User Generated Education

JANUARY 20, 2019

Providing authentic learning experiences to all learners should be the highest prior for all administrators, curriculum developers, and teachers. Authentic learning is learning designed to connect what students are taught in school to real-world issues, problems, and applications; learning experiences should mirror the complexities and ambiguities of real life.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 20, 2019

Digital literacy is more important now than it has ever been. The exponential evolution if the Internet and social media tools have allowed for the quick sharing of knowledge, ideas, images, videos, and opinions. The result has been a double-edged sword. In one respect everyone with a smartphone has instant access to information at any time and from anywhere.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 20, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Motivating change in ourselves and others can be challenging but it can be done. Join Joy Kirr, 7th grade ELA Teacher, with surprising insight on why teachers really change! Listen to the Show Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher Stream by clicking here. Joy has previously appeared on another podcast with me in 2013 , however, it has been way too long!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 20, 2019

MTI 558: Teach Writing With Tech. All-online, college credit, MTI 558 starts Monday, January 21, 2019! This is the last chance to sign up. Click this link ; scroll down to MTI 558 and click for more information and to sign up. Click to view slideshow. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Class Tech Integrate

JANUARY 20, 2019

Kahoot was launched in September of 2013, so it's hardly a "new/cutting edge tool." However, with the speed of newly appearing (and quickly disappearing) EdTech tools, Kahoot still seems to be one of the top used. When I talk to teachers about Kahoot, there is one question that I always ask: "Are your students making Kahoots, or only taking them?" A simple question that implies an easy tweak of how students are engaged with the tool, but why does it matter?

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MiddleWeb

JANUARY 20, 2019

We all want our students to begin class motivated to learn and brimming with questions about the topic. To do this, Megan Kelly modifies an IB idea: the provocation, a quick activity designed to engage the students and get them wondering. Check out all her ideas!

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eSchool News

JANUARY 20, 2019

As the superintendent of a large urban high school district, I have the opportunity to help identify and implement innovative programs that help prepare our students for success. In my seven years leading East Side Union (CA) High School District (ESUHSD), I’ve watched our schools empower students to transform their lives and thrive in a global society.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 20, 2019

Getting students engaged is not an easy task particularly in an age that is full of all kinds of distractions. Some argue that some of the habits that students have developed as a result of their.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 20, 2019

At this stage of the edtech revolution, most educators are focused on using tech to enhance lessons rather than on the tech itself. But many times, tech is only integrated at specific points in the classroom or with a specific tool as determined by the teacher. At St. Albans City School in Vermont, SETDA’s 2018 Student Voices Award Winner, educators encourage the students to find places in their everyday work to incorporate digital resources, especially from their makerspace.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 20, 2019

Scripps College in the foothills of California’s San Gabriel Mountains, holds a one-week career-preparation program for students during its winter break, one of a handful of such events that are beginning to crop up on campuses nationwide during a period that goes otherwise generally unused. Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report. CLAREMONT, Calif. — Tiny Scripps College is still on winter break, and the Spanish colonial revival-style campus 30 miles east of Los Angeles seems deserted but for

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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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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 20, 2019

I am wrestling with some ideas in my head…bear with me as I try to write to learn. If you have an iPhone, do you remember taking out the manual and going over how to use your new device? If you do, you are making up this experience in your head because the iPhone does not come with a manual. The goal of creating the device was to make something so easy to use that you wouldn’t need instructions which ultimately, making it much more marketable and appealing to everyone instead of onl

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EmergingEdTech

JANUARY 20, 2019

Informative, inspiring, or just plain interesting education and digital technology content from across the web, posted on Twitter over the past week and collected here to share with our blog readers. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 20, 2019

This week on the Truth for Teachers podcast: How to become an organized teacher with Organize 365’s Lisa Woodruff. I’m speaking today with Lisa Woodruff. She is a former classroom teacher who now owns her own business and teaches organizational skills for a living. I am a subscriber to her Organize 365 podcast, which I highly recommend if you enjoy learning about the mindset of organization, as well as practical tips.

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