Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

More than just a fad technology that was used for capturing Pokemon in 2016, augmented reality (or AR) is creating incredible possibilities across numerous industries – not least in education. It’s offering some of the most exciting classroom innovations of recent times and already fundamentally improving lessons across the world. But with limited knowledge surrounding the benefits of embracing AR, coupled with the overestimation of cost and underestimation of its value, its rate of adoption is

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Dania Santana on episode 599 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Dania Santana, author of the bilingual children’s book, Sebastian’s Game Day Surprise , and multicultural parenting expert, shares how we can reach bilingual students. She discusses the current thought on best supporting bilingual students.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Originally published by Brain-centric Design. Ever forward-facing organizations want nothing to do with an outdated learning system that hasn’t changed since the time of Aristotle. Isn’t it strange that the way we teach hasn’t evolved along with our society? We are at a bizarre time in the twenty-first century where technology has given us easy access to information, yet we aren’t learning any faster.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

What keeps college students coming back for more? A new report on the effects college programs have on student retention attempts to answer that question. Academic advising meetings, Greek life, supplemental instruction, scholarships and tutoring are the programs that correlate most with improved student retention rates, according to a study of nearly 1,000 initiatives at more than 55 colleges and universities conducted by Civitas Learning, which sells software that uses predictive modeling to h

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The Definition Of Intrinsic Motivation by TeachThought Staff A decent working definition of intrinsic motivation is “motivation that stems directly from an action rather than a reward.” Teachers often think of the idea of motivation in terms of student engagement but as Dr. Richard Ryan and Edward Deci explain below, it’s a little more nuance […].

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Draftback is a good web tool that allows you to playback the revision history of any Google Doc you can edit. You will be able to watch your edits roll out in a video player as if you are watching a.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

A majority of educators (79 percent) and 86 percent of parents in a survey say edtech including laptops, video content, and STEM products, is becoming a crucial part of classroom education at every level. The new Consumer Technology Association (CTA) survey includes responses from parents and educators of children in preschool through 12th grade, gauging their views on the use of edtech in classrooms.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Audience And Purpose: Who Are You Teaching And Why? by Terry Heick One thing leads to another. A love for words (and the funny sounds they made) led me to write. A love for the craft of writing led me to write even when I wasn’t told to or didn’t have an assignment due, which […]. The post Audience And Purpose: Who Are You Teaching And Why? appeared first on TeachThought.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

2U CEO Chip Paucek came to New York this week in part to assuage concerns around his publicly traded online degree program provider. In July, the online education company’s stock tumbled more than 50 percent after Paucek announced that the company expects double the net loss for this fiscal year and it would debut fewer graduate programs in 2020. “The stock has taken a hit, but the company is doing great,” Paucek said in an interview just before taking the stage at the annual Back to School conf

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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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EmergingEdTech

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

High School Junior Eli Richmond has Created and Launched a Program to Connect Parents of Young Kids With Well Qualified High School Mentors Eli Richmond is entering his senior year at Newton North. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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SpeechTechie

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Being on a contextual roll can involve curriculum topics. SLPs can go this route without watering down our therapy and while emphasizing specific therapeutic targets. One of the best examples I have found of this approach was written up by Theresa Ukrainetz, a context maven (2017); I have used this quote to launch collaborative activities in workshops: “SLPs can link to the curriculum with thematic whole-part treatment units.

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The Principal of Change

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

I am often asked, “how much screen-time would you suggest for a child?” This question usually comes to me after a presentation, and then I ask, “how much screen time have you had in the last hour?” I often get responses from 0-30 minutes, but then I point out that the presentation was on a screen so if you were looking at your phone for 30 minutes while the screen was in front of you, does this count as 60 minutes or 90 in the past hour?

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

“By providing one place to enter data, teachers can be more confident in their data while continuing to use the tools that work best for their needs,” explained Kevin Duda, director of product management at Skyward.

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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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Gradelink

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Many would argue that time is our most precious resource. It’s the only resource that we all have the same amount of each day, but we don’t all spend it in the same way. Although most of us divide our time between projects, family, and “me time,” we often feel that there just isn’t enough of this valuable commodity to get everything done that we’d like to.

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MiddleWeb

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Thinking Like a Scientist provides strategies to encourage students to explore and understand how scientists approach problems, investigations and research. The detailed lessons can be used in grades 5-8, writes educator and former research scientist Laura Von Staden.

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edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Leadership skills are nebulous, hard-to-define, and critical for students’ futures. Yet, many schools and districts still have minimal programs—typically a student council—and tend to concentrate on the oldest grades. In her edWebinar, “How to Fill the World with Leaders: Creating School Cultures Where Student Leadership Thrives,” Mariam G. MacGregor, M.S., Leadership Consultant, not only explained how to integrate leadership lessons in preschool, but she also advocated for administrators to mak

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MiddleWeb

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The workshop model moves beyond literacy in Inquiry Illuminated. The authors present science and social studies in a workshop framework, engaging students from research to presentation. Literacy specialist Andrea Soyon recommends the detailed book to teachers and districts.

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Fractus Learning

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Egg in a bottle is one of those magical experiments that will astound middle-schoolers. Add some drama showing that the mouth of the bottle is smaller than the egg. Is it magic or science? If you get the egg […].

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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Catapult Learning will provide PD for special education teachers within the U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity. Edsby is building a data platform for 800,000 students in New Zealand. And social-emotional learning company Aperture Education is partnering with Dovetail Learning. The post K-12 Dealmaking: Catapult Wins Federal Spec. Ed. Contract; New Zealand Ministry Chooses Edsby appeared first on Market Brief.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

RSD’s high school science teachers will use Discovery Education’s Science Techbook and professional development to create digital lessons in a 1:1 environment.

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Prodigy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Many parents around the world — like yourself — have a child struggling with math. Without proper resources or a solid support system, this reality can be daunting. But, don’t worry because you’re not alone! One of the most common complaints among children who dislike math is it’s too difficult or that they’re not smart […]. The post Child Struggling with Math?

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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

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Students keep track of their own progress on standards, while I keep track of progress on a paper sheet, and update quarterly.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

In a photo taken last March, a teenage boy is sitting at his desk with a plastic pellet gun that looks a lot like an AR-15. The airsoft rifle is propped up on the arm of a chair, pointing at the ceiling, and the boy, Eric, is looking at the camera. We’re not using his last name to protect his privacy. Eric’s friend took the picture. At the time, Eric says, he didn’t realize his friend had captioned the photo “Don’t come to school Monday” and had sent it to oth

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The site is divided into different sections, each focusing on a different area of math and different grade levels.

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Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Photo by Erich Ferdinand on Flickr Nuking the fridge is a strange phrase, and you may never have heard of it - but in the popular culture context it means something. Here's the etymology of the phrase from the Know Your Meme website: "Nuking the Fridge is an idiomatic phrase used by movie fans to describe the declining point of a film franchise as a result of its heavy reliance on special effects.

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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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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Public school teachers can apply for this year’s program now through October 23, 2019.

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Technology Tidbits

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Answerables the innovative educational tool that combines the best features of game based learning w/ a learning management system has just released their free iPad app. Answerables is being used by educators in a variety of ways from collaborating w/ other classes, to browsing the web, all in a secure 3D virtual environment. Answerables is used as a: • Virtual classroom • Lesson planner • Learning manager • Quest creator • Resource manager • Web browser (managed) • Social Network • Student port

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MIND Research Institute

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

This article features contributions from the MIND Success Team, which includes Danette Morse, Education Success Manager, and Huey Pham , Education Success Manager. In each installment of our Educator Perspectives series, we interview teachers and administrators across the country who are engaging, motivating, and challenging their students in unique ways.

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Technology Tidbits

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Chegg has long be one of my favorite sites for buying, selling, or renting textbooks/eBooks as well as finding homework help. Recently, they just announced the launch of their new site Cheg Prep, which is fantastic for creating and finding flashcards. Chegg has acquired StudyBlue which was one of the world's leading flashcard creators for education.

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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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