The CoolCatTeacher
JUNE 29, 2016
Slides and Resources From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Sketchnoting is a fascination for me. So, ISTE was a dream for me. What if we got some of the best in sketchnoting together to share their secrets and how this applies to education? Well, we submitted and it is happening today!Today, June 29 at 8:30 am at the ISTE 2016 conference, I’ll be moderating.
Teacher Reboot Camp
JUNE 29, 2016
On Tuesday, June 28th, I took part in the New and Pre-service Teacher Support event organized by Lisa Dabbs ( @teachwithsoul ) and sponsored by Amazon Inspire. Presentations were given by @teachwithsoul , @ShellTerrell , @TanyaAvrith , and @KleinErin about parent engagement, social media in schools, classroom design, Twitter for new teachers, and web tools for new teachers.
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The CoolCatTeacher
JUNE 29, 2016
Presentation Resources From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. The third panel I’ll be moderating this ISTE is full of some of the best in the business of people who are making and inventing. As with the sketchnoting slides I shared earlier, it will be best to see this in person, but so many of you can’t be here at ISTE 2016 in Denver!
Digital Promise
JUNE 29, 2016
In March 2016, Digital Promise and Maker Ed issued a call-to-action for school leaders around the country to commit to growing the next generation of American makers. Over 1,400 U.S. school leaders have answered the call by signing the Maker Promise. For many members of the League of Innovative Schools , a network of the nation’s most forward-thinking superintendents, this is just an acknowledgement of the work they have long championed.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
JUNE 29, 2016
Map skills borrow concepts from many different disciplines, including Math, Art, Language and of course Geography. Map skills should be basic to student education early in their journey and then used often to measure distances, calculate routes, preview field trip locations, explore historic sites, and more. For many of you, I’m not saying anything you don’t already know — but have you tried to personalize a map?
EdTech4Beginners
JUNE 29, 2016
Recently I asked my students to design a new app. I kept the explanation brief and just told them that it would need to be useful or entertaining. They began by researching ideas in teams. After, they discussed their ideas and came up with a final concept. Finally, I printed a template and the students created a user interface. Here’s the template I used: Iphone Template .
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Securly
JUNE 29, 2016
Securly now works with iKeepSafe and IWF to ensure online child safety and protect student privacy. The post Meet Our New Partners: iKeepSafe & the Internet Watch Foundation appeared first on Blog.
EdTech Magazine
JUNE 29, 2016
By Meg Conlan Conference attendees and presenters took to social media to share what they learned at this year’s event.
Securly
JUNE 29, 2016
Securly now works with iKeepSafe and IWF to ensure online child safety and protect student privacy. The post Meet Our New Partners: iKeepSafe & the Internet Watch Foundation appeared first on Blog.
EdTech Magazine
JUNE 29, 2016
By Meg Conlan Technology vendors packed the exhibit hall, showing off plenty of tools and toys that teachers will love.
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.
Education Elements
JUNE 29, 2016
Back in my day, all schools were brick-and-mortar. Back in my grandfather’s day, they were brick-and-mortar with everyone in one classroom, regardless of grade level. Back in my grandfather’s grandfather’s day… well, who knows? The point is: Education is evolving and changing as it responds to the needs of students and the opportunities around us. With virtual schools, classes, and learning opportunities gaining popularity, it’s important to stay up to date on how to help these virtual education
Battelle for Kids
JUNE 29, 2016
Volume 3, Issue 5, Number 12. Every morning at the breakfast table I look at my two teen-age sons and wonder what the future holds for them. College, of course, followed by decades of work. But what will work look like, and will they be prepared for success in the 21st century economy? Work and career readiness was the June focus of the P21 Blogazine.
21st Century Educational Technology and Learning
JUNE 29, 2016
As you are aware there is an amazing and powerful Maker Space movement going throughout the education landscape. This is a concept that I and many others want to see sustained because of the amazing learning opportunities it provides. In order to do so, I believe there are several ideas and concepts we must acknowledge in order to achieve the genuine education possibilities that the Maker’s culture can bring a classroom.
Edsurge
JUNE 29, 2016
The ISTE conference isn’t the biggest edtech conference in the world by sheer luck. It brings together K-12 educators, companies, reporters, university professors, and students to talk about product announcements, implementation strategies and edtech trends. This year’s gathering, spread over several hotels and the Denver Convention Center, drew over 15,000 almost 20,000 people into to these conversations.
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.
GoConqr
JUNE 29, 2016
What’s the value of a value-based education? “Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.” – CS Lewis. Earlier this year we contacted a number of educators and technologists from around the world for their thoughts on the trends and challenges facing education and technology in 2016.
Edsurge
JUNE 29, 2016
Who can be a “collaborative changemaker”? Anyone, according to St. Louis Technology Integration Coach Patricia Brown. Speaking on panel at the PBS Digital Innovators event, Brown talked up the rise of the online spaces for collaboration, also known as personal learning networks (PLN) as enabling anyone, even those who in remote areas or who feel more introverted, to come together to collaborate and share ideas.
EmergingEdTech
JUNE 29, 2016
Music can Have a Powerful Impact on Students’ Mindset and Academic Performance As an avid fan of many types of music, and a recording singer, songwriter, & guitarist, I can clearly. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
Edsurge
JUNE 29, 2016
Hillary Clinton may not be in office, but she has enough policy plans on her website for four full years. At a June 27 rally in Denver, Hillary Clinton outlined her Tech and Innovation Agenda that included a number of edtech items. Her boldest claim: That her administration would close the digital divide by 2020 with 100 percent of American families having the "option" of quality broadband.
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Teacher Tech
JUNE 29, 2016
This week I was the keynote for the pre-conference event at ISTE 2016. Here are the resource slides for my presentation on Google Classroom. Link to Slides. The post Intro to Google Classroom Resources appeared first on Teacher Tech.
Edsurge
JUNE 29, 2016
If you were to walk through the Celeste Bartos Forum—a beautiful venue in the New York Public Library—on June 11th, you would have found yourself amidst diverse youth with dreams of changing the world for the better through STEM. Yes, indeed, I am talking about Emoti-Con 2016 ! Emoti-Con is NYC's largest showcase for young designers, makers, technologists, and tinkerers who believe in digital innovation as a tool for positive change in the world around them.
Edutopia
JUNE 29, 2016
Rebecca Alber Classroom Management When teachers get curious instead of furious, they don't take the student's behavior personally, and they don't act on anger. They respond to student behaviors rather than react to them.
Marketplace K-12
JUNE 29, 2016
A mainstay of classroom instruction—the whiteboard—will soon be rendered obsolete, if the lofty claims of a cadre of ambitious K-12 market entrants are to be believed. Companies promoting “glassboards” predict that schools will be drawn to the quality and durability of the instructional tools–despite thefact that the products are heavier than whiteboards, and even though some of them carry much heftier price tags than the surfaces they’re meant to render obsolete.
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.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JUNE 29, 2016
June 30, 2016 After posting about teachers reading summer list, we are sharing with you another great resource for reading materials. Audio Books by the popular Audiobooks is an excellent iPad.read more.
Edsurge
JUNE 29, 2016
Among the fun and games happening at ISTE in mile-high Denver this year is a pitch competition. Nine edtech companies, nominated by the incubators that hatched them, will present to an audience of 25 education leaders. The press release for the event says that investors are "expected to invest in at least one of the nine startups." Here's who will be pitching: Boulder Learning : Developing learning systems with virtual tutors.
eSchool News
JUNE 29, 2016
During ISTE 2016, a panel of CTOs and educators examined how changes in today’s schools and technologies are impacting the role of the traditional CTO. Chief technology officers (CTOs) in school districts juggle any number of demands relating to IT support, technology integration into classroom instruction, and future district technology plans. But as technology changes, and as the needs of students and teachers change, so does the role of the CTO.
Edsurge
JUNE 29, 2016
Five edtech companies emerged recently from Boston's LearnLaunch accelerator, tackling issues that include learning to code, hiring and collecting social emotional data. Here's the latest cohort: Chalk Talk : With offices in Jordan and Boston, Chalk Talk is an SAT prep program based on the new SAT exam that uses machine learning and data analytics to prepare students for standardized tests.
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.
Gaggle Speaks
JUNE 29, 2016
Kik is a messaging application on iOS and Android that allows users to connect, chat and share media with friends or strangers. The app works with a user account, but does not require any real verification. Kids love this app due to its ease of use and platform-agnostic availability, but the same features that entice some users to join could prove dangerous for others.
ProfHacker
JUNE 29, 2016
Evernote is a fairly widely-used tool for corralling and then exploring information. There have been numerous posts about Evernote here at ProfHacker, such as Shawn Miller’s introduction to the tool , Kathleen Fitzpatrick’s testimonial as an Evernote convert , Amy’s account of teaching with it , and a variety of posts about using Evernote on your phone, with Markdown, or in web browsers.
The Innovative Educator
JUNE 29, 2016
Summer is the time that innovative educators reflect on their practice and begin putting in place plans to make their upcoming year better than ever. The big debate at #ISTE2016 this year is which materials they'll use to do that. Sparking this debate is @AmazonEdu's Inspire ( click here for early access). Amazon announced yesterday that they would use their familiar marketplace look and feel with a search bar, ratings, and reviews to offer teachers a platform where they can access tens of thous
Fractus Learning
JUNE 29, 2016
As the parent of three gifted sons, my journey raising my children—and reassuring them, and fretting over them, and advocating for them, and continually trying to summon some hoped-for, yet elusive magical parenting panacea deep from within me—is not quite done. It’s been a rocky road for sure, as any parenting journey can be, yet raising gifted children seems to often be a rockier path where understanding and support are often hard to find.
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