Ditch That Textbook
APRIL 26, 2018
Quizlet Live can make studying come alive for students -- and collaboratively! Try some of these new twists on it in your classroom. This post is written by Patrick McMillan, a fifth through eighth grade Latin teacher and tech coach from St. Gregory the Great School in Williamsville, New York. Find him on Twitter at […].
Ed Tech from the Ground Up
APRIL 26, 2018
Education leaders at the ASU+GSV conference this year described being awash in data, but unable to pull relevant insights from what they collect. The post Education Leaders Want Ed-Tech Tools that Provide User-Friendly Data appeared first on Market Brief.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 26, 2018
With summer fast approaching all over the Northern Hemisphere, kids are eager for time away from teachers, textbooks, and To-do lists. In Ireland, Italy, Greece, Russia, and other Eurasian nations, summer vacation lasts about three months. In Australia, Britain, The Netherlands, Canada, and Germany, it’s six to eight weeks. American students get roughly ten weeks.
Neo LMS
APRIL 26, 2018
In my last blog on augmented reality I bemoaned the overly enthusiastic predictions that AR will revolutionize the classroom. As a counterpoint, and in the interest of fairness, I thought today I’d share with you a couple of ways teachers are using the technology to great effect in real-world classrooms. Any research on AR in the classroom quickly reveals an abundance of products, and a dearth of real-world applications.
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Battelle for Kids
APRIL 26, 2018
Five years ago I spent a few days working in a small neighborhood school in Santiago in the Dominican Republic. The kids were bright and happy. The teachers engaged and passionate about learning. The rooms were filled with desks, chairs, tables, pencils, and books - the usual trappings of learning. On the ground floor, a computer lab filled with shiny equipment saw overflow business.
Edsurge
APRIL 26, 2018
Follow education technology-reform projects, and you’ll find mixed academic outcomes and expensive consultants. Take Fulton County School District, in Georgia. In July of 2015, the district paid more than $400,000 for alignment, strategy and professional services from Education Elements, a for-profit personalized learning consultant, according to receipts obtained by EdSurge from the district.
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eSchool News
APRIL 26, 2018
Student data privacy and security are top priorities for edtech leaders. When asked to rate the importance of these topics, 68 percent of respondents said they were more critical than the prior year, according to an annual survey of K-12 chief technology officers from the Consortium for School Networking. While IT leaders in education have their hands full trying to protect the student information stored and accessed in the software and data systems used by their schools, the actions of other em
Teacher Tech
APRIL 26, 2018
Put Your Spiral Review on the About Tab For each lesson each day what is one or two questions you might want to ask a week from now, a month from now, two months from now to keep the learning on the minds of the students? Spiraling is an important technique for making learning sticky; […]. The post Google Classroom: Spiral Review on the About Tab appeared first on Teacher Tech.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
APRIL 26, 2018
Alot of interesting things are taking place in Gmail. Besides the new powerful features introduced yesterday (e.g, the ability to access attachments without opening emails, new security improvements,read more.
eSchool News
APRIL 26, 2018
Videos have many benefits in the classroom; if they’re engaging, informative, and inspiring, they can appeal to students of different learning styles. They’re also valuable tools for educators who wish to access on-demand resources for students, who want to learn more new instructional strategies, or who want to expand their professional learning.
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.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
APRIL 26, 2018
Google has finally released a task-mamanegement app for iOS and Android. Google Tasks is now availabe for free download in both iTunes App Store and in Google Play App Store. The app is supposed to.read more.
MiddleWeb
APRIL 26, 2018
Two Teachers in the Room by Elizabeth Stein explores how co-teachers can work together as effective partners to best serve all their students. Elizabeth OBrien recommends the book for people new to co-teaching and as a key resource in professional development settings.
Marketplace K-12
APRIL 26, 2018
The total dollar value of dealmaking in the pre-college, higher education and professional training sectors soared from just $5 billion in 2016 to $16.79 billion in 2017, according to a report by investment bank Berkery Noyes. The post Value of Education Mergers and Acquisitions Soars, Though Number of K-12 Deals Dips appeared first on Market Brief.
NeverEndingSearch
APRIL 26, 2018
I’ve been a longtime fan of findingDulcinea , a carefully curated portal for educators that I reviewed years ago. SweetSearch , its searchier sister site, is an excellent example of the power of a Google custom search engine to create a noise-free, focused search for children. Launched in 2009, SweetSearch leverages a Google CSE to search the websites included in findingDulcinea’s pathfinders and articles, as well as additional materials vetted and regularly updated by the research team.
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.
SpeechTechie
APRIL 26, 2018
ARrrrrgh is a free app that lets you perform augmented reality treasure hunts, and is lots of fun (and meets the FIVES criteria). The title of the app is a play on both pirate-speak and AR, augmented reality, the technology that allows us to display digital information over the real world. Sounds complicated, but this app is very simple. One student goes into a space to hide a virtual treasure chest in the floor (in an open area, the camera is activated and can detect walls, furniture etc).
techlearning
APRIL 26, 2018
There’s no escaping the 1/4 Rule. IT managers may not know about it, but many AV and media people do. It states that the minimum height of a classroom display, or any display used to show small text, must be at least 1/4 the distance to the farthest viewer. If it’s not, text on the screen won’t be readable to those in the back. It’s an update of the older 1/6 rule, used to size screens for the large text in PowerPoint presentations.
EdTechTeam
APRIL 26, 2018
Welcome to the Day #4 Challenge for Applied Digital Skills Week ! We’ll continue exploring the Applied Digital Skills curriculum today but with a twist. How can you customize and use Applied Digital Skills to meet your classroom learning goals?! Day #4 Challenge: Customize Learning in Applied Digital Skills. Yesterday, you looked through various units that make up the Applied Digital Skills curriculum.
techlearning
APRIL 26, 2018
Epson ( www.epson.com ) introduces the new PowerLite L-Series for education. The new Epson PowerLite L615U, L610U, L510U, L400U, L610W, L500W , and L610 feature an integrated laser light source, stunning imagery, up to 6,000 lumens of color and white brightness, resolution up to WUXGA, and enhanced wireless technology to connect to multiple devices.
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Technology Tidbits
APRIL 26, 2018
" A flashcard or flash card is a set of cards bearing information, as words or numbers, on either or both sides, used in classroom drills or in private study. One writes a question on a card and an answer overleaf. Flashcards can bear vocabulary , historical dates, formulas or any subject matter that can be learned via a question and answer format. Flashcards are widely used as a learning drill to aid memorization by way of spaced repetition. ( wikipedia )" Flashcards are used by students and ed
techlearning
APRIL 26, 2018
There is rarely a dull moment when Carl Hooker (@mrhooker) is around, so we expect he’ll be the perfect emcee for tomorrow’s Tech & Learning Live Boston , which promises to be a day of learning, fun, a bit of relationship counseling, and even some poetry. Carl will kick off the day with his keynote, “Becoming a Marriage Counselor for IT & Curriculum,” where he’ll break out the virtual couch and discuss our issues with each other – including ways to resolve them for the betterment of our
MindShift
APRIL 26, 2018
There are now well over 1,000 colleges and universities that don’t require SAT or ACT scores in deciding whom to admit, a number that’s growing every year. And a new study finds that scores on those tests are of little value in predicting students’ performance in college, and raises the question: Should those tests be required at all?
techlearning
APRIL 26, 2018
(Roswell, GA) April 26, 2018 — 7 Mindsets , the national leader in mindsets-based social and emotional learning (SEL), today announced that it will present a two-part, complimentary edWebinar series that explores SEL from two perspectives: that of the researcher and the practitioner. Mindsets-based SEL leverages the modern understanding of the brain to empower educators to drive higher levels of achievement and happiness for themselves and for their students.
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.
Technology Tidbits
APRIL 26, 2018
Buncee is the award winning learning tool that provides a digital canvas for students to create amazing projects, presentations, and much much more. Educators have been using Buncee in a wide variety of ways through their educational portal "Buncee Classroom" to create virtual classrooms for students to complete assignments, take quizzes, etc. Best of all, Buncee Classroom lets educators track students, assign quizzes, and even differentiate/assess instruction.
techlearning
APRIL 26, 2018
NRICH Untangle robust math problems for all ages; plenty of teaching support [ Valuable Resource for Free Math Lesson Plans and More ] Pros: The site's approach to problem-solving challenges kids to think mathematically, giving them the tools to do so. Cons: Visual presentation needs to better adapt to its audience, with less text and easier "click" targets for younger kids in particular.
The CoolCatTeacher
APRIL 26, 2018
Dr. Tisha Shipley on episode 299 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Engage parents any time of the year with these strategies. Parent parties are fun, exciting ways to help parents and improve relationships. You can do this any time of the school year. Advancement Courses has more than 200 graduate level online PD courses for K-12 teachers.
Edsurge
APRIL 26, 2018
Do exams still serve a purpose? Could tests be replaced by project-based work? How do we move beyond grades to more meaningful demonstrations of learning? On Tuesday, April 24 the #DLNchat community got together to discuss and debate: How Can Alternative Assignments Effectively Assess Student Learning? Where there’s an alternative there must be a standard, so we started our chat creating a list of what those standard assignment are: exams, quizzes, essays, reports, lab manuals and the like.
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.
Educator Innovator
APRIL 26, 2018
High school ELA teacher and NWP teacher leader Janelle Bence explores how civic engagement forms the essential “why” of her classroom practice, helping students consider their identities, values, and connections to communities big and small. I was recently asked, “What is a current trend in education that has shaped your teaching?” My immediate response was civic engagement.
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