Educational Technology Guy

MARCH 10, 2020

Resources, tips and more for remote and e-learning (teaching online) Many teachers and schools have resources for blended learning and even for students who are home or hospital bound to "attend" class. With the COVID-19 concerns, many schools are looking at ways to support more students and staff who may be quarantined at home or ways to keep learning going if school buildings are closed.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 10, 2020

Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow famously declared music to be the “universal language of mankind,” and science even backs up his claim. “Music appears in every society observed,” according to The Harvard Gazette , and aficionados of the medium typically start at a young age. To wit, even the most practical among us can likely agree that music education is immensely beneficial to students of all ages.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 10, 2020

How can research help everyone who is working to improve education, including teachers, educational leaders, designers, technologists, and policy makers? Learning sciences research investigates the process of learning in realistic settings, which can include schools, museums, after-school programs, home environments, or anywhere people typically learn.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 10, 2020

It’s something IT leaders generally know — you can buy all kinds of hardware and software to try to ward off cyberattacks, but one of the most important cybersecurity vulnerabilities to address involves people, not technology. That human element is particularly important for K–12 districts, which are popular targets for cyber incidents because of the heaps of sensitive information they collect.

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MARCH 10, 2020

“The downstairs neighbor is banging on my classmate’s door, complaining about her jumping in the apartment and making the baby cry.” “My mom is going crazy. She needs to make slippers for my little brother as they follow the livestreamed art class.” Since Chinese authorities closed schools to control the spread of coronavirus, the Ministry of Education has called for students to learn at home.

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Ditch That Textbook

MARCH 10, 2020

This post is by Elizabeth King, Professional Learning and Digital Integration specialist from Kingwood, Texas. Elizabeth is also the co-host of the ConnectEd Tech podcast. You can connect with her on Twitter @elizabethking88 and visit her website polaroidnotes.com. POLAROID NOTES came about out of pure necessity! Not me being creative or innovative or just wanting […].

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 10, 2020

From Open Courseware to tools, models, and definitions, this is a collection of 50 of the best blended learning resources for teachers now updated for 2020. The post 100 Blended Learning Resources For Teachers appeared first on TeachThought.

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Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

In the shadows of a potential COVID-19 pandemic, many schools, businesses and other organizations are preparing to keep the lights on by allowing, encouraging or requiring their employees to work remotely. In some cases, this will be an abrupt switch from a culture that required butts-in-seats from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily to a distributed workforce where no one is in the same physical location.

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eSchool News

MARCH 10, 2020

Digital learning puts the best edtech tools and strategies into the hands of highly-qualified and trained educators who know how to transform learning for students. Digital learning tools are invaluable when they’re used by confident educators. In fact, when used appropriately, digital and mobile learning resources engage students–and they can even help boost achievement.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 10, 2020

Looking for some tips on how to help you better integrate technology in your instruction? The visual below has you covered. It features 10 activities you can do in your class with the help of web.

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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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MiddleWeb

MARCH 10, 2020

Math teacher Robert Kaplinsky wanted his students debating about the best way to solve a problem, using strategic thinking and not just the formula. He also wanted to know when students had misconceptions so he could reshape his lessons. His solution? Open Middle Math.

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 10, 2020

It’s that time of year, with snowstorms, spring break, and the flu keeping students home from school. This year the addition of the coronavirus, COVID-19, makes it all the more possible, according to the CDC , that some schools across the country may contemplate a temporary closure at some point in the coming weeks. At MIND Research Institute, our mission is to ensure that all students are mathematically equipped to solve the world’s most challenging problems.

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EmergingEdTech

MARCH 10, 2020

BTW – this piece has nothing to do with the remote teaching movement happening as a result of the spreading coronavirus – KW The Internet age has influenced almost every facet of our. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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Jamf on EdTech

MARCH 10, 2020

Organizations that build a strategic process around technology refreshes provide the best possible experience for their users — and take advantage of Apple devices’ high resale values.

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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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Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

For Ryan King, getting from Hong Kong to Austin, Texas was already a hassle. He cancelled his original flight, which had a layover in Beijing. That would have subjected him to a 14-day quarantine upon his return, per rules enforced by Hong Kong officials for anyone who has traveled to mainland China, even if they were just passing through an airport terminal.

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 10, 2020

by Greg Kulowiec. It appears that there are countless options emerging, practically on a daily basis in the Virtual Reality space in education. Yet, there is also a clear disparity between the quality and equitable access to certain types of virtual reality experiences. At scale, schools that have access to virtual reality class kits for consumption are typically working with a Google Expeditions kit (or similar).

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Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

Lively debates are breaking out these days about algorithms and how they should be used in education. Among them are concerns over what happens to data in learning management systems like Canvas , to questions over whether campuses should ban facial-recognition software. But how much “algorithmic literacy” do most students have, and are college professors preparing students for a world increasingly influenced by artificial intelligence?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 10, 2020

The visual below features some good educational web tools and websites to help you in your teaching.

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MARCH 10, 2020

While many education businesses say they've seen no immediate disruption in their business cycles, they say prolonged upheaval could affect product testing, onboarding, and overall strategy. The post How Education Companies Are Adjusting to the Coronavirus Threat appeared first on Market Brief.

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Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

Blackboard, a Reston, Va.-based provider of learning management software for K-12, higher ed, government and businesses, has agreed to sell its Open LMS business to Learning Technologies Group, or LTG, a London-based conglomerate of workplace learning software services. LTG will pay $31.7 million for all intellectual property and assets related to the Open LMS, formerly called Moodlerooms and currently considered the largest commercial Moodle provider worldwide, according to a statement Tuesday.

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Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 10, 2020

This week on the blog I’m serializing a talk I gave for CSU Channel Islands last week as part of their Open Education Week festivities. My talk was titled, The State of Open: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. I posted the first installment yesterday, explaining how a fundamental failure to understand copyright makes the definition of OER in the new UNESCO recommendation nonsensical.

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techlearning

MARCH 10, 2020

Resources that support blended learning, which combines traditional instruction and edtech.

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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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SecurEdge

MARCH 10, 2020

Have you logged onto a public Wi-Fi network in a Starbucks or Panera Bread recently? If you have, you’ve seen a log on page otherwise known as a “captive portal” page. It looks like a standard webpage and most people click through the log on process without giving it much thought.

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techlearning

MARCH 10, 2020

Maxell Pro AV today announced the expansion of its laser projector lineup with the compact, lightweight 3LCD J Series projectors for class and conference room environments.

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eSchool News

MARCH 10, 2020

Applicable to every student in every classroom, the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles of offering multiple means of representation, action and expression, and engagement help teachers leverage every child’s strengths while supporting a very personalized learning path based on student choice. When your LMS supports UDL, students reap the benefits.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 10, 2020

What does it mean to be a man? In the United States, men who take particular care of their physical appearance are widely considered to be less masculine. Noa Fay thought that was a standard belief. But in a gender studies course taken through the Global Online Academy, or GOA, Fay heard from classmates in Kenya, Hong Kong, England, India and South Africa about how masculinity is defined in their countries, and she learned the American perspective isn’t ubiquitous.

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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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Prodigy

MARCH 10, 2020

Concerns around Coronavirus (COVID-19) and school closures have schools and families quite overwhelmed right now to say the least. As parents and educators ourselves, we can imagine how stressful life can be in these uncertain times. But just because schools are closed, it doesn’t mean your students have to stop learning. You probably know that […].

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 10, 2020

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 199 The Intricacies Of Teaching Through Robotics And Coding Drew Perkins talks with Rikke Paaskesen from KUBO Robotics about the use of robots, robotics, and coding to teach STEM and critical thinking skills. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: kubo.education @KUBO_Robot rikke@kubo-robot.com Listen and subscribe on: iTunes Stitcher Podbean PodcastLand […].

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Turnitin

MARCH 10, 2020

How Turnitin is helping you minimize disruption from COVID-19 (novel coronavirus)

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Prodigy

MARCH 10, 2020

Hello parents, In the midst of Coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns and school closures, we — especially the mothers and fathers who work at Prodigy — can imagine how you’re feeling and what you’re going through. The stress. The frustration. The fear. But when the world seems to stop, the learning journey continues. Many of you know […].

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

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