The CoolCatTeacher
JUNE 11, 2018
The #5 Show of Season 3 with Mike Roberts From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. We need more strategies than fist to five or thumbs up thumbs down. Teacher Mike Roberts give five strategies that can help us with formative assessment AND classroom management. We’re counting them down! This is the #5 Episode of Season 3 of the 10-Minute Teacher.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JUNE 11, 2018
As you may already know, Wikispaces is shutting down. For years, they have hosted the additional free resources included for anyone purchasing the SL/AATT K-5 Technology Curriculum. As a result of the shutdown, we are moving that site to this new address: Weekly Resources for the K-5 SL Technology Curriculum. The new site still includes all the weekly videos, vocabulary, and explainers on skills used in the curricula.
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Educational Technology Guy
JUNE 11, 2018
While formal education in several parts of the world is still associated with the widely-accepted traditional brick and mortar schools, the global education fraternity has opened up to e-learning. E-learning equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) has an immense potential to revolutionize education. The advent of AI has furthered the automation of cognitive activities.
Edsurge
JUNE 11, 2018
Education is awash with efforts to personalize learning. But what does it mean for a company to personalize its support for the teachers who use its product? School leader, Jordan Silvestri and Kiddom representative, Melissa Giroux, describe what it takes for an edtech company to deliver the kind of personalized experience to its customers that teachers give to their students.
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TeachThought - Learn better.
JUNE 11, 2018
Are You Creating Confident Students? by Terry Heick One approach to great teaching is facilitation: decentering yourself. Standing to the side, out of the students’ way, and moving to more of a facilitative role of teaching. And one critical ingredient in such an approach is student confidence (for problem-solving, for example) and self-efficacy.
Edsurge
JUNE 11, 2018
Tamara Alston expects her students to hold her accountable if she’s not being respectful and “solving problems in a way that works” for the community. And they do. This is an element of “whole body listening,” a practice of respectful and attentive listening all students learn at the fifth grade teacher’s school, Hazel Wolf K-8 STEM in Seattle. “Whole body listening” is just one part of the school’s approach to and emphasis on social and emotional learning.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
eSchool News
JUNE 11, 2018
Nearly 70,000 people cheering for their favorite teams, bleachers filled with signs and costumes, and fans gushing over game highlights and strategic execution. This was the scene in Houston and Detroit in late April—not for a football game or rally, but rather the premier sport for the mind: the world’s largest youth robotics competition, FIRST® Championship.
ProfHacker
JUNE 11, 2018
April is a busy month, so things tend to get lost in the innumerable number of tabs I have open on my browser, meaning to get to later. Launched in April, Digital Mappa is a “Digital Humanities workspaces, editions, scholarship, collaboration & publications for the rest of us.”. From the press release : The premise of DM is simple: if you have a collection of digital images and/or texts, you should be able to produce an online resource that links together specific moments on these images and
Teacher Tech
JUNE 11, 2018
Helping Students Make the Leap from Inquiry to Creativity Guest Post: Dr. Nathan Lang-Raad is a speaker and author (Everyday Instructional Coaching: 7 Daily Drivers to support Teacher Effectiveness). He is the Chief Education Officer at WeVideo and is a former teacher, vice principal, professor, district curriculum and instruction director, and education supervisor at NASA. […].
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JUNE 11, 2018
Here is a collection of some great iPad apps we compiled specifically for history teachers. We have based our selection on World History collection in iTunes App Store and have also added some.
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.
Shake Up Learning
JUNE 11, 2018
The post Join the Shake Up Learning Summer Book Study! appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Join the Shake Up Learning Summer Book Study! YOU are invited to join the Shake Up Learning Summer Book Study! I am #superexcited to launch a super fun summer book study of my new book, Shake Up Learning: Practical Ideas to Move Learning From Static to Dynamic.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JUNE 11, 2018
The web is a treasure trove of interesting resources to use for a variety of educational purposes. To leverage the educational potential of the web and be able to make the best of it in your.
Marketplace K-12
JUNE 11, 2018
Twenty one states today have a process for reviewing districts' choices of instructional materials, compared with just 14 two years ago, according to the State Educational Technology Directors Association. The post States Stepping Up Role in Reviewing Digital Resources, Analysis Finds appeared first on Market Brief.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 11, 2018
These motivational posters in a New York City middle school are a small example of how growth-mindset theory has swept through schools. A team of researchers found “small” academic benefits from programs to persuade students that intelligence can grow. Photo: Kyle Spencer. When Victoria Sisk was an undergraduate student at Case Western Reserve University in 2015, she watched Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck deliver an online TED Talk about the power of having a “growth mindset
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.
Fractus Learning
JUNE 11, 2018
Most evaluation tools and curricula arrange skills according to the way a typical child might acquire them. Essential for Living by Patrick McGreevy, PhD BCBA-D et al takes a different approach. They group skills into categories […].
TeachThought - Learn better.
JUNE 11, 2018
Why Financial Education Is A Smart Investment contributed by John Mason This is sponsored content Education is knowledge. It helps people gain skills they can use to improve their lives, which in turn boosts the economy. In third-world countries, where fewer people receive an education, poverty is rife, and most people never achieve their potential. […].
eSchool News
JUNE 11, 2018
Ed. note : App of the Week picks are now being curated by the editors of Common Sense Education , which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. Click here to read the full app review. Google Applied Digital Skills.
Veative
JUNE 11, 2018
In order to exhibit our immersive and interactive VR modules, we are attending the EDUWEEK 2018 which will take place on the 15th & 16th June at The Ticketpro Dome, Johannesburg. Do visit us at E12A stand, and experience our VR learning modules for K-12. EduWeek is the only all-encompassing industry event in the African education sector, bringing together 170 leading companies and over 5,500 attendees from the African education community.
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SETDA Says
JUNE 11, 2018
Each year, I am more impressed with the quality of nominations brought forward for the SETDA Student Voices Award. Congratulations to all of the 2018 nominees! The Student Voices award honors an outstanding K-12 school or district that has leveraged technology to dramatically improve the educational experiences and achievement of their students. Winners receive the Elsie Brumback Scholarship, which […].
MindShift
JUNE 11, 2018
On New Year’s Eve, back in 2012, Savannah Eason retreated into her bedroom and picked up a pair of scissors. “I was holding them up to my palm as if to cut myself,” she says. “Clearly what was happening was I needed someone to do something.” Her dad managed to wrestle the scissors from her hands, but that night it had become clear she needed help. “It was really scary,” she recalls. “I was sobbing the whole time.” Savannah was in high school
techlearning
JUNE 11, 2018
Geoguessr "Just one more turn" gameplay jazzes up geography [ Global Sim Lets Kids Direct Earth's Future Pros: Clean interface, easy controls, and addictive gameplay make geography appealing. Cons: Favors players with some travel experience or background knowledge in geography. Bottom Line: It's not a typical educational game, but students are inspired to explore the world and encouraged to think critically about what defines culture and geography.
MiddleWeb
JUNE 11, 2018
Make the most of summer's three 'R's': relaxation, rejuvenation, and reflection! Coach Elizabeth Stein shares what she's learned from great co-teachers to help focus summer learning and plan ways to bring out the best in students and colleagues next year.
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.
techlearning
JUNE 11, 2018
One of my biggest takeaways from the FETC conference in January was seeing the Root robot live. I wrote about it at the time, and you can find that post at this LINK. Basically, Root is everything I was looking for in a coding robot, and I could not wait to try it out. Fast forward to the beginning of summer, and I have tried them out. After FETC, I wrote the company and asked them if there was any way we could partner.
Buncee
JUNE 11, 2018
There are so many reasons why I love utilizing Buncee in my classroom. If I was restricted to giving only one reason why I cannot imagine teaching without my beloved Buncee, I would have to state it is because Buncee is a transdisciplinary tool that empowers student voice. . Buncee inspires creativity in students in all academic areas. I have seen my students gain greater in-depth knowledge in all subjects through actively utilizing Buncee in class assignments as well as homework assignments.
techlearning
JUNE 11, 2018
The Virtual High School (VHS Inc.),a non-profit organization empowering schools with the industry’s most extensive variety of online and blended learning programs, reported that the students taking its Latin IIcourse have outperformed the nationwide average on the National Latin Exam (NLE), a 40-question, multiple-choice test sponsored by the American Classical League and the National Junior Classical League.
Nick's Picks for Educational Technology
JUNE 11, 2018
Video Lessons for Every Subject From Hemingway to Hemoglobin – Study.com This collaboration is brought to you by Study.com and is based on my unbiased experience using the site. Transform Your Classroom with Effective Video Lessons I have long been an advocate for meaningful use of instructional videos for teaching and learning. Differentiation and individualization.
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.
techlearning
JUNE 11, 2018
Much like snow days, the summer months seem sacrosanct to some. And while I agree conceptually, the reality today is students need to keep learning whether school is in session or not. Many districts are finding a solution through online learning. Middle and high school students across Missouri are earning original and recovery credits online through the Missouri Online Summer Institute (MOSI).
Technology Tidbits
JUNE 11, 2018
Edji is an innovative site for annotating texts for collaborative learning that I just found out about from Larry Ferlazzo's blog. Edji lets users read a online text and then interact w/ it by: highlighting passages, annotate w/ text, images, or emojis, and, more. Educators can then view a "heat map" which shows highlighting being done in real-time that helps them differentiate instruction and assess student's understanding.
techlearning
JUNE 11, 2018
Common Sense, the national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping kids and families thrive in the digital world, released the results of a new survey of parents and teens on the subjects of privacy and social media sites. Key findings of the survey include: More than nine in 10 parents and teens think it's important that sites clearly label what data they collect and how it will be used.
Technology Tidbits
JUNE 11, 2018
Aris is a free iOS app that is ideal for educators looking to create robust learning experiences or games. Aris lets users create scavengers hunts, interactive stories, and location based games (i.e. Pokemon Go) using the latest tools. Also, there are lots of online courses and a forum to help teachers learn how to integrate Aris into their classroom.
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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