EdTech Magazine

JUNE 1, 2018

Schools Need Robust Networks to Support Internet of Things. jena.passut_7651. Fri, 06/01/2018 - 11:52. Recognizing the value of smart and connected classrooms, most school districts are experimenting with the Internet of Things or plan to do so in the near future. While IoT deployments are relatively new to education, industry observers expect the technology to make a big impact thanks to its potential to reduce costs, improve security and boost student engagement.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JUNE 1, 2018

School districts are using algorithms to analyze student data, but those metrics must be usable for educators to impact student learning. The post Ed-Tech Companies: Big Data Analytics Must Result in Helpful Human Actions appeared first on Market Brief.

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Ditch That Textbook

JUNE 1, 2018

There are lots of new tech tools out there just waiting to make it into your classroom. You may have even tried to squeeze one in during those last few days of school but ran out of time. Lucky for us, there is always next year. After the craziness of the end of the year […].

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 1, 2018

June 5th-10th: BOGO. Buy one grade level school license; get the second free. Just in time for summer preparation for the new school year! xx. A School License is a PDF of one grade level tech curriculum or keyboarding curriculum that can be installed on any digital device in your school–iPads, Chromebooks, laptops, library computers, classroom computers, 1:1, Google Classroom–you name it.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 1, 2018

The ISTE Conference , which takes place in Chicago, from June 24th to 27th, is one of the largest education conferences in the world. I’m excited to announce that my 1 1/2 year-old daughter, Savvy, Kelly Jake Duncan , and I will be returning as official ISTE media to conduct live video interviews with passionate educators. We have an exciting lineup of interviews planned (Dr.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2018

Its stock’s been soaring, and earnings are beating expectations. It posted $92.3 million in revenue in the first quarter of 2018—up 42 percent from the same period last year. Still, 2U wants more cash. And that it got—$331 million, to be exact. That’s how much the Landham, Maryland-based company raised through its latest public offering of common stock this week.

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eSchool News

JUNE 1, 2018

Homework is one of those topics that consistently baffles teachers. Every few years, new research comes out arguing the merits or pitfalls of assigning homework. Generally, I think that any teacher could make the case for or against assigning homework, depending on the circumstance. I assign homework every night in my class, except for the weekends; that time is for family.

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 1, 2018

Learning games and data dashboards are trending in the 21 awards from the U.S. Education Department's Small Business Innovation Research program. The post I.E.S. Awards $8.4 Million to Ed-Tech Businesses to Develop, Test Products appeared first on Market Brief.

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SecurEdge

JUNE 1, 2018

Hover boards, drones, smart watches, holograms. as we approach the 2020's life around us is looking more and more like the set of an 80s future-based sci-fi flick starring Michael J Fox. The infiltration of IoT devices has been swift and cunning thanks to a desensitization to technological advancements. We're not surprised anymore, we're expectant. The demand to stay ahead of the tech boom has been felt in nearly every industry, none arguably more so than in the healthcare field, where the need

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eSchool News

JUNE 1, 2018

Being able to recall facts may help you look good in front of your friends during trivia night, but memorizing content of the past has become largely irrelevant in today’s modern society. When it comes to education, the undeniable truth of the testing culture from the past 20 years is that children arrive to the working world woefully unprepared to deal with interpersonal relationships or even the ability to work in teams.

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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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techlearning

JUNE 1, 2018

A picture is worth a thousand words, but it might also be worth a thousand dollars if your school gets hit with a copyright violation claim. This happens to schools every year as students or teachers inappropriately use an image that they do not have the rights to. Thankfully this does not have to be the case as there are loads of high quality pictures that can be used in school projects without any licensing concerns.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JUNE 1, 2018

The integration of Google Maps with Google Drive made it super easy for anyone to create and share maps with others. The process is simple and does not require any software installation. Using My.

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EdTechTeam

JUNE 1, 2018

May found EdTechTeam working with educators in the United States, Australia, South Africa and Canada. Along those EdTechTeam Summits, we designed development workshops for the Albuquerque Public Schools, the Monterey County Office of Education, and the FPEA Florida Home School Convention. Don’t forget to tune in for our monthly Teaching & Learning webinars.

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 1, 2018

In this week’s dealmaking news, ECS Learning Systems acquired ed-tech company PREPWORKS. Also, ed-tech companies GoGuardian and Learnosity received investments. The post K-12 Dealmaking: ECS Learning Systems Acquires PREPWORKS; GoGuardian, Learnosity Receive Investments appeared first on Market Brief.

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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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Learning with 'e's

JUNE 1, 2018

Image by Glamhag on Flickr Large screen touch displays seem to be the 'Cinderella technology' of education. In the popular folk tale, Cinderella is described on Wikipedia as: ". one whose attributes were unrecognised, or one who unexpectedly achieves recognition or success after a period of obscurity and neglect." Initially, the most common large screen display, known as the interactive whiteboard (IWB) - was viewed with great promise, but over time, due to misuse, lack of training or knowledge

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techlearning

JUNE 1, 2018

I decided to make student voice part of my life’s work in 2013, at the start of my 6th year teaching Sophomore English. I started that school year with one goal: to take what students loved and incorporate it into the classroom. I made this my mission because I had been teaching the lowest track of English since I started my career. My students hated school and made it clear on a daily basis that they didn’t want to be there let alone wanted to do any work.

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MindShift

JUNE 1, 2018

Did you know that kids growing up in poverty hear 30 million fewer words by age 3? Chances are, if you’re the type of person who reads a newspaper or listens to NPR, you’ve heard that statistic before. Since 1992 this finding has, with unusual power, shaped the way educators, parents and policymakers think about educating poor children. But did you know that the number comes from just one study, begun almost 40 years ago, with just 42 families?

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techlearning

JUNE 1, 2018

Weava Chrome extension helps organize web-based research Pros: All-in-one tool for highlighting, annotating, organizing, citing, and exporting website and PDFs research. Cons: Highlighting colors are easily mixed up. No built-in plagiarism info. Bottom Line: For Chrome users and mostly digital classrooms, this is a fairly intuitive tool that'll help students wrangle their research.

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Reading By Example

JUNE 1, 2018

For the second year in a row, this blog has facilitated an online book study. In 2017, we read Becoming a Literacy Leader: Supporting Learning and Change, 2nd edition by Jennifer Allen (Stenhouse, 2016). This year, we are reading Literacy Essentials: Engagement, Excellent, and Equity for All Learners by Regie Routman (Stenhouse, 2018). The following links go to the five most recent posts from May for the study: Building Trust.

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Technology Tidbits

JUNE 1, 2018

30hands Learning is the excellent company for creating an innovative LMS (Learning Management System) as well as the popular mobile iOS app that is ideal for digital storytelling 30hands Pro. The 30hands community is a perfect cloud based solution that allows educators to: manage/track students, hand in/out assignments, schedule events, and more. While the mobile is being used in education for project based learning, digital storytelling, and more. 30hands has lots of exciting news on the horizo

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Reflections

JUNE 1, 2018

When I was a Middle School Principal, I met many substitute teachers. Whenever we were able to find one that could juggle a variety of placements, we held onto them -- tightly. Mr. James Smith was one of those substitutes. Not only was he one of the calmest spirits in a room, he knew anything and everything you would ever want to know about any animal on the planet.

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Technology Tidbits

JUNE 1, 2018

PurposeGames is a nice little site for Game Based Learning that I just found out about from Free Technology 4 Teachers. A user can search through different subjects such as: math, geography, foreign languages, and more. Also, there is a game creator section where teachers can create their own different types of games/quizzes. I highly recommend checking out PurposeGames by clicking here !!!

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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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JUNE 1, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. (National) Education Politics. Via The Atlantic : “The GOP ’s Public-Education Dilemma.” Via Politico : “ Trump issues orders making it easier to fire federal employees.” There’s more on the Department of Education’s awfulness on student debt relief in the fin

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