Ditch That Textbook
MARCH 30, 2018
When we talk about school culture we are referring to the attitudes of the school community, the relationships between staff members and beliefs they share. A healthy school culture is collaborative, supportive, encouraging and has a positive impact on staff, students and families. An unhealthy school culture has the opposite effect. A healthy school culture […].
Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 30, 2018
In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: #101–the Laptop Internet Button.
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Edsurge
MARCH 30, 2018
Portland, OR — Wayfinding Academy doesn’t look like a college. In fact, it’s easy to walk past its building without even noticing, since the yellow clapboard structure blends seamlessly with its surroundings in one of the few affordable neighborhoods left in this quickly-gentrifying city. The building once housed a YWCA. These days, walking around inside means experiencing a live-action critique of traditional higher education.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MARCH 30, 2018
While there are tons of websites and mobile apps that offer pre-made educational games to use with your students in class, it happens sometimes that you can’t find the right game that addresses the.read more.
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The Hechinger Report
MARCH 30, 2018
BOSTON — When Chantel Brown was a child in rural Morganton, N.C., she savored the illusion that she “could come off as middle class.” That doesn’t take much when one-quarter of the residents live in poverty. But Brown cleaved to the bling she had: her family’s one-story brick home in a one-street subdivision with a fancy name, River Hills. Chantel Brown, a Brown University graduate, works at The Parthenon Group on March 14, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts.
TeacherCast
MARCH 30, 2018
Email. we can't get away from it. In this post, we will learn what goes into creating a professional email signature that sets you apart from others and makes people notice you. The post How to Write a Good Email Signature so others will Notice You appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.
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TeacherCast
MARCH 30, 2018
What do you stand for and believe in? What sets you apart from your colleagues and competitors in a very small and diverse world. Learn why individuality is not just essential, but expected from today's top employers. The post How are you cultivating the brand you want to be identified with? appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.
Teacher Tech
MARCH 30, 2018
Add Slide Numbers in Google Slides By default slides in Google Slides do not have “page numbers.” It is easy to add them to Google Slides. Insert Menu Use the Insert menu to locate “Slide numbers.” Turn On Slide Numbering The default is “Off.” Instead select On. You may not want the “1” on the […].
TeacherCast
MARCH 30, 2018
It's that time of year when we seek out opportunities. We seek employment, we seek recognition, we seek rewards. we seek out companionship. In this post, we will look at winning strategies for you and your career! The post Don’t sweat it … It’s just the most important 15 seconds of your life appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.
Iterating Toward Openness
MARCH 30, 2018
This is another post in my series of posts showing gratitude and appreciation for members of the open education community. Today I’m going to focus on ISKME and OER Commons. From their website: ISKME’s OER initiatives aim to grow a sustainable culture of sharing and continuous improvement among educators at all levels. In 2007, ISKME launched OER Commons, its digital public library and collaboration platform, informed by the organization’s pioneering efforts in knowledge managemen
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.
TeacherCast
MARCH 30, 2018
The terms ‘introvert’ and ‘extrovert’ are often used to describe a student’s personality, and perhaps even to predict what activities they are likely to engage with. For example, based on the perception that 3D design is a quiet and private activity, one could assume that it is for introverts. However, 50 to 74 percent of… The post Who Said That 3D Printing is for Introverts!?
SpeechTechie
MARCH 30, 2018
Hi Folks, An update on a few things I have had going on. I am excited to be a featured speaker at ArSHA in Tucson in a few weeks ! Hope to see some of you there. SpeechTechie was named one of the Top Speech Pathology Blogs of 2018 by the website Speech Pathology Master's Programs. Many great resources are listed there. You can read the interview I provided for the website here.
TeachThought - Learn better.
MARCH 30, 2018
Advertise With TeachThought: Now Accepting Packages For April & May 2018 by TeachThought Staff TeachThought is now accepting advertising applications for April and May 2018. Contact us today to create visibility for your product, platform, or service on one of the world’s leading progressive education platforms and the millions of monthly readers and users that […].
ProfHacker
MARCH 30, 2018
We are getting near the sharp pointy end of the spring semester, where everything is a breathless sprint toward exams and graduation (and beyond that, dreams of summer), but hopefully this weekend you have a minute to take stock and get yourself together. Here, for your weekend enjoyment, are five links and some videos. Donna Lanclos has a terrific post on what happens when we assume no useful digital work is already happening on campus : When leaders, managers, lecturers, or consultants (who ar
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.
My Paperless Classroom
MARCH 30, 2018
This post was originally created and posted on the website TeacherCast Educational Network. The only place to read this as the original content is [link]. In many ways, my whole career changed when I asked the question, “If I can teach coding to pre-readers, can coding help them learn to reading?” This episode of Beyond the hour of code talks through my learning process and highlights some of the most useful pieces.
The Principal of Change
MARCH 30, 2018
Many educators are great at bringing “experts” into their classrooms. I always say that the best person to teach kids about space is probably an astronaut, not necessarily a teacher. I have seen teachers do this over and over again and it is an excellent opportunity for our students. But do the students know how the teacher made that happen?
My Paperless Classroom
MARCH 30, 2018
The more I collaborate with great teachers the more I am convinced that teaching is a team sport. I am lucky this year because I get to work with Megan, the STEM coordinator for the lower grades as well as 8 other problem solving roles. Megan and I share many students and we work to… The post @SamPatue Shares thoughts on Programming Robots in the Primary Grades to Capture Young Imaginations appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.
eSchool News
MARCH 30, 2018
As ASCD Empower 18 kicked off in Boston on Friday, March 23 I knew the four days were going to be “wicked awesome”—I mean, come on!—it’s Boston. But somehow, the event toped even my highest expectations. I was motivated to be both a learner and a leader at this year’s ASCD conference. In his keynote, Manny Scott said, “Be a student for your students,” so I prided myself on learning outside of my comfort zone as well as chances to learn within it.
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My Paperless Classroom
MARCH 30, 2018
Ever since I discovered that my pre-reading students could code using leveled apps like Kodable and The Foos, as well as open studio apps like Scratch Jr, I have worked to figure out how this fun and engaging challenge could be linked to literacy instruction. The post Teaching Programming to our PreReaders: How can Coding Teach Students to Read? appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.
Fractus Learning
MARCH 30, 2018
Mastery Learning Doesn’t Have to be scary. A lot of times when I talk about Mastery Learning with teachers, I can see them slowly start back away and sometimes even getting noticeably scared. I’ll be honest, […].
techlearning
MARCH 30, 2018
The movie Black Panther hit theaters February 16th, and since become one of the most successful Marvel movies, grossing more than 700 million dollars worldwide. Black Panther is a Marvel superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. This is the first Marvel Studio movie to feature a predominantly black cast, drenched with African culture.
NeverEndingSearch
MARCH 30, 2018
When I left Springfield, I had at least 15 copies each of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks , The Soloist and Unbroken lying around. A few copies of each were on the shelves; many more were crowded on the bottom shelves in our workroom, several copies deep. What do we do with the leftover books after our One-Book-One-School / One-Book-One-Community or major book club events have passed?
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
MARCH 30, 2018
Historypin Crowdsourcing is key to making history accessible, approachable Pros: Local and international history is accessible and enjoyable to uncover as well as add to. Cons: The community needs more members to create a well-rounded view of world history. Bottom Line: Historypin is an engaging tool to get kids interested in the history of their community and the world.
My Paperless Classroom
MARCH 30, 2018
In many ways, my whole career changed when I asked the question, “If I can teach coding to pre-readers, can coding help them learn to reading?” This episode of Beyond the hour of code talks through my learning process and highlights some of the most useful pieces. I have included below the framework and template for one of my ScratchJr coding activities.
EdTechTeam
MARCH 30, 2018
Breakout EDU is an immersive learning games platform. The kit allows for the facilitation of games where players use teamwork and critical thinking to solve a series of challenging puzzles in order to open the locked box. Games are available for all ages and content areas. See Breakout EDU in Action here. If you’re hoping to bring Breakout EDU to your school or district, but aren’t sure where to find the budget, note that this game not only builds and improves teamwork, critical problem-solving
My Paperless Classroom
MARCH 30, 2018
The more I collaborate with great teachers the more I am convinced that teaching is a team sport. I am lucky this year because I get to work with Megan, the STEM coordinator for the lower grades as well as 8 other problem solving roles. Megan and I share many students and we work to integrate our work whenever possible. One good idea can make my week.
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
MARCH 30, 2018
LONG BEACH, Calif. – March 30, 2018 – Epson, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide, today announced its PowerLite L610U won a TCEA Best of Show Award from Tech & Learning magazine. The Awards program recognizes the products and services from exhibitors at the TCEA conference that show the greatest promise for educators. A panel of Tech & Learning advisors reviewed and rated the products at the February conference to determine the winners.
Fractus Learning
MARCH 30, 2018
Mastery Learning Doesn’t Have to be scary. A lot of times when I talk about Mastery Learning with teachers, I can see them slowly start back away and sometimes even getting noticeably scared. I’ll be honest, […].
Think Exam
MARCH 30, 2018
With the boom in technology, internet is the best gift that humans have cherished to enhance their capabilities. It has taken almost every field and most importantly the education segment. This includes the switch of traditional classrooms to smart classes that emphasis on the use of audio video aids. Even though has completely defined a new platform to the learning methodologies.
Hansen's Link to Tech
MARCH 30, 2018
Often enough organizations are collaborating and have the need to efficiently communicate regarding events and pertinent information. Sometimes sharing calendars is enough, however there are times when you would like one unified calendar. Here are few steps to get you started with creating a unified calendar. Setting Up and Sharing. Locate the + create a New Calendar and give it a name.
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