Neo LMS
DECEMBER 18, 2018
As a teacher, you are charged with a great responsibility: to equip the young people, the future of the world and the next generation. A lifetime ago, information was hard to find on anything. People did most things instinctively, superstitiously or based on their beliefs. However, in today’s age, information is everywhere. In fact, one can say that information is at our fingertips.
Digital Promise
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Since 2016, Digital Promise Global’s 360° Story Lab has supported young people’s creation of immersive stories that share their perspectives and inspire positive action on issues they care about. In partnership with the United Nations SDG Action Campaign and Oculus , the 360° Story Lab will release its second MY World 360° playlist in May 2019 at the Global Festival of Action in Bonn, Germany, featuring immersive stories told by youth worldwide to advance positive action toward the Sustainable D
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EdTech Magazine
DECEMBER 18, 2018
5 Tips for K–12 Schools Switching to Windows 10. eli.zimmerman_9856. Tue, 12/18/2018 - 13:00. K–12 IT teams will need to plan carefully and choose the proper tools when switching their schools to Windows 10. Here are answers to common questions about migrating to the new operating system. MORE FROM EDTECH: See how schools can optimize their pc deployment with Windows Autopilot. 1.
Digital Promise
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Though it’s most often associated with sports, coaching can also be an important form of professional development in education. Like in sports, its goal is to improve individual and team performance. In the classroom, coaches can provide one-on-one support, help teachers tackle classroom challenges, and identify strategies to best support student learning.
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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.
Ask a Tech Teacher
DECEMBER 18, 2018
This week, I’m sharing three holiday activities that will get your computers, technology, and social media ready for the new year. Here’s what you’ll get: 19 Ways to Speed Up Your Computer. Update Your Online Presence. Backup and Image your computer. A note: The third link above won’t work until the article publishes! Today: Update Your Online Presence.
More Verbs
DECEMBER 18, 2018
The Maine Learning Technology Framework describes the key elements and components needed to achieve the greatest learning benefit from a district’s technology investment. The Framework is intended to support teachers, tech leads, librarians and other school leaders in their efforts to leverage technology to improve student learning experiences related to learning targets and outcomes.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Dangerously Irrelevant
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Will Richardson said: As schools and classrooms, why do we exist today? What do we believe? What are our values? What are our deepest commitments to the children we serve? And do we live all of that? Without coherent, clearly communicated answers to those questions, no serious change will survive. And, importantly, there will be nothing to judge the next “new thing” against.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Creativity is one of those ineffable skills that’s important—especially for jobs of the future —but hard to pin down. We know when we feel creative, and we know what creative work looks like. Measuring and assessing such work in a way that keeps kids inspired is another matter, though, and schools aren’t known for being good at it. For years, personalities like Sir Ken Robinson have taken education systems to task for actually testing the creativity out of students.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Happy schools start with happy teachers. One of the biggest challenges we face, as educators, is learning how to put our health and happiness first. My first thought was that I needed to put the students’ well-being first, but I discovered that I needed to start with my staff instead. If we didn’t dig in and find the pieces that educators are passionate about and connect them back into this building, we knew they would quickly burn out.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 18, 2018
This article is part of a collection of op-eds from thought leaders, educators and entrepreneurs who reflect on the state of education technology in 2018, and share where it’s headed next year. Community colleges have long served the U.S. by providing access to career and technical training, as well as quality education in the liberal arts, mathematics and sciences.
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.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 18, 2018
It’s been quite a year for education news, not that you’d know that by listening to much of the ed-tech industry (press). Subsidized by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, some publications have repeatedly run overtly and covertly sponsored articles that hawk the future of learning as “personalized,” as focused on “ the whole child.” Some of these attempt to stretch a contemporary high-tech vision of social emotional surveillance so it can map onto a strange visio
Edsurge
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Personalized learning has been an education buzzword for several years. A recent survey of by the state education technology directors association, or SETDA, put personalized learning at the top of the list of state priorities. But what does personalized learning actually mean, and how can school leaders do it? A new book offers something like a step-by-step manual.
Jamf on EdTech
DECEMBER 18, 2018
How will Windows 7 end-of-life (EOL) impact organizations? What does the future of device and user security look like? Jamf CEO, Dean Hager, weighs in on these and other 2019 technology predictions.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Chrome is a powerful web browser with huge educational potential. It’s app store embeds tons of educational extensions to use in your instruction. We have already reviewed several of these add-ons in.
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.
Teacher Tech
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Three New Workshops – One Phenomenal Day Cori Orlando and Alice Keeler are starting three new Go Slow Workshops on January 3rd. The six week workshops will begin with a live, in-person session for week one and then will continue online for the next five weeks. The live session will also be streamed for those […]. The post Go Slow Live! with @CoriOrlando1 and @AliceKeeler appeared first on Teacher Tech.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Postcard Creator is an excellent interactive tool from ReadWriteThink students can use to create awesome postcards to share with others. You can use it in writing activities with your students to.
MiddleWeb
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Students getting a bit bored with your classroom library? The return from winter break is a perfect time for a "refresh," says teacher Megan Kelly. She stretches her dollars by purchasing nonfiction books with broad appeal. Here are a few of her cross-content favorites.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 18, 2018
[ Editor’s note: This story, originally published on September 10th of this year, was our #9 most popular story of the year. Happy holidays, and thank you for tuning into our 2018 countdown!]. The role of school administrator is evolving from a building manager into an instructional leader. This shift is not easy, and all leaders strive to be the best they can.
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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
SecurEdge
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Bring your own device (BYOD) is a deliberate IT or business policy where employees are allowed, or even in many cases encouraged, to bring their personally-owned electronic devices into their workplace.
EmergingEdTech
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Chatbots are seeing increasing utility as an administrative aid… If you’ve ever communicated with a business via a chatbox, chances are you were actually talking to a robot. Many businesses are. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
Shake Up Learning
DECEMBER 18, 2018
The post You’re Doing it Wrong! How to Manage Multiple Google Accounts appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Chances are that you are doing it wrong, and I’m going to show you a better way to manage and toggle between multiple Google accounts. This is one of my favorite Google tips and has made my life so much easier! A lot of Google users have more than one Google account, often a school/work account and a personal account.
The Principal of Change
DECEMBER 18, 2018
I learned a lot from my time as a basketball referee. It taught me to think quickly under pressure and how to de-escalate disagreement on the fly. Humility and confidence were necessary, and I learned those traits are more interconnected than we give them credit. I remember before one game, we were talking about the coaches and I distinctly remember my partner sharing something with me about one of the coaches.
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.
techieMusings
DECEMBER 18, 2018
In the holiday spirit, I wanted to share some templates I created in Canva for a “Spreading Holiday Cheer” inspired Fliphunt. Templates (created in Canva): Please feel free to copy and modify these templates to create a Fliphunt for your class or faculty. Fliphunt Instructions. Fliphunt “Map”. The Setup. After creating 5 different Flipgrid prompts, I poster printed each of the topics along with the QR code to the topic.
MIND Research Institute
DECEMBER 18, 2018
MIND Research Institute (MIND) colleagues visited students at John Peterson Elementary in Huntington Beach, CA last week to join their Hour of Code event. As guest speakers, colleagues shared how they use coding in their jobs to help create the ST Math program that students at Peterson use. Students got to hear from local people about their jobs in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and see their passion and excitement for the work they do.
Linways Technologies
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Teachers have a lot to do. Designing lesson plans, creating and handling reports, question papers, marklists etc, connecting with students and parents, and addressing their concerns. The list goes on. But every now and then, all teachers ask themselves the same question: “How should I be spending my time as a teacher?”, “ How should I prioritise my tasks?
techlearning
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Do your students love hip-hop or engaging videos? Flocabulary might be a go-to instructional option for your classroom.
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.
Graphite Blog
DECEMBER 18, 2018
No matter how we discover them, the best films move us in ways we've never imagined. No matter how old we are, they can make us both laugh and cry, and they help us learn more about ourselves and how we relate to others. Of course, many popular movies deal with social and emotional issues, and these can be great for teaching SEL in our classrooms.
Marketplace K-12
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Rising incomes and a demand for English-language skill is fueling Brazil's private education market, according to a new report by L.E.K. Consulting. The post Brazil’s Private Education Market Poised to Take Leap and Attract Investors, Says Report appeared first on Market Brief.
Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Our Polar Express tradition continued this year in the library. Every year we host a Polar Express Day where every class comes to the library to enjoy hearing the story read aloud. Students and teachers get to wear their pajamas to school. When they enter the library, they find hallways that have been transformed with special decorations thanks to a special team of elves (teachers) who come back to school at night to create some magic.
Graphite Blog
DECEMBER 18, 2018
No matter how we discover them, the best films move us in ways we've never imagined. No matter how old we are, they can make us both laugh and cry, and they help us learn more about ourselves and how we relate to others. Of course, many popular movies deal with social and emotional issues, and these can be great for teaching SEL in our classrooms.
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