EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2016

By Matt Renwick An elementary school principal argues for the importance of letting technology shape education.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 24, 2016

A topic I don’t cover enough in Ask a Tech Teacher is how seniors handle the onslaught of technology in their lives. Thankfully, Beata GREEN, Director of HeadChannel Ltd. , London-based bespoke software development company, has experience in this area and was willing to share her ideas. Beata is responsible for overall strategic direction and overseeing the company’s continuing growth, building closer client relationships and maintaining best working practices.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 24, 2016

Key points: Educators know that interactive instructional approaches are more likely to engage students, but they must integrate technology in meaningful ways. Gamifying lessons can help students focus while increasing engagement. Turn lectures into back-and-forth conversations between teachers and students. Consider peer instruction. Educators who want to reach students who favor interactive communication know that integrating digital tools into their lesson plans can be an effective strategy,

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TeacherCast

AUGUST 24, 2016

Welcome to a the Jersey Educator Podcast, a show created by NJEA members. for NJEA members. Whether you are a teacher, an education support professional, or a New Jersey Student Education Association member, this show will serve as a platform to help YOU bring out the best in your students. each and every day in your schools. The post Project Impact: Taking Pride in our Schools, Communities, and Students | @NJEA appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.

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ProfHacker

AUGUST 24, 2016

[ This is a guest post by Emily Johnson, a Texts & Technology postdoc at the Games Research Lab at UCF. Her work focuses on gameful learning, motivation, serious games, and embodied learning. You can find her online at https://ekjphd.wordpress.com or @ekjphd. –@JBJ]. What do you get when you ask members of a Games Research Group to each commit to 30 minutes of scholarly writing a day?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 24, 2016

Twitter search is a great alternative to the conventional ways of searching the net. This socially-based kind of search allows students to access content and resources that are both timely and.read more.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 24, 2016

Here is a list of some good iPad apps I have compiled over the last weekend. This list is specifically curated to include apps that will enable students to exhibit their learning in multimodal.read more.

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Teacher Tech

AUGUST 24, 2016

Link to a Google Classroom Assignment A feature I have wished for many times is now part of Google Classroom. The ability to copy the link to an assignment easily from the 3 dots “More options” icon. Previously, I had to go to the assignment, click on the title, click on the instructions tab and […]. The post Google Classroom: Link to An Assignment appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 24, 2016

Listening comprehension is essential in building strong literacy skills, but it can be difficult and time-consuming for teachers to find engaging and relevant non-fiction stories for students. Listenwise is a fantastic solution. It’s a website/subscription service that uses real world podcasts, public radio stories, and other authentic listening materials to help you create standards-aligned lessons in a wide variety of subjects (including social studies, ELA, science, and current events.

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Adam Welcome

AUGUST 24, 2016

This post is co-written with the amazing Lindsy Stumpenhorst ! If you aren't connected with Lindsy, you're totally missing out! @lmstump Lindsy and Adam talk almost on a daily basis via Voxer, and we've made a decision. We're just going to say it. We're tired of the complaining. We're tired of the excuses. Our kids deserve the very best each day in our schools and that starts with us!

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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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EmergingEdTech

AUGUST 24, 2016

App Enables Students to Practice Speaking in Private and Build Their Skills We all have our preferred strategies and our little box of tricks to lower learning anxiety in the classroom. However, [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 24, 2016

The post Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy Verbs For 21st Century Students appeared first on TeachThought.

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The Innovative Educator

AUGUST 24, 2016

The Pokemon Go craze has taken this country and others (where available) by storm because it is a free-to-play, GPS location game that harnesses the power of augmented reality and gets people connecting and moving in their physical world. Immediately there were stories about how this could be used for learning. Mainly the emphasis was around the idea that you can learn about your community and historical landmarks via Pokemon Stops.

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My Paperless Classroom

AUGUST 24, 2016

For a growing number of educators, the teenage phase of young adulthood is seen as an opportunity to empower students with the knowledge needed to develop stances that benefit our society. The post How can Technology EmPower Student Causes appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.

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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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eSchool News

AUGUST 24, 2016

CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking) revealed the inaugural set of schools to earn the new Trusted Learning Environment (TLE) Seal. Butler County (AL) Schools, Cambridge (MA) Public Schools, Denver (CO) Public Schools, Fulton County (GA) Schools, Lewisville (TX) Independent School District, Miami-Dade (FL) County Public Schools, and Raytown (MO) Quality Schools received the TLE Seal for carrying out their commitment to ensure the privacy and security of student data.

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SpeechTechie

AUGUST 24, 2016

edWeb recently hosted a Webinar in which I discussed resources related to electronic text, sponsored by Mobile Education Store, creator of great apps such as Conversation Builder and Crack the Books. This webinar and many others are available to you for free on the edWeb site. If you join their community, you'll also be able to download handouts and receive other resources.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 24, 2016

Remaining a tech-savvy educator means keeping on top of the myriad changes and trends in education, how technology can support those trends, and how teaching and learning can best benefit from near-constant change. Below, we’ve gathered some of the latest and most relevant marketplace news to keep you up-to-date on product developments, teaching and learning initiatives, and new trends in education.

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techlearning

AUGUST 24, 2016

19 Tools for Tech-Savvy Teachers: Content, Assessment, and Creation This collection of tools will help you and your students access and interact with content and ideas, check understanding, share products, and more.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 24, 2016

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a $1.7 million grant to Highlander Institute to expand Fuse RI and the EdTechRI Testbed. Fuse RI was launched in 2014 to to help educators blend technology and traditional classroom teaching. The two-year project recruits teachers from across the state and pairs them with Fuse Fellows, who are technology experts, to develop those blended classrooms, set policy for school districts using the blended-learning system and for professional teacher tra

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AUGUST 24, 2016

Facebook has helped develop the “Summit Personalized Learning Platform,” an online tool that the social media giant built collaboratively with Summit Public Schools, a nonprofit charter school network with headquarters in Silicon Valley.

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Fractus Learning

AUGUST 24, 2016

Do you struggle to persuade your kids to play outdoors? If so, you are not alone. Modern kids lead a highly sedentary lifestyle compared to children a few decades ago. Computers, video consoles and smartphones have turned our kids into screen-devoted couch potatoes. This might be great for their hand-eye coordination, but it is not so good for their physical health.

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AUGUST 24, 2016

Since working through the Future Ready Schools (FRS) dashboard is a huge commitment, the FRS team is hosting a contest to help districts sprint across the finish line.

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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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TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 24, 2016

The post Ep. 53 Exploring Ed Reform With Veteran Journalist John Merrow appeared first on TeachThought.

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AUGUST 24, 2016

T&L spoke with National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial about how his organization sees the issue of equity in urban schools today.

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Technology Tidbits

AUGUST 24, 2016

Owl Eyes is an innovative site that lets teachers create "classrooms" where their students can read and interact w/ texts. Student's are able to select through a wide variety of literature and then annotate the text. This is helpful as they can take notes and pickup right where they left off when reading. Best of all, the teacher tools allows educators to create quizzes to assess how students are doing and they can even track/manage their student accounts.

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techlearning

AUGUST 24, 2016

Find out how creating an engaging environment can help develop critical thinkers and motivate reluctant learners.

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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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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 24, 2016

Welcome to this fourth post in a series that promotes student inquiry in the classroom. In this post, I wish to emphasize the idea of knowing what search engines to use for student questions. You will discover multiple resources in this series along with some great ideas for finding student success in student owned inquiry. Before reading, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans.

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techlearning

AUGUST 24, 2016

App of the Day picks are selected from the top edtech tools reviewed by Common Sense Education.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2016

Put on your student glasses: the “shift” around the nation to personalized learning has begun. But that’s easier said than done. Luckily, in Iowa, there is a saying (popularized from the film, Field of Dreams): “If you build it, they will come.” And nearly four years ago, the Great Prairie Area Education Agency took that saying to heart. As an educational service agency serving 33 public school districts in southeast Iowa, our role is to support students, teachers and administrators to bring abo

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

AUGUST 24, 2016

We are almost one week into our newly organized library. Each class has been coming for a library orientation. In the past, I’ve done a high-tech orientation with QR codes and videos, but this year, we went low-tech with a picture scavenger hunt of the library signs and sections in order to give students a chance to explore their new library and its organization by genre.

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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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