Fri.Oct 11, 2019

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A New College Program Inspired by Coding Bootcamps, Informed by Liberal Arts

Edsurge

Liberal-arts colleges have long told students that they can major in whatever they want and still go on to a solid, and even lucrative, profession. After all, plenty of English majors become lawyers and doctors. But that hasn’t been as true for digital tech fields like coding, says Kristen Eshleman, director of digital innovation initiatives at Davidson College.

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Redefining what it means to be ‘college-ready’

eSchool News

Societal pressures on high school seniors seemingly grow by the year. These days, a student’s level of college and workforce readiness is said to be dependent on their college admission test scores, completing the most rigorous high school classes possible, and obtaining AP credit. But research shows that these are not the sole indicators. ACT recently released a report that claims only 26 percent of 2018 high school graduates were ready for the workforce, but I believe readiness is dictated by

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A New Approach to Discipline Slashed Suspension Rates and Transformed This DC School

Edsurge

WASHINGTON — When Stephanie Gunter accepted a second-grade teaching position at Langley Elementary, she was no novice. By that point, Gunter had been teaching in D.C. Public Schools for six years, and she felt she’d hit her stride in the classroom. Then the new school year started. From day one at Langley, a Title I school in northeast D.C., Gunter felt like she had no control over the students under her supervision.

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An Excellent Free Document Scanner App for Teachers and Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Adobe Scan is an iPad scanning app with OCR (Optical Character Recognition) functionality that allows you to scan anything you want to PDF. You can turn any type of document into an editable PDF.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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Remove Background Image by @marciamentor

Teacher Tech

Using Remove.bg Guest Post by Marcia Carrillo Remove.bg is an online tool used to remove the background of a picture in seconds. The background is replaced by transparency, which allows you to insert the image into a new background. Being a skeptic, I took several pictures and uploaded them to remove.bg and was completely amazed at […]. The post Remove Background Image by @marciamentor appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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A Collection of Some Useful Time Management Apps for Teachers and Educators

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Below is the updated list of some of the best task management apps to help you enhance your productivity and facilitate your workflow. Some of the things you can do with these apps.

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ASHA Voices Podcast

SpeechTechie

A few weeks ago I recorded a segment on ASHA's new podcast, ASHA Voices, with its host J.D. Gray. It came out this week. The episode and others that are available ( through this link or Apple's Podcasts App) are worth a listen. In this one, Kim Murza discusses the need for creativity and "wearing many hats" as a school-based SLP, offering great tips.

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Classroom Libraries: Who Owns the Reading?

Reading By Example

In this article for my newsletter, I share why students should be involved in designing and organizing the classroom library. Below is a visual summary of ten ways to engage in this community-building activity. Starting in November, some articles will be for subscribers only. Consider signing up today!

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Top picks for the best 2-in-1 laptop tablets

eSchool News

Why choose between a laptop and a tablet when you can have both? Check out this great list of nine of the best for 2019. Check out this list for a breakdown of the best options out there today.

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PebbleGo Next: Kid-Friendly Database for Grades 3-6

techlearning

Students can choose from five modules -- States, Science, American History, Biography, and Social Studies, each one with a number of subtopics to explore.

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

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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Closing the Gap for ELs and Students of Color

edWeb.net

While some English learners and students of color may be striving to attain minimal academic competency, others are likely to be high-ability or gifted/talented students who are not receiving appropriate support for their needs, and therefore are less engaged and have lower levels of participation in programs suitable for them. English learners (ELs) and students of color are persistently underrepresented in advanced classes and in programs for students identified as gifted, according to researc

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BACK OFFICE BUSINESS: Massachusetts Schools to Use PublicSchoolWORKS for Online Safety Training

techlearning

EmployeeSafe provides schools and districts with access to 600+ online safety courses, including Suicide Prevention, Restraint and Seclusion, and more, as well as courses on other important safety topics.

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Subscriber Special: October–Discounts on Select Print Books

Ask a Tech Teacher

Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. October: Discounts on Select Print Books. Any of these books: $25.99 (same price as digital). Kindergarten Technology Curriculum. 1st Grade Technology Curriculum. 3rd Grade Technology Curriculum. High School Technology Curriculum–Book 1. All of these book are ordered and delivered through Amazon.

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Report from Tech & Learning Live Austin

techlearning

#TLtechLive Austin brought together high-level educators that understood the benefit of taking the time to learn something new.

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

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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#FactFriday: San Diego has 70 miles of coastline to enjoy year round.

ExcelinEd

November is still beach weather in San Diego – thanks to year-round 70-degree temperatures – and a perfect time to enjoy the city’s famed? 70 miles of coastline. Still planning your trip to the National Summit? When you’re done selecting the sessions you would like to attend, check out ExcelinEd’s recommendations of what to eat, see and do while you’re there!

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Exploring Georgia Habitats with Third Grade

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

Our 3rd grade is currently learning about the plants, animals, and habitats in the 5 regions of Georgia. The teachers wanted students to have an opportunity to gather some background knowledge prior to their lessons in the classroom, so I worked on a series of centers for students to rotate through and experience these standards in a variety of formats.

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Digital tribes and the network nation

Learning with 'e's

Photo from Wikimedia Commons I will argue here that within the present information age, where digital communication technologies have fractured the tyranny of distance beyond repair, and where computers have become pervasive and ubiquitous, identification through digital mediation has become the new cultural capital (Bordieu and Passeron, 1990). Cultural capital is the set of ‘invisible bonds that tie a community together’ (Curtis, 2004, p 72) without which societal cohesiveness begins to unrave

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#EdClusters19: Forging Ahead for Equity and Excellence

Digital Promise

Last month, Digital Promise and Remake Learning hosted the 2019 Education Innovation Clusters Convening ( #EdClusters19 ) in Pittsburgh, bringing together nearly 100 educators, entrepreneurs, funders, researchers, and community stakeholders from more than 20 cities and regions across the U.S. to accelerate innovation in education and advance equity and excellence for every student.

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

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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Great K-12 robotics apps for users of all abilities

eSchool News

K-12 robotics is having more than a moment–it’s on its way to establishing itself as a necessary component of a 21st-century education. While it can seem overwhelming, it’s not as hard to incorporate K-12 robotics into your classroom. Apps offer an excellent way to gently move into robotics learning without feeling as if you’re in over your head.