EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez The tech giant’s Be Internet Awesome campaign now includes a free course for teachers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

10Greatest.com has a comprehensive list of the top education blogs. It covers everything from grade-level resources to topic-specific. I’m proud to say that Ask a Tech Teacher is the first blog on the list–but we have a lot of august company, everything from Richard Byrne to Alice Keeler. Here are a few: ASK A TEACHER. LEARN LEAD GROW. COOL CAT.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Engaging high school students in learning and breaking away from the typical boredom that seems to plague so many students is a challenge–one that could be addressed differently depending on a student’s dominant mode of engagement. To figure out the best ways to engage different groups of students, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute worked with a research team headed by Crux Research president and founder John Geraci.

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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

As more schools and universities embrace online learning, cloud computing’s popularity is on the rise, according to a new report by Technavio. The post Cloud Computing Market Poised to Grow in Education Sector, Report Finds appeared first on Market Brief.

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Teacher Tech

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Use New Google Sites The new Google Sites is so easy to use. I love to use them for tutorials because of how easy it is to integrate multi-media. sites.google.com/new 1. Double Click This is the magic of Google Sites, no need to drag your mouse over to the side panel, just double click to […]. The post 9 Google Sites Tips appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

September 15, 2017 For those of you looking for some good educational iPad apps to use in your instruction the visual below has you covered. This is a collection we published awhile ago containing.read more.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

The post What Is The Cognitive Load Theory? A Definition For Teachers appeared first on TeachThought.

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EdTechTeam

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

1. Consider Space as a“Third teacher” Parents, peers, and space are the three teachers of children. Create spaces that have their own unique ability to contribute to learning. - from the Reggio Emilia approach 2. Think Flexibility and Agility Create environments that can be reshaped quickly to meet a wide variety of learning conditions. 3. Promote Movement Kids learn better when they are active.

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Kathy Schrock

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Financial and economic literacy is about understanding the importance of making appropriate economic choices on a personal level, as well as understanding the connection that personal, business, and governmental decisions have on individuals, society, and the economy. I have blogged about programs that help students develop their financial literacy skills.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Publicly funded pre-K programs enjoy broad public and political support, largely because of research suggesting that preschool graduates enjoy both short-term and long-term benefits, including improved academic and school readiness , higher graduation rates , and lower incarceration rates. Public preschool is also a financial benefit to lower- and middle-class parents, as quality pre-K can cost as much as a college tuition.

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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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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

The post TeachThought Podcast Ep. 85 Reinventing Learning: Part 3: Attribute #1: Digital Learners Prefer Receiving Information From Multiple, Hyperlinked Sources. appeared first on TeachThought.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Think about the last time you waited in line for anything. What do you remember about everyone else queuing? In these situations, it seems that most everyone -- including myself -- is scrolling on a device. I thought about this recently as I was in the teachers' lounge, waiting for my first-day-of-school copies to finish printing. For better or worse, many of us spend our idle minutes scrolling through Facebook , Instagram , or Twitter to see what’s happening in the world.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

The post TeachThought Podcast Ep. 85 Reinventing Learning: Part 3: Attribute #1: Digital Learners Prefer Receiving Information From Multiple, Hyperlinked Sources. appeared first on TeachThought.

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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Berkshire Partners LLC has announced a capital partnership with Curriculum Associates, in a deal that will result in $200 million in donations going to a university and a Boston philanthropy. The post Curriculum Associates Strikes Deal With Berkshire Partners–and Huge Donation Goes to Charity appeared first on Market Brief.

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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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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

The post TeachThought Podcast Ep. 86 Engaging Students With Robotics And STEM appeared first on TeachThought.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

It works right inside of PowerPoint, so you can turn existing presentations into engaging, interactive lessons.

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Technology Tidbits

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

BoomWriter is going global, officially! Regular readers of this site are undoubtedly familiar with and know I’m a big fan of BoomWriter. It’s a free site that lets teachers conduct collaborative fiction, nonfiction, and vocabulary-focused writing activities with their students. Not only is BoomWriter a Google for Education Partner with a presence in tens of thousands of classrooms, they just announced they are now officially expanding their reach overseas by establishing a partnership with U.K.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Coding bootcamp App Academy was an early adopter of the student-financing option known as an income share agreement, or ISA. But after nearly five years using the model—where a student doesn’t pay tuition up front, but owes their school or lender some percentage of their income for a set period of time after landing a job—the school had to alter its plan.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

September 15, 2017 After posting the '32 Educational Websites' infographic, we realized, through an email from one of our readers, that the visual is not hyperlinked and so the links to the websites.read more.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

(National) Education Politics. US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos launched a “rethink schools” tour. Here are some reports from her travels: Via Chalkbeat : “What is Betsy DeVos ’s ‘rethink school’ initiative all about? Her Wyoming speech offers clues.” DeVos visited my hometown of Casper, Wyoming to give this speech where she spoke at the Woods Learning Center.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

The 2017 Education Next annual survey of American public opinion on education shows public support for charter schools has dropped, even as opposition to school vouchers and tax credits for private-school scholarships has declined. In a dramatic change of opinion over the past year, support for charter schools has declined by 12 percentage points, from 51 percent last year to just 39 percent this year (36 percent opposed).

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