EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

5 Strategies to Help Superintendents Lead Digital Transformation. eli.zimmerman_9856. Mon, 02/25/2019 - 11:12. David Schuler, superintendent of Township High School District 214 in Illinois and the 2018 Superintendent of the Year, joined Chris Gaines, Mehlville (Mo.) School District superintendent and president of the School Superintendents Association , in a discussion on how best to drive digital transformation in schools , hosted by edWeb and the Consortium for School Networking.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Empatico is a free platform, targeted to students aged 7-11, that helps classrooms connect in powerful ways. I’ve been collaborating globally since 2006 and have created more than 30 global collaborative projects in that time, co-winning the ISTE Online learning award with that first project in 2006.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

It’s discouraging to all stakeholders that annually, about 1.2 million students fail to graduate from high school. And “Pathways to Prosperity” reports that just 56% of college attendees complete a degree. Fingers point all directions but nothing changes the stark truth: Something causes kids to hate learning so much that they’d rather face their future without the knowledge or skills to do so successfully.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Dr. Brian S. Friedlander talks about Amazon Alexa on Episode 447 of the 10-Minute Teacher From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Dr. Brian S. Friedlander talks about the Amazon Alexa devices and why so many teachers are excited about them. Today’s sponsor: Empatico. This free tool helps educators around the world connect their students.

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Ditch That Textbook

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

I’m pretty sure I am addicted to Canva, the graphic-design tool website. Canva, which uses a drag-and-drop format allows non-designers to create a variety of graphic designs with ease. Seriously though, anytime someone says they need a poster, marketing tool, social media graphic, I’m drooling at the thought of creating my next design. A while […].

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Being the new kid in school is always tough. Making new friends, getting to know new teachers, and learning new hallways can be challenging and scary for any student. But imagine being the new kid in school in a new country that speaks an entirely different language—that can be downright intimidating. Welcome to R.M. Marrs Magnet Center in Omaha, Nebraska.

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EdTechTeacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

While next-generation assessments and instructional data can help educators gain a deeper understanding of students, the sheer amount of information available can prove challenging. As I discussed in a prior post , educational technologies can amplify the impact of proven formative assessment strategies. But in doing so, educators must often navigate various platforms and other sources of student information that, in many cases, do not seamlessly align or integrate together.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Experts have predicted that artificial intelligence will replace nearly half the world’s workforce within the next fifteen years. They often follow that warning with the reassurance that leaving the automated tasks to machines will free up human labor for more creative projects. Yet, if we keep sidelining creativity in education, will the workers of tomorrow be prepared for that kind of work?

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EdTechTeacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Accessibility features are an essential part of any operating system. They’re vital for people with disabilities, but most users can use them in some capacity. In this YouTube playlist, see what can be found in the operating system on your Chromebook. These features can compliment and allow learning to occur across all domains. Watch these videos and explore some of the features that can be set so that all students gain curriculum access.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

At Wichita Falls Independent School District in Texas, we believe every student deserves to begin their academic career at the same starting line. It’s an issue of fairness and equity, certainly, but it’s also a practical matter. When students fall behind in the earliest years of their education, around ages 5–7, it becomes much more difficult to bring them to grade-level reading as they grow.

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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

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Wanting to fit in is not a new phenomena in the middle grades, writes Valentina Gonzalez. Most adolescents experience the urge to be more like their peers. The sooner kids realize how valuable their identity is – how it's their special power – the better off they will be.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Speed reading is a skill developed through purposeful practice. You can be a voracious reader with hundreds of read books under your belt and still not be a speed reader. However, speed reading.

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Teacher Tech

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Check Off and Strikethrough a Name I was asked if it is possible to have a list item strike out in a Google Sheets spreadsheet when a checkbox is checked. Yes you can. Insert Checkboxes In a spreadsheet highlight a range of cells or click on the column indicator and use the Insert menu to […]. The post Google Sheets: Check and Strike appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

June 19, 2015 Learning is , as educational philosopher Maxin Green argues, the hope that lights up the other end of the tunnel. Through learning, we get to discover and better understand our inner.

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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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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

A classroom using the Teach to One math program. Photo: Nichole Dobo. In the fall of 2015, five schools in the industrial port city of Elizabeth, New Jersey, dumped their usual math curriculum and started teaching their middle school students through a computerized system called “Teach to One.” It was an experiment in so-called “personalized learning,” where algorithms churned out customized lessons for each student.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Video can be a powerful tool for classroom learning, and it's safe to say that teachers have never had more videos at their fingertips than they do today.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Demographics: Rapides Parish School Board in Louisiana serves more than 24,000 students. The district has 47 buildings and 70 percent of its students are economically disadvantaged. Biggest challenge: Several schools in the district had been identified by the state as failing and the state needed to see progress. With high poverty and high mobility, finding solutions to address the needs of this community required out-of-the-box thinking, good data, and community support.

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TeacherCast

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Are your students struggling to learn reading comprehension? Learn how EDJI is transforming classrooms around the world with their innovative system that is engaging students and creating life long readers. The post Introducing Edji: A Free online reading platform that lets teachers easily deliver any content to their students for live annotation. appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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Teacher Tech

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Check Off and Strikethrough a Name I was asked if it is possible to have a list item strike out in a Google Sheets spreadsheet when a checkbox is checked. Yes you can. Insert Checkboxes In a spreadsheet highlight a range of cells or click on the column indicator and use the Insert menu to […]. The post Google Sheets: Check and Strike appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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TeacherCast

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff welcomes Tech Coaches Susan Vincentz and Claudio Zavala Jr to discuss the role of the Tech Coach at professional development conferences, the creation and impimention of online learning modules, and our favorite Chrome Extensions. The post What Should Tech Coaches Be Doing During Large Professional Development Conferences?

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Mississippi Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes with trends and top stories about education in Mississippi. Subscribe today! Nearly 70 percent of Mississippi residents are unable to pass the U.S. citizenship test, which assesses basic knowledge of American history, according to new survey results released earlier this month by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Revamping school funding formulas, and making changes to early education, teacher pay, and school safety are among governors' top priorities for fiscal 2020, according to the National Association of State Budget Officers. The post Governors Tout K-12 Education as a Priority in Budgets for Coming Year appeared first on Market Brief.

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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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Tech Helpful

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

As a rule, I definitely wouldn't consider myself a "BANDWAGON" technology adopter- those are the ones that are using new resources blazing the trail for educators like myself that would rather consider technology use after others can give me feedback and suggestions. Why am I that way? Time. There is never enough time in the day to get the things done I want to get done, much less the things I am curious about.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

My profession’s core challenge — transforming Ph.D. programs, especially in the humanities, to address twenty-first century needs — remains a matter of concern. We initiate prospective faculty members into a culture of snobbism and hierarchy. Then we wonder why these faculty resist change, instead demonstrating a continued reluctance to teach first-year students and continuing to separate research interests from innovative teaching. .

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Prodigy

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

What worries parents and teachers the most? If you took a survey, a huge majority would claim school safety as a top contender. Turn on the news or check social media on any given day. You’ll quickly notice that school safety is one of society’s biggest concerns right now. With the number of negative stories […]. The post 50+ School Safety Tips for 2019 appeared first on Prodigy.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The post FREE Webinar: How to Create Dynamic Learning Experiences for Students appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Learn How to Transition From STATIC Teaching to DYNAMIC Learning! Technology is NOT a solution. It is an opportunity for DYNAMIC LEARNING! Learning can now go BEYOND the bounds of the school walls, beyond subject and grade level, beyond digital tools as substitution, beyond the due date, and even beyond the school day.

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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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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Many parents use chore charts to motivate their kids to help with chores around the house and to teach their children responsibility. Chore charts work, but sometimes it’s like a New Year’s Resolution. It starts with […].

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

What are our metrics as educators, in terms of makerspaces?

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ExcelinEd

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

For two decades, Florida lawmakers have demonstrated a durable commitment to expanding educational opportunity to all children, with an estimated 1.6 million P re K -12 students attending a public or private school of their choice in 2018 —or 47 % of the school – aged population. . Private choice has been a major part of this dynamic education system.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Scholastic has announced a suite of digital solutions designed to support PreK–6 literacy instruction.

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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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