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MARCH 30, 2017

By Heather B. Hayes Use these tips to smoothly deploy newly purchased devices.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 30, 2017

There remains much folklore about the practice, promise, and potential of using technology in K-12 education. With our eyes trained to the digital heavens, it can be easy to gloss over the more profane and earthly issues of budgets, implementation, and tradeoffs (intended or otherwise) in increasingly embracing technology for teaching, learning, assessment, and school operations.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 30, 2017

If you are as old as I am then you will remember the thrill of watching your teacher wheel the TV trolley into the classroom. “Finally”, you thought, “some fun in class!” These days, using multimedia tools is a foregone conclusion for the well-resourced teacher; technology is enabling greater interactivity and engagement between students as well as with the information they are required to learn.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 30, 2017

Episode 44 of The 10-Minute Teacher From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo discusses classroom management. Today, for Thought Leader Thursday, we’re thinking about how we can all improve our classroom management skills. Larry shares tips from an “old pro” about how we can create a more successful classroom environment.

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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.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 30, 2017

“The best thing about Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is that it keeps the rigor of content and standards, but allows for flexibility in the way learners come to their own understanding of the material,” says Jason Marshall of YouthBuild USA. In this webinar, Jason and one of the YouthBuild USA Teaching Fellows, Jo Forman, talk about why UDL is important when working with adult learners, and they outline several UDL guidelines and give strategies for using UDL in the classroom.

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Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2017

Down in Anaheim, Calif., this year’s ASCD conference (March 25-27) kicked off with some much-needed levity: an improv show courtesy of the comedy troupe Wavelength. But while there were some easy targets—chief among them, the incoming Secretary of Education—those satirized often looked a lot like the people in the audience: a digital specialist who believes there’s an adaptive diagnostic for everything; a superintendent obsessed with virtual reality; a neurotic teacher overwhelmed by edtech: “My

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K12 Open Ed

MARCH 30, 2017

Open Education Week is a celebration of the global Open Education Movement. There is a big slate of resources and events happening this week. And check out our curated list of K-12 open education resources here.

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eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2017

When a student tweets at their school’s Twitter handle, chances are they don’t expect a response–it’s like tweeting at Starbucks, or the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency—you feel like you’re talking to an entity that’s far too busy and important to ever respond to you. That’s why students in Georgia’s Cherokee County School District were so surprised when they tweeted their district, begging for a snow day—and their district tweeted right back.

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My Paperless Classroom

MARCH 30, 2017

In this episode, we learn how Microsoft School Data Sync can be used in tandem with Intune for Education to help you sync your school devices. The post Device Deployment Made Simple with Microsoft School Data Sync | @MicrosoftEdu appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network. In this episode, we learn how Microsoft School Data Sync can be used in tandem with Intune for Education to help you sync your school devices.

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eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2017

Despite clear advantages to advancing digital literacy, schools often experience considerable roadblocks to implementing digital literacy initiatives. Interestingly, accessibility often isn’t the biggest factor blocking this process—more often than not, it comes down to a teacher’s own comfort with social media. Teachers with little to no training on how to integrate digital literacy exercises into the classroom run the risk of compromising their students’ development of valuable soft skills tha

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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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GoConqr

MARCH 30, 2017

History is one of the most exciting and interesting subjects of the educational program for many students, as it allows them to know and understand the most relevant events of the past which helps them make sense of contemporary events. However, sometimes it can be a bit dense and heavy because of the amount of concepts, dates and names that are introduced.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 30, 2017

March 30, 2017 Snapseed is an excellent photo editor app developed by Google. It provides you with over 20 tools and filters to apply to your photos and has a feature called ‘Insights’ where you can.read more.

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ProfHacker

MARCH 30, 2017

Timelines are a useful visualization tool, and we’ve written about them a lot over the last several years. In addition to Billie’s overview of timeline apps for PCs , we’ve also covered specific applications such as Bee Docs , Dipity , TimelineSetter , and TimelineJS. Of these, TimelineJS is the one I’ve used most frequently, and like the best. The timelines it outputs look great, and are easy to navigate.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 30, 2017

March 30, 2017 Looking for some good news sources for kids? The collection below is a good place to start with. It features four excellent iPad apps to use with your kids to help them connect.read more.

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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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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 30, 2017

The post 15 Ways for Students to Use Google Keep [infographic] appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Help Students Get Organized, Track Progress, Take Notes, and more with Google Keep! Google Keep is a robust G Suite tool that can help teachers and students create and share notes, lists, and reminders. There are so many possibilities that I decided to put together this post and infographic with ideas for how Google Keep can be used in the classroom: 15 Ways for Students to Use Google Keep!

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 30, 2017

March 30, 2017 The official Google Calendar is now available for iPad and iPhone users. The app comes with all Calendar features allowing users to access and use their calendar the way they would.read more.

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 30, 2017

It is no secret that traditional classroom instruction often falls short of the mark in math education, but figuring out how and what to change can be a daunting task for educators. Blended learning is often advocated as the obvious solution, and while it has the potential to bring many positive changes, the key to the success of any new program is implementation.

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The Principal of Change

MARCH 30, 2017

If you want a culture of creativity and innovation, where sensible risks are embraced on both a market and individual level, start by developing the ability of managers to cultivate an openness to vulnerability in their teams. And this, paradoxically perhaps, requires first that they are vulnerable themselves. This notion that the leader needs to be “in charge” and to “know all the answers” is both dated and destructive.

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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

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Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 30, 2017

The importance of protecting students from harmful situations, especially cyberbullying in schools, was the theme of last week’s Gaggle webcast, “Cyberbullying in Your School: What You Need to Know,” which welcomed digital citizenship author Dr. Mike Ribble and Michelle Turnage, Senior Executive Director – Technology Services at Johnston County Schools.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 30, 2017

Michele Borba, Ed.D., Educational Psychologist, author, and expert in bullying prevention and character development, was interviewed on Education Talk Radio for edWeb.net ‘s monthly show by Program Host Larry Jacobs along with Lisa Schmucki, edWeb founder, and Judy Galbraith, President and founder of Free Spirit Publishing. Michele, Judy, Larry, and Lisa discussed cultivating empathy and preventing bullying.

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EmergingEdTech

MARCH 30, 2017

You’ve probably heard parents and politicians alike talking about how necessary it is for the United States to have a high-tech workforce so we can keep pace with other leading nations. That’s an. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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techlearning

MARCH 30, 2017

The Acer Chromebook R 11 C738T is packed with the latest technology and features, combined with the ease of use of Chrome, for a faster, more productive and engaging experience for students.

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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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MindShift

MARCH 30, 2017

It’s a little after 8 a.m. at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va., and Michelle Harris’ AP Environmental Science class is getting right to it. “All right, you guys got your brackets out?” Harris asks. The class of mostly juniors and seniors ruffle through folders and pull out pieces of paper with brackets — 64 slots, four quadrants, and one central box to predict the championship.

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techlearning

MARCH 30, 2017

One of the many things that make this job both inspiring and fun is the opportunity to interact with readers—educators who over the years have become trusted advisors and contributors.

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Fractus Learning

MARCH 30, 2017

Don’t talk grades. You’re not supposed to talk about grades during Open House. Just keep pushing parents to the projects and work on the walls. But, that’s not why most parents show up. They don’t care […].

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MiddleWeb

MARCH 30, 2017

Katherine Bomer provides concrete suggestions that help teachers move away from formulaic essay teaching while helping young writers name and revise their thinking, reveal truth, and weave in other voices as they draft, fine-tune, and revise, says Brian Kelley.

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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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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

MARCH 30, 2017

Just discovered "Make a Copy" in Google Keep! So now I don't have to make a choice between keeping a note in Keep and copying it to Google Docs. Thank you, Google!

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MiddleWeb

MARCH 30, 2017

Rosalind Wiseman's Owning Up takes on the ambitious task of talking to middle schoolers about some of the complex social situations adolescents encounter. Maeghan Warburton recommends the 17 flexible lessons addressing bullying, social cruelty, and injustice.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 30, 2017

Hack Education , the unconference. Saturday, June 24th, 2017 - 9 am - 4 pm: Henry B. González Convention Center. SIGN UP HERE. More information here. The After-Party. Saturday, June 24th, 2017 - 4:30 - 6:30 pm: Iron Cactus San Antonio Riverwalk. RSVP HERE. Plus - Global Education Day. Sunday, June 25th, 2017 - 2:00 - 5:00 pm: REGISTER HERE (must be attending ISTE).

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techlearning

MARCH 30, 2017

Acer’s newest Chromebook 11, N7 C731T with touchscreen, is ideal for educational purposes.

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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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