EdTech Magazine
AUGUST 17, 2017
By Steve Zurier K–12 districts use cameras on phones, tablets and notebooks to extend classroom learning, confer with experts and arrange conferences with colleges and prospective employers.
Digital Promise
AUGUST 17, 2017
As President and CEO of Digital Promise and Senior Vice President of Educational Partnerships at Discovery Education, we spend much of our time on the road, meeting with school leaders and teachers across the country. A common theme we hear is the importance and challenge of keeping stakeholders not only informed, but also engaged. This is consistent no matter the size or location of the district.
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EdTech Magazine
AUGUST 17, 2017
By Meghan Bogardus Cortez A new style of teaching the complex topic has enticed a more diverse group of students than ever before.
Doug Levin
AUGUST 17, 2017
I have been critical of the treatment of technology in both the 2015 and 2016 Education Next back-to-school polls for a variety of reasons. Credit where it is due: the 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform expanded coverage of the topic and, while not perfect, is much improved. Here is what savvy readers should know about this year's findings.
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How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.
Ditch That Textbook
AUGUST 17, 2017
Recently, I had a rather enlightening conversation with my son and three of his friends. Two of his buddies absolutely hate school. They struggle and muddle their way through. Of course, they have their own special gifts; basketball is an area where they excel. But things like reading, writing, and math? Those don’t come as [.].
Dangerously Irrelevant
AUGUST 17, 2017
Alan Blinder said: American computer programmers have already felt the sting of offshoring. But as of now, accountants, lawyers, editors, radiologists, and the like really have not. So this will be a new experience for them, and it is predictable that they will not like it. In Offshoring of American Jobs: What Response from U.S. Economic Policy? (p. 42).
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TeachThought - Learn better.
AUGUST 17, 2017
The post 6 Messages Every Student Should Hear On The First Day Of School appeared first on TeachThought.
Edsurge
AUGUST 17, 2017
If April is the cruelest month as the poets say, I nominate September as the most hopeful. With September comes the official beginning of school: open doors, fresh supplies, new ideas. Hope is deeply intertwined with education. Goals anchor learning, providing direction for teachers and students. Inspiring teachers lay out the pathways or routes that can enable students to achieve those goals.
techieMusings
AUGUST 17, 2017
I wanted to share a quick tutorial walking you through the process of signing up with Flipgrid for the first time and also showcasing the new features that the Flipgrid team rolled out this summer! If you’re interested in reading some other posts I’ve written about Flipgrid: Flipgrid: Ideas for Using Newly Released Flipgrid Features. Using Flipgrid in Online AP Calculus to Allow Students to Verbalize Their Thinking Process.
MindShift
AUGUST 17, 2017
By Beth Holland. As digital devices become more common in classrooms, teachers and students are discovering that what worked in the analog world may not be as effective in the digital one. Nowhere is this more clear than with note taking, a long-standing and important practice in most classrooms. For this reason, few empirical studies may be more detrimental to encouraging the use of technology in education than Mueller and Oppenheimer’s (2014) “The Pen is Mightier than the Keyboard”
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.
TeachThought - Learn better.
AUGUST 17, 2017
The post TeachThought Podcast Ep. 82 Navigating The Ever-Changing Landscape Of #Edtech appeared first on TeachThought.
Education Superhighway
AUGUST 17, 2017
As teachers kick off the back-to-school season, we’d like to hear your thoughts about the role technology plays in your classrooms and how you empower your students to navigate digital learning. To get the conversation started, we asked three former teachers on our team about the benefits and challenges of digital learning, as well as the impact digital literacy can have on today’s students.
SecurEdge
AUGUST 17, 2017
“We just don’t have the budget right now.” Over the years, this has been a very common response when speaking to customers about purchasing an enterprise grade wireless network. However, what if I told you there’s an affordable solution to this problem, that doesn’t require any large, up front capital costs?
TeachThought - Learn better.
AUGUST 17, 2017
The post TeachThought Podcast Ep. 82 Navigating The Ever-Changing Landscape Of #Edtech appeared first on TeachThought.
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.
Education Superhighway
AUGUST 17, 2017
As teachers kick off the back-to-school season, we’d like to hear your thoughts about the role technology plays in your classrooms and how you empower your students to navigate digital learning. To get the conversation started, we asked three former teachers on our team about the benefits and challenges of digital learning, as well as the impact digital literacy can have on today’s students.
MiddleWeb
AUGUST 17, 2017
At MiddleWeb central in North Carolina, late summer means fresh back-to-school ideas from our bloggers and guest writers. July and August 2017 have overflowed with teacher wisdom we want to highlight in one, easy-to-access post. We'll add more posts as they arrive.
eSchool News
AUGUST 17, 2017
In this webinar, Melanie Rogers, Training Team Lead, and Tracie Evans, Client Manager, at Rosetta Stone Education, share best practices and success tips to help schools and districts meet their language program goals, and explore how technology can help.
MiddleWeb
AUGUST 17, 2017
In Teaching Kids to Thrive, says special education teacher-coach Laura Von Staden, Debbie Silver and Dedra Stafford provide a great book, full of research and resources, that craftily ties together the theories and research on vital, overlapping SEL skills.
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Managing a K-12 campus with constant pressure to meet performance metrics is challenging. And tardiness can significantly limit a school from reaching these goals. Learn more about why chronic lateness matters, and key strategies to address the following impacts: Data errors caused by manual processes Low attendance and graduation rates that affect a school’s reputation Classroom disruption, which leads to poor academic performance High staff attrition and “The Teacher Exodus” Unmet LCAP goals t
EdTechTeam
AUGUST 17, 2017
It’s has been a week since the Google Certified Innovator Academy concluded in Washington DC (#WDC17) and I am still processing all that happened. From the application process, the face-to-face Academy and as I jump into the year long project, it has been an experience that has taught me a lot about myself and helped me to figure out who I want to become.
MiddleWeb
AUGUST 17, 2017
Each student Amy Estersohn shared the book "Which One Doesn't Belong" with spent time lost deep in thought among the geometric images and was able to articulate a reasonable explanation for why a shape didn’t belong. The teacher's guide can help build math discussion.
eSchool News
AUGUST 17, 2017
Our digital English language curriculum is designed to help schools and districts to improve learning outcomes for non-native English speakers in grades 4-10. Watch this overview video to learn more about our ELL curriculum and how we are helping student expand their English language skills.
Reading By Example
AUGUST 17, 2017
Every day for the past two weeks since starting my new coaching position my husband has asked me this question. Only knowing me as a classroom teacher for the past seventeen years, I think he is trying to wrap his head around what exactly it is that I do all day. I think I am too. . It feels foreign to not have a group of first graders waiting for me to get there each day.
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.
The CoolCatTeacher
AUGUST 17, 2017
Episode 129 with Angela Stockman on the 10-minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today Angela Stockman @AngelaStockman gives our writing workshop a makeover. The author of Make Writing , Angela is passionate about creating writing workshop experiences that are relevant to today’s learners and accessible to even the most resistant writers.
Learning in Hand
AUGUST 17, 2017
G Suite apps include Google Documents , Sheets , Slides , and Drawings. These apps can provide shareable links. Shareable links can be used for publishing a document or for collaboratively editing a document. Documents are only accessible by you (the owner) unless you turn link sharing on. One way to turn on link sharing is by clicking the Share button in an open document.
Neo LMS
AUGUST 17, 2017
A natural response to the call by policy-makers to increase the use of technology in schools is cost. Many schools are struggling to provide quality education with the resources available, by example schools in Oklahoma have begun considering restricting the class week from five to four days. The funding crisis is perhaps a topic for another blog post (or five), however the converse of the conclusion: tech is expensive, is perhaps also true – technology can enable teachers and schools to r
Gaggle Speaks
AUGUST 17, 2017
Microsoft continues to expand its offerings for education, specifically with developments for Office 365 and the rollout of Microsoft Teams. For schools and districts interested in implementing Office 365, we’ve already released a guide on implementation from a change management and educator perspective. But what about implementation from technical and safety points of view?
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.
Neo LMS
AUGUST 17, 2017
A natural response to the call by policy-makers to increase the use of technology in schools is cost. Many schools are struggling to provide quality education with the resources available, by example schools in Oklahoma have begun considering restricting the class week from five to four days. The funding crisis is perhaps a topic for another blog post (or five), however the converse of the conclusion: tech is expensive, is perhaps also true – technology can enable teachers and schools to r
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
AUGUST 17, 2017
August 14, 2017 For those of you who haven't seen it yet, below is one of our popular infographics we published last year featuring important web tools and apps to help you in each of the 7 steps of.read more.
Graphite Blog
AUGUST 17, 2017
With so much opinion-based content online, it's hard to identify reliable sources. A simple Google search doesn't filter out the myths and misleading information, so how can we determine which articles to trust? For teens seeking answers to health-related questions, the sea of inaccurate, biased, or outright untrue information can complicate a personal, often private investigation.
Doug Levin
AUGUST 17, 2017
I have been critical of the treatment of technology in both the 2015 and 2016 Education Next back-to-school polls for a variety of reasons, including sloppiness in reporting, bias, and lack of relevance to education policy and practice considerations. Among other issues, the authors of those polls suffered from trying to make too much of the single (questionably framed) technology-related question they fielded.
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