Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 22, 2016

When I was in high school, we didn’t have an ‘open campus.’ We were supposed to stay at school and eat our lunches in the cafeteria. Many of us would drive off anyway, hoping that we could make it back in time for our next class. We often were late because of the distance between our school and the fast food joints. But since I ran with a crowd of ‘good kids’ who got high grades and were heading off to college, we could stroll into class late – sometimes with coffee or an ice c

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

For the past several decades, I have had my feet in both elementary education and teacher training and development. Regardless of age, grade level, and setting, I include hands-on and experiential learning as a integral part of my instruction. It is learning by doing with a reflective element which, in turn, creates conditions for deeply engaged learning.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2016

As educators, we are tasked with the weighty responsibility of helping prepare students to be successful in life. And as wide a swath as life may cut, students must be prepared for whatever challenge it unfolds. Despite many state standardized tests following the cookie-cutter approach of one-size-fits-all testing, educators every day are personalizing learning to meet the needs of individual students, meeting them at the intersection of their learning styles and the resources available to them.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 22, 2016

December 23, 2016 Niche-specific content is usually not readily available through regular generic search engines. One example is the academic and scholarly content. While running a search query.read more.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2016

American higher education, particularly in the liberal arts, is currently on the edge of a precipice. Rising tuition costs have put pressure on schools to prepare their students for a financially successful future. Many students are turning to STEM and other vocational fields in hopes of better job prospects. Another career path that’s increasingly popular, but less clear-cut, is entrepreneurship.

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District Administration

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Products that help prepare students for life beyond K12 Ray Bendici The ever-increasing pace and variety of technological developments continues to be a challenge for K12 assistive technology products.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 22, 2016

December , 2016 NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory website is giving away a number of excellent space posters for free. You can download and print these posters and hang them on your classroom.read more.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 22, 2016

“How will a student know what to do?” Betty asked, staring at the game displayed on the iPad in front of her. I responded, “Just like many other games, they’ll try something and see how it works. ST Math is about problem solving. It is crucial for students to learn that it is okay to fail in order to figure out a problem. Learning from mistakes is an important step in the learning process.

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The Jose Vilson

DECEMBER 22, 2016

My third essay of the week was published on Math for America’s Teacher Voices blog. I wrote about my time at Math for America’s Fall Function where New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was the keynote. I had a few things to say that was fairly representative of the people in the room: At the same time, we must recognize the challenges of doing this work from an equity framework.

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The Principal of Change

DECEMBER 22, 2016

In a previous post, “ 4 Non-Negotiables for Schools “, I shared what I believe should be evident in all schools: Charlie Hutzler, summed it up nicely on Twitter: ✔ #Climate. ✔ Develop whole child. ✔ Model #learning. ✔ Stoke #curiosity. 4 Non-Negotiables for Schools @gcouros https://t.co/gzVEeew3E3 #edchat. — Charlie Hutzler (@CAHutzler) December 18, 2016.

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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

DECEMBER 22, 2016

[ Editor’s note: This story, originally published on May 31st of this year, was our #6 most popular story of the year. The countdown continues Monday with #5, so be sure to check back!]. Mobile devices are becoming increasingly common in schools because they cost so much less than computers—especially since so many students are willing to bring their own devices to school.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Excerpted from Making Science: Reimagining STEM Education in Middle School and Beyond by Christa Flores, published in 2016 by Constructing Modern Knowledge Press. By Christa Flores. “How do research and design relate to each other? (…) Both activities produce knowledge, but of different kinds. (…) So, on the one hand, design is not a science in its own right, but draws on technical and scientific insights as well as artistic skill and ability.

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Tech Helpful

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Oftentimes I hear teachers complain that they don't have time to learn a new software platform, research new techniques, create lesson plans to meet the needs of a wider variety of students. I hear it and I respect it but I started thinking about the differences between a teacher's school year and a students. Are we as educators respecting our students concerns?

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2016

INDIANAPOLIS — Trudging in from the cold and dark after long days at work, students settle in on stackable chairs around folding tables in a room austere but for a whiteboard and a lonely plastic Christmas tree. Some wearily set down their books and wolf down fast food for their dinners. One has brought her son, still in his school uniform, who is soon absorbed in homework.

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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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Gaggle Speaks

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The most popular Gaggle Speaks blog posts this past year featured a wide range of edtech topics, including Pokémon Go, G Suite for Education, social media tips for administrators and educators and, of course, student online safety. We compiled this list based on traffic to the Gaggle Speaks Blog and the number of shares each post received. If you haven’t already done so, be sure to check out the top Gaggle Speaks posts from 2016.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Photo: U.S. Military Academy. CHICAGO — Steve Mayou was dumbfounded when he was told he’d have to take courses in introductory physics and basic math on his path to a bachelor’s degree in sustainable building science and technology. That’s because, over a 14-year career in the Navy, Mayou had already worked as a nuclear reactor operator on three submarines.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Education Politics. Via The New York Times : “ Obama to Dismantle Visitor Registry Before Trump Can Revive It.” “The registry, created after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has not been in use since 2011, so the move is largely symbolic and appeared to be aimed at distancing the departing administration from any effort by the new president to revive the program, known as the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System, or Nseers.” More on the technology industry’

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Like many college students, I felt scared and betrayed by the election of Donald Trump. I am the daughter of undocumented Mexican immigrants, family member to LGBTQ relatives, and a volunteer who helps refugees in my community. I expected Hillary Clinton to win, not because I supported all of her platform, but because I was offended by Trump’s rhetoric, and I assumed most other people were as well.

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 22, 2016

People have been looking up at the sky for thousands of years of human history wondering about what is up there. Children are naturally curious about the world, ours and the ones beyond. Studying the solar system is a brilliant way to fuel that curiosity and encourage an interest in science and exploration. As members of this solar system, it’s important we educate ourselves and our kids about it.

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Reflections

DECEMBER 22, 2016

A collaborative post by Tony Sinanis and Lisa Meade When you look back on the order of events, it may not make much sense to those in our worlds. We were both successful principals leading amazing teams in our incredible schools. We worked with kids who were excited to come to school, with families who were proud to share their children with us and educators who put kids at the center of every decision.

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EdTechTeam

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Originally posted in "Northern Art Teacher" Last month, I hit a wall. I realized that I had been assuming quite a bit about my pedagogical methods as well as my classroom structure, and I knew I had work to do. What that work was, wasn’t obvious at the time but at least I had identified the problem. Last week, my copy of Trevor MacKenzie’s Dive Into Inquiry arrived in the mail and the timing seemed almost serendipitous.

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