Ditch That Textbook
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Using homework assignments to give feedback is pokey. Inefficient. Slow. Think about the length of the feedback loop for traditional homework assignments: Teacher assigns homework to students. Students take it home (maybe) and work on it (maybe). Students turn it in the next day. Teacher grades and provides comments that night (if not completely swamped [.].
Neo LMS
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
When we come into this world we don’t know much; in fact, we don’t know anything. We don’t come with built-in knowledge. We are like blank canvases, that will be filled with the knowledge we acquire during our lifetime and which will form us as an individual and as a productive member of society. Some of this acquired information will stick with us permanently but some won’t stand the test of time and will be wiped from our memory and forgotten forever.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Guest blogger, Emily Cleary, has some great ideas on some of her favorite must-have resources for today’s blended learning. She makes some great points about first, why blended learning is becoming so popular, and second, how to make that happen in your life: Blended learning is becoming increasingly popular as institutions transition from classroom style learning to mixed media and online learning.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
British author and speaker Sir Ken Robinson is known for several accomplishments, from his books to his professorships to his TED talks. But in 2006, he gained recognition for something that no other TED speaker in history has done. It was back then that he delivered a TED talk on the topic of whether schools kill students’ creativity —and today, that video has been viewed over 43 million times, currently holding the title of “most popular TED talk of all time.”.
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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.
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FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Digital footprints are not exclusive to online shoppers or avid social media users; everyone has one, including your 5-year-old child. Any online activity contributes to their “digital portrait”, making them vulnerable targets to advertisers and internet predators. Taking Precautions. In an effort to protect minors on the world wide web, the FTC Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) created compliance regulations for online operators that host children under the age of 13 in 1998.
The CoolCatTeacher
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
10MT | #19: 10-Minute Teacher Interview with Researcher Laura Pasquini From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Leaders don’t play king of the hill, they make a bigger hill. Today is Digital Learning Day. This is a day for leaders and learners to level up digital learning. For no organization, group, or community can survive on status quo.
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Edsurge
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Scaling personalized learning across a state might sound like an oxymoron, but officials from Rhode Island’s Office of Innovation are taking on the task. The Statewide Personalized Learning Initiative just released a white paper that could inspire others to create and align the pieces necessary for expansive personalized learning efforts. “We are trying to leverage our work with our partners to scale personalized learning and become the first state in the nation with a new model on a systemic le
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FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Child online privacy explained – who is collecting data and what information are they using? The post Who Else is Collecting Data About Your Children? appeared first on Blog.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
February 23, 2017 Exit tickets or cards are informal assessment tools teachers can use to assess students understanding at the end of a class. They can also be used for formative assessment purposes.read more.
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FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Child online privacy explained – who is collecting data and what information are they using? The post Who Else is Collecting Data About Your Children? appeared first on Blog.
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.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Meaghan Markey prefers to take notes with her laptop in class, so she was surprised—and a bit frustrated—to find several of her professors at Michigan State University had “no-tech in class” policies, meaning no laptops, no smartphones. She’s hardly alone. This was one of the many disconnects between students and professors revealed in a book she helped write, called To My Professor: Student Voices For Great College Teaching.
ProfHacker
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
I’ve already shared the work Mike Caulfield is doing with the Digital Polarization Initiative , as well as the analysis he has done (and continues to do ) on his blog. Now Mike has published an OER textbook, Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers. It can be used alongside the Digital Polarization Initiative work (which I am going to be doing in a few weeks) or as a stand-alone textbook or resource.
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Unless you have been hiding out in the remote hills of the Appalachians, you have probably noticed the onslaught and popularity of food trucks over the last several years. Although street food is anything but new, almost every suburban and metropolitan area now has a plethora of food trucks serving everything from fusion to comfort food. In my own town, we have several special events based on food trucks, as well as several new bars or pubs that allow food trucks to serve as their mobile kitchen
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
February 24, 2017 The featured book for this week is Richardson and Rob Mancabelli's "Personal Learning Networks: Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education ". This is.read more.
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.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Change, it seems, really is inevitable. After more than a century of operating as the Detroit Public School system, in 2016, our district was re-named the Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD). With the new name came new expectations, and a new emphasis on literacy. To best tackle the challenge of improving student literacy, the district’s academic leadership team sought to help all content area teachers in motivating, engaging, and sustaining student interest in reading.
Teacher Tech
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Google Sheets: Rotate Text Google has been on a roll adding new features to G Suite and Google Apps that you’ve been desperate for! First, you can add videos to Google Slides from Google Drive and now you can rotate your text in Google Sheets. Formatting Text rotation formats the text. You will find options […]. The post Google Sheets: Rotate Text appeared first on Teacher Tech.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
A landmark report from TNTP, a nonprofit organization, estimated that the 50 largest U.S. districts invest $8 billion annually on professional development. Some of those teachers spend upwards of 150 hours every year on training sessions, workshops and conferences that sometimes resemble what many students experience in the classroom: listening to a lecture and taking notes.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
February 23, 2017 Here are five great periodic table apps to use on your iPad in class. Tables summarize properties and provide more information related to each chemical element. These apps are.read more.
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Marketplace K-12
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
The decision brings a close to a federal probe into the failed roll-out of iPads containing an incomplete curriculum in the 650,000-student district. The post Feds Drop Investigation Into Los Angeles District Over $1 Billion iPad Purchase appeared first on Market Brief.
Iterating Toward Openness
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Dumping out some thoughts here so I can return to them when I have more time. There’s been some fabulous writing over the last month or so about whether or not open licensing is important to open pedagogy, beginning with Clint Lalonde’s Does Open Pedagogy Require OER? (read the comments, too). Reading this has prompted me to do some additional thinking which is helping me clarify what I mean by “open pedagogy.” I realize there are people who use the term “open pedag
iLearn Technology
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
What it is: Photomath is an app available on the App Store and Google Play. With Photomath , students can scan a math problem and learn how to solve it with step by step instructions and an answer. The app includes a photo calculator (take a photo of a math problem, it gets solved in an instant), handwriting recognition, step-by-step instructions, and a smart calculator.
EmergingEdTech
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Have you Ever Considered Implementing Podcasts as a Part of in Your Teaching Methods? In 2004, Ben Hammersley was the first person to use the word podcasting in an article for the Guardian. He used. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
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.
MindShift
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
English learners are often portrayed as a struggling group, but at San Francisco International High School educators see the language diversity in their classrooms as an asset. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!
techlearning
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Creative educators are using cutting-edge edtech tools to develop innovative science programs that engage students in doing real-world, inquiry-based science.
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these [teachers] from the swift completion of their [PD]. You may be thinking of mail couriers, but this motto is also one used by an innovative technology and instructional coach in Iowa, who sees bad weather as a great opportunity to learn in a fun way. Though teachers are often expected to make learning fun and engaging for their students, too often these same teachers are not given the same exciting opportunities for PD.
Learning with 'e's
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
I have always considered myself to be a professional learner. Yes, I'm a teacher, but I get paid to learn, and then to create learning conditions in which my students can also learn. I'm always up for a challenge, and I am always open to learning new things. I find it especially fulfilling when I learn new things from my students. Earlier today, some of my students showed me the video (below) by James Nottingham.
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.
Fractus Learning
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Chemistry can be a daunting subject, but chemistry sets for kids make learning about basic chemistry concepts fun and inviting. Many children learn best when presented with hands-on experiences, and science kits lend themselves easily to this type of teaching and learning. While some kits, often designed for older kids, include all of the components for more advanced scientific learning and, there are plenty of chemistry kits for kids that focus on the fun aspects of science.
techlearning
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
With the emergence of new technologies and the access students now have to the Internet, it’s no surprise that social media safety has become a more pressing issue, both in and out of schools.
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
K-5 grade teachers are invited to apply online for a $1,000 Toshiba America Foundation grant to help bring an innovative hands-on project into their own classroom.
Fractus Learning
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
When I was in the fifth grade I became the student council president at my elementary school. I had my campaign speech, with various promises for improving our student council and bettering the lives of our student body. When I was elected to this position at the age of eleven, I became quickly aware of what politics could be, even for a fifth grader.
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