Ed Tech from the Ground Up
MAY 1, 2017
Being part of an education innovation cluster can bring connections, mentorships and a blueprint for navigating future growth and funding. The post Startups Reap Long-Lasting Benefits From an Innovation Cluster appeared first on Market Brief.
EdTech Magazine
MAY 1, 2017
By Wendy McMahon Education leaders share affordable ways to help bring digital equity to students.
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The CoolCatTeacher
MAY 1, 2017
Episode 66 of the 10-Minute Teacher- An Audio Blog Post From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today I share a post I wrote several years ago that tends to be shared like crazy this time of year. I hope it encourages you to finish well. Here’s the link to the original blog post: [link] if you want to read it instead of listening to it.
EdTech4Beginners
MAY 1, 2017
I’ve long been interested in seeing the use of technology in the classroom as an almost invisible tool, a stage for which the children and the learning process are the stars. I often watch technologies trickle away after the novelty has faded, making me wonder how technology is valued. I endeavour to regard learning tech as merely the metaphorical stage, rather than the actor, in this show of learning.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 1, 2017
Here are the most-read posts for the month of July: Teacher Appreciation Week is May 1st-5th. How You Can Make Homework Easier for Students. Summer Tech Camp–Everything You Need. 21 Great Websites and Apps for Earth Day. A new resource guide from Kiddom: Standards-based Grading for ELA and Social Studies. Understanding By Design — What’s That Even Mean?
Ditch That Textbook
MAY 1, 2017
The traditional research paper has been around a long time. We all likely have a memory of sweating over one at the last minute. They’re still a staple in K-12 schools and in universities. We don’t use formal academic papers and reports that much in real life. Often, they’re sources for more academic papers and [.].
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Digital Promise
MAY 1, 2017
This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. For many years, schools and universities have had to change the way they work and teach in order to fit in with technology. Software like PowerPoint, for example, which has long been used as an education tool, wasn’t designed for education. Nonetheless, it has been a staple tool in education settings, used as a way to present information in template, bite-size formats.
Edsurge
MAY 1, 2017
As educators, we always encourage our students to work together; we promise them two heads are better than one. But with so much happening in our individual classrooms, we teachers often don’t take our own good advice. Last year at. Piedmont Elementary in Alabama, we decided to finally try it. We took our respective subjects—science and math—combined forces, and created one super-class: what our students affectionately call smath.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MAY 1, 2017
April , 2017 After posting about some of the best educational websites for teachers, we are sharing with you today this visual we created based on Teachers Apps collection in iTunes App Store.read more.
Edsurge
MAY 1, 2017
Middle schooler Hannah Levenberg always liked taking things apart, but she didn’t make the connection between her tinkering and technology until she took a class from Mr. Moredock. He taught her how to code in her seventh grade Innovation and Design class at Redwood Day School. The following year, he challenged her to design a unique project using Arduino circuits.
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.
EdTechTeacher
MAY 1, 2017
Though most students knows about Google, few realize the power of Google Scholar. Unlike a regular Google search, Google Scholar limits its results to sources considered to be scholarly : books, journals, abstracts, theses, and even court cases. Also unlike Google, instead of ranking results by popularity, keyword, and past searches, Google Scholar examines the text in the documents, the credibility of the publication, and how often the work has been cited by other scholars.
techieMusings
MAY 1, 2017
In our final three weeks of AP Prep, I give students a variety of resources to study from. Though I still give some full class assignments during this time, I want to make sure that each student is studying based on their specific needs. For this reason, I feel it is important that I give them some choice in assignments. This year, I decided to have students track their study progress in Sutori.
TeachThought - Learn better.
MAY 1, 2017
The post 6 Questions Students Can Use To Guide Their Inquiry-Based Learning appeared first on TeachThought.
eSchool News
MAY 1, 2017
As classrooms and teachers grow stronger in providing individualized and personalized instruction to every students, it’s never been more important to define and address the often-myriad literacy challenges within classrooms to ensure that all struggling students learn and improve—especially those students with dyslexia. In “ Teaching Students with Literacy Problems—Including Dyslexia ,” hosted by edWeb.net and sponsored by Brookes Publishing , Nickola Wolf Nelson, Ph.D., Professor Emerita, Depa
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.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 1, 2017
Far more low-income students are qualified to attend the nation’s most selective colleges and universities than they enroll, despite the fact that most have budget surpluses they could use to subsidize the neediest applicants, a new study contends. Most low-income students end up at community colleges and regional public universities with low graduation rates.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MAY 1, 2017
May 1, 2017 This is a quick post to share with you this interesting resource we came across awhile ago. This is a collection of more than 60 free math textbooks, or what is conventionally known as.read more.
My Paperless Classroom
MAY 1, 2017
Are you interested in starting a podcast in your school? Check out these suggestions on equipment, apps for your next Windows Podcasting Experience. The post How Can I Podcast In My Completely #MicrosoftEDU Based Classroom? #PodcastWhatsNext @MicrosoftEDU appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MAY 1, 2017
May 1, 2017 Bamboo Paper is an excellent notebook app you can use for sketching, drawing, or taking notes. It provides a number of interesting features that makes writing/drawing experience on it.read more.
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EdTechTeam
MAY 1, 2017
BLUEGRASS SUMMIT This weekend I had the great opportunity to partake in the Bluegrass Summit. I did not attend the first day, but the second day was more than amazing. I truly believe that there aren't the right, or enough, words that can explain the feelings I had and still have. IN THE BEGINNING Picture it - entering the building to warm “Good mornings” and smiles.
Marketplace K-12
MAY 1, 2017
The market around ed-tech tools being used by schools continues to grow, but there are limits to that growth, an analysis finds. The post K-12 Ed-Tech Platform and Tools Market Value to Increase to $1.83 Billion by 2020, Report Says appeared first on Market Brief.
eSchool News
MAY 1, 2017
A new tool helps district leaders plan and create online assessments in the wake of their growing popularity. The Online Assessment Planning Tool , supported by the Learning First Alliance, is accompanied by a report summarizing the best practices in online assessments. The new report , which comes from CoSN, provides an update on the state of online assessments.
Educator Innovator
MAY 1, 2017
Teacher-led innovation to help youth connect learning that happens in and out of school. The third annual LRNG Innovators challenge invited educators to imagine learning experiences that help young people spark their interests and ignite passions. With support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, John Legend’s Show Me Campaign , and the National Writing Project (NWP) , 10 grantees have been selected based on their proposed programs, curricula, or projects that actively h
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.
TeachThought - Learn better.
MAY 1, 2017
The post Google Earth Just Got Better–& More Existential appeared first on TeachThought.
eSchool News
MAY 1, 2017
Ed. note : App of the Week picks are now being curated by the editors of Common Sense Education , which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. Click here to read the full app review. Hall of Heroes. What’s It Like?
MindShift
MAY 1, 2017
Many of the ideas that have become popular in education today like the power of projects and collaboration — not to mention the way technology could change learning — are rooted in ideas put forward by Seymour Papert , who died in 2016. His legacy lives on at the MIT Media Lab, where Mitch Resnick, a key figure behind the development of the kids programming language Scratch , tries to carry Papert’s ideas forward.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 1, 2017
This year’s high school seniors can now use tax returns from the prior year and they have also had three extra months to apply for financial aid for college, thanks to recent changes in federal financial aid policy that have brought some additional time for what remains a complex and confusing application process for families. This extra time for completing the Free Application for Student Aid (FAFSA) carries the potential to generate substantial improvements in college attendance among lower-in
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.
MiddleWeb
MAY 1, 2017
Consultant Frank Baker often hears teachers and media specialists raise concerns about the time it takes to facilitate a visual or media literacy lesson. In this post he shares several ideas for 15-minute lesson segments using familiar magazines for kids and adults.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 1, 2017
Corinth Elementary School is one of three schools in the Corinth School District, which has been labeled a “District of Innovation” by the state. Photo: Corinth School District. When the Corinth School District in north Mississippi was given the distinction of “District of Innovation” by the state last year, officials realized it was their chance to roll out unique initiatives they believed would truly impact student achievement.
Reading By Example
MAY 1, 2017
You could hear a pin drop in my classroom when I read aloud. It is their favorite time of the day. They beg me to read aloud to them. -What a teacher recently shared with me. I still remember when I got hooked on reading. My 3rd-grade teacher started reading aloud Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing by Judy Blume. The humor and plot hit home for me, also being an older brother like Peter, the main character.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 1, 2017
Inside one of the greenhouses at Unity College, part of a farm the college uses for instruction but from which it also sells produce to bring in extra money. Photo: Unity College. THORNDIKE, Maine — The complex of plastic-covered greenhouses just off Route 220 could belong to any rural American roadside farm stand. Produce is on offer here, both retail and wholesale, along with plants, gardening tools, lawn ornaments, and crafts.
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