Ask a Tech Teacher
JUNE 10, 2020
This summer will be different than other summers. COVID has changed how we address summer PD so I’ve collected the most popular AATT articles on how to spend your education time this summer. Pick the ones that suit your purposes: 6 Must-reads for This Summer–2020 edition. Summer for me is nonstop reading — in an easy chair, under a tree, lying on the lawn, petting my dog.
EdTech Magazine
JUNE 10, 2020
A new Google for Education feature saves educators and students time and energy while ensuring the integrity of student work. What Are Originality Reports and How Do They Work? Google’s originality reports do the heavy lifting of identifying unattributed citations, finding sources and identifying plagiarism — intentional or unintentional — by automatically searching the web for matching text results.
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Edsurge
JUNE 10, 2020
In the fall of 2018 our school made a big shift. After twelve months of planning we launched a new daily schedule based on brain science and designed to encourage deeper learning and student wellbeing. Three months ago, COVID-19 closed our school, along with nearly every other school in the country, and we realized we’d have to start over. Once again, we turned to research.
EdTech Magazine
JUNE 10, 2020
The shift to remote learning has proved to schools just how essential accessibility, connectivity, teacher training, data privacy and wise tech spending are to create a successful learning environment online. That transition also revealed another key lesson: School districts can’t afford to be slow. “The idea of the old-world infrastructure taking weeks or months to get up to speed really came to life as we all instantaneously tried to move to remote learning,” said Chad Stevens, leader for K–12
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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.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JUNE 10, 2020
Grammatical errors, unlike spelling mistakes, are not always easily amenable to detection by built-in spell checkers. Their complex syntactic structure render them evasive linguistic elements. And.read more.
EdTech Magazine
JUNE 10, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has pushed many school districts to quickly embrace new ways of teaching and learning. It also led them to move teacher hiring online amid uncertainty about the profession. While some districts — especially those in high-poverty areas — have dealt with teacher shortages in STEM, special education and bilingual education, the pandemic’s impact on school systems may have exacerbated those.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
EdTech Magazine
JUNE 10, 2020
Classroom management is a key part of teaching, even when instruction happens exclusively online. As teachers engage in remote learning , features of videoconferencing platforms such as Zoom and Google Meet can help minimize distractions and redirect student misbehavior. Here are more details about those features — and key classroom management strategies teachers can employ on any platform. 1.
TeacherCast
JUNE 10, 2020
The following blog post is a guest post written by Ask the Tech Coach Podcast co-host Susan Vincentz based on a recent episode of the Ask the Tech Coach Podcast. Please visit Susan's full article on her website. So, you think you are good at technology? You can use the latest, trendy tech tool out there and feel comfortable. You can even assist co-workers with said tech tools.
EdTech Magazine
JUNE 10, 2020
K–12 educators generally agree that digital devices such as laptops and tablet computers are necessary tools for students. But there is also concern, particularly among parents, about the amount of time students spend in front of screens. Widespread implementation of remote learning has fueled new discussions about screen time, as well as the related issue of equity.
techlearning
JUNE 10, 2020
New hybrid event models, such as Confluence 2020, combine the best of face-to-face and online presentations
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.
EdTech Magazine
JUNE 10, 2020
Students could lose up to five months of their potential reading growth by next school year due to school closures during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new study by educational nonprofits Successful Practices Network and the Center for College & Career Readiness. Researchers relied on real-time student reading data from 1.6 million students across 1,364 districts using Achieve3000 Literacy, a reading comprehension platform that measures and forecasts Lexile levels, to predict learni
techlearning
JUNE 10, 2020
These are the best ways to add audio directly to your Google Slides for a more rich result.
Marketplace K-12
JUNE 10, 2020
In the latest issue of K-12 Dealmaking, Asia remains especially active, and a Denver-based tech firm receives an investment that will aid education workforce development. The post K-12 Dealmaking: Singapore Language Company Raises $7 Million; Unacademy Could Reach Unicorn Status appeared first on Market Brief.
Fractus Learning
JUNE 10, 2020
Operant conditioning is something to be observed in most areas of a growing child’s life, as well as in the adult world. It has been widely applied in human behavior modification processes using reinforcement techniques. A [.].
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.
Prodigy
JUNE 10, 2020
Racism is an ongoing issue that’s ever-present, especially in American history. It’s a troubling topic that can be extremely overwhelming, for both kids and adults. As a parent, it might be difficult to know what to say to your children. You want to shield them, but also don’t want them to be uninformed or get […]. The post How to Talk About Racism in Your Household appeared first on Prodigy Math Blog.
ExcelinEd
JUNE 10, 2020
As part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), the U.S. Department of Education made available almost $3 billion for the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER). As governors across the country decide how to spend GEER funding, some are also applying to the Department’s Rethink K-12 Education Discretionary Grant Program.
Technology Tidbits
JUNE 10, 2020
BoomWriter the innovative collaborative writing platform is launching their Online Summer Learning Clubs to help prevent "summer learning loss" and keep students engaged while school is out. The Haunt uses the unique collaborative writing process that BoomWriter is known for. First, a student reads a "story start" to get the beginning of a story. Second, the student writes the following chapter using BoomWriter.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
JUNE 10, 2020
Our second Library 2.020 mini-conference is just one week away! " Small, Rural, and Independent Libraries ," will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, June 17th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). This mini-conference will focus on innovation and innovative thinking in rural, independent, tribal, and other small libraries--as well as the many unique challenges that they face.
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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
Technology Tidbits
JUNE 10, 2020
Knoword is a super fun Vocabulary game that is perfect for integrated technology into the classroom/home. The way this works is definitions are given w/ the starting letter of the word while a timer counts down. The player tries to answer as many correct words by typing/spelling them correctly before the timer runs out. Best of all, there is a teacher portal where educators can create their own "word" packs to integrate w/ their curriculum as well as track student data.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
JUNE 10, 2020
Welcome to the Wednesday, June 10th edition of the 2020 Learning Revolution daily online conference. The day's sessions are below. To see all sessions submitted so far, and to correspond with presenters, click here. Recordings of past sessions are listed on the Recordings page. The conference hashtag is #learningrevolution. TODAY'S SESSIONS : All times are US-Eastern Daylight Time - to see them in your own time zone and to get the links for attending live, click HERE. 10:00 AM - The Virtual Clas
Edsurge
JUNE 10, 2020
I have literally seen one future of education conferences. And I hope, for all of our sakes, it’s not the dystopia I’ve viewed through Zoom. Three months ago, I had a busy schedule lined up through early summer. As a former education industry executive and current strategy consultant and analyst, conferences are my learning lifeblood: intense, compressed experiences for staying on top of edtech trends and companies.
EdTech Magazine
JUNE 10, 2020
As K–12 administrators work to improve digital equity for their students, they must ensure students have the devices and internet connections needed to continue learning outside of school buildings. But, experts say, the conversation doesn’t go far enough if it starts and stops with access. “We have all now realized the critical importance of making sure that every single student has access to these pieces, not just at school but also outside of school for the opportunities of 24/7 learning.
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.
eSchool News
JUNE 10, 2020
As our world continues to become more connected through technology, today’s students have boundless access to a wealth of information. But, to effectively leverage these resources, students need to be able to make meaning of them. According to educator Thomas Hoerr, the very notion of intelligence has changed. We no longer rely on the limits of our single mind to access the information resources we need to solve problems.
MindShift
JUNE 10, 2020
Emma Cockrum was in her second week of quarantine when her father discovered an old bike behind their house. And that bicycle turned out to be a gift: With school closed at East Ascension High School in Gonzales, La., bike riding for Emma became a way of coping with the loss of the rest of her senior year. “I would say the first two to three weeks we were out of school, I was not the most fun person to be around.
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