Teacher Reboot Camp

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Debating issues online brings out the worst in people. We often see disagreements turn into personal and frightening attacks. Our students need to learn the value of stimulating debate, which focuses on issues and strays from personal attacks. Additionally, our students need the skills to deal with online trolls and bullies. These skills can help them cope with the ugliness of the Internet and may save their lives.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez The security firm finds that students use digital tools for malicious reasons, from accessing banned content to interfering with tests.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Type Dojo is a new free comprehensive approach to learning keyboarding. The ad- and distraction-free interface provides not only practice drills but quick links to grade-appropriate keyboarding games (including the popular ones from DanceMat Typing ). It’s easy to get started and just as easy to use making it the perfect tool for busy teachers and students who have lots to do besides keyboarding.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

As quoted in: Schwartz, Sarah. “ Nevada Recommits Funding for State 1-to-1 Program.” Education Week. 21 September 2017. “While those sound like common-sense steps for folks who are deploying 1-to-1 programs in schools, the history of ed tech is littered with examples of those common sense steps not being taken,” said Doug Levin, the founder and CEO of EdTech Strategies, a consulting firm, in an interview.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

As quoted in: Schwartz, Sarah. “ Nevada Recommits Funding for State 1-to-1 Program.” Education Week. 21 September 2017. “While those sound like common-sense steps for folks who are deploying 1-to-1 programs in schools, the history of ed tech is littered with examples of those common sense steps not being taken,” said Doug Levin, the founder and CEO of EdTech Strategies, a consulting firm, in an interview.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

For home-schooled students like me, the process of earning a high school diploma is a bit more complicated than it is for “traditional” pupils. Those complications extend into the higher education world where some colleges accept home-school diplomas and others require GED® test scores as part of the application process. For me, those GED requirements weren’t a problem.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Most U.S. colleges see pronounced gaps in completion rates along racial and economic lines. Asian and white students graduate at a rate of 63.2 percent and 62.0 percent, respectively, while just 45.8 percent of Hispanic and 38.0 percent of black students complete their degrees, according to a study by the National Student Clearinghouse. The University of California, Riverside is the only campus in the U.S. where this trend is bucked: minority and low-income students graduate at almost the same r

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Hip Hughes on episode 155 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. History teacher Keith “Hip” Hughes has a massive following on his YouTube channel.Today, he shares his technique for flipping the classroom in engaging, powerful ways. Today’s Sponsor: Edpuzzle is my new favorite flipped classroom tool.

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ProfHacker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

This CFP comes by way of Kirsti Cole, who with Holly Hassel has just published Surviving Sexism in Academia: Strategies for Feminist Leadership (Routledge, 2017). The CFP is for the followup: — We are proposing this collection because a regular review of the trade daily sites like the Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed demonstrates that there is no shortage of concerns, problems, and challenges facing higher education in the current moment.

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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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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Enter the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow contest to empower students, inspire ideas, and create change by incorporating STEAM into projects designed to help advance the interests of local communities. Apply by 11/9/17, for a chance to win!

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

This kindergarten classroom at Lafayette Elementary in San Francisco has both native English speakers and students who are still learning English. As teacher Elizabeth Iwaszewicz works to help her students understand the difference between fact and opinion she makes sure that students have multiple opportunities to talk with a “rug partner” so they can practice skills like listening and paraphrasing.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Enter the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow contest to empower students, inspire ideas, and create change by incorporating STEAM into projects designed to help advance the interests of local communities. Apply by 11/9/17, for a chance to win!

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

With a recent focus on "fake news" and the realization that many of us (adults and kids alike) get our news primarily through social media , the concept of "media literacy" is buzzing. And the #medialiteracy community is responding to this buzz with gusto. Below are a few framing ideas, planning tools, and media-literacy-infused project examples that can help you leverage this momentum, expand media-literacy education in your classrooms, and coordinate a media-literacy progra

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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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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Enter the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow contest to empower students, inspire ideas, and create change by incorporating STEAM into projects designed to help advance the interests of local communities. Apply by 11/9/17, for a chance to win!

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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

The acquisition of eSchoolData will give IO Education more traction in the Northeast and more product offerings, says IO's CEO. The post IO Education Acquires eSchoolData and Looks for More Growth appeared first on Market Brief.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

I’ve written about the magic of Bethan Woollvin’s Little Red a few times on the blog. It’s one of those books that captures an audience when it’s read aloud. The repeating lines, the bold color, the large scary wolf, the shocking images… all work together to speak to so many readers. Our 2nd grade has been studying Bethan Woollvin’s work by reading Little Red , viewing some of Bethan’s art, and exploring some of the resources on All the Wonders.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Noteflight for Teachers helps teachers and students safely share assignments, musical concept examples, and opinions.

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Technology Tidbits

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

30hands is the excellent and easy-to-use learning tool that educators/students everywhere are using for a wide range purposes, such as: digital storytelling, project based learning, blended learning, and much much more. I highly recommend checking out 30hands Pro by clicking here or 30hands Web here !!! 30hands has lots of exciting news on the horizon.

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EdTechnocation.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Instrutables.com is running a teachers-only contest from now until November 6, 2017! Submit your classroom build projects and vote on your favorites. There are some great prizes to earn including a special judge's prize for the best STEAM project. Learn more inside this blog post and find out what project I submitted! The 2017 Teachers Contest on Instructables.com has begun and there are already some amazing teacher projects being created and shared!

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Technology Tidbits

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

SmartKids is a fun iOS app for students grades K-6 for Game Based Learning. SmartKids has over a 1000 mini-games in a wide variety of subjects such as: Math, Science, Programming, etc. These games have high replay value as there are lots of features to unlock, stars to uncover, and more. Best of all is the teacher/parent dashboard which lets them: filter games, adjust difficultly levels, etc etc.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

It’s the start of a new school year and the air is full of promise. I’ve set up my room, made my copies and attended all of my meetings. As students flood into the school, I’m charged with positive energy and hope. But as I peruse my class list and the academic data that accompanies it, anxiety sets in. I’ve committed to personalizing learning, but how can I do that for every student in my inclusion classroom when the range of abilities among them is so vast?

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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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Technology Tidbits

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Pixel is a new free mobile (iOS/Android) app for students learning how to program or code. This is ideal for educators looking to introduce STEM and is very user friendly. Pixel uses the familiar drag-n-drop blocks of code formula (i.e. Scratch) to make a robot preform functions such as speech and emotion. Below is a brief demo. I highly recommend checking out Pixel by clicking here !!!

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The Jose Vilson

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Whenever folks hear code words like ". regardless of zip code." they act upon it in multiple ways. Some want to create educational equity, and surely, there are plenty of groups that profess to want this. Some advocate for equity by hanging on to mythos of the one schoolhouse, segregated, destitute, and gritty all the same. Some simply yell to the rafters, but never hang with the commoners unless there's a photo-op and a hefty check at the end of a speech.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity—these are the “Four Cs” that P21 has identified as critical skills for 21 st century learning. As educators rethink their lesson plans to cater to these skills, one focus area that could help is AV and media skills. In addition to facilitating learning in multiple subjects, media projects, presentations and online communications advance the uptake of all Four Cs of 21 st century learning.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

(National) Education Politics. “The Trump Administration Has Revoked A Federal Directive On Campus Rape ,” Buzzfeed reports. More on the decision in The New York Times. US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos ’ “learning curve where higher ed is concerned is quite vertical,” quips UC president Janet Napolitano. The Chronicle of Higher Education has more on Napolitano’s remarks at a lunch at UC’s Washington Center.

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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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