EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2017

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez New research indicates exactly when students lose interest in tests.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Vickie Morgado on episode 177 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Vickie Morgado from Canada has her third graders connecting with the world! Learn about global Kahoots, how she tweets with her class and more global collaborative techniques in this show. Today’s Sponsor: GradeCam can save you time!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 24, 2017

In my school, every teacher assesses writing. Even in the tech lab, which is my purview, I provide mini-how-to-write lessons before tech projects that include writing. That’s not just for essays or reports but slideshows, blog posts, comments in forums, and more. I remind students of the five-paragraph essay, synonyms, plan-revise-edit-rewrite, persuasive essays, letter writing, or whatever fits the day’s lesson.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Elementary school classrooms do not naturally lend themselves to a flipped or blended environment for a number of reasons. Firstly, there is the trending topic of screen time among young users. There is a growing awareness that although young children gravitate towards screens (who hasn’t received a sweet, yet garbled, text message from their toddler playing on their partner’s phone?

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

OCTOBER 24, 2017

When I started Listenwise, I was part of a business accelerator called Learn Launch. Its focus is to help education technology companies get their businesses off the ground. We had many classes and mentors who helped us understand the market. One thing stood out to me – the education market is seasonal. I thought this… The post School Takes Vacation in the Summer, But It’s a Busy Time for Ed-Tech Startups appeared first on Market Brief.

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Doug Levin

OCTOBER 24, 2017

As interviewed by Todd Zwillich on WNYC’s The Takeaway (“ Hackers Target Student Data as Schools Report Increasing Cyberattacks “).

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2017

As a young student in Germany, Philip Heimes recalls feeling “invisible” to his teachers. One of many in a classroom packed with students, his learning struggles often went unnoticed. He muddled through with low grades and the assumption that learning was wearisome and trying. “I pulled through with grit, but I sincerely hated school,” explains Heimes.

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Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

OCTOBER 24, 2017

This video is 100% student made. It was created to promote our open house on November 22nd. It’s just over a minute long, and yet it says so much… about our school, about empowering students, and about some pretty awesome students themselves. This year at Inquiry Hub, we really want to showcase our students, and highlight the amazing things they do.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2017

MOOCs have evolved over the past five years from a virtual version of a classroom course to an experience that feels more like a Netflix library of teaching videos. The change has helped companies that provide these courses find a business model, but something crucial has been lost for students taking the courses. One important benefit of the first MOOCs was that they started at fixed times, like traditional college courses, which meant that large numbers of people were sharing an experience and

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Sponsored by Samsung Solve for Tomorrow From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Teachers of grades 6-12 in the United States are invited to apply for the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest. This contest challenges public school students in grades 6-12 to address a local community issue using their STEAM skills (science, technology, engineering arts, and math).

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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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 24, 2017

October 24, 2017 The educational potential of integrating games in instruction is well-documented in the pedagogical literature. Several academic studies emphasized the importance of using games with.read more.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2017

A teacher stands at a white board in front of her fourth-grade class and begins teaching one of math’s most fundamental concepts: the meaning of an equal sign in the middle of an equation. This is not easy. Young students tend to think of the equal sign as the endpoint of a problem. Now, instead of the usual 8 + 4 = ?, they are asked to ponder 8 + 4 = ?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Fueled by an explosion of broadband access, education software and, of course, the irresistible allure of financial returns, investors across the world want a slice of the U.S. edtech industry. Those are a few of the favorable trends that Tory Patterson, a co-founder and managing partner at Owl Ventures , believes has helped his team close a $185 million education investment fund in a “reasonably quick” amount of time.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 24, 2017

October 25, 2017 To those of you asking about social studies apps to use with elementary students, the visual below has you covered. These apps, curated from iTunes App Collections, cover the.read more.

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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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Fractus Learning

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Do you wish you had an easier time remembering facts and figures you just learned? Do you have trouble recalling the name of the colleague you were just introduced to? If you are like most people, […].

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 24, 2017

How do we keep our kids focused in their free Web searches while we ensure their discovery of the stuff we know is worthy of discovering? A Google Custom Search Engine could be the answer. A Google Custom search (or CSE) allows you to guide searchers to the sites you want them to search or sites they most need to search. This may be especially useful for younger learners who may truly benefit from a filtered, noise-free search experience.

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MiddleWeb

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Digital student portfolios have tremendous potential, writes author and principal Matt Renwick, from organizing passion projects to promoting student-led assessment. They can be the main method for students to document their own learning and demonstrate what they can do.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Teachers are routinely told they should not stand in the front of the classroom and lecture. They hear that this type of instruction is boring and that they’ll lose students’ attention. Dynamic classrooms get students moving around, working together and engaging in hands-on activities. Particularly as schools emphasize “21st century skills” that prepare students for the modern workplace, teachers are being asked to innovate in their classrooms.

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ProfHacker

OCTOBER 24, 2017

I’m delighted today to be able to co-announce the launch of the Nimble Tents Toolkit , a set of templates and guides for helping universities, libraries, and digital scholarship labs mobilize quickly around specific causes. The Nimble Tents Toolkit project lead is Alex Gil (though he was far from alone! ), who was a key node in bringing together several schools to work on the mapathon for Puerto Rico.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Every student is different. There are various external and internal factors that may affect the pace of a student’s learning. Why then, do we expect all students to complete a certain amount of work by a certain date? And offer rewards like ice cream, when we know not all students are likely to reach the same goal? Research around motivation can shed some light on best practices for inspiring the type of motivation that will last beyond that ice cream cone and cultivate a lifetime love of learni

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2017

In this file photo, a Mississippi high school student works on a computer in class. Schools across the state are ramping up technology to provide more access to courses for students. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. A report released last month by EducationSuperHighway, a nonprofit focused on improving internet access, found Mississippi has made progress in providing all students access to high-speed internet service.

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EmergingEdTech

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Chat can be a powerful aid for students At Socratic, we talk to students every week. By user testing often, we ensure that we're building the right app and learning experience for students. We also. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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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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MiddleWeb

OCTOBER 24, 2017

It’s scary to think how much misinformation about STEM one famous individual can put out, and how many people might be misled, writes author-consultant Anne Jolly, who critiques the STEM comments of WaPo columnist and CNN host Fareed Zakaria in a recent PCMag article.

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The Principal of Change

OCTOBER 24, 2017

I am incredibly excited that “ The Innovator’s Mindset” is now available as an Audiobook. It has been requested in this format often, and so I am glad to accommodate many people who consume their learning through this format. A little about the process though… Below is one of the quotes from the book: From the moment that we confirmed we were going to do the audio version of this book, until the minute I stressed about the process.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Cool filters, super-simple features make it easy to share photos.

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Technology Tidbits

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Choosito is a search engine for education that I found out about from Technology & Learning. This is a great way to search the web in a safe way as well as library resources. Best of all, all search results display a reading level which makes it similar to Nettrekker and ideal for education. I highly recommend checking out Choosito by clicking here !!!

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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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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Poverty is everyone's problem. The “new normal” in U.S. public schools is that 51 percent of all students come from low-income families. This has far-reaching consequences because of poverty’s effect on a child’s brain. There is nothing deficient about the brains of children from poverty; they simply need more practice with the right skills. For years, research has shown that socioeconomic status is associated with differences in school readiness, cognitive development and achievement.

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EdTechTeam

OCTOBER 24, 2017

In my July ReWork column , I described agile work as perpetually upgraded work , constantly “becoming" something new. Every day, work becomes a little more automated, the source of talent becomes a little more boundless, the rewards become a little more immediate and non-monetary and learning becomes a little more virtual and community-led. An Accenture report asserted that "HR will fundamentally reshape itself so that the function becomes a critical driver of agility.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Silicon Valley tech giants have made their stance clear on a number of political and social issues this year. Recently, Microsoft president Brad Smith went so far as to offer to pay legal fees for any employee who faces deportation after President Trump announced the end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, better known as DACA. Teachers’ unions have also planted their flag both by condemning white nationalists in Charlottesville and the decision to end DACA.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2017

NEW YORK — It was after caring for her aging mother that Carmen Zapata got the idea of working as a home health aide. After all, an aging population is driving up demand; the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that the country will need, on average, nearly 35,000 additional home health aides per year through 2024. That has also prompted colleges nationwide to offer certificate programs in the field.

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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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