The CoolCatTeacher
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
Episode 392 with Amy Burns on the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Master music teacher Amy Burns shares how her music students use Seesaw as a place for performance and sharing with parents and grandparents. Amy believes this pedagogical shift is a game changer in the music classroom Learn more.
Ask a Tech Teacher
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) are buzzwords that every educator wants to know more about. They are two distinct functions. Kathy Schrock , columnist for Discovery Education explains: Augmented reality layers computer-generated enhancements on top of an existing reality to make it more meaningful through the ability to interact with it.
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Ditch That Textbook
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
The ability to create professional looking graphics is a valuable skill to teach. But many of us don’t know where to start. Did you know you and your students can easily design stunning visual images in minutes without any graphic design experience? Want to know how? With Adobe Spark Post you and your students can create amazing […].
Digital Promise
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
The number of middle-skill jobs that require digital skills continues to grow. Often, though, adult workers lack this skill set. Last fall, in an effort to address this gap, Facebook pledged to train 3,000 Michiganders in digital skills by 2020 through the Digital Skills Micro-credential program created in partnership with Digital Promise. Since then, dozens of nonprofits across Michigan serving workers and entrepreneurs have facilitated short, “real world” workshops in which students use their
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EdTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
3 Ways the Windows Autopilot Program Can Speed Up PC Deployment. eli.zimmerman_9856. Mon, 11/26/2018 - 11:04. With Windows Autopilot, Microsoft tackles the traditional complexities in deploying and managing Windows 10 machines. Autopilot — a collection of cloud technologies that allows schools to set up and configure new devices , as well as reset and recover devices already set up — lets schools provision computers without the infrastructure associated with traditional management technologies.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
For 30 years, the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education has been one of the most prestigious awards in the field, honoring outstanding individuals who have dedicated themselves to improving education through innovative and successful approaches. The prize is awarded annually through an alliance between The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Family Foundation, McGraw-Hill Education and Arizona State University.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
21st Century Educational Technology and Learning
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
Welcome to another STEM related series of four posts bringing you over 150 amazing resources. I hope you enjoyed my thoughts of STEM being a Verb in the last post. In this series of posts my goal is to provide you with practical resources in each of the STEM areas. This post is dedicated to Science. Before investigating these resources, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
Computer Science Education Week is once again on the horizon, taking place this year on Dec. 3-10, 2018. Many students and teachers will sign up for the Hour of Code , a global movement that invites pupils and educators to try programming exercises—many for the first time. But what happens after those 60 minutes are over? All the excitement around computer science education will come to naught if teachers are ill-prepared to take the next step, and know how to channel the excitement into teachab
TeachThought - Learn better.
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
Augmented And Virtual Reality: An Incredible List Of Over 900 Google Expeditions by TeachThought Staff Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality are two tools that, for whatever reason, don’t seem to generate the kind of buzz they deserve. Eventually, it won’t matter if it becomes ‘trendy’ or not, virtual reality will almost certainly characterize learning and […].
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
Exit tickets or cards are informal assessment tools teachers can use to assess students understanding at the end of a class. They can also be used for formative assessment purposes to help teachers.
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.
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
Minecraft has pretty amazing potential as a teaching tool. In general, it promotes creativity and problem-solving as it boosts engagement. But it also can improve achievement when confident teachers incorporate it into instruction. It’s easy for students to become absorbed in Minecraft worlds, mainly due to the game’s “sandbox” nature–it’s open-ended and offers unlimited possibilities for math, science, and building challenges.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
What does the declining birthrate mean for elementary, middle and high schools across the country? According to one set of projections, it could mean 8.5 percent fewer public school students a decade from now. “If it does come true, we’re going to see massive changes,” said Mike Griffith, a school finance specialist at the Education Commission of the States, a think tank that aims to inform education policy. “Nobody is talking about this.” Griffith says that a decli
MiddleWeb
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
Michelle Russell wants students to leave her class with more math confidence, not defeated and thinking “it’s just too hard.” She shares plans to implement spiraling, expand test retakes, share her own stories of struggle, and concentrate more on prerequisite knowledge.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
We are revisiting the topic of sketchnoting with an updated list of some of the best iPad apps you can use to create visually attractive sketchnotes. As we have argued elsewhere, Sketchnoting is the.
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.
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
Librarians, you cannot afford to have an adversarial relationship with your principal. You cannot even afford a principal who is an “agent of benevolent neglect.” You need an administrator who actively supports you and your program. Your principal needs you as well—as a cheerleader and co-conspirator for change efforts. As a staff development resource for new programs.
TeacherCast
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” we host our November Tech Coach RoundTable where we bring on other Tech Coaches to discuss recent topics from our podcast. The post Learn 5 Of the Most Important Topics Facing Tech Coaches Today! appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.
Teacher Tech
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
Teacher Gift Ideas The holidays are coming up and some parents/students could use some help with gift giving ideas. Please use this Google Form to provide suggestions. I will create a list of the results. Loading… The Results ?? Make It Stick – Ditch Ineffective Learning Practices. The post What Do You Want for the Holidays? appeared first on Teacher Tech.
TeacherCast
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” we host our November Tech Coach RoundTable where we bring on other Tech Coaches to discuss recent topics from our podcast. The post Learn 5 Of the Most Important Topics Facing Tech Coaches Today! appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.
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Teacher Tech
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
Teacher Gift Ideas The holidays are coming up and some parents/students could use some help with gift giving ideas. Please use this Google Form to provide suggestions. I will create a list of the results. Loading… The Results ?? Make It Stick – Ditch Ineffective Learning Practices. The post What Do You Want for the Holidays? appeared first on Teacher Tech.
Shake Up Learning
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
The post The Beginner’s Guide to the Hour of Code appeared first on Shake Up Learning. The Hour of Code is coming! Are you ready? Here’s your Beginner’s Guide to the Hour of Code! (This post was originally published on Edsurge.com.). In case you haven’t been paying attention, computer science skills are vastly becoming some of the most in-demand skills of the twenty-first century.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
. Maria Alhakim has traveled a long road to get to the Bachelor in International Business in English track at Grenoble Ecole de Management in France. Her home country is Syria. Along with her family, she spent a year moving around, from Egypt to Lebanon and back to Syria. Her parents have a deep history in Syrian politics. When the family finally received visas to come to France, Alhakim’s mother was arrested at the border and couldn’t join the rest of the family until a month later.
techlearning
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
CRCC is an eight-week virtual coding competition in that provides students and educators the opportunity to build STEM related skills using a cloud-based simulation platform featuring a virtual, 3D animated robot.
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.
Dr. Shannon Doak
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
ISTE standards for students require that “Students develop and employ strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways that leverage the power of technological methods to develop and test solutions.” This is under their Computational Thinking standard and requires “students to formulate problem definitions suited for technology-assisted methods such as data analysis, abstract models and algorithmic thinking in exploring and finding solutions; collect data or identify r
Marketplace K-12
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
The major ed-tech association has launched a hub that offers reviews of ed-tech products based on their ability to engage students and other criteria. The post ISTE, LearnPlatform Create Online Hub for Peer-to-Peer Reviews of Ed-Tech Tools appeared first on Market Brief.
techlearning
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
The Global Problem Solvers is designed to introduce middle-to-high-school students to social innovation with a particular focus on how they can use technology to create effective solutions to seemingly unsolvable problems.
Cycles of Learning
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
Yes. I am obsessed with the craft of teaching. I think about it constantly. Thus, in addition to the incredible time with family ands friends that the Thanksgiving holiday offers (mixed in with writing college letters of recommendation), I found myself using the time to revisit list of "potential ideas" I gather throughout the semester. Things I see online, in conversation, at conferences, spying on other teachers, etc., etc., etc.
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
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
Tech & Learning Leadership Summits are attended by K-12 technology and teaching school professionals and education department leaders who discuss executive-level news about the successes and challenges of education technology.
Turnitin
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
Discover Turnitin settings that will change your Similarity Reports for the better
techlearning
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
Using Google, Clever, student emails, or a QR code, teachers assign tasks that engage students with a variety of work in the form of videos, photos, text, images, files, and drawings.
Buncee
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
You’ve been shopping all weekend, looking for the best deals. A new tie for Dad? Check. That gaming system for the kids? Check. You’ve checked off almost everything on your list, but there’s still one more holiday deal you need to grab before it’s too late! Best of all, you can grab this deal without leaving the comfort of your home or classroom! Maybe it’s all the turkey, but at Buncee, we’re still full of Thanksgiving spirit (.okay, and turkey)!
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