A Principal's Reflections
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Over the past two years, I have been blessed to partner with District 205 in Elmhurst, IL. I still vividly remember having lunch with Dave Moyer, the superintendent, where he explained in detail the vision that had been set for the district, centered around the six C's (collaboration, communication, critical thinking, creativity, character, citizenship).
The CoolCatTeacher
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Hans Appel with the Award Winning Culture Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Award-Winning Culture is a student podcast led by teacher Hans Appel. Hear the story behind this exciting student podcast and get inspired to start a student podcast at your school. He shares his starting story, how he keeps it going with an annual podcast retreat, and how he surprises his students with a listener testimonial video.
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EdTech Magazine
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
When you imagine a modern classroom, what do you see? Are there rows of forward-facing student desks? Is there a lectern or a teacher’s desk at the front of the room? Increasingly, that’s not the reality. Educational technology and emerging workforce trends are key reasons why. Instead of sitting quietly in rows of desks, students are encouraged to move around and collaborate in groups.
TeachThought - Learn better.
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Teachers are passionate about helping their students and as a result seeking to improve their craft. That said, PD doesn’t always feel particularly helpful. The post Is Your PD For Teachers Working–Or Just Work? appeared first on TeachThought.
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EdTech Magazine
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Think about innovations and technology features such as touch screens, predictive text, flexible seating and voice dictation. . What do they all have in common? They all are accommodations created for people with disabilities that eventually went mainstream. Occupational therapists in special education were among the first to use flexible seating for students with disabilities, Christopher Bugaj, the assistive technology specialist for Loudon County (Va.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
As a a full time doctoral student, iPad is my number 1 companion. I use it for a wide variety of educational purposes but mainly for reading. I have been experimenting with various apps and the.
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Math learning can be so much fun especially when it is contextualized in circumstances that relate to our everyday life. When kids see the direct application of mathematical thinking in their actual.
EdTech Magazine
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
As the number of English language learners in today’s classrooms continues to grow, educators must consider new ways to facilitate their learning. English language learners, or ELLs, are the fastest-growing group of K–12 students in U.S. public schools. They currently make up 10 percent of the total public school enrollment, according to research by the National Center for Education Statistics.
MiddleWeb
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Looking for more ways to have your kids “speak” to real audiences beyond your classroom? NBCT Marilyn Pryle, the 2019-20 Pennsylvania TOY, describes how she added community displays and a Vocaroo/QR code strategy to one of her major ELA projects. Student handout included!
EdTech Magazine
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
For K–12 schools and districts, the work of preventing cyberattacks and staying knowledgeable about cybersecurity does not rest with IT teams alone. District leaders, for example, lead efforts to build school culture around cybersecurity. They also can support the work of their IT professionals. “It’s a team effort,” Amy McLaughlin, a consultant and cybersecurity project director for the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), said recently during the 2020 Future of Education Technology Confer
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.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Late last year, we walked into the Iowa Medical and Classification Center, or “Oakdale” as it’s known locally, named for the boulevard on which it is located in the quiet town of Coralville. Oakdale is also a prison. A few minutes, metal detectors and secure doors later, we were seated at round tables in a gymnasium talking with college students of all ages and backgrounds about their postsecondary experiences.
EdTech Magazine
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
How do you expand educational time without expanding school hours? The answer: turn the school bus into an extension of the classroom by enabling the fleet with Wi-Fi. It’s a solution that a growing number of school districts are turning to, particularly those in rural areas where bus rides can add more than an hour to student commutes. These are often the same students suffering from the “homework gap” driven by unequal digital access: 18 percent of all students in rural areas have limited in
The Principal of Change
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Sanée Bell shared the following quote from her book, “ Be Excellent On Purpose ,” and it has stuck with me: “ Students should have rich, relevant, and authentic experiences at school, across the board. If every educator in every school pursued excellence instead of allowing excuses about what students can and cannot do, we would meet the needs of all students.
EdTech Magazine
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
From 3D printing programs to robot coding, creative software integration and iterative design programs, schools are investing in makerspaces to drive student success. For example, students in Smithfield, Va., are using 3D printers to create hydraulic claws that help tackle a real-world problem: trash. In Boulder County, Colo., students at Dawson School have access to a makerspace equipped with 3D printers, a laser cutter and computers.
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.
MindShift
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Dr. Karen Brennan has long been fascinated by learning environments that encourage kids to be curious. She’s spent her career thinking about how students develop computational thinking , and what makes a learning environment fertile for kids to show their ingenuity. She helped develop ScratchEd , an online platform to support educators using Scratch in their classrooms, and has studied elements of effective teaching through MIT Media Lab’s Lifelong Kindergarten research group.
techlearning
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
3D pens are hand-held devices that mimic the extrusion process of a 3D printer, but allow for more free-form control over what is created.
Technology Tidbits
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
TeachVid is an amazing online tool for learning foreign languages that I just found out about from Larry Ferlazzo's blog. TeachVid reminds me a tad like EDpuzzle where educators use interactive videos to assess student's learning. Also, educators can create a "virtual" classroom and create assignments that contain: videos, worksheets, etc. Finally, TeachVid makes it easy to flip a classroom or lesson and let student's learn at their own pace.
techlearning
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Additio is an LMS and with built-in communication that makes it easy to customize groups of kids and adjust the data you want to see for each student.
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Technology Tidbits
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
DOGOnews is an excellent site for creating Reading assignments for grades K-8 that can then be integrated into Google Classroom. This is done through 1000s of curated educated articles in a wide variety of subjects (i.e. Science, History, Current Events, etc.) where educators can then select lesson plans, create assignments, and help students increase their Reading and Vocabulary skills.
techlearning
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Choosing the right 3D printer can be difficult with so many choices on the market.
Technology Tidbits
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Chart It is a wonderful site for creating charts and graphs. Chart It allows users to create up to 12 different types of charts such as: bar, graph, line, and more. Also, a user can set privacy settings and share their charts via a URL. Best of all, all charts can be embedded into a site or blog making it ideal for education. I highly recommend checking out Chart It by clicking here !!!
techlearning
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a drone made with a 3D printer!
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.
Technology Tidbits
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Mural is an excellent site w/ educational portal for educators and students looking for a graphic organizer. Mural can be used to brainstorm, create mind maps, diagram, and more. Also, the educational portal allows educators to use Mural for free, online training, and collaborate in real-time. I highly recommend checking out Mural by clicking here !!!
The Cornerstone for Teachers
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
This week on the Truth for Teachers podcast: A timely conversation with Jess Lifshitz about developing critical consciousness in children by way of creating inquiry experiences. How can you design learning experiences that help kids understand themselves and their place in the world? In this article and Truth for Teachers podcast episode, a 5th-grade teacher named Jess Lifshitz shares how she creates inquiry experiences that help kids develop critical consciousness: understandings about personal
Technology Tidbits
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Mobile Permissions is a fantastic new free tool for educators to virtual send parents permissions slips. Mobile Permissions makes it easy for teachers to send any type of permission slip form to a parents/guardians phone or mobile device. They can then electronically sign and submit payment while educators can track/monitor to it all from their teacher portal.
TeacherCast
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Every day, students interact with digital media in a variety of ways, as consumers and creators. But do they know the basic ground rules set by copyright and fair use? Most don’t. This is an essential element of modern digital literacy, and it needs to be taught. That’s where Copyright and Creativity comes in. C&C offers educators a full suite of K-12 teaching resources that are easy to use and totally free.
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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