Wed.Jun 20, 2018

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Guest post: 15 EdTech Resources to Use in Classroom

EdTech4Beginners

If you don’t use educational technology, you’re not a cool teacher. Whether you like it or not, that’s how today’s students see it. They are growing up with all kinds of tech tools by their side, and they are thrilled to see technology involved in the educational process. So what are the best resources to use? Here’s 15 of them: YouTube. The first resource we suggest is pretty simple, and all your students are aware of it.

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Top Ten Education Blogs

Ask a Tech Teacher

I am honored to be selected as one of TutorFair’s Top Ten Education Blogs for 2018 ! Without a doubt, the credit goes to my readers. I am proud that the resources, reviews, and materials I curate for you resonate with your teaching needs. Do check out their full article to see all ten selected blogs. It includes names of edtech experts you already follow and a few you’ll want to add to your list.

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Seven Things Education Elements Does to Support School Districts

Education Elements

One of the most common questions I answer about Education Elements is, “So what do you guys do?” If we have an elevator ride that goes to, say, the top of the world’s tallest building, I can give a fairly satisfying and comprehensive answer. If, on the other hand, we are just waiting in a short line for a cup of coffee, I tend to say something like, “We help districts solve their biggest challenges,” which, judging by the reaction I often get, is not nearly the level of detail people are looking

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Learn About the #ISTE18 Conference from 6 Fantastic #EDUPodasters

TeacherCast

In this episode of the TechEducator Podcast, we take a look at this years ISTE conference. Learn how 6 of educations top EDU Podcasters will be attending and manipulating through hundreds of hours of presentations, networking events, and vendor demonstrations and learn how YOU can connect with those on the conference floor if you are #NOTATISTE. The post Learn About the #ISTE18 Conference from 6 Fantastic #EDUPodasters appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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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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#PLN: Using Twitter to Impact Your Professional Learning

Class Tech Integrate

This post is week 2 of 8 in the 8 Weeks of Summer Blog Challenge for educators from HotLunchTray.com. Find out more about this challenge by clicking here. The most important/impactful professional learning I have ever participated in was developing my own Personal Learning Network (PLN) through Twitter. When I tell many of my fellow educators this, they look at me with a strange look on their face.

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Chromebook Apps to Help You Integrate Game-based Learning in Your Class

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Game-based learning is a pedagogical approach that involves the integration of games in learning activities. We have already extensively covered this approach in previous posts which you can.read more.

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Here Is A Great Resource for History Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Map of Contemporaries is an excellent interactive visual that chronicles the history of the world through the lifespans of famous people. It provides a biographical account of different.read more.

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Study: Teacher expertise increases students? college success

eSchool News

Teacher expertise in subject matter has a big influence on students’ postsecondary success, according to a new report. A University of Missouri researcher found that high school students who are taught by teachers who majored or minored in a specific teaching subject, instead of a general teaching degree, are more likely to graduate from college. Researcher Se Woong Lee, an assistant professor in the university’s College of Education, says schools can use this research on teacher expertise to bu

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Facebook Expands ?Community Boost? Initiative with College Partnerships in Chicago

Edsurge

In 2017 Facebook claimed more than 4 million companies advertise on its platform, and more than 500,000 companies advertise on Instagram. Many social media marketers have learned their relatively-new trade on the job, but the tech giant now wants to train the next generation of marketers and entrepreneurs on how businesses can use social platforms—specifically theirs.

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Are you a Future Ready Librarian?

eSchool News

For 20 years, I was a teacher librarian and worked in elementary, middle, and high school libraries. In 2012, I was selected as Washington State Teacher of the Year. And for the last five years, I’ve been a district administrator, including almost two years as chief digital officer overseeing IT and educational technology operations for a district of nearly 24,000 students.

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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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Being a Better Mentor

ProfHacker

While it’s customary–for! good! reason!–to lament the long list of awful things about 2018, one thing that’s legitimately good is that Tenure, She Wrote is up and running again. This week’s post, by the arguably-pseudonymous beckymcboatface, is a good example of TSW’s return is exciting: “An Elephant in the Room: How We Set Ourselves Up to Be Bad at Mentoring” is a really clarifying & helpful post, with printable good/bad templates to boot!

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Real Change From Within, Not From Above

EdTechTeacher

The following post is an excerpt from EdTechTeacher CEO, Tom Daccord’s new blog: tomdaccord.com. Lately, I’ve been reading Peter Block’s The Answer to How is Yes and Robert Evans’ The Human Side of School Change. While Block’s musings are mostly philosophical and Evans’ primarily psychological, both authors address an essential and compelling question that befuddles administrators everywhere: How do we get those under us to change?

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Washington State Announces Digital Learning Access Grants

Education Superhighway

Last week, the Washington state legislature appropriated $900,000 to further leverage funding from the federal E-rate program, which will bring greater connectivity to schools across the state and make available K-12 digital learning access grants. The Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) will manage the funds through a state match grant program in school year 2018-19.

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CoSpaces Edu: LIVE at #ISTE18!

EdTechnocation.com

Whether you're going to #ISTE18 or not, you can catch all the great action and sharing that's happening at the CoSpaces Edu Booth! I'll be at the booth volunteering, showing off how amazing CoSpaces Edu is, and broadcasting booth presentations on Facebook Live! Thanks to CoSpaces Edu, I'll be attending ISTE 2018 and volunteering most of my time helping at the booth!

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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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Assess Students Using Projects and Performance

MiddleWeb

Whether it's performing as a person from history or working on a community problem with others, an assessment that gets students to dig deep into content will result in more rigorous learning, writes consultant Barbara Blackburn. She shares examples to get kids started.

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A Humanoid Robot Inspires All Students to Explore STEM, Coding, and Programming

techlearning

(Dallas, TX) June 20, 2018 — RoboKind , the creators of robots4autism and Milo , today introduced Jett , the coding and programming robot, along with the robots4STEM curriculum designed to teach all students, including those with disabilities, the skills they need to ignite a lasting interest in STEM. Jett is the younger sibling of RoboKind’s facially expressive robot Milo, and provides all students, including those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the opportunity to explore STEM, coding, an

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Lego Robotics Day 3: Gearing Down!

Cycles of Learning

Campers learned about "Gearing Down" by beginning the process of building a "King of the Hill" robot. Click here to learn more about competition specifics.

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Tennessee?s Hamilton County Schools Selects Discovery Education to Drive Inquiry-based Teaching and Learning Initiative in all Middle Schools and High Schools

techlearning

- Award-Winning Digital Services and Professional Learning to Support the Development of Life-Long Learners- Silver Spring, Md. (June 20, 2018) – Tennessee’s Hamilton County Schools (HCS) today announced it has selected Discovery Education , the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms to support its inquiry-based teaching and learning initiative.

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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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Even When Research Supports Changing Traditional Teaching, Parents Make It Hard

MindShift

Every evening after dinner, Herman Agbavor and his 5-year-old son, Herbert, have a ritual. Little Herbert climbs into his dad’s lap, unzips his book bag and they go over his kindergarten homework. The two of them have been doing some variation of this homework routine since Herbert was 1. That’s when Agbavor first enrolled the boy in preschool.

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Part 1: Ten Reasons for Mapping Out PBL? Scaffolds That Makes Project Based Learning Work

techlearning

By now you know that I really believe in the power of PBL. It supports tested content standards and important 21st century skills while PBL providing teachers with the why and how. In this series I wish to investigate that “why” and “how” while providing some ideas and resources to support PBL planning. As I travel the country I have so many teachers ask me what PBL really looks like.

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Buncee Design School Day 3 ? Making a GIF from a Buncee

Buncee

Do you pronounce it G-if or J-if? We've all gotten into the conversation of the correct pronunciation, as well as how do you make these things?! . Buncees are an awesome way of sharing presentations, scrapbooks, or even just for funsies! . One way I love sharing a Buncee along with the link, is to make a GIF of my Buncee. It really adds a little pizzazz when sharing on social media and really grabs attention!

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UBTECH Announces Yanshee Programmable Robot

techlearning

Today, UBTECH Robotics introduces a new member of its family to the US Education market. Yanshee combines an advanced AI interface, a programmable Raspberry Pi card, and a host of sensors and functionality to an open-source platform for educators, students, and robot enthusiasts to learn, experiment, research, and engage with. [ A Few Weeks with Root ] Standing, walking, or dancing: At nearly 15 inches tall, Yanshee features facial, gesture, voice recognition and activation, a speech-to-text fun

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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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This Isn?t the First Time the White House Attempted to Cut the Dept. of Ed. But Things Are Different Now.

Edsurge

When Betsy DeVos first took the helm at the United States Department of Education back in February 2017, pundits, researchers and even EdSurge weighed in on the event—wondering how the new leader would run the show. Yet few could forecast how tumultuous DeVos’ tenure would be, as her policies and responses to legislators and union leaders have garnered the education secretary a growing list of enemies.

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RoboKind Introduces Jett, STEM Curriculum

techlearning

RoboKind , the creators of robots4autism and Milo, today introduced Jett , the coding and programming robot, along with the robots4STEM curriculum designed to teach all students, including those with disabilities. Jett is the younger sibling of RoboKind’s facially expressive robot Milo, and provides all students, including those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the opportunity to explore STEM, coding, and programming. [ KinderLab Robotics Introduces ‘Free Throw’ Extension Set for KIBO Robot

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Wayne Township Metropolitan School District and itslearning Take Bronze Medal in Learning Impact Awards

techlearning

Wayne Township Metropolitan School District and itslearning have been awarded a bronze medal in the 2018 IMS Global Consortium’s Learning Impact Awards program. Their entry in the Established Projects Category, Using LMS Interoperability to Power and Drive Student-Centered Learning, was recognized at this year’s annual Learning Impact Leadership Institute held in Baltimore, Maryland. [ IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces 1EdTech Initiative ] An expert panel of judges used eight criteria for

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UBTECH Robotics Announces Launch of UKIT

techlearning

UBTECH Robotics announced today the launch of UKIT – a new robotics kit featuring a curriculum aligned with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Its curriculum, developed by experts in their respective fields of science, mathematics and literacy, is designed to teach STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) concepts and skills. [ RoboKind Introduces Jett, STEM Curriculum ] The UKIT curriculum also ties STEM literacy into each unit through a litera

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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.

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ASSA ABLOY Provides Affordable and Efficient Solutions for K-12 Access Control Upgrades

techlearning

As students and teachers celebrate the end of the school year, facility managers prepare for possible security upgrades during summer break. Adams Rite, Alarm Controls and ASSA ABLOY Electronic Security Hardware (HES, Securitron) offer the broadest range of access control retrofit products to meet the challenges facing K-12 facility managers including time and budget.

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3DBear Challenges ISTE 2018 Attendees to Build a Martian Colony in AR

techlearning

(Chicago, Illinois) June 20, 2018 – At ISTE 2018, is offering educators a thrilling challenge right out of a Hollywood movie: A U.S. astronaut is stranded on Mars. How are you going to save him? And as a teacher, what science could you teach your students as they try? Students and teachers will have the chance to save that astronaut in augmented reality (AR) during the Northern Illinois STEM Read.

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The Price is Right?AV and ROI

techlearning

Calculating the Return of Investment on AV tech might seem like an impossible task. How can one place a dollar value on the excitement of a class of second graders spotting their first baby elephant live at an African waterhole, the connection a middle schooler has with their lab partner (who happens to be Skyping in from a country across the globe) or a verbally challenged child on the spectrum finding their voice for the first time through an interactive projector?

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Latest and greatest AV gear

techlearning

Casio WXGA Ultra Short Throw Projector XJ-UT351WN [link] This lamp-free Ultra Short Throw not only got the nod as an ISTE Best of Show winner, but earned a spot on the official TCO Certification list. A built-in speaker offers convenience and 3500 Lumens of clear, bright picture is not affected by classrooms with ambient light. Its generous set of connections and wifi capabilities ease the way for collaboration and a variety of media uses.

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LIVE DEMO: Using PowerPoint to Create Compelling Presentations for Virtual Training

Speaker: Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon

Have you ever caught an employee sleeping during training? Compelling content is paramount, but trying to do so with the same tools you've always used is complicated, right? Wrong! Powerpoint has excellent features that, with a bit of creativity, can help you improve your presentations and keep your people engaged without going over budget. By utilizing newer components that enable interactive sequences, navigable content to respond to your audience, and pop quizzes for informal knowledge checks