessing the Influence

AI-powered tools like virtual assistants and chatbots provide instant guidance and support, while data analytics offer valuable insights for educators and administrators.