Neo LMS

AUGUST 9, 2016

The combination of students and mobile devices in the classroom has long been a debate topic among education professionals. The use of mobile devices during classes is often regarded as an element of distraction for students. But with today’s smartphones, can this still be the case? In the pre-smartphone era, when traditional mobile phones – or “dumb phones”, how I like to call them – ruled the world, students simply couldn’t use their phones for learning.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 9, 2016

With more and more educational technology tools on the market, schools and universities , the government , and parents all want to know, Which products are effective for which teachers and students? In response, ed-tech developers are using research to inform the early stages of product design and development, and to conduct evaluations of their products’ effectiveness.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 9, 2016

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m taking a few days this summer to review them with you. Some are edited and/or written by members of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew. Others, by tech teachers who work with the same publisher I do. All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, w

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More Verbs

AUGUST 9, 2016

What’s all the fuss about micro-credentials and digital badging? What are they and how do I earn them? What do they have to do with professional development? What’s this new iLearnMaine Educator Micro-credentials program from ACTEM and the DOE? Attend this session and not only discover answers to these questions, but get a head start on figuring out which micro-credentials you might like to earn!

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2016

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez New PowerPoint tool has the potential to make slideshow presentations interactive and engaging.

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The Jose Vilson

AUGUST 9, 2016

“How do you show students you care and love them?” Someone asked me that this afternoon. And every other week. Shout-out to the other eighth grade math teacher who asked it. I’m not about the touchy-feely stuff; I prefer to discuss techniques, strategies, and content where possible. I prefer to talk about race, class, gender, and take long walks in the city.

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Teacher Tech

AUGUST 9, 2016

Collaborative Google Slides I learned from Christine Pinto an idea of modifying the slide layout to create layouts with different colored backgrounds. This allows different groups to contribute to the same Google Slides. Students are assigned to a color group and any slides that group contributes to the collaborative Google Slides utilizes that colored slide. […].

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2016

At EdSurge, we scour the internet for tools to help teachers find the best edtech products out there. Every week, our educator-specific INSTRUCT newsletter contains a section called “ S’Cool Tools ,” where we provide a small sampling of popular or up-and-coming edtech tools. Since January 2016, we’ve showcased over 100 edtech “S’Cool Tools.” Some resonated more than others; a few resonated a lot.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2016

Key points: Researchers are developing a STEM curriculum intended for preschool students. Though evidence suggests early STEM exposure has benefits, little STEM instruction occurs in preschool classrooms. A grant enables six clusters of STEM lessons to be introduced to preschool children through play and other instructional methods. Although research suggests that students as young as preschool age would benefit from STEM education, experts point to a gap between what the research says and how m

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ProfHacker

AUGUST 9, 2016

[ This is a guest post by Rebecca J. Hogue ( @rjhogue ), a multi-affiliated (aka adjunct/contingent) online lecturer (University of Massachusetts-Boston, Brock University) and avid blogger. She teaches Digital Citizenship and Instructional Design online. In addition, she works as a consultant helping to develop and produce self-published eBooks. Her research and innovation interests are in the areas of online collaboration, social media, and ePatient blogging.

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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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Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 9, 2016

Teachers of math and English/language arts in states following the common-core standards are playing a strong role in developing or selecting the classroom resources they use, a report has found. More than 90 percent of math educators surveyed on the report, for instance, said they either selected or developed their own materials. And many teachers at the elementary level said they used those self-selected or developed materials frequently–at least once a week.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 9, 2016

Reviewing iPad and Android educational apps has diverted our attention away from another equally important educational app store which is that of Windows. Each week we receive at least a couple of.read more.

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My Paperless Classroom

AUGUST 9, 2016

Are you truly using Google Classroom to it's fullest? In this podcast. we welcome OpenEd and Tynker on the program to share new and exciting ways to use Google Classroom this school year. The post Using Google Classroom for Teacher Lesson Plans and Student Coding Activities appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network. Are you truly using Google Classroom to it's fullest?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2016

Let’s face it — we live in a very visually oriented society. Visual media is a great way to communicate, with a lot of positive applications in the classroom. Videos are attention-getters. One of the major benefits, in fact, is that everybody is familiar with video chat, thanks to smart phones and online media. It has fostered a new movement in education, led by organizations like The Global Classroom Project , to connect schools all around the globe.

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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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Edutopia

AUGUST 9, 2016

Elena Aguilar Student Voice If you want to know how to reach, engage, and best teach your students, ask them. Here are example questions and tips on how to ask them.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2016

The Art of Science Learning (AoSL), a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded initiative, spearheaded by its Principal Investigator, Harvey Seifter, has released its newest report, titled The Impact of Arts-Based Innovation Training on the Creative Thinking Skills, Collaborative Behaviors and Innovation Outcomes of Adolescents and Adults. The report was written by Audience Viewpoints Consulting, the independent research firm AoSL retained to conduct the study.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 9, 2016

As a form of advanced doodling, digital sketch noting allows you to capture, record and communicate your ideas in a visually mediated system. Sketchnoting is inherently multimodal in that it involves.read more.

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MIND Research Institute

AUGUST 9, 2016

Update: About a year ago I wrote this article for the Huffington Post about the achievement gap and how it steers us in the wrong direction. It was additionally picked up by Getting Smart and viewed by many others. Since then, I've submitted a proposal to share even more on this topic at SXSW. Feel free to share your support by voting for the proposal.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2016

The social learning marketplace MindSpree is revamping the tutoring landscape by offering on-demand services nationwide. The Arizona-based education technology company was founded in 2015 by Keith Rezendes after noticing the tutoring industry was not fulfilling the needs of many. As a former professor and veteran tutor, Rezendez wanted to create a place where students could receive the highest quality tutors for the best value.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 9, 2016

The post 8 Principles Of Gamified Learning appeared first on TeachThought.

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SpeechTechie

AUGUST 9, 2016

I've always been a firm believer that all students benefit from visual supports--but providing images or other visuals provides a path to language. That's the V--Visual--in the FIVES Criteria. An image leads to: understanding of a vocabulary word or concept.associations.expansion of categories.description.connections and narrative.causal, conditional, or other structural language forms.engagement!!!

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Kevin Corbett

AUGUST 9, 2016

You know you can attract and engage students with video. But here comes the tricky part. Your staff don’t. Let’s just say they’re not great with change. They may even suck at it. They may frown and fold their arms and insist that you’re wrong, because the traditional way is right and it works and it. Read More.

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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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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2016

Virtual charter schools can give students who are falling behind in traditional schools a chance to find success in an alternative learning environment. But can virtual charter schools fully replace the traditional face-to-face school experience? New York University professor June Ahn, the author of a new study examining the state of Ohio’s virtual charter schools published by the Thomas B.

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EmergingEdTech

AUGUST 9, 2016

(Image Source) The Emerging Use of Virtual Reality in our Classrooms Offers Exciting Possibilities Students often learn about other parts of the world by reading or maybe watching a video. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2016

As part of its on-going efforts to improve communications, foster collaboration, and bolster student achievement, Nampa School District #131 (Nampa SD) in Nampa, Idaho has become the first school district in the state to implement the itslearning learning management system. With 24 schools, Nampa SD serves 15,000 students in grades preK – 12, and will begin using the itslearning system this fall.

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MindShift

AUGUST 9, 2016

Getting out of the classroom can benefit everyone — both teachers and students. Fresh air and fresh perspectives combine to allow for new types of creativity, for play, and for a chance to connect learning to life. The best of these apps help harness what kids are learning outside so they can bring it back into the classroom for further study.

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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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The Principal of Change

AUGUST 9, 2016

In my last post , I shared an article regarding a Michigan High School that recently banned mobile devices from their classrooms. Here was one of my comments: These articles used to really bother me, but what I have learned is that I never know the whole story. There is always more to any article or tweet you read online. That being said, here is one part that bothered me: The decision regarding the new cell phone policy was made after several discussions with the high school advisory committee

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The Mobile Native

AUGUST 9, 2016

Top 10 Reasons I Use TenMarks Math in My Classroom by Scott Newcomb , Grade 4 Teacher, OH: We teachers are inundated with choice when it comes to tech tools. I started using TenMarks Math 2 years ago and have not looked back since. Here are the top 10 reasons I use TenMarks Math in my classroom: 1. Curriculum Aligned TenMarks Math has aligned content standards by grade level, which makes it easy to provide whole class, blended, or small group instruction.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2016

College Choice, which focuses on college and university rankings and resources, has published its 2016 rankings for the Best Business Schools in the World. As the economy becomes a more global affair, business professionals are looking towards getting a graduate degree that specializes them in international business. So it’s no surprise that business schools around the world are heeding that call and have developed a degree that meets the needs of these business professionals. “Enter

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MiddleWeb

AUGUST 9, 2016

Make no mistake says productivity expert Frank Buck, how well we bring our vision for the school year to fruition rests upon the things we do on a daily basis. Getting organized by going digital is the overwhelmed educator's best hope. Buck recommends Toodledo.

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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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