Mon.Sep 26, 2016

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3 Ways Video Games Can Help Students Thrive

EdTech Magazine

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Game-based learning boosts motivation, literacy and social skills.

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Headwinds or tailwinds?

Dangerously Irrelevant

David Brooks said over at the New York Times : The crucial social divide today is between those who feel the core trends of the global, information-age economy as tailwinds at their backs and those who feel them as headwinds in their face. And that’s really it, isn’t it? We have a majority of schools and leaders and educators and policymakers for whom the rapid changes around us feel like strong headwinds, negative forces that continually buffet them in the face.

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A creative art lesson: Enter The Doodle 4 Google Contest!

EdTech4Beginners

Doodle 4 Google is a great idea. It is a contest where your pupils must come up with an inspirational idea or vision and turn it into a ‘Google Doodle’ The theme for this year is the future. Here are some examples Google have provided: I set my students the challenge in an art lesson. They had to come up with an idea, plan it, and then create the doodle.

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New from Turnitin: iPad app for Feedback Studio

Ask a Tech Teacher

With all the time students and teachers are spending with iPads, Turnitin Feedback Studio ‘s new iPad app is a welcome addition to their toolkits. Students can submit papers, analyze similarity reports (to check for originality), and review instructor feedback on the go. Here’s what Jacinta Lujano, attending Naval Postgraduate School, says: “Feedback Studio for iPad makes it really simple to submit my writings and to get on-the-go feedback… It’s really simple and intuitive to u

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

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.

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Student Data Privacy: What’s Your Obligation?

Tom Murray

This post is sponsored by Samsung. However, all thoughts and opinions are my own. For over two centuries, student information and data was kept in paper form, often in filing cabinets in a school or district office. During this time, there was little concern over security breaches, improper data sharing, or student privacy issues. Similar to other industries (healthcare, financial, etc.), over the past few decades, the vast majority of personal information, for both students and employees, has b

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Deep learning with Google tools: 20 ideas

Ditch That Textbook

It’s so easy (maybe too easy) to do shallow, superficial work with Google tools. One one day, we’ll do this activity. The next day, we’ll use a different tool to do a different one. What if we want to investigate a topic thoroughly instead of going “a mile wide and an inch deep”? Google’s got [.].

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Why Can’t We Be Friends? A Superintendent and a Vendor Talk It Out

Digital Promise

Educators and vendors often report friction in their interactions. We hope to dig deeper into those feelings, facilitating discussion and generating ideas for innovation. This piece kicks off a series of conversations among key players in K-12 purchasing. The moderator is Nicole Neal, CEO of Noodle Markets, the nation’s only national marketplace and purchasing platform exclusively focused on K-12 education.

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Another Amplify Spinoff: School by Design

Edsurge

Chalk this up as another trivia question in the category of “Did you know Amplify also provided this?” Today the once-gargantuan education technology company announced it is spinning off another service, School by Design , into an independent entity. This move marks the third such move for Amplify, which was formerly owned by News Corporation before it was sold last September to a group of private investors that include Laurene Powell Jobs.

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What does a flipped classroom look like at each grade level?

eSchool News

Although the term “flipped learning” is almost universally recognized, teachers apply it in many forms, in all grades levels, and in various school environments. If you are a teacher using flipped learning, the chances are that you share some similarities with other teachers who flip—as well as some differences. However, the major commonality among all flipped learning teachers is that every one of them is creating personal learning experiences for each student.

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8 Useful Educational Web Tools for Research Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

There are a wide variety of web tools and mobile applications that facilitate researchers work and help them communicate and collaborate with the research community and easily share and.read more.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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Can all students succeed at science and technology high schools?

The Hechinger Report

Students study the human body on skeletons, using clay to make organs. Photo: Kathleen Lucadamo. NEW LONDON, Conn. — When Lou Allen started the Science and Technology Magnet High School of Southeastern Connecticut in 2005, he didn’t woo the state’s top students. Instead, in accordance with state law, admission was based on a lottery. Allen’s goal was to recruit more low-income Hispanic and black students, who for too long were blocked out of schools exclusively for math and science because their

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Some Very Good Chrome Apps for Music Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

We received few requests from some of our readers here in EdTech and mLearning asking about a good Chromebook app to use for creating and editing music. Below is a collection of what.read more.

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School by Design Spins Off From Amplify to Form Independent Company

Marketplace K-12

The educational technology company Amplify is spinning off a service known as School by Design into a new, separate business that will provide schools with data and technical assistance focused on financial and instructional strategy. School by Design will become its own commercial company and will be led by an Amazon Education executive, Andrew Joseph, who is leaving that post to work with the newly independent business.

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Google Slides: Class Baseball Review Activity

Teacher Tech

Google Slides: Class Baseball Game A lot of us play Jeopardy for a class review game. If you are looking for a different spin on that, try class baseball. The template is generic and can be applied to any subject. I played this a lot with my math classes, they loved it. Set Up I […]. The post Google Slides: Class Baseball Review Activity appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

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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5 reasons girls don’t pursue technology-related careers

eSchool News

Exposing girls to technology early, along with having parents and role models support girls’ interest in technology-related hobbies and career paths, can help encourage more girls to pursue technology in and after college, according to data from CompTIA, a nonprofit association for the technology industry. More than 5.1 million people worked in core technology jobs in the U.S. at the end of 2015, but just 25 percent of those jobs were held by women.

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Chromebooks in Band Class

The Thinking Stick

As I start my second full year working with Auburn School District educators in what they call their Auburn Teacher Leadership Academy 2.0 (ATLA), it’s aways great to hear that long-term professional development really works. For context, I meet with the ATLA group 5 times throughout the school year. Each training builds upon the one before giving depth to the professional development you just can’t get at a conference or one-day PD session.

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Efforts to bring computer science to all students make progress

eSchool News

A new initiative announced at the White House’s Sept. 14 Summit on Computer Science Education aims to give every student from kindergarten through high school in-demand computer science skills many employers say they want, but cannot find, in today’s young workers. The nonprofit CSNYC announced the launch of the CSforAll Consortium, a national organization formed in reaction to the growing computer science education community, bipartisan support for CS, and President Obama’s ca

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MLA Commons CORE and Open Access

ProfHacker

The Modern Language Association recently announced an exciting open-access project, Humanities Core , funded by the NEH. The project is very ambitious and promises to be a valuable asset for researchers, particularly those without access to the expensive databases of large universities. The announcement explains the project: The MLA and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services’ Center for Digital Research and Scholarship are pleased to announce that they have been awarded a $60,0

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

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

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We’re All Readers Here

MiddleWeb

Inspired by Donalyn Miller's game-changing work The Book Whisperer, middle school teacher Cheryl Mizerny has transformed her traditional ELA classroom into a reading community where everyone learns to love books. See if some of her ideas might work for you.

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How to Handle School PR in a Crisis

Gaggle Speaks

How you handle public relations during a crisis can impact the short- and long-term reputation of your school or district. It’s important for you to be able to move quickly. The more efficient your crisis communication strategy is, the more time you can dedicate towards actually solving and addressing your crisis. If you don’t have an effective communications plan, it’s something you should definitely start thinking about now.

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Universities Partnering with Others to Transform Education and Change Lives With 3D Printing

EmergingEdTech

3D Printing is not Some Future EdTech Vision Hoping to be Realized — Educators are Using it it an Amazing Ways Right now. From engineering to art, 3D printing technology inspires students to. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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App of the Week: Parent-teacher texting made easy

eSchool News

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. Remind Education. What’s It Like?

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

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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4 Simple Ideas To Use Technology To Engage Students

TeachThought - Learn better.

The post 4 Simple Ideas To Use Technology To Engage Students appeared first on TeachThought.

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How Mindfulness and Storytelling Help Kids Heal and Learn

MindShift

By Juli Fraga. When mindfulness teacher Laurie Grossman instructed a class at Reach Academy to let their eyes rest and close so they could focus on their breathing, one student’s eyes remained wide open. Instead of following Grossman’s cues, the student refused to close her eyes and stared at her friend. This kind of response is not unusual for students who come to school after having experienced trauma, such as the death of a parent, emotional neglect and homelessness.

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The 6 Stages Of A Teaching Career

TeachThought - Learn better.

The post The 6 Stages Of A Teaching Career appeared first on TeachThought.

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K-12 Dealmaking: Lightneer, Yellowdig Raise Funds

Marketplace K-12

Recent deals include Finnish learning game developer Lightneer and social learning platform Yellowdig receiving new investments from the venture capital world. Lightneer Gains $3.16 Million: Helsinki-based learning game development studio Lightneer has completed a $3.16 million financing round led by venture capital funds GSV Acceleration, joining with $2.03 million, and IPR.VC, providing $1.13 million, the company said in a statement.

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

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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25 Top Dice Games for Fantastic Family Fun – Get Ready to Roll!

Fractus Learning

Dice games are the best way to let the good times roll! From traditional classics like Yahtzee all the way through to modern masterpieces like King of Tokyo, dice games have always been a great source of educational fun. Boosting a range of skills from matching, math, and dexterity through to probability, planning, and risk assessment, dice games are ideal edutainment for kids of all ages – and grown-ups, too!

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10 Children's Books (Almost) As Awesome as The Book of Knowledge

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

Old enough to remember this? "My granddaughter is 6 now and in 1st grade! She's beginning to ask questions like "is air heavy?" When I was a kid my parents got me The Book of Knowledge. Why is the sky blue? How come things fall down, not up? I remember reading every page! Today the Internet can answer those questions, but how about those things you never think about?

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Federal grant aims to boost low-income test takers in Mississippi

The Hechinger Report

State superintendent Dr. Carey Wright says the grant will help create equitable opportunities for students to earn college credit in high school. Photo: Imani Khayyam. Mississippi will help pad the cost of Advanced Placement examinations for historically underserved students with the help of a $189, 781 award from the U.S. Department of Education, according to an announcement today by the state’s department of education.

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Spend time teaching instead of tracking

District Administration

Districts spend a lot of money to purchase and maintain their facilities, technology and learning resources. Asset tracking is invaluable to keeping track of what schools have and where it is, saving time and money. Watch this video introduction to learn about the benefits of Asset Panda, cloud-based asset management software that is customizable, secure and easy to use.

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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the EdTech Industry: Assessing the Influence

AI-powered tools like virtual assistants and chatbots provide instant guidance and support, while data analytics offer valuable insights for educators and administrators.