Catlin Tucker
DECEMBER 13, 2016
As concerns about fake news mount, it’s increasingly important that we expose students to high-quality news stories about current events and encourage them to think critically about those stories. The more informed our students are about the world around them, the less likely they’ll be duped by fake news stories. So, I was excited to stumble on Listenwise , which is bringing public radio into the classroom.
EdTech Magazine
DECEMBER 13, 2016
By Meghan Bogardus Cortez With the help of some new programs, the tech leader is assisting educators with STEM.
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Dangerously Irrelevant
DECEMBER 13, 2016
This past weekend our minister asked us to consider what it meant to be ‘present’ within a community. Among other actions, she articulated two concepts – watching and naming – that she thought were particularly important for members of a community who wish to be deeply involved and fully present. Watching includes the acts of staying informed and of being a participant observer.
EdTech4Beginners
DECEMBER 13, 2016
The ‘cloud’ is the term meaning a collection of online data which is stored online. Creating a classroom cloud is extremely useful because it allows for all the children’s work to be stored in one place and shared easily. Here are 3 tech tools which make creating a cloud nice and straightforward: Google Drive. This is the tool I use in my class to create a cloud.
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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.
Digital Promise
DECEMBER 13, 2016
Over six and a half million 16- to 24-year-olds in the U.S. are not in school or working. Research by Columbia University shows the economic burden of this is not just felt by the youth themselves; society loses out when the potential of these youth is not realized. For 35 years, the YouthBuild movement has proven that, despite these young people’s disconnection from formal education and employment, they have skills, talent, and motivation.
Ask a Tech Teacher
DECEMBER 13, 2016
This week, I’ll share three holiday activities that will get your computers, technology, and social media ready for the new year. Here’s what you’ll get: Update Your Online Presence. Backup and Image your computer. 22 Ways to Speed Up Your Computer. A note: The links won’t work until the articles publish! Today: Image and Backup Your Digital Devices.
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Education Elements
DECEMBER 13, 2016
The Syracuse City School District is in the second year of our Personalized Learning (PL) initiative. Schools are at different points of learning about, designing, and implementing school-based models to tailor student experiences to their unique strengths, needs, and interests. The PL work in SCSD is anchored in Education Elements’ Core 4: Integrated Digital Content, Data-Driven Decisions, Targeted Instruction, and Student Ownership & Reflection.
Iterating Toward Openness
DECEMBER 13, 2016
There is a growing consensus among those who work in open education – including organizations like BC Campus , Creative Commons , the Hewlett Foundation , Lumen Learning , OpenStax , the Open Textbook Network , Rebus , and others – that the Creative Commons Attribution (BY) License is our preferred license. We each use this license with the OER that we create and advocate for others to do the same.
Education Elements
DECEMBER 13, 2016
How do teams capture knowledge about ideas and solutions in a way that is readily available throughout your organization? This is a question that challenges leaders everywhere, whether you direct a tech startup or a high school's English department. It is perhaps even more important when you are embarking on something new: rolling out a new initiative, starting to integrate new software and technology, trying out new devices.
TeachThought - Learn better.
DECEMBER 13, 2016
Author information. Terry Heick. Director at TeachThought. Founder & Director of TeachThought, humanist, technologist, futurist, failed philosopher, macro thinker extraordinaire. | Twitter | Facebook | Google+ |. The post How To Create Learning Playlists In A Textbook World appeared first on TeachThought.
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.
District Administration
DECEMBER 13, 2016
K12 sees effectiveness and efficiency increase with automatic grading, automated buildings Brian Nadel As in years past, this new year will bring all sorts of new technology to schools. The question for educators is: To what degree do these technologies enhance education?
TeachThought - Learn better.
DECEMBER 13, 2016
Author information. Terry Heick. Director at TeachThought. Founder & Director of TeachThought, humanist, technologist, futurist, failed philosopher, macro thinker extraordinaire. | Twitter | Facebook | Google+ |. The post We Can’t Teach As Fast As Things Change appeared first on TeachThought.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 13, 2016
Even the best-designed technology pilots still involve a certain amount of trial and error when it comes to ed-tech products. Now, a new eight-step framework from Digital Promise helps educators evaluate ed-tech products for quality and effectiveness. The framework also helps school leaders share their best practices and use research-based tools to their fullest capacity.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
DECEMBER 13, 2016
December 14, 2016 We have recently started featuring our most popular posts of 2016. Today's post is on the new Google Forms' guide we published a few months ago. The guide, which is based on.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.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 13, 2016
A MakerBot Innovation Center is a popular, large-scale option for universities that want to offer students wider access to 3D printing to teach ideation, problem solving, and iteration. On a K-12 level, however, most schools have traditionally purchased individual 3D printers to explore what’s possible and teach real-world problem-solving. As more and more schools across the U.S. embrace 3D printing and its benefits, administrators and teachers must find an effective way to make the technology
The Electric Educator
DECEMBER 13, 2016
Note: this lesson idea is an excerpt from my book, The Chromebook Classroom. If you find this lesson helpful, you will enjoy the 40+ lessons from the book! Pick up a copy on Amazon or at chrmbook.com ! Much like handwriting, typing is an essential life skill that students must learn as quickly as possible. Chromebooks are compatible with many free resources and programs that can help students improve their typing speed and proficiency.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 13, 2016
Credit: Frazer Hudson/Getty Images. Nearly half of the more than 1,200 education technology vendor websites used by teachers and students, and checked in an October audit, did not include a secure log-in, according to a new survey. This makes these programs vulnerable to a security breach – a school leader’s nightmare. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.
techlearning
DECEMBER 13, 2016
Transitioning from learning to read to reading to learn is essential for students moving into intermediate grades, middle, and high school. Adolescent readers must be able to navigate increasingly co.
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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
EdTechTeam
DECEMBER 13, 2016
1. Expand Your Classroom Add multiple teachers great option for co-teachers Learn more > goo.gl/0liZfR 2. Save Drafts Save drafts of assignments and announcements Learn More > goo.gl/ltnAAr 3. Post Efficiently Post to multiple sections of the same class Learn More > goo.gl/8D990G 4. Integrate Google Calendar Add calendar option (keeps students/parents informed) Learn More > goo.gl/eK587Z 5.
ProfHacker
DECEMBER 13, 2016
In this ongoing series of making games on the classroom, I’ve been taking a look at a number of user-friendly tools for making interactive content, including: Inform 7. Twine and Twine 2.0. inklewriter. Construct 2. Adventure Game Studio. Scratch. Flowlab. Stencyl. And most recently, Ren’Py , a great flexible tool for making visual novels that is also a bit code-focused.
MindShift
DECEMBER 13, 2016
Neuroscientists and educational psychologists are constantly learning more about how children learn and the various influences beyond IQ that affect cognition. Some research, like Carol Dweck’s on growth mindset or Angela Duckworth’s on grit , quickly became catch phrases among educators. At the same time, critics have pushed back against the notion that students underperform only because of cognitive deficits, pointing to an equally pressing need for big changes to teaching practice.
The Principal of Change
DECEMBER 13, 2016
I have been thinking a lot about schools and how from my observations, things are moving in a positive direction in many cases. Since I am not in schools every day, I wanted to see what others thought, so I asked this question: We are almost finished 16 years of the 21st century. What has been a significant change in schools since 2000? Would love your thoughts. — George Couros (@gcouros) December 12, 2016.
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.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 13, 2016
Students at the U.S. Naval War College use plastic cups to simulate a “battle” in the South Philippines Sea. Photo: U.S. Navy. NEWPORT, R.I. — Two massive fleets of warships stare each other down in a storm-tossed South Philippine Sea. After being buffeted by a night-long typhoon, one is deprived of its air support and must improvise a way of using submarines to inch ahead and scout out where the other side is hiding over a vast area of 900 nautical miles.
Fractus Learning
DECEMBER 13, 2016
From Star Trek’s Holodeck through to The Matrix, virtual reality was for decades just a dream of science fiction. Now, with VR glasses, this dream has become a reality. The educational opportunities of VR glasses are (virtually) boundless. VR Apps let you walk through ancient cities, battle viruses from within a cell or swim around the Great Barrier Reef.
EmergingEdTech
DECEMBER 13, 2016
The Original, Non-Profit Hub for the Flipped Learning Community Introduces a new Video Series Spotlighting the work of Flipped Educators. As I announced here, over this last summer I assumed the role. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
Fractus Learning
DECEMBER 13, 2016
What is Conceptual Understanding? A quick search of the net will bring up numerous long-winded, tedious definitions of conceptual understanding within a mathematics context. This one from Dreambox is more palatable than most: Conceptual understanding is knowing more than isolated facts and methods. The successful student (with conceptual understanding) understands mathematical ideas and can transfer their knowledge into new situations and apply it to new contexts.
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.
NeverEndingSearch
DECEMBER 13, 2016
The National Park Service, U.S Presidential Libraries, and Museums, the Internet2 community, and cultural and historic organizations nationwide recently announced the schedule for their annual Presidential Primary Source Project (PPSP ). This is a perfect opportunity for librarians to connect teachers and students to memorable experiences that will make history and Presidential politics come alive.
The Electric Educator
DECEMBER 13, 2016
Note: Looking for more Chromebook tips and tricks? Check out my book, The Chromebook Classroom! Available from chrmbook.com or Amazon.com. I take dozens of screenshots every day. They are in my blog post, videos, articles, books, tutorials and presentations. They are essential to what I do and probably should be for you too! Teacher need to be comfortable taking screenshots so that they can develop tutorials, instructions, and collect examples from around the web.
Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous
DECEMBER 13, 2016
[link]. It’s time for us all to start making plans and building excitement for World Read Aloud Day 2017 with Litworld. This year, World Read Aloud Day takes place on February 16, 2017, but many of us will celebrate the entire week of February 13-17, 2017. World Read Aloud Day “calls global attention to the importance of reading aloud and sharing stories.
MiddleWeb
DECEMBER 13, 2016
As news organizations are increasingly folded into fewer and fewer media conglomerates, writes media literacy expert Frank Baker, their independence is left in doubt. He urges teachers to involve students in studies of "Big Media" as part of their civic education.
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