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How to Amplify Kindergarten and Elementary Voices

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter First-grade teacher Danielle Moore has worked with early elementary and kindergarten students as she helps them amplify their voice. Yes, young children have something to say to the world! Danielle shows us how. Sponsor: Advancement Courses Now is the time to plan your summer!

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Not Enough Time to Teach Social-Emotional Learning? Try These 4 Easy Steps.

Edsurge

Social-emotional learning (SEL) has become a top implementation priority for districts, ed-tech companies and education researchers, and for good reason: Kids need it. With the rise in youth suicide rates, increased numbers of violent incidents in schools and the growing rate of American youth diagnosed with mental health issues such as anxiety and depression, the social emotional instability of America’s youth has, according to some experts, become a national crisis.

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BandLab for Education - free, collaborative music production platform built for schools

Educational Technology Guy

BandLab for Education is a free, collaborative music production platform built for schools. Here's a quick overview video of it. It was launched about a year and a half ago, and currently has teachers in over 40 countries using it. BandLab for Education is a music creation and collaboration platform allowing students and teachers to work together on any web-based tablet or computer.

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PL Summit 2019: Where We Built Networks to Transform Education

Education Elements

It's been almost exactly 2 weeks since the 5th Annual Personalized Learning Summit came to an end, and our team still misses the biggest and best PL Summit we've had so far. We were left inspired and engaged – and we know many of you are, too – to continue the hard but meaningful work to reshape education in schools and districts.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

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.

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Beyond Pedagogy: 8 Other Things A Teacher Needs To Be Effective In The Classroom

TeachThought - Learn better.

Beyond Pedagogy: 8 Other Things A Teacher Needs To Be Effective In The Classroom contributed by Anne Davis It’s unfortunate that teachers often take the brunt of the backlash when students and school systems don’t succeed. Though it is the role of a teacher to educate, this role cannot be completed efficiently if not provided […]. The post Beyond Pedagogy: 8 Other Things A Teacher Needs To Be Effective In The Classroom appeared first on TeachThought.

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Game Changer – Image Comments in Google Classroom

Teacher Tech

Add Comments on Images Submitted to Google Classroom I have been 1:1 almost my entire teaching career. I started teaching in 1999 and one staple I always require is students to take and submit screenshots. This aids in accountability “What have you been doing all period” but it also helps me to provide feedback to […]. The post Game Changer – Image Comments in Google Classroom appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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4 strategies for boosting creativity in education

eSchool News

Creativity in education is more important than ever in the innovation age, where it’s not so much what we know but how we use what we know. At San Lorenzo Unified School District, our 12-hour teacher tech academies are centered on the 4 C’s: collaboration, communication, creativity and critical thinking. I ask teachers to introduce themselves by stating their name, site, grade or subject and the “C” that is of greatest interest to them.

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An Excellent Tool to Bookmark Webpages to Your Google Sheets

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Bookmarking is one of the best ways to harness the power of the web. It allows you to make the best of your online time and maximize your overall learning. There is a wide variety of bookmarking.read more.

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Curriculum Associates’ CEO Reflects on K-12 Marketplace as Company Marks 50th Anniversary

Marketplace K-12

Rob Waldron, CEO of Curriculum Associates, assesses the K-12 marketplace of the future, while marking a major milestone at his company. The post Curriculum Associates’ CEO Reflects on K-12 Marketplace as Company Marks 50th Anniversary appeared first on Market Brief.

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Tips for surviving all types of assessments

eSchool News

Whether you are a first-year teacher or a veteran teacher, classroom and system-wide assessments can be a time of high anxiety and stress for everyone involved. In this recent edWebinar, Vernice Y. Jones, a candidate in the M.Ed. in the School Counseling Program at Freed-Hardeman University, TN, lays out strategies and ground rules for what works and what doesn’t work when it comes to assessments.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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WireCast for Beginners Video Series: An Introduction To Live Broadcasting and Video Streaming

TeacherCast

For many educational podcasters and school districts, the opportunity to produce a high-quality live video that can be streamed to any number of outlets is extremely desirable. In this WireCast for Beginners Video Series: An Introduction To Live Broadcasting and Video Streaming, we are going to take a look at one of the more popular broadcasting applications, Telestream Wirecast, and demonstrate how it can be useful in your studio or school building.

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Closing the Connectivity Gap with GeoTel

Education Superhighway

Earlier this month, EducationSuperHighway announced a partnership with the top telecommunications infrastructure data and Internet-based spatial technologies provider, GeoTel. Reliable data is a cornerstone of our success at EducationSuperHighway, and their datasets will provide important insights to help us bring high-speed Internet access to the remaining 1,350 schools without a fiber-optic connection.

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SpeakPipe: How To Setup A Voice Mail For Your Educational Podcast

TeacherCast

For many podcasters, the ability to directly communicate with their readers and subscribers is an essential way of building brand loyalty. In this post, we will learn how to set up a free voice messaging service called SpeakPipe. If you have any questions about SpeakPipe or would like to ask any questions, please leave us a comment below or Tweet to us @PodcastingToday.

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4 Free and Easy Audio Recording Tools for Google Slides

techlearning

It is wonderful that we finally have the option to add audio directly to a slide!

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

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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WireCast for Beginners Video Series: An Introduction To Live Broadcasting and Video Streaming

TeacherCast

Welcome to the TeacherCast Educational Network. In this three-part online course, we showcase the brand new Wirecast Version 9 from Telestream. In this series, you will learn how to set up Wirecast to stream LIVE video from your school, church, or organization to YouTube, Facebook, Periscope, or other CDN's. - TeacherCast.net. The post WireCast for Beginners Video Series: An Introduction To Live Broadcasting and Video Streaming appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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OPINION: Luck or merit? The admissions argument that won’t go away

The Hechinger Report

. It happens all the time: You work hard all of your young life to achieve admission to an elite educational institution with very high standards, and when you finally get there, you are welcomed with some version of, “How lucky you are to be here! Think of all the people like you who didn’t have this chance.”. The trouble is, some groups feel luckier than others, while some firmly believe that they’ve earned the privilege.

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SpeakPipe: How To Setup A Voice Mail For Your Educational Podcast

TeacherCast

Welcome to the TeacherCast Educational Network. Speakpipe is an online voice recorder that allows you to create an online voice message system for your podcast, blog, or classroom. | TeacherCast. The post SpeakPipe: How To Setup A Voice Mail For Your Educational Podcast appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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Explore Color Through Science with "Color Uncovered" eBook

techlearning

It explores a range of science topics related to color, including colorblindness, light refraction, optical illusions, the "feelings" of color, painting, and pigment.

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

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

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WireCast for Beginners Video Series: An Introduction To Live Broadcasting and Video Streaming

TeacherCast

Welcome to the TeacherCast Educational Network. In this three-part online course, we showcase the brand new Wirecast Version 9 from Telestream. In this series, you will learn how to set up Wirecast to stream LIVE video from your school, church, or organization to YouTube, Facebook, Periscope, or other CDN's. - TeacherCast.net. The post WireCast for Beginners Video Series: An Introduction To Live Broadcasting and Video Streaming appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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How to Gamify Off-the-Cuff

The Game Agency

Stephen Baer, Managing Partner of The Game Agency discusses how to gamify content quickly with Alexander Salas of ATD. The post How to Gamify Off-the-Cuff appeared first on The Game Agency.

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#AskExcelinEd: How can state policymakers decide which school priorities to fund?

ExcelinEd

Every year state policymakers across the country are besieged with requests for additional school funding. They are asked to increase teacher salaries, lower class size and fund a multitude of important projects and programs. As with most things in life, there is never enough money to go around. So, how can a state policymaker decide what to fund and, equally as important, make sure the money is well spent?

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Summer Reading 2019

The Daring Librarian

The Summer Reading List is Here! Where does the time fly? I can't believe it's that time of year again! Time to share our Summer Reading List with you! It's my 27th year in HCPSS and 22nd year here at Murray Hill Middle School! W00t! A lot of things have changed but some thing stay the same. Like still LOVING to read. Every day. Especially, in the Summer time!

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

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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Epson to Demo Large Venue Laser Projectors at InfoComm

techlearning

The Pro L10-Series are Epson’s most compact, interchangeable-lens laser projectors.

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Here’s Why Teachers Adopt New Tech — and Why They Don’t

Edsurge

I can’t count the number of technological tools that were marketed directly to me during my 14-year teaching career. I could probably count the number of tools I tried out and tested—that number would be in the double-digits. And the number of education-specific apps, services, and software I actually used consistently? Those I could easily count on one hand.

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Universities that are recruiting older students often leave them floundering

The Hechinger Report

A day-care center at Portland State University. Twenty-two percent of the students at the university are parents — half of them raising kids alone. Photo: Ariane Kunze for The Hechinger Report. PORTLAND, Ore. — Under gray skies, smiling 8- and 9-year-olds in shiny raincoats skip across the Portland State University campus. Infants and toddlers are napping in the student center.

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Is ‘Gaming Disorder’ An Illness? WHO Says Yes, Adding It To Its List Of Diseases

MindShift

A version of this story was originally published in 2018 and has been updated. They are popular. They are controversial. And now, video games have just become an internationally recognized addiction. On May 25, the World Health Organization officially voted to adopt the latest edition of its International Classification of Diseases, or ICD, to include an entry on “gaming disorder” as a behavioral addiction.

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

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.