Ditch That Textbook
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
You can turn on closed captions at the bottom of videos you watch on TV and online. But providing closed captions in real time in the classroom has been harder to pull off — until now! Google Slides has a new feature — live closed captions. They transcribe your speech on the fly and display […].
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
Earlier this month, a group of high school students in New York City took to the streets to protest their school’s online program, Summit Learning. On Thursday, hoping to send a stronger message, they took it all the way to the top, with a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Students at the Secondary School for Journalism in Brooklyn had become increasingly frustrated with Summit Learning.
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
If you haven't already seen it, here is a handy visual featuring some of the best educational websites to try out in your instruction. based on our previous reviews, we selected a number of our.
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
History and social studies bad reputations for being boring. To many students, these subjects mean reading long-winded textbooks and memorizing incessant facts. They don’t necessarily see the importance of studying something that happened hundreds or thousands of years ago. Getting students to really care about what they’re learning involves bringing the subject to life for them.
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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.
Teacher Tech
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
Doodling as Visual Note-Taking A Guest Post by Sylvia Duckworth Sketchnoting, or visual note-taking, has so many benefits for students. Many studies have proven that images are considerably more effective than words when it comes to memory retention, comprehension and motivation. There are psychological benefits as well, because sketchnoting has a calming effect similar to […].
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
In yesterday’s post we featured a number of interesting Android educational apps for students with special needs and today we want to draw your attention to this helpful accessibility feature.
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TeachThought - Learn better.
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
20 Critical Thinking Questions About Christmas Pop Culture In The United States by Terry Heick Simple premise: Allow your students to think critically about the American pop culture holidays. I tried to make the questioning fairly ‘content area-agnostic’ so they could be used in different classes. I also stayed away from any discussion of religion […].
TeacherCast
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
In this episode of EdTech in the Classroom, we welcome Shmoop, an online educational publisher that covers everything for test prep to online courses for all grade levels. The post Learn why @Shmoop is the best online educational publisher that covers everything for test prep to online courses for all grade levels. appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
The K12 Engineering Education podcast is for all the people who want to find better ways to teach and inspire kids in invention, problem-solving, persistence, teamwork, and imagination. Produced by Pius Wong , an engineer and education consultant who previously developed engineering curricula for high schools, the podcast features different ways teachers can collaborate with professional engineers to improve engineering education and STEM.
Nick's Picks for Educational Technology
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Leading Virtual Field Trips with Google Expeditions Google Expeditions – Beyond Virtual Field Trips From the bottom of the sea to the moon and beyond: virtual and augmented reality now enable us to take students virtually anywhere. The best part is that you only need a mobile device, no expensive. Read more.
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.
Gaggle Speaks
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
One of our sales representatives, Alex Danko, learned about a dynamic school assembly speaker who focuses on bullying, suicide, and making good life choices. Marc Mero, a former WWE Wrestling Champion, provides an energetic, positive, and meaningful presentation that might be just what your school needs. To learn more, visit www.thinkpoz.org. The post Former Wrestling Pro Gives Hope to K-12 Audiences appeared first on Gaggle.
EdTechTeam
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
I am quite thrilled to be a keynote speaker for EdTechTeam’s “The Virtual” summit , European edition (November 17, 2018). In my talk, entitled “Crushing It with Creativity” I plan to share my thoughts on how to maximize your personal creativity as well as develop a creative classroom culture. There will be some “big picture” concepts peppered with lots of “do it tomorrow” practical ideas from my book, Intention: Critical Creativity in the Classroom (co-authored by Dan Ryder and published by EdTe
EmergingEdTech
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
Students Using Online Schooling Need to Know How to Manage Their Day There are several benefits associated with online schooling—greater flexibility and individualized lessons, for instance. The. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
The Principal of Change
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
I often ask these questions of participants to get them to think about how we are using our time differently. The first question is the following: How many of you in this room go onto your personal social media while you are working? Many people look around, maybe toward their administrators, and very few put up their hands. I believe that many aren’t admitting to it because of who is the room, but many also would never do that during the day because they think their personal life should
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.
NeverEndingSearch
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
It may not be the typical white glove or laboratory experience, but students of history and science can find multiple opportunities to volunteer as citizen archivists or citizen scientists in a few important crowdsourcing efforts. The Library of Congress, the National Archives and the Smithsonian offer parts of their collections to be organized and made accessible by employing the services citizen volunteers. 1.
Reflections
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
It was the end of a long few days. Days that felt fuller of mistakes than accomplishments. Days that felt bumpier than they needed to be. I was saying good night to a colleague and caught myself almost commenting about how hard this job is. And in that thought, a split moment, my mind hit rewind like an old cassette tape. Back to the third grade and I am writing about how I wanted to grow up and become a teacher.
MiddleWeb
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
Educator Sarah Cooper finds herself gravitating to teaching books that call our social consciences awake, as Sara K. Ahmed's Being the Change does as it asks teachers to be even more human in the classroom and thus impel your students to share their humanity with you.
techlearning
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
You may have noticed that things look a little different around here. That’s because we’ve redesigned, re-engineered, and re-organized the Techlearning website to make all the great content you’ve come to rely on easier than ever to find and use.
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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
MiddleWeb
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
You will find 100 teacher and student friendly mentor texts in Linda Rief's The Quickwrite Handbook. Sourced from students, teachers, and authors as well as herself, the texts come with suggestions to get students thinking and writing, says consultant Anne Anderson.
MindShift
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
Teachers know that students learn a tremendous amount from scrutinizing their mistakes , but getting them to take the time to stop and reflect is a challenge. Some teachers have stopped giving grades altogether to try to refocus class on learning instead of on grades. For others, that’s too extreme. Leah Alcala, a seventh- and eighth-grade math teacher at King Middle School in Berkeley, California, developed a grading strategy that falls somewhere in the middle. “What I was finding w
Buncee
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
Have you ever needed to start a project, but didn’t know where to begin? Or maybe you have to prepare an engaging activity for your students, but don’t have time to start from scratch? Buncee’s blank creation canvas gives you the freedom to let your creativity run wild.but sometimes, you need a little spark to light your creative fire. That’s where Buncee Templates come in!
MIND Research Institute
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
In each episode of the Inside Our MIND podcast, we take a look at issues and challenges facing education that we are working to address through research, technology and strategic initiatives. In our latest episode, Brian welcomes Chief Data Science Officer Andrew Coulson back to the show for the latest installment of an ongoing discussion about edtech evaluation.
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.
techlearning
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
KIBO is a playful, educational robot toy that engages even the youngest children in active science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) learning.
Marketplace K-12
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
Girls Who Code expands to its first international market. Education companies Kinvolved, Photomath, Yuanfudao, Edves, and Kukua raise money in funding rounds. The post K-12 Dealmaking: Girls Who Code Expands to Canada; Kinvolved Raises $1.54 Million appeared first on Market Brief.
techlearning
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
SETDA, the membership association representing U.S. state and territorial digital learning leaders, honored St. Albans City School, Vermont as the winner of the 2018 Student Voices Award. U.S. Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, introduced the school’s students and provided remarks for an audience of 250 education leaders during the Education Forum awards luncheon at SETDA’s Leadership Summit in Arlington, Virginia.
Technology Tidbits
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
"Plagiarism is the "wrongful appropriation" and "stealing and publication" of another author 's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions" and the representation of them as one's own original work. ( wikipedia) ". Plagiarism has been a "test of time" in schools dating back to the beginning of education. However, technology has made it easier for teachers and student's to check for plagiarism and make sure that one's work is original, leading me to creating the following list.
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.
techlearning
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
The annual SLY Award honors an active SETDA member who has exhibited exemplary national and state leadership in educational technology.
Technology Tidbits
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
Reading Racer is a new iOS app that I just had the pleasure of reviewing. This is an excellent easy-to-use app that uses the mobile device's microphone to "listen" as a student speaks the words on the screen. This is really innovative and separates Reading Racer from other educational apps on the market. Reading Racer is designed for kids ages 5-8 and uses speech recognition as the user speaks the words/sentences as fast as they can.
techlearning
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
Freckle is a practice website (and app) that addresses skills and concepts for Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards.
Technology Tidbits
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
Money Math Duel is a fun iOS game for helping students w/ Math and learn how to make change. What makes Money Math Duel so unique as it lets kids play against each other while making it "fair" by allowing allowing players to customize their problems. This lets students equalize the playing field by determine how much money they want to make change for.
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