Catlin Tucker
MAY 10, 2016
At the start of this year, I wrote a blog titled “ Grading for Mastery and Redesigning My Gradebook ,” which detailed my desire to rethink assessment in my classroom. I was tired of students always asking me about points and grades, instead of asking me about how they could improve their skills. I wanted feedback and assessment to be an ongoing conversation.
The CoolCatTeacher
MAY 10, 2016
21st Century Skills Made Simple From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Grant Smith helps teachers learn to code. Surprisingly, he says that teachers have less to learn about teaching coding than programmers do! Today’s episode will help you learn how you can teach coding too. Download a FREE Coding Kit from DK Randomhouse.
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The Journal
MAY 10, 2016
The future for digital credentials is still a bit foggy. A new survey on the topic found that just over a third (36 percent) of people involved in human resources and talent management have any knowledge of the topic. Only a quarter of those surveyed have already begun using digital credentials, such as badges, in their recruitment or hiring processes.
Teacher Reboot Camp
MAY 10, 2016
“They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” – Carl W. Buehner. Many teachers will soon say bye to their learners. In the few days you have left with your learners take the opportunity to leave them with fond memories and knowing you believe in them. This may be difficult, especially when your students are restless.
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The Journal
MAY 10, 2016
The Huntington Beach City School District has completed the latest phase in an initiative that will save the district an estimated $16.3 million while enriching science, technology, engineering arts and math (STEAM) education for students.
EdTech Magazine
MAY 10, 2016
By Meg Conlan A new survey finds that many teachers aren’t yet experiencing the full benefit of technology.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Battelle for Kids
MAY 10, 2016
Volume 3, Issue 4, Number 7. Driving Question: How to design a kindergarten "explorations hour" to foster purposeful play? ORGANIZING AND MANAGING Upon visiting kindergarten classrooms during their "Making Healthy Choices" unit of study, you would see small groups of students engaged in imaginative play. a "health-food store" with shelves of student-created products, a "gym" with child-designed barbells out of tissue boxes and cardboard tubes, a dentist office with various student-created "tools
The Journal
MAY 10, 2016
The Texas Education Agency has chosen a partner to provide high school English resources for the Texas Students Using Curriculum Content to Ensure Sustained Success program.
Digital Promise
MAY 10, 2016
When designing a program or product, many education leaders and ed-tech developers want to start with the best knowledge available on how students learn. Unfortunately, this is easier said than done. Although thousands of academic articles are published every year, busy education leaders and product developers often don’t know where to start, or don’t have time to sift through and find studies that are relevant to their work.
The Journal
MAY 10, 2016
Six school districts in coastal Mississippi have been chosen to participate in a state-sponsored computer science pilot program, according to the Biloxi-based Sun Herald.
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.
Educational Technology Guy
MAY 10, 2016
In the past, I've written about the technology I use on a daily basis (see bottom of page for links). Here's my updated version for Spring, 2016. I am a K-12 Education Strategist for CDW-G. In this role, I work with schools on selecting and implementing technology solutions to improve teaching and learning. I do a lot of research on best practices in education and technology and do a decent amount of traveling.
The Journal
MAY 10, 2016
The shared vision outlines long-term guiding principles and short-term action steps to support CTE.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MAY 10, 2016
May 10, 2016 Digital clickers are interactive learning technologies that provide teachers with an effective way to collect meta-data about their teaching and engage students in learning.read more.
The Journal
MAY 10, 2016
The Orange County Public School District has adopted interactive flat panels and classroom software to complement its bring-your-own-device program.
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.
eSchool News
MAY 10, 2016
Growth mindset holds that every learner has the potential to excel. How could it impact education? Great teachers have long known what research is beginning to prove: an individual’s mindset — as much, or even more so than ability — can have a profound impact on their success in school and beyond. But until recently, noncognitive skills like perseverance and self-motivation sat at the periphery of an education debate centered on the measurement of skills like reading and math.
The Journal
MAY 10, 2016
As director of digital innovation in North Carolina’s Rowan-Salisbury School District, Andrew Smith and his team have successfully implemented a 1-to-1 iPad program for 20,000 students at 35 schools. He did it in less than a year.
TeacherCast
MAY 10, 2016
I can remember my earliest education classes focused on transforming education from a one to many “banking” model to a student-centered approach. From where I sit, 16 years later, this is still a major challenge. We must disrupt the traditional knowledge economy in our classrooms. Even some models of “individualized” instruction ask students to learn The post 3 Ways to Transform Your Students Attitude about Learning by @SamPatue appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.
EdTechTeacher
MAY 10, 2016
This post first appeared on Daily Genius. If you have opened Google Forms lately, you’ve probably noticed that things are looking a little different! Don’t worry, this Google Forms does everything the older version did… a nd a few more cool things! If you get a little annoyed with it, you can always go back to the old version. Just click the little the man in the bottom left corner and you will be back in your familiar territory.
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TeacherCast
MAY 10, 2016
If you are looking for a Bluetooth mouse for your Surface Tablet, try the Microsoft Surface Arc Touch Bluetooth Mouse | TeacherCast.net The post A Review of the Microsoft Surface Arc Touch Bluetooth Mouse appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.
EdTechTeam
MAY 10, 2016
1. Read&Write for Google Make files and the web accessible for those with learning disabilities such as dyslexia, struggling readers & writers, and ESL/ELL. Supports multiple le types: - Google Docs - PDF - ePub - Kes Link to Install: [link] 2. Visor Screen dimmer and reading aid, may help with fluency, eye-strain, concentration and comprehension while reading.
Gaggle Speaks
MAY 10, 2016
Educators are finding more uses for Office 365 both inside and outside of the classroom. The benefits are so far-reaching that sometimes it can be difficult to keep up. To help, we’ve compiled a short list of valuable tips. Co-authoring. Group work can’t get any easier. Remove the hassle with co-authoring tools that allow all members of the group to edit files from anywhere, at any time, as long as they have access to a web browser.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MAY 10, 2016
May 10, 2016 Google Drive is quickly becoming an elementary component in teachers toolkit. Besides its cloud storage services, Drive provides a powerful suite of tools to create, edit, and share.read more.
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 10, 2016
The post TeachThought: A Diagram Of Pedagogy in the 21st Century appeared first on TeachThought.
Edutopia
MAY 10, 2016
Photo Credit: ©Hero Images/500px Elena Aguilar Teacher Development Check out these young adult fiction page-turners -- and then recommend them to your own kids or the students you teach.
eSchool News
MAY 10, 2016
New $800,000 Lockheed Martin investment expands curriculum in Denver Public Schools. STEM education took center stage at the Colorado Convention Center, where Lockheed Martin announced an $800,000 STEM investment in partnership with Project Lead The Way and the Denver Public Schools Foundation to expand STEM programming for Denver Public Schools (DPS) students.
Edutopia
MAY 10, 2016
Photo credit: Edutopia James Kobialka Teaching Strategies Through being reflective about your own teaching practices, model and guide students toward a more reflective approach to their projects, grades, actions, and reactions.
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.
eSchool News
MAY 10, 2016
In New Mexico, educators and policymakers are working to close the digital opportunity gap. It’s after dark, and Angel Banegas sits in the parking lot at Hatch Valley High School. Angel, a sophomore, has a homework assignment that’s due at midnight, and this is the only way he’s able to turn it in. “Better internet would help tremendously in our community,” Angel said.
ASIDE
MAY 10, 2016
Source: ASIDE 2016 Born digitals deftly use technology; for them, it just is. Yet we constantly see discussions, blog posts, and articles about where and whether we should integrate technology, how it should be done, does it motivate learners, etc. We are decades past this discussion. Of course technology feeds motivation. What else would — filling in worksheets, taking linear notes, or sitting through text-laden PowerPoint presentations?
The Hechinger Report
MAY 10, 2016
Sign up! Subscribe to our Blended Learning newsletter. At the Arlington Independent School District in Texas, school leaders aren’t just interested in if teachers are using technology. They want to know how it’s being used, and what kind of training their teachers need. It’s a subtle, but significant, distinction. And it has become all the more important as modern Internet connections and computers are more common than ever in K-12 schools.
Edutopia
MAY 10, 2016
Photo credit: Edutopia Dan St. Louis Resilience and Grit Help your students develop a growth mindset through fostering student agency and active learning, student-led meetings, low-stakes writing assignments, team problem solving, and honest reflection.
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