Neo LMS
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
In this age of human ingenuity and innovation, education has acquired an added importance in shaping the leaders of tomorrow. Technology plays a crucial role in making education more appealing and interesting for teachers and students alike. The advent of additive manufacturing has brought about an interesting twist in this relation between education and technology.
Ditch That Textbook
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Google classroom is great for speed, simplicity, and efficiency but not all functions are easy to get at first and even if you’re a pro there are always new updates and features we need to dive into. So we have compiled our best Google Classroom resources into one ultimate post to get you geared up […].
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The CoolCatTeacher
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Advancement Courses is funding select projects through September 27, 2019 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Advancement Courses is a fantastic option for professional development. This year, I’ve been sharing lots of great resources from them as well as courses you can take. Well, right now, in addition to being able to save 20% off your course by using the code COOL20, you can also apply to get your DonorsChoose project funded through Septembe
Educational Technology Guy
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
New and creative uses of artificial intelligence are being developed every day. EdTech is an area where the use of AI has flown largely under the radar thus far but has the potential to reimagine the student/teacher relationship and improve student outcomes across the board. Artificial Intelligence is listed on top tech trends by multiple survey's and researchers and is definitely something to watch.
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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.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
One doesn’t need to search long to see how deep Google has seeped into schools. The company claims that, around the world, 90 million students and educators use its productivity tools, G Suite for Education. Forty million use Google Classroom, its learning management system. On the hardware front, 30 million students are on Chromebooks. But user numbers alone do not reflect how a product is being implemented—let alone whether it has any impact on student outcomes or a school’s academic objective
Educational Technology Guy
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
PBLWorks partnered with the Bezos Family Foundation to create a project-based learning unit that teachers can download. It is a high quality PBL unit for the upcoming Hunger Challenge. It is for K-12 educators and students and the unit has them exploring solutions for hunger and malnutrition. You can download it here: [link] PBL Works is a great resource for all things PBL.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
K-12 teachers, counselors, and other front-line educators all need an effective framework with a set of tools to assess, intervene, and empower our students to see and achieve their own unique potentials, whether in the classroom, guidance counseling sessions, student orientation, or community service opportunities. The Success Predictor is an effective framework to help educators guide students to make a transformation from the person they think they are “supposed to be”, to the person they kno
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
In 2015, Minnesota’s Northfield Public Schools had a district-wide gut check. The pre-K-12 district serves 4000 kids, and that year a new state law requiring that all high school juniors take the ACT went into effect. The test results for Northfield were sobering: just under half the juniors failed to meet the ACT’s college-ready reading benchmark score of 22 out of a possible 36. by the time they finish high school, today’s students read 19% slower than their counterparts of 50 years ago.
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Assistive technology teachers working at schools in the Fairfax County, VA school district–one of the largest in the United States–are finding that the use of audiobooks is improving access to grade-level content while also developing the love of reading that motivates many students to continue improving. Two assistive technology teachers shared their experiences and recommendations during a recent edWebinar led by Terrie Noland, vice president of educator initiatives at Learning All
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
In 2016, Credential Engine set out to tally all the badges , degrees, certificates, licenses and diplomas available to denote educational attainment. They’re still counting. So far, the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit has found 738,428 unique credentials in the U.S., according to a new report published Wednesday. Almost half are offered by non-academic organizations.
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.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
In response to a request from one of our readers, here is a collection of some of the best iPad apps you can use with your elementary students to introduce and teach them coding and programming. This.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Technology administrators are very busy people. Often they are in charge of a district’s network infrastructure, manage a team of support personnel who handle school-site work tickets, develop and lead professional development, and constantly have to explain the importance of seemingly simple things like firewalls, authentication, and not leaving your device unattended.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Below is an updated collection of some good iPad apps you can use with your elementary students to help them with their writing. From providing them with smart writing prompts to creating.
MiddleWeb
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Finding techniques to engage students in the learning process is critical for school success. Engaging Creative Minds, a city-based non-profit, facilitates teamwork among artists, scientists and teachers to create lessons that target challenging academics in lively ways.
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.
TeachThought - Learn better.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Exactly Where To Start With School Improvement by Terry Heick Education is a series of learning experiences informed by policy, and actuated by teachers. Policy, by its very nature, is sweeping and ambitious. It is designed to work on various scales, is well-intentioned, and often difficult to fault on paper. The teachers aren’t really much different. […].
MIND Research Institute
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
If you've ever watched MIND co-founder and Chief R&D Officer Dr. Matthew Peterson's TEDx Talk about ST Math, he recounts one of his favorite quotes from Albert Einstein: “The words or the language, as they are written or spoken, do not seem to play any role in my mechanism of thought.”. Einstein was talking about his creative process in a letter to Jacques Hadamard, which was featured in Hadamard’s “An Essay on the Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field.
TeachThought - Learn better.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 178 Can We Improve Public Discussion Through Letter Writing? Drew Perkins talks with Iona Italia about how Letter.wiki, an online platform for public one-on-one letter writing that has hosted written conversations between evolutionary biologists, philosophers, political scientists and others, can help improve public conversations and deeper thinking.
The Innovative Educator
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
In places like New York City students as young as four-years-old can take high stakes entrance exams for gifted and talented programs. To help their children get in to the gifted and talented programs, parents may pay for expensive test prep to give their child an edge. While this is one approach, there is a more inclusive approach that provides opportunities for all students including those with disabilities, those for whom English may not be their first language, and those of all socioeconomic
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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
Shake Up Learning
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
The post The Teacher’s Guide to Professional Book Studies – SULS031 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Book studies can be a great way for teachers to grow, connect, and learn together. There are many ways to facilitate professional book studies, so I decided to put together The Teacher’s Guide to Professional Book Studies to share some best practices.
The Principal of Change
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
I had just finished a workshop with a group of administrators, and a participant came up to me and said, “I had seen you speak before you had your daughter and I wanted to tell you that you seem much more empathetic in your delivery. It was nice to see you grow.” It meant a lot to me. Here are a few (of the seemingly endless) things that I have noticed since becoming a dad.
Learning with 'e's
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Photo by Steinar Engeland on unsplash In yesterday's post I wrote about how teachers are beginning to use online forms of education to enhance and extend the reach of schools. Distance education in all its forms has been used for more than a century in education, leveraging the potential of each new technology as it emerges. Correspondence course, radio, television, video, the Web, computers and smart phones - each in turn has been harnessed to reach students for education that are traditionally
Marketplace K-12
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
The education market is expected to grow at an annual rate of 3 percent over the next several years, with openings for companies improving learning outcomes. The post Investment Opportunity Strong, But a Bit Risky, in K-12 Education, Report Says appeared first on Market Brief.
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.
Nick's Picks for Educational Technology
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Copyright-Free and High Quality Students and teachers need good sources of copyright-free images. I’ve shared other sites and strategies before, but Pixabay is hands-down my favorite site for copyright-free images and video. What sets Pixabay apart is quality. The images and videos are of a quality that you would expect from paid sites like Shutterstock.
techlearning
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Be sure to make a stop at the Nat Geo Mapping Resources page to find the MapMaker Interactive and other handy tools.
Turnitin
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Here are three tips to help you approach your final year of higher education and your transition to graduation with confidence.
Learning with 'e's
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Photo by Sergey Zolkin on unsplash Many educators are now investigating how online technologies can improve, extend or enrich teaching and learning experiences. Some schools have begun to experiment, and a few are well down the road to adopting and using online education as a viable supplement, or even replacement for face to face teaching. We now need to think about learning environments rather than simply 'classrooms'.
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.
ExcelinEd
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Proper punctuation is a necessity. It helps the reader understand you and helps you to make your meaning clear. Punctuation tells the reader where to pause, breathe, raise her voice, change her voice, etc. These little marks are powerful and should not be ignored. Relying on punctuation, rather than ignoring it, improves reading fluency and comprehension.
Graphite Blog
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
While most students aren't yet of voting age, it's still important for them to recognize and analyze news events leading up to elections. One key election season phenomenon is the "October surprise," a bombshell news and media event that dominates discussion and debate in the last fast-paced weeks -- or days -- before November elections.
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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