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How school admins use the LMS to achieve their goals

Neo LMS

The school’s learning management system (LMS) is an indispensable tool for blended learning, personalized learning, and instruction in general. School administrators are the ones in charge of making decisions about which edtech tools to buy, often on a tight budget. It’s no wonder that it’s hard to keep up with the lightspeed changes in the edtech market.

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3 Questions to Spark Change

The CoolCatTeacher

Vernon Wright helps us enter the No Apology Zone! From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Relationships are a key component of change. We have to relate to educate. We also have to relate to cooperate with our peers. Today, Vernon Wright, creator of the Zero Apology Zone, shares some drivers of change including three questions you don’t want to miss.

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Join the Cause and Be Inspired at the ELT4PR Online Conference for Teachers

Teacher Reboot Camp

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela. This weekend, January 25th to January 26th, join me and teachers worldwide for the ELT Day for Puerto Rico 24 hour online conference. This event is being held to raise funds for the people in Puerto Rico who have suffered through various earthquakes and Hurricane Maria.

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Turning Struggling Readers into Striving Readers

The CoolCatTeacher

A free summit on Tuesday, January 28 from 1- 3 pm ET From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Struggling readers can come in all ages and at all stages of the educational process. I love struggling readers so much. This upcoming Tuesday, January 28, 2020 from 1-2:30, I’ll be joining Texthelp over at the Education Week Virtual Summit about Struggling Readers.

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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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Technology and Digital Media in the Classroom: A Guide for Educators

Waterford

Technology has done more to change school curriculum and practices than nearly anything else—and in such a short amount of time! While it can be hard to keep up with every trend in educational technology, the mindset you have when it comes to classroom tech matters just as much as which ones you use. By learning to view it as a means of enhancing your lessons and resources, you can provide your students with tools and opportunities they may not otherwise access.

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Join the Cause and Be Inspired at the ELT4PR Online Conference for Teachers

Teacher Reboot Camp

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela. This weekend, January 25th to January 26th, join me and teachers worldwide for the ELT Day for Puerto Rico 24 hour online conference ( #ELTDay4PuertoRico ). This event is being held to raise funds for the people in Puerto Rico who have suffered through various earthquakes and Hurricane Maria.

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KOOV: The STEAM solution that’s turning heads

EdTech4Beginners

Sony KOOV for ages 8 and up provides a fun way for students to learn core STEAM concepts. Using standard-correlated educational content, KOOV gets your students building and coding original robotic creations. Shape your future problem-solvers, one block at a time with KOOV. Sony provides two types of kit options to learn with KOOV. The KOOV Educator Kit is a tool for educators who are seeking a comprehensive all-in-one solution for coding, robotics and design that combines digital coding wit

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How Technology Supports English Learners in K–12 Schools

EdTech Magazine

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.

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What Teachers Can Change

TeachThought - Learn better.

If you had to start somewhere--with one idea or 'thing' to change, what would it be? What if your only goal was to change the arc of your students' lives? The post What Teachers Can Change appeared first on TeachThought.

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The Big List of STEM Board Games

MIND Research Institute

When looking for the best STEM board games, I’m looking for games that are both. fun and. educational and explore a topic in science, technology, engineering, and/or mathematics. To me, fun means that players are making choices in the game, can choose their own strategy and explore an immersive world. To me, educational doesn’t necessarily mean the game has to be attached to certain standards (though that can be nice), and a lot of games that are not necessarily made to be educational have educa

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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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A Good Tool for Creating Diagrams

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Quizlet Diagram Maker is a free tool from Quizlet that allows students to learn in a visual way. Students can easily create diagrams using images and text. They can add annotations, locations and.

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How the ‘Contract Cheating’ Industry Has Gotten More Aggressive in Recruiting Students

Edsurge

This is the first of a three-part series on the “cheating economy.” Look for part two next week, about new efforts by colleges and governments to try to prevent contract cheaters. And join us on Tuesday, January 28, for a live online discussion about the issue as part of our EdSurge Live series. It’s easier than ever for college students to find someone else to do their work for them—for a fee.

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This district uses micro-credentials to boost PL

eSchool News

Nationally, distance is a barrier to traditional in-person training opportunities for teachers and administrators in many rural areas. Four years ago, the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC) decided to “flip the script” on professional learning and use micro-credentials to benefit its educators in small remote rural schools scattered throughout the mountains of southeastern Kentucky.

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Instructure Lays Off About 100 As It Urges Shareholders to Support Sale

Edsurge

Learning management system provider Instructure has laid off as many as 100 full-time employees as the publicly traded company nears a key shareholder vote on a proposed sale to a private equity firm. The restructuring primarily affected employees who worked on Instructure’s Bridge product, an LMS tailored to corporate learning. Instructure hoped that this effort would replicate the success of its market-leading Canvas learning management system for colleges.

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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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How to Figure Out If You’re a Workaholic

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

While working hard can be considered a normative behaviour, overworking is not. If you are excessively obsessed with working more hours than anyone else or if you go to extremes in your work.

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The Next Edtech IPO Might Be This London-Based Language Learning Company

Edsurge

Of all the education technology startups that could go public next, there’s one that’s likely not on your radar: Busuu , a London-based developer of a language-learning platform. But its co-founder and CEO, Bernhard Niesner, has started to make his case. Niesner claims the company is on track to hit $40 million in revenue in 2020. He says it broke even last year, has reached $14 million in gross bookings, and passed 100 million users at the start of the year with more than 200 corporate clients.

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5E / Hero's Journey Example: Simple Circuits

Cycles of Learning

Engage Hero is Called Play Operation. What are you curious about? Explore ​Hero is Challenged Take apart Operation and inspect how it works. Explain using words and a diagram. Create your own game by repurposing the materials. Additional materials are welcome. Explain Hero is Mentored Play with this simulation Complete this digital handout. Extend Hero is Transformed Using only the materials provided, create a circuit that serves a useful purpose.

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Omidyar Network Spins Off Education Portfolio Into Independent Investment Firm

Edsurge

The Omidyar Network is going through changes. Since 2018, the investment and philanthropic vehicle started by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife, Pam, has spun off five independent firms that grew out of its investment activities. Today, the Omidyar Network does so again—this time for its education portfolio. And this new organization comes with its own name: Imaginable Futures.

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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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How It’s Done: Using Tech-PBL to Reach Struggling Students

techlearning

Using tech tools to enhance project-based learning helped one teacher personalize lessons and reach all her students, regardless of knowledge gaps and multi-level abilities.

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Going to the Spaces Where You Can Inspire Change

The Principal of Change

I was recently participating in a FlipGrid book study on “ The Innovator’s Mindset ” and was asked this question by one of the participants: In writing a book on innovation, did you ever struggle with the idea that you were using a very “traditional” format? I loved the question, and here a couple of thoughts. 1. “Traditional” does not equal bad.

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Microsoft’s Free STEM Offerings: Science and Engineering on the Cheap

techlearning

The only thing better than teaching interested children about science, technology, engineering and math is doing it for free.

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Intentional Innovation to Lead Creative Change

MiddleWeb

Today’s educators have a plethora of technology at their fingertips. A.J. Juliani’s Intentional Innovation can guide them to make intentional choices for their classrooms, writes consultant Anne Anderson. She suggests the book for a faculty book study.

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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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California Considers Permitting Students Excused Mental Health Days

MindShift

Parents, educators and clinicians are seeing an alarming increase in mental health problems among young people. Various national surveys show the rates of depression , anxiety , and suicide on the rise, but what to do about it is less clear. In July of 2019, Oregon passed a bill that allows students to take excused absences for mental health related issues.

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A district sees promising early literacy results in a K-5 pilot

eSchool News

Sadly, the latest NAEP results have dropped significantly since 2017. Despite years of widely-available early literacy tools, average reading scores for 4th and 8th graders in the United States are headed in the wrong direction. At Mountain View Whisman School District (MVWSD) in California, we have an inherent appreciation of literacy education challenges, given our highly diverse population.

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How ‘Slow Looking’ Can Help Students Develop Skills Across Disciplines

MindShift

Eight seconds — that’s the latest estimate of the length of the human attention span. The push to cover more material in the same amount of classroom time also provides a challenge, especially when teachers are told that the skills (like critical thinking and creativity) their students will need in order to compete in the 21st century are ones that take time to develop.

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The Next Step in Making Word Study a Breeze

MiddleWeb

The Next Step Forward in Word Study and Phonics offers resources that will convince even the most skeptical that word study can be done quickly if done intentionally. Teacher Michelle Voelker likes the lessons targeting multiple reading levels and the many how-to videos.

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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.

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5 Podcasts That Will Jump-Start Your 2020 Entrepreneurial Efforts

Marketplace K-12

These 5 podcasts on startups, pitching, scaling, and building businesses will give you plenty of ideas for the new year, says Listenwise CEO Monica Brady-Myerov. The post 5 Podcasts That Will Jump-Start Your 2020 Entrepreneurial Efforts appeared first on Market Brief.

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Bett Daily News Roundup – Wednesday 22nd January

techlearning

Microsoft’s keynote led with new research that examined what teachers would need in the classroom of 2030.

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Another Way for Students to Look at Tests

Turnitin

Here are some helpful questions for students to ask while preparing for an in-class assessment:

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Bett Daily News Roundup – Thursday January 23rd

techlearning

The second day at Bett 2020 was off to an incredible start with the insightful Made by Dyslexia panel.

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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the EdTech Industry: Assessing the Influence

AI-powered tools like virtual assistants and chatbots provide instant guidance and support, while data analytics offer valuable insights for educators and administrators.