EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

K–12 Teachers Use Virtual and Augmented Reality Platforms to Teach Coding. eli.zimmerman_9856. Thu, 02/28/2019 - 15:20. Virtual and augmented reality in the classroom has proved to be effective for history and chemistry lessons. However, a new use for these tools is now emerging: teaching computer science. . Currently, one of the few setbacks to integrating virtual reality is a lack of readily available content. .

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Ditch That Textbook

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Interactive notebooks have taken lots of classrooms everywhere by storm. The idea: a central space where students can create, write and make meaning. When they’re done well, students get that spark of excitement. Learning goes to a different level. When they’re done poorly, it becomes worksheets glued to pages. Interactive notebooks don’t have to go […].

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

ICE 2019: Elevating Student Learning with SAMR. eli.zimmerman_9856. Thu, 02/28/2019 - 14:53. CDW•G Education Strategist Jennifer Brown, at the 2019 Illinois Computing Educators conference in Schaumburg, Ill., urged teachers to use the substitution, augmentation, modification, redefinition (SAMR) model to “prepare kids to be autonomous” for the 133 million emerging roles they’ll undertake, starting in 2022. .

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Marie Kondo is upon us, like a modern-day Mary Poppins she is sweeping our lives clean of clutter with Zen-like élan. While I have not read Marie’s book, and have so far avoided the guilty pleasure of her Netflix series, I do know that she uses a simple, definitive technique at the “decluttering” stage – of every item in your space, ask yourself, Does it spark joy?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Here’s a preview of what’s coming up on Ask a Tech Teacher in July: Teaching Basic Cybersecurity Measures. Solve 50% of Tech Problems with 16 Simple Solutions. 3 Favorite Webtools. Looking for Trusted Advisors? Look No Further. Peer Feedback That Works. Celebrate Pi. 10 Myths About Teaching with Tech. St. Patrick’s Day Resources. 8 Tech Tools for PE Teachers.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Many roads lead to a career in the self-driving car industry. That painfully obvious pun is actually one of the truest things you can say about this nascent, multidisciplinary enterprise, and it also encapsulates the challenge educators who want to prepare their students to work in this industry are facing today. “There’s a misconception that there’s such a thing as ‘self-driving car technology,’” says Sudha Jamthe, who designed and teaches the first autonomous vehicles business course for Stanf

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Sam Chaudhary doesn’t like to talk about money. But he’s certainly good at raising it—which may seem odd given that the 8-year-old company only recently started generating revenue. In describing ClassDojo ’s latest fundraise—a $35 million Series C round—Chaudhary, its co-founder and CEO, says “it wasn’t a very long process,” which wrapped up in late 2017.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Social and emotional learning (SEL) is more than just a curricular add-on–it’s an integral part of helping students learn empathy for their peers and create safe spaces for everyone to learn. Creating a positive school climate goes a long way toward establishing safe and happy learning communities. Two recent reports from the National School Climate Center (NSCC) offer some real-world examples from schools and insight from thought leaders to support and drive school climate improveme

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techieMusings

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

I wanted to feature another WeVideo project of success, led our Spanish III team, taught by Maris Hawkins and Bryan Whitford. Maris and Bryan recently had their students do a News Broadcast project in WeVideo to demonstrate their understanding of current events occurring throughout Latin America. Prior to this project, the class had been reading articles focused on current events occurring throughout Latin America.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Speaker Deck is an excellent web tool that allows you to easily share your presentations online. You simply upload your slides as PDF and Speaker Deck turns them into a beautiful online experience.

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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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Dr. Shannon Doak

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Many people love that cool app on the Mac that enables you to create little sticky notes on their desktop. While I actually like Google Keep and Google Tasks better since they are now integrated into all Google Apps, others might want the sticky note type of app. When I searched there were a ton of note apps on the Chrome Web Store but it appeared that there was nothing that enabled sticky notes on the desktop.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

YouTube For Children: Is It Still Worth The Risk? by Terry Heick Over the years, I’ve seen YouTube morph from a digital video library to a vending machine for ‘streamers’ saying and doing almost anything for subscribers. Smash that subscribe button if you want to see more great content. I’ve seen videos of clearly fake […].

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MIND Research Institute

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

In each episode of the Inside Our MIND podcast, we take a look at issues and challenges facing education that we are working to address through research, technology and strategic initiatives. In our latest episode, Brian welcomes Senior Content and Brand Specialist Calli Wright back to the podcast to talk about our new storybook board games, MathMINDs Games: South of the Sahara.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

New research-based edtech tools and sound instructional practices are helping to equip students for success in math class and for future success in solving the world’s problems.

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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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Gaggle Speaks

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

We are aware of the Momo challenge. As with any other internet hoax, trend, challenge, or story, the way we analyze content allows us to review concerning situations regarding suicide, self-harm, and violence—regardless of the trending words used. In the event that the resurfaced Momo challenge hoax leads your kids to communicate about thoughts of suicide, cutting, or hurting others, Gaggle will be here to help you protect your children.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

At SXSW EDU, EdWeek Market Brief will hold briefings on educational trends and international education markets. The post Get Insights from EdWeek Market Brief at SXSW EDU appeared first on Market Brief.

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

One of my favorite new(ish) tools for curation is Wakelet. In the past I’ve used to to archive conferences , share lists of best lists , crowd-source current awareness , and to keep my personal favorite classroom teaching tips and strategies handy. (Happily I discovered Wakelet in the wake of the sudden demise of tools like Google+ Communities and Storify.).

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

When I lead workshops with school districts, I try to keep them as conversational as possible as, perhaps selfishly, I want to learn from the expertise in the room, but I also want to create opportunities for teachers to recognize the expertise that already exists in their district. If I “talk” the whole time, that doesn’t open either of those doors.

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Prodigy

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

One of the best qualities a teacher can have is a willingness to try new teaching strategies. In Effective Teaching and Learning, educational researcher Naga Subramani argues that an effective teacher: “Constantly renews himself [or herself] as a professional on his [or her] quest to provide students with the highest quality of education possible. This […].

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Tech & Learning’s TCEA 2019 Best of Show Awards celebrates those nominated products and services being exhibited at TCEA that show the greatest promise according to the country’s most tech-savvy educators.

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MiddleWeb

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

If literacy coach Pam Hamilton had to choose one word to describe Word Study That Sticks, a book about words, she would select “fabulous”! Hamilton finds it is also practical, teacher-friendly, and colorful with lessons and activities across content areas.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Forward-thinking schools are using technology to change how teachers and students interact and work together as well as to help students take more responsibility for their own learning.

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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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MiddleWeb

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

With recent studies showing a marked increase in students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, teacher Joanne Bell finds Inclusion and Autism Spectrum Disorder a helpful resource for understanding ASD and for finding effective strategies to support students.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

This winter was another busy conference season, kicking off with BETT in the UK, then FETC in Orlando, and then TCEA in San Antonio.

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Cycles of Learning

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

As I continue to 5E Lesson Cycle examples, I thought I would share a short example of a game I play to make the often boring "Explain" phase of the cycle, not so boring. The "Explain" phase is characterized by the delivering of lower Blooms Taxonomy type information to help students fill in knowledge gaps intentionally surfaced during the "Engage" and "Explore" phases.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Conference presentations, networking, and notebooks filled with innovative next steps—oh, my!

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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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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Although there are a billion reasons (that’s right, a billion) to attend Summit at Sea, we realized you probably don’t have time to read them all… so we narrowed it down to five. 1. 8 days + 7 nights on an educational and adventurous Caribbean cruise aboard the brand new Royal Caribbean Symphony of the Seas. World-class Professional Development + tons of time to do cool stuff on board like zip lining, rock climbing, laser tagging, escape rooming, night clubbing, dining, swimming, water sli

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence Announce Top Three Contest Winners

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Cycles of Learning

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

As I continue to 5E Lesson Cycle examples, I thought I would share a short example of a game I play to make the often boring "Explain" phase of the cycle, not so boring. The "Explain" phase is characterized by the delivering of lower Blooms Taxonomy type information to help students fill in knowledge gaps intentionally surfaced during the "Engage" and "Explore" phases.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Changing pedagogy is not only about thinking differently, it’s also about acting differently.

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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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