EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

K–12 IT Leaders Can Mitigate Cybersecurity Risks Through User Training. eli.zimmerman_9856. Tue, 11/06/2018 - 11:37. IT professionals in every K–12 school district likely grapple with one major security weakness: people. Hackers can send malware and phishing emails, but users need to be trained how to recognize and report them — and not click. . Forty-six percent of organizations experienced a serious data breach, according to “The Cybersecurity Insight Report” by CDW. .

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

As a teacher turned instructional coach who is now an aspiring administrator, I have always recognized the importance of effective feedback. As a teacher, I not only strived to provide my students with effective feedback, but I also craved honest and open feedback about my own teaching performance. Then, as an instructional coach, I coached teachers to use feedback effectively in their classroom practices and discovered the effectiveness of my coaching relied on my ability to provide teachers wi

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Japan has earned a reputation for exporting successful products and services from different industries. In technology, Sony and Nintendo are among the most internationally recognized brands. In education, the tutoring center Kumon has franchises across the world. But when it comes to the education technology industry, few people outside the country can name Japanese companies off the top of their heads.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

When it comes to presentations, no matter what industry you’re in, creating that first impression and providing a presentation that will win over your audience comes with its pressures. Standing in.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2018

About 10 years ago, a short video called Shift Happens went viral, providing a wake-up call to educators that their students would enter a very different world once they left the classroom and entered the workforce. The video presented a series of surprising statistics set to music, including: “In 10 years, it is predicted that the number one English speaking country in the world will be … China.”.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Though coding and robotics is new to almost all of the students coming into my workshops and classes, storytelling is something they’re familiar with. As the manager of educational programs for KID Museum in Maryland, I use narrative to help teach young students how to code and program robots. Introducing programming concepts using storylines and characters flips the mindset around robotics and technology from consuming to creating.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Internet safety, online privacy, cyberbullying, media balance, online relationships, news and media literacy—digital citizenship topics tackle big questions. It can feel daunting to integrate lessons on these weighty topics into your already-packed classroom agendas. But does it have to be such a heavy lift? It’s true: Educators who can teach digital citizenship as a standalone unit can really dive deep into the dilemmas students face online.

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Marketplace K-12

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Personalized learning platform IXL Learning has acquired educational games provider ABCya, and early education software provider Brightwheel has raised $21 million. The post K-12 Dealmaking: IXL Learning Acquires ABCya, Brightwheel Raises $21 Million appeared first on Market Brief.

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MiddleWeb

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

After three hate crimes in one week in late October, 8th grade teacher Sarah Cooper came in on Monday ready to talk, "to imagine how we could react in healing ways." Yet, as her first class began, "I realized this conversation would be different. As a Jew, I felt shaken.".

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techieMusings

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Recently, I worked with a teacher who had to be out on a day where students were scheduled to give class presentations. Instead of wasting a day, we decided to have students screencast their presentations and then post their videos to Flipgrid. In doing so, students were able to present to the full class (each group posted their finalized video to Flipgrid for the whole class to watch).

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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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The Principal of Change

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

“Balance is stupid.” George Couros, primarily from 2007-2017. That was me. Maybe I didn’t say it exactly that way, but I was thinking it. For me, to be successful, you had to live a reasonably unbalanced life. I listened to the Grant Cardone’s of the world who focused on the importance of being “obsessed” to become successful at what you do.

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techlearning

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

 In a previous post, I highlighted 6 GREAT makerspace practices that captured my attention.  Here is another group of 6 that recently caught my eye.

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Jamf on EdTech

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Learn a new and easier method for activating Office 365 and configuring Outlook.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Tech4TeacherEd is a new edWeb.net community for pre-service teachers, college of education faculty, and inservice educators to share resources and ideas for integrating digital tools into the classroom. The goal of Tech4TeacherEd is to provide a free professional learning community where undergraduate and graduate pre-service candidates can discover information about integrating technology into teaching and learning, a wide range of resources for educators, and the ISTE Standards for Students, E

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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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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

A unique collaboration encouraged educators to take their students out of classrooms and into public spaces and parks to write and create. A man walks alone in the Connecticut woods. He sits down to write. He takes a few photos. What no one would know about this man, if you bumped into him on this summer afternoon, is that he’s a teacher. And as he walks, he’s imagining what he’ll do with his high school students when they are back in his classroom this fall.

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techlearning

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

This super short video covers price, platforms, grades, and TypingClub's unique lesson customization options.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Flipped Learning and Higher Education are rarely found together in the same sentence. Well, rarer than I would expect at least. Perhaps that is the case because the idea of flipped learning is attributed to two high school teachers and is a rather new concept, while stakeholders of Higher Education prefer to refer to it as “ reverse instruction ”. While not exactly the same, both concepts shift the focus towards students and their learning needs rather than the instructor.

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techlearning

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

November is a perfect month for celebrating GIS Day as part of Geography Awareness Week.

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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

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

According to research conducted by the University of Iowa, it was found that by the age of two, 90% of children had a moderate to good ability to use a tablet. Considering the fact that kids these days are more comfortable with the digital environment, this is something that we did expect to happen. Children are growing up with technology all around them- smartphones, tablets, remote controlled toys, computers etc.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

When Congress passed FERPA (The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) in 1974, school and district leaders could rely on once-a-year training and reviews to make sure they remained in compliance. Now, when educators could potentially add a new app with a few mouse clicks, managing student data privacy is a never-ending task. In the edWebinar “ Student Data Privacy: A Priority and Essential Commitment,” presenters Dr.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

For those of us who remember a time before the internet, using Google for research might feel strange -- like being thrust from the cozy confines of a favorite library straight into the Wild West of the web. But in today’s world, it’s impossible to ignore Google Search as a legitimate tool for research. Most of us begin any simple quest for knowledge with a Google search.

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MIND Research Institute

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

The Every Student Succeeds Act (or ESSA) provides schools and districts with funding for technology and also includes non-regulatory guidance on how to determine whether an edtech program is effective. While ESSA’s predecessor, No Child Left Behind also contained a few points around program efficacy evaluations, ESSA takes that one step further and categorizes possible program evidence into four tiers (three for individual studies, and a fourth for other evidence): Details on each type of study

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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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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

For those of us who remember a time before the internet, using Google for research might feel strange -- like being thrust from the cozy confines of a favorite library straight into the Wild West of the web. But in today’s world, it’s impossible to ignore Google Search as a legitimate tool for research. Most of us begin any simple quest for knowledge with a Google search.

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Adjusting Course

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

It's funny how the same hallways and school displays I walk by every day catch my attention when something small changes. (Has this ever happened to you?!) Recently, I noticed our Grizzly Gallery had been updated with some new student artwork. However, instead of updating all the frames with art from different students, the frames featured a single student's art collection.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

For those of us who remember a time before the internet, using Google for research might feel strange -- like being thrust from the cozy confines of a favorite library straight into the Wild West of the web. But in today’s world, it’s impossible to ignore Google Search as a legitimate tool for research. Most of us begin any simple quest for knowledge with a Google search.

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