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Cognitive Flexibility: Paving the Way For Learner Success

A Principal's Reflections

A few years back the World Economic Forum came out with an article titled The 10 skills you need to thrive in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The opening two paragraphs sum up the point of the piece nicely: By 2020, the Fourth Industrial Revolution will have brought us advanced robotics and autonomous transport, artificial intelligence and machine learning, advanced materials, biotechnology, and genomics.

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What To Do When Someone Hates You

The CoolCatTeacher

You Can Overcome From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. “There is one way to avoid criticism: Do nothing. Say nothing. Be nothing.” says Aristotle. Criticism comes with breaking new ground. Criticism comes with putting yourself out there. But how do you respond when that criticism turns to hatred?

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3D Printing For All Students Has Never Been This Easy Thanks To @SelfCAD

TeacherCast

In this episode of EdTech in the Classroom, we welcome Natalia Ulianets from SelfCAD on the podcast to discuss their pretty awesome 3D modeling application. SelfCAD is an online 3D Modeling and Slicing program that allows students to create amazing physical structures no matter what platform they are using. The post 3D Printing For All Students Has Never Been This Easy Thanks To @SelfCAD appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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Of Dreams and Nightmares (Free Thoughts on AERA and The Work)

The Jose Vilson

On a Thursday night, I had a nightmare. I barely have dreams, mostly illusions. This is probably a function of my estranged relationship with deep sleep. But Thursday night already felt different. On Friday, April 13th, I woke up in a warm sweat sometime around 5:10am, 20 minutes before my alarm clock usually goes off. The week needed to be over and the energies around me didn't feel right.

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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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A New Google Tool to Help Students Develop Their Coding Skills

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Today the world is celebrating Earth Day and on this accision Google, in partnership with World Wildlife Fund (WWF), has this wonderful project called CS First where it invites kids in grades 4-8 to.read more.

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Never Underestimate Your Teachers: Instructional Leadership for Excellence in Every Classroom Featuring @Robyn_Mindsteps @ASCD

TeacherCast

In this episode of the TeacherCast Podcast, we welcome ASCD author Robyn Jackson on the program to discuss her new book: Never Underestimate Your Teachers: Instructional Leadership for Excellence in Every Classroom. The post Never Underestimate Your Teachers: Instructional Leadership for Excellence in Every Classroom Featuring @Robyn_Mindsteps @ASCD appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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How Can We Best Use #Video in our Classrooms?

TeacherCast

In this episode of the TechEduator Podcast, we discuss several ways for teachers to incorporate video into their lessons and classroom activities. . The post How Can We Best Use #Video in our Classrooms? appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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Skills For Today Week Celebrates 21C Learning

Battelle for Kids

P21, like all mission-driven organizations, operates under certain core beliefs.

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7 Brain-Based Ways to Make Learning Stick

MiddleWeb

When it comes to student learning, we usually think about how to get information into memory, says expert Marilee Sprenger. But we also have to get the information out. Be sure to use these 7 brain-based steps to strengthen connections and make memories permanent.

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These formerly homeless single moms beat the odds and are now college grads

The Hechinger Report

Nikka Norman, a nursing student at the University of Louisville, helps her daughter, Ariyah, with a snack. Photo: Meredith Kolodner/The Hechinger Report. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The single, formerly homeless mothers living in Family Scholar House apartments are used to seeing faces drawn down with pity or judgment when they tell their stories. Pregnant at 15.

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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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Daily routines makeover: How to maximize your time at school so you can work less at home

The Cornerstone for Teachers

This week on Truth for Teachers : I’m helping one teacher make over her daily schedule so she can maximize her time in school and work less at home. Have you ever wondered how time slips away from you and the entire day is gone? If so, this is totally normal, and I think you’ll enjoy listening in on this daily routines makeover. It’s based on a coaching call that I conducted with a graduate of the 40 Hour Teacher Workweek Club.

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Of Dreams and Nightmares (Free Thoughts on AERA and The Work)

The Jose Vilson

On a Thursday night, I had a nightmare. I barely have dreams, mostly illusions. This is probably a function of my estranged relationship with deep sleep. But Thursday night already felt different. On Friday, April 13th, I woke up in a warm sweat sometime around 5:10am, 20 minutes before my alarm clock usually goes off. The week needed to be over and the energies around me didn't feel right.

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9 Good Educational Apps Free today

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Back to you with another collection of apps that are on sale today (free for a limited period of time). The list contains five popular apps that use Montessori method to teach kids topics such as.read more.

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Daily routines makeover: How to maximize your time at school so you can work less at home

The Cornerstone for Teachers

This week on Truth for Teachers : I’m helping one teacher make over her daily schedule so she can maximize her time in school and work less at home. Have you ever wondered how time slips away from you and the entire day is gone? If so, this is totally normal, and I think you’ll enjoy listening in on this daily routines makeover. It’s based on a coaching call that I conducted with a graduate of the 40 Hour Teacher Workweek Club.

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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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When In The Midst of Teaching You Know The Learning is Big

Tech Helpful

Friday I was working with my elective group- 8 students.7 from fourth grade and 1 from fifth grade all wanting to be on the CCS Lower School Tech Team. These 8 kids are awesome. They are smart, witty, creative, and self-motivated. It's an easy group to be with and enjoy. Friday brought a smile to my face that hasn't gone away (despite the fact I whacked out my back getting out of the floor when working with 2 of them and haven't recovered yet)!

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STUDENT VOICE: ‘The youth movement extends beyond gun violence’

The Hechinger Report

Suraya Buffong, 17, a senior at Hutchison School in Memphis, Tennessee. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Students are the future. My generation has opinions, a voice and power at our fingertips. We use social media, political protests and other methods to share our views with our peers and with anyone else who will listen. We start movements and lead teach-ins. We use technology, our opportunities and our privileges to effect change in society.

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Education and Technology Tweet Recap, w/e 04-21-18

EmergingEdTech

Inspiring, informative, useful, or just plain fun tweets posted on Twitter over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers. Was away at CampusInsight 2018 this week so the wrap is. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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The Myth of the “Laggard”

The Principal of Change

A question I often get in workshops is how to deal with “laggards” or “resisters.” The first thing I wonder when I hear regarding this question is, do the people they are talking about seeing themselves in the same way? Perhaps, they see themselves as innovative in some elements of their practice, but resistant in others. Wouldn’t the majority of educators refer to themselves in that way if we are true to ourselves?

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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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When Teens Cyberbully Themselves

MindShift

During the stressful teen years, most adolescents experience emotional highs and lows, but for more than 20 percent of teenagers, their worries and sad feelings turn into something more serious, like anxiety or depression. Studies show that 13 percent to 18 percent of distressed teens physically injure themselves via cutting, burning or other forms of self-harm as a way to cope with their pain.

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Want Students Focused on the Pursuit of Knowledge? Stop Making Them Chase Information.

Edsurge

Too often, the words “knowledge” and “information” are used interchangeably, despite the fact that they mean two very different things. In most situations, the distinction is so nuanced that we never give it a second thought. But in the context of education—and higher education in particular—it’s a semantic misstep that can lead to students spending time in the pursuit of the wrong thing.

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Motives or Intentions?

Reflections

I have been fortunate enough to be an educator since 1992 and sometimes catch myself off guard when I think about how much I've learned and how much I still need reminders on. After all of these years, I know that the major source of frustration in this work can come down to communication. And despite all of my best efforts, I still miss a step (I should have known) here and there.

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Resources to Help Parents Raise Empowered Digital Citizens from @CommonSenseEdu

The Innovative Educator

Kids today. They're addicted to their phones. Distracted. Cyber bullied. Right? Well not quite. Kids today are living in a world more connected then ever before. They are living in a world where they can harness the power of social media for social action and they are doing that in ways many adults could never even imagine. As innovative educators we do our part to help our students become empowered digital citizens, but it's not just our responsibility.

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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.