The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

10MT | A 10-Minute Teacher Interview with Adam Bellow From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Learn the pitfalls, challenges, and advantages of these BreakoutEDU adventure game boxes used to teach everything from grammar to math. Kids and teachers are raving about BreakoutEDU boxes. Let’s learn what they are from Adam Bellow, cofounder of BreakoutEDU.

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EdTech4Beginners

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

QuizPedia is a fun and engaging learning tool that can be used in primary education and onwards. And it’s free ! How is it different to a typical quiz making tool? Quizzes aren’t new to the classroom but QuizPedia’s approach is. We flip the tables and transfer the task of making quizzes from teachers to students. Tests and quizzes are traditionally made and administered by teachers or schools to test student performance and development.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

By Jena Passut The opening session keynote was an inspirational message from Shabnam Mogharabi.

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

As quoted in: Herold, Benjamin. “ Under New Leadership, FCC Quashes Report on E-rate Program’s Success.” Education Week. 8 February 2017. It’s common for a federal agency to switch policy directions after a change in leadership, especially following a presidential election, said Douglas A. Levin, a consultant with EdTech Strategies and the former head of the State Educational Technology Directors Association.

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Educational Technology Guy

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Android has come to Chromebooks and is available on EDU Domains! This opens up a whole new world of possibilities with Chromebooks, adding thousands of great apps, features and capabilities. Here are the resources for Admins to get Android apps enabled for their domain: Android Apps and Chromebooks As of right now, these Chromebooks support Android apps: Asus Chromebook Flip, Acer Chromebook R11 / C738T / CB5-132T, Google Chromebook Pixel (2015) All Chromebooks launching in 2017 and after as wel

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Global Collaborative App Development From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Last night we kicked off the MAD about Mattering 2017 project. Last year, we started with five schools. This year, we have fifteen schools. We’ll be in two cohorts– the Mad-junior group (kids under 13) and the MAD-senior group (kids 13 and up.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: #115–Three-click Rule. Category: CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

By Jena Passut The opening session keynote was an inspirational message from the CEO of SoulPancake.

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Educational Technology Guy

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

K12Blueprint is a great, free resource for technology in education. There are toolkits with information and resources for developing and deploying technology initiatives, information on choosing the right device for your schools, software and apps, curriculum, news, research, and blogs from educators and edtech leaders. The information and resources are timely, relevant and easy to use.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Digital literacy skills are critical for adult learners to fully participate in our digital society. Mockingbird Education’s infusion teaching strategy helps adult learners become confident digital citizens by following a three-step process: explicit teaching of the skill, immediate practice, then reflection on how the skill can be used in a learner’s own life.

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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

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

February 8, 2017 The concept of Creative Commons was introduced to help enhance creative and free exchange of scholarship in a collaborative knowledge-based economy. Instead of chaining their work.read more.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

By now, the 4Cs –communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity–are part of most educators’ vocabulary. But it isn’t always easy to put these concepts into practice, especially when the 4Cs can look vary depending on students’ age and ability. At TCEA 2017, Donna Lusby, the K-6 instructional technology coordinator in the Lovejoy ISD shared how her district moved from what she characterized as “hesitant technology integration” to teachers embracing the 4Cs in their le

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My Paperless Classroom

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Starting Today, Teachers can create student safe video content and right from inside of Google Drive, present these videos inside of Google Slides Presentations. The post NEW FEATURE: Add Google Drive Videos into Google Slides Presentations! appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

School business officials are being warned to watch out for official-looking emails that ask for copies of employees' W-2 forms. The post Phishing Scammers Target Schools for Employee Info, School Business Association Says appeared first on Market Brief.

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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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

February 8, 2017 Google announced today the release of a new feature for Slides. Users are now able to add, besides videos from YouTube, videos they have in their Google Drive right into their.read more.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

I recently heard a teacher describe the change in education over the past decade as this: a shift in focus from teaching (the delivery of content and curriculum) to learning (what students actually know and can do). This is incredibly challenging work. Creating a strong learning culture with student-centered classrooms takes intentionality, vulnerability, and unceasing dedication.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Registration is now open for the first national academic 3D printing conference, Construct3D 2017 , which will bring together leaders and educators in the digital fabrication discipline of 3D printing for a comprehensive overview of this rapidly expanding area of research and development. The conference is sponsored by Ultimaker , a leading open source 3D printer manufacturer, and Autodesk, Inc. , the software provider for people who make things, and will be hosted at Duke University from May 5-

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

“CUNY is now at a pivotal moment,” the. City University’s draft Master Plan reads. Earlier this year Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) echoed those sentiments in his State of the State address where he reiterated his plan to make all public colleges in the state tuition-free for families making under $125,000 a year. His proposal has New York City community colleges scrambling to “leapfrog” digital innovation to meet the expected surge in student enrollment.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Are you in need of an extra burst of encouragement, motivation, and inspiration? In my latest book Unshakeable: 20 Ways to Enjoy Teaching Every Day…No Matter What , I’ve identified twenty different strategies for enjoying teaching on a daily basis. Each one is a different chapter in the book: The idea behind Unshakeable is that you don’t have to wait for teaching to become fun again.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Dr. Brené Brown has become famous for her speaking and writing about vulnerability, worthiness, shame and the other important emotions running underneath daily life all the time. One theme she returns to over and over is the importance of cultivating empathy , a very different reaction than sympathy. Dr. Brown says empathy consists of four qualities: the ability to take the perspective of another person, staying away from judgment, recognizing emotion in others, and communicating it.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

The post 5 Strategies For Response To Intervention appeared first on TeachThought.

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My Paperless Classroom

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

EdSurge Concierge service is a free of charge, 1:1 service offered to School Districts who are seeking assistance finding the right technology to fit the needs of their learning environments. The post Have Confidence in your EdTech Purchases with the New @EdSurge Concierge appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network. EdSurge Concierge service is a free of charge, 1:1 service offered to School Districts who are seeking assistance finding the right technology to fit the needs of

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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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District Administration

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Serving homeless students, inspiring disengaged kids, improving communication skills, studying personalized learning Ray Bendici DA promotes four books about serving homeless students, inspiring disengaged kids, improving communication skills and studying personalized learning in K12.

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The Innovative Educator

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

More and more entities are helping people show what they know with micro-credentials and digital badging. Micro-credentials and certifications teach specific job skills and provide evidence indicating if these skills have been attained via a certificate or badge. The International Society for Technology Education (ISTE) recommends using a badging system built on Mozilla’s Open Badge Infrastructure.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Tina Bandalan. California State University, Northridge is one of the most diverse schools in the nation. But roughly half of its students don’t graduate in six years, and many never receive a degree. To remedy this problem, California State University, which consists of 23 schools and is the largest university system in the country, has launched an initiative to double its four-year graduation rate in 10 years.

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ProfHacker

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

For a few months now I’ve been intermittently using Firefox Focus to browse the web on my iPhone. It’s a free web browser for iOS, created by the Mozilla Foundation, the same folks behind the Firefox browser. What makes Firefox Focus different, however, is the fact that it’s designed to be “ a dedicated privacy browser with tracking protection and content blocking.

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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

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

In 2015, I wrote the following article entitled, “ 3 Things Students Should Have Before They Leave High School “ Here are the “3 Things” that I suggested: As I was speaking at a school in North Broward Preparatory School in Coconut Creek, Florida, and was talking about this, one of the teachers, Jason Shaffer , said, “We already do this.” I was so pumped to hear more.

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Welcome to the cute and cuddly world of the Calico Critters! Here in Cloverleaf Corners, furry little families live in stunning townhouses, drive luxury cars, and work in shops, schools, and ice-cream parlors downtown. Rabbits, deer, mice, and more all live happily side by side in peaceful harmony. These beautifully designed toys are great for boosting kids’ appreciation of family, friendship, community, animals, and the environment.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

[The following is an article I wrote for the upcoming issue of Tiny House Magazine and which they've given me permission to publish. Please visit their site and consider subscribing!] What would happen if you arranged for speakers from around the world to talk about tiny houses and small-scale living? And what if you did so online, so that meant there was no travel involved, either for the speakers or the attendees?

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

One of the keys to success of any school and their students is high quality, relevant and accessible professional development for teachers. After all, if the teachers are not fully prepared and comfortable with the new or revised parts of their jobs, there is a higher likelihood that the students may not do as well as students whose teacher felt well prepared and confident.

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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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