Neo LMS

JANUARY 9, 2020

Quick: What’s the first name that comes to mind when I say: entrepreneur ? I’ll wait. Got it? For an overwhelming majority of us, an entrepreneur is a famous business person who probably has a very compelling story: starting very early, such as Bill Gates, or late like Colonel Sanders. They have reached rockstar status in one way or another. Scratch that, they are the heroes of today, who have become seemingly successful overnight.

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JANUARY 9, 2020

One of the things that has weighed on me with the new Tech Director position in Bethel is trying to figure out how to support all our staff (K-12) with coaching, professional learning, and support for learning through technology. Much of my time this year has been taken with working with Michelle and James, our two technicians, to take over the work of Everything Just Works, especially the pieces the previous tech director did himself.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 9, 2020

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor Serhii Tkachecnko, CEO at Unicheck, shares his thoughts on how educators can teach students about the benefits of plagiarism checking. Students experience an array of emotions toward education: from excitement to boredom. But when it comes to plagiarism checking, most students feel hostile. Many misconceptions circle around plagiarism checkers, but in reality, plagiarism checkers improve the cooperation, communication, and collaboration between educators and studen

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 9, 2020

Rae Hughart on episode 600 of the 10 Minute Teacher From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Settling in the land of complacency is no place for a truly remarkable teacher. Remark-ability begins in your ability to level up and learn a little more every day. Today, Rae Hughart from #teachbetter gives us five mindsets to help us teach better in 2020.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2020

It looked like a typical email: a note from a former student asking a teacher for help with a Spanish assignment. But “the teacher opened it and clicked on the link, and we had a malware infection spreading across our machines ,” recalls Keith Bockwoldt, CIO at Hinsdale Township High School District 86 in Illinois. . This happened in early 2019, just two months after Bockwoldt joined the district’s technology services department.

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Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 9, 2020

The Character Tree , a new character development online resource for first and second grade students that provides appealing online video lessons to teach children about positive character traits. Teachers and parents can sign up for free access to The Character Tree for the 2019-2020 school year by visiting: [link] The Character Tree uses engaging discussions, real-life examples from history, role modeling and hands-on materials to emphasize positive character traits such as kindness, bravery,

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Education Elements

JANUARY 9, 2020

In Forest Hills School District (FHSD) there have been pockets of innovation and personalized learning (PL) for some time. However, when the district came to Education Elements, they sought to scale PL in each and every classroom, district-wide. To accomplish this goal, the district strategically slowed down in year one. They spent the first year focusing on establishing a shared definition of PL and letting teachers generate a clear vision for PL in each school across the district.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2020

K–12 schools and districts are using artificial intelligence , specifically machine learning, to address a range of needs, from infrastructure efficiencies to targeted academic interventions. . Self-learning machines and intelligent algorithms can detect the signs of students vaping on campus or spikes of noise that might indicate a violent incident.

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Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 9, 2020

Etude is an advanced document reader, the first of its kind that incorporates the use of artificial intelligence into textual analysis. Several public school districts and hundreds of students have already begun using the product, which has been proven to significantly improve the efficiency and comprehension of students reading large blocks of text.

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Education Elements

JANUARY 9, 2020

In the early month of December, Anthony Kim and I had the opportunity to visit Mason City Schools outside of the city of Cincinnati to ask the question, “How might we use responsive practices to know we are on track to exceeding our goals?” The initial relationship between Education Elements and Mason City Schools started over a casual conversation of the sharing of what books they were reading.

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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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Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 9, 2020

The “Don’t be a Troll” meme contest calls on students for help to combat the insidious and out-of-control trend of internet “trolling.” Students are tasked with creating original memes about why people shouldn’t troll. Winning entries will be publicized and the winners will get prizes for themselves and their schools! The deadline to enter is Jan. 31, 2020.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2020

When I meet new people, and the conversation turns to what I do for work, I invariably get the same sort of response. “Oh, it must be wonderful to read for a living.” And it is. Except that sometimes it is not. Leaving aside that it’s not really what I spend my daytime hours doing—those are reserved for teaching, planning, collaborating, collection-building, program administration, and more—there’s an even bigger issue.

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Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 9, 2020

LG Business Solutions USA announced the immediate availability of two new UltraFine™ IPS LED monitors offering significantly enhanced performance capabilities for macOS users. The new 24-inch class 4K model and 27-inch class 5K commercial monitors each include upgraded connectivity options and seamless macOS integration. LG’s new UltraFine IPS LED monitors deliver improved color performance, 500 nits of brightness, virtually seamless control through macOS, and Thunderbolt 3 power delivery that e

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JANUARY 9, 2020

Short, easy-to-create-and-share video isn't hugely different than writing--useful for assessment, collaboration, reflection, and more. The post 40 Ideas For Using FlipGrid In The Classroom appeared first on TeachThought.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2020

What if a short digital game for young children could help lower the high school drop out rate? That’s a long-range goal of a new effort by a team from Boston Children’s Hospital in collaboration with Florida State University, which has developed a 15 to 20-minute game that tests children’s early literacy skills and generates a red flag for those in need of extra support.

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Teacher Tech

JANUARY 9, 2020

Microsoft Teams Assignments Teams Assignments is the Microsoft alternative to Google Classroom. This week I had a chance to try out assigning and collecting work from my students. Here are 5 things I really liked. 1) Assignment Was Viewed On the Assignments tab, after selecting an assignment, one of the status options is “Viewed.” This […].

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 9, 2020

The New York Times recently published a think piece that posed the question: "Can good teaching be taught?" It's a thoughtful probe into the difficulties of being a teacher and it's at once hopeful.

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Teacher Tech

JANUARY 9, 2020

Use the Class Roster Chrome Extension with TemplateTab TemplateTab is one of my favorite tools but it requires you have a roster of your students handy. There are lots of ways to get your roster, my Chrome extension Class Roster is one of them. Class Roster allows you to select your Google Classroom class. A […]. The post Class Roster + TemplateTab appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 9, 2020

Here is a collection of some good educational Android apps we recommend for teachers using Android devices in their instruction. These are apps you can use for a variety of instructional purposes.

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Jamf on EdTech

JANUARY 9, 2020

For the first time, Jamf Connect configurations are available in Jamf Pro. Combine powerful IT workflows, streamlined Mac authentication and identity management into one integrated experience.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2020

Large print books have a legacy of supporting reading engagement and proficiency in older adults, leading to a narrow – and inaccurate – view of the format’s usefulness. A 2019 report from the National Center for Education Statistics found that the average eighth-grade reading score has declined, indicating a dire need for new solutions to support student reading efforts – large print text is one easy-to-implement option.

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MiddleWeb

JANUARY 9, 2020

Maverick Teachers highlights nontraditional teachers who are comfortable with change, and some of their outside-the-box methods of teaching. Though the teacher portraits are inspiring, math educator Abby Bateman finds the book lacks how-tos and evidence of school-saving results.

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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.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2020

Students in classrooms across the nation struggle with anxiety and thoughts of suicide, and with mental health issues on the rise, schools need better data to help students learn coping strategies. A report from YouthTruth , which conducts student and stakeholder feedback surveys for school improvement, shows that 1 in 7 students have seriously contemplated suicide in the past 12 months.

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MiddleWeb

JANUARY 9, 2020

Every chapter of School Improvement for All starts with commentary about how to determine vision versus reality, outlines ways to get from one to the other, and then provides concrete tools and steps to follow as a plan of action, writes NBCT Kathy Pham. A true guide to PLC success.

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Nick's Picks for Educational Technology

JANUARY 9, 2020

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? The world of educational video games was minuscule in the mid-80s, but that didn’t stop us from spending hours trying to not die of dysentery on the Oregon Trail. Then came Carmen Sandiego to make learning geography fun. At a time when film strip projectors were considered essential. Read more. The post Where on Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego?

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Turnitin

JANUARY 9, 2020

Join us in London for Bett 2020, where we’re celebrating being shortlisted for a Bett Award and the official launch of our Microsoft Teams integration!

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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.

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Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 9, 2020

A New York state legislator is pushing for passage of her bill to place a statewide moratorium on the use of biometric technology in schools, as similar bills are pending in other state legislatures. The post NY State Legislator Pushes for Moratorium on Biometric Tech in Schools appeared first on Market Brief.

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techlearning

JANUARY 9, 2020

MIND Research Institute today announced the launch of an all-new version of its flagship solution, ST Math®.

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Turnitin

JANUARY 9, 2020

Join us in London for Bett 2020, where we’re celebrating being shortlisted for a Bett Award and the official launch of our Microsoft Teams integration!

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techlearning

JANUARY 9, 2020

Aging infrastructure could no longer support state testing and digital learning initiatives.

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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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