EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Classroom computers can’t boost student outcomes if educators don’t know how to use them innovatively.

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Ditch That Textbook

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

“An analog conference for a digital world.” Ditch That Conference 2017 was a hit, helping educators think about the face-to-face/digital balance and providing TONS of ideas on how to make it happen. This was the first conference of its kind and truly a dream for me. I got to imagine an event, organize it, recruit […].

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Teachers can leverage STEM concepts more easily with 21st-century training and collaboration.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

No commentary this week (not for a lack of things to say, just time), but one quick update: TV news reports of school cyber incidents are quite telling: sometimes for what they report, sometimes for how they report, sometimes for what they omit. In every case, they tell the story with emotion, which is something that the K-12 Cyber Incident Map does not do well.

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The Web20Classroom

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

As a teacher, I always looked forward to the first day of school. Getting my room put together, planning new lessons and meeting new faces was something I couldn't wait to do. As a parent, I dread the first day of school. And this year was no different. When my newly minted third grader, Reaghan, came home of course I wanted to hear all about how it went, the new friends she made and what her teachers were like.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

No commentary this week (not for a lack of things to say, just time), but one quick update: TV news reports of school cyber incidents are quite telling: sometimes for what they report, sometimes for how they report, sometimes for what they omit. In every case, they tell the story with emotion, which is something that the K-12 Cyber Incident Map does not do well.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

The post Don’t Spend A Penny On Education Technology Until This Is Clear appeared first on TeachThought.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

I was in EMS for 22 years before retiring due to a back injury. One of my most memorable experiences was responding to New York City as a Paramedic in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of 9/11. I will never forget that experience. What I saw and did are still with me, as is a type of asthma from breathing the dust. My Experience as a Paramedic on 9-11-01 As the years have gone by, I've noticed that people are not remembering this terrible event like they did the first few years after.

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EdTech4Beginners

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

I recently stumbled upon StoryBird – a website in which digital picture books can be created. I tried it out in school, and the results were amazing. The children were really proud of the writing they had done. Have a look at my video walk-through of the site: Have a go! Let me know how you / your class get on Tagged: creativity , edtech , education , literacy , online tools , story maker , story-writing , teachers , teaching , writing.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Your school just invested in a new set of Chromebooks or iPads. Now what? In a study of 140,000 classrooms in K-12 schools across 39 states, more than half showed no evidence of students using technology to gather, evaluate, or use information for learning. And in nearly two-thirds of the classrooms, students didn’t appear to use technology to solve problems or work collaboratively.

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

From Silicon Valley to Charlottesville, race and diversity have been at the forefront of nation-wide conversations. It’s something kids can’t ignore when they walk through school doors. But it can be an uncomfortable topic for teachers—let alone those who don’t share the same upbringing or background as their students. A nascent, Rhode Island-based organization called Diversity Talks wants to change that by giving K-12 school districts and higher education institutions student-led professional d

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

September 11, 2017 Note-taking is easier than writing your essay. But it is more complicated than simply listening to your professor or reading the assigned textbook chapters. So why should you.read more.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

As more and more ELL students enter the U.S. public school system , teachers are facing the twofold challenge of communicating not only with these students, but with their families as well. After all, non-English-speaking families have the same desires as native English speakers to know how their child is doing academically, emotionally, and socially.

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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

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

September 11, 2017 As a new emerging technology that is being integrated in education, augmented reality has such a huge potential for enhancing students learning and making your instruction engaging.read more.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

One in five American school children has a hard time learning to read. Many of these kids have dyslexia. There are proven ways to help people with dyslexia learn, and a federal law that’s supposed to ensure schools provide kids with help. But across the country, public schools are denying children proper treatment and often failing to identify them with dyslexia in the first place.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

The post What Is Your ‘Why’? Teaching Positive In The Face Negativity appeared first on TeachThought.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Storms will inevitably come; the tragedy is that avoidable manmade disasters will follow. After Hurricane Katrina, many talked about New Orleans schools as a “ clean sheet of paper.” People bandied around phrases like “ starting from scratch ” and “ wipe the slate clean ” — anything that treated teachers, students and parents as if they were as easily erased as drawings on an Etch A Sketch.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Ed. note : App of the Week picks are now being curated by the editors of Common Sense Education , which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. Click here to read the full app review. Inq-ITS. What’s It Like?

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Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

The post How to Cite Sources in Google Docs appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Citing Sources in Google Docs. Did you know you can EASILY cite sources without ever leaving Google Docs? Yep! It’s so easy! This is just one of those amazing features of Google Docs that you have to see! This may be old news to you, but just in case, I feel that it’s my mission to make sure everyone knows that citations are built-in to Google Docs.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

“Why didn’t she text me back yet? She doesn’t like me anymore!” “There’s no way I’m trying out for the team. I suck at basketball” “It’s not fair that I have a curfew!” Sound familiar? Parents of tweens and teens often shrug off such anxious and gloomy thinking as normal irritability and moodiness — because it is.

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Teacher Tech

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Online Workshop for Math Educators Guest Blog post by Robert Kaplinsky I’ve got some exciting news to share with you! I’ve created an online workshop called Empowered Problem Solving for math educators who want their students to be better problem solvers. If you’ve seen my real world problem-based lessons or explored my Depth of Knowledge […].

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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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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Image: © Sascha Steinach/DPA via ZUMA Press). Students who have outstanding balances that prevent them from finishing college are often short just a few dollars and a couple of credits. Even unpaid library fines and balances on campus cards can trigger a windfall of consequences that push thousands of students into debt and degree-less purgatory every year.

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Learning in Hand

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Getting the right lighting for photos and videos can be a challenge. I’ve used large soft box and pricey LED panel lights that I meticulously position to provide the best lighting. That means a lot of adjusting and having to live with some shadows. Lately I’ve been producing weekly videos for my Classy Graphics with Google Drawings online course. I believe that my students make stronger connections with the content when they see their teacher’s face onscreen, so I include selfie videos as part o

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EdTechTeam

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

“Our next solution makers won’t be cultivated in desks and rows.” - The Space: A Guide for Educators The 6 C’s of Education. Photo Credit: Michael Fullan & Sylvia Duckworth On our first day of in-service, our principal shared a tidbit about how some of the most competitive jobs today weren’t even created yet ten years ago. As we reflected on what we were teaching our students as we try to prepare them for their futures, it was a unique feeling realizing that their future careers may not be i

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

As more states across the nation look for ways to recognize and reward excellent teachers, a new study reveals at least one large pocket of resistance for providing additional compensation to star teachers. Examining the impact of a 2011 Florida law which mandates that Florida school districts provide the highest salary awards available to teachers who are rated “Highly Effective”, the study from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds little evidence of district buy-in.

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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 PL2C Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

This blog was originally posted by Digital Promise. By | Lauren Acree. Educators know that for students to thrive in our constantly evolving world, what they learn must go beyond reading, writing and arithmetic. We must not only be willing to deliver these content areas in new ways, but also teach our students the skills they need to succeed academically and in life.

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Educator Innovator

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

StoriumEdu is a new game-based learning system that gets students motivated and excited about writing. It seems like games are everywhere in the classroom these days. From science to math to engineering, game-based learning is enjoying a renaissance. Perhaps this shouldn’t be surprising. After all, play comes naturally to us. As children it’s often our default mode of learning.

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Hansen's Link to Tech

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Throughout our educational careers the utilization of gathering information and dissemination of data is a constant. Today’s post focuses on how we can survey and and assess. Even though there is a plethora of resources out there for teachers and school staff to use, I will narrow my focus to Google Forms. A Time to Survey: Gathering student interests.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

The 9/11 Memorial Museum has a series of lessons that focus on the heroes of that day,

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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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