A Principal's Reflections
NOVEMBER 24, 2019
Change isn't coming as it is already on our doorstep. Granted, this has been the case for thousands of years thanks to either discoveries such as fire and cultivated crops or inventions that led to the creation of electricity, manufacturing, and expeditious travel. No organization or system in any field is impervious to this fact when one looks at a myriad of disruptive forces at play in society.
User Generated Education
NOVEMBER 24, 2019
At the beginning of November, 2019, I had the opportunity to travel to Singapore to attend and present at Edutech Asia 2019. During that time, I had the opportunity to hear about their initiative to use micro:bits to help students learn technology in authentic ways. An article from 2017, Micro:bit launch: What you need to know about the coding gadget Singapore plans to introduce, explained it as: School-going children in Singapore will soon be using a pocket-sized, codeable computer, called the
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
NOVEMBER 24, 2019
Speech to text technologies allow you to transcribe your speech into text in a couple of clicks. Most of the established platforms integrate this kind of technology. For instance Google has it.
EdNews Daily
NOVEMBER 24, 2019
A few months ago, I attended a digital learning conference among other education colleagues here in Chicago. Regardless of a new product or teaching strategy, the barriers teachers face when it comes to making any changes in a school district hasn’t changed since I was teaching in the classroom years ago. Education moves slow, teachers have their hands tied, barriers are hard to overcome, a hierarchy is in place, and there is not enough time in the day.
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
NOVEMBER 24, 2019
Google Sheets add-on store features a number of educational extensions to use with your forms and spreadsheets to add amazing functionalities. These add-ons are arranged into various categories. We.
TeacherCast
NOVEMBER 24, 2019
Welcome to the TeacherCast Educational Network. Is Your Tech Coach Taking These Three Simple Steps To Ensure All Teachers Are Comfortable With The Technology In Their Classrooms? The post Three Ways To Support Teachers Through Unexpected Challenges in Technology Integration appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.
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Nick's Picks for Educational Technology
NOVEMBER 24, 2019
Nick’s Picks for Tech Toys So many of my previous picks for educational toys remain among my top choices (now at lower prices), but this year I’m focussing on just five stand-out tech toys. Don’t forget to check out potential deals on my previous years’ picks at the bottom of this post. Sphero Specdrums Sphero’s. Read more. The post The Top Tech Toys of 2019 appeared first on Nick's Picks For Educational Technology.
TeacherCast
NOVEMBER 24, 2019
As the weather gets colder and the winter holidays are upon us, it’s often the time of year where Tech Coaches sit down with their administrators and discuss the current state of their digital learning environments. These conversations are important not just to keep everyone on the same page, but to make sure that teachers are getting the best technology and the best support and the best professional development possible to support their students each day.
The Innovative Educator
NOVEMBER 24, 2019
The arrows point to the url & QR code provided to participants before, during, and after the Website Accessibility Summit. Easy peasy accessibility tip: Provide participants with handouts before, not after, workshops, learning opportunities, or any type of event. What do you mean? Have you ever been to an event where they tell you that you'll get slides and handouts after the event or in a follow up email?
TeacherCast
NOVEMBER 24, 2019
As the weather gets colder and the winter holidays are upon us, it’s often the time of year where Tech Coaches sit down with their administrators and discuss the current state of their digital learning environments. These conversations are important not just to keep everyone on the same page, but to make sure that teachers are getting the best technology and the best support and the best professional development possible to support their students each day.
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.
MiddleWeb
NOVEMBER 24, 2019
Wondering how to differentiate the format of the standard paper-and-pencil summative assessment to meet the needs of English learners? Tan Huynh shows how word banks, visuals, single-task questions, sentence starters, and synonyms can help ELs convey what they know.
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