Catlin Tucker
OCTOBER 4, 2017
This year, my students are learning about the design thinking process: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test. My teaching team decided to begin the year with a low stakes high-interest challenge: design a water park for our community. The first step in the design thinking process is empathy. Too often my students want to jump right to a solution without really understanding the problem.
EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 4, 2017
By Karen Scarfone Learn about services to automate and expedite user management that also address IT operational and security challenges.
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Ed Tech from the Ground Up
OCTOBER 4, 2017
When a big partnership opportunity comes along, be ready to evaluate it and dive in. The post A Startup Partnership With Google to Support Active Student Listening appeared first on Market Brief.
Teacher Reboot Camp
OCTOBER 4, 2017
Each mission in my new book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions in Your Classroom , shares an example of the Mission in Action by a teacher I admire. When I was writing the Mission: Debate the Issues, Don’t Diss People , I asked my younger sister, Kimberly Sanchez, to share her school’s project, The Great Debate.
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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.
EdTech4Beginners
OCTOBER 4, 2017
My school is encouraging inquisitive learners and has taken on a project inspired by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT. It has huge links with our new STEAM curriculum and will guide the students through this new approach. The project is called the ‘Curiosity Challenge’ Have a look at what it entails in the video below: How did it go?
TeachThought - Learn better.
OCTOBER 4, 2017
A Student-Centered Universal BYOT Policy Template For Schools by TeachThought Staff ed note: This content has been updated and republished from a previous post BYOT–which stands for Bring Your Own Technology–is a natural response to need for progressive learning tools in the 21st century classroom. There are a variety of factors that contribute here, including […].
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 4, 2017
By John Breeden II Hardware options boost cooling power and energy efficiency in small server rooms.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 4, 2017
From Khan Academy to massive open online courses (better known as MOOCs), digital instructional content is often delivered as videos. Yet Juan Cristobal Castro-Alonso argues that videos may not be the best medium when it comes to helping learners retain knowledge. The researcher, who is informally known as Cris Castro, works at the Center for Advanced Research in Education at the Universidad de Chile.
Battelle for Kids
OCTOBER 4, 2017
P21 concluded its two-day Strategic Council meeting on Wednesday with an inspirational presentation by former Education Secretary John B. King Jr.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 4, 2017
The do-it-yourself conference is coming to your local public broadcaster, as part of a new venture between the Edcamp Foundation and PBS Education. Between now and May, 10 local PBS affiliates will host a series of specially branded events, called PBS Edcamps, aimed at educators and caregivers of students in Pre-K through third grade. “PBS is moving from content provider to a convener,” says Sara Schapiro, vice president of PBS Education.
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.
TeachThought - Learn better.
OCTOBER 4, 2017
Innovation & Imagination: 12 Benefits of Creativity by Ashley McCann Creativity is a valuable skill. All too often people outgrow their imagination as adulthood approaches due to an encroaching sense of self doubt, an ingrained belief that it’s an impractical pursuit, or firm guidance from more experienced grown-ups advising engineering over art school.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 4, 2017
When Jack Musselman taught his first-ever online course this past spring, he missed seeing his students’ furrowed brows. He had the opportunity to teach legal ethics online because St. Edward’s University , where he works as an associate professor of philosophy and the director of the Center of Ethics and Leadership , was one of the 21 institutions taking part in a study to explore teaching upper-level humanities courses online.
TeachThought - Learn better.
OCTOBER 4, 2017
5 Characteristics Of Global Learning by Terry Heick An increasingly globalized society is putting pressure on education to “globalize.” We’ve talked about the definition of global learning before. This quick post is more about the characteristics of that kind of approach to learning. As globalization becomes more and more inevitable, understanding where we’re drifting might help us make […].
eSchool News
OCTOBER 4, 2017
Sixty-three percent of K-12 educators use edtech in their classrooms each day–an increase from the 55 percent reporting the same in 2016, according to an annual survey from the College of Education at the University of Phoenix. Laptops are most commonly used (86 percent), while other technologies include educational apps (58 percent), 3D printers (21 percent), and social media (41 percent, up from 32 percent in 2016).
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.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
OCTOBER 4, 2017
October 4, 2017 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica}. Here is a handy visual we published a few months ago featuring what think are some essential iPad skills for 21st.read more.
Marketplace K-12
OCTOBER 4, 2017
Indiana officials awarded a contract worth $43 million, Iowa agreed to a deal valued at $31 million, and North Dakota also selected the vendor. The post AIR Poised to Win Three State Testing Contracts Worth At Least $74 Million appeared first on Market Brief.
Shake Up Learning
OCTOBER 4, 2017
The post In the Game of School, We Change or Students Lose! appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Change is Coming… We have to stop playing the game of school ! If we don’t change, our students will continue to lose. Change is coming to education, slowly but surely, are you doing your part to break barriers and bad habits? Dynamic Learning requires that we let go of the traditional ideas that we have about school and education.
eSchool News
OCTOBER 4, 2017
Before my second year of teaching, my principal suggested that I pilot a class set of 35 Chromebooks in my ninth- and 11th-grade English classes. In exchange for exclusive use of this Chromebook cart, I agreed to provide professional development on the Google for Education platform to the rest of our small staff and to simply use the devices in my classroom every day.
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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
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 4, 2017
When you look closely at what people are saying about personalized learning, it becomes clear that people are using the term in very different ways. The divergence in how people think about personalized learning became apparent to me a few years ago, when I was asked to give a keynote presentation at a conference. I quickly found that the conference organizers were thinking about personalization very differently than I was.
The Principal of Change
OCTOBER 4, 2017
There seems to be a disconnect in education about the idea of “consumption vs. creation,” especially in a time where the word “innovation” is so prevalent. Let me make this clear…content knowledge is crucial in a time of innovation. Katie Martin recently posted this: There is a common saying in education lately that we need kids to create not consume.
Kyle Pace
OCTOBER 4, 2017
I’ve been in my new role in my district for 4 months now. The fastest 4 months of my life. I’m learning lots and it’s happening multiple times a day. I’ve asked lots of questions and I’ve taken more handwritten notes than I have in years. It’s been great and I’m very thankful for being where I am. Whenever someone asks me how things are going, these are some of the most common responses they usually hear from me.
EmergingEdTech
OCTOBER 4, 2017
With so many available methods to test online learners, multiple choice quizzes remain controversial. Why? Should we still consider them for student performance evaluation today? A savvy educator, [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
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.
Tech Helpful
OCTOBER 4, 2017
As a member of ISTE (the International Society for Technology in Education), I appreciate the vetting process that the student, educator, and administrator standards go through to support best practice digital age educational environments. These standards focus on learning and not the tools to learn. While the standards have concrete ways to address technology integration, all of these standards are goals educators should and do have for themselves in general.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
OCTOBER 4, 2017
Today I've released a report that was funded by Acer Education and which attempts to synthesize the answers to three key questions about technology and learning which were part of a longer 2017 survey which was sent to the members of several online educational networks that are part of my Learning Revolution project. DOWNLOAD THE REPORT HERE The three survey questions for which the answers form the basis of the report are: When do you believe technology enhances learning, and when do you believe
MiddleWeb
OCTOBER 4, 2017
Shirley McPhillips’ non-traditional book about teaching poetry is both insightful and fun to read, says retired principal and former California senior poet laureate Mary Langer Thompson. She predicts teachers will not be able to read for long without writing poetry themselves.
Graphite Blog
OCTOBER 4, 2017
"My brother is talking to like five girls and he’s only in fifth grade," said one of my high school students. "Fifth grade! Five girls? He actually talks to them?" I asked. "No, he sends messages on the Musical.ly app." There was a bit of laughter from some of my other students as they thought about how embarrassing it was to go to such lengths to talk to someone.
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.
MiddleWeb
OCTOBER 4, 2017
In the 2nd edition of Joyful Learning, Alice Udvari-Solner and Paula Kluth provide a great resource to promote teacher collaboration and move inclusion classrooms beyond the superficial and toward more meaningful engagement of every student, says Erin Corrigan-Smith.
Reading By Example
OCTOBER 4, 2017
As a teacher, I instituted D.E.A.R. in my classroom: Drop Everything and Read. I joined in on the activity and silently read myself. Sometimes this classroom practice is referred to as S.S.R. – sustained silent reading. Looking back, I now know I made mistakes in my teaching. I didn’t do anything harmful – I gave kids time to read, which is good.
Teacher Tech
OCTOBER 4, 2017
Pear Deck + New Google Slides Add-ons guest blog post by Stacey Roshan See below to fill out a Google Form to win one of 5 premium accounts for Pear Deck. Pear Deck Think of a classroom where the teacher starts each class with a PowerPoint or Google Slides presentation. You might be picturing a teacher-directed, sit-and-get […]. The post Google Slides and Pear Deck (plus win a pro account) appeared first on Teacher Tech.
Technology Tidbits
OCTOBER 4, 2017
Owl Eyes is an innovative site that lets teachers create "classrooms" where their students can read and interact w/ texts. Student's are able to select through a wide variety of literature and then annotate the text. This is helpful as they can take notes and pickup right where they left off when reading. Best of all, the teacher tools allows educators to create quizzes to assess how students are doing and they can even track/manage their student accounts.
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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